Re: [SPAM: 10.200] Re: [ADSM-L] Slow backup performance
Leigh, Many thanks for your clarifications, they helped a lot ! Cheers. Arnaud ** Panalpina Management Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, CIT Department Viadukstrasse 42, P.O. Box 4002 Basel/CH Phone: +41 (61) 226 11 11, FAX: +41 (61) 226 17 01 Direct: +41 (61) 226 19 78 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leigh Reed Sent: Wednesday, 12 October, 2005 12:03 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [SPAM: 10.200] Re: [ADSM-L] Slow backup performance Arnaud, I believe that things changed with Windows2000 and above. This is the note from the manual Windows 2000 and Windows XP provide a larger TCP receive window size when communicating with hosts that also provide this support, known as RFC1323. In these environments, a value greater than 63 may be useful. Refer to Description of Windows 2000 TCP Features, Microsoft knowledge base, article 224829, for details regarding TCP features in Windows 2000. I think that the maximums are as follows TCPBUFFSIZE 512 TCPWINDOWSIZE 2048 TXNBYTELIMIT2097152 I personally use the maximums, but there are always trade-offs. Increasing the buffer size and window size will mean that you require more resource and the overhead of retransmissions when an error is encountered is that much higher. However, with today's network speeds and reliability, coupled with the specification of the latest Intel hardware, I believe the trade-off is worth it. The TXNBYTELIMIT setting to the maximum is a recommendation for better performance when writing straight to LTO1 tape technology (or for that matter any other tape technology that cannot adapt it's tape streaming speed) Using the maximums has worked well for me in the environments I have used them in. This doesn't necessarily mean it's gospel. Also bear in mind that your TSM server has to support the above (ie RFC1323). Leigh -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PAC Brion Arnaud Sent: 12 October 2005 10:00 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [SPAM: 10.200] Re: [ADSM-L] Slow backup performance David,(others ?) Like many people here, I'm in a perpetual quest of new tricks for speeding up the backups in our shop, and thought I could try using the TCPWindowsize and TCPBuffsize values you provided in your post for some testing. To my surprise, the backup speed increased dramatically (50 % gain)as when compared to the standard settings I was previously using (TCPW 63, TCPB 31). However I'm wondering how this is possible, as TSM user manual states that the TCPWindowsize max value for Windows based systems is limited to 63 ! Do you (or anybody) have an explanation on how this is possible, and maybe some clarifications about potential side effects of such TCP settings ? Many thanks in advance ... Cheers. Arnaud ** Panalpina Management Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, CIT Department Viadukstrasse 42, P.O. Box 4002 Basel/CH Phone: +41 (61) 226 11 11, FAX: +41 (61) 226 17 01 Direct: +41 (61) 226 19 78 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Vargas Sent: Wednesday, 12 October, 2005 02:29 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Slow backup performance Don't know if this will help, but I thought I'd share what I found when I was having problems with our Exchange TDP backup performance. In the dsm.opt file I added - TCPWindowsize255 TCPBuffSize 127 My backups went from 800K/sec to 30MB/sec and backup time went from 3 days to 2.6 hours for a total of 290GB of data on a 1Gb network. There were a couple of other settings that I changed, but this one is what made it fly. I still think it should be faster... You may need to adjust the numbers for optimal performance in your environment. - David -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cameron Ambrose Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:30 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Slow backup performance Guys, Thanks for the info, I'll double check the network settings. Though I have changed the COMMtimeout value from 180secs to 1800 secs as suggested by Richard Simms, which has stopped the session restart error messages and infact the backup seems to be error free. As for the speed, I'm still leaning towards a tsm netware client/ Netware OS issue. I say this because last night I performed a test backup on a 10gig volume (50% full) that hadn't had any changes and it still took 10 hours to scan only 8
Re: Problem deleting filespace on TSM 5.2.x
Hi Etienne! That's right, but in your case, I would be interested in why the delete fails and thus upgrade my TSM server first. Maybe you can solve the failure yourself afterwards, but in any case, you need this maintenance level to be able to provide IBM enough info in case of a PMR... Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -Original Message- From: Etienne Brodeur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 19:36 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Problem deleting filespace on TSM 5.2.x Hi Eric, Indeed it does... but it says the fix is that instead of ending in sucess, the delete filespace will end in error with the appropriate error message: ... The intent of this APAR is to change the completion message to a failure and produce a diagnostic message indicating why the filespace could not be removed. The fix doesn't remove the filespace, it just tells you why it couldn't. You still need to manually remove the invalid entry in the DB ! Etienne Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 10/12/2005 05:38 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Problem deleting filespace on TSM 5.2.x Hi Etienne! The apar states: * RECOMMENDATION: Apply fixing level when available. This * * problem is currently projected to be * * fixed in levels 5.1.10 and 5.2.4. Note * * that this is subject to change at the* * discretion of IBM. * Both levels are available for download for quite some time and both contain the fix for this bug... Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -Original Message- From: Etienne Brodeur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 20:12 To: mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Problem deleting filespace on TSM 5.2.x Hello All, I have a probleme with deleting a Windows filespace for a particular node I want to remove. When I run DELETE FILESPACE on it it finishes without errors, but the filespace itself is not deleted. 20-09-2005 08:45:04 ANR0984I Process 106 for DELETE FILESPACE started in the FOREGROUND at 08:45:04. (SESSION: 2938, PROCESS: 106) 20-09-2005 08:45:04 ANR0800I DELETE FILESPACE flush (fsId=2) for node MAIL started as process 106. (SESSION: 2938, PROCESS: 106) 20-09-2005 08:45:04 ANR0802I DELETE FILESPACE flush (fsId=2) (backup/archive data) for node MAIL started. (SESSION: 2938, PROCESS: 106) 20-09-2005 08:45:04 ANR0806I DELETE FILESPACE flush (fsId=2) complete for node MAIL: 0 objects deleted. (SESSION: 2938, PROCESS: 106) 20-09-2005 08:45:04 ANR0985I Process 106 for DELETE FILESPACE running in the FOREGROUND completed with completion state SUCCESS at 08:45:04. (SESSION: 2938, PROCESS: 106) I have found this APAR on the TSM site which mentions that the local fix is to manually delete the invalid entry in the TSM DB... How does one go about doing that ? IC39957: DELETE FILESPACE RETURNS SUCCESS BUT FILESPACE STILL EXISTS. APAR status Closed as program error. Error description A customer may be unable to remove a filespace from the ITSM Server with the delete filespace command. The delete filespace will complete successfully but the filespace will still exist. The following messages are an example of the successful return. . ANR0806I DELETE FILESPACE * (fsId=XX) complete for node TESTFS: X objects deleted. ANR0985I Process X for DELETE FILESPACE running in the BACKGROUND completed with completion state SUCCESS at XX:XX:XX. . A subsequent 'Q fi filespace name' will reveal that the filespace was not removed. . The delete filespace should not end with a completion state of success if the filespace cannot be removed because of a referential integrity issue. The intent of this APAR is to change the completion message to a failure and produce a diagnostic message indicating why the filespace could not be removed. . Platforms affected: All ITSM Servers running 4.2, 5.1 or 5.2 . Customer/L2 Diagnostics The problem can be verified by enabling the IMFS trace class. The following trace point will show which table entry is still tied to the filespace: . imfsdel.c [2727]: nodeId=XXX, fsId=X is referenced in table name . Initial Impact: Low . Additional Keywords: IMFS FSID REM NODE ANRD REMOVE REF INVALID DELETE FILESPACE DIAG Local fix Invalid ITSM DB entry will have to be manually removed to delete the filespace. Problem summary * USERS AFFECTED: All users of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Re: deleteing client filespace
When you want delete a especific files ,you need to use the parameter nametype=unicode. Rafael da Cruz Martins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Service IT Solutions - www.service.com.br SP: +55 11 30541400 RS: +55 51 33146000 PR: +55 41 3635586 Argentina: +54 11 4322355 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Brown Sent: terça-feira, 11 de outubro de 2005 14:13 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: deleteing client filespace Have tsm client with following filespaces EPO \\epo\c$ 3 WinNTNTFS Yes 8,197.2 56.0 EPO \\epo\d$ 4 WinNTNTFS Yes26,458.6 6.4 EPO SYSTEM 5 WinNTNTFS Yes 0.0 0.0 OBJECT Want to delete \\epo\d$ Issued comand delete fi epo \\epo\d$ type=any Received message ANR0852E DELETE FILESPACE: No matching file spaces found for node EPO. What am i doing wrong ?? Tim Brown Systems Specialist Central Hudson Gas Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921
Re: Errors restoring the SystemObject
Hi Patricia, This is a tough one. Check dsmerror.log for any other messages that coincide with the ANS1257E message. What do those say? You can try deleting the c:\adsm.sys directory, then retry the restore. Also, did you follow our recommended full system restore procedures? There is a document at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21164812 that discusses this. Since you are using 5.1, the procedures would mirror those for Windows 2000 (system object, rather than system state); though I'm not certain that W2K+3 has been tested with the 5.1 client. Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 2005-10-12 20:04:06: Wondering if anyone has every run into this TSM Client is W2K3 version 5.1.7.1 TSM Server is AIX version 5.1.6.5 Did a full server restore of the C, D and E drives. Did a restore of the system object and received the following error: ANS1335E RSM database file failed on system object restore. Found a hit that suggested turning on the RSM service. I did that. Started the Systemobject restore again and got the following error: ANS1257E Error preparing object for restore, with a box that said Continue Processing Report how you got this I can't find anything to help me on the web. Has anyone got a suggestion for me to get my system object restored?? Thanks!
expiration Oracle backups
Hello, My environment is the following: TSM 5.3.2 server on Windows2003 Sun Solaris 5.8 with Oracle 8.1.7.4 with a TSM BA client 5.3.x and the TDP for databases 5.3 The backup of the Oracle databases is already working. The metadata of the backups is written in the control files of the Oracle database. The backups are bound to a mgmt class with the correct settings (as every object receives a unique name in TSM). The expiration must first be done in Oracle with a script, eg expire the backups older than X days. Could anybody share a working script? I'm still struggling to get it working as it should. But how are the backups made inactive in the TSM database after they have been deleted in Oracle? The 'tdposync' tool only works when the metadata is stored in a recovery catalog database. And after a forced deletion of the backups in RMAN, they do not become inactive in TSM either. How can the metadata in the TSM database be synchronized with the metadata in Oracle (control file) . I know this must have been discussed in the past already, but a search of the old threads didn't clear it out yet. thanks a lot, Kurt
Re: Errors restoring the SystemObject
I can't delete the c:\adsm.sys directory as it says it's in use. But I'll check out the docs you referenced below. The dsmerror.log says nothing useful. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:05 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Errors restoring the SystemObject Hi Patricia, This is a tough one. Check dsmerror.log for any other messages that coincide with the ANS1257E message. What do those say? You can try deleting the c:\adsm.sys directory, then retry the restore. Also, did you follow our recommended full system restore procedures? There is a document at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21164812 that discusses this. Since you are using 5.1, the procedures would mirror those for Windows 2000 (system object, rather than system state); though I'm not certain that W2K+3 has been tested with the 5.1 client. Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorag eManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 2005-10-12 20:04:06: Wondering if anyone has every run into this TSM Client is W2K3 version 5.1.7.1 TSM Server is AIX version 5.1.6.5 Did a full server restore of the C, D and E drives. Did a restore of the system object and received the following error: ANS1335E RSM database file failed on system object restore. Found a hit that suggested turning on the RSM service. I did that. Started the Systemobject restore again and got the following error: ANS1257E Error preparing object for restore, with a box that said Continue Processing Report how you got this I can't find anything to help me on the web. Has anyone got a suggestion for me to get my system object restored?? Thanks!
TSM User Group for Baltimore, DC, and NoVa meets Nov 10, 2005
Please join us Thursday, November 10, 2005, for the next meeting of TSMUG, the TSM User Group for Baltimore, Washington, and Northern Virginia. The main topic on our agenda this meeting is encrypting your TSM backup data using TSM software or using hardware encryption. We will also have a presentation on Customizing your TSM Operational Reporter. And as usual, we'll have our TSM Roundtable where you can bring up your TSM issues for group discussion. REGISTRATION: Meetings are free and everyone is welcome. However, you MUST REGISTER in advance. All that is necessary to REGISTER is to REPLY to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with REGISTRATION as the subject. (If you haven't been to a TSMUG meeting before, please include your company name and a phone number.) You will receive a confirmation email/reminder notice the week before the meeting. Cutoff date for registration is 6pm Friday, Nov. 4. DATE: Thursday, November 10, 2005 TIME: 8:30AM - 1:00PM Morning coffee and lunch will be provided. LOCATION: CAS Severn 6201 Chevy Chase Drive Laurel MD 20707 Want to know more about TSMUG meetings? http://www.jasi.com/TSMUG/index.php QUESTIONS?!? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Storage Pool Backup?
Hello everyone, I am having issues with a tape drive shortage. I currently have 15 LTO2 tape drives that are being shared between 2 TSM servers that are being managed by an External library through ACSLS Gresham. I only want each system to use 6 drives for the backup of the storage pools. Would running the following script solve my dilemma? ba stg windows copy_windows maxpr=6 wait=yes ba stg solaris copy_solaris maxpr=6 wait=yes ba stg linux copy_linux maxpr=6 wait=yes ba stg oracle copy_oracle maxpr=6 wait=yes ba stg aix copy_aix maxpr=6 wait=yes ba stg notes copy_notes maxpr=6 wait=yes ba stg tape_windows copy_windows maxpr=3 wait=yes ba stg tape_solaris copy_solaris maxpr=3 wait=yes ba stg tape_linux copy_linux maxpr=3 wait=yes ba stg tape_oracle copy_oracle maxpr=3 wait=yes ba stg tape_aix copy_aix maxpr=3 wait=yes ba stg tape_notes copy_notes maxpr=3 Also, what would happen if the backup of one of the storage pools fails? Will all of the storage pools after that point in time not backup or would it continue down the list? If they all would fail, how can I circumvent this issue from happening? What would be my best method for getting the data copied to tape? Thank you in advance for any suggestions! Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems Work:(717)302-6603 Fax:(717)302-5974 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Errors restoring the SystemObject
You might need to try to reboot into recovery mode, then rename the adsm.sys dir to something else, then reboot again. But then, not knowing what the current system state is, I don't know how all of that will work out. You might need to try the full system restore again, from scratch... It would still help if you would be sure to attach the dsmerror.log to your posts. It might not contain anything useful, but sometimes that is in the eye of the beholder, so my preference is to verify for myself. I would also strongly recommend you use the command line client instead of the GUI (turn of QUIET if you are using it!) so you can either redirect the output to a file or capture the output via copy paste (set the OS command line window for a height of lines). That gives us all something to look at. Ideally I would urge you to contact IBM support for assistance, but unfortunately 5.1 went out of service at the end of September. Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 2005-10-13 06:41:56: I can't delete the c:\adsm.sys directory as it says it's in use. But I'll check out the docs you referenced below. The dsmerror.log says nothing useful. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:05 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Errors restoring the SystemObject Hi Patricia, This is a tough one. Check dsmerror.log for any other messages that coincide with the ANS1257E message. What do those say? You can try deleting the c:\adsm.sys directory, then retry the restore. Also, did you follow our recommended full system restore procedures? There is a document at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21164812 that discusses this. Since you are using 5.1, the procedures would mirror those for Windows 2000 (system object, rather than system state); though I'm not certain that W2K+3 has been tested with the 5.1 client. Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorag eManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 2005-10-12 20:04:06: Wondering if anyone has every run into this TSM Client is W2K3 version 5.1.7.1 TSM Server is AIX version 5.1.6.5 Did a full server restore of the C, D and E drives. Did a restore of the system object and received the following error: ANS1335E RSM database file failed on system object restore. Found a hit that suggested turning on the RSM service. I did that. Started the Systemobject restore again and got the following error: ANS1257E Error preparing object for restore, with a box that said Continue Processing Report how you got this I can't find anything to help me on the web. Has anyone got a suggestion for me to get my system object restored?? Thanks!
Re: expiration Oracle backups
Kurt, When deleting Rman objects on the TSM Server, TDP Oracle uses the delete function on objectsthe objects do not move to inactive they are just simply deleted from the TSM Server. So if you are certain that Rman is deleting the objects from the controlfile, then my guess is that your TSM Node is not configured with backdel=yes. One simple way to know what is going on during the deletion is to look in the tdpoerror.log this should tell you if the objects are being deleted or if there is an error occurring during the delete. Unfortunately, Oracle ignores errors that come from the delete functions so any error that TDP Oracle gives during deletion is lost, the only way to know for sure is the tdpoerror.log Regards, Neil Rasmussen Software Development Data Protection for Oracle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kurt Beyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 10/13/2005 06:19 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject expiration Oracle backups Hello, My environment is the following: TSM 5.3.2 server on Windows2003 Sun Solaris 5.8 with Oracle 8.1.7.4 with a TSM BA client 5.3.x and the TDP for databases 5.3 The backup of the Oracle databases is already working. The metadata of the backups is written in the control files of the Oracle database. The backups are bound to a mgmt class with the correct settings (as every object receives a unique name in TSM). The expiration must first be done in Oracle with a script, eg expire the backups older than X days. Could anybody share a working script? I'm still struggling to get it working as it should. But how are the backups made inactive in the TSM database after they have been deleted in Oracle? The 'tdposync' tool only works when the metadata is stored in a recovery catalog database. And after a forced deletion of the backups in RMAN, they do not become inactive in TSM either. How can the metadata in the TSM database be synchronized with the metadata in Oracle (control file) . I know this must have been discussed in the past already, but a search of the old threads didn't clear it out yet. thanks a lot, Kurt
Overland barcode labels
Hi , Is anybody familiar with Overland barcode labels P/N: OV-LTO901002 for LTO2 tapes ? When ordering some more do I need to specify format of labels ? I currently have labels running from ARB800L1 to ARB899L1. T.I.A Bill *** Disclaimer *** This email and any files transmitted with it contains privileged and confidential information and is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender at once that you have received it by mistake and then delete it from your system. Any views expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of ALSTEC or its associated companies. Whereas ALSTEC takes reasonable precautions to ensure this email is virus free, no responsibility will be accepted by it for any loss or damage whether direct or indirect which results from the contents of this email or its attachments. ALSTEC Group Limited - Registered in England No.3939840 - www.alstec.com Registered office: Cambridge Road, Whetstone, Leicester. LE8 6LH. England. Telephone: +44 (0)116 275 0750
TDP for Oracle setup issue
Hi! We are trying to set up TDP for Oracle and are getting the following errors. This is on a Solaris 5.8 server. Also, where do I put the backdel=yes? Thank you in advance! i'm getting this error, i can't figure out where it is pullling generate from, i have it set to prompt, who could i ask for help? fjsu002:/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64 321 ./tdpoconf password IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases: Data Protection for Oracle Version 5, Release 2, Level 0.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1997, 2003. All rights reserved. *** * IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases Utility * * Password file initialization/update program* * ROOT privilege needed to update value * *** Please enter current password: Please enter new password: Please reenter new password for verification: ANS0236E (RC2032) On dsmInit, the owner is not allowed when PASSWORDACCESS=generate. fjsu002:/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64 322
Re: expiration Oracle backups
Neil, Here is the output of 'list backups' and 'crosscheck backup of databases' for the ERK oracle instance: # rman target rman/rman nocatalog Recovery Manager: Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production RMAN-06005: connected to target database: ERK (DBID=39192858) RMAN-06009: using target database controlfile instead of recovery catalog RMAN list backup; RMAN-03022: compiling command: list RMAN allocate channel for delete type 'sbt_tape' 2 parms 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/tdpo_erk.opt)'; RMAN-03022: compiling command: allocate RMAN-03023: executing command: allocate RMAN-08030: allocated channel: delete RMAN-08500: channel delete: sid=12 devtype=SBT_TAPE RMAN-08526: channel delete: Tivoli Data Protection for Oracle: version 5.2.0.0 RMAN crosscheck backup of database; RMAN-03022: compiling command: XCHECK RMAN-03023: executing command: XCHECK RMAN No backups are found any more. The TSM node name for the Oracle backup is server_ORA_ERK. Here is the output of two queries in TSM: q node server_ORA_ERK f=d; Node Name: server_ORA_ERK Platform: TDP Oracle SUN Client OS Level: 5.8 Client Version: Version 5, Release 3, Level 0.11 Policy Domain Name: POL_client Last Access Date/Time: 10/13/2005 15:04:17 Days Since Last Access: 1 Password Set Date/Time: 10/12/2005 14:34:14 Days Since Password Set: 1 Invalid Sign-on Count: 0 Locked?: No Contact: Compression: Client Archive Delete Allowed?: Yes Backup Delete Allowed?: Yes Registration Date/Time: 10/12/2005 11:42:20 Registering Administrator: ADMIN Last Communication Method Used: Tcp/Ip Bytes Received Last Session: 2,073 Bytes Sent Last Session: 2,170 Duration of Last Session: 4.00 Pct. Idle Wait Last Session: 0.00 select state, ll_name, backup_date from backups where node_name='server_ORA_ERK'; STATE LL_NAME BACKUP_DATE -- -- -- ACTIVE_VERSION df_571506337_1_1 2005-10-12 15:44:32.00 ACTIVE_VERSION df_571506339_2_1 2005-10-12 15:44:32.00 ... The node is allowed to delete it's own backups and all of the backups are still active. No errors are found in the tdpoerror.log file. During the deletion of the backups in RMAN, new sessions are opened and closed in the activity log for the node but no other messages are logged. Any other ideas about what might be the issue? If required, I'll log a PMR of course. thanks, Kurt From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Neil Rasmussen Sent: Thu 13/10/2005 16:38 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] expiration Oracle backups Kurt, When deleting Rman objects on the TSM Server, TDP Oracle uses the delete function on objectsthe objects do not move to inactive they are just simply deleted from the TSM Server. So if you are certain that Rman is deleting the objects from the controlfile, then my guess is that your TSM Node is not configured with backdel=yes. One simple way to know what is going on during the deletion is to look in the tdpoerror.log this should tell you if the objects are being deleted or if there is an error occurring during the delete. Unfortunately, Oracle ignores errors that come from the delete functions so any error that TDP Oracle gives during deletion is lost, the only way to know for sure is the tdpoerror.log Regards, Neil Rasmussen Software Development Data Protection for Oracle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kurt Beyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 10/13/2005 06:19 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject expiration Oracle backups Hello, My environment is the following: TSM 5.3.2 server on Windows2003 Sun Solaris 5.8 with Oracle 8.1.7.4 with a TSM BA client 5.3.x and the TDP for databases 5.3 The backup of the Oracle databases is already working. The metadata of the backups is written in the control files of the Oracle database. The backups are bound to a mgmt class with the correct settings (as every object receives a unique name in TSM). The expiration must first be done in Oracle with a script, eg expire the backups older than X days. Could anybody share a working script? I'm still struggling to get it working as it should. But how are the backups made inactive in the TSM database after they have been deleted in Oracle? The 'tdposync' tool only works when the metadata is stored in a recovery catalog database. And after a forced deletion of the backups in RMAN, they do not become inactive in TSM either. How can the metadata in the TSM database be
Re: TDP for Oracle setup issue
Joni, Check that the DSM_ORC_CONFIG is pointing to the correct dsm.opt file for your Oracle TSM node name. The backdel=yes is defined on the client node in the TSM server. best regards, Kurt From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Joni Moyer Sent: Thu 13/10/2005 17:02 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TDP for Oracle setup issue Hi! We are trying to set up TDP for Oracle and are getting the following errors. This is on a Solaris 5.8 server. Also, where do I put the backdel=yes? Thank you in advance! i'm getting this error, i can't figure out where it is pullling generate from, i have it set to prompt, who could i ask for help? fjsu002:/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64 321 ./tdpoconf password IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases: Data Protection for Oracle Version 5, Release 2, Level 0.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1997, 2003. All rights reserved. *** * IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases Utility * * Password file initialization/update program* * ROOT privilege needed to update value * *** Please enter current password: Please enter new password: Please reenter new password for verification: ANS0236E (RC2032) On dsmInit, the owner is not allowed when PASSWORDACCESS=generate. fjsu002:/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64 322
Re: TDP for Oracle setup issue
Thanks Kurt, So in the config for our TDP client on TSM, is this the correct definition? Thanks again! Node Name: FJSU002TDPO Platform: (?) Client OS Level: (?) Client Version: (?) Policy Domain Name: TDPO Last Access Date/Time: 09/21/05 15:20:32 Days Since Last Access: 22 Password Set Date/Time: 09/21/05 15:20:32 Days Since Password Set: 22 Invalid Sign-on Count: 0 Locked?: No Contact: Open Systems Compression: Yes Archive Delete Allowed?: Yes Backup Delete Allowed?: Yes Registration Date/Time: 09/21/05 15:20:32 Registering Administrator: LIDZR8V Last Communication Method Used: Bytes Received Last Session: 0 Bytes Sent Last Session: 0 Duration of Last Session: 0.00 Pct. Idle Wait Last Session: 0.00 Pct. Comm. Wait Last Session: 0.00 Pct. Media Wait Last Session: 0.00 Optionset: URL: http://fjsu002tdpo:1581 Node Type: Client Password Expiration Period: Keep Mount Point?: No Maximum Mount Points Allowed: 2 Auto Filespace Rename : No Validate Protocol: No TCP/IP Name: TCP/IP Address: Globally Unique ID: Transaction Group Max: 0 Data Write Path: ANY Data Read Path: ANY Session Initiation: ClientOrServer High-level Address: Low-level Address: Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems Work:(717)302-6603 Fax:(717)302-5974 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kurt Beyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] EN.BE To Sent by: ADSM: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Dist Stor cc Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU Re: TDP for Oracle setup issue 10/13/2005 11:09 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU Joni, Check that the DSM_ORC_CONFIG is pointing to the correct dsm.opt file for your Oracle TSM node name. The backdel=yes is defined on the client node in the TSM server. best regards, Kurt From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Joni Moyer Sent: Thu 13/10/2005 17:02 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TDP for Oracle setup issue Hi! We are trying to set up TDP for Oracle and are getting the following errors. This is on a Solaris 5.8 server. Also, where do I put the backdel=yes? Thank you in advance! i'm getting this error, i can't figure out where it is pullling generate from, i have it set to prompt, who could i ask for help? fjsu002:/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64 321 ./tdpoconf password IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases: Data Protection for Oracle Version 5, Release 2, Level 0.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1997, 2003. All rights reserved. *** * IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases Utility * * Password file initialization/update program* * ROOT privilege needed to update value * *** Please enter current password: Please enter new password: Please reenter new password for verification: ANS0236E (RC2032) On dsmInit, the owner is not allowed when PASSWORDACCESS=generate. fjsu002:/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64 322
Re: TDP for Oracle setup issue
Also, for TDPO, passwordaccess Generate is not allowed. must be PROMPT only. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax:321.434.5509 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/13/05 11:02 AM Hi! We are trying to set up TDP for Oracle and are getting the following errors. This is on a Solaris 5.8 server. Also, where do I put the backdel=yes? Thank you in advance! i'm getting this error, i can't figure out where it is pullling generate from, i have it set to prompt, who could i ask for help? fjsu002:/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64 321 ./tdpoconf password IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases: Data Protection for Oracle Version 5, Release 2, Level 0.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1997, 2003. All rights reserved. *** * IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases Utility * * Password file initialization/update program* * ROOT privilege needed to update value * *** Please enter current password: Please enter new password: Please reenter new password for verification: ANS0236E (RC2032) On dsmInit, the owner is not allowed when PASSWORDACCESS=generate. fjsu002:/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64 322 ## This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. ##
TDP for Exchange Configuration problems
Hi all, We use TDP for Exchange in Version 5.1.5.0 (Exchange V 5.5 on w2k) We have an TSM-Server running V. 5.2.4.3 Policy for Exchange is : Version Data Exists : 2 Version Data Deleted : 0 Retain Extra Versions : 20 Retain Only Version : 20 We run every day an incremental backup of IS and DIR and once a week a full backup of IS and DIR. We want to have a minimum of 2 Full Backups and all Incrementel Backups between. What I see is, that with this policy we get 2 generations of full backups, but only the incremental backups from the last full until now. What do I have to change Please help Thanks Chris
Re: expiration Oracle backups
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:19:53 +0200, Kurt Beyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: My environment is the following: TSM 5.3.2 server on Windows2003 Sun Solaris 5.8 with Oracle 8.1.7.4 with a TSM BA client 5.3.x and the TDP for databases 5.3 [ ... ] But how are the backups made inactive in the TSM database after they have been deleted in Oracle? The 'tdposync' tool only works when the metadata is stored in a recovery catalog database. And after a forced deletion of the backups in RMAN, they do not become inactive in TSM either. How can the metadata in the TSM database be synchronized with the metadata in Oracle (control file) . Oracle's delete-obsolete-backups function does not work. We're chasing this with Oracle Support right now, and they have confirmed that they have a bug. Our solution is to periodically switch TSM nodes to which a given Oracle DB is backing up, and once our recovery period has passed, we discard the old node. We've lovingly documented the state before and after various operations, so if you want help proving your case to Oracle, let me know. Alternately, if you come up with a procedure that zaps stuff, do tell. :) - Allen S. Rout
performance of restore v. retrieve v. backupset restore
We are moving off of one disk array onto another, and I have 3 windows machines that have filesystems that need to be moved. We have come to the conclusion that using TSM to move the data will be the simplest and most straight forward way to do it. I am trying to decide whether to do a plain restore, create a backupset and restore it, or use archive. I am reading the ADSM Quick Facts file to learn about performance issues. The clients are all 5.2.2.0 The server is also 5.2.2.0 on AIX. We have LTO2 tapes in a robot with 6 drives. Each disk volume to be moved is 39.9 G. One is 20% full, one is 50% full, and one is 95% full. Since my tapes hold 200G, if I use a backupset, I will have only 1 tape mount. However, if I use a regular restore, I can have the restore multiple threads and drives (given that maxnummp is high and mountretention is low). I do not have collocation on, but I could change that and force a full backup of the filesystems that need to be moved, so they would be collocated, but that wouldn't be much different than using a backupset, would it? Any advice? Nancy Reeves Technical Support, Wichita State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 316-978-3860
Re: expiration Oracle backups
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:38:18 -0700, Neil Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: When deleting Rman objects on the TSM Server, TDP Oracle uses the delete function on objectsthe objects do not move to inactive they are just simply deleted from the TSM Server. Hmm, I thought they did move to inactive; They have their 'inactivate date' set to the 1900, so unless you are retaining NOLIMIT, they'll dissapear next expiration. [ rustle through Oracle problem-trace logs ] Here's an example. These are from 'select * from backups where node_name='WEBCT-DB' order by filespace_name,backup_date' Before: [ query taken at 09:58 ] WEBCT-DB/webct-db 1 ACTIVE_VERSION FILE// df_WEBCT_4416_1_568435025 124553476 2005-09-08 02:42:02.00 oracle DEFAULT After: [ query taken at 10:01 ] WEBCT-DB/webct-db 1 INACTIVE_VERSIONFILE// df_WEBCT_4416_1_568435025 124553476 2005-09-08 02:42:02.00 1900-01-01 00:00:00.00 oracle DEFAULT Is there something I'm missing about this? Or is that just what happens in the DB when the API issues a 'Delete this file' request? So if you are certain that Rman is deleting the objects from the controlfile, then my guess is that your TSM Node is not configured with backdel=yes. Second the motion. We ran into this. - Allen S. Rout
Re: TDP for Oracle setup issue
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:20:31 -0400, Joni Moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: So in the config for our TDP client on TSM, is this the correct definition? Well, you've got backdel and archdel set to yes - Allen S. Rout
Re: HP-UX/VxFS/ACL
Problem solved.
Turned out to be a HPUX-bug introduced by fix PHKL_31500.
Applied PHKL_32272 which addressed this kernel-bug..
I have, however, one problem resulting from this that really IS a TSM-problem.
This error caused many (= 1 mill) files to be backed together with
garbage-ACLS.
I consider trying to delete these backup-copies.
ACL's are not not used on these filesystems, so if I had a way to discover
which files were backed up because of a change in the ACL, I could make a list
and delete backup-copies based on that list.
Any ideas anyone?
On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Tom Tann{s wrote:
Hi!
I wonder if anyone has encountered similar problems:
During incremental backup on this system, since last Thursday suddenly lots
of files got backed up that hadn't neen changed for years.
Also, at random points since then, the dsmc-process has aborted with
ANS1028S An internal program error occurred.
ACL's are not set/used on any of the affected files.
(ACL's are not used at all on this system, as far as I or the SysAdm is aware
of)
After runnimg several traces, I found that the backups made was because the
TSM-client discovered a change in the size, checksum, existance etc of the
file's ACL.
The ANS1028S are because of an
hpux/pserrno.cpp( 351): TransErrno: Unexpected error from acl(GCL_GET),
errno = 22
OS is HP-UX fhume B.11.23 U 9000/800 1279364181
TSM-client is Client Version 5, Release 3, Level 0.0
TSM-server is Server Version 5, Release 2, Level 2.5
No changes/upgrades have been made to the OS/filesystem for at least 3
months.
TSM-client 5.3.0 has been running without problems since January.
Re: performance of restore v. retrieve v. backupset restore
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:57:30 -0500, Nancy Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The clients are all 5.2.2.0 The server is also 5.2.2.0 on AIX. We have LTO2 tapes in a robot with 6 drives. Each disk volume to be moved is 39.9 G. One is 20% full, one is 50% full, and one is 95% full. Since my tapes hold 200G, if I use a backupset, I will have only 1 tape mount. However, if I use a regular restore, I can have the restore multiple threads and drives (given that maxnummp is high and mountretention is low). I do not have collocation on, but I could change that and force a full backup of the filesystems that need to be moved, so they would be collocated, but that wouldn't be much different than using a backupset, would it? Any advice? If you MOVE NODEDATA, perhaps to a (temporary) collocated stgpool, then you can get all the data to one place without having to back it all up again. If you've got enough disk, you might want to MOVE NODEDATA again, just before the restore, onto FILE or DISK devclasses. Depending on your tape architecture, it could imprrove your restore speed anywhere from a bit to a lot. In your shoes, I'd shove the data in a FILE devclass with volume size ~5GB just before the restore. Multiple threads, because multiple volumes, and disk's good seek behavior. - Allen S. Rout
volumes being marked seen as write protected
Hi All, Wondering if anyone else has seen this yet? Volumes scratch and private are being seen as write protected and either marked as unavailable (those with data) or private (scratch volumes) When I eject the tape its not write protected. Its a 3584 tape library and I'm pretty sure both the gen 1 and gen 2 drives are doing this, but need to investigate details more. All the media is gen 1. TSM server 5.3.1.4 on AIX 5.3 connected via 3534 fiber switches. 10/13/05 04:04:39 ANR8463E LTO volume 894ACT is write protected. 10/13/05 04:04:57 ANR8778W Scratch volume 894ACT changed to Private Status to prevent re-access. Thanks in advace, Aaron Aaron Durkee Infrastructure Analyst Networking and Technical Group Catholic Health Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (716) 862-1713 fax: (716) 862-1717
Re: Scheduled backups won't find paths that manual/GUI backups do
Thanks for your and Bill's suggestions/help. That seemed to fix it. Yiannakis Vakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 10/13/2005 12:32 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Scheduled backups won't find paths that manual/GUI backups do To overcome this problem (as Bill said) you have to logon with the user that has the CIFS mount permanently and lock your server (do not logoff with that account). This way the schedule will work. Yiannakis -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 5:51 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Scheduled backups won't find paths that manual/GUI backups do TSM Server 5.3.15 TSM Client - Windows V5.3.0.15 - Windows 2003 Server SP1 This client is connected to our EMC Celerra NAS. It is setup to perform the backups, web-interface, etc. The mounts are CIFS, however we have tried doing standard drive letter mounts. Here is the problem. The Windows GUI can see and backup this CIFS mount, no problem. Perfectly happy. TSM scheduled incremental backups fail/do not see the mount. So, we tried a manual backup creating a CMD file and run DSMC. The command we run is: dsmc i -optfile=c:\rose\rose-ots\dsm-ots.opt -subdir=yes \\rose.adm.adp.vcu.edu\ots\* If we run this backup, manualy, it works great. If the TSM schedule invokes the backup/CMD, it always errors with: Incremental backup of volume '\\rose.adm.adp.vcu.edu\ots\*' ANS1228E Sending of object '\\rose.adm.adp.vcu.edu\ots\*' failed ANS1063E Invalid path specification We have tried every combination we can think of, we no luck. What are we missing ?
MAX_IO_SIZE and Oracle
Hi Everybody, In order to improve performance of Oracle backups using TSM, I've read of a MAX_IO_SIZE parameter for other OS versions i.e. Solaris, Linux. Does such a parameter exist in AIX ? If not, is there an equivalent ? Rich
Re: volumes being marked seen as write protected
Oh yes, we see this from time to time. We used to have a lot more of these sorts of errors, and have spent considerable time working with IBM on this sort of thing since moving to 3584 libraries. Early on, a lot of tape drives were replaced; sometimes, having the drive calibrated seems to help. We've got microcode upgrades scheduled soon, which I'm hoping helps, but that's still an open question. There doesn't seem to be a good fix for this as yet; all we've been able to do is periodically check for these tapes and update them, and keep reporting problems to IBM. _ Kathleen Hallahan Freddie Mac Distributed Backups 703-450-3317 Aaron Durkee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 10/13/2005 12:44 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject volumes being marked seen as write protected Hi All, Wondering if anyone else has seen this yet? Volumes scratch and private are being seen as write protected and either marked as unavailable (those with data) or private (scratch volumes) When I eject the tape its not write protected. Its a 3584 tape library and I'm pretty sure both the gen 1 and gen 2 drives are doing this, but need to investigate details more. All the media is gen 1. TSM server 5.3.1.4 on AIX 5.3 connected via 3534 fiber switches. 10/13/05 04:04:39 ANR8463E LTO volume 894ACT is write protected. 10/13/05 04:04:57 ANR8778W Scratch volume 894ACT changed to Private Status to prevent re-access. Thanks in advace, Aaron Aaron Durkee Infrastructure Analyst Networking and Technical Group Catholic Health Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (716) 862-1713 fax: (716) 862-1717
Re: performance of restore v. retrieve v. backupset restore
Does MOVE NODEDATA move all files of the node, or just the active ones? Nancy Reeves Technical Support, Wichita State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 316-978-3860 ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 10/13/2005 11:25:07 AM: == On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:57:30 -0500, Nancy Reeves Nancy. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The clients are all 5.2.2.0 The server is also 5.2.2.0 on AIX. We have LTO2 tapes in a robot with 6 drives. Each disk volume to be moved is 39.9 G. One is 20% full, one is 50% full, and one is 95% full. Since my tapes hold 200G, if I use a backupset, I will have only 1 tape mount. However, if I use a regular restore, I can have the restore multiple threads and drives (given that maxnummp is high and mountretention is low). I do not have collocation on, but I could change that and force a full backup of the filesystems that need to be moved, so they would be collocated, but that wouldn't be much different than using a backupset, would it? Any advice? If you MOVE NODEDATA, perhaps to a (temporary) collocated stgpool, then you can get all the data to one place without having to back it all up again. If you've got enough disk, you might want to MOVE NODEDATA again, just before the restore, onto FILE or DISK devclasses. Depending on your tape architecture, it could imprrove your restore speed anywhere from a bit to a lot. In your shoes, I'd shove the data in a FILE devclass with volume size ~5GB just before the restore. Multiple threads, because multiple volumes, and disk's good seek behavior. - Allen S. Rout
Node compression off but still compressing
TSM Windows Client 5.3 TSM UNIX Server 5.3.1 Win2k server node compression is off. Schedule log shows compression off but daily scheduled incremental backup show 91% compression. What could be causing this? Server is set to make sure that client node compression is always off. Another part of the puzzle is that this only happens once in a while. This node has been backup up nightly and not doing any compression and our settings have not changed. Server Node configuration Node Name: SOACS Platform: WinNT Client OS Level: 5.00 Client Version: Version 5, Release 3, Level 0.0 Policy Domain Name: WIN-DOMAIN Last Access Date/Time: 10/13/05 09:08:08 Days Since Last Access: 1 Password Set Date/Time: 09/27/05 13:21:23 Days Since Password Set: 16 Invalid Sign-on Count: 0 Locked?: No Contact: Compression: No Archive Delete Allowed?: Yes Backup Delete Allowed?: No == Node Schedule Log == 10/12/2005 21:04:18 --- SCHEDULEREC QUERY BEGIN 10/12/2005 21:04:18 --- SCHEDULEREC QUERY END 10/12/2005 21:04:18 Next operation scheduled: 10/12/2005 21:04:18 10/12/2005 21:04:18 Schedule Name: NIGHTLY 10/12/2005 21:04:18 Action:Incremental 10/12/2005 21:04:18 Objects: 10/12/2005 21:04:18 Options: 10/12/2005 21:04:18 Server Window Start: 19:01:09 on 10/12/2005 10/12/2005 21:04:18 10/12/2005 21:04:18 Executing scheduled command now. 10/12/2005 21:04:18 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT BEGIN NIGHTLY 10/12/2005 19:01:09 10/12/2005 21:04:18 Incremental backup of volume '\\soacs\c$' 10/12/2005 21:04:18 Incremental backup of volume '\\soacs\d$' 10/12/2005 21:04:18 Incremental backup of volume 'SYSTEMOBJECT' 10/12/2005 21:04:19 Querying Journal for '\\soacs\c$' 10/12/2005 21:04:20 Processing 277 Journal entries for '\\soacs\c$' 10/12/2005 21:04:22 Querying Journal for '\\soacs\d$' 10/12/2005 21:04:23 Processing 1 Journal entries for '\\soacs\d$' 10/12/2005 21:04:50 Successful incremental backup of '\\soacs\c$' 10/12/2005 21:07:59 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS BEGIN 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Total number of objects inspected:2,175 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Total number of objects backed up:2,102 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Total number of objects updated: 0 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Total number of objects rebound: 0 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Total number of objects deleted: 0 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Total number of objects expired:166 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Total number of objects failed: 0 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Total number of bytes transferred:308.83 MB 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Data transfer time: 22.14 sec 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Network data transfer rate:14,278.78 KB/sec 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Aggregate data transfer rate: 1,431.30 KB/sec 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Objects compressed by: 91% 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Elapsed processing time: 00:03:40 10/12/2005 21:07:59 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END 10/12/2005 21:07:59 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT END NIGHTLY 10/12/2005 19:01:09 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Scheduled event 'NIGHTLY' completed successfully. 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Sending results for scheduled event 'NIGHTLY'. 10/12/2005 21:07:59 Results sent to server for scheduled event 'NIGHTLY'. end===
Re: expiration Oracle backups
Here is a script I use to expire RMAN backups. Note that I filter
(egrep) the backup pieces based on tags. This way I have separated
expiring scripts for daily, weekly, and monthly backups.
#!/usr/bin/bash
export ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/product/920/admin
export ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/product/920
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/oracle/product/920/lib32:/usr/dt/lib:/usr/openwin/lib
export TNS_ADMIN=/oracle/product/920/network/admin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64=/oracle/product/920/lib
export ORA_NLS33=/oracle/product/920/ocommon/nls/admin/data
export NLS_DATE_FORMAT=dd/mm/ hh24:mi:ss
export ARQLOG=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/log/ORACLE_SIDobsolete_`date
'+%Y%m%d%H%M%S'`.log
export ORACLE_SID=ORACLE_SID
target=user/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
parms=parms
'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/tdpo_restore.opt)'
catalog='rmanuser/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
#Registra log de inicio
date '+Inicio do script de remocao de objetos obsoletos em %d/%m/%Y as
%H:%M:%S' $ARQLOG
dbobsolete_tape=/tmp/ob_tape.log
cmdfile=/tmp/delete.cmd
if [ -f $dbobsolete_tape ]
then
rm $dbobsolete_tape
fi
if [ -f $cmdfile ]
then
rm $cmdfile
fi
# Get a list of obsolete tape files
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman msgno target $target rcvcat $catalog msglog
$dbobsolete_tape EOF /dev/null
run {
allocate channel t1 type 'sbt_tape'
parms
'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/tdpo_restore.opt)';
report obsolete redundancy=45;
release channel t1;
}
EOF
# sed options
del_bpiece=-e /RMAN-06285/ s/\(.* \)\(.*\)$/change backuppiece '\2' delete;/
# Create the RMAN command to delete the obsolete files
echo allocate channel for delete type 'sbt_tape' $parms ; $cmdfile
grep RMAN-06285 $dbobsolete_tape | egrep 'bkp_full|ctl_|arc_' | sed
$del_bpiece $cmdfile
echo release channel; $cmdfile
# Execute the RMAN command file to delete the obsolete files
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman msgno target $target rcvcat $catalog msglog
$ARQLOG cmdfile $cmdfile
if [ $? -gt 0 ]
then
date '+Termino do script com erro em %d/%m/%Y as %H:%M:%S' $ARQLOG
exit 1
else
date '+Termino do script com sucesso em %d/%m/%Y as %H:%M:%S' $ARQLOG
fi
On 10/13/05, Kurt Beyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
My environment is the following:
TSM 5.3.2 server on Windows2003
Sun Solaris 5.8 with Oracle 8.1.7.4 with a TSM BA client 5.3.x and the TDP
for databases 5.3
The backup of the Oracle databases is already working. The metadata of the
backups is written in the control files of the Oracle database.
The backups are bound to a mgmt class with the correct settings (as every
object receives a unique name in TSM).
The expiration must first be done in Oracle with a script, eg expire the
backups older than X days. Could anybody share a working script? I'm still
struggling to get it working as it should.
But how are the backups made inactive in the TSM database after they have
been deleted in Oracle? The 'tdposync' tool only works when the metadata is
stored in a recovery catalog database. And after a forced deletion of the
backups in RMAN, they do not become inactive in TSM either. How can the
metadata in the TSM database be synchronized with the metadata in Oracle
(control file) .
I know this must have been discussed in the past already, but a search of the
old threads didn't clear it out yet.
thanks a lot,
Kurt
--
Helder Garcia
Re: performance of restore v. retrieve v. backupset restore
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:03:43 -0500, Nancy Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Does MOVE NODEDATA move all files of the node, or just the active ones? All. This makes the payload larger than a backupset, for instance, would generate. - Allen S. Rout
Re: volumes being marked seen as write protected
Oh yes, we see this from time to time. We used to have a lot more of these sorts of errors, and have spent considerable time working with IBM on this sort of thing since moving to 3584 libraries. Early on, a lot of tape drives were replaced; sometimes, having the drive calibrated seems to help. We've got microcode upgrades scheduled soon, which I'm hoping helps, but that's still an open question. There doesn't seem to be a good fix for this as yet; all we've been able to do is periodically check for these tapes and update them, and keep reporting problems to IBM. I wouldn't hold out too much hope for microcode helping; I see this at least once every couple of weeks, and it's been this way for many months. We've got a 3584 with all LTO2 drives. I upgraded in late August to library firmware level 5360, drive firmware level 53Y2 and Atape level 9.5.2.0. As far as I can tell, it hasn't helped (or hurt) in terms of frequency of the 'failure'. Went from TSM server 5.2.3.0 to 5.3.1.2, no change. Happens on all different drives, different tapes. When I first started seeing this, I used to audit the tape (always came up clean), then mark it read/write again. Now I don't bother with that - just mark 'em read/write as soon as I see the ANR8463E messages. -Bill Bill Kelly Auburn University OIT 334-844-9917 Hi All, Wondering if anyone else has seen this yet? Volumes scratch and private are being seen as write protected and either marked as unavailable (those with data) or private (scratch volumes) When I eject the tape its not write protected. Its a 3584 tape library and I'm pretty sure both the gen 1 and gen 2 drives are doing this, but need to investigate details more. All the media is gen 1. TSM server 5.3.1.4 on AIX 5.3 connected via 3534 fiber switches. 10/13/05 04:04:39 ANR8463E LTO volume 894ACT is write protected. 10/13/05 04:04:57 ANR8778W Scratch volume 894ACT changed to Private Status to prevent re-access.
Re: Scheduled backups won't find paths that manual/GUI backups do
I'm not sure it is supported but it works for us when we run the TSM Scheduler service with an ID that has rights to the UNC connections that you are trying to back up. Then, put the shares in the domain statement in the dsm.opt file. domain c: d: \\servername\Home_ckpt_bk \\servername\UserData_ckpt_bk systemobject Again, if you do this then the TSM service needs to be running with an account that has rights to connect to and read the files in \\servername\Home_ckpt_bk and \\servername\UserData_ckpt_bk. Yiannakis Vakis yiannakis.vakis@ ITD.BANKOFCYPRUS. To COM ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Sent by: ADSM:cc Dist Stor Manager Subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: [ADSM-L] Scheduled backups .edu won't find paths that manual/GUI backups do 10/13/2005 12:32 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .edu To overcome this problem (as Bill said) you have to logon with the user that has the CIFS mount permanently and lock your server (do not logoff with that account). This way the schedule will work. Yiannakis -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 5:51 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Scheduled backups won't find paths that manual/GUI backups do TSM Server 5.3.15 TSM Client - Windows V5.3.0.15 - Windows 2003 Server SP1 This client is connected to our EMC Celerra NAS. It is setup to perform the backups, web-interface, etc. The mounts are CIFS, however we have tried doing standard drive letter mounts. Here is the problem. The Windows GUI can see and backup this CIFS mount, no problem. Perfectly happy. TSM scheduled incremental backups fail/do not see the mount. So, we tried a manual backup creating a CMD file and run DSMC. The command we run is: dsmc i -optfile=c:\rose\rose-ots\dsm-ots.opt -subdir=yes \\rose.adm.adp.vcu.edu\ots\* If we run this backup, manualy, it works great. If the TSM schedule invokes the backup/CMD, it always errors with: Incremental backup of volume '\\rose.adm.adp.vcu.edu\ots\*' ANS1228E Sending of object '\\rose.adm.adp.vcu.edu\ots\*' failed ANS1063E Invalid path specification We have tried every combination we can think of, we no luck. What are we missing ?
Re: Errors restoring the SystemObject
This is pretty crude coding in a .bat file but it works for us:
@echo off
echo This will restore all the operating system components on the existing
echo %systemdrive% from the last successful TSM backup of this server.
echo It restores the systemdrive files first then SystemObject or
SystemState and
echo SystemServices (Win2000 and Win2003 respectively).
echo If that is not your desire then please press cntrl+C to terminate
echo this command.
rem stop the TSM services so that it doesn't try to backup during the
restore
net stop TSM Client Acceptor
net stop TSM Scheduler
if %1.==override. goto skip
rem goto run
:prompt
cls
set repsonse=n
set /P response=have you configured the hardware to match the failed system
(y/n)?
if not %response%==y goto explain
cls
set repsonse=n
set /P response=have you installed the same OS version as the failed system
(y/n)?
if not %response%==y goto explain
cls
set repsonse=n
set /P response=have you ensured that the HAL is correct (single or
multi-processor version) (y/n)?
if not %response%==y goto explain
cls
set repsonse=n
set /P response=is the TSM client code the same version as the failed
system (y/n)?
if not %response%==y goto explain
if not exist %systemdrive%\windows goto skip
cls
echo ASR restore of win2003 server is more reliable than rebuild\restores
set repsonse=n
set /P response=have you ruled out doing an ASR restore (y/n)?
if not %response%==y goto explain
:skip
cls
echo * * * * * * * * C A U T I O N ! ! ! ! * * * * * * * *
echo .
echo All the files on %systemdrive%, the registry, and
echo systemObject or systemState will be restored now.
echo .
pause
cls
echo you will see messages saying that changes won't take affect
echo until after you reboot. Just ignore these until you see the following:
echo .
echo All components have been restored. Press ENTER. Then please REBOOT.
echo .
echo When you see the message like this again ...then you should reboot.
pause
:run
%systemdrive%
cd \Program Files\Tivoli\tsm\baclient
copy dsm.opt %systemdrive%\dsm.sav /y
attrib %systemdrive%\boot.ini -h -s -r
copy %systemdrive%\boot.ini %systemdrive%\boot.ini.sav /y
if exist %systemdrive%\windows goto win2003
:win2000
dsmc restore {SYSTEM OBJECT}\winnt\system32\catroot\*
%systemroot%\system32\ -subdir=yes -replace=all
echo .
echo do not reboot now ...there is more to restore
if not %1.==override. pause
dsmc restore %systemdrive%\* -subdir=yes -replace=all
echo .
echo do not reboot now ...there is more to restore
if not %1.==override. pause
copy %systemdrive%\dsm.sav dsm.opt /y
dsmc restore systemobject
attrib %systemdrive%\boot.ini -r -s -h
copy %systemdrive%\boot.ini %systemdrive%\boot.ini.Restored /y
copy %systemdrive%\boot.ini.sav %systemdrive%\boot.ini /y
attrib %systemdrive%\boot.ini +r +s +h
echo .
echo All components have been restored.
echo .
echo After the reboot you will want to take any memory parameters in the
echo %systemdrive%\boot.ini.Restored file and add them to the boot.ini
echo .
echo Modifying the boot.ini file before rebooting is not required nor
echo is it recommended.
echo .
echo Press ENTER. Then please REBOOT.
pause
goto exit
:win2003
dsmc restore group {SYSTEM STATE}\SYSSTATE %systemdrive%\systemp\
-showmembers -preservepath=complete -replace=all
echo .
echo do not reboot now ...there is more to restore
if not %1.==override. pause
xcopy /h /s /y %systemdrive%\systemp\SYSFILES\WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot\*
%systemroot%\CatRoot\
if not %1.==override. pause
rmdir /s /q %systemdrive%\systemp
if not %1.==override. pause
dsmc restore %systemdrive%\* -subdir=yes -replace=all
echo .
echo do not reboot now ...there is more to restore
rem the next line is to put back the dsm.opt file that was there prior to
the restore
copy %systemdrive%\dsm.sav dsm.opt /y
if not %1.==override. pause
dsmc restore systemstate
echo .
echo do not reboot now ...there is more to restore
if not %1.==override. pause
dsmc restore systemservices
attrib %systemdrive%\boot.ini -r -s -h
copy %systemdrive%\boot.ini %systemdrive%\boot.ini.Restored
copy %systemdrive%\boot.ini.sav %systemdrive%\boot.ini
attrib %systemdrive%\boot.ini +r +s +h
echo .
echo All components have been restored.
echo .
echo After the reboot you will want to take any memory parameters in the
echo %systemdrive%\boot.ini.Restored file and add them to the boot.ini
echo .
echo Modifying the boot.ini file before rebooting is not required nor
echo is it recommended.
echo .
echo Press ENTER. Then please REBOOT.
pause
goto exit
:explain
call tsmrestore\readme.txt
:exit
exit
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Archived data
I have been asked to generate a report from TSM showing which archived objects will expire in the next 30 days. Does anyone know of a tool or script that will generate such a report? All I need is a nudge in the right direction. Andy Huebner 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: TDP for Exchange Configuration problems
Chris, That is because incremental backups are uniquely named. They are forced inactive (deleted) when a new full backup is created. Try this: Version Data Exists : 2 Version Data Deleted : 2 Retain Extra Versions : 20 Retain Only Version : 20 Having Version Data Deleted as 0 is causing the problem. Thanks, Del ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 10/13/2005 11:42:41 AM: Hi all, We use TDP for Exchange in Version 5.1.5.0 (Exchange V 5.5 on w2k) We have an TSM-Server running V. 5.2.4.3 Policy for Exchange is : Version Data Exists : 2 Version Data Deleted : 0 Retain Extra Versions : 20 Retain Only Version : 20 We run every day an incremental backup of IS and DIR and once a week a full backup of IS and DIR. We want to have a minimum of 2 Full Backups and all Incrementel Backups between. What I see is, that with this policy we get 2 generations of full backups, but only the incremental backups from the last full until now. What do I have to change Please help Thanks Chris
Re: Archived data
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:31:03 -0500, Andy Huebner [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have been asked to generate a report from TSM showing which archived objects will expire in the next 30 days. Does anyone know of a tool or script that will generate such a report? All I need is a nudge in the right direction. Select from archive copy groups to get retention classes. Select from archives and do math with the copygroup data. That nudge-y enough? :) - Allen S. Rout
Include and sub-dirs
I want to code an include statement that applies a management class to a specific directory/filesystem and all subdirs/filesystems beneath it. Do I need to have one include statement for each sub-filesystem ? We tried:INCLUDE /oracle_backups/* ORACLE_BACKUPS but it only seems to apply to the files in /oracle_backups ? Is it supposed to be: INCLUDE /oracle_backups/*.* ORACLE_BACKUPS This is on Solaris - TSM client V5.3.x
Re: Include and sub-dirs
Try this : INCLUDE /oracle_backups/.../* ORACLE_BACKUPS Guillaume Gilbert Storage Architect Data Management Group StorageTek Canada Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] 514.866.8876 Office 514.290.6526 Mobile -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: October 13, 2005 15:46 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Include and sub-dirs I want to code an include statement that applies a management class to a specific directory/filesystem and all subdirs/filesystems beneath it. Do I need to have one include statement for each sub-filesystem ? We tried:INCLUDE /oracle_backups/* ORACLE_BACKUPS but it only seems to apply to the files in /oracle_backups ? Is it supposed to be: INCLUDE /oracle_backups/*.* ORACLE_BACKUPS This is on Solaris - TSM client V5.3.x
Query for schedule and node
Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone has a query for this. Something broken out by schedule name with the nodes associated with each schedule. I'm looking for schedule name, Action, Date/Time, Period and Duration, Platform and the node names associated with each schedule. Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Group collocation
I am starting to roll out Group Collocation and have a question that I did not find an absolute/clear answer to. If I take a storage pool and change it to GROUP from NO collocation, what about the data for nodes that ARE NOT in collocation groups ? Does their data get collocated or not ? Will I all of a sudden go from 1-2 daily LTO2 mounts to 30 ?
Re: Group collocation
Only data from nodes in collocationgroup will be collocated, data from other nodes in same stgpool will not be collocated. Best regards, Kolbeinn Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 13.10.2005 20:27 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Group collocation I am starting to roll out Group Collocation and have a question that I did not find an absolute/clear answer to. If I take a storage pool and change it to GROUP from NO collocation, what about the data for nodes that ARE NOT in collocation groups ? Does their data get collocated or not ? Will I all of a sudden go from 1-2 daily LTO2 mounts to 30 ?
Re: Group collocation
Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I take a storage pool and change it to GROUP from NO collocation, what about the data for nodes that ARE NOT in collocation groups ? Does their data get collocated or not ? Will I all of a sudden go from 1-2 daily LTO2 mounts to 30 ? From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kolbeinn Jósepsson Only data from nodes in collocationgroup will be collocated, data from other nodes in same stgpool will not be collocated. This is incorrect. My experience has been that, when setting a pool to collocation by group, that any node not belonging to a collocation group will get its data to that pool collocated. (from page 312 of the TSM 5.3 for Windows Administrators' Reference) GRoup Specifies that collocation is enabled at the group level for client nodes. The server attempts to put data for nodes that belong to the same collocation group on as few volumes as possible. If the nodes in the collocation group have multiple file spaces, the server does not attempt to collocate those file spaces. If you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP but do not define any groups, data is collocated by node. Similarly, if you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP and you define a group but do not add nodes to the group, data is collocated by node. === The workaround I found is to create collocation groups and populate them, then create one more collocation group that contains all other nodes that write to that storage pool that are *not* already in a group. -- 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: Group collocation
My apologizes, Mark you are correct! The best practise should be to use at least two seperate storagepools, the first with collocation=no (where all non-collocated nodes belongs to) and the second with collocation=group (where nodes in collocaton groups belongs), you can then chose if you use the second pool also for collocation by node (non grouped nodes) or if you add the third stgpool with collocation=node (and perhaps the fourth stgpool with collocation=filespace if your environment is large enough). Best regards, Kolbeinn Stapleton, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 14.10.2005 01:39 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Group collocation Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I take a storage pool and change it to GROUP from NO collocation, what about the data for nodes that ARE NOT in collocation groups ? Does their data get collocated or not ? Will I all of a hsudden go from 1-2 daily LTO2 mounts to 30 ? From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kolbeinn Jósepsson Only data from nodes in collocationgroup will be collocated, data from other nodes in same stgpool will not be collocated. This is incorrect. My experience has been that, when setting a pool to collocation by group, that any node not belonging to a collocation group will get its data to that pool collocated. (from page 312 of the TSM 5.3 for Windows Administrators' Reference) GRoup Specifies that collocation is enabled at the group level for client nodes. The server attempts to put data for nodes that belong to the same collocation group on as few volumes as possible. If the nodes in the collocation group have multiple file spaces, the server does not attempt to collocate those file spaces. If you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP but do not define any groups, data is collocated by node. Similarly, if you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP and you define a group but do not add nodes to the group, data is collocated by node. === The workaround I found is to create collocation groups and populate them, then create one more collocation group that contains all other nodes that write to that storage pool that are *not* already in a group. -- 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: Group collocation
I know about this because I got bitten by it. I realize it's working as designed, but I think the design bites. Intuition tells me that if you collocate by group, any node not in a group doesn't get collocated. But that's not the way it is. -- 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 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kolbeinn Jósepsson Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:22 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Group collocation My apologizes, Mark you are correct! The best practise should be to use at least two seperate storagepools, the first with collocation=no (where all non-collocated nodes belongs to) and the second with collocation=group (where nodes in collocaton groups belongs), you can then chose if you use the second pool also for collocation by node (non grouped nodes) or if you add the third stgpool with collocation=node (and perhaps the fourth stgpool with collocation=filespace if your environment is large enough). Best regards, Kolbeinn Stapleton, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 14.10.2005 01:39 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Group collocation Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I take a storage pool and change it to GROUP from NO collocation, what about the data for nodes that ARE NOT in collocation groups ? Does their data get collocated or not ? Will I all of a hsudden go from 1-2 daily LTO2 mounts to 30 ? From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kolbeinn Jósepsson Only data from nodes in collocationgroup will be collocated, data from other nodes in same stgpool will not be collocated. This is incorrect. My experience has been that, when setting a pool to collocation by group, that any node not belonging to a collocation group will get its data to that pool collocated. (from page 312 of the TSM 5.3 for Windows Administrators' Reference) GRoup Specifies that collocation is enabled at the group level for client nodes. The server attempts to put data for nodes that belong to the same collocation group on as few volumes as possible. If the nodes in the collocation group have multiple file spaces, the server does not attempt to collocate those file spaces. If you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP but do not define any groups, data is collocated by node. Similarly, if you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP and you define a group but do not add nodes to the group, data is collocated by node. === The workaround I found is to create collocation groups and populate them, then create one more collocation group that contains all other nodes that write to that storage pool that are *not* already in a group. -- 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: Scheduled backups won't find paths that manual/GUI backups do
Hi, I agree that you need a user capable of accessing the data. We run our scheduler as a restricted domain user with backup operator rights with a strong password. Running as a service, there is no need to log on, in fact we even disallow interactive logon for this user. Depending on your policies, the user might need additional rights to manage security logs. The CAD will also have to run under this account, so you will have to use the web-interface for restores. Sell this as a security enhancement, as local tampering can´t access your data. Have fun with your domain admins :-), Markus Engelhard My 2 cents instead of free lunch... -- Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail oder von Teilen dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. Wir haben alle verkehrsüblichen Maßnahmen unternommen, um das Risiko der Verbreitung virenbefallener Software oder E-Mails zu minimieren, dennoch raten wir Ihnen, Ihre eigenen Virenkontrollen auf alle Anhänge an dieser Nachricht durchzuführen. Wir schließen außer für den Fall von Vorsatz oder grober Fahrlässigkeit die Haftung für jeglichen Verlust oder Schäden durch virenbefallene Software oder E-Mails aus. Jede von der Bank versendete E-Mail ist sorgfältig erstellt worden, dennoch schließen wir die rechtliche Verbindlichkeit aus; sie kann nicht zu einer irgendwie gearteten Verpflichtung zu Lasten der Bank ausgelegt werden. __ This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail or of parts hereof is strictly forbidden. We have taken precautions to minimize the risk of transmitting software viruses but nevertheless advise you to carry out your own virus checks on any attachment of this message. We accept no liability for loss or damage caused by software viruses except in case of gross negligence or willful behaviour. Any e-mail messages from the Bank are sent in good faith, but shall not be binding or construed as constituting any kind of obligation on the part of the Bank.
