Re: DB Mirroring - Poll and question
Hi, I remember reading somewhere that a TSM DB should ideally not be allowed to grow passed 120GB before having another instance of TSM. You will find that you will have a major problem should you have to run an AUDITDB for example if you ever have errors in your DB. Instead of hours or a day, you would face an AUDIT of weeks, which happened to a TSM user in South Africa a while back. I would look into splitting the Server up. Regards Adrian Compton Aspen Pharmacare Port Elizabeth tel: +2741 4072855 Fax: +2741 453 7452 Cell: +27823204495 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim Sent: 21 August 2008 00:06 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question (using small voice) I guess it's not lots. 124,858,663 files, 131 TB occupancy, 90 GB database, ~100 clients. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Rodolfich Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:33 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question WOW, the 342 Million files is what is killing you but it still seems like an excessive amount of time. You mentioned Saturday as when it starts. You are running expiration daily aren't you? You should be able to run expiration and reclamation to completion each day or you need to look at another instance or configuration to meet your resource needs. If you don't complete expiration and reclamation daily, you will be queueing up unfinished work each day that will turn into a 24-48 hour expiration run(sounds like you are there). Expiration and reclamation go hand-in-hand. If your expiration doesn't complete then you reclamation can't either. As a result, you may have a good number of un-reclaimed and un-expired entries in your database. BTW, I have always been told, by my TSM mentors, that due to the database intensive nature of expiration, that it should always run by itself. Define LOTS? My specs are: 194GB DB 206TB Occupancy 342,194,690 files Schneider, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/20/2008 01:58 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question We need 4-6 hours for 90GB DB, ~100 clients. The servers have LOTS of files. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Michael Green Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:48 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question 48 hours sounds like an awfully looong time to me. On my busiest Linux server (90gb DB, ~100 clients) expiration completes in 20-30 minutes. -Original Message- From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 18:14 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question On my big, 194GB production Linux server, an EXPIRE INVENTORY runs 40-48 hours. Granted, the server is very busy performing other tasks such as client backups, stgbackups and such. The DB buffers and such are configured identically to the production server. On my first test expire run on my new test server (to which I reloaded the 194GB production DB), the expire ran in 10-hours - 1/4 of the usual time.
Re: Problem with 5.4 Solaris Client
Richard, I get... libCrun.so.1; SUNW_1.1; SUNW_1.2; SUNW_1.3; SUNW_1.4; SUNW_1.5; ...from the pvs. I just know the solution is going to be something very simple!!! Best Regards, =Adrian= -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: 20 August 2008 16:52 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Problem with 5.4 Solaris Client On Aug 20, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Davis, Adrian wrote: I'm trying the 5.4 client under Solaris (5.10 Generic_127111-10) and I'm getting the following error... ld.so.1: dsmc: fatal: libCrun.so.1: version `SUNW_1.5' not found (required by file /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmc) ld.so.1: dsmc: fatal: libCrun.so.1: open failed: No such file or directory ...I've got libCrun.so.1 in /usr/lib. The 5.3 client worked OK. Any ideas? Do pvs -d /usr/lib/libCrun.so.1 in Solaris and see if the 1.5 version is reflected. If not, pursue an up-to-date library. Possibly, that system is not current on patches. Richard Sims DISCLAIMER This message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity it is addressed to. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail. To see the full version of this disclaimer please visit the following address: http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/AboutThisSite/EmailDisclaimer.htm For advice and assistance about online security and protection from internet threats visit the Get Safe Online website at http://www.getsafeonline.org
Re: DB Mirroring - Poll and question
Why not use some old IBM scripts when comparing performance??? The scrips was orginally published under How to determine when disk tuning is needed for your ITSM server at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21141810. See discussion at http://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l@vm.marist.edu/msg51968.html On my first test expire run on my new test server (to which I reloaded the 194GB production DB), the expire ran in 10-hours - 1/4 of the usual time. Reload = Unload + load DB, or only a restore DB? //Henrik -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim Sent: den 21 augusti 2008 00:06 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question (using small voice) I guess it's not lots. 124,858,663 files, 131 TB occupancy, 90 GB database, ~100 clients. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Rodolfich Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:33 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question WOW, the 342 Million files is what is killing you but it still seems like an excessive amount of time. You mentioned Saturday as when it starts. You are running expiration daily aren't you? You should be able to run expiration and reclamation to completion each day or you need to look at another instance or configuration to meet your resource needs. If you don't complete expiration and reclamation daily, you will be queueing up unfinished work each day that will turn into a 24-48 hour expiration run(sounds like you are there). Expiration and reclamation go hand-in-hand. If your expiration doesn't complete then you reclamation can't either. As a result, you may have a good number of un-reclaimed and un-expired entries in your database. BTW, I have always been told, by my TSM mentors, that due to the database intensive nature of expiration, that it should always run by itself. Define LOTS? My specs are: 194GB DB 206TB Occupancy 342,194,690 files Schneider, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/20/2008 01:58 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question We need 4-6 hours for 90GB DB, ~100 clients. The servers have LOTS of files. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Michael Green Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:48 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question 48 hours sounds like an awfully looong time to me. On my busiest Linux server (90gb DB, ~100 clients) expiration completes in 20-30 minutes. -Original Message- From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 18:14 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question On my big, 194GB production Linux server, an EXPIRE INVENTORY runs 40-48 hours. Granted, the server is very busy performing other tasks such as client backups, stgbackups and such. The DB buffers and such are configured identically to the production server. On my first test expire run on my new test server (to which I reloaded the 194GB production DB), the expire ran in 10-hours - 1/4 of the usual time. --- The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination of the information or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message. Thank you.
Re: Problem with 5.4 Solaris Client
Adrian - Okay, good to have that verified. The only other thing I could think of is misdirection, where the environment under which the client execution is attempted has a LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable or the like in effect which is causing the loader to look in the wrong directories. If nothing apparent, you could try setting that var to /usr/lib. Beyond that, you might try invoking the client under the 'truss' or similar trace command for indications of where it is going astray. If all else fails, a TSM Support call may be needed, given that you had no such difficulty running the 5.3 client. Richard On Aug 21, 2008, at 3:46 AM, Davis, Adrian wrote: Richard, I get... libCrun.so.1; SUNW_1.1; SUNW_1.2; SUNW_1.3; SUNW_1.4; SUNW_1.5; ...from the pvs. I just know the solution is going to be something very simple!!! Best Regards, =Adrian=
Re: Problem with 5.4 Solaris Client
Richard, Thanks for the help - I had eventually worked it out - I knew it would be simple. I think I must have been suffering from a Senior Moment. An application has been installed on the machine that has its own (older version) of the library - and has put its library directory at the beginning of LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Thanks Again, =Adrian= -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: 21 August 2008 12:43 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Problem with 5.4 Solaris Client Adrian - Okay, good to have that verified. The only other thing I could think of is misdirection, where the environment under which the client execution is attempted has a LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable or the like in effect which is causing the loader to look in the wrong directories. If nothing apparent, you could try setting that var to /usr/lib. Beyond that, you might try invoking the client under the 'truss' or similar trace command for indications of where it is going astray. If all else fails, a TSM Support call may be needed, given that you had no such difficulty running the 5.3 client. Richard On Aug 21, 2008, at 3:46 AM, Davis, Adrian wrote: Richard, I get... libCrun.so.1; SUNW_1.1; SUNW_1.2; SUNW_1.3; SUNW_1.4; SUNW_1.5; ...from the pvs. I just know the solution is going to be something very simple!!! Best Regards, =Adrian= DISCLAIMER This message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity it is addressed to. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail. To see the full version of this disclaimer please visit the following address: http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/AboutThisSite/EmailDisclaimer.htm For advice and assistance about online security and protection from internet threats visit the Get Safe Online website at http://www.getsafeonline.org
TSM Skipping my Disk Pools
It looks as if in the last week or so nothing will backup to my disk pools, despite them not being full and showing as online. Each backup regardless of domain policy have been using their next storage pool. Is there something I'm missing that would make the library act this way? I feel like it's something Minor that may have changed. All disk pools show as online and read/write. I can kick off a manual migrate of data from disk to tape, but no clients are backing up to disk. It sounds like something ridiculous and easy... but can't seem to put my finger on it.
Re: DB Mirroring - Poll and question
No, we don't run it daily, since it runs so long and slows everything else down. I had thought about running timed expires, daily. Maybe it's time to turn that on. Nicholas Rodolfich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/20/2008 05:33 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question WOW, the 342 Million files is what is killing you but it still seems like an excessive amount of time. You mentioned Saturday as when it starts. You are running expiration daily aren't you? You should be able to run expiration and reclamation to completion each day or you need to look at another instance or configuration to meet your resource needs. If you don't complete expiration and reclamation daily, you will be queueing up unfinished work each day that will turn into a 24-48 hour expiration run(sounds like you are there). Expiration and reclamation go hand-in-hand. If your expiration doesn't complete then you reclamation can't either. As a result, you may have a good number of un-reclaimed and un-expired entries in your database. BTW, I have always been told, by my TSM mentors, that due to the database intensive nature of expiration, that it should always run by itself. Define LOTS? My specs are: 194GB DB 206TB Occupancy 342,194,690 files Schneider, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/20/2008 01:58 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question We need 4-6 hours for 90GB DB, ~100 clients. The servers have LOTS of files. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Michael Green Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:48 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question 48 hours sounds like an awfully looong time to me. On my busiest Linux server (90gb DB, ~100 clients) expiration completes in 20-30 minutes. -Original Message- From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 18:14 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question On my big, 194GB production Linux server, an EXPIRE INVENTORY runs 40-48 hours. Granted, the server is very busy performing other tasks such as client backups, stgbackups and such. The DB buffers and such are configured identically to the production server. On my first test expire run on my new test server (to which I reloaded the 194GB production DB), the expire ran in 10-hours - 1/4 of the usual time.
Re: TSM Skipping my Disk Pools
Check the disk pool to see if the High Mig Pct got set down to zero. (q stg poolname). And check to see if the Maximum Size Threshold got set to some incredibly small number (q stg poolname f=d). Tom -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Fox Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:12 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: TSM Skipping my Disk Pools It looks as if in the last week or so nothing will backup to my disk pools, despite them not being full and showing as online. Each backup regardless of domain policy have been using their next storage pool. Is there something I'm missing that would make the library act this way? I feel like it's something Minor that may have changed. All disk pools show as online and read/write. I can kick off a manual migrate of data from disk to tape, but no clients are backing up to disk. It sounds like something ridiculous and easy... but can't seem to put my finger on it. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.
Re: DB Mirroring - Poll and question
I've seen this recommendation grow over time. The Storage Symposium presenter, who mentioned it the last time I heard it, said its just a general number they come up with that is tied to the average server that TSM is installed on. It's a rule of thumb. As the hardware gets more powerful over time, they increase this number. So if you have a monster server that is above the average of what people have out there, you can definitely go above 120gB. Judge if your db size is appropriate based on DB performance with YOUR data, such as expiration time, database backups, etc Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 03:32 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question Hi, I remember reading somewhere that a TSM DB should ideally not be allowed to grow passed 120GB before having another instance of TSM. You will find that you will have a major problem should you have to run an AUDITDB for example if you ever have errors in your DB. Instead of hours or a day, you would face an AUDIT of weeks, which happened to a TSM user in South Africa a while back. I would look into splitting the Server up. Regards Adrian Compton Aspen Pharmacare Port Elizabeth tel: +2741 4072855 Fax: +2741 453 7452 Cell: +27823204495 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim Sent: 21 August 2008 00:06 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question (using small voice) I guess it's not lots. 124,858,663 files, 131 TB occupancy, 90 GB database, ~100 clients. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Rodolfich Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:33 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question WOW, the 342 Million files is what is killing you but it still seems like an excessive amount of time. You mentioned Saturday as when it starts. You are running expiration daily aren't you? You should be able to run expiration and reclamation to completion each day or you need to look at another instance or configuration to meet your resource needs. If you don't complete expiration and reclamation daily, you will be queueing up unfinished work each day that will turn into a 24-48 hour expiration run(sounds like you are there). Expiration and reclamation go hand-in-hand. If your expiration doesn't complete then you reclamation can't either. As a result, you may have a good number of un-reclaimed and un-expired entries in your database. BTW, I have always been told, by my TSM mentors, that due to the database intensive nature of expiration, that it should always run by itself. Define LOTS? My specs are: 194GB DB 206TB Occupancy 342,194,690 files Schneider, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/20/2008 01:58 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question We need 4-6 hours for 90GB DB, ~100 clients. The servers have LOTS of files. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Michael Green Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:48 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question 48 hours sounds like an awfully looong time to me. On my busiest Linux server (90gb DB, ~100 clients) expiration completes in 20-30 minutes. -Original Message- From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 18:14 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question On my big, 194GB production Linux server, an EXPIRE INVENTORY runs 40-48 hours. Granted, the server is very busy performing other tasks such as client backups, stgbackups and such. The DB buffers and such are configured identically to the production server. On my first test expire run on my new test server (to which I reloaded the 194GB production DB), the expire ran in 10-hours - 1/4 of the usual time. This message and any attachments (the message) is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.
Re: DB Mirroring - Poll and question
I saw these on this page: http://www.lascon.co.uk/d005002.htm Also, The latest performance tuning guide database performance section: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.itsmm.doc/b_perf_tuning_guide27.htm Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 04:17 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question Why not use some old IBM scripts when comparing performance??? The scrips was orginally published under How to determine when disk tuning is needed for your ITSM server at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21141810. See discussion at http://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l@vm.marist.edu/msg51968.html On my first test expire run on my new test server (to which I reloaded the 194GB production DB), the expire ran in 10-hours - 1/4 of the usual time. Reload = Unload + load DB, or only a restore DB? //Henrik -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim Sent: den 21 augusti 2008 00:06 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question (using small voice) I guess it's not lots. 124,858,663 files, 131 TB occupancy, 90 GB database, ~100 clients. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Rodolfich Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:33 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question WOW, the 342 Million files is what is killing you but it still seems like an excessive amount of time. You mentioned Saturday as when it starts. You are running expiration daily aren't you? You should be able to run expiration and reclamation to completion each day or you need to look at another instance or configuration to meet your resource needs. If you don't complete expiration and reclamation daily, you will be queueing up unfinished work each day that will turn into a 24-48 hour expiration run(sounds like you are there). Expiration and reclamation go hand-in-hand. If your expiration doesn't complete then you reclamation can't either. As a result, you may have a good number of un-reclaimed and un-expired entries in your database. BTW, I have always been told, by my TSM mentors, that due to the database intensive nature of expiration, that it should always run by itself. Define LOTS? My specs are: 194GB DB 206TB Occupancy 342,194,690 files Schneider, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/20/2008 01:58 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question We need 4-6 hours for 90GB DB, ~100 clients. The servers have LOTS of files. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Michael Green Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:48 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question 48 hours sounds like an awfully looong time to me. On my busiest Linux server (90gb DB, ~100 clients) expiration completes in 20-30 minutes. -Original Message- From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 18:14 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question On my big, 194GB production Linux server, an EXPIRE INVENTORY runs 40-48 hours. Granted, the server is very busy performing other tasks such as client backups, stgbackups and such. The DB buffers and such are configured identically to the production server. On my first test expire run on my new test server (to which I reloaded the 194GB production DB), the expire ran in 10-hours - 1/4 of the usual time. --- The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination of the information or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message. Thank you. This message and any attachments (the message) is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.
Re: DB Mirroring - Poll and question
Well, so far my experimenting with this brand new, totally unused, freshly loaded DB, has yield some interesting results. The first run with a single 194GB DB (versus the production which has many smaller DB volumes to comprise the 194GB) took 12-hours. There were no DBcopies. The second run (2-days later to allow some things to expire) with DBcopies on a separate physical volume, took 11-hours. So basically, even if I tried to run an expire every day, it would still encroach into the daily backups, significantly slowing them down. My next trick is to increase the BUFPOOLSIZE to 2GB (up from 1.5GB) and see if that makes a significant improvement. It seems I have hit a structural/performance limit, which is why I have this new server - to move things off this server. Unfortunately, we have some heavy-hitters (one node has over 50M entries). Nicholas Rodolfich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/20/2008 05:33 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question WOW, the 342 Million files is what is killing you but it still seems like an excessive amount of time. You mentioned Saturday as when it starts. You are running expiration daily aren't you? You should be able to run expiration and reclamation to completion each day or you need to look at another instance or configuration to meet your resource needs. If you don't complete expiration and reclamation daily, you will be queueing up unfinished work each day that will turn into a 24-48 hour expiration run(sounds like you are there). Expiration and reclamation go hand-in-hand. If your expiration doesn't complete then you reclamation can't either. As a result, you may have a good number of un-reclaimed and un-expired entries in your database. BTW, I have always been told, by my TSM mentors, that due to the database intensive nature of expiration, that it should always run by itself. Define LOTS? My specs are: 194GB DB 206TB Occupancy 342,194,690 files Schneider, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/20/2008 01:58 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question We need 4-6 hours for 90GB DB, ~100 clients. The servers have LOTS of files. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Michael Green Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:48 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question 48 hours sounds like an awfully looong time to me. On my busiest Linux server (90gb DB, ~100 clients) expiration completes in 20-30 minutes. -Original Message- From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 18:14 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll and question On my big, 194GB production Linux server, an EXPIRE INVENTORY runs 40-48 hours. Granted, the server is very busy performing other tasks such as client backups, stgbackups and such. The DB buffers and such are configured identically to the production server. On my first test expire run on my new test server (to which I reloaded the 194GB production DB), the expire ran in 10-hours - 1/4 of the usual time.
reclaim stgpool
Hi *, We have recently started to use the reclaim stgpool command. What is the most efficient way to use this command ? How are users using the offsitereclaimlimit and threshold settings ? We are reclaiming tapes, but not nearly as efficiently as before when we would use the reclaim=60 parameter . We are at TSM 5.4.3 running on AIX 5.3 TL8. Rich Standard Life : 175 ans au coeur de nos vies Standard Life: Part of our lives for 175 years
Re: reclaim stgpool
We still use the thresholds instead of the reclaim stg command. I would make the switch if they added an endtime option as opposed to the duration it currently has. Our daily maintenance processes vary greatly in the amount of time they take to complete each day, so duration is completely useless for us. I would prefer the reclaim stg command because the process are actually canceled when the Duration lapses. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 10:21 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] reclaim stgpool Hi *, We have recently started to use the reclaim stgpool command. What is the most efficient way to use this command ? How are users using the offsitereclaimlimit and threshold settings ? We are reclaiming tapes, but not nearly as efficiently as before when we would use the reclaim=60 parameter . We are at TSM 5.4.3 running on AIX 5.3 TL8. Rich Standard Life : 175 ans au coeur de nos vies Standard Life: Part of our lives for 175 years This message and any attachments (the message) is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.
Re: reclaim stgpool
I built a stupid little script to compute the time in minutes from 'now' to our designated end-time. It then fires off reclaim stg commands with the calculated duration. Works OK for us. Tom -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:14 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: reclaim stgpool We still use the thresholds instead of the reclaim stg command. I would make the switch if they added an endtime option as opposed to the duration it currently has. Our daily maintenance processes vary greatly in the amount of time they take to complete each day, so duration is completely useless for us. I would prefer the reclaim stg command because the process are actually canceled when the Duration lapses. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 10:21 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] reclaim stgpool Hi *, We have recently started to use the reclaim stgpool command. What is the most efficient way to use this command ? How are users using the offsitereclaimlimit and threshold settings ? We are reclaiming tapes, but not nearly as efficiently as before when we would use the reclaim=60 parameter . We are at TSM 5.4.3 running on AIX 5.3 TL8. Rich Standard Life : 175 ans au coeur de nos vies Standard Life: Part of our lives for 175 years This message and any attachments (the message) is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.
Re: reclaim stgpool
a TSM script? or a shell script? If it's a TSM script, can you post it? Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 11:29 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] reclaim stgpool I built a stupid little script to compute the time in minutes from 'now' to our designated end-time. It then fires off reclaim stg commands with the calculated duration. Works OK for us. Tom -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:14 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: reclaim stgpool We still use the thresholds instead of the reclaim stg command. I would make the switch if they added an endtime option as opposed to the duration it currently has. Our daily maintenance processes vary greatly in the amount of time they take to complete each day, so duration is completely useless for us. I would prefer the reclaim stg command because the process are actually canceled when the Duration lapses. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 10:21 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] reclaim stgpool Hi *, We have recently started to use the reclaim stgpool command. What is the most efficient way to use this command ? How are users using the offsitereclaimlimit and threshold settings ? We are reclaiming tapes, but not nearly as efficiently as before when we would use the reclaim=60 parameter . We are at TSM 5.4.3 running on AIX 5.3 TL8. Rich Standard Life : 175 ans au coeur de nos vies Standard Life: Part of our lives for 175 years This message and any attachments (the message) is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.
Rebinding files to a new management class?
Hi Everyone! If I have a particular file system, /u01, that had been receiving the default management class, but I would like it to now have the mc365 management class assigned to it in the include/exclude list, will all files backed up under the /u01 file system be rebound to the mc365 management class tonight when it does it's incremental backup? I just wanted to make sure that I was 100% sure about this. Thanks so much! Rebinding associates a file or a logical volume image with a new management class. Backups of files are bound again to a different management class in the following conditions. In each condition, the files (active and inactive) are not bound again until the next backup. You specify a different management class in an Include statement to change the management class for the file. The backups are managed based on the old management class until you run another backup. Your administrator deletes the management class from your active policy set. The default management class is used to manage the backup versions when you back up the file again. Your administrator assigns your client node to a different policy domain and the active policy set in that domain does not have a management class with the same name. The default management class for the new policy domain is used to manage the backup versions. Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rebinding files to a new management class?
All files will be rebound, save those that are strictly inactive (such as files that have been deleted from the client but have not yet expired). -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) CDW Berbee System engineer 7145 Boone Avenue North, Suite 140 Brooklyn Park MN 55428-1511 763-592-5963 www.berbee.com -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joni Moyer Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:15 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Rebinding files to a new management class? Hi Everyone! If I have a particular file system, /u01, that had been receiving the default management class, but I would like it to now have the mc365 management class assigned to it in the include/exclude list, will all files backed up under the /u01 file system be rebound to the mc365 management class tonight when it does it's incremental backup? I just wanted to make sure that I was 100% sure about this. Thanks so much! Rebinding associates a file or a logical volume image with a new management class. Backups of files are bound again to a different management class in the following conditions. In each condition, the files (active and inactive) are not bound again until the next backup. You specify a different management class in an Include statement to change the management class for the file. The backups are managed based on the old management class until you run another backup. Your administrator deletes the management class from your active policy set. The default management class is used to manage the backup versions when you back up the file again. Your administrator assigns your client node to a different policy domain and the active policy set in that domain does not have a management class with the same name. The default management class for the new policy domain is used to manage the backup versions. Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rebinding files to a new management class?
And see also the Technote for Retention modification for subset of data in a management class. thanks! lisa -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Stapleton Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:25 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Rebinding files to a new management class? All files will be rebound, save those that are strictly inactive (such as files that have been deleted from the client but have not yet expired). -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) CDW Berbee System engineer 7145 Boone Avenue North, Suite 140 Brooklyn Park MN 55428-1511 763-592-5963 www.berbee.com -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joni Moyer Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:15 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Rebinding files to a new management class? Hi Everyone! If I have a particular file system, /u01, that had been receiving the default management class, but I would like it to now have the mc365 management class assigned to it in the include/exclude list, will all files backed up under the /u01 file system be rebound to the mc365 management class tonight when it does it's incremental backup? I just wanted to make sure that I was 100% sure about this. Thanks so much! Rebinding associates a file or a logical volume image with a new management class. Backups of files are bound again to a different management class in the following conditions. In each condition, the files (active and inactive) are not bound again until the next backup. You specify a different management class in an Include statement to change the management class for the file. The backups are managed based on the old management class until you run another backup. Your administrator deletes the management class from your active policy set. The default management class is used to manage the backup versions when you back up the file again. Your administrator assigns your client node to a different policy domain and the active policy set in that domain does not have a management class with the same name. The default management class for the new policy domain is used to manage the backup versions. Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rebinding files to a new management class?
Hi Lisa, Do you have a link to that technote? I'm not seeing it on the IBM site. Thanks! Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laughlin, Lisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 12:32 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Rebinding files to a new management class? And see also the Technote for Retention modification for subset of data in a management class. thanks! lisa -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Stapleton Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:25 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Rebinding files to a new management class? All files will be rebound, save those that are strictly inactive (such as files that have been deleted from the client but have not yet expired). -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) CDW Berbee System engineer 7145 Boone Avenue North, Suite 140 Brooklyn Park MN 55428-1511 763-592-5963 www.berbee.com -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joni Moyer Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:15 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Rebinding files to a new management class? Hi Everyone! If I have a particular file system, /u01, that had been receiving the default management class, but I would like it to now have the mc365 management class assigned to it in the include/exclude list, will all files backed up under the /u01 file system be rebound to the mc365 management class tonight when it does it's incremental backup? I just wanted to make sure that I was 100% sure about this. Thanks so much! Rebinding associates a file or a logical volume image with a new management class. Backups of files are bound again to a different management class in the following conditions. In each condition, the files (active and inactive) are not bound again until the next backup. You specify a different management class in an Include statement to change the management class for the file. The backups are managed based on the old management class until you run another backup. Your administrator deletes the management class from your active policy set. The default management class is used to manage the backup versions when you back up the file again. Your administrator assigns your client node to a different policy domain and the active policy set in that domain does not have a management class with the same name. The default management class for the new policy domain is used to manage the backup versions. Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rebinding files to a new management class?
Athttp://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/ IBMTivoliStorageManager.html searching on Retention modification for subset of data reveals Technote 1234247 On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Joni Moyer wrote: Hi Lisa, Do you have a link to that technote? I'm not seeing it on the IBM site. Thanks! Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laughlin, Lisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 12:32 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Rebinding files to a new management class? And see also the Technote for Retention modification for subset of data in a management class.
Re: Rebinding files to a new management class?
Thank you everyone for your input to this issue! I really appreciate the quick response! Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Richard Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 12:45 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Rebinding files to a new management class? Athttp://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/ IBMTivoliStorageManager.html searching on Retention modification for subset of data reveals Technote 1234247 On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Joni Moyer wrote: Hi Lisa, Do you have a link to that technote? I'm not seeing it on the IBM site. Thanks! Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laughlin, Lisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 12:32 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Rebinding files to a new management class? And see also the Technote for Retention modification for subset of data in a management class.
Re: Migration
Hello Everyone I have a question regarding Migration We are running Tivoli 5.4.1.1. on a windows platform, using a Quantum DXI 5500 VTL. My question is during a migration which tapes are used first, tapes that are not full or scratch tapes. Meaning will TSM fill up a tape to 100% then use scratch tapes or if scratch tapes are available it uses them first. Thank you Jim --- Confidentiality Notice: The information in this e-mail and any attachments thereto is intended for the named recipient(s) only. This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain information that is privileged and confidential and subject to legal restrictions and penalties regarding its unauthorized disclosure or other use. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action or inaction in reliance on the contents of this e-mail and any of its attachments is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender via return e-mail; delete this e-mail and all attachments from your e-mail system and your computer system and network; and destroy any paper copies you may have in your possession. Thank you for your cooperation.
Re: TSM Skipping my Disk Pools
Well with all my 'vast' knowledge and experience it definitely was something remedial. After rebooting the system about half the disk vol's came up in read only. Of course none of which I had checked initially. I'm back up and running after they went read-only somehow. Is there a particular reason they would have changed to read only? weird. Thanks again guys! On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Kauffman, Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check the disk pool to see if the High Mig Pct got set down to zero. (q stg poolname). And check to see if the Maximum Size Threshold got set to some incredibly small number (q stg poolname f=d). Tom -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Fox Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:12 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: TSM Skipping my Disk Pools It looks as if in the last week or so nothing will backup to my disk pools, despite them not being full and showing as online. Each backup regardless of domain policy have been using their next storage pool. Is there something I'm missing that would make the library act this way? I feel like it's something Minor that may have changed. All disk pools show as online and read/write. I can kick off a manual migrate of data from disk to tape, but no clients are backing up to disk. It sounds like something ridiculous and easy... but can't seem to put my finger on it. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.
Re: Migration
Check out the entry for Filling on here: http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 01:12 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Migration Hello Everyone I have a question regarding Migration We are running Tivoli 5.4.1.1. on a windows platform, using a Quantum DXI 5500 VTL. My question is during a migration which tapes are used first, tapes that are not full or scratch tapes. Meaning will TSM fill up a tape to 100% then use scratch tapes or if scratch tapes are available it uses them first. Thank you Jim --- Confidentiality Notice: The information in this e-mail and any attachments thereto is intended for the named recipient(s) only. This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain information that is privileged and confidential and subject to legal restrictions and penalties regarding its unauthorized disclosure or other use. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action or inaction in reliance on the contents of this e-mail and any of its attachments is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender via return e-mail; delete this e-mail and all attachments from your e-mail system and your computer system and network; and destroy any paper copies you may have in your possession. Thank you for your cooperation. This message and any attachments (the message) is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.
Re: Migration
On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:12 PM, Lepre, James wrote: Hello Everyone I have a question regarding Migration We are running Tivoli 5.4.1.1. on a windows platform, using a Quantum DXI 5500 VTL. My question is during a migration which tapes are used first, tapes that are not full or scratch tapes. Meaning will TSM fill up a tape to 100% then use scratch tapes or if scratch tapes are available it uses them first. TSM's practice is to use Filling tapes, where they are fully eligible (in library, writable, and mountable or mounted and idle). It will span to a scratch tape. If there are multiple Filling tapes, it tends to leave the other one behind, until there are no more tapes, in which case it will relent and use that otherwise orphaned Filling tape. Where a Filling tape is in use by another session/process, or is dismounting when TSM needs another tape to continue writing, it goes for a scratch - which is how the orphan can result. Richard Sims
FW: Retention modification for subset of data in a management class.
Joni- let me know if the link doesn’t come through- lisa Feed: Tivoli - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Posted on: Monday, July 07, 2008 10:20 AM Author: Tivoli - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Subject: Retention modification for subset of data in a management class. Changing the retention for some data within a management class without changing the retention for everything. View article... http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663context=SSGSG7dc=DB520dc=DB560uid=swg21234247loc=en_UScs=UTF-8lang=enrss=ct663tivoli
Exchange Cluster, CCR and TDP Backups
Could someone point me to some information on backing up an Exchange cluster, non-shared disk and CCR replication? I'm concerned that if I set up the TDP backups as a cluster resource to fail-over when Exchange fails over, that backing up different storage will cause me problems in a restore. Or is that a non-issue and I should just setup TDP backups to fail-over and keep backing up with the same frequency? Exchange2007, Windows2003 cluster, non-shared disk. Bill Boyer Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity. - ??
Clustering TSM servers?
How common is it for sites to cluster TSM servers? I'm looking for my next TSM position and have found at least one situation, perhaps two, where the would-be client wants TSM administrators who are familiar with CSM in an AIX/p-series environment. As far as I can tell, that implies setting up the TSM servers to fail-over so that if one fails, a hot-spare immediately covers for it. I've never heard of this, and I've worked in a couple of large, multi-TSM server environments. My working theory is that someone took an AIX administrator set of requirements as a template and didn't remove enough extraneous buzzwords, but if more sites than I realize are clustering TSM servers, I guess I should know that, too. Thanks, Nick
Re: Clustering TSM servers?
On Aug 21, 2008, at 21:44 , Nick Laflamme wrote: How common is it for sites to cluster TSM servers? I know of some organizations that at one time or the other used to run TSM in a HACMP cluster. Most (if not all) decided that the current IBM p series hardware has so much built-in resilience (or redundancy) that hacmp only adds complexity without much benefits, esp in multi-CEC p570 systems. So yes, there used to be quite a few, and currently, well fewer and fewer. Hardware failure in a p5 system is so rarely fully service affecting that it's just not worth it. Now, remember it's only backups. You could possibly argue having a cold-standby TSM server on a remote location, running some automated db restore script that will allow you to get started again in very little time with a very short rpo, but HACMP or other fail-over clusters make no sense to me. I'm looking for my next TSM position and have found at least one situation, perhaps two, where the would-be client wants TSM administrators who are familiar with CSM in an AIX/p-series environment. As far as I can tell, that implies setting up the TSM servers to fail-over so that if one fails, a hot-spare immediately covers for it. I've never heard of this, and I've worked in a couple of large, multi-TSM server environments. My working theory is that someone took an AIX administrator set of requirements as a template and didn't remove enough extraneous buzzwords, but if more sites than I realize are clustering TSM servers, I guess I should know that, too. Thanks, Nick -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TSM reporting
Hello, Can anyone tell me where I can download the tool for TSM reporting. My current version is 5.4.3.0. Thanks. Avy Wong Business Continuity Administrator Mohegan Sun 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd Uncasville, CT 06382 (860)862-8164 (cell) (860)961-6976
Fw: Clustering TSM servers?
Nick,; Check out Redbook SG24-6679 - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager in a Clustered Environment. The date's a little old, but the concepts haven't changed. Nick Cassimatis - Forwarded by Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM on 08/21/2008 04:21 PM - ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 08/21/2008 03:44:37 PM: [image removed] Clustering TSM servers? Nick Laflamme to: ADSM-L 08/21/2008 04:08 PM Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager. How common is it for sites to cluster TSM servers? I'm looking for my next TSM position and have found at least one situation, perhaps two, where the would-be client wants TSM administrators who are familiar with CSM in an AIX/p-series environment. As far as I can tell, that implies setting up the TSM servers to fail-over so that if one fails, a hot-spare immediately covers for it. I've never heard of this, and I've worked in a couple of large, multi-TSM server environments. My working theory is that someone took an AIX administrator set of requirements as a template and didn't remove enough extraneous buzzwords, but if more sites than I realize are clustering TSM servers, I guess I should know that, too. Thanks, Nick
Re: TSM reporting
Download it in IBM Passport. The same place you get the base-level TSM Server software. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 04:12 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] TSM reporting Hello, Can anyone tell me where I can download the tool for TSM reporting. My current version is 5.4.3.0. Thanks. Avy Wong Business Continuity Administrator Mohegan Sun 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd Uncasville, CT 06382 (860)862-8164 (cell) (860)961-6976 This message and any attachments (the message) is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.
Re: TSM reporting
Thanks. Avy Wong Business Continuity Administrator Mohegan Sun 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd Uncasville, CT 06382 (860)862-8164 (cell) (860)961-6976 Shawn Drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] CAS.BNPPARIBAS.CO To MADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent by: ADSM:cc Dist Stor Manager Subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: [ADSM-L] TSM reporting .EDU 08/21/2008 04:39 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU Download it in IBM Passport. The same place you get the base-level TSM Server software. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/21/2008 04:12 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] TSM reporting Hello, Can anyone tell me where I can download the tool for TSM reporting. My current version is 5.4.3.0. Thanks. Avy Wong Business Continuity Administrator Mohegan Sun 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd Uncasville, CT 06382 (860)862-8164 (cell) (860)961-6976 This message and any attachments (the message) is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.
Re: TSM reporting
Hello Avy, ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/server/NT/5.4.3.2/ ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/server/NT/5.5.0.3/ Cheers, Tomas From: Avy Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 08/21/2008 03:26 PM Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM reporting Hello, Can anyone tell me where I can download the tool for TSM reporting. My current version is 5.4.3.0. Thanks. Avy Wong Business Continuity Administrator Mohegan Sun 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd Uncasville, CT 06382 (860)862-8164 (cell) (860)961-6976
TSM Administrative Tasks
It's taking me forever, but I'm still developing the outline for my latest book. I have a question for you about managing a TSM system. What are the things you find yourself doing on a regular basis and how do you do them? Let me give you a few examples. 1. Monitoring backup success/failure. a. CLI b. TSM web interface c. third party product 2. Rerunning failed/missed backups 3. Putting tapes in a tape library, making them ready to use 4. Getting tapes offsite a. I send originals and don't make copies b. I send copies and make them via scripting c. I tell TSM how many copies and it manages everything 5. Expiration a. Run it every day/once a week, etc 6. Reclamation a. I set my threshold and forget it b. I set my threshold to 100% during backups, then back to my desired threshold after backups are done c. I set my threshold to 100% during backups, then gradually increase decrease my reclamation threshold 7. Make backup sets/instant archives a. If you use them, what do you use them for? 8. Active data pool 9. Monitoring for capacity/throughput issues a. Splitting/migrating part of a TSM instance to another instance 10. Installing new clients I'm not taking a survey of the different methods, here. I don't need to know how many people are doing what -- I'm just trying to make sure my list of administrative tasks is complete. Thanks in advance for any help. Curtis Preston | VP Data Protection GlassHouse Technologies, Inc. T: +1 760 710 2004 | C: +1 760 419 5838 | F: +1 760 710 2009 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.glasshouse.com http://www.glasshouse.com/ Infrastructure :: Optimized This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
Re: TSM Administrative Tasks
Under the reclamation section: D. I don't mess with thresholds at all and use the reclaim stg process with/without duration limits. (NOTE: this allows running multiple processes against the same pool where just setting thresholds does not, and many other benefits.) Under Installing new clients: A. Data Protection Agents and their quirks. (Include setting up Policy Domains for each type, i.e. Oracle is setup completely different from SQL Server, which is completely different from Exchange, etc.). B. File Backup/Archive tweaks. You might want to discuss how to get / direct data from clients to specific media i.e. Disk, Tape, Centera, Optical, VTL, disk file type, etc. and migrating / copying data between them. (setting hi lo thresholds for migration as opposed to using the migrate stg command, using move data, etc.) See Ya' Howard -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis Preston Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:14 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM Administrative Tasks It's taking me forever, but I'm still developing the outline for my latest book. I have a question for you about managing a TSM system. What are the things you find yourself doing on a regular basis and how do you do them? Let me give you a few examples. 1.Monitoring backup success/failure. a. CLI b. TSM web interface c. third party product 2.Rerunning failed/missed backups 3.Putting tapes in a tape library, making them ready to use 4.Getting tapes offsite a. I send originals and don't make copies b. I send copies and make them via scripting c. I tell TSM how many copies and it manages everything 5.Expiration a. Run it every day/once a week, etc 6.Reclamation a. I set my threshold and forget it b. I set my threshold to 100% during backups, then back to my desired threshold after backups are done c. I set my threshold to 100% during backups, then gradually increase decrease my reclamation threshold 7.Make backup sets/instant archives a. If you use them, what do you use them for? 8.Active data pool 9.Monitoring for capacity/throughput issues a. Splitting/migrating part of a TSM instance to another instance 10. Installing new clients I'm not taking a survey of the different methods, here. I don't need to know how many people are doing what -- I'm just trying to make sure my list of administrative tasks is complete. Thanks in advance for any help. Curtis Preston | VP Data Protection GlassHouse Technologies, Inc.
