Re: generic monitoring question

[Volker Maibaum]

Hello,

is this module compatible to nagios? In which language is it written?
I made similar plugins (shell scripts) for nagios. But I'm monitoring
fewer things.

regards,

Volker

Am Dienstag, den 01.11.2005, 13:47 -0500 schrieb Prather, Wanda:
> UNAVAILABLE volumes.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Mike
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:46 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: generic monitoring question
>
>
> I'm writing a module for the NetIQ monitoring system. I'm happy
> to pass on this module if anyone is interested when I'm finished.
> So far I have checks for these things:
>
> Administrative Schedules Errors
> Administrative Schedules Failed
> Administrative Schedules Missed
> Schedules Completed with Errors
> Client Schedules Failed
> Client Schedules Missed
> Last Database Backup
> % Database Utilization
> Database Cache Hit Ratio
> % Maximum Recovery Log Utilization
> % Disk Pool Utilization
> Disk Volume Offline
> Number of Drives
> Number of Scratch Volumes
> Number of Read-Only Volumes
> License Compliance
>
> Suggestions of anything else to monitor?
>
> Mike
>

Réf. : Re: [ADSM-L] Essbase backup with TSM

[Vincent RATAJSZCZAK]

Hi

You can also call an external batch file (such as "post_sched.cmd" and 
"pre_sched.cmd") if you have multiple actions to do.
In this cas include this to the dsm.opt

POSTSCHEDULECMD "%dsm_dir%\POST_SCHED.CMD"

In this example, the POST_SCHED.CMD is to be located in the %dsm_dir%

Be carefull of ERRORLEVEL different of 0 at the end of the batch file (or 
individual command) because it can cause a "FAILED" result of the 
schedule.


Vincent R
Master of MySelf =D





Mohammed Bhyat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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02/11/2005 08:22
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Objet : Re: [ADSM-L] Essbase backup with TSM


Hi

If the application starts as a service in windows then add the following
commands to the dsm.opt
POSTSCHEDULECMD "net START service_name"
PRESCHEDULECMD  "net stop service_name"

Eg: 
POSTSCHEDULECMD "net START TSM SCHEDULER"
PRESCHEDULECMD  "net stop TSM SCHEDULER"


Thanks
Mohammed

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Di Genova, Mario
Sent: 01 November 2005 11:15 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Essbase backup with TSM

We have been asked to backup Essbase from one of our Windows 2000 client
machines. This apparently involves stopping the Essbase application
prior to backup and restarting it after. We plan to use the Pre and Post
schedulecmd client option to run the required scripts. Does anyone have
a process/script they could share which describes how you stop and start
the app around the TSM backup? 

Thanks,
Mario

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Re: ANR13300E & ANR1331E

[Neil Schofield]

We had issues like this 18 months ago. It coincided with us adding some new
HBAs to balance the load. It transpired that one of the HBAs was silently
corrupting the data as it was writing it to tape. We only realised when we
came to read the data back. The problem was that the same HBA was being
used to write data to both the local (primary) and remote (copy) storage
pools over a long-distance SAN, so we lost some data.

Once we identified the HBA as the source of the problem and removed it, we
then had the task of identifying every tape that had been written using it.
Almost all were bad! We deleted the copy tapes and for primary tapes, we
restored from copy tapes where possible.

The HBA - an Emulex LP9802 - was described as having 'end-to-end parity
protection' but this didn't work for us. I opened a PMR, but IBM made the
observation that they are not responsible for the data after it has been
passed to the HBA.

So maybe one of your SCSI/FC adapters has gone bad?

Regards
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Re: generic monitoring question

[Mike]

On Wed, 02 Nov 2005, Volker Maibaum might have said:

> Hello,
>
> is this module compatible to nagios? In which language is it written?
> I made similar plugins (shell scripts) for nagios. But I'm monitoring
> fewer things.

My company has chosen to centralize monitoring to
the NetIQ application. The monitor piece is broken into
two parts, both written in PERL. The first part monitors
TSM and writes to a report/log file. The second piece
that is NetIQ specific reads this file to report back
to NetIQ.

The first piece that monitors TSM you can easily use,
then adapt your own custom second piece.

Mike

Re: Antwort: query session command - for a specific session

[Peter Hitchman]

Thanks for the replies. It now becomes clear, I thought I was looking at two 
numbers separated by a comma, but its just the local locale way of formatting a 
number into thousands.

Regards

Pete

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: 28 October 2005 13:55
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Antwort: query session command - for a specific
session


On Oct 28, 2005, at 7:43 AM, Alexander Verkooijen wrote:

> Just nitpicking but "show session {xxx}"
> seems to ignore the session number.
> It displays information for all session
> regardless whether a sessions number is
> provided or not.
>

Indeed, it does not take an operand.

The developers provide us the opportunity to get the info we need via
a Select command on the SESSIONS table.

The original poster should note that number and date formats are
governed by locale; and numbers entered in commands should be simple
integer sequences, not in the formatted output form as displayed in
response to commands.

Richard Sims

Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync

[Dirk Kastens]

Hi,

Mark D. Rodriguez schrieb:


select stgpool_name as "Storage Pool",sum(num_files) as "Number of
Files", -
sum(physical_mb)/1024 as "Total Physical GBs" from -
occupancy group by stgpool_name


Wouldn't a "BACKUP STGPOOL   PREVIEW=Y"
be sufficient to get the number of files and the amount of data?
Or does it take too long? If the result is not null you know that the
pools are not in sync.

--
Regards,

Dirk Kastens
Universitaet Osnabrueck, Rechenzentrum (Computer Center)
Albrechtstr. 28, 49069 Osnabrueck, Germany
Tel.: +49-541-969-2347, FAX: -2470

Re: ANR13300E & ANR1331E

[Richard Sims]

Thanks for sharing that real-life case, Neil. We are historically
accustomed to digital data processing inherently assuring data
integrity.  It was dismaying, then, to read the TSM 5.1 Technical
Guide redbook and see it say things like, "New communication and SAN
hardware products are more susceptible to data loss" and "...data
corruption introduced either by the network or by errors within the
storage environment",  Data loss??  Corruption??  Indeed.  The TSM
developers realized this and provided CRC functionality to help
validate data integrity.  If you have a complex data transfer and/or
storage environment, you may want to consider turning on CRC.

   Richard Sims

On Nov 2, 2005, at 5:30 AM, Neil Schofield wrote:


We had issues like this 18 months ago. It coincided with us adding
some new
HBAs to balance the load. It transpired that one of the HBAs was
silently
corrupting the data as it was writing it to tape. We only realised
when we
came to read the data back. The problem was that the same HBA was
being
used to write data to both the local (primary) and remote (copy)
storage
pools over a long-distance SAN, so we lost some data.

Once we identified the HBA as the source of the problem and removed
it, we
then had the task of identifying every tape that had been written
using it.
Almost all were bad! We deleted the copy tapes and for primary
tapes, we
restored from copy tapes where possible.

The HBA - an Emulex LP9802 - was described as having 'end-to-end
parity
protection' but this didn't work for us. I opened a PMR, but IBM
made the
observation that they are not responsible for the data after it has
been
passed to the HBA.

So maybe one of your SCSI/FC adapters has gone bad?

Regards
Neil Schofield
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd.

Re: How big of a TSM DB is too big?

[Remco Post]

Dearman, Richard wrote:
> My TSM database is currently 150GB and I am wondering if I should start
> thinking about a second server.  Other than the DB being so large
> nothing else is wrong.
>

150 GB is not to large, except for one thing...

Audit is a single threaded proces, so if you even have to, you'll be
off-line for a serious amount of time (weeks ?). I'd say you'll want to
stay under 100 GB for now...

As for things as unload/load (defrag) or disaster recovery, I wouldn't
worry to much, unless you have a bunch of very slow big disks to house
your db. Defragging your database is nonsense anyway IMNSHO. As for
restore db...  just make sure you don't have to ;-) My bet is that
you'll have plenty of time to recover and again faster disks help more
than anything else.

>
>
> Thanks

--
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Re: How big of a TSM DB is too big?

[Richard Sims]

On Nov 2, 2005, at 8:11 AM, Remco Post wrote:


...Audit is a single threaded proces, so if you even have to,
you'll be
off-line for a serious amount of time (weeks ?). I'd say you'll
want to
stay under 100 GB for now...



A complex area...  Database audits should not be initiated by
customers: a customer should open a problem report with TSM Support,
who will then direct efforts to try to correct the problem, with
minimized disruption.  An unqualified Audit can indeed take a very
long time; but Support knows of targeted audits and how to best
utilize them.  And some auditing can be performed with the TSM server
online.  The time to conduct a full-blown database recovery, in any
form, is indeed a consideration in deciding how large to allow the
TSM db to get, as a worst-case decision point.

   Richard Sims

Re: How big of a TSM DB is too big?

[Remco Post]

Richard Sims wrote:
> On Nov 2, 2005, at 8:11 AM, Remco Post wrote:
>
>> ...Audit is a single threaded proces, so if you even have to,
>> you'll be
>> off-line for a serious amount of time (weeks ?). I'd say you'll
>> want to
>> stay under 100 GB for now...
>>
>
> A complex area...  Database audits should not be initiated by
> customers: a customer should open a problem report with TSM Support,
> who will then direct efforts to try to correct the problem, with
> minimized disruption.

True. Audits are not things you do for fun, not even on a 'small' db of
'only' 50 GB ;-)

>  An unqualified Audit can indeed take a very
> long time; but Support knows of targeted audits and how to best
> utilize them.  And some auditing can be performed with the TSM server
> online.  The time to conduct a full-blown database recovery, in any
> form, is indeed a consideration in deciding how large to allow the
> TSM db to get, as a worst-case decision point.

as for targeted audits... all are fast except for the one 'audit storage'

>
>Richard Sims


--
Met vriendelijke groeten,

Remco Post

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High Performance Computing  Tel. +31 20 592 3000Fax. +31 20 668 3167

"I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the
computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the
computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to
end." -- Douglas Adams

Re: ANR13300E & ANR1331E

[Timothy Hughes]

Thanks Bos, Neil and Richard!



"Bos, Karel" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A while ago we had these errors also. In our case these errors where
> seen during migration (diskp -> tapepool) and/or backup stg diskpool ->
> copypool.
>
> In only one case we could pin point it to hardware failures (one disk at
> breaking point in the diskpool). In all other cases it seems to be
> network related (corrupted data frames).
>
> After a couple of back-up runs, the errors went away and I haven't seen
> them back yet. (server park is relocated and replaced).
>
> Regards,
>
> Karel
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Timothy Hughes
> Sent: dinsdag 1 november 2005 19:36
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: ANR13300E & ANR1331E
>
> Hello,
>
> The following message appears in our TSM server log frequently now. This
> occurs on an input tape in our remote pool during the remotepool's
> (tapepool) Reclamation. I usually do a audit volume x fix=yes and
> that takes care of the damaged file(s) on that tape but the issue comes
> right back on a different tape.
>
> ANR1330E The server has detected possible corruption in an object being
> restored or moved. The actual values for the incorrect frame are: magic
> 53454652 hdr version 0002 hdr length  0032 sequence number 0381 data
> length  server id  segment id 0091556997627906 crc
> 0020.
>
> ANR1331E Invalid frame detected.  Expected magic 53454652 sequence
> number 0381 server id  segment id 06387883.
>
> ANR1330E The server has detected possible corruption in an object being
> restored or moved. The actual values for the incorrect frame are: magic
> 53454652 hdr version 0002 hdr length  0032 sequence number 0349 data
> length  server id  segment id 60002793965424476
> 48 crc 015D. (PROCESS: 996)
>
> ANR1331E Invalid frame detected.  Expected magic 53454652 sequence
> number 0349 server id  segment id 06169139.
> (PROCESS: 996)
>
> I search the Archives and didn't actually find and satisfactory answer.
> Other than damaged files?
> Has anyone had this issue occur.
>
> TSM 5.1.3.4
> RS/6000 AIX 5.2
>
> Thanks for any reply's in Advance!

TSM DB and Log Vols on network shares

[TSM]

hello,

environment:
2 windows server (both with tsm, one of it standby server)
tcpip
scsi tape solution

we want to build some kind of high availability solution with tsm in an
tcpip/SCSI only environment.

we had good experiences with storagepool volumes on network shares, so the
next step is to have tsm dbvols and logvols (the mirrors)
also on it.

is it possible to have dbvols and logvols on networkshares?
my first define dbvol commands failed.

any experiences with that?

with best regards
stefan savoric

Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync

[Thorneycroft, Doug]

Look at IC45931 it tells you how to identify and correct differences between
your primary and copy storage pools.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Dirk Kastens
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 4:37 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync


Hi,

Mark D. Rodriguez schrieb:

> select stgpool_name as "Storage Pool",sum(num_files) as "Number of
> Files", -
> sum(physical_mb)/1024 as "Total Physical GBs" from -
> occupancy group by stgpool_name

Wouldn't a "BACKUP STGPOOL   PREVIEW=Y"
be sufficient to get the number of files and the amount of data?
Or does it take too long? If the result is not null you know that the
pools are not in sync.

--
Regards,

Dirk Kastens
Universitaet Osnabrueck, Rechenzentrum (Computer Center)
Albrechtstr. 28, 49069 Osnabrueck, Germany
Tel.: +49-541-969-2347, FAX: -2470

Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync

[Bos, Karel]

Hi,

For some reason the TDP platform node in the node info has changed:

ITSM server 5.2.6.0:
Node Name:  XX_EXCH
Platform:   TDP MSExchgV2 NT 
ITSM server 5.3.2.0:
Node Name: XX_EXCH
Platform: WinNT
And now part of our montly report is failing:
'select platform_name,count(*) as "Number of Nodes" from nodes group by
platform_name' 

Is this a bug?

Regards,

Karel
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Thorneycroft, Doug
Sent: woensdag 2 november 2005 16:38
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync

Look at IC45931 it tells you how to identify and correct differences
between your primary and copy storage pools.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Dirk Kastens
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 4:37 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync


Hi,

Mark D. Rodriguez schrieb:

> select stgpool_name as "Storage Pool",sum(num_files) as "Number of 
> Files", -
> sum(physical_mb)/1024 as "Total Physical GBs" from - occupancy group 
> by stgpool_name

Wouldn't a "BACKUP STGPOOL   PREVIEW=Y"
be sufficient to get the number of files and the amount of data?
Or does it take too long? If the result is not null you know that the
pools are not in sync.

--
Regards,

Dirk Kastens
Universitaet Osnabrueck, Rechenzentrum (Computer Center) Albrechtstr.
28, 49069 Osnabrueck, Germany
Tel.: +49-541-969-2347, FAX: -2470

TDP platform not stated in node info.

[Bos, Karel]

Sorry, forgot to change the subject.

Hi,

For some reason the TDP platform node in the node info has changed:

ITSM server 5.2.6.0:
Node Name:  XX_EXCH
Platform:   TDP MSExchgV2 NT 
ITSM server 5.3.2.0:
Node Name: XX_EXCH
Platform: WinNT
And now part of our montly report is failing:
'select platform_name,count(*) as "Number of Nodes" from nodes group by
platform_name' 

Is this a bug?

Regards,

Karel
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Thorneycroft, Doug
Sent: woensdag 2 november 2005 16:38
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync

Look at IC45931 it tells you how to identify and correct differences
between your primary and copy storage pools.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Dirk Kastens
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 4:37 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync


Hi,

Mark D. Rodriguez schrieb:

> select stgpool_name as "Storage Pool",sum(num_files) as "Number of 
> Files", -
> sum(physical_mb)/1024 as "Total Physical GBs" from - occupancy group 
> by stgpool_name

Wouldn't a "BACKUP STGPOOL   PREVIEW=Y"
be sufficient to get the number of files and the amount of data?
Or does it take too long? If the result is not null you know that the
pools are not in sync.

--
Regards,

Dirk Kastens
Universitaet Osnabrueck, Rechenzentrum (Computer Center) Albrechtstr.
28, 49069 Osnabrueck, Germany
Tel.: +49-541-969-2347, FAX: -2470

Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync

[Del Hoobler]

Karel,

This isn't a bug

See one of my previous ADSM-L appends about this:

   http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0106/880.html
   http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0505/454.html

 Del
---


"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 11/02/2005
12:15:03 PM:

> Hi,
>
> For some reason the TDP platform node in the node info has changed:
>
> ITSM server 5.2.6.0:
> Node Name:XX_EXCH
> Platform:TDP MSExchgV2 NT
> ITSM server 5.3.2.0:
> Node Name: XX_EXCH
> Platform: WinNT
> And now part of our montly report is failing:
> 'select platform_name,count(*) as "Number of Nodes" from nodes group by
> platform_name'
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> Regards,
>
> Karel

Re: TDP platform not stated in node info.

[Del Hoobler]

Karel,

This isn't a bug

See one of my previous ADSM-L appends about this:

   http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0106/880.html
   http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0505/454.html

 Del
---

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 11/02/2005
12:20:33 PM:

> Sorry, forgot to change the subject.
>
> Hi,
>
> For some reason the TDP platform node in the node info has changed:
>
> ITSM server 5.2.6.0:
> Node Name:XX_EXCH
> Platform:TDP MSExchgV2 NT
> ITSM server 5.3.2.0:
> Node Name: XX_EXCH
> Platform: WinNT
> And now part of our montly report is failing:
> 'select platform_name,count(*) as "Number of Nodes" from nodes group by
> platform_name'
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> Regards,
>
> Karel
> -Original Message-

Is there a TDP module for Oracle 10 rel. 1 and Oracle 10G rel. 2?

[Neil Sharp]

Hello

I've tried to answer this question myself but still can not get to the
bottom of whether there is TDP module for Oracle 10 rel. 1 and Oracle 10G
rel. 2? If so at what level does the TSM server need to be?

Your help is very much appreciated.

Regards

Neil Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Technical Support & TSM Consultant
Direct Line : 01256-306686
Mobile: 07811-199312
Office : 01256-811125  Ext 223
Syan Limited, Riverside View, Basing Road,Old Basing, Basingstoke,
Hampshire, RG24 7AL

Re: Is there a TDP module for Oracle 10 rel. 1 and Oracle 10G rel. 2?

[Ben Bullock]

I too was unable to see if there was a separate TDP version for 10G rel
2, but we are running TDP on our TEST Oracle 10G rel2 RAC Linux cluster.


# tdpoconf showenvironment


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.


DATA PROTECTION FOR ORACLE INFORMATION
 Version:  5
 Release:  2
 Level:0
 Sublevel: 0
 Platform: 32bit TDPO Linux86
...

Although we have not put it into production, it's a big database
(400+GB) and it seems to be working.

Ben


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Neil Sharp
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:29 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Is there a TDP module for Oracle 10 rel. 1 and Oracle 10G rel.
2?

Hello

I've tried to answer this question myself but still can not get to the
bottom of whether there is TDP module for Oracle 10 rel. 1 and Oracle
10G rel. 2? If so at what level does the TSM server need to be?

Your help is very much appreciated.

Regards

Neil Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Technical Support & TSM Consultant
Direct Line : 01256-306686
Mobile: 07811-199312
Office : 01256-811125  Ext 223
Syan Limited, Riverside View, Basing Road,Old Basing, Basingstoke,
Hampshire, RG24 7AL

TSM client 5.3 and Oracle TDP 5.2.0

[Bob Booth - UIUC]

We are trying to run TDP for Oracle on Solaris 64bit Version 5.2.0, with
TSM client level 5.3.0.

When issuing any tdp command, we get the following error:

ANS0220E (RC400) An invalid option was found during option parsing.

I can't see anything in the documentation, bugs, or readmes about a client
level limitation..

When we downgraded the client to 5.1.5, without any changes to the client
configuration or the tdpo configuration, it worked fine.

Anybody have the client 5.3 and tdp 5.2.0 configuration working?  Did you have
to do anything special?

Tia,

bob

Comparison of TSM server on old AIX RS/6000 vs Linux/Dell XEON

[Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU]

We are trying to decide which direction to go for a new TSM server, given
limited funds.

We have an old 7026-H50 RS/6000 system available (2-CPU, 2GB RAM).

Or should we go with a new Dell dual-XEON box running RH Linux ?

What are you opinions/thoughts/experiences with these kinds of
configurations ?

select RMAN restores process tracking ?

[Justin Case]

I am looking at how to track a RMAN restores process for TDPO for oracle to
see how often RMAN request restores ? could it be a select  or query ?
 This is the first time I have been asked this question. Need some help.

On the same lines how can we query restores for the files that have been
restored ?

Thanks


Justin

Re: ANR13300E & ANR1331E

[Neil Schofield]

Richard

It's an interesting point you raise about CRC checking. I debated this
extensively with IBM support in the course of the PMR. The CRC checking on
storage pool data only gives you a way of checking for corruption after it
has occurred - eg through auditing volumes.

This would have left me no better off as auditing the volumes without CRC
data enabled showed the corruption anyway. The CRC checking would only have
made a difference if the meta data (ITSM frame data) was intact but the
user data (contents of bitfiles) was corrupt.

What I wanted was a way of detecting the corruption at the time it
occurred. I have received excellent explanations why this is not possible
from a TSM point of view if the OS or drive do not report an error. The
only alternative is to do a read-after-write, but this is prohibitive from
a performance point-of-view.

We've had nothing like it since, but I must say it shook my confidence for
a long while afterwards.

Regards
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Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync

[Timothy Hughes]

I tried using the Q content (volumename) copied=no
and it does take way to long.  I am better off using the
TSM ODBC and viewing from the spreadsheet.

Thanks again!

"Thorneycroft, Doug" wrote:

> Look at IC45931 it tells you how to identify and correct differences between
> your primary and copy storage pools.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Dirk Kastens
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 4:37 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync
>
> Hi,
>
> Mark D. Rodriguez schrieb:
>
> > select stgpool_name as "Storage Pool",sum(num_files) as "Number of
> > Files", -
> > sum(physical_mb)/1024 as "Total Physical GBs" from -
> > occupancy group by stgpool_name
>
> Wouldn't a "BACKUP STGPOOL   PREVIEW=Y"
> be sufficient to get the number of files and the amount of data?
> Or does it take too long? If the result is not null you know that the
> pools are not in sync.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dirk Kastens
> Universitaet Osnabrueck, Rechenzentrum (Computer Center)
> Albrechtstr. 28, 49069 Osnabrueck, Germany
> Tel.: +49-541-969-2347, FAX: -2470

Selective backup of everything

[Joni Moyer]

Hello All!

I'm trying to set up a job within cron from a Solaris client to do a full
backup of all of it's filesystems once/month.  I am not as familiar with
the client as I am with the server, so please excuse any incorrect
assumptions.  Would the command be: dsmc selective "*"  that I would place
within a cron job on that server?  Or is that syntax incorrect?  Thank you
very much in advance!

Also, would anyone happen to know what the exact syntax would be in crontab
to run the job the first Saturday of every month?


Joni Moyer
Highmark
Storage Systems
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Fax:(717)302-5974
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Oracle TDP/RMAN and storage pool question

[Richard Mochnaczewski]

Hi Everybody,

I would like to direct my RMAN backups to a different storage pool other than 
the one I'm using in my current policy domain. Is there any way to have RMAN 
point to a different storage pool without having to create a new policy domain 
specifically for my RMAN backups ?

Rich

TSM web seminar Nov 3 on HSM Basics

[Darrius Plantz]

The seminar will cover basic setup and usage of the TSM HSM Client on Unix to 
extend available storage space for infrequently used large files. It includes 
troubleshooting techniques and solutions to common problems seen during migrate 
and recall operations. 
Presented by: Kevin Low 
See this web site for connection details, look in the November section.
http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/supp_tech_exch.html


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Re: Oracle TDP/RMAN and storage pool question

[Helder Garcia]

Add an include statement on the stanza of TDP node, at dsm.sys file:

include /tdpo_fs/.../*  MYMGMTCLASS

"tdpo_fs" is the filespace name defined on tdpo options file.

This way you don't need to create a new policy domain, just a
management class where you point a different storage pool as
destination for the backup group.

For more details see page 33 of Data Protection for Oracle for UNIX
Installation and User's Guide.


On 11/2/05, Richard Mochnaczewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I would like to direct my RMAN backups to a different storage pool other than 
> the one I'm using in my current policy domain. Is there any way to have RMAN 
> point to a different storage pool without having to create a new policy 
> domain specifically for my RMAN backups ?
>
> Rich
>


--
Helder Garcia

Re: Is there a TDP module for Oracle 10 rel. 1 and Oracle 10G rel. 2?

[Richard Sims]

On Nov 2, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Neil Sharp wrote:


I've tried to answer this question myself but still can not get to the
bottom of whether there is TDP module for Oracle 10 rel. 1 and
Oracle 10G
rel. 2? If so at what level does the TSM server need to be?



Does IBM site PSP item 1218302 answer that question?

   Richard Sims

Re: TSM web seminar Nov 3 on HSM Basics

[Andrew Ferris]

Thanks for the heads up Darrius. One slightly dumb question though, erm, what 
time is it on the 3rd? I don't see a time in the call-in information.

Andrew Ferris
Network Support Analyst
iCAPTURE Research Centre
University of British Columbia 

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/2/2005 11:04:21 am >>>
The seminar will cover basic setup and usage of the TSM HSM Client on Unix to 
extend available storage space for infrequently used large files. It includes 
troubleshooting techniques and solutions to common problems seen during migrate 
and recall operations. 
Presented by: Kevin Low 
See this web site for connection details, look in the November section.
http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/supp_tech_exch.html 


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Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync

[Bos, Karel]

Dell, 

Thanks. A big aha comes to mind. I changed the Exchange back-up
scheduler service for TPD Exhange clients on this ITSM server from
prompted into polling, getting myself into this situation. 

Because the TDP manual states that polling is the default, resulting in
overwriting the platform type, it still feels as a bug to me.

Regards,

Karel

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Del Hoobler
Sent: woensdag 2 november 2005 18:22
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Checking to make sure TSM Primary and Copypools are in Sync

Karel,

This isn't a bug

See one of my previous ADSM-L appends about this:

   http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0106/880.html
   http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0505/454.html

 Del
---


"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 11/02/2005
12:15:03 PM:

> Hi,
>
> For some reason the TDP platform node in the node info has changed:
>
> ITSM server 5.2.6.0:
> Node Name:XX_EXCH
> Platform:TDP MSExchgV2 NT
> ITSM server 5.3.2.0:
> Node Name: XX_EXCH
> Platform: WinNT And now part of our montly

> report is failing:
> 'select platform_name,count(*) as "Number of Nodes" from nodes group 
> by platform_name'
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> Regards,
>
> Karel

How to check

[Slawomir Ksiazek]

Hi
First , i am sorry for my poor english.
How to check sql command or am file XY in pool Z

Thanks

Slawek

[no subject]

[Slawomir Ksiazek]

LISTSERV

Fw: How to check

[Slawomir Ksiazek]

Hi
First , i am sorry for my poor english.
How to check sql command or am file XY in pool Z
Thanks
   Slawek

Re: Can I do this?

[RAMNAWAZ NAVEEN]

I usually run a script which outputs all my volumes from two stgpools with tape 
older than seven days that need to be deleted in a file  as follows:

export TSMPATH=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin;
export ADSMCMD="$TSMPATH/dsmadmc -id=$ID -password=$PASS";

$ADSMCMD < /tmp/nrvol.out
EOF

I then run another script as follows and this does the job.  

cat /tmp/nrvol.out | grep -v VOL | grep -v \- | while read LINE
do
export TSMPATH=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin;
export ADSMCMD="$TSMPATH/dsmadmc -id=$ID -password=$PASS";
$ADSMCMD Hello Aaron,
>
>The product documentation should easily answer this question for you.
The
>command reference is, literally, at your fingtertips:
>
>In general:
>
>help 
>
>In your case:
>
>   help delete volume
>
>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/IBMTivoliStora
geManager.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"  wrote on 2005-10-31
>19:44:53:
>
>
>
>>Can I delete multiple volumes at one time by issuing the command
'delete
>>volume 623ANWL2,624ANWL2,625ANWL2 discard=y' , or do I have to do them
>>separate?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Aaron
>>
>>
>
>
>


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