Strange Linux Client problems
Hi All, We have got several Linux clients (all Fedora Core 1) running the same application (but for different departments). All are performing the same PRESCHEDULECMD succesfully. After the PRESCHEDULECMD one of the clients gives the following error message: 11/28/2005 23:08:24 ANS1814E Unable to start the scheduled event '_PROD' 11/28/2005 23:08:24 ANS1815E Either the window has elapsed or the schedule has been deleted The PRESCHEDULECMD takes 6 secs. to complete and the SCHEDULE _PROD starts at 23:00 with a window of 1 hour. All other Linux clients do not have the problems. I already upgraded the client on the problem machine to 5.3.2.0 (the others are running 5.2.3.1, 5.2.2.6 and 5.3.0.12 (running on FC4)). Sometimes the failing system will complete it's backup and sometimes not. In the ACTLOG there is this message: 28-11-2005 23:08:25 ANR2568E Request for node AIS-NL to start schedule SLTN_PROD at 11/29/05 23:00:00 is denied. Current time is 11/28/05 23:08:25. (SESSION: 2548) Does anyone know what is going wrong (I also tried 5.3.0.0 and 5.3.0.12 clients on the failing system)? Met vriendelijke groet, With kind regards, Richard van Denzel
CBMR FOR LINUX
Hi, has anyone tried with CBMR On Linux platform I am facing strange problem while restoring... With Best Regards, Sandeep Jain
Re: Strange Linux Client problems
On Nov 29, 2005, at 3:16 AM, Richard van Denzel wrote: ...In the ACTLOG there is this message: 28-11-2005 23:08:25 ANR2568E Request for node AIS-NL to start schedule SLTN_PROD at 11/29/05 23:00:00 is denied. Current time is 11/28/05 23:08:25. (SESSION: 2548) ... Richard - You are the second person to write in about this message. This message was introduced in APARs IC45924 and IC46687, for TSM client and server. The 24-hours-ahead schedule start time quoted in the message suggests that your presched task is actually introducing a longer delay than you believe, with a window smaller than you believe, such that schedule seems to be sliding into the next day - which is premature for the current schedule. But this is new code, and there may be complications which were not anticipated. I would try to gather firm evidence of what is happening, to report to TSM Support *if* it seems to be an error in the TSM software. I would verify the window duration, and be sure to have a conclusion timestamp logged somewhere by the presched task. Whereas you have other Linux clients not evidencing this problem, you have an excellent basis for comparison, to see where things are going astray in this one Linux client. Richard Sims
Run out of scratch tapes
Hi, I´m new in TSM, I´ve 29 tapes and 2 drives, all of my tapes are in private state, some are in filling status and others in full, if I execute the sentence: select volume_name, pct_utilized, status, pct_reclaim from volumes where pct_utilized 20 I get VOLUME_NAMEPCT_UTILIZED STATUS PCT_RECLAIM -- -- --- DYI502 0.0 FILLING0.0 DYI508 4.7 FILLING 38.5 DYI511 12.0 FILLING 33.0 DYI513 9.1 FILLING 34.4 DYI515 9.9 FILLING 26.7 FZW939 6.7 FILLING 36.8 FZW941 2.4 FULL 97.5 FZW943 0.7 FULL 99.2 FZW945 16.2 FULL 89.1 FZW947 14.7 FULL 89.4 I need to make some space but the reclamation process didn´t free some space, I´ve executed move data command but one of the drives shows ANR8376I Mount point reserved in device class DC-SUNL1000, status: RESERVED When I execute q mount command. How could I get some scratch tapes as soon as possible? Thanks in advance. Marcelo.
delete filespace command
there is a way to delete a filespace by specifying the fsid can someome give me the syntax 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: delete filespace command
Tim, you can find the syntax yourself by issuing the following command: help delete filespace 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 2005-11-29 06:48:44: there is a way to delete a filespace by specifying the fsid can someome give me the syntax 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: delete filespace command
DELETE FILESPACE node fsid Type=any Data=any namet=fsid Or do help del fil Met vriendelijke groet, With kind regards, Richard van Denzel. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Brown Sent: dinsdag 29 november 2005 14:49 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: delete filespace command there is a way to delete a filespace by specifying the fsid can someome give me the syntax 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
AW: [ADSM-L] Run out of scratch tapes
Reclamation should give you a lot of free tapes. Use the undocumented command show mp to display who uses the mountpoint. If you can't determine the process/session holding the tape than you'll have to restart TSM. Then set the reclamation value of your tapestoragepools below 89% and you'll get at least 5 scratch tapes. HTH Thomas -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Marcelo Barreto Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. November 2005 13:57 An: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Betreff: [ADSM-L] Run out of scratch tapes Hi, I´m new in TSM, I´ve 29 tapes and 2 drives, all of my tapes are in private state, some are in filling status and others in full, if I execute the sentence: select volume_name, pct_utilized, status, pct_reclaim from volumes where pct_utilized 20 I get VOLUME_NAMEPCT_UTILIZED STATUS PCT_RECLAIM -- -- --- DYI502 0.0 FILLING0.0 DYI508 4.7 FILLING 38.5 DYI511 12.0 FILLING 33.0 DYI513 9.1 FILLING 34.4 DYI515 9.9 FILLING 26.7 FZW939 6.7 FILLING 36.8 FZW941 2.4 FULL 97.5 FZW943 0.7 FULL 99.2 FZW945 16.2 FULL 89.1 FZW947 14.7 FULL 89.4 I need to make some space but the reclamation process didn´t free some space, I´ve executed move data command but one of the drives shows ANR8376I Mount point reserved in device class DC-SUNL1000, status: RESERVED When I execute q mount command. How could I get some scratch tapes as soon as possible? Thanks in advance. Marcelo.
WMI backup failure - return code 3029
Hi *SMers, Client - TSM 5.2.4.4 on a W2K SP4 server. Server - TSM 5.2.4.5 on a W2K SP4 server. I'm experiencing a regular backup failure of the system objects and the information returned to me from TSM is not really directing me towards a cause. Dsmerror.log contains: 11/29/2005 13:34:08 ANS1487E Backing up WMI repository failed. No files will be backed up. 11/29/2005 13:34:14 Return code 3029 unknown 11/29/2005 13:34:14 Unknown system error Please check the TSM Error Log for any additional information Dsmsched.log has less.. Is there any documentation anywhere which brings some kind of meaning to Return code 3029 unknown. Any assistance greatly appreciated. Regards Matthew TSM Consultant ADMIN ITI Rabobank International 1 Queenhithe, London EC4V 3RL _ This email (including any attachments to it) is confidential, legally privileged, subject to copyright and is sent for the personal attention of the intended recipient only. If you have received this email in error, please advise us immediately and delete it. You are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Although we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the viruses in this email or attachments. We exclude any liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided in this email or its attachments, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. If this email contains an offer, that should be considered as an invitation to treat. _
Re: CBMR FOR LINUX
I have beta-tested and have 9 RedHat 2.1 boxes in production with it... Troy Barnhart, Sr. Systems Programmer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, South Dakota, 57701 ph: 605-719-8068 / fax: 605-719-4206 -Original Message- From: Sandeep Jain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:06 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] CBMR FOR LINUX Hi, has anyone tried with CBMR On Linux platform I am facing strange problem while restoring... With Best Regards, Sandeep Jain ***Note: The information contained in this message, including any attachments, may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the Sender immediately by a reply to sender only message and destroy all electronic or paper copies of the communication, including any attachments.
TSM DB2 Backups
Hello, Soon , we will be backing Db2 databases, using TSM API , and I will need a backup strategy. We currently backup Lotus Notes Domino where we do a full Domino (databases) backup once a week, and incremental rest of the week. We also backup /archiveTransaction logs every 2 hours. Does anybody backup/archive DB2 logfiles (on their own) at regular intervals. What are the most popular backup strategies for DB2 ? Regards 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
Re: VTS or san disk storage
I have about 6TB of san disk space used for nightly backups and the management of it is just a pain. For instance if you are using a vendor such as HP for your san disks the compatibility with IBM equipment is not the greatest. We use HP EMA 12000 with hsg80 san storage controllers. TSM will max out the I/O to the san controllers then the particular lun will hang and then the san storage controller must be rebooted to get the lun accessible again to aix but even after the reboot the lun is available to aix but unreadable so now I lost all the data on that lun. I have run into this problem many times over the past few years. HP says disable caching at the controller level which may work but disk I/O will be extremely slow so that is not an option. You can attribute these problems to incompatible hardware but I would run what ever disk storage you choose through the ringer before you commit to it because I have had this problem with other san storage units as well. We also keep disk storage in multiple locations across campus via long haul san connections which mean multiple luns to manage and many filesystems which if you are in an HACMP configuration takes time for failover to occur and filesystem mounts to take place. In conclusion make sure what ever storage you choose is reliable and able to handle the high I/O load tsm will can on it. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Zarnowski Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:40 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: VTS or san disk storage At 11:33 AM 11/23/2005, Dearman, Richard wrote: We currently use several TB of san based disk storage for our daily backups which gets migrated during the day to multiple tape libraries. The san disk administration has become a nightmare [...] I am curious what kind of problems you are running into. At the TSM Symposium at Oxford this year, IBM indicated that they were going to further develop the serial access disk support in TSM. And, TSM 5.3 just added the ability for a SAD devclass to span multiple filesystems. After hearing this, we have been leaning towards investing in inexpensive disk managed by TSM rather than buying a VTL appliance. I'm interested in other's comments about where, specifically, they are having problems managing SAD directly by TSM. ..Paul -- Paul ZarnowskiPh: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Systems Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **EMAIL DISCLAIMER*** This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the individual responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify the sender or contact Health Information Management 312.413.4947.
Re: TSM Bmr ??
ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 11/28/2005 03:57:43 PM: I also agree on the merits of the TSM+ASR Redbook... We've had success with both methods. My only bitch about ASR is that it requires that a DHCP server be within reach of the box being rebuilt. This is not an option in a lot of server rooms; there are valid security concerns about doing such. And, of course, it's not an option for Windows 2000 boxes. (Oh, if only Windows would let you build bootable media, like almost every other real server operating system...) -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==
Run Script Query/Control
Is there a method to query whether any scripts are running? Is there a method to cancel a running script? Robert R. Price ADSM/TSM Administrator Computer Sciences Corporation Phone: 412-374-3247 Fax: 412-374-6371 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose.
SV: TSM Bmr ??
Hi Mark, You can build your own Bootable CD on Windows. You are a Enterprise company so you should have access to Windows PE. But for other users you can search for Bart PE. But with this software you can recovery your machine to newer hardware. That's why IBM recommends 3rd part software's for Intel platforms. Thanks Christian -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Mark Stapleton Skickat: den 29 november 2005 16:57 Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Ämne: Re: TSM Bmr ?? ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 11/28/2005 03:57:43 PM: I also agree on the merits of the TSM+ASR Redbook... We've had success with both methods. My only bitch about ASR is that it requires that a DHCP server be within reach of the box being rebuilt. This is not an option in a lot of server rooms; there are valid security concerns about doing such. And, of course, it's not an option for Windows 2000 boxes. (Oh, if only Windows would let you build bootable media, like almost every other real server operating system...) -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==
Re: WMI backup failure - return code 3029
H Try doing the following: 1) Delete the existing c:\adsm.sys directory structure. 2) Add the following to the client options: exclude.dir c:\adsm.sys 3) Retry the system object backup. 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 2005-11-29 07:09:04: Hi *SMers, Client - TSM 5.2.4.4 on a W2K SP4 server. Server - TSM 5.2.4.5 on a W2K SP4 server. I'm experiencing a regular backup failure of the system objects and the information returned to me from TSM is not really directing me towards a cause. Dsmerror.log contains: 11/29/2005 13:34:08 ANS1487E Backing up WMI repository failed. No files will be backed up. 11/29/2005 13:34:14 Return code 3029 unknown 11/29/2005 13:34:14 Unknown system error Please check the TSM Error Log for any additional information Dsmsched.log has less.. Is there any documentation anywhere which brings some kind of meaning to Return code 3029 unknown. Any assistance greatly appreciated. Regards Matthew TSM Consultant ADMIN ITI Rabobank International 1 Queenhithe, London EC4V 3RL _ This email (including any attachments to it) is confidential, legally privileged, subject to copyright and is sent for the personal attention of the intended recipient only. If you have received this email in error, please advise us immediately and delete it. You are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Although we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the viruses in this email or attachments. We exclude any liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided in this email or its attachments, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. If this email contains an offer, that should be considered as an invitation to treat. _
MacOS X Server supported
I know that TSM supports MacOS X Client. Does it also support MacOS X Server? I suspect it does, but I need a definitive answer. Thanks. -- Paul ZarnowskiPh: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Systems Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MacOS X Server supported
Paul Zarnowski wrote: I know that TSM supports MacOS X Client. Does it also support MacOS X Server? I suspect it does, but I need a definitive answer. Thanks. To be very clear, IBM does support running the TSM client on what Apple calls MacOS X server. No problem. (there is no _real_ difference with MacOS X anyway). -- Paul ZarnowskiPh: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Systems Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten http://www.sara.nl 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: Run Script Query/Control
Enter Q SESSION and look for admin sessions. If someone started a script, you can kill it by cancelling the session. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert R Price Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:58 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Run Script Query/Control Is there a method to query whether any scripts are running? Is there a method to cancel a running script? Robert R. Price ADSM/TSM Administrator Computer Sciences Corporation Phone: 412-374-3247 Fax: 412-374-6371 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose.
Re: Run out of scratch tapes
You have a catch-22 here. You need at least 1 scratch tape to run reclamation. If you don't have any, then you have to create one. Find your least used tape and issue a move data volume stgpool=disk pool to move the data to disk. When that's done, delete the volume, del vol volume , that should make it a scratch tape. Then set reclamation value on the tape pool to 90 or lower. upd stg tapepool recl=90. Gerald Michalak ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 11/29/2005 06:57:29 AM: Hi, I´m new in TSM, I´ve 29 tapes and 2 drives, all of my tapes are in private state, some are in filling status and others in full, if I execute the sentence: select volume_name, pct_utilized, status, pct_reclaim from volumes where pct_utilized 20 I get VOLUME_NAMEPCT_UTILIZED STATUS PCT_RECLAIM -- -- --- DYI502 0.0 FILLING 0.0 DYI508 4.7 FILLING 38.5 DYI511 12.0 FILLING 33.0 DYI513 9.1 FILLING 34.4 DYI515 9.9 FILLING 26.7 FZW939 6.7 FILLING 36.8 FZW941 2.4 FULL 97.5 FZW943 0.7 FULL 99.2 FZW945 16.2 FULL 89.1 FZW947 14.7 FULL 89.4 I need to make some space but the reclamation process didn´t free some space, I´ve executed move data command but one of the drives shows ANR8376I Mount point reserved in device class DC-SUNL1000, status: RESERVED When I execute q mount command. How could I get some scratch tapes as soon as possible? Thanks in advance. Marcelo.
MAXSCRATCH value in tape storage pools
I migrated our W2K3 TSM server recently from 5.2.1.3 to 5.3.2.0 and I've had to change the MAXSCRATCH parameter on our tape storage pools from 0 to some arbitrary number like 1000 because migrations, as well as backup storage pool commands have been failing. Any reason why this is? Is 0 a valid MAXSCRATCH value in 5.3.2.0? If not, any suggestions as to what value I should set each of the storage pools to? Mel Dennis
Re: TSM Bmr ??
I agree with everything that has been said so far and the performance posting regarding Christie BMR was impressive. However, I'm not sure whether I'd want to shell out the cost per server, however good the results/efficiency. While TSM is not strictly designed to BMR Windows systems back to different hardware, I have used it successfully, on many occasions, to accomplish this. The IBM technote, previously mentioned does contain most of what is required, but for me, when restoring to dis-similar hardware, I would always take a copy (to floppy) of the following files, pre-restore. W2K C:\%systemroot%\system32\hal.dll C:\%systemroot%\system32\kernel32.dll C:\%systemroot%\system32\ntdll.dll C:\%systemroot%\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe C:\%systemroot%\system32\ntoskrnl.exe C:\%systemroot%\system32\win32k.sys C:\%systemroot%\system32\winsrv.dll W2K3 C:\%systemroot%\system32\hal.dll C:\%systemroot%\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe C:\%systemroot%\system32\ntoskrnl.exe If after the full TSM restore process (as detailed in IBM technote), the machine reboots to a blue screen, then you can use the MS Recovery Console to copy the system files back to the system root from the floppy. Very rarely with some RAID controllers that have additional functionality (failover, redundancy), I have had to disable certain devices/services from booting (again from MS Recovery Console). This has had to be a fairly intuitive process and I would imagine not scriptable in s/w, unless on a case by case basis. The only other point to note is that certain levels of past TSM clients have a bug in them where they incorrectly merge the registry thus overwriting the disk controller driver and not obeying the keys not to restore. See IC38716 You will still have to re-install the NIC drivers, or drivers for other PCI cards/peripherals, but you would hope that the hardware supplier would have these readily available. JMEW Leigh -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Brown Sent: 28 November 2005 21:53 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM Bmr ?? do you have the link for cristies bmr, and how much is it tim - Original Message - From: Barnhart, Troy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 4:17 PM Subject: Re: TSM Bmr ?? I'm a big fan of the Cristie's BMR for Windows and RedHat Linux. They are pretty slick. I can restore a box from scratch in under 10 minutes. My only caveat for dislike hardware restores is using newer hardware. i.e. their driver support for older hardware. We had problems getting older drivers to work correctly - such as old HP LH3 Netservers. But, with our newer IBM xSeries - very smooth... Regards, Troy Troy Barnhart, Sr. Systems Programmer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, South Dakota, 57701 ph: 605-719-8068 / fax: 605-719-4206 - Original Message - From: Prather, Wanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 4:02 PM Subject: Re: TSM Bmr ?? What I meant was, to a different TYPE machine, i.e., disklike hardware, not just a different machine. The Christie Bare Metal add-on product supports restoring Windows to unlike hardware. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Brown Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 4:04 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM Bmr ?? you said that windows does not support restoring a registry to a different machine, but isnt that what happens when i follow the instructions in the Disaster Recovery Strategies with TSM pdf. is tsm ever going to support restoring to dislike hardware ? tim - Original Message - From: Prather, Wanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:40 PM Subject: Re: TSM Bmr ?? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;249694 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Brown Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:37 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM Bmr ?? is there documentation that describes the differences between the same machine after a hard drive failure and restoring to different hardware at a hot site i am attempting the later tim - Original Message - From: Prather, Wanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:26 PM Subject: Re: TSM Bmr ?? IT's not a TSM issue, it's a Windows issue. Microsoft does not support restoring a registry to a different machine. That being said, they used to have a procedure in the knowledge base that you can try. Check there. How you test BMR, depends on what you are trying to do. You need different procedures for different possible disasters; Procedures needed to restore back to the same machine after a hard drive failure, are simpler than the case where you are restoring to different hardware at a hot site.
Re: WMI backup failure - return code 3029
Question regarding this proposed solution: Is it safe to say that the C:\adsm.sys directory can be safely excluded from all Windows backups? I've had many repetitive failures of that directory in various clients (mainly Win2K3), but the directory exists in other windows versions. I just went ahead and added the exclusion to my windows cloptset and the failures have stopped. Thanks for your help. Sergio U. of Maryland Office of Information Technology Andrew Raibeck wrote: H Try doing the following: 1) Delete the existing c:\adsm.sys directory structure. 2) Add the following to the client options: exclude.dir c:\adsm.sys 3) Retry the system object backup. 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 2005-11-29 07:09:04: Hi *SMers, Client - TSM 5.2.4.4 on a W2K SP4 server. Server - TSM 5.2.4.5 on a W2K SP4 server. I'm experiencing a regular backup failure of the system objects and the information returned to me from TSM is not really directing me towards a cause. Dsmerror.log contains: 11/29/2005 13:34:08 ANS1487E Backing up WMI repository failed. No files will be backed up. 11/29/2005 13:34:14 Return code 3029 unknown 11/29/2005 13:34:14 Unknown system error Please check the TSM Error Log for any additional information Dsmsched.log has less.. Is there any documentation anywhere which brings some kind of meaning to Return code 3029 unknown. Any assistance greatly appreciated. Regards Matthew TSM Consultant ADMIN ITI Rabobank International 1 Queenhithe, London EC4V 3RL _ This email (including any attachments to it) is confidential, legally privileged, subject to copyright and is sent for the personal attention of the intended recipient only. If you have received this email in error, please advise us immediately and delete it. You are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Although we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the viruses in this email or attachments. We exclude any liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided in this email or its attachments, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. If this email contains an offer, that should be considered as an invitation to treat. _
Re: WMI backup failure - return code 3029
Is it safe to say that the C:\adsm.sys directory can be safely excluded from all Windows backups? Yes. What the exclude does is exclude it from the backup of your C: drive. But C:\adsm.sys is still backed up as a part of the system object or system state backup. Note that in version 5.3, TSM automatically excludes this directory. I believe that the 5.2.4 client uses exclude c:\adsm.sys\...\*, so the failures you see are probably on subdirectories of adsm.sys, not files. In 5.3, this has been changed to exclude.dir c:\adsm.sys. Run the dsmc query inclexcl command to see how the adsm.sys dir is currently excluded. 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 2005-11-29 11:17:20: Question regarding this proposed solution: Is it safe to say that the C:\adsm.sys directory can be safely excluded from all Windows backups? I've had many repetitive failures of that directory in various clients (mainly Win2K3), but the directory exists in other windows versions. I just went ahead and added the exclusion to my windows cloptset and the failures have stopped. Thanks for your help. Sergio U. of Maryland Office of Information Technology Andrew Raibeck wrote: H Try doing the following: 1) Delete the existing c:\adsm.sys directory structure. 2) Add the following to the client options: exclude.dir c:\adsm.sys 3) Retry the system object backup. 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 2005-11-29 07:09:04: Hi *SMers, Client - TSM 5.2.4.4 on a W2K SP4 server. Server - TSM 5.2.4.5 on a W2K SP4 server. I'm experiencing a regular backup failure of the system objects and the information returned to me from TSM is not really directing me towards a cause. Dsmerror.log contains: 11/29/2005 13:34:08 ANS1487E Backing up WMI repository failed. No files will be backed up. 11/29/2005 13:34:14 Return code 3029 unknown 11/29/2005 13:34:14 Unknown system error Please check the TSM Error Log for any additional information Dsmsched.log has less.. Is there any documentation anywhere which brings some kind of meaning to Return code 3029 unknown. Any assistance greatly appreciated. Regards Matthew TSM Consultant ADMIN ITI Rabobank International 1 Queenhithe, London EC4V 3RL _ This email (including any attachments to it) is confidential, legally privileged, subject to copyright and is sent for the personal attention of the intended recipient only. If you have received this email in error, please advise us immediately and delete it. You are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Although we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the viruses in this email or attachments. We exclude any liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided in this email or its attachments, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. If this email contains an offer, that should be considered as an invitation to treat. _
Re: SV: TSM Bmr ??
ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 11/29/2005 10:04:46 AM: You can build your own Bootable CD on Windows. You are a Enterprise company so you should have access to Windows PE. But for other users you can search for Bart PE. When I talk about creating bootable restore media, I'm talking about media that contains an easily accessible image of the client's system disk as it exists (like mksysb for AIX), complete with installed hardware drivers and application code. (mksysb restores of root volume groups are *much* faster and more dependable than anything that can be achieved with a C: drive or sys: volume rebuild with any backup/recovery software.) Further, when you use mksysb restores to dissimilar hardware, placing AIX CD volume #1 in the optical drive will take care of most drivers that might be missing in the tape. The bootable Windows CD, even when it is built with nifty utilities like nLite, is a vanilla install image with neither drivers nor applications. Apps like Ghost are an option, but my opinion is that a real server operating system has that sort of thing built into it, and will write to magnetic media (so I can create bootable images as large as they need to be). (I guess that leaves out NetWare, which would be the stable, usable Intel-based server OS of *my* choice.) That's why IBM recommends 3rd part software's for Intel platforms. Indeed, but that's because TSM was not built to do BMRs; the clever folk in the TSM world (including many ADSM-Lers) figured out how to make it work. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==
Re: Run out of scratch tapes
On Nov 29, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Gerald Michalak wrote: You have a catch-22 here. You need at least 1 scratch tape to run reclamation. If you don't have any, then you have to create one. More generally, reclamation needs media space. As such, it will utilize an available volume which is in Filling status for its output: it doesn't have to be a scratch tape. Richard Sims
Re: MAXSCRATCH value in tape storage pools
Set the total of your maxscratch settings across your storage pool to be equal to the number of tapes you have. That will tell you realistic storagepool utilizations and you'd be able to judge when a storage pool is running out of storage media. David [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/29/05 1:01 PM I migrated our W2K3 TSM server recently from 5.2.1.3 to 5.3.2.0 and I've had to change the MAXSCRATCH parameter on our tape storage pools from 0 to some arbitrary number like 1000 because migrations, as well as backup storage pool commands have been failing. Any reason why this is? Is 0 a valid MAXSCRATCH value in 5.3.2.0? If not, any suggestions as to what value I should set each of the storage pools to? Mel Dennis
Re: MAXSCRATCH value in tape storage pools
On Nov 29, 2005, at 1:01 PM, Dennis Melburn W IT743 wrote: I migrated our W2K3 TSM server recently from 5.2.1.3 to 5.3.2.0 and I've had to change the MAXSCRATCH parameter on our tape storage pools from 0 to some arbitrary number like 1000 because migrations, as well as backup storage pool commands have been failing. Any reason why this is? Is 0 a valid MAXSCRATCH value in 5.3.2.0? If not, any suggestions as to what value I should set each of the storage pools to? MAXSCRatch=0 has always been a valid specification; but it means to disallow the use of Scratch volumes, as specified in the Admin Guide manual. Where volumes were not then defined to storage pools, then certainly storage pool operations needing output media space would fail. Richard Sims
Can't get TSM client 5.3.2.0 API to install on Solaris system
In fact, we can't get it off the ground, for some strange, unknown reason. Looking for all suggestions/ideas/thoughts ! It is Solaris 8. Yes, we are root ! Yes there is plenty of space in /tmp # pkgadd -d ./TIVsmCapi.pkg TIVsmCapi Processing package instance TIVsmCapi from /export/tsm/TIVsmCapi.pkg Tivoli Storage Manager Solaris 8/9/10 API Client (sparc) Version 5 Release 3 Level 2.0 Licensed Materials - Property of IBM 5655-A30 (C) Copyright International Business Machines Corp. 1990, 2005. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. ## Executing checkinstall script. /var/tmp/dstreAAAHiaW4g/TIVsmCapi/install/checkinstall: /var/tmp/dstreAAAHiaW4g/TIVsmCapi/install/checkinstall: cannot open pkgadd: ERROR: checkinstall script did not complete successfully Installation of TIVsmCapi failed. No changes were made to the system.
Re: Can't get TSM client 5.3.2.0 API to install on Solaris system
ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 11/29/2005 01:39:55 PM: In fact, we can't get it off the ground, for some strange, unknown reason. Looking for all suggestions/ideas/thoughts ! It is Solaris 8. Yes, we are root ! Yes there is plenty of space in /tmp # pkgadd -d ./TIVsmCapi.pkg TIVsmCapi Processing package instance TIVsmCapi from /export/tsm/TIVsmCapi.pkg ## Executing checkinstall script. /var/tmp/dstreAAAHiaW4g/TIVsmCapi/install/checkinstall: /var/tmp/dstreAAAHiaW4g/TIVsmCapi/install/checkinstall: cannot open pkgadd: ERROR: checkinstall script did not complete successfully Installation of TIVsmCapi failed. No changes were made to the system. It looks like a bad download/copy. If you downloaded it, try downloading it again, and check the filesizes between source and target carefully after the download. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==
Re: Migrate TSM Server 4.2.4 on AIX 4.3.3 to 5.3 on Linux Howto (retry)
Allen S. Rout schrieb: The default option is FILEData=None It is no option for us to export the file data. We have about 3 hundred AIT tapes with file data. If you want to retain the backup history now present on your old TSM server, you will need to export and import the nodes. You can do this in smaller chunks, if you care to, a node at a time, for instance. There are many ways you might accomplish the transfer; http://open-systems.ufl.edu/services/NSAM/whitepapers/50ways.html is my attempt to catalog some of them. Moving from platform to platform is a Big Deal; don't expect it to be quick or trivial, on any axis. I'd say Stay on AIX; 510s aren't that expensive. :) The decission was to move away from AIX, because we have no sysadmin knowledge with AIX and the machine grew more and more unmanaged. The problem that I see now is, that we have only one library. We want to reuse the library that is now running with the AIX machine on the Linux machine. I don't have an old and a new library to copy the data between the old and new server. And I suppose that connecting the library as a shared library virtually two both servers and then copiing the data will not help, since that library is still physically only connected to one server and this server will write and read in its own format, correct? Some deadlock here .. ;-( Christoph -- Christoph Martin, EDV der Verwaltung, Uni-Mainz, Germany Internet-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telefon: +49-6131-3926337
Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session
Hi, I am running a tsm client on Solaris. When I execute the dsmc command to backup a group of directories and the files they contain is there a way to include pathnames that have been excluded by an exclude entry in a file specified by the inclexcl option? Thanks Pete
Re: Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session
No, but your TSM administrator should be able to configure an include-exclude file in dsm.sys (see the INCLEXCL option in the client manual). Considering the ramifications of modifying Include-exclude options, these should be treated as semi-permanent and not changed unless you are looking to change the policy by which your files are managed. If this does not answer your question, then please clarify what you need to do. 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 2005-11-29 14:11:30: Hi, I am running a tsm client on Solaris. When I execute the dsmc command to backup a group of directories and the files they contain is there a way to include pathnames that have been excluded by an exclude entry in a file specified by the inclexcl option? Thanks Pete
Re: Can't get TSM client 5.3.2.0 API to install on Solaris system
ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 11/29/2005 01:39:55 PM: In fact, we can't get it off the ground, for some strange, unknown reason. Looking for all suggestions/ideas/thoughts ! It is Solaris 8. Yes, we are root ! Yes there is plenty of space in /tmp # pkgadd -d ./TIVsmCapi.pkg TIVsmCapi Processing package instance TIVsmCapi from /export/tsm/TIVsmCapi.pkg ## Executing checkinstall script. /var/tmp/dstreAAAHiaW4g/TIVsmCapi/install/checkinstall: /var/tmp/dstreAAAHiaW4g/TIVsmCapi/install/checkinstall: cannot open pkgadd: ERROR: checkinstall script did not complete successfully This is usually caused by file permission issues. Make sure that the dirs here have 755 perms. Installation of TIVsmCapi failed. No changes were made to the system. It looks like a bad download/copy. If you downloaded it, try downloading it again, and check the filesizes between source and target carefully after the download. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. == Steve Roder University at Buffalo ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564)
Re: Migrate TSM Server 4.2.4 on AIX 4.3.3 to 5.3 on Linux Howto (retry)
== On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:00:26 +0100, Christoph Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The decission was to move away from AIX, because we have no sysadmin knowledge with AIX and the machine grew more and more unmanaged. I can sympathize. Though you may have, by this message, incurred a small avalanche of consulting aid offers. :) The problem that I see now is, that we have only one library. We want to reuse the library that is now running with the AIX machine on the Linux machine. I don't have an old and a new library to copy the data between the old and new server. And I suppose that connecting the library as a shared library virtually two both servers and then copiing the data will not help, since that library is still physically only connected to one server and this server will write and read in its own format, correct? I don't recall how your library was attached, or even what it was; but there's no reason not to hook up several servers of divergent architectures to one library. If it's a SAN library, it may be nearly trivial. And then you could do _just_ that: get both servers using the same set of drives, and gradually move load from one to the other, as your copy behavior progresses. - Allen S. Rout
Re: Migrate TSM Server 4.2.4 on AIX 4.3.3 to 5.3 on Linux Howto (retry)
ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 11/29/2005 03:52:59 PM: On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:00:26 +0100, Christoph Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The decission was to move away from AIX, because we have no sysadmin knowledge with AIX and the machine grew more and more unmanaged. I can sympathize. Though you may have, by this message, incurred a small avalanche of consulting aid offers. :) That would have included me, but since I am now a disgruntled end-user rather than an overly-confident consultant...well, not. ;o) The problem that I see now is, that we have only one library. We want to reuse the library that is now running with the AIX machine on the Linux machine. I don't have an old and a new library to copy the data between the old and new server. And I suppose that connecting the library as a shared library virtually two both servers and then copiing the data will not help, since that library is still physically only connected to one server and this server will write and read in its own format, correct? I've done a couple of customers in just the same boat you're in, with the added complication that the single library they had was at capacity. They finally decided to create export tapes of their two or three critical servers, and then threw away their entire backup library and started over. If your library has room, you can set up the new server as a library server, and the old library as a library client. That removes the necessity of physical connections for both servers. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==
Re: Migrate TSM Server 4.2.4 on AIX 4.3.3 to 5.3 on Linux Howto (retry)
Allen S. Rout schrieb: The decission was to move away from AIX, because we have no sysadmin knowledge with AIX and the machine grew more and more unmanaged. I can sympathize. Though you may have, by this message, incurred a small avalanche of consulting aid offers. :) Thanks anyway. Your webpage is very instructive. The problem that I see now is, that we have only one library. We want to reuse the library that is now running with the AIX machine on the Linux machine. I don't have an old and a new library to copy the data between the old and new server. And I suppose that connecting the library as a shared library virtually two both servers and then copiing the data will not help, since that library is still physically only connected to one server and this server will write and read in its own format, correct? I don't recall how your library was attached, or even what it was; but there's no reason not to hook up several servers of divergent architectures to one library. If it's a SAN library, it may be nearly trivial. And then you could do _just_ that: get both servers using the same set of drives, and gradually move load from one to the other, as your copy behavior progresses. It is a SCSI-Library with AIT Drives directly attached to a 43p with AIX. What I was thinking of, was doing a server to server connection and defining the library in the new server as SHARED. So I have a IP connection from new_server to old_server and a SCSI connection from old_server to library. -- Christoph Martin, EDV der Verwaltung, Uni-Mainz, Germany Internet-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telefon: +49-6131-3926337
Re: Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session
Thanks Andy, My situation is that I have Oracle 7 databases to backup, so no TDP and rman. The system is set so that the areas we store the Oracle datafiles in is ignored. Fine for the Unix backups, but I need to be able to at least shutdown the Oracle 7 databases and do a cold backup. At the same time I do not want to change the inclexcl file named in the dsm.sys, its no good backing up the database while its running (well I know there is the hot tablespace backup option, but lets ignore that for now). Also I need to back these files up to the same backup policy used for the Unix backup, not the one used for rman backups, because that policy is set to never automatically age out the files. Regards Pete -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: 29 November 2005 21:32 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session No, but your TSM administrator should be able to configure an include-exclude file in dsm.sys (see the INCLEXCL option in the client manual). Considering the ramifications of modifying Include-exclude options, these should be treated as semi-permanent and not changed unless you are looking to change the policy by which your files are managed. If this does not answer your question, then please clarify what you need to do. 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 2005-11-29 14:11:30:
Re: Migrate TSM Server 4.2.4 on AIX 4.3.3 to 5.3 on Linux Howto (retry)
Mark Stapleton schrieb: I've done a couple of customers in just the same boat you're in, with the added complication that the single library they had was at capacity. They finally decided to create export tapes of their two or three critical servers, and then threw away their entire backup library and started over. If your library has room, you can set up the new server as a library server, and the old library as a library client. That removes the necessity of physical connections for both servers. So, the old server can still access it's media on the library server, if its now a library client and the OS of the library server is different from the OS of the library client? Christoph -- Christoph Martin, EDV der Verwaltung, Uni-Mainz, Germany Internet-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telefon: +49-6131-3926337
Re: Migrate TSM Server 4.2.4 on AIX 4.3.3 to 5.3 on Linux Howto (retry)
Was there not a level issue between library client and library manager?? I don't think a 4.2 server and a 5.3 server are compatible in a library client-manager config.(see subject..) Regards, Karel -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Martin Sent: dinsdag 29 november 2005 23:28 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate TSM Server 4.2.4 on AIX 4.3.3 to 5.3 on Linux Howto (retry) Mark Stapleton schrieb: I've done a couple of customers in just the same boat you're in, with the added complication that the single library they had was at capacity. They finally decided to create export tapes of their two or three critical servers, and then threw away their entire backup library and started over. If your library has room, you can set up the new server as a library server, and the old library as a library client. That removes the necessity of physical connections for both servers. So, the old server can still access it's media on the library server, if its now a library client and the OS of the library server is different from the OS of the library client? Christoph -- Christoph Martin, EDV der Verwaltung, Uni-Mainz, Germany Internet-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telefon: +49-6131-3926337
Re: Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session
Here are some options you can think about, or you can create your own variations. I'm sure there are other methods, too. * Consider using PRESCHEDULECMD and POSTSCHEDULECMD to stop and start Oracle 7 while the regularly scheduled incremental backup occurs. * If the regular incremental backup schedule conflicts with when you can back up Oracle, see if yuo can find a common timeframe that works for both. * Bind the Oracle files to a management class whose copy group FREQUENCY is set to some nonzero value (7, for example). This will prevent the regular incremental backup from trying to back the files up if they were backed up earlier in a separate backup process for Oracle. Then create a second schedule to back up Oracle, with PRE/POSTSCHEDULECMD options as mentioned above, and make the schedule a SELECTIVE operation against the directory/files that contain the Oracle files. * Create a second node that is just for backing up the Oracle files, with a schedule that targets just the Oracle directory/files. 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 2005-11-29 15:14:47: Thanks Andy, My situation is that I have Oracle 7 databases to backup, so no TDP and rman. The system is set so that the areas we store the Oracle datafiles in is ignored. Fine for the Unix backups, but I need to be able to at least shutdown the Oracle 7 databases and do a cold backup. At the same time I do not want to change the inclexcl file named in the dsm.sys, its no good backing up the database while its running (well I know there is the hot tablespace backup option, but lets ignore that for now). Also I need to back these files up to the same backup policy used for the Unix backup, not the one used for rman backups, because that policy is set to never automatically age out the files. Regards Pete -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: 29 November 2005 21:32 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session No, but your TSM administrator should be able to configure an include-exclude file in dsm.sys (see the INCLEXCL option in the client manual). Considering the ramifications of modifying Include-exclude options, these should be treated as semi-permanent and not changed unless you are looking to change the policy by which your files are managed. If this does not answer your question, then please clarify what you need to do. 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 2005-11-29 14:11:30:
Re: Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session
Hi, Thanks for the feedback. Pete -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: 29 November 2005 22:49 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session Here are some options you can think about, or you can create your own variations. I'm sure there are other methods, too. * Consider using PRESCHEDULECMD and POSTSCHEDULECMD to stop and start Oracle 7 while the regularly scheduled incremental backup occurs. * If the regular incremental backup schedule conflicts with when you can back up Oracle, see if yuo can find a common timeframe that works for both. * Bind the Oracle files to a management class whose copy group FREQUENCY is set to some nonzero value (7, for example). This will prevent the regular incremental backup from trying to back the files up if they were backed up earlier in a separate backup process for Oracle. Then create a second schedule to back up Oracle, with PRE/POSTSCHEDULECMD options as mentioned above, and make the schedule a SELECTIVE operation against the directory/files that contain the Oracle files. * Create a second node that is just for backing up the Oracle files, with a schedule that targets just the Oracle directory/files. 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 2005-11-29 15:14:47: Thanks Andy, My situation is that I have Oracle 7 databases to backup, so no TDP and rman. The system is set so that the areas we store the Oracle datafiles in is ignored. Fine for the Unix backups, but I need to be able to at least shutdown the Oracle 7 databases and do a cold backup. At the same time I do not want to change the inclexcl file named in the dsm.sys, its no good backing up the database while its running (well I know there is the hot tablespace backup option, but lets ignore that for now). Also I need to back these files up to the same backup policy used for the Unix backup, not the one used for rman backups, because that policy is set to never automatically age out the files. Regards Pete -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: 29 November 2005 21:32 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session No, but your TSM administrator should be able to configure an include-exclude file in dsm.sys (see the INCLEXCL option in the client manual). Considering the ramifications of modifying Include-exclude options, these should be treated as semi-permanent and not changed unless you are looking to change the policy by which your files are managed. If this does not answer your question, then please clarify what you need to do. 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/IBMTivoliStor ag 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 2005-11-29 14:11:30:
Re: VTS or san disk storage
Richard, I share your pain. We have an EMC Clariion CX500 SAN. We have found that AIX in general, and TSM in particular, can just hose the sucker. Your observations about write cache were echoed by EMC. We had to turn off write-cache on our TSM disk pool LUNs because the SAN storage processors couldn't keep up with the incoming data rate and manage the cache at the same time. In our case, it manifested itself as a total network freeze! Once our TSM server - a 2-way 6H1 - started writing to our five-disk RAID-3 LUNs, the I/O would hog the SAN so that no other servers - like our domain controllers - would get any disk access. Disk queue length on the DCs went to 50+. With the DCs locked out of the disks, they couldn't process DNS lookups, logins, etc. so our Active Directory LAN just hung. The odd thing is that all our TSM disks are in their own disk pod; the only thing shared between TSM and the remainder of the servers was the internal fiber loops and the SPs. There was no disk contention between TSM and anything else. We duplicated the problem when creating disk volumes in TSM. We duplicated the problem when our Windows-based Domino servers backed up to SAN-based disk pools. We duplicated the problem when we copied a large database from one Oracle server to another; both with data volumes on the SAN. All of this occurred at data rates of about 50-55 MB/s. We use RAID-3 for TSM disk pools and RAID-5 for everything else. With the write cache turned off we get more like 12 MB/s streaming to a five-disk RAID-3 array. So with TSM using the SAN as a major storage resource, we've had to give up performance and reliability. On the upside, at least it's only three times as expensive as tape! Tab Trepagnier TSM Administrator Laitram, L.L.C. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 11/29/2005 09:48:08 AM: I have about 6TB of san disk space used for nightly backups and the management of it is just a pain. For instance if you are using a vendor such as HP for your san disks the compatibility with IBM equipment is not the greatest. We use HP EMA 12000 with hsg80 san storage controllers. TSM will max out the I/O to the san controllers then the particular lun will hang and then the san storage controller must be rebooted to get the lun accessible again to aix but even after the reboot the lun is available to aix but unreadable so now I lost all the data on that lun. I have run into this problem many times over the past few years. HP says disable caching at the controller level which may work but disk I/O will be extremely slow so that is not an option. You can attribute these problems to incompatible hardware but I would run what ever disk storage you choose through the ringer before you commit to it because I have had this problem with other san storage units as well. We also keep disk storage in multiple locations across campus via long haul san connections which mean multiple luns to manage and many filesystems which if you are in an HACMP configuration takes time for failover to occur and filesystem mounts to take place. In conclusion make sure what ever storage you choose is reliable and able to handle the high I/O load tsm will can on it. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Zarnowski Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:40 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: VTS or san disk storage At 11:33 AM 11/23/2005, Dearman, Richard wrote: We currently use several TB of san based disk storage for our daily backups which gets migrated during the day to multiple tape libraries. The san disk administration has become a nightmare [...] I am curious what kind of problems you are running into. At the TSM Symposium at Oxford this year, IBM indicated that they were going to further develop the serial access disk support in TSM. And, TSM 5.3 just added the ability for a SAD devclass to span multiple filesystems. After hearing this, we have been leaning towards investing in inexpensive disk managed by TSM rather than buying a VTL appliance. I'm interested in other's comments about where, specifically, they are having problems managing SAD directly by TSM. ..Paul -- Paul ZarnowskiPh: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Systems Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **EMAIL DISCLAIMER*** This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the individual responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error,
Re: Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session
Another option is to use the archive function for those Oracle files. __ John Monahan Senior Consultant Enterprise Solutions Computech Resources, Inc. Office: 952-833-0930 ext 109 Cell: 952-221-6938 http://www.computechresources.com Andrew Raibeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] OMTo Sent by: ADSM: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Dist Stor cc Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU Re: Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session 11/29/2005 04:48 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU Here are some options you can think about, or you can create your own variations. I'm sure there are other methods, too. * Consider using PRESCHEDULECMD and POSTSCHEDULECMD to stop and start Oracle 7 while the regularly scheduled incremental backup occurs. * If the regular incremental backup schedule conflicts with when you can back up Oracle, see if yuo can find a common timeframe that works for both. * Bind the Oracle files to a management class whose copy group FREQUENCY is set to some nonzero value (7, for example). This will prevent the regular incremental backup from trying to back the files up if they were backed up earlier in a separate backup process for Oracle. Then create a second schedule to back up Oracle, with PRE/POSTSCHEDULECMD options as mentioned above, and make the schedule a SELECTIVE operation against the directory/files that contain the Oracle files. * Create a second node that is just for backing up the Oracle files, with a schedule that targets just the Oracle directory/files. 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 2005-11-29 15:14:47: Thanks Andy, My situation is that I have Oracle 7 databases to backup, so no TDP and rman. The system is set so that the areas we store the Oracle datafiles in is ignored. Fine for the Unix backups, but I need to be able to at least shutdown the Oracle 7 databases and do a cold backup. At the same time I do not want to change the inclexcl file named in the dsm.sys, its no good backing up the database while its running (well I know there is the hot tablespace backup option, but lets ignore that for now). Also I need to back these files up to the same backup policy used for the Unix backup, not the one used for rman backups, because that policy is set to never automatically age out the files. Regards Pete -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: 29 November 2005 21:32 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Over-ride include exclude options in a dsmc session No, but your TSM administrator should be able to configure an include-exclude file in dsm.sys (see the INCLEXCL option in the client manual). Considering the ramifications of modifying Include-exclude options, these should be treated as semi-permanent and not changed unless you are looking to change the policy by which your files are managed. If this does not answer your question, then please clarify what you need to do. 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 2005-11-29 14:11:30:
3590 Drive Problem
I have a drive that from AIX lists as available. In TSM when i try to
define a path to the drive I get an ANR8420E DEFINE PATH: An I/O
error occured while accessing drive DRIVE1. and a ANS8001I Return
code 15.. Then below is what appears in the AIX error report.
I've doublechecked that the cabling and terminator looks ok and it
does. There is another 3590-H drive daisy-chained to this problem one
that is operating properly. The problem drive has been power cycled
and comes up fine (3590-H drive) but the described problem is still
repeatable.
Appreciate any ideas on how to proceed to troubleshoot this problem.
I'm thinking a service call for the drive is next..?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin$ errpt IDENTIFIER
TIMESTAMP T C RESOURCE_NAME DESCRIPTION
5537AC5F 1129170905 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170905 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
5537AC5F 1129170805 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170805 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
5537AC5F 1129170805 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170805 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
5537AC5F 1129170805 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170805 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
5537AC5F 1129170805 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170805 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
5537AC5F 1129170805 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170805 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin$ errpt -aj 5537AC5F | more
---
LABEL: TAPE_ERR4
IDENTIFIER: 5537AC5F
Date/Time: Tue Nov 29 17:09:00 PST
Sequence Number: 51356
Machine Id: 000C057A4C00
Node Id: ps-bs-p610-01
Class: H
Type:PERM
Resource Name: rmt1
Resource Class: tape
Resource Type: 3590
Location:P1-I4/Z1-A3
VPD:
ManufacturerIBM
Machine Type and Model..03590H1A
Serial Number...000D5111
Device Specific.(FW)F2C5
Loadable Microcode LevelA0B00E26
Description
TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
Probable Causes
ADAPTER
TAPE DRIVE
Failure Causes
ADAPTER
TAPE DRIVE
Recommended Actions
PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES
Detail Data
SENSE DATA
0A03 5A00 3F00 0004 0200 0200
---
Re: 3590 Drive Problem
We had a problem similar to yours. We had a problem when we started our
TSM server up our drives failed. So I checked the /dev folder and
checked to see that the tape drives were there. What happened was our
device path had changed, and the new path was /dev/IBMtape0n when it
originally was /dev/IBMtape0. So maybe this may help. Good luck.
Aaron
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/29/2005 3:27:10 PM
I have a drive that from AIX lists as available. In TSM when i try to
define a path to the drive I get an ANR8420E DEFINE PATH: An I/O
error occured while accessing drive DRIVE1. and a ANS8001I Return
code 15.. Then below is what appears in the AIX error report.
I've doublechecked that the cabling and terminator looks ok and it
does. There is another 3590-H drive daisy-chained to this problem one
that is operating properly. The problem drive has been power cycled
and comes up fine (3590-H drive) but the described problem is still
repeatable.
Appreciate any ideas on how to proceed to troubleshoot this problem.
I'm thinking a service call for the drive is next..?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin$ errpt IDENTIFIER
TIMESTAMP T C RESOURCE_NAME DESCRIPTION
5537AC5F 1129170905 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170905 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
5537AC5F 1129170805 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170805 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
5537AC5F 1129170805 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170805 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
5537AC5F 1129170805 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170805 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
5537AC5F 1129170805 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170805 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
5537AC5F 1129170805 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0BA49C99 1129170805 T H scsi3 SCSI BUS ERROR
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin$ errpt -aj 5537AC5F |
more
---
LABEL: TAPE_ERR4
IDENTIFIER: 5537AC5F
Date/Time: Tue Nov 29 17:09:00 PST
Sequence Number: 51356
Machine Id: 000C057A4C00
Node Id: ps-bs-p610-01
Class: H
Type:PERM
Resource Name: rmt1
Resource Class: tape
Resource Type: 3590
Location:P1-I4/Z1-A3
VPD:
ManufacturerIBM
Machine Type and Model..03590H1A
Serial Number...000D5111
Device Specific.(FW)F2C5
Loadable Microcode LevelA0B00E26
Description
TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
Probable Causes
ADAPTER
TAPE DRIVE
Failure Causes
ADAPTER
TAPE DRIVE
Recommended Actions
PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES
Detail Data
SENSE DATA
0A03 5A00 3F00 0004 0200 0200
---
Re: 3590 Drive Problem
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 05:27:10PM -0800, Gerald wrote: I have a drive that from AIX lists as available. In TSM when i try to define a path to the drive I get an ANR8420E DEFINE PATH: An I/O error occured while accessing drive DRIVE1. and a ANS8001I Return code 15.. Then below is what appears in the AIX error report. Has this drive ever worked? If it has been de-cabled, or the lead drive has been removed, check the cables again. Make very sure that NONE of the pins are crossed over. If any of the ground lines are crossed, or not making contact, the drive may register (become available), but you won't be able to do anything with it. Check the terminators as well, and any place where the cable may have been disconnected. Those cables are very easy to bend pins on! If it was functioning and quit, and has not been disconnected, you may have a problem in the interface card pack on the drive. Also make sure that the interface you are connected to on the drive says it is online on the front panel. You can also rmdev the drive and do a mkdev on it to see if it comes back. If all else fails, have your CE run a SCSI wrap test after running card diags on the drive. just some thoughts. bob
