Re: Experienced Admin needs help with Novell
Some hints ( Novell 5 ) 1) User with full administrator rights 2) entry in dsm.opt DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL NDS 3) usefull examples EXCLUDE.DIR sys:QUEUES EXCLUDE.DIR sys:TIVOLI EXCLUDE.DIR sys:SYSTEM\CSLIB\LOGS\SMLOGS EXCLUDE.DIR NDS:.O=XXX.OU=YYYOU=ZZZ.NLS:Publisher=Novell+NLS:Product=NetWare 5 Conn SCL+NLS:Version=510 EXCLUDE.DIR NDS:.O=XXX.OU=YYY.OU=ZZZ.NLS:Publisher=Novell+NLS:Product=NetWare 5 Server+NLS:Version=510 EXCLUDE sys:ARCSERVER.6/NLM/MEDIA.CTP EXCLUDEsys:\_SWAP_.MEM EXCLUDEsys:\TTS$LOG.ERR EXCLUDEsys:\VOL$LOG.ERR EXCLUDE sys:\system\secaudit.log EXCLUDE sys:\system\events.log EXCLUDE sys:\system\system.log EXCLUDE sys:\system\btrieve.trn EXCLUDE sys:\system\tsa\tsa$temp.* EXCLUDE sys:\system\tsa\err$* EXCLUDE sys:\system\tsa\skip$* EXCLUDE sys:\system\net$obj.sys EXCLUDE sys:\system\net$prop.sys EXCLUDE sys:\system\net$val.sys EXCLUDE sys:\system\ofa\ddm\pagefile.dd 4) nothing special known to us - we are running a cluster, backup each node as a seperate node ( and use virtualnodename if necessary ) hope this helps a little herfried Miles Purdy [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 26.11.2001 19:28:03 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Experienced Admin needs help with Novell Hi folks, I currently administer an AIX TSM server and clients, now I need to backup Novell servers. I would appreciate some help with some general questions: -Novell seems to need a user and password to run the scheduler as, what do people use? -How do I backup up NDS? -Any special excludes? -What's the best way to handle nodes when they are in a cluster? Any other gottcha's? I did fix the TSA. Thanks Miles -- Miles Purdy System Manager Farm Income Programs Directorate Winnipeg, MB, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557 If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C? - The information contained in this transmission, which may be confidential and proprietary, is only for the intended recipients. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify me immediately by telephone or electronic mail and confirm that you deleted this transmission and the reply from your electronic mail system.
Re: Upgrade of ADSM to TSM
Hi all, I am upgrading ADSM v3.1.2.20 to TSM v4.1. Can anybody who has done this please tell me how to do it? Do I have to upgrade ADSM first to the latest fix which is v3.1.2.90 or I must just upgrade. When upgrading do I shut ADSM down or do I unistall ADSM then install TSM? Regards Mpho This message may contain information which is confidential, private or privileged in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or file which is attached to this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, facsimile or telephone and thereafter return and/or destroy the original message. Any views of this communication are those of the sender except where the sender specifically states them to be those of Faritec (Proprietary) Limited (Faritec) and/or Midrange Distribution Services (Pty) Ltd. Please note that the recipient must scan this e-mail and any attached files for viruses and the like. While we do everything possible to protect information from viruses, Faritec accepts no liability of whatever nature for any loss, liability, damage or expense resulting directly or indirectly from the access and/or downloading of any files which are attached to this e-mail message.
Tool for ADSM Connect Agent
Does anybody know a tool for ADSM Connect Agent V2.1 similar to the tdposync utility of TDP V2.2? Thanks in advance.
Re: Can't empty diskpool volumes!?!
Hi Wanda! Your suggestion works!! Thanks! I love you! All others who responded: thank you all VERY much!!! Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 15:26 To: 'ADSM: Dist Stor Manager' Cc: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM Subject: RE: Can't empty diskpool volumes!?! Hi Eric, I had this same problem on 3.7.4 for AIX. I think it's a known bug, I found it in IBMLINK somewhere, but I can't remember where now. . The explanation was in the APAR, which I don't remember exactly; I think it has to do with filespaces that are split over multiple diskpool volumes, or something like that. Anyway, the workaround is to start the MOVE DATA again, pointing to your TAPE pool (or probably any SEQUENTIAL pool will do). If that doesn't do it, run an AUDIT FIX on the diskpool volume. One or the other has always cleared it up for me. Hope that helps. Wanda Prather The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab 443-778-8769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think - Scott Adams/Dilbert -Original Message- From: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 8:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Can't empty diskpool volumes!?! Hi *SM-ers! I'm moving my diskpool to new disks. I added the new disks to the diskpool and I updated the old disk volumes to read-only. Then I started a move data to empty the old volumes. The move data works fine, but at the end (with a completion state of SUCCESS) there is still data left on the volumes! I can't get rid of this data and thus I can't delete the old volumes! Does anybody know how to solve this? Thanks in advance for any reply!!! BTW: I'm running TSM 3.7.4 on AIX 4.3.3.50 Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ** This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. **
Re: Macintosh OSX Support
Hi Bob! No official statement here, but I heard that OSX will be supported in TSM 5.1. Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -Original Message- From: Bob Booth - UIUC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 20:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Macintosh OSX Support Has anyone heard of an update as to when Tivoli will be supporting MAC OSX? I can't find anything on the web site... Thanks, Bob Booth UIUC ** This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. **
logpool size for 2 gb RAM
how much do i have to set the value for LOGPOOLSIZE for 2gb RAM . my buffpoolsize is already set to 262144. even then, my db cache hit pct is well below 99% i,e. 96% thanks in advance. regards sreekumar.
How to extract a db2-backup 64Gb
Hi, To restore our db2-db to another RS6000 (without TSM) I want to extract a DB2/TSM backup file from TSM to a filesystem, compress it, send to the other machine and restore it. With a backup to disk that works ok, because the db2 backup command splits up the file in parts of 64GB (an AIX-limit) but the db2adutl extract command tries to write beyoud the 64Gb-limit and then fails with the message 'File write failed'. Does anybody know how to handle this? DB2 v6.1 (FP8) TSM v4.1 AIX 4.3.3 Thanks Bert
Re: Installing TSM 3.7 packaged Scripts
There is a file with useful scripts that can be installed: /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/webimages/scripts.smp (We're running a 4.2 server on AIX, maybe the file has a different location for 3.7) Regards, Alexander Tony Sinclair wrote: Some time back I took a TSM class and during this class it was mentioned that TSM had several canned scripts that can/could be installed on the server and used via the GUI TSM ADMIN interface. Does anyone have these scripts installed, and the main question is how can I Install them so I can start using them. I am currently running Storage Management Server for AIX-RS/6000 4.3 - Version 3, Release 7, Level 4.0 What I do remember about installing these scripts is that I need to be in the AIX file system/directory where the executable is located, then just execute it. So if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Tony Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] === IMPORTANT NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message is strictly prohibited. Nothing in this email, including any attachment, is intended to be a legally binding signature. -- --- Alexander Verkooijen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Systems Programmer SARA High Performance Computing
Re: transmitting the result of an sql query to a script ? + loop struture ?
Hi Martin, and all folks that already answered my question ... First of all, thanks a lot for everyone that sent me an answer, most of the time not the one I expected, but never mind ;-) Martin, you're absolutely right, but in my case the problem was not to avoid reclamation occuring, but to stop it once it's started (impossible on a copy stg pool, without a cancel command). Thanks anyway ! Regards. Arnaud -Original Message- From: Martin Trcka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Montag, 26. November 2001 14:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: transmitting the result of an sql query to a script ? + loop struture ? Hi, if you have RECLAIM parameter set on 100 in your copy sequential stg pool, reclamation on volumes in that pool shouldn't occur at all.. Or am I missing something ? Best regards, Martin Trcka -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of PAC Brion Arnaud Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 11:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: transmitting the result of an sql query to a script ? + loop struture ? Hi TSM'ers ! I already saw this in a thread, but can't find it again : I'm looking for a convenient way to stop some reclamation processes in an automated way (script). As those reclamation processes are made on an offsite stg pool, no way stopping them by increasing the reclamation threshold to 100, so I thought to something like : select process_num from processes where process='Space Reclamation' , and then transmit this process_num to a cancel proc command. Is there a convenient way doing that, without calling an external AIX script ? More clever : if I have several of those reclamation processes, is there a way building a loop in the script, to cancell them all, while running the script once ? TIA. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT Group | | Viaduktstrasse 42, P.O. Box, 4002 Basel - Switzerland | | Phone: +41 61 226 19 78/Fax: +41 61 226 17 01 | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
AW: logpool size for 2 gb RAM
hi, in our installation we have 2GB RAM, BUFFPOOLSIZE=65536,LOGPOOLSIZE=512 With these settings we have a DB-CACHE-HIT-PCT between 98.5% and 99.5% (we reset the values every day). Best regards Chris -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Pothula S Paparao [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet am: Dienstag, 27. November 2001 08:04 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: logpool size for 2 gb RAM Wichtigkeit: Hoch how much do i have to set the value for LOGPOOLSIZE for 2gb RAM . my buffpoolsize is already set to 262144. even then, my db cache hit pct is well below 99% i,e. 96% thanks in advance. regards sreekumar.
Antwort: Experienced Admin needs help with Novell
Hi Miles, a) the TSA-Modules need a user and password to connect to the NDS and the System you want to backup (local or remote), just like a client login. For backup this user must have read rights to all files you want to backup. Password expiration for the Netware-User should be disabled. b) The command dsmc sel DIR/* -subdir=yes will backup the NDS. Some NDS-Objects (e.g. Printer-Objects, Aliases etc.) have referrences to other objects. In case of a restore of such an object the NDS will create a dummy entry for the referenced objects if they don´t exist. You have to restore the referenced objects as well with the option -replace=yes to overwrite the dummy entries. c) IMO: no d) Hope you will get an answer from someone else. Greetings Jan Moewe Miles Purdy PURDYM@FIPD.An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GC.CA Kopie: Gesendet von:Thema: Experienced Admin needs help with Novell ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU 26.11.2001 19:28 Bitte antworten an ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Hi folks, I currently administer an AIX TSM server and clients, now I need to backup Novell servers. I would appreciate some help with some general questions: -Novell seems to need a user and password to run the scheduler as, what do people use? -How do I backup up NDS? -Any special excludes? -What's the best way to handle nodes when they are in a cluster? Any other gottcha's? I did fix the TSA. Thanks Miles -- Miles Purdy System Manager Farm Income Programs Directorate Winnipeg, MB, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557 If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C? -
Re: Upgrade of ADSM to TSM
Mpho, I recently went from ADSM 3.1.2.55 to TSM 4.1.4.0. I followed the instructions in the Quick Start guide. Prior to the upgrade, I backed up the O/S and ran two backups of the ADSM database. I shutdown ADSM, and proceeded with the upgrade. All went very smoothly. I installed 4.1 from the CD, then immediately put the patches on to get to 4.1.4.0. Tom Melton Emory HealthCare [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/27/01 03:11AM Hi all, I am upgrading ADSM v3.1.2.20 to TSM v4.1. Can anybody who has done this please tell me how to do it? Do I have to upgrade ADSM first to the latest fix which is v3.1.2.90 or I must just upgrade. When upgrading do I shut ADSM down or do I unistall ADSM then install TSM? Regards Mpho This message may contain information which is confidential, private or privileged in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or file which is attached to this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, facsimile or telephone and thereafter return and/or destroy the original message. Any views of this communication are those of the sender except where the sender specifically states them to be those of Faritec (Proprietary) Limited (Faritec) and/or Midrange Distribution Services (Pty) Ltd. Please note that the recipient must scan this e-mail and any attached files for viruses and the like. While we do everything possible to protect information from viruses, Faritec accepts no liability of whatever nature for any loss, liability, damage or expense resulting directly or indirectly from the access and/or downloading of any files which are attached to this e-mail message.
HELP IN USING API for Archive/Retrive
Hi, I need to Archive/Retrive functionality from my program. My ADSM version Server AIX-RS/6000 - 3.1.2.1 Client (API) IRIX- 3.1.0.6 I am planing to use API calls. If that is not fessible, I may use dsmc scripts. Thank you = Ajith C Programmer GEOPIC, ONGC INDIA. __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
Re: Netware Client Password failure
Hi Stormy, I had the same problem with my NetWare 5.1 servers with just the same error. I solve the problem by backing off to 4.1.3 version of client and implementing Novell NetWare TSA nlms tsa5up7, witch is available for download at http://support.novell.com/servlet/filedownload/ftf/tsa5up7.exe. Now my servers are backing up normally every night. Wish you success Cyril - Original Message - From: Stormy Maddux [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 9:30 PM Subject: Netware Client Password failure I have three TSM 4.2.1 Netware 5.0 clients that won't perform a scheduled backup. Normally when you first setup the client and register the node, the first time it prompts you to enter the Netware ID password for the backup and stores the files. These three won't store the password. Every time you run a manual incremental or a scheduled backup, you get prompted. The error shows as: 11/21/2001 19:36:57 ANS1880E TSA Connect error, NWSMConnectToTargetService 'CTRL3' password file 'CTRL3\SYS:TIVOLI/TSM/CLIENT/BA/TSM.PWD'. Userid = 'adsm_support' failed with cc = FFFDFFD7 When you try a manual backup, the dsmerror.log writes the same thing, and on the screen you are prompted for the id pw again. The TSM.PWD file gets updated with the same date and time. The DSM.opt file is set for passwordaccess generate and nwpwfile is set to yes. Any ideas?? Thanks, Stormy Maddux Systems Engineer 650-599-1187
Re: Domains Question
Paul, after the change of the policy domains to the new one, the first backup will bind all the active files to the new mgmt class and related storage pool, and you will have to migrate your inactive data by migrating the entire old storage pool to the new stg pool? Is there a more precise way to move the inactive data, as an improperly set up old storage pool might (probably) contains other data you don't want into the new storage pool. We are in a similar situation-- the mgmt classes/stg pools were originally set up by hardware, OS and type of data. We are getting two new 6M1s to host our TSM servers, and I would really like to make the changeover to a more business-oriented- retention needs model-- but I am afraid that I will either strand inactive data in a mgmt class that I will have to copy over just let expire, or by just letting inactive data default to the default mgmt class when I don't move the yecchy old mgmt class scheme. Either way isn't really a good compromise in my mind. Or have I missed the point entirely? lisa |+ || Seay, Paul | || seay_pd@NAPTH| || EON.COM | ||| || 11/26/2001| || 10:40 PM | || Please respond| || to ADSM: Dist| || Stor Manager | ||| |+ | || | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: (bcc: Lisa Cabanas/SC/MODOT) | | Subject: Re: Domains Question | | Actually, a domain has nothing specifically to do with a storage pool. The deal is the clients are using a default policy domain management class. This management class has a backup group associated with it which can only go to one primary storage pool, maybe a next pool, etc. Multiple management classes could be put under the current policy domain with a new management class (at least in V4 you can do this). But, this requires the dsm.opt file on each client to specify management classes, which is probably not what you want. If you change the policy domain of the clients to new ones with different storage pools you can move the data to the new storage pools and a rebind to the new management class will occur on the first backup. I recommend you setup a little test server to test out everything before you try this on a production server. Now for your real question. How many policy domains? Policy domains relate to your business objectives and need to separate data into default management classes easily. Some of the TDPs (Oracle, Exchange, SQL Server, DB2, etc) require/recommend separate policy domains from the client backup which you probably do not have implemented. I will give you an example. Say you have three areas of business: Office Automation Manufacturing Engineering These could have the same or different server platforms but are distinct business entities. It would probably be prudent to separate them into separate policy domains and storage pools for recovery purposes. You may want to break them down further. As technicians we think in server OS terms AIX, IRIX, Windows, Netware, Solaris, etc., but that is not necessarily the right business model because many times an environment crosses many platforms. The other example that may seem dumb is we use AIX/Windows TSM servers. We send them to their own storage pools just to isolate the restore tapes easily for disaster recovery reasons. Which ultimately, is how your policy organization may come out for your business. The technical reason for several policy domains is TSM administration security. You can segment who can touch what and do to what by policy domain. The TSM Administrator's guide makes a real good book to put you to sleep at night. You should use it for about a week. It will really help you get a handle on the reasons for policy domains and storage pools. In the end, your real question has to do with how many storage pools do you need. That is where you categorize your data by whether collocation makes sense, reclamation makes sense, etc. This is a balancing act. The more storage pools you have the more you have to manage. Pick the proper granularity. In my case I have about 5 primary disk pools, 15 primary tape pools, and 15 copy tape pools, but I have a 40TB, 250+ many platform server environment, with requirements to segregate customer data and all sorts of requirements. Some of my tape pools are the primary and there are no disk pools in the middle. We
Re: Experienced Admin needs help with Novell
Thank you. With specific regards to #4, the Novell servers are set up (so I'm told I don't administer them) in a cluster with many 'shared' volumes, and of course only one node has a volume 'online' at a time. But during a failover situation a node may have a volume mounted that it does not normally. For example servers S1 and S2 and volumes V1 and V2 - S1 normally has V1 and S2 normally has V2. Now the problem is that during a failure over from S1 to S2, V1 will not be mounted on S2. And if I run a backup of S2 it will backup V1, which not really what I want. S2 will backup *all of* V1, instead of performing an incremental. The 'vritualnodename' parameter, according to the documentation, seems to work only with restores. No? So if V1 normally gets backed up on S1, and V1 moves to S2, how do I perform an incremental backup of V1 on S2? Thanks Miles -- Miles Purdy System Manager Farm Income Programs Directorate Winnipeg, MB, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557 If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C? - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 27-Nov-01 1:44:18 AM Some hints ( Novell 5 ) 1) User with full administrator rights 2) entry in dsm.opt DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL NDS 4) nothing special known to us - we are running a cluster, backup each node as a seperate node ( and use virtualnodename if necessary ) hope this helps a little herfried Miles Purdy [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 26.11.2001 19:28:03 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Experienced Admin needs help with Novell Hi folks, I currently administer an AIX TSM server and clients, now I need to backup Novell servers. I would appreciate some help with some general questions: -Novell seems to need a user and password to run the scheduler as, what do people use? -How do I backup up NDS? -Any special excludes? -What's the best way to handle nodes when they are in a cluster? Any other gottcha's? I did fix the TSA. Thanks Miles -- Miles Purdy System Manager Farm Income Programs Directorate Winnipeg, MB, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557 If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C? - The information contained in this transmission, which may be confidential and proprietary, is only for the intended recipients. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify me immediately by telephone or electronic mail and confirm that you deleted this transmission and the reply from your electronic mail system.
Working with two servers
Hi TSMr´s I´m new in TSM, so sorry if my question is a little bit dumb !!! I have one TSM server (server 1) running and in one office and I would like to add a new server (server 2) to work together in other room. Is this possible ? Can I make backup on server 1 and restore on server 2 easily ? Is possible to work with this servers separately (e.g. if server 1 crashes, the server 2 get the control) ? What is the way ? All hints will be welcome !! The server 1 has a library Compaq Model T892 with 2 drivers DLT 35/70 and a storage Proliant U2 8 disks X 9Gb. The server 2 has a manual library (Compaq DLT 35/70) Thanks in advance for your responses L.A.
Old Backupsets
A Q VOLHIST TYPE=BACKUPSET lists some old backupsets whose retention period has long past. Q BACKUPSET does not show these backupsets. A DELETE BACKUPSET for them reports No match found using this criteria. How do I remove these from VOLHIST so I can reuse the volumes?
upgrade from ADSM 3.1 to TSM 4.2 on AIX
Guru's Does anyone have any experience performing an upgrade from ADSM 3.1 to TSM 4.2 on AIX? Any tips, tricks or gotcha's? If someone has done this before I would sure like to know what the steps where, how long it took and if they felt it was very difficult or ..? We want to upgrade the server ánd clients to version 4.2 Are there any specific things I have to be aware of ? When converted a client to 4.2 .. am I able to restore som file from a 3.1 backup ? thanks in advance Ruud van Ruler, Shell Information Technology International B.V. - DSES-31 Our Central Data Storage Management home page: http://sww2.shell.com/cdsm/ Room 1B/G01 Dokter van Zeelandstraat 1, 2285 BD Leidschendam NL Tel : +31 (0)70 - 3034644, Fax 4011, Mobile +31 (0)6-55127646 Email Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] R.vanRuler
AW: Upgrade of ADSM to TSM
Hi Mpho, look at the manual Tivoli Storage Manager Quick Start, which contains a detailed description on Migrate Install. I have experienced a migrate install (same levels) a few months ago on AIX and didn´t have any problems. You just have to upgrade and there´s no need to uninstall. Hope this will be helpful to you. Regards Elke -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von Mpho Makhura Gesendet am: Dienstag, 27. November 2001 09:11 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: Upgrade of ADSM to TSM Hi all, I am upgrading ADSM v3.1.2.20 to TSM v4.1. Can anybody who has done this please tell me how to do it? Do I have to upgrade ADSM first to the latest fix which is v3.1.2.90 or I must just upgrade. When upgrading do I shut ADSM down or do I unistall ADSM then install TSM? Regards Mpho This message may contain information which is confidential, private or privileged in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or file which is attached to this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, facsimile or telephone and thereafter return and/or destroy the original message. Any views of this communication are those of the sender except where the sender specifically states them to be those of Faritec (Proprietary) Limited (Faritec) and/or Midrange Distribution Services (Pty) Ltd. Please note that the recipient must scan this e-mail and any attached files for viruses and the like. While we do everything possible to protect information from viruses, Faritec accepts no liability of whatever nature for any loss, liability, damage or expense resulting directly or indirectly from the access and/or downloading of any files which are attached to this e-mail message.
Re: Domains Question
I agree with most of what Paul says, except that multiple domains are required. His arguments are traditional, but you can also provide all functionality needed with a single domain. Separate data and definitions with management classes and client options sets. Jeff Bach Home Office Open Systems Engineering Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WAL-MART CONFIDENTIAL -Original Message- From: Seay, Paul [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Domains Question Actually, a domain has nothing specifically to do with a storage pool. The deal is the clients are using a default policy domain management class. This management class has a backup group associated with it which can only go to one primary storage pool, maybe a next pool, etc. Multiple management classes could be put under the current policy domain with a new management class (at least in V4 you can do this). But, this requires the dsm.opt file on each client to specify management classes, which is probably not what you want. If you change the policy domain of the clients to new ones with different storage pools you can move the data to the new storage pools and a rebind to the new management class will occur on the first backup. I recommend you setup a little test server to test out everything before you try this on a production server. Now for your real question. How many policy domains? Policy domains relate to your business objectives and need to separate data into default management classes easily. Some of the TDPs (Oracle, Exchange, SQL Server, DB2, etc) require/recommend separate policy domains from the client backup which you probably do not have implemented. I will give you an example. Say you have three areas of business: Office Automation Manufacturing Engineering These could have the same or different server platforms but are distinct business entities. It would probably be prudent to separate them into separate policy domains and storage pools for recovery purposes. You may want to break them down further. As technicians we think in server OS terms AIX, IRIX, Windows, Netware, Solaris, etc., but that is not necessarily the right business model because many times an environment crosses many platforms. The other example that may seem dumb is we use AIX/Windows TSM servers. We send them to their own storage pools just to isolate the restore tapes easily for disaster recovery reasons. Which ultimately, is how your policy organization may come out for your business. The technical reason for several policy domains is TSM administration security. You can segment who can touch what and do to what by policy domain. The TSM Administrator's guide makes a real good book to put you to sleep at night. You should use it for about a week. It will really help you get a handle on the reasons for policy domains and storage pools. In the end, your real question has to do with how many storage pools do you need. That is where you categorize your data by whether collocation makes sense, reclamation makes sense, etc. This is a balancing act. The more storage pools you have the more you have to manage. Pick the proper granularity. In my case I have about 5 primary disk pools, 15 primary tape pools, and 15 copy tape pools, but I have a 40TB, 250+ many platform server environment, with requirements to segregate customer data and all sorts of requirements. Some of my tape pools are the primary and there are no disk pools in the middle. We use a lot of SAN managed tape. -Original Message- From: Bill Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Domains Question Folks... ADSM 3.1 was implemented in my shop about 5 years ago (on a mainframe server). At the time, we had 5 Netware Clients, and about 7 AIX Clients, so it made sense to create two domains - one for each platform.As in most shops, we've experienced an Open Systems growth explosion, to the point where I now have approx 30 Netware clients, and 60 UNIX clients, still defined to the original two domains. My server is TSM 4.1, running on S/390. My storage pools for the two domains - from disk to copy pool to offsite tape storage have all grown huge. My feeling is that maintaining the entire environment within two domains is inefficient - backups,
Re: Working with two servers
-Luciano- It seems to me that you want to set up Server-to-Server communications or Server-to-Server virtual volumes. All of the DO's DON'Ts should be in the Tivoli Storage Manager for xxx: Administrator's Guide. Hope this is helpful... Regards, Demetrius -Original Message- From: Luciano Ariceto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Working with two servers Hi TSMr´s I´m new in TSM, so sorry if my question is a little bit dumb !!! I have one TSM server (server 1) running and in one office and I would like to add a new server (server 2) to work together in other room. Is this possible ? Can I make backup on server 1 and restore on server 2 easily ? Is possible to work with this servers separately (e.g. if server 1 crashes, the server 2 get the control) ? What is the way ? All hints will be welcome !! The server 1 has a library Compaq Model T892 with 2 drivers DLT 35/70 and a storage Proliant U2 8 disks X 9Gb. The server 2 has a manual library (Compaq DLT 35/70) Thanks in advance for your responses L.A.
AIX Web client restore issues
Here is a problem report from a user trying to restore lots of files. My AIX/Unix guy has an outstanding problem report open with Tivoli, that is related to this kind of issue. Also, a previous post from me about having problems upgrading from the 4.1.3 client to 4.2.1 is related. I have edited this message, removing irrelevant parts.. problem I'm having with restoring files via the TSM WEB client. I'm working on a restore for . For some reason her personal folder in her email disappeared. I went to the TSM WEB client to try to restore the folder, but it is huge and the TSM WEB client keeps cutting me off (because I seem to choose too many files to restore at one time). The problem is that it seems like you can only do a global select on every file in the folder or you have to select one file at a time. If I do a global select, it cuts me off (because it is too big), but selecting these files one at a time is so tedious and cumbersome when the folder is so huge. I've tried looking in the help to see if there is another way to select files, but I don't see one. I've also tried to hold down the shift or control key while selecting to see if I can get a group that way, but it doesn't seem to respond to that. Do you know of an easier way to deal with this? I appreciate any insight you can give me. .. This is his response. I'm sorry you're having so much trouble with the restores. I'll check back with Tivoli today to see if we can get info about a fix to the too many files problem. Before Thanksgiving, we tried upgrading from 4.1.3.0 to 4.2.1.0 to fix it, but that broke the nightly backups so we had to fall back. Any suggestions ? Anyone else dealing with this kind of issue(s) ? Zoltan Forray Virginia Commonwealth University - University Computing Center e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - voice: 804-828-4807
Re: Domains Question
The only good reasons I see to having more than one domain are: 1. Getting different default management classes. 2. Delegating policy administration to different administrators. In large environments, it is often desirable to allow system admins to do TSM policy administration for their systems, since they are closest to the environment. This is the real value of domains. _ William Mansfield Senior Consultant Solution Technology, Inc Seay, Paul seay_pd@NAPTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HEON.COMcc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Domains Question ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU 11/26/2001 10:40 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Actually, a domain has nothing specifically to do with a storage pool. The deal is the clients are using a default policy domain management class. This management class has a backup group associated with it which can only go to one primary storage pool, maybe a next pool, etc. Multiple management classes could be put under the current policy domain with a new management class (at least in V4 you can do this). But, this requires the dsm.opt file on each client to specify management classes, which is probably not what you want. If you change the policy domain of the clients to new ones with different storage pools you can move the data to the new storage pools and a rebind to the new management class will occur on the first backup. I recommend you setup a little test server to test out everything before you try this on a production server. Now for your real question. How many policy domains? Policy domains relate to your business objectives and need to separate data into default management classes easily. Some of the TDPs (Oracle, Exchange, SQL Server, DB2, etc) require/recommend separate policy domains from the client backup which you probably do not have implemented. I will give you an example. Say you have three areas of business: Office Automation Manufacturing Engineering These could have the same or different server platforms but are distinct business entities. It would probably be prudent to separate them into separate policy domains and storage pools for recovery purposes. You may want to break them down further. As technicians we think in server OS terms AIX, IRIX, Windows, Netware, Solaris, etc., but that is not necessarily the right business model because many times an environment crosses many platforms. The other example that may seem dumb is we use AIX/Windows TSM servers. We send them to their own storage pools just to isolate the restore tapes easily for disaster recovery reasons. Which ultimately, is how your policy organization may come out for your business. The technical reason for several policy domains is TSM administration security. You can segment who can touch what and do to what by policy domain. The TSM Administrator's guide makes a real good book to put you to sleep at night. You should use it for about a week. It will really help you get a handle on the reasons for policy domains and storage pools. In the end, your real question has to do with how many storage pools do you need. That is where you categorize your data by whether collocation makes sense, reclamation makes sense, etc. This is a balancing act. The more storage pools you have the more you have to manage. Pick the proper granularity. In my case I have about 5 primary disk pools, 15 primary tape pools, and 15 copy tape pools, but I have a 40TB, 250+ many platform server environment, with requirements to segregate customer data and all sorts of requirements. Some of my tape pools are the primary and there are no disk pools in the middle. We use a lot of SAN managed tape. -Original Message- From: Bill Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Domains Question Folks... ADSM 3.1 was implemented in my shop about 5 years ago (on a mainframe server). At the time, we had 5 Netware Clients, and about 7 AIX Clients, so it made sense to create two domains - one for each platform.As in most shops, we've experienced an Open Systems growth explosion, to the point where I now have approx 30 Netware clients, and 60 UNIX clients, still defined to the original two domains. My server is TSM 4.1, running on S/390. My storage pools for the two domains - from disk to copy pool to offsite tape storage have all grown huge. My feeling is that maintaining the entire environment within two domains is inefficient - backups, migrations, etc take far too long, and I don't dream of turning on collocation. My questions
Re: Experienced Admin needs help with Novell
Miles, The short answer is you will get filespaces for each real server that you backup from. That means to do a restore, you'll either need to know which node had the volume during the most recent backup or do a restore if newer from all of the filespaces. I am told that Novell has re-written the entire TSA archetechture in NetWare 6 to handle this and that it will be back revd to NW 5.1 sometime in the first or second quarter. Seth Forgosh -Original Message- From: Miles Purdy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Experienced Admin needs help with Novell Thank you. With specific regards to #4, the Novell servers are set up (so I'm told I don't administer them) in a cluster with many 'shared' volumes, and of course only one node has a volume 'online' at a time. But during a failover situation a node may have a volume mounted that it does not normally. For example servers S1 and S2 and volumes V1 and V2 - S1 normally has V1 and S2 normally has V2. Now the problem is that during a failure over from S1 to S2, V1 will not be mounted on S2. And if I run a backup of S2 it will backup V1, which not really what I want. S2 will backup *all of* V1, instead of performing an incremental. The 'vritualnodename' parameter, according to the documentation, seems to work only with restores. No? So if V1 normally gets backed up on S1, and V1 moves to S2, how do I perform an incremental backup of V1 on S2? Thanks Miles -- Miles Purdy System Manager Farm Income Programs Directorate Winnipeg, MB, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557 If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C? - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 27-Nov-01 1:44:18 AM Some hints ( Novell 5 ) 1) User with full administrator rights 2) entry in dsm.opt DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL NDS 4) nothing special known to us - we are running a cluster, backup each node as a seperate node ( and use virtualnodename if necessary ) hope this helps a little herfried Miles Purdy [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 26.11.2001 19:28:03 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Experienced Admin needs help with Novell Hi folks, I currently administer an AIX TSM server and clients, now I need to backup Novell servers. I would appreciate some help with some general questions: -Novell seems to need a user and password to run the scheduler as, what do people use? -How do I backup up NDS? -Any special excludes? -What's the best way to handle nodes when they are in a cluster? Any other gottcha's? I did fix the TSA. Thanks Miles -- Miles Purdy System Manager Farm Income Programs Directorate Winnipeg, MB, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557 If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C? - The information contained in this transmission, which may be confidential and proprietary, is only for the intended recipients. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify me immediately by telephone or electronic mail and confirm that you deleted this transmission and the reply from your electronic mail system. ** This message, including any attachments, contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies. You are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. TIAA-CREF **
Re: upgrade from ADSM 3.1 to TSM 4.2 on AIX
Well, Ruud! I completed an upgrade from an ADSM 3.1.2.20 AIX 4.3.3 Server last month also an ADSM 3.1.0.6 AIX 4.3.3 client both to TSM 4.2.1.0. I followed the steps in the READMe and did not run into any problems with installing the code. The upgrade went very smooth except I ran into a problem with redefining the drives on an 8mm Exabyte library. I do not have my notes with the error, but it was from the OS with cfgmgr not returning the device and the resolution was to reboot the RS/6000 box :-(. Also, you have to remember that you will have to CHECKIN all of your storage pool volumes as well so make sure you have the appropriate files intact (volhist, devconfig, etc...). Other than that it took about 20 mins to get the code installed the rest was just tuning. Regards, Demetrius -Original Message- From: Van Ruler, Ruud R SITI-ITDSES31 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: upgrade from ADSM 3.1 to TSM 4.2 on AIX Guru's Does anyone have any experience performing an upgrade from ADSM 3.1 to TSM 4.2 on AIX? Any tips, tricks or gotcha's? If someone has done this before I would sure like to know what the steps where, how long it took and if they felt it was very difficult or ..? We want to upgrade the server ánd clients to version 4.2 Are there any specific things I have to be aware of ? When converted a client to 4.2 .. am I able to restore som file from a 3.1 backup ? thanks in advance Ruud van Ruler, Shell Information Technology International B.V. - DSES-31 Our Central Data Storage Management home page: http://sww2.shell.com/cdsm/ Room 1B/G01 Dokter van Zeelandstraat 1, 2285 BD Leidschendam NL Tel : +31 (0)70 - 3034644, Fax 4011, Mobile +31 (0)6-55127646 Email Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] R.vanRuler
Re: Working with two servers
TSM 5.1 will have server-to-server export, useful for duplicating servers for DR. In other words, the export server command will have a toserver= option. More than that, I don't know, but it sounds like just what you're looking for (and probably easier than setting up clustering). -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Malbrough, Demetrius Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Working with two servers -Luciano- It seems to me that you want to set up Server-to-Server communications or Server-to-Server virtual volumes. All of the DO's DON'Ts should be in the Tivoli Storage Manager for xxx: Administrator's Guide. Hope this is helpful... Regards, Demetrius -Original Message- From: Luciano Ariceto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Working with two servers Hi TSMr4s I4m new in TSM, so sorry if my question is a little bit dumb !!! I have one TSM server (server 1) running and in one office and I would like to add a new server (server 2) to work together in other room. Is this possible ? Can I make backup on server 1 and restore on server 2 easily ? Is possible to work with this servers separately (e.g. if server 1 crashes, the server 2 get the control) ? What is the way ? All hints will be welcome !! The server 1 has a library Compaq Model T892 with 2 drivers DLT 35/70 and a storage Proliant U2 8 disks X 9Gb. The server 2 has a manual library (Compaq DLT 35/70) Thanks in advance for your responses L.A.
Re: Old Backupsets
delete volhist todate=mm/dd/ totime=hh:mm type=backupset vol=volid force=yes volid is case sensitive. _ William Mansfield Senior Consultant Solution Technology, Inc David Ehresman deehre01@LOUISTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VILLE.EDU cc: Sent by: ADSM:Subject: Old Backupsets Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ST.EDU 11/27/2001 07:40 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager A Q VOLHIST TYPE=BACKUPSET lists some old backupsets whose retention period has long past. Q BACKUPSET does not show these backupsets. A DELETE BACKUPSET for them reports No match found using this criteria. How do I remove these from VOLHIST so I can reuse the volumes?
Re: Old Backupsets
This sounds like APAR IC31524: ABSTRACT: BACKUPSETS NOT REMOVED FROM VOLHIST AFTER RETENTION PERIOD EXPIRES. ERROR DESCRIPTION: After backupsets expire, they no longer exist on the server, but they remain in the volhist file. This problem was documented and fixed in APAR IC28573, but I have recreated it with backupsets generated at both 4.1.4.0 and 4.2.0. . When backupsets expire, they should subsequently get removed from the volhist file. LOCAL FIX: Contact Customer Support for the command to remove orphaned backupset volumes from the volhist. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. David Ehresman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/27/2001 06:40 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Old Backupsets A Q VOLHIST TYPE=BACKUPSET lists some old backupsets whose retention period has long past. Q BACKUPSET does not show these backupsets. A DELETE BACKUPSET for them reports No match found using this criteria. How do I remove these from VOLHIST so I can reuse the volumes?
Problem sending SNMP traps
Hi everyone I have recently been trying to set up eventlogging on TSM via SNMP. Our setup: TSM server 3.7.5, aix 4.3.3 I've added dsmserv.opt to include commethod snmp and the snmpsubagent parameter points to the local host (where snmpd runs) using a configured community name. I ran: begin eventlogging enable event snmp all q eventrules gives the following: enable events snmp all The dsmsnmp process is running and is, I believe, successfully communicating with the agent (snmpd). Snmpd is successfully sending out non-TSM traps which get collected by the trapd on our monitoring system. We receive NO events from TSM via SNMP. TSM seems to have a problem maintaining a connection with the subagent (using port 1521). According to netstat port 1521 is not in use by any other process. We get these error messages (repeating every 5 minutes for roughly one hour) when we restart the TSM server: 11/21/01 15:08:41 ANR4660I Connected to SNMP subagent at 127.0.0.1 on port 1521. 11/21/01 15:08:41 ANR4663W Failure receiving message from SNMP subagent. 11/21/01 15:08:41 ANR4664W Failure in registering with SNMP subagent. 11/21/01 15:13:41 ANR4660I Connected to SNMP subagent at 127.0.0.1 on port 1521. 11/21/01 15:13:41 ANR4663W Failure receiving message from SNMP subagent. 11/21/01 15:13:41 ANR4665W Failure re-trying registration with SNMP subagent. Has anyone got any ideas or suggestions as to why TSM is not sending out events as SNMP traps?? Thanks in advance for your help Robert Dowsett Norsk Hydro
Re: Old Backupsets
If it is the last backup set taken you will never get rid of it. Jim Murray Senior Systems Engineer Liberty Bank [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860)638-2919 Madness takes it's toll... Please have exact change. -Original Message- From: David Ehresman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 08:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Old Backupsets A Q VOLHIST TYPE=BACKUPSET lists some old backupsets whose retention period has long past. Q BACKUPSET does not show these backupsets. A DELETE BACKUPSET for them reports No match found using this criteria. How do I remove these from VOLHIST so I can reuse the volumes? The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company.
Re: dsmfmt question
Have worked with AIX for some years. Not a REAL detail person on this but basically my understanding is this: 1. AIX doesn't know what your files are used for. 2. As you have created a jfs filesystem, then the I/O has to go through it. This includes any writes to files, regardless of whether file changes in size. I forget the details but the jfs log keeps track of this and is used, for instance in the case of sudden unorderly halt of your system. I have had several instances where the filesystem that had my storage pools failed to mount on system reboot. I had to run AIX command fsck on it first which, for one thing replays the log. (The OS filesystems automatically have fsck run against them on system reboot, but non rootvg filesystems don't). 3. It's the changing data that is kept up with by JFS. (I guess it's roughly like a redo log for Oracle, for a quick analogy). Hope this helps. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax:321.434.5525 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/26/01 05:29PM That is something I am curious about, not being an AIX expert: What is being logged to the JFS log that creates overhead in the TSM case? I thought the JFS log was necessary because of changing files in the JFS filesystem. But TSM DB, LOG, and STGPOOL volumes (really files) are pre-formatted; their size does not change. So what is the JFS overhead when TSM is writing into those files? Thanks! -Original Message- From: Zlatko Krastev/ACIT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 12:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: dsmfmt question May I try to contribute to this discussion. - Raw logical volumes ought to be faster than a single large file because there is no JFS overhead. What if the disk keeping the jfslog volume is very busy. And there were many threads on this list regarding TSM log pinnouts, overflows, etc. Have in mind that JFS is using very similar methology (but you cannot issue Q LOG). - There is no need to calculate exactly how large the file has to be. And there is no need to use dsmfmt. DEF VOL stgpool /dev/rlv_name and the server will recognise the size automagically. - With JFS you waste space on superblock, i-nodes and jfslog volume. Raw volumes are raw - everything is up to you (and TSM) except LVM header (512 bytes). And if you are greedy you can use even the first block. LVM will complain on some operations but will not overwrite it. - You do not have control over file(s) placement within the filesystem (and disk). You can control intra-policy of each logical volume and place most used closer to disk middle and rarely used on the ends. You can control which logical volume to be spread across the disks and which not to be stripped. This can improve performance. - There is no need to care about filesystem mount/unmount, mount order, fsck, etc. - Using specific volume type (I use 'mklv -t tsm_db', tsm_log and tsm_vol) you can designate logical volume usage. And even after the disk is attached to another system you can easily recognise each volume usage (when LV name on imported VG conflicts with existing varied on LV name AIX assigns lvXX to it). I though several times why not to use /dev/rhdiskXX but I see to many obstacles and nearly not benefit - the disk device name will change on any devices reorganisation, i.e. SCSI disk goes in another hot-swap bay and gets another ID, alternate path with different adapter gets new device name - disk is not signed and someone can overwrite its data assigning it to a volume group. - Attachment to other system gives no information what was the previous usage of the disk. - Performance benefit from removal of LVM overhead is not so significant to pay all problems considered above. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 21.11.2001 16:53:38 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:dsmfmt question Hi *SM-ers! I will replace my 9 Gb. SSA disks in the very near future. The new disks (36 Gb. 10.000 rpm) will have to be added to the diskpool one by one. I remember from the last time that it was quite difficult to allocate a disk file which fills the disk completely. If you have, for instance, a 9 Gb. disk, you cannot create a 9 Gb. file by issuing a DSMFMT -G -DATA filename 9. This results in an error indicating the there isn't enough space available. Apparently the dsmfmt utility needs a little bit overhead space. Does anybody know how to calculate the maximum space one can specify to fill the disk to it's maximum? Thanks in advance for any reply!!! Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ** This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are
Archive backup
Hello everyone !!! I try to perform archiving backup into AIX client, and i recive this msg: ANS1081E Invalid search file specification '/usr' entered I use this command: dsmc arch /usr /home /etc /var Can I help me ? Thank very much Regards.
Re: Archive backup
Try using /usr/ If you also want directorys to be backup, use: dsmc arch /usr/ /home/ -subdir=yes Hth. Christian Astuni To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: .COMSubject: Archive backup Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU 11/27/01 02:04 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Hello everyone !!! I try to perform archiving backup into AIX client, and i recive this msg: ANS1081E Invalid search file specification '/usr' entered I use this command: dsmc arch /usr /home /etc /var Can I help me ? Thank very much Regards.
Re: Problem sending SNMP traps
do you have your dsmsnmp agent running ? ? ? (found in the server install directory) ps -ef | grep snmp root 8072 28022 0 Sep 18 - 0:00 ./dsmsnmp root 17118 26478 0 Nov 26 - 0:00 ./dsmsnmp zdec23 23154 19598 1 09:27:06 pts/1 0:00 grep snmp root 26478 8072 0 Sep 18 - 0:00 ./dsmsnmp root 27322 5942 0 Sep 20 - 1:22 /usr/sbin/snmpd root 28022 1 0 Sep 18 - 0:00 ./dsmsnmp from your messages, it looks like you probably don't have the dsmsnmp agent running... -Original Message- From: Robert Dowsett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem sending SNMP traps Hi everyone I have recently been trying to set up eventlogging on TSM via SNMP. Our setup: TSM server 3.7.5, aix 4.3.3 I've added dsmserv.opt to include commethod snmp and the snmpsubagent parameter points to the local host (where snmpd runs) using a configured community name. I ran: begin eventlogging enable event snmp all q eventrules gives the following: enable events snmp all The dsmsnmp process is running and is, I believe, successfully communicating with the agent (snmpd). Snmpd is successfully sending out non-TSM traps which get collected by the trapd on our monitoring system. We receive NO events from TSM via SNMP. TSM seems to have a problem maintaining a connection with the subagent (using port 1521). According to netstat port 1521 is not in use by any other process. We get these error messages (repeating every 5 minutes for roughly one hour) when we restart the TSM server: 11/21/01 15:08:41 ANR4660I Connected to SNMP subagent at 127.0.0.1 on port 1521. 11/21/01 15:08:41 ANR4663W Failure receiving message from SNMP subagent. 11/21/01 15:08:41 ANR4664W Failure in registering with SNMP subagent. 11/21/01 15:13:41 ANR4660I Connected to SNMP subagent at 127.0.0.1 on port 1521. 11/21/01 15:13:41 ANR4663W Failure receiving message from SNMP subagent. 11/21/01 15:13:41 ANR4665W Failure re-trying registration with SNMP subagent. Has anyone got any ideas or suggestions as to why TSM is not sending out events as SNMP traps?? Thanks in advance for your help Robert Dowsett Norsk Hydro
Re: Archive backup
Do you not want: dsmc arch /usr/ /home/ /etc/ /var/ or use -subdir=yes Miles -- Miles Purdy System Manager Farm Income Programs Directorate Winnipeg, MB, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557 If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C? - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 27-Nov-01 9:34:31 AM Hello everyone !!! I try to perform archiving backup into AIX client, and i recive this msg: ANS1081E Invalid search file specification '/usr' entered I use this command: dsmc arch /usr /home /etc /var Can I help me ? Thank very much Regards.
informix backups ... not working with caching enabled ?
Hi *SM'ers, Just wondering if somebody encountered this problem : we are doing informix backups on a TSM 4.1.1 server, using onbar utility. Informix logical logs are written to a primary disk pool that has caching enabled, and a next storage pool defined to allow migration on tape. It seems that once the disk has been filled, informix is unable to find free space to send his logs, and migration never happens, even with a very low high mig value. I believe this is due to caching on this stg pool : when the percent utilised value reaches 100 %, even if this data is only cached files, neither TSM or Informix are able to overwrite it, and I get a message like : 11/27/01 11:47:08 ANR0534W Transaction failed for session 17528 for node SAP02 (TDP Infmx AIX42) - size estimate exceeded and server is unable to obtain additional space in storage pool SAP_LOGS_DISK. Once caching disabled, and cached files moved to the next storage pool, we never face this problem again. Did anybody already noticed this kind of strange behaviour before, and eventually found a solution to it ? TIA. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT Group | | Viaduktstrasse 42, P.O. Box, 4002 Basel - Switzerland | | Phone: +41 61 226 19 78/Fax: +41 61 226 17 01 | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Archive backup
-Christian- Are you trying to archive all the files in each directory? /usr /home /etc /var Try dsmc archive /usr/* home/* /etc/* /var/* -Original Message- From: Christian Astuni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Archive backup Hello everyone !!! I try to perform archiving backup into AIX client, and i recive this msg: ANS1081E Invalid search file specification '/usr' entered I use this command: dsmc arch /usr /home /etc /var Can I help me ? Thank very much Regards.
Re: informix backups ... not working with caching enabled ?
We have been backing up logical logs for years and never faced this problem; probably because we saw no need to cache files within our disk storagepools... George Lesho AFC Enterprises! PAC Brion Arnaud [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 11/27/2001 10:21:40 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: George Lesho/Partners/AFC) Fax to: Subject: informix backups ... not working with caching enabled ? Hi *SM'ers, Just wondering if somebody encountered this problem : we are doing informix backups on a TSM 4.1.1 server, using onbar utility. Informix logical logs are written to a primary disk pool that has caching enabled, and a next storage pool defined to allow migration on tape. It seems that once the disk has been filled, informix is unable to find free space to send his logs, and migration never happens, even with a very low high mig value. I believe this is due to caching on this stg pool : when the percent utilised value reaches 100 %, even if this data is only cached files, neither TSM or Informix are able to overwrite it, and I get a message like : 11/27/01 11:47:08 ANR0534W Transaction failed for session 17528 for node SAP02 (TDP Infmx AIX42) - size estimate exceeded and server is unable to obtain additional space in storage pool SAP_LOGS_DISK. Once caching disabled, and cached files moved to the next storage pool, we never face this problem again. Did anybody already noticed this kind of strange behaviour before, and eventually found a solution to it ? TIA. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT Group | | Viaduktstrasse 42, P.O. Box, 4002 Basel - Switzerland | | Phone: +41 61 226 19 78/Fax: +41 61 226 17 01 | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Backupset
I'm sure this was just covered here, so apologies that I missed it, but can I create a backupset process for more than one client at a time and/or can I specify that it is written to one specfic scratch tape? Marc.
TDP for ORACLE on True64???
Has Tivoli thought of coming out with a TDP for Oracle on True64 Unix yet? Anyone else have this configuration or am I the only one? Who can we put pressure on for this to get done? What good is a SAN when 90% of the data out there would come back across the network because there is no TDP? Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (888) 997-9614
Re: Backupset
Yep..and Yep... I perform a Backup Set on 5 servers at once daily (I have 10 drives thought). These are the servers I need to get up first in case of a disaster. Of course the creation of Backup Sets for a node uses the onsite copy tapes. So if the tape being read from has information for the other backup set then it will wait until the tape is available. As for the what tape to write to, you indicate that in the command options. Be aware that if the node you are creating a backup set for is located on several tapes (in the onsite copy set) then it will take a while. So for the best way to achieve this is to turn on collocation for your onsite copy tapes. This is what I have (alot of space in my library). This will insure that speed is at max, and that the different backup sets are not fighting for the data tape. Im still experimenting with backup sets, so I am still in learning mode about them. Hope this helps. Joe Cascanette The Cumis Group Limited -Original Message- From: Marc Lowers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Backupset I'm sure this was just covered here, so apologies that I missed it, but can I create a backupset process for more than one client at a time and/or can I specify that it is written to one specfic scratch tape? Marc.
Moving TSM server from VM to AIX
Hello gang, I am looking for some words of wisdom. We are currently starting to plan a move of our ancient TSM 3.1.2.50 server to an AIX TSM 4.x server (not sure what version). I have a few questions: 1) Do I simply backup our db from TSM on VM and restore to TSM on AIX? How long will the backup restore take (our db is about 14GB and about 90 % full). 2) What is the best way to connect our 3494 robotic tape library to our RS/6000 S80 box (SCSI, ESCON, Fiber, other?) 3) Do we need to convert our existing data tapes from VM to AIX somehow? 4) Any other info that would be usefull. Thanks in advance, Peter
Re: Domains Question, Moving File Spaces
Yeah, there is a way but it is hokie as far as I am concerned. You have to export the file spaces for the node, delete the file spaces, and import them back to a new policy domain. -Original Message- From: Lisa Cabanas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Domains Question Paul, after the change of the policy domains to the new one, the first backup will bind all the active files to the new mgmt class and related storage pool, and you will have to migrate your inactive data by migrating the entire old storage pool to the new stg pool? Is there a more precise way to move the inactive data, as an improperly set up old storage pool might (probably) contains other data you don't want into the new storage pool. We are in a similar situation-- the mgmt classes/stg pools were originally set up by hardware, OS and type of data. We are getting two new 6M1s to host our TSM servers, and I would really like to make the changeover to a more business-oriented- retention needs model-- but I am afraid that I will either strand inactive data in a mgmt class that I will have to copy over just let expire, or by just letting inactive data default to the default mgmt class when I don't move the yecchy old mgmt class scheme. Either way isn't really a good compromise in my mind. Or have I missed the point entirely? lisa |+ || Seay, Paul | || seay_pd@NAPTH| || EON.COM | ||| || 11/26/2001| || 10:40 PM | || Please respond| || to ADSM: Dist| || Stor Manager | ||| |+ --- -| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: (bcc: Lisa Cabanas/SC/MODOT) | | Subject: Re: Domains Question | --- -| Actually, a domain has nothing specifically to do with a storage pool. The deal is the clients are using a default policy domain management class. This management class has a backup group associated with it which can only go to one primary storage pool, maybe a next pool, etc. Multiple management classes could be put under the current policy domain with a new management class (at least in V4 you can do this). But, this requires the dsm.opt file on each client to specify management classes, which is probably not what you want. If you change the policy domain of the clients to new ones with different storage pools you can move the data to the new storage pools and a rebind to the new management class will occur on the first backup. I recommend you setup a little test server to test out everything before you try this on a production server. Now for your real question. How many policy domains? Policy domains relate to your business objectives and need to separate data into default management classes easily. Some of the TDPs (Oracle, Exchange, SQL Server, DB2, etc) require/recommend separate policy domains from the client backup which you probably do not have implemented. I will give you an example. Say you have three areas of business: Office Automation Manufacturing Engineering These could have the same or different server platforms but are distinct business entities. It would probably be prudent to separate them into separate policy domains and storage pools for recovery purposes. You may want to break them down further. As technicians we think in server OS terms AIX, IRIX, Windows, Netware, Solaris, etc., but that is not necessarily the right business model because many times an environment crosses many platforms. The other example that may seem dumb is we use AIX/Windows TSM servers. We send them to their own storage pools just to isolate the restore tapes easily for disaster recovery reasons. Which ultimately, is how your policy organization may come out for your business. The technical reason for several policy domains is TSM administration security. You can segment who can touch what and do to what by policy domain. The TSM Administrator's guide makes a real good book to put you to sleep at night. You should use it for about a week. It will really help you get a handle on the reasons for policy domains and storage pools. In the end, your real question has to do with how many storage pools do you need. That is where you categorize your data by whether collocation makes sense, reclamation makes sense, etc. This is a balancing act. The more storage pools you have the more you have to manage. Pick the proper granularity. In my case I have about 5 primary disk pools, 15 primary tape pools, and 15 copy tape pools, but I have a 40TB, 250+ many platform server
Re: Domains Question
We have two domains. Its a carryover artifact from when we had a 3466 with one DLT-7337 and we upgraded to two DLT robots. Now with our 3494 both domains point to one copypool, tapepool, diskpool. I merged everything during the conversion except the domains. Don't remember it being much of a problem to get done. ... joe.f. Joseph A Faracchio, Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley Private mail on any topic should be directed to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (510)642-7638 (w) (209)483-JOEF (M) 107 days til retirement!! (revised) On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Bill Robb wrote: Folks... ADSM 3.1 was implemented in my shop about 5 years ago (on a mainframe server). At the time, we had 5 Netware Clients, and about 7 AIX Clients, so it made sense to create two domains - one for each platform.As in most shops, we've experienced an Open Systems growth explosion, to the point where I now have approx 30 Netware clients, and 60 UNIX clients, still defined to the original two domains. My server is TSM 4.1, running on S/390. My storage pools for the two domains - from disk to copy pool to offsite tape storage have all grown huge. My feeling is that maintaining the entire environment within two domains is inefficient - backups, migrations, etc take far too long, and I don't dream of turning on collocation. My questions are: 1) Do most people run their servers with fewer, large domains, or is it prevalent to operate with many smaller domains defined with less client nodes attached? 2) If a new domain is defined, how do you move a node, and all it's backed up files, from one domain to different new domain ? Thank you, Bill Robb
Re: Full backups again
I would start by asking the requestor what is the goal???. What are they (really) trying to accomplish???. Then look at the features in TSM and try to match the goal/ requirement with the feature. (archive, backupset, copypool,mirror'd DB, roll-forward log offsite db backups, etc, etc) Seems really silly, in this day and age, to backup a file (ie send it over the network, store it in the same onsite pool and make another copy of it for the offsite pool) if you already have it. Think of all the wasted expire inventory and tape reclamation time it will take too! ... joe.f. Joseph A Faracchio, Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley Private mail on any topic should be directed to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (510)642-7638 (w) (209)483-JOEF (M) 5633 100 1/2 days until retirement!! On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, John Naylor wrote: Hi all, I may be required to implement a weekly full backup for certain of our key netware data servers. I have used all the arguments against this pointing out that you do not need it with the incremental forever philosophy of TSM. I have also pointed out that if you do need it, backupsets are the preferred alternative. However assuming I am forced to go that route I have a few of queries. Am I correct that you need to set the backup copygroup mode to absolute for every management class mentioned in the dsm.opts plus the default, before the full backups, and reverse it back to modified afterwards. Will the TSM host server still need to produce and send its list of active files to the client for comparison purposes, even if only to mark deleted files inactive. Will the absence of file attribute checking on the client make any noticeable difference to how long the backup takes. Thanks ** The information in this E-Mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It may not represent the views of Scottish and Southern Energy plc. It is intended solely for the addressees. Access to this E-Mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any unauthorised recipient should advise the sender immediately of the error in transmission. Scottish Hydro-Electric, Southern Electric, SWALEC and S+S are trading names of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group. **
TDP for ORACLE 2.2 on NT - ANS0238E Pls HELP
hi, we installed and configured TDP 2.2 for ORACLE on NT 4 SP6. We can do backups but we are getting errors when we try to delete them via an RMAN change backuppiece ( or set ) x delete. The piece/set is deleted from the RMAN catalog but when trying to delete withon TSM errors ANS0228E come up. There was an APAR IC30051 opened for this problem and a fixtest is available for download. Please download from ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/tivoli-data-protection/oracle regards, Thiha
TDP for Exchange V2.2 Download
Is this version of the client available for download? Thanks, Kelly J. Lipp Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. PO Box 51313 Colorado Springs, CO 80949 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com (719)531-5926 Fax: (240)539-7175
TSM 4.2* client for AIX5 32bit version
Does anyone know where this software is? I checked the ftp site, the tivoli site, the ibm site ... The 64bt version is out there not the 32bit. ? Gabriel C. Wiley ADSM/TSM Administrator AIX Support Phone 1-614-308-6709 Pager 1-877-489-2867 Fax 1-614-308-6637 Cell 1-740-972-6441 Siempre Hay Esperanza
Re: Full backups again
Another option would be to have a special schedule that runs weekly to do a Selective rather than Incremental backup. Of course, you end up with 3 schedules for these nodes (weekday, Saturday and Sunday, of which, one is the selective backup), but you get your weekly full backup in. Nick Cassimatis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Today is the tomorrow of yesterday.
Re: AiX client password problem
Ive' had this happen before, still not sure what does it - as your AIX guys if they installed any maintenance, or did something that would change permissions - I'll bet they did. If you have passwordaccess GENERATE, the TSM password is encrypted into a file in /etc/security somewhere. Sometimes something wipes it out (or maybe changes the permissions on the file), and we get the results you describe. Still haven't tracked down why, let me know if you find out anything! Wanda Prather The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab 443-778-8769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think - Scott Adams/Dilbert -Original Message- From: Anderson, Michael - HMIS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 9:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AiX client password problem Can anyone share some light on a question I have. One of my AIX clients backup failed due to a password problem. The client log gave a ans0282e password file is not available error. The TSM log gives a ANR0424W session refused invalid password submitted. If we reset the password and then rerun the job it works ok, but the AIX guys are asking me what happened and I don't know what to tell them. This is the second client that this has happened on, and I have the password expiration set to . My server is TSM 4.1.0 and the client is 4.1.2.0 Thanks Mike Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
Select-question
Hello,
One of my daily checks is the select-query below:
select DATE_TIME,NODENAME,MESSAGE from ACTLOG WHERE MSGNO=4959 and
date_timetimestamp(concat('$1',' 07:00'))
The problem is that the output is msgno 4959 for all nodes. I only want to
see the nodes with 1 or more objects failed. When there are no objects
failed, I don't want to see the output for that node, because it is 'ok'.
I've tried a lot but so far no results. Can anyone give me a hint?
With regards,
Brian
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netware/groupwise archives
We have started backing up the Netware Servers on our network which are all at 5.1.. we are currently on TSM 4.1, the incrementals are working good not a lot of problem there.. But when it comes to archiving the Groupwise volumes it takes a long time. same with when it expires the files.. there is about 12.8 gig but this is made up of a lot of small files. Is anyone archiving Groupwise off of a Netware server and is there a way to speed up the archiving of a lot of small files.?
Re: TSM 4.2* client for AIX5 32bit version
It seems as if it is only for 64bit right now... I'm not sure, you may want to call support to verify? -Original Message- From: Gabriel Wiley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM 4.2* client for AIX5 32bit version Does anyone know where this software is? I checked the ftp site, the tivoli site, the ibm site ... The 64bt version is out there not the 32bit. ? Gabriel C. Wiley ADSM/TSM Administrator AIX Support Phone 1-614-308-6709 Pager 1-877-489-2867 Fax 1-614-308-6637 Cell 1-740-972-6441 Siempre Hay Esperanza
Re: TDP for ORACLE on True64???
This would be a long shot I would think? What will HP call Tru64? HP-UX would be my guess. Kelly J. Lipp Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. PO Box 51313 Colorado Springs, CO 80949 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com (719)531-5926 Fax: (240)539-7175 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TDP for ORACLE on True64??? Has Tivoli thought of coming out with a TDP for Oracle on True64 Unix yet? Anyone else have this configuration or am I the only one? Who can we put pressure on for this to get done? What good is a SAN when 90% of the data out there would come back across the network because there is no TDP? Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (888) 997-9614
TIVOLI OS390
My backup normally runs around 1 to 2 hrs. Starting on NOV.24 , it has been increase by 2. Found a lot of message ANRD on the log.. Has anyone run into this problem. Enterprise Software Programmer Broward County Florida Mr. Gerard Prato [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TSM Platform Change
What is involved in changing a TSM server from one platform (HPUX) to another (AIX)? I'm involved in a project that needs to move a TSM server from hp to ibm. I know the db needs exported/imported, unloaded/loaded, backedup/restored (I'm not sure how, but I've heard it can be done). The bigger question is the tapes. After a tsm db is brought to a new platform, can that tsm instance read the tapes that were created on the other platform? Thanks Rick
4.2.2.0 Client?
4.2.1.0 has been on tivoli's website for some time now. Andy or someone at Tivoli - any idea when 4.2.2.0 will be out? Gerald Wichmann System Engineer StorageLink 408-844-8893 (v) 408-844-9801 (f)
Re: Sharing the 3494 with OS/390 and AS/400
On OS/390 it depends on the tape management system. If you're running DFSMSrmm, then just specify the REJECT ANYUSE(...) for the volser 'range' that is non-OS/390 in your EDGRMMxx parmlib member. If you are using any of the CA alternatives (TLMS, CA-1) then you will have to modify the sample CBRUXENT OAM user exit to reject any non-OS/390 volsers. Make sure that this exit is running on ALL systems/LPARS that share the 3494 library. The 3494 will notify each system/LPAR that is up and running. The exit may be on 2 out of 3, but that 3rd system could still accept the non-OS/390 tapes. Speaking from experience on that one! On the TSM server, we have a server script file that runs the checkin libv command with the volrange option for only those TSM tape volsers. As for OS/400last time I looked there was no tape management support available. Maybe OEM software venders..? We share a 3494 between OS/390 and an AIX TSM server. Since moving to DFSMSrmm, we haven't had a single occurance of the systems accepting the others' tapes. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Seay, Paul Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 8:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Sharing the 3494 with OS/390 and AS/400 In the case of OS/390 you are running the OAM task which has an exit that may help. Every system gets notification of a volume when it is inserted that is registered to the 3494, even an open systems lmcpd system. The OS/390 system is the only one that responds unfortunately. It sets the category of the tape based on whether the exit says to accept the tape or not. For OS/390 we implemented the exit and ignore tapes not for it by volser range. Sorry, that does not help in TSM or AS/400. What we desperately need from 3494 development is a lmcpd connection task delivered for each platform that we can invoke a script from. Then, we can write the script in whatever tool we want. That way you could dynamically checkin under TSM and under an AS/400 do whatever it needs such as give the tape a category via the mtlib command. I believe that TSM will only label tapes that are in its categories already or the FF00 category (insert), so you can make it skip the OS/390 tapes by using the OAM exit. I know TSM will not relabel that already has a valid TSM label on it. This is to prevent destroying tapes that have valid data. If I could spend enough time to tinker around with C, I would write the code for this task. It is relatively simple. And, essentially, you do not need to run it but in one place because every host gets notified for all inserts. And, by the way, the library represents the list of tapes in insert status every time a host opens the interface to the library. -Original Message- From: Bazuin R. (Ronald) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 7:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Sharing the 3494 with OS/390 and AS/400 Hi *SM-ers, We are going to share an 3494 library with three hosts; TSM, OS/390 and OS/400. Therefor we will use different labelcategories to ensure we don't use eachothers tapes. But in TSM, i think, it is easy for us to label tapes wich belongs to one of the other hosts. That is not wat you want, but it is possible. Therefor I like to know if it is possible to set somewhere something like an mask so we are not able to label those tapes, even when we not use the 'volrange' option. Thank in advance, Ronald Bazuin System Engineer Amev IP - Networks (Amev is an member of the Fortis-group) Netherlands ***DISCLAIMER*** Deze e-mail is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde(n). Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. Fortis sluit iedere aansprakelijkheid uit die voortvloeit uit electronische verzending. This e-mail is intended exclusively for the addressee(s), and may not be passed on to, or made available for use by any person other than the addressee(s). Fortis rules out any and every liability resulting from any electronic transmission.
Re: Select-question
Just a suggestion but instead of runing the SQL command against the ACTLOG table I
would reference the SUMMARY table for failed objects..Just a thought
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/27/01 11:30AM
Hello,
One of my daily checks is the select-query below:
select DATE_TIME,NODENAME,MESSAGE from ACTLOG WHERE MSGNO=4959 and
date_timetimestamp(concat('$1',' 07:00'))
The problem is that the output is msgno 4959 for all nodes. I only want to
see the nodes with 1 or more objects failed. When there are no objects
failed, I don't want to see the output for that node, because it is 'ok'.
I've tried a lot but so far no results. Can anyone give me a hint?
With regards,
Brian
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Re: Moving TSM server from VM to AIX
Check the archives for discussions on this topic, but here are my answers anyway (see below): Peter Hadikin Peter_Hadiki [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Robin Sharpe/WA/USR/SHG) 11/27/01 Subject: 01:01 PM Moving TSM server from VM to AIX Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Hello gang, I am looking for some words of wisdom. We are currently starting to plan a move of our ancient TSM 3.1.2.50 server to an AIX TSM 4.x server (not sure what version). I have a few questions: 1) Do I simply backup our db from TSM on VM and restore to TSM on AIX? How long will the backup restore take (our db is about 14GB and about 90 % full). No, that won't work. You must export/import the DB. Won't take too long... my guess is 1 hour. 2) What is the best way to connect our 3494 robotic tape library to our RS/6000 S80 box (SCSI, ESCON, Fiber, other?) I would think fiber, but we use DLTs... many other discussions on this topic in the archives. 3) Do we need to convert our existing data tapes from VM to AIX somehow? Yes, you must export/import each node with it's data. If you have a lot of data this will take a long time, and a lot of tapes. 4) Any other info that would be usefull. If you can manage it, keep the old server up until everything expires. That's what we are doing as we move from AIX to HP, although we have a new library... but you may be able to share it. Thanks in advance, Peter Good Luck Robin Sharpe Berlex Labs
Re: Problem sending SNMP traps
Is the DPID2 process running? As far as I understand, the communication goes like this: TSM - DSMSNMP - DPID2 - SNMPD Patrick Varney Pacific Gas Electric Company Fairfield Information Operations Center (FFIOC) Enterprise Services Group (ESG), Senior Network Specialist -Original Message- From: Robert Dowsett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem sending SNMP traps Hi everyone I have recently been trying to set up eventlogging on TSM via SNMP. Our setup: TSM server 3.7.5, aix 4.3.3 I've added dsmserv.opt to include commethod snmp and the snmpsubagent parameter points to the local host (where snmpd runs) using a configured community name. I ran: begin eventlogging enable event snmp all q eventrules gives the following: enable events snmp all The dsmsnmp process is running and is, I believe, successfully communicating with the agent (snmpd). Snmpd is successfully sending out non-TSM traps which get collected by the trapd on our monitoring system. We receive NO events from TSM via SNMP. TSM seems to have a problem maintaining a connection with the subagent (using port 1521). According to netstat port 1521 is not in use by any other process. We get these error messages (repeating every 5 minutes for roughly one hour) when we restart the TSM server: 11/21/01 15:08:41 ANR4660I Connected to SNMP subagent at 127.0.0.1 on port 1521. 11/21/01 15:08:41 ANR4663W Failure receiving message from SNMP subagent. 11/21/01 15:08:41 ANR4664W Failure in registering with SNMP subagent. 11/21/01 15:13:41 ANR4660I Connected to SNMP subagent at 127.0.0.1 on port 1521. 11/21/01 15:13:41 ANR4663W Failure receiving message from SNMP subagent. 11/21/01 15:13:41 ANR4665W Failure re-trying registration with SNMP subagent. Has anyone got any ideas or suggestions as to why TSM is not sending out events as SNMP traps?? Thanks in advance for your help Robert Dowsett Norsk Hydro
Re: Working with two servers
I don't think that server-to-server will fix it. If Server 1 sends the data to be stored on Server 2 (as it's offsite backup), and then Server 1 fails, you can't just do the restore with Server 2. Only Server 1 has the right metadata in it's data base to do the restore. -Original Message- From: Malbrough, Demetrius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Working with two servers -Luciano- It seems to me that you want to set up Server-to-Server communications or Server-to-Server virtual volumes. All of the DO's DON'Ts should be in the Tivoli Storage Manager for xxx: Administrator's Guide. Hope this is helpful... Regards, Demetrius -Original Message- From: Luciano Ariceto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Working with two servers Hi TSMr´s I´m new in TSM, so sorry if my question is a little bit dumb !!! I have one TSM server (server 1) running and in one office and I would like to add a new server (server 2) to work together in other room. Is this possible ? Can I make backup on server 1 and restore on server 2 easily ? Is possible to work with this servers separately (e.g. if server 1 crashes, the server 2 get the control) ? What is the way ? All hints will be welcome !! The server 1 has a library Compaq Model T892 with 2 drivers DLT 35/70 and a storage Proliant U2 8 disks X 9Gb. The server 2 has a manual library (Compaq DLT 35/70) Thanks in advance for your responses L.A.
Changing TCP and HTTP ports
Hi TSMers. I would like to change TCP and HTTP ports on one of my two servers from 1500 and 1580 to 1501 and 1581. Just to differentiate one from another. I changed them under dsmserv.opt and restart the server service but I cannot connect to it from the admin command line. If I changed them back to default, which were 1500 and 1580. It works fine. I was just wondering have anyone successfully changed this information and they worked. Any help will be greatly appreciated. NT Server 4.0 SP6a TSM Server 4.2.0 TSM B/A 4.2.1 Thanks in advance. Kien
Re: TSM Platform Change
Hi Rick, This question keeps coming up on the list, and I have never seen a definitive answer. But I will throw this out and see who can respond to it with better info - I think the answer is USUALLY NOT, and even if you somehow get away with it, it's not supported. To move client data across platforms, TSM provides EXPORT, which takes the client data and creates a portable format file that can be imported into the other platform. I think the reason a different platform can't read the tapes directly is the drivers. Take the more extreme case of going from HP/UX to Windows - how likely is it, really, that Windows tape driver will be able to read the data off a tape written by UNIX? On the other hand, in the closer cases of HP/UX to AIX, it probably depends on who wrote the driver, and what the driver expects to see (If your AIX box is available already, why not just try one and let us know?). A couple of years ago, I believe somebody on the list reported getting away with it when converting from OS/390 to AIX using a 3490-type tape. When he found he could read the tapes, he marked all the OS/390-written tapes as READONLY, just to ensure that all new tapes were written with the AIX drivers. But in that case, we know the drivers were at least written by the same vendor Anyway, as more than one person has posted today, moving with EXPORT/IMPORT is problematic if you have lots of data. But I believe it's the only supported way, and I am SURE Tivoli doesn't test or support the direct way. So much for my musings Wanda Prather The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab 443-778-8769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think - Scott Adams/Dilbert -Original Message- From: Richard L. Rhodes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM Platform Change What is involved in changing a TSM server from one platform (HPUX) to another (AIX)? I'm involved in a project that needs to move a TSM server from hp to ibm. I know the db needs exported/imported, unloaded/loaded, backedup/restored (I'm not sure how, but I've heard it can be done). The bigger question is the tapes. After a tsm db is brought to a new platform, can that tsm instance read the tapes that were created on the other platform? Thanks Rick
Re: TIVOLI OS390
ANRD is a bucket message - anything error that doesn't have it's own number shows up as ANRD. So to answer your question we need to know the full text of the message -Original Message- From: GERARD PRATO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TIVOLI OS390 My backup normally runs around 1 to 2 hrs. Starting on NOV.24 , it has been increase by 2. Found a lot of message ANRD on the log.. Has anyone run into this problem. Enterprise Software Programmer Broward County Florida Mr. Gerard Prato [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing TCP and HTTP ports
Make sure that under the dsm.sys they exist and then use dsmadmc -se=servername to connect -Original Message- From: Chan, Kien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Changing TCP and HTTP ports Sensitivity: Private Hi TSMers. I would like to change TCP and HTTP ports on one of my two servers from 1500 and 1580 to 1501 and 1581. Just to differentiate one from another. I changed them under dsmserv.opt and restart the server service but I cannot connect to it from the admin command line. If I changed them back to default, which were 1500 and 1580. It works fine. I was just wondering have anyone successfully changed this information and they worked. Any help will be greatly appreciated. NT Server 4.0 SP6a TSM Server 4.2.0 TSM B/A 4.2.1 Thanks in advance. Kien
Re: Changing TCP and HTTP ports
And make sure you don't have locked ports down in the OS. On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 04:09:34PM -0600, Davidson, Becky wrote: Make sure that under the dsm.sys they exist and then use dsmadmc -se=servername to connect -Original Message- From: Chan, Kien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Changing TCP and HTTP ports Sensitivity: Private Hi TSMers. I would like to change TCP and HTTP ports on one of my two servers from 1500 and 1580 to 1501 and 1581. Just to differentiate one from another. I changed them under dsmserv.opt and restart the server service but I cannot connect to it from the admin command line. If I changed them back to default, which were 1500 and 1580. It works fine. I was just wondering have anyone successfully changed this information and they worked. Any help will be greatly appreciated. NT Server 4.0 SP6a TSM Server 4.2.0 TSM B/A 4.2.1 Thanks in advance. Kien
Re: Changing TCP and HTTP ports
You have to change the dsm.sys as well for the archive client or the admin client depending on the type of client. -Original Message- From: Chan, Kien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Changing TCP and HTTP ports Sensitivity: Private Hi TSMers. I would like to change TCP and HTTP ports on one of my two servers from 1500 and 1580 to 1501 and 1581. Just to differentiate one from another. I changed them under dsmserv.opt and restart the server service but I cannot connect to it from the admin command line. If I changed them back to default, which were 1500 and 1580. It works fine. I was just wondering have anyone successfully changed this information and they worked. Any help will be greatly appreciated. NT Server 4.0 SP6a TSM Server 4.2.0 TSM B/A 4.2.1 Thanks in advance. Kien
Re: dsmfmt question
I get it! Thanks David! -Original Message- From: David Longo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: dsmfmt question Have worked with AIX for some years. Not a REAL detail person on this but basically my understanding is this: 1. AIX doesn't know what your files are used for. 2. As you have created a jfs filesystem, then the I/O has to go through it. This includes any writes to files, regardless of whether file changes in size. I forget the details but the jfs log keeps track of this and is used, for instance in the case of sudden unorderly halt of your system. I have had several instances where the filesystem that had my storage pools failed to mount on system reboot. I had to run AIX command fsck on it first which, for one thing replays the log. (The OS filesystems automatically have fsck run against them on system reboot, but non rootvg filesystems don't). 3. It's the changing data that is kept up with by JFS. (I guess it's roughly like a redo log for Oracle, for a quick analogy). Hope this helps. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax:321.434.5525 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/26/01 05:29PM That is something I am curious about, not being an AIX expert: What is being logged to the JFS log that creates overhead in the TSM case? I thought the JFS log was necessary because of changing files in the JFS filesystem. But TSM DB, LOG, and STGPOOL volumes (really files) are pre-formatted; their size does not change. So what is the JFS overhead when TSM is writing into those files? Thanks! -Original Message- From: Zlatko Krastev/ACIT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 12:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: dsmfmt question May I try to contribute to this discussion. - Raw logical volumes ought to be faster than a single large file because there is no JFS overhead. What if the disk keeping the jfslog volume is very busy. And there were many threads on this list regarding TSM log pinnouts, overflows, etc. Have in mind that JFS is using very similar methology (but you cannot issue Q LOG). - There is no need to calculate exactly how large the file has to be. And there is no need to use dsmfmt. DEF VOL stgpool /dev/rlv_name and the server will recognise the size automagically. - With JFS you waste space on superblock, i-nodes and jfslog volume. Raw volumes are raw - everything is up to you (and TSM) except LVM header (512 bytes). And if you are greedy you can use even the first block. LVM will complain on some operations but will not overwrite it. - You do not have control over file(s) placement within the filesystem (and disk). You can control intra-policy of each logical volume and place most used closer to disk middle and rarely used on the ends. You can control which logical volume to be spread across the disks and which not to be stripped. This can improve performance. - There is no need to care about filesystem mount/unmount, mount order, fsck, etc. - Using specific volume type (I use 'mklv -t tsm_db', tsm_log and tsm_vol) you can designate logical volume usage. And even after the disk is attached to another system you can easily recognise each volume usage (when LV name on imported VG conflicts with existing varied on LV name AIX assigns lvXX to it). I though several times why not to use /dev/rhdiskXX but I see to many obstacles and nearly not benefit - the disk device name will change on any devices reorganisation, i.e. SCSI disk goes in another hot-swap bay and gets another ID, alternate path with different adapter gets new device name - disk is not signed and someone can overwrite its data assigning it to a volume group. - Attachment to other system gives no information what was the previous usage of the disk. - Performance benefit from removal of LVM overhead is not so significant to pay all problems considered above. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 21.11.2001 16:53:38 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:dsmfmt question Hi *SM-ers! I will replace my 9 Gb. SSA disks in the very near future. The new disks (36 Gb. 10.000 rpm) will have to be added to the diskpool one by one. I remember from the last time that it was quite difficult to allocate a disk file which fills the disk completely. If you have, for instance, a 9 Gb. disk, you cannot create a 9 Gb. file by issuing a DSMFMT -G -DATA filename 9. This results in an error indicating the there isn't enough space available. Apparently the dsmfmt utility needs a little bit overhead space. Does anybody know how to calculate the maximum space one can specify to fill the disk to it's maximum? Thanks in advance for any reply!!! Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris
Hi, I am new to this list . If there is an FAQ please point me in that direction. We have a Qualstar 4440 library with Sony AIT2 Tape drives both are in the supported list for TSM. When I define the library with command define library qualstar libtype=scsi device=/dev/rmt/0lb the server just stops (or just waits there for a long time) Is there anybody who can give me a solution for this. Thanks in Advance, Ranga _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: AW: transmitting the result of an sql query to a script ? + loop struture ?
Here's one that we use every day, and it works pretty well... from an AIX
4.3.3 machine. This kills any running reclaims:
# Kill any reclaim processes that are running
alias dsmadmc=dsmadmc -id=maestro -pa=admin
list_reclaim_pids()
{
dsmadmc select process_num from processes where process=\'Space
Reclamation\' | tail +13 | grep -v ANS
}
list_tape_stgpools()
{
dsmadmc select stgpool_name from stgpools where devclass=\'DLT\' | tail
+13 | grep -v ANS
}
dsmadmc q pr
for POOL in `list_tape_stgpools`
do
print Setting $POOL reclaim threshold to 100%
dsmadmc upd stg $POOL reclaim=100 /dev/null
done
for PID in `list_reclaim_pids`
do
print Canceling reclamation process $PID
dsmadmc cancel process $PID
done
Robin Sharpe
Berlex Labs
Baines, Paul
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Please respond to ADSM: AW: transmitting the result of
an sql query to a script ? + loop
Dist Stor Manager struture ?
I can't think how you'd do it without a shell script. Try this (not
tested!)
for proc in `dsmadmc -se=xxx -id=xxx -password=xxx -tab select '#!#!',
process_num from processes where process='Space Reclamation' | awk '/^#!
#!/
{printf(%d\n, $2)}'`
do
dsmadmc -se=xxx -id=xxx -password=xxx -tab cancel proc $proc
done
Mit freundlichen Grüßen - With best regards
Serdeczne pozdrowienia - Slan agus beannacht
Paul Baines
TSM/ADSM Consultant
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Betreff: transmitting the result of an sql query to a script ? + loop
struture ?
Hi TSM'ers !
I already saw this in a thread, but can't find it again : I'm looking
for a convenient way to stop some reclamation processes in an automated
way (script).
As those reclamation processes are made on an offsite stg pool, no way
stopping them by increasing the reclamation threshold to 100, so I
thought to something like :
select process_num from processes where process='Space Reclamation' ,
and then transmit this process_num to a cancel proc command.
Is there a convenient way doing that, without calling an external AIX
script ?
More clever : if I have several of those reclamation processes, is there
a way building a loop in the script, to cancell them all, while running
the script once ?
TIA.
Arnaud
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Re: TSM 4.2 do not support IBM Ultrium 3583-Lxx ?????
It's supported from the getgo. Is there a problem? _ William Mansfield Senior Consultant Solution Technology, Inc Claudio Cofre Caro To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ccofre@SYACHcc: ILE.CL Subject: TSM 4.2 do not support IBM Ultrium 3583-Lxx ? Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU 11/27/2001 05:15 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Hi, anyone know when this library ( IBM Ultrium 3583-Lxx ) will be supported by TSM 4.2 ??? Thanks... --- Claudio Cofré Caro Ingeniero Especialista de Producto SA Consultores - Chile e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TSM 4.2 do not support IBM Ultrium 3583-Lxx ?????
Hi, anyone know when this library ( IBM Ultrium 3583-Lxx ) will be supported by TSM 4.2 ??? Thanks... --- Claudio Cofré Caro Ingeniero Especialista de Producto SA Consultores - Chile e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Offsite Fibre Channel Tape Drives
Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with running Fibre Channel attached TSM tape drives over long distances using any kind of channel extension. Specifically, we are looking at TSM 4.2 on AIX 4.3.3 with STK 9310 Libraries and 9840 fiber attached drives, but experience with any environment would be helpful. We would be using Brocade switches to connect the local TSM servers to the local tape drives in a SAN fabric, then connecting some kind of channel extenders (we're looking at CNT, but it could be FC over IP, etc) to the switches to extend the FC fabric to another site. At the alternate site, we would have an identical setup. The idea would be to either implement Gresham's EDT DistribuTAPE to enable library sharing across sites, or have each TSM server talk to both onsite and offsite libraries (with dedicated drives instead of library sharing). Any information or advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Patrick Varney Pacific Gas and Electric Company Fairfield Information Operations Center (FFIOC) Enterprise Services Group (ESG), Senior Network Specialist * internal 8-227-2823 * external 707-436-2823 * pager 707-288-1513
Re: Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris
And when you get that problem fixed, the element addresses for the drives are 63000 for the first drive, 63001 for the second and so on. Kelly J. Lipp Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. PO Box 51313 Colorado Springs, CO 80949 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com (719)531-5926 Fax: (240)539-7175 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Seay, Paul Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris You have a SCSI bus problem most likely. Check for bent pins or missing terminators. The other possibility is a bad cable or the distance is too long because it is not ultra differential scsi or such. -Original Message- From: Ranganathan S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris Hi, I am new to this list . If there is an FAQ please point me in that direction. We have a Qualstar 4440 library with Sony AIT2 Tape drives both are in the supported list for TSM. When I define the library with command define library qualstar libtype=scsi device=/dev/rmt/0lb the server just stops (or just waits there for a long time) Is there anybody who can give me a solution for this. Thanks in Advance, Ranga _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: Offsite Fibre Channel Tape Drives
Take a look at the Inrange Solution for Dense Wave Multiplexing. -Original Message- From: Varney, Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Offsite Fibre Channel Tape Drives Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with running Fibre Channel attached TSM tape drives over long distances using any kind of channel extension. Specifically, we are looking at TSM 4.2 on AIX 4.3.3 with STK 9310 Libraries and 9840 fiber attached drives, but experience with any environment would be helpful. We would be using Brocade switches to connect the local TSM servers to the local tape drives in a SAN fabric, then connecting some kind of channel extenders (we're looking at CNT, but it could be FC over IP, etc) to the switches to extend the FC fabric to another site. At the alternate site, we would have an identical setup. The idea would be to either implement Gresham's EDT DistribuTAPE to enable library sharing across sites, or have each TSM server talk to both onsite and offsite libraries (with dedicated drives instead of library sharing). Any information or advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Patrick Varney Pacific Gas and Electric Company Fairfield Information Operations Center (FFIOC) Enterprise Services Group (ESG), Senior Network Specialist * internal 8-227-2823 * external 707-436-2823 * pager 707-288-1513
Can't empty diskpool volumes!?!
This looks like APAR IC29607. Here is the closing text. ** * USERS AFFECTED: All TSM V3.7.0 and TSM V4.1.0 servers. ** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Move Data within the same DISK stgpool does not always move everything. ** * RECOMMENDATION: Apply fixing PTF when available. ** Move Data within the same DISK stgpool, sometimes does not move all the data. This occurs when the data grew during initial backup or if the size estimate sent by the client was too low. Incorrect size estimates cause the file to be stored in multiple segments in the DISK stgpool. Moving within the same stgpool was not handling these other segments. Move Data within the same DISK stgpool has been updated to correctly handle multi-segment bitfiles. Customers can issue Move Data command(s) against the volume until the volume is empty. Alternatively the customer can move the volume to a temporary sequential stgpool, update the DISK volume access=readonly to ensure the original volume stays empty, then Move Data back to the DISK stgpool. Dave Cannon Tivoli Storage Manager Development Tivoli Systems, IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tie-line: 321-4052 Phone: (520)799-4052 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Can't empty diskpool volumes!?! Hi *SM-ers! I'm moving my diskpool to new disks. I added the new disks to the diskpool and I updated the old disk volumes to read-only. Then I started a move data to empty the old volumes. The move data works fine, but at the end (with a completion state of SUCCESS) there is still data left on the volumes! I can't get rid of this data and thus I can't delete the old volumes! Does anybody know how to solve this? Thanks in advance for any reply!!! BTW: I'm running TSM 3.7.4 on AIX 4.3.3.50 Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Re: Sharing the 3494 with OS/390 and AS/400
Bazuin- I have *exactly* this combo. Each platform must be careful to claim only those tapes in insert category (ff00) which it owns. For my Tivoli server in AIX, I have a script which runs hourly to find insert mode carts that belong to Tivoli and generate batch LABEL LIBV commands. In os/390 each insert mode cart is checked against the tape management software (we use CA-1). The as/400 has its' own volser range and only looks for those. Not all too difficult. Regards, Al Barth Zurich Scudder Investments Bazuin R. (Ronald) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: ORTIS.COMSubject: Sharing the 3494 with OS/390 and AS/400 Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] DU 11/26/01 06:54 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Hi *SM-ers, We are going to share an 3494 library with three hosts; TSM, OS/390 and OS/400. Therefor we will use different labelcategories to ensure we don't use eachothers tapes. But in TSM, i think, it is easy for us to label tapes wich belongs to one of the other hosts. That is not wat you want, but it is possible. Therefor I like to know if it is possible to set somewhere something like an mask so we are not able to label those tapes, even when we not use the 'volrange' option. Thank in advance, Ronald Bazuin System Engineer Amev IP - Networks (Amev is an member of the Fortis-group) Netherlands ***DISCLAIMER*** Deze e-mail is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde(n). Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. Fortis sluit iedere aansprakelijkheid uit die voortvloeit uit electronische verzending. This e-mail is intended exclusively for the addressee(s), and may not be passed on to, or made available for use by any person other than the addressee(s). Fortis rules out any and every liability resulting from any electronic transmission. *** PLEASE NOTE *** This message, along with any attachments, may be confidential or legally privileged. It is intended only for the named person(s), who is/are the only authorized recipients. If this message has reached you in error, destroy it without review and notify the sender immediately. Thank you. **
TDP for SAP R/3 Restores to Different System/SID
I have read the documentation on this in the Installation Guide and still have some issues. Most notably, changing the password on the source server is not a good thing when it is a production server TDP SAP R/3 node name. That can interrupt the production operation (redo logs, etc). The case is the restore is going to run for 4 hours because it is a 1.5TB database to restore. We like the password generate option for security reasons, but recognize there are limitations when doing cross system restores of any type. TSM backint goes through all these gyrations to provide a feature -f password to store the node password encrypted in the .bki file, yet does not have a way to handle the problem. A feature is really needed to be able to not interfere with the production operation. We do a lot of restores of production to test. What is everyone else doing? Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180
Backupset question
Hi I want to try the backupset feature. What will be the correct process, as I understand for local restore I need to run GENERATE BACKUPSET and if I want to keep one on the server I need to run DEFINE BACKUPSET. After a generate backupset what I need to do (checkout libvol !) If any of you did it already I will appreciate the help. Regards Robert Ouzen E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
