Re: RS/6000 AIX
Aaron, You should free up space in the / filesystem. Mksysb will create some files in there and they cannot be created. The low power would probably indicate a faulty power supply or something like that, but I really need the errpt -a information on that warning to give you more information. Met vriendelijke groet, With kind regards, Richard van Denzel. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AARON BECAR Sent: woensdag 21 september 2005 20:29 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: RS/6000 AIX Sorry this question is not about TSM, maybe the wrong place to be asking, but for about the past week, every other day we are experiencing this error. If anyone has seen this before could you give some input? Thank you so much. We are running an RS/6000 on AIX I believe it is 4.3. Here is the error message. 0512-018 mkszfile: The backup could not continue because the 20 Kbytes of free work space on the / filesystem that are necessary were not found. Before you reissue this command, you should extend the / filesystem (chfs) or free up space to provide a total of 20 Kbytes of free work space in the / filesystem. 0512-008 mksysb: The mkszfile command failed. Backup canceled. Just a note also, we get warnings about low power? Does this make a difference? Thanks! Aaron
Backup strategy for Lotus Domino
__ Hi to all I need to keep my incremental backups for 3 months. What is the Backup Copy Group i have to define? Thanks in advance Nicolas Savva
DB2 Redirect Restore
Hello there! We are trying to restore a DB2 Database over SAN. The StorageAgent mount a tape and the restore begins (creating the containers). After about 70 minutes we got the following error : An I/O error -72 occured on media TSM. We've tried this a lot of times with the same result. Does anyone know why this happens? Kind regards, Boris Herrmann
Re: DB2 Redirect Restore
Can you audit the primary volume that is erroring ? If you manually offsite your copy pool tapes, can you recall the copy pool tapes and try a restore with them. If you know the primary volume name that it is failing on, then enter the following restore volume xx preview=yes (where xx is the volume name of the primary volume that is giving the error) The activity log will show you the list of copy pool volumes that the primary tape is over. If your DB2 db is fairly large then this shouldn't be too many tapes. Checkin the copy pool tapes, mark the primary tape in error unavailable and submit the restore again. Do you have a fabric for your tape SAN ? If so, are you aware that when making changes to your fabric (Zoning), a message called an RSCN (registered state change notification) is broadcasted throughout the SAN. This causes all traffic to be interrupted for a few milliseconds. SAN attached disk can recover easily from this, however tape does not and any data that is being written at the time is corrupted and it is a 'silent' corruption. Therefore, you do not see it until you come to do the restore. Single large files like db's are particularly prone to this as even a millisecond outage/corruption and the whole file is useless. One point, if your initial db backup was going straight to tape when the corruption occurred, then the 'backup stg tapepool copypool' will have replicated the error. If you have a fabric tape SAN, ensure all tape operation is quiesced when making any fabric changes. Before anybody shoots me down, there are now FC HBA's available that offer the ADISC/PDISC function, instead of PLOGI/FLOGI upon receiving an RSCN and if your tape devices support FCP Tape, data transfer can recover from an RSCN. Personally, I still stop tape operation before making changes to the fabric. Leigh -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Herrmann, Boris Sent: 22 September 2005 08:59 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] DB2 Redirect Restore Hello there! We are trying to restore a DB2 Database over SAN. The StorageAgent mount a tape and the restore begins (creating the containers). After about 70 minutes we got the following error : An I/O error -72 occured on media TSM. We've tried this a lot of times with the same result. Does anyone know why this happens? Kind regards, Boris Herrmann
TSM client on NAS?
Hello All, I haven't worked with TSM on a NAS device; however I understand from reading some TSM guides that this client is installed on IBM NAS devices and works with NDMP. I would like to know if this client will also work on other vendor NAS devices? Thanks, James
Which Tape Technology?
Hi Everyone, Currently our tape environment consists of IBM 3494 libraries with 3590H (60gb) drives. It's possible that we may need to greatly expand our environment with some new libraries and drives. This has brought up a discussion about what tape technology we would use. Our environment consists of a mix of large file backups (Oracle databases), small file backups (Netware servers) and lots of stuff in between. If we have to do this, I really can't see purchasing more 3590H drives with cartridges that are only 60gb. I would think we would want to go to the newest 3592 drives or LTO2/LTO3. What are your thoughts/comments/experiences with . . . . . 1) Given our mix of large and small file backups, would LTO tape drives work as well as our current 3590's? 2) Does anyone have any experience using IBMs newest 3592 tape drives? 3) If LTO, is LTO3 the way to go, or stick with older LTO2? 4) Or, should we stick with 3590 drives? With any of the new tape drives, I'm concerned with throughput issues. The newest drives (3592 and LTO3) are so fast that I wonder if it becomes a problem keeping data streaming to them. The capacity is great, but if I can't keep them spinning I wonder if the new drives could cause more problems than they solve. Of course, another option would be a VTL or just local DISK on the TSM server. We've done some initial pricing of some configurations (tape libraries/drives/tapes, disk, and vtl) and so far tape is the least expensive. Just looking for others experiences with this kind of decision . . . . Thanks! Rick - The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message.
Exchange backups
I recently turned on compression for my exchange backups. All backup times improved, with the exception of two servers who are now taking 2 hours longer to backup. Clients are w2k3. TSM Server is AIX. Anyone using compression on exchange?
TDP For Exchange performance
Hi, TDP Exchange 5.2.2, Windows 2003/Exchange 2003, TSM Server 5.2.2.5, Tape Drive 3590. LAN 1Gbps. We do full exchange backup using TDP everyday of size 300GB over LAN to tape drive 3590 and getting a Throughput rate: 14 Mb/sec. Is there anyone getting higher Throughput rate than this? If yes, then with what technology and @ what Throughput rate? Regards Yashwant Rane
Re: Which Tape Technology?
Hi Rick, I haven't time to respond to all of the below, but on your point on LTO drives/streaming: With any of the new tape drives, I'm concerned with throughput issues. The newest drives (3592 and LTO3) are so fast that I wonder if it becomes a problem keeping data streaming to them. The capacity is great, but if I can't keep them spinning I wonder if the new drives could cause more problems than they solve. The good news about LTO2 and LTO3 drives (as opposed to older LTO1s) is that they have an adaptive ability to match the speed at which they spin to as close a rate as possible as the data coming in to reduce the 'backhitch effect' - I think one of the terms for this is DSM or Digital Speed Matching. Additionally, they have increased buffer sizes (64 or 128MB? Maybe more now). I personally haven't ever done a comparison between small/large file access times and 3590/LTO-based drives - but I'm sure someone out there will have... David McClelland Richard Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 22/09/2005 12:56 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject [ADSM-L] Which Tape Technology? Hi Everyone, Currently our tape environment consists of IBM 3494 libraries with 3590H (60gb) drives. It's possible that we may need to greatly expand our environment with some new libraries and drives. This has brought up a discussion about what tape technology we would use. Our environment consists of a mix of large file backups (Oracle databases), small file backups (Netware servers) and lots of stuff in between. If we have to do this, I really can't see purchasing more 3590H drives with cartridges that are only 60gb. I would think we would want to go to the newest 3592 drives or LTO2/LTO3. What are your thoughts/comments/experiences with . . . . . 1) Given our mix of large and small file backups, would LTO tape drives work as well as our current 3590's? 2) Does anyone have any experience using IBMs newest 3592 tape drives? 3) If LTO, is LTO3 the way to go, or stick with older LTO2? 4) Or, should we stick with 3590 drives? With any of the new tape drives, I'm concerned with throughput issues. The newest drives (3592 and LTO3) are so fast that I wonder if it becomes a problem keeping data streaming to them. The capacity is great, but if I can't keep them spinning I wonder if the new drives could cause more problems than they solve. Of course, another option would be a VTL or just local DISK on the TSM server. We've done some initial pricing of some configurations (tape libraries/drives/tapes, disk, and vtl) and so far tape is the least expensive. Just looking for others experiences with this kind of decision . . . . Thanks! Rick - The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message.
Re: Which Tape Technology?
We switched from 8-3590E1A drives and the 3494 librar to 8-3592 drives and a 3584 library and trimmed 6 hrs off backup times. We backup 1.3 tb data per night with 90% going to disk pools and then off to tape. We are also essentially getting the work done using four of the drives. Infrastructure is all 2gb fibre with tape drives connected to 2-9216 cisco's with four drives each. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Rhodes Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:57 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Which Tape Technology? Hi Everyone, Currently our tape environment consists of IBM 3494 libraries with 3590H (60gb) drives. It's possible that we may need to greatly expand our environment with some new libraries and drives. This has brought up a discussion about what tape technology we would use. Our environment consists of a mix of large file backups (Oracle databases), small file backups (Netware servers) and lots of stuff in between. If we have to do this, I really can't see purchasing more 3590H drives with cartridges that are only 60gb. I would think we would want to go to the newest 3592 drives or LTO2/LTO3. What are your thoughts/comments/experiences with . . . . . 1) Given our mix of large and small file backups, would LTO tape drives work as well as our current 3590's? 2) Does anyone have any experience using IBMs newest 3592 tape drives? 3) If LTO, is LTO3 the way to go, or stick with older LTO2? 4) Or, should we stick with 3590 drives? With any of the new tape drives, I'm concerned with throughput issues. The newest drives (3592 and LTO3) are so fast that I wonder if it becomes a problem keeping data streaming to them. The capacity is great, but if I can't keep them spinning I wonder if the new drives could cause more problems than they solve. Of course, another option would be a VTL or just local DISK on the TSM server. We've done some initial pricing of some configurations (tape libraries/drives/tapes, disk, and vtl) and so far tape is the least expensive. Just looking for others experiences with this kind of decision . . . . Thanks! Rick - The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message. -- Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. --
Re: Exchange backups
is there any power diffrence between the clinets, compression takes cpu time from the client, and if you had fairly powerful cpu machines with slow network, then ofcouse youre backuptime would be reduced, but if on the other hand if you had a old cpu´s and a network that where flying, comression on the client would slow the backup process. It´s better to aim at perfection and miss than it is to aim at imperfection and hit it Founder Thomas J. Watson Kær kveðja / Best regards, Pétur Eyþórsson · Tæknilegur ráðgjafi eServer Storage · Tivoli Advanced Storage Solutons Techical Expert · MCSE · SNIA Professional · SNIA FC-SAN Practitioner · IBM C AIX S · TSM CP · TSRM CP · TASS DP · IBM SAN P Sími/tel: +354 569-7700 · GSM: +354 863-0560 www.nyherji.is LeBlanc, Patricia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 22.09.2005 11:57 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject [ADSM-L] Exchange backups I recently turned on compression for my exchange backups. All backup times improved, with the exception of two servers who are now taking 2 hours longer to backup. Clients are w2k3. TSM Server is AIX. Anyone using compression on exchange?
Re: Operation Report customized by contact question
Ryan - Look into online SQL info regarding efficient queries: some forms can be painful. In your case, use the SQL clause IN rather than using a string of ORs: ...WHERE MSGNO IN (4005,4007,4018,4037,4987)... Richard Sims On Sep 21, 2005, at 6:07 PM, Ryan Cooper wrote: Hey got a few questions. First my goal is to deliver a report that contains Client Schedules, and Files missed to each person who is listed as a contact for a node. This report must only include data for nodes that they are a contact for. So I create a Report with the following. Client Schedule Status Select node_name from nodes where contact like '%%Contact name%%' Then I added a new item with the following statement select nodename,substr(char(date_time), 1, 16) as TME,message from actlog where (msgno=4005 or msgno=4007 or msgno=4018 or msgno=4037 or msgno=4987) and (date_time between current_timestamp - 24 hours and current_timestamp) and nodename in (select node_name from nodes where contact like '%contact name%') order by nodename asc This works great but I'm wondering A: is this the best way to get this report done? B: If this one report takes 15 minutes to run what is going to happen to the server if I run 25 of these reports at about the same time? Also does anyone know what process name this shows up on the server as. TSM Version 5.2 Level 4.1 On AIX Thanks for any help or input. Ryan Cooper
TSM
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Re: [SPAM: 3.115] [ADSM-L] TSM
Johnny http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts http://www.lascon.co.uk/d005104.htm http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/cgi-bin/searchsite.cgi?query=tsm HTH. Leigh -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of johnny cochran Sent: 22 September 2005 15:38 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [SPAM: 3.115] [ADSM-L] TSM Looking for a good beginners TSM guide link / redbook _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement
Betr.: TSM (Afwezig!)
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Re: TSM
Johnny, I'd recommend this one as a good all round starting point: IBM Tivoli Storage Management Concepts This IBM Redbook describes the features and functions of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. It introduces Tivoli Storage Management concepts for those new to storage management, in general, and to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, in particular. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg244877.html?Open Rgds, David McClelland johnny cochran [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 22/09/2005 15:38 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject [ADSM-L] TSM Looking for a good beginners TSM guide link / redbook _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement
Re: [SPAM: 3.115] [ADSM-L] TSM
very nice Thanks Leigh ! http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts http://www.lascon.co.uk/d005104.htm http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/cgi-bin/searchsite.cgi?query=tsm From: Leigh Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] [SPAM: 3.115] [ADSM-L] TSM Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:44:45 +0100 Johnny HTH. Leigh -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of johnny cochran Sent: 22 September 2005 15:38 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [SPAM: 3.115] [ADSM-L] TSM Looking for a good beginners TSM guide link / redbook _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
95% missed backups last night
TSM server AIX 5.2 TSM version 5.2.6.1 I recently upgraded from AIX 4.3.3 to 5.2, ran the system for a week with no issues, then upgraded TSM from 5.1.6.3 to 5.2.6.1. One week has passed and things seemed to be somewhat normal till last night. About 98% of the backups reported missed last night and at the moment I haven’t a clue as to why. I typically keep a console window open to watch what is going on and this morning I see started and ended sessions being refused because it says the administrator name is not registered. The name it shows is very odd in that it is a bunch of odd characters and smiley faces instead of the server name. I also can’t seem to get in via the web and query the activity log from last night, it just seems to hang after send so much data. I could still use the dos window to run queries while that was happening. The missed backups reported These are odd to say the least. ANR0423W Session 39175 for administrator ^AL☺☻'YTED☺☺ ( ) refused - administrator name not ANR0423W Session 39177 for administrator PU►☺► ( ) refused - administrator name not registered. ANR0423W Session 39160 for administrator ^AK☺+0YTD%C☺☺ ( ) refused - administrator name not registered. ANR0423W Session 39158 for administrator ^AK☺+0YTEC☺☺ ( ) refused - administrator name not registered. ANR0423W Session 39164 for administrator ^AJ☺+0YTEB☺☺ ( ) refused - administrator name not registered. I have restarted the server with the hope of cleaning things up but the problem is I need to find out what’s happened. So there are 2 basic questions I’ll ask to see if I can get some help from the list while I go off and try to get the server going again. 1. Has anyone seen this behavior before? I was running perfectly well on AIX 4.3.3 and TSM 5.1.6.3. 2. Are there any AIX settings I should look at that might be causing this? Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Select Question
I'm trying to see what Clients are using what management classes. For instance, server1 is using management class 1week and 1year. I can't seem to find the right tables or selects. Any help would be appreciated. Wayne - This message and any included attachments are from NOVANT HEALTH INC. and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail. If you believe that any information contained in this message is disparaging or harassing on the basis of gender, race, age, disability, religion, or national origin, please contact Novant Health, Inc. at 1 -888-378-8250 or 1-800-350-0094 or forward the e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you.
95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but what is the easy fix)
Ok here's an update on my own post. While waiting for a callback from support I seem to have discovered what the problem is. It seems that the passwords have not kept in synch between client and server. Yes passwordaccess generate is set on all the nodes so I don't understand the problem. I logged on to one of my clients and opened the baclient. It asked for the password when it should not have. I changed the password on the server to a known value and entered that in the client window and it connected. I was then able to restart the scheduler service and the client connected properly instead of showing the odd characters on the TSM server. The problem now is we have 250 nodes that need fixing and the only way I know to fix them is to do what I did. I have no clue what the passwords are of these nodes and neither does anyone else. So after I change all of them I have to then tell the administrators so they can do what I did. Boy is there going to be a bunch of pissed people, including me, if I can't do something on the server to fix this. The next question is how long is it going to be till this happens again? Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Select Question
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spearman, Wayne I'm trying to see what Clients are using what management classes. For instance, server1 is using management class 1week and 1year. I can't seem to find the right tables or selects. Any help would be appreciated. This has been discussed repeatedly; check the list archives for other aspects of this discussion. Management classes are tied to files, not to nodes. That's why you can't find anything. Depending on how the include statements are built, I could back up files on any given client to a hundred (or more) management classes. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005 IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX Berbee Information Networks Office 262.521.5627
Re: Select Question
This should work select distinct backups.node_name, backups.class_name from backups Here are the rest of the columns from backups BACKUPS.BACKUP_DATE BACKUPS.CLASS_NAME BACKUPS.DEACTIVATE_DATE BACKUPS.FILESPACE_ID BACKUPS.FILESPACE_NAME BACKUPS.HL_NAME BACKUPS.LL_NAME BACKUPS.NODE_NAME BACKUPS.OBJECT_ID BACKUPS.OWNER BACKUPS.STATE BACKUPS.TYPE From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Spearman, Wayne Sent: Thu 9/22/05 12:40 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Select Question I'm trying to see what Clients are using what management classes. For instance, server1 is using management class 1week and 1year. I can't seem to find the right tables or selects. Any help would be appreciated. Wayne - This message and any included attachments are from NOVANT HEALTH INC. and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail. If you believe that any information contained in this message is disparaging or harassing on the basis of gender, race, age, disability, religion, or national origin, please contact Novant Health, Inc. at 1 -888-378-8250 or 1-800-350-0094 or forward the e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
Re: 95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but what is the easy fix)
I believe you'll need to set password expiration to 0 on node definitions so it doesn't happen againbut you'll have to reset passwords individually from each client for the current situation. Gill, Geoffrey L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] IC.COM To Sent by: ADSM: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Dist Stor Manager cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] DUSubject [ADSM-L] 95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but whatis the 09/22/2005 12:01 PM easy fix) Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] DU Ok here's an update on my own post. While waiting for a callback from support I seem to have discovered what the problem is. It seems that the passwords have not kept in synch between client and server. Yes passwordaccess generate is set on all the nodes so I don't understand the problem. I logged on to one of my clients and opened the baclient. It asked for the password when it should not have. I changed the password on the server to a known value and entered that in the client window and it connected. I was then able to restart the scheduler service and the client connected properly instead of showing the odd characters on the TSM server. The problem now is we have 250 nodes that need fixing and the only way I know to fix them is to do what I did. I have no clue what the passwords are of these nodes and neither does anyone else. So after I change all of them I have to then tell the administrators so they can do what I did. Boy is there going to be a bunch of pissed people, including me, if I can't do something on the server to fix this. The next question is how long is it going to be till this happens again? Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but what is the easy fix)
Geoff, Was the server name changed by mistake on the TSM server side? We did this once before when we migrated a TSM server to another server and we found out the hard way that on the Windows side, not sure on AIX, the password is stored in the registry based on the TSM server name and all our Windows backups failed. Sean English ESS Team Lead
Re: 95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but what is the easy fix)
A password scheme may be a good idea also. We don't particularly have it so that the clients know the passwords anyways, so having a scheme may be a good idea for the future also so that you know ahead of time what the password would be. On 9/22/05, Scott Grover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe you'll need to set password expiration to 0 on node definitions so it doesn't happen againbut you'll have to reset passwords individually from each client for the current situation. Gill, Geoffrey L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] IC.COM To Sent by: ADSM: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Dist Stor Manager cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] DU Subject [ADSM-L] 95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but whatis the 09/22/2005 12:01 PM easy fix) Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] DU Ok here's an update on my own post. While waiting for a callback from support I seem to have discovered what the problem is. It seems that the passwords have not kept in synch between client and server. Yes passwordaccess generate is set on all the nodes so I don't understand the problem. I logged on to one of my clients and opened the baclient. It asked for the password when it should not have. I changed the password on the server to a known value and entered that in the client window and it connected. I was then able to restart the scheduler service and the client connected properly instead of showing the odd characters on the TSM server. The problem now is we have 250 nodes that need fixing and the only way I know to fix them is to do what I did. I have no clue what the passwords are of these nodes and neither does anyone else. So after I change all of them I have to then tell the administrators so they can do what I did. Boy is there going to be a bunch of pissed people, including me, if I can't do something on the server to fix this. The next question is how long is it going to be till this happens again? Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3494 question
We are upgrading a TSM AIX 5.2 system from using 3494/3590 E1A's to H1A's. We would like to use Fibre instead of SCSI but our 3494 Library Manager can't run the level of code to support fibre without upgrading the Library Manager machine. (We're still trying to find the 3494 feature code to do that). If we don't do this the H1A SCSI support is supposed to work in the existing Library Manager. What type of difference is there in TSM thruput using fibre vs SCSI on the H1A drives (Ballpark figure for management)? Ron Greve SDSU Admin and Research Computing
Re: 95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but what is the easy fix)
Scanning the registry I don't see that entry anywhere. Do you have the keys for that Sean? Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but what is the easy fix)
-Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Grover Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:45 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: 95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but what is the easy fix) I believe you'll need to set password expiration to 0 on node definitions so it doesn't happen againbut you'll have to reset passwords individually from each client for the current situation. _ Currently password expiration has no entry on the nodes. Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 95% missed backups last night
Here is another problem I have noticed with all the servers I have tried to clean up so far. After the cleanup I try to run the web client. It asks for the password but entering the proper password fails. If I remove the services from the client and reinstall from scratch, using the proper password when setting up the service, it still fails login attempts. I have tried multiple versions of the client, including the newest. Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but what is the easy fix)
Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\IBM\ADSM\CurrentVersion\BackupClient\Nodes\N odeName\ServerName Andy Huebner -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:02 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 95% missed backups last night ( found the problem but what is the easy fix) Scanning the registry I don't see that entry anywhere. Do you have the keys for that Sean? Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you.
Re: 3494 question
3590 E and H drives have the same data rate. I would expect you will not see a difference because SCSI-2 is faster than the tape drive. The web site lists an 8MB/sec difference for the top end data rate assuming you are getting 3:1 compression. Andy Huebner -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cc52 Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:39 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] 3494 question We are upgrading a TSM AIX 5.2 system from using 3494/3590 E1A's to H1A's. We would like to use Fibre instead of SCSI but our 3494 Library Manager can't run the level of code to support fibre without upgrading the Library Manager machine. (We're still trying to find the 3494 feature code to do that). If we don't do this the H1A SCSI support is supposed to work in the existing Library Manager. What type of difference is there in TSM thruput using fibre vs SCSI on the H1A drives (Ballpark figure for management)? Ron Greve SDSU Admin and Research Computing This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you.
Re: Which Tape Technology?
We were in a similar situation with a 3494 and two 3590E drives. We went with a VTL for the primary stgpools using the 3494 just for offsite copypools and have been very happy with it. Most everything goes straight to the VTL and during the night I do repeated backups of the primary stgpools in the VTL to the copypool stgpool in the 3494. In the morning one final backup from VTL to the 3494 followed by a DB backup and I'm ready to send tapes offsite. Since the primary disk stgpools were reduced to 1GB in size the migration time went to zip. We back up about 1TB per night. Milton -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Rhodes Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:57 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Which Tape Technology? Hi Everyone, Currently our tape environment consists of IBM 3494 libraries with 3590H (60gb) drives. It's possible that we may need to greatly expand our environment with some new libraries and drives. This has brought up a discussion about what tape technology we would use. Our environment consists of a mix of large file backups (Oracle databases), small file backups (Netware servers) and lots of stuff in between. If we have to do this, I really can't see purchasing more 3590H drives with cartridges that are only 60gb. I would think we would want to go to the newest 3592 drives or LTO2/LTO3. What are your thoughts/comments/experiences with . . . . . 1) Given our mix of large and small file backups, would LTO tape drives work as well as our current 3590's? 2) Does anyone have any experience using IBMs newest 3592 tape drives? 3) If LTO, is LTO3 the way to go, or stick with older LTO2? 4) Or, should we stick with 3590 drives? With any of the new tape drives, I'm concerned with throughput issues. The newest drives (3592 and LTO3) are so fast that I wonder if it becomes a problem keeping data streaming to them. The capacity is great, but if I can't keep them spinning I wonder if the new drives could cause more problems than they solve. Of course, another option would be a VTL or just local DISK on the TSM server. We've done some initial pricing of some configurations (tape libraries/drives/tapes, disk, and vtl) and so far tape is the least expensive. Just looking for others experiences with this kind of decision . . . . Thanks! Rick - The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message.
TDP Oracle
Good morning, A rather general question. Is it possible to take the backup of only 1 instance with the TDP for Oracle (an instance that would be used for testing in TSM) and to take the backup of the other (production) instances to a local tape with an RMAN script? Both backups (TPD and local RMAN backup) do allocate 'sbt_tape' as channel. In other backup solutions, a symbolic link of the Oracle library $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libobk.sl is created to the library of the backup solution. Which means that a backup to a local device using a RMAN script is no longer possible. I did not find out if this is the case too with the TDP for Oracle. Must all Oracle instances be restarted after the installation of the TDP or only the instance that you want to backup with the TDP or is there no restart at all. Thanks, Kurt Beyers
