Re: TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7.
It Works for me I have AC 6.2 and IE8 with the normal not to fast response times Met vriendelijke groet, Theo Brettschneider +31 (0) 6 29 02 13 53 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Prather, Wanda Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:25 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7. Dave: Does that mean that TSM 6.2 AC is now SUPPORTED on IE8? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Canan Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 8:01 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7. There's nothing wrong with your workstation. This is a known problem, and the issue here is with the javescript engine that is in IE. It is REALLY bad in IE6, a little better in IE7, and even better with IE8. But I would stick with FF for now. Dave Canan IBM ATS TSM Performance ddcananATUSDOTIBMDOTCOM 916-723-2410 On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Vandeventer, Harold [BS] harold.vandeven...@da.ks.gov wrote: I've installed TSM 6.2.2 and its related Admin Center on powerful Windows 2008 R2 servers. My issue seems to be using IE 7 as the interface to Admin Center. It takes up to a minute to change tabs from Storage Devices to Manage Servers. Similar delays and frequent script timeout errors when changing from one area to another or clicking update table. I looked at Admin Center server performance a bit (CPU%, etc) but didn't see any obvious roadblocks. On a whim, I tried Firefox 3.6.10. The difference: nearly instantaneous refresh of the Admin Center screens using Firefox. Is anyone else seeing a similar behavior or is it just my workstation? Thanks for any comments; Harold.
Re: TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7.
I am trying to use Firefox for a long time but I cannot get a connection. It keeps telling me The proxy server is refusing connections do you have any recommendations for me Met vriendelijke groet, Theo Brettschneider +31 (0) 6 29 02 13 53 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Vandeventer, Harold [BS] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:12 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7. I've installed TSM 6.2.2 and its related Admin Center on powerful Windows 2008 R2 servers. My issue seems to be using IE 7 as the interface to Admin Center. It takes up to a minute to change tabs from Storage Devices to Manage Servers. Similar delays and frequent script timeout errors when changing from one area to another or clicking update table. I looked at Admin Center server performance a bit (CPU%, etc) but didn't see any obvious roadblocks. On a whim, I tried Firefox 3.6.10. The difference: nearly instantaneous refresh of the Admin Center screens using Firefox. Is anyone else seeing a similar behavior or is it just my workstation? Thanks for any comments; Harold.
Re: how to find a particular node retention period?
Your backup wil allways follow the default management class unless you specify another managementclass behind an include statement Met vriendelijke groet, Theo Brettschneider +31 (0) 6 29 02 13 53 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Arul Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 5:38 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] how to find a particular node retention period? hi Guys, kindly assit me how to find a particular node retention period? Example: i am having two mgmt class such as MGMT1 MGMT 2 both are in same domain DOM1 while taking backup, at what retention period the backup will be done? tsm: ADMIN_SERVER1q co dom1 PolicyPolicyMgmt Copy Versions Versions Retain Retain DomainSet Name Class Group Data DataExtra Only NameName NameExists Deleted Versions Version - - - - --- DOM1 ACTIVEMGMT1 STANDARD 21 30 60 DOM1 ACTIVEMGMT2 STANDARD 21 180 60 DOM1 POLI1 MGMT1 STANDARD 21 30 60 DOM1 POLI1 MGMT2 STANDARD 21 180 60 sm: ADMIN_SERVER1q mgmt f=d Policy Domain Name: DOM1 Policy Set Name: ACTIVE Mgmt Class Name: MGMT1 Default Mgmt Class ?: No Description: Space Management Technique: None Auto-Migrate on Non-Use: 0 Migration Requires Backup?: Yes Migration Destination: SPACEMGPOOL ast Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 04/27/2011 21:19:15 Managing profile: Changes Pending: No Policy Domain Name: DOM1 Policy Set Name: ACTIVE Mgmt Class Name: MGMT2 Default Mgmt Class ?: Yes Description: Space Management Technique: None Auto-Migrate on Non-Use: 0 Migration Requires Backup?: Yes Migration Destination: SPACEMGPOOL ast Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 05/03/2011 20:41:48 Managing profile: Changes Pending: No Policy Domain Name: DOM1 Policy Set Name: POLI1 Mgmt Class Name: MGMT1 Default Mgmt Class ?: No Description: Space Management Technique: None Auto-Migrate on Non-Use: 0 Migration Requires Backup?: Yes Migration Destination: SPACEMGPOOL ast Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 04/27/2011 21:19:15 Managing profile: Changes Pending: No Policy Domain Name: DOM1 Policy Set Name: POLI1 Mgmt Class Name: MGMT2 Default Mgmt Class ?: Yes Description: Space Management Technique: None Auto-Migrate on Non-Use: 0 Migration Requires Backup?: Yes Migration Destination: SPACEMGPOOL ast Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 05/03/2011 20:41:48 Managing profile: Changes Pending: No Thanks Arul +-- |This was sent by arulkumar9...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Re: TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7.
I believe there are several defects On IE 8, that's why we do not officially declared about that. And AC 6.2 only declared work with Firefox 3.5- This is the document, you can refer to Additional Software section. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21410467 Please use Firefox 3.0 or early version, which has been tested. Thanks, Hunter
Re: TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7.
Basically the same here. IE7 is way too slow and FF 3.6.16 is just right. David Tyree Interface Analyst South Georgia Medical Center 229.333.1155 Confidential Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Vandeventer, Harold [BS] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 4:12 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7. I've installed TSM 6.2.2 and its related Admin Center on powerful Windows 2008 R2 servers. My issue seems to be using IE 7 as the interface to Admin Center. It takes up to a minute to change tabs from Storage Devices to Manage Servers. Similar delays and frequent script timeout errors when changing from one area to another or clicking update table. I looked at Admin Center server performance a bit (CPU%, etc) but didn't see any obvious roadblocks. On a whim, I tried Firefox 3.6.10. The difference: nearly instantaneous refresh of the Admin Center screens using Firefox. Is anyone else seeing a similar behavior or is it just my workstation? Thanks for any comments; Harold.
Re: TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7.
The restrictions cited in the Technote serve as further evidence that Java is a failure and liability as a software execution environment. Every package we come upon that employs Java imposes severe restrictions within which it will function, with specific Java requirements that can make it impossible to implement multiple Java-based applications in the same computer because of their conflicting requirements. Past postings in the ADSM-L archives express customer dissatisfaction in dealing with Java. The fragmentation and disparities in Java make it an IT liability. IBM obviously went to Java so as to have a develop-once approach for writing software for multiple platforms. But while Java is a convenience for developers, it is perpetually problematic for customers. As a software developer, I view Java as a fad which has fallen flat, creating more problems than it solves, getting worse rather than better over time. Richard Sims On May 4, 2011, at 7:12 AM, Wei JW Ji wrote: I believe there are several defects On IE 8, that's why we do not officially declared about that. And AC 6.2 only declared work with Firefox 3.5- This is the document, you can refer to Additional Software section. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21410467 Please use Firefox 3.0 or early version, which has been tested. Thanks, Hunter
Restoration of a windows shared directory
Tsm client 6.2.1, windows 2003, using tsm server 5.5.4 suse sles9 under vm 5.3. I have a user who restored a directory on a server which had been shared out across the network. When the directory was restored, that sharing definition was not there. I don't know how windows accomplishses this, so could not answer his questions. Does tsm restore whindows shares? In his case, he had to reshare the restored folder. I hope I am making myself clear. Looked in the client manual, but didn't see it if it was there. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310
Re: Restoration of a windows shared directory
Windows shares are kept in the registry which is a component of the system state backup. However, restoring the system state to recover a single share COULD cause more issues than it would resolve. Better off just recreating it. ~Rick -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary D. Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:16 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Restoration of a windows shared directory Tsm client 6.2.1, windows 2003, using tsm server 5.5.4 suse sles9 under vm 5.3. I have a user who restored a directory on a server which had been shared out across the network. When the directory was restored, that sharing definition was not there. I don't know how windows accomplishses this, so could not answer his questions. Does tsm restore whindows shares? In his case, he had to reshare the restored folder. I hope I am making myself clear. Looked in the client manual, but didn't see it if it was there. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310
Re: TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7.
Wanda, Wei Ji is correct on her post. IE8 might be working with the current level of AC, but it is NOT supported. The next release of TSM (V6.3) and the AC that comes with it WILL support IE8. IE9 will not yet be supported with V6.3. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Prather, Wanda wprat...@icfi.com wrote: Dave: Does that mean that TSM 6.2 AC is now SUPPORTED on IE8? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Canan Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 8:01 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7. There's nothing wrong with your workstation. This is a known problem, and the issue here is with the javescript engine that is in IE. It is REALLY bad in IE6, a little better in IE7, and even better with IE8. But I would stick with FF for now. Dave Canan IBM ATS TSM Performance ddcananATUSDOTIBMDOTCOM 916-723-2410 On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Vandeventer, Harold [BS] harold.vandeven...@da.ks.gov wrote: I've installed TSM 6.2.2 and its related Admin Center on powerful Windows 2008 R2 servers. My issue seems to be using IE 7 as the interface to Admin Center. It takes up to a minute to change tabs from Storage Devices to Manage Servers. Similar delays and frequent script timeout errors when changing from one area to another or clicking update table. I looked at Admin Center server performance a bit (CPU%, etc) but didn't see any obvious roadblocks. On a whim, I tried Firefox 3.6.10. The difference: nearly instantaneous refresh of the Admin Center screens using Firefox. Is anyone else seeing a similar behavior or is it just my workstation? Thanks for any comments; Harold.
Re: tape reservation types in AIX
We had a big problem with reservations that turned out to be caused by using different versions of Atape across our tsm servers and storage agents. As we were working with IBM, we would point out that there was different versions of Atape across our systems. They told us there was no problem with having different versions of Atape across our systems (all AIX). But, the solution that finally worked was to get all systems to the same (latest/greatest) Atape. Rick From: Steven Langdale steven.langd...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/03/2011 10:34 AM Subject:Re: tape reservation types in AIX Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU OK, so the storage agent gets a drive and doesn't appear to release it when completed? TBH - I've only ever had reservation conflicts on windows clients. You are 100% sure the paths are correct i.e. drive serial numbers match up on client and in the path defs for it? On 3 May 2011 14:38, Mehdi Salehi ezzo...@gmail.com wrote: I have setup LAN-free backup, but sometimes the storage agent causes reservation conflict. The only way to remove this conflict is the following command on storage agent: # chdev -l rmt0 -a reserve_type=persistent and then # chdev -l rmt0 -a reserve_type=reserve_6 Here a library manger controls who should use the tape. I do not understand why this happens. Thank you, Mehdi - The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message.
Re: TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7.
Thanks Dave. So now there is only ONE browser that is both supported and working properly with AC 6.2, and that is FF 3.5. Correct? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Canan Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:28 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7. Wanda, Wei Ji is correct on her post. IE8 might be working with the current level of AC, but it is NOT supported. The next release of TSM (V6.3) and the AC that comes with it WILL support IE8. IE9 will not yet be supported with V6.3. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Prather, Wanda wprat...@icfi.com wrote: Dave: Does that mean that TSM 6.2 AC is now SUPPORTED on IE8? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Canan Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 8:01 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Admin Center and IE 7. There's nothing wrong with your workstation. This is a known problem, and the issue here is with the javescript engine that is in IE. It is REALLY bad in IE6, a little better in IE7, and even better with IE8. But I would stick with FF for now. Dave Canan IBM ATS TSM Performance ddcananATUSDOTIBMDOTCOM 916-723-2410 On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Vandeventer, Harold [BS] harold.vandeven...@da.ks.gov wrote: I've installed TSM 6.2.2 and its related Admin Center on powerful Windows 2008 R2 servers. My issue seems to be using IE 7 as the interface to Admin Center. It takes up to a minute to change tabs from Storage Devices to Manage Servers. Similar delays and frequent script timeout errors when changing from one area to another or clicking update table. I looked at Admin Center server performance a bit (CPU%, etc) but didn't see any obvious roadblocks. On a whim, I tried Firefox 3.6.10. The difference: nearly instantaneous refresh of the Admin Center screens using Firefox. Is anyone else seeing a similar behavior or is it just my workstation? Thanks for any comments; Harold.
Tape issues with 3584 library
All, I have a weird situation taking place. I believe there are two distinct issues but they might be related. A gripper issue caused a few tapes to be mishandled and dropped into the library. I ended up checking them out but cannot fix these issues: When I run a show slots 3584lib there are two anomalies: Slot 330, status Allocated, element number 1355, barcode not present, barcode value , devT=ANY, mediaT=-1, elemT=ANY Slot 408, status Allocated, element number 1433, barcode not present, barcode value , devT=LTO, mediaT=417, elemT=ANY When I log onto the 3584 library web console and display data cartridges I cannot locate those elements or verify that there are tapes really at those locations. If I run a library Audit it fails with a tape device error as it is apparently attempting to load those tapes to verify the label. However the tape library itself never attempts to mount a tape as I think it knows there aren't any tapes at those locations. How can I fix this issue? Additionally - I need to check a few tapes into the library that were accidentally checked out. When I check them in it appears to go smoothly: Server Message Time Message NumberMessage MCTSM025/4/2011 3:12:17 PM ANR8427ICHECKIN LIBVOLUME for volume 003396L3 in library 3584LIB completed successfully. Checking the www console I see that the tape has been checked in and is located at element 1094. On the TSM side when I do a show slots this is what appears: Slot 69, status Allocated, element number 1094, barcode not present, barcode value , devT=LTO, mediaT=417, elemT=ANY Anyone have a way to fix these issues? Thanks! Bob
Re: tape reservation types in AIX
NDMP over FC in the mix could cause some reservation headaches. We have our netapp's set to persistent, but AIX set to the default (reserve_6) and all is well. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet rrho...@firstenergycorp.com Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 05/04/2011 01:57 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] tape reservation types in AIX We had a big problem with reservations that turned out to be caused by using different versions of Atape across our tsm servers and storage agents. As we were working with IBM, we would point out that there was different versions of Atape across our systems. They told us there was no problem with having different versions of Atape across our systems (all AIX). But, the solution that finally worked was to get all systems to the same (latest/greatest) Atape. Rick From: Steven Langdale steven.langd...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/03/2011 10:34 AM Subject:Re: tape reservation types in AIX Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU OK, so the storage agent gets a drive and doesn't appear to release it when completed? TBH - I've only ever had reservation conflicts on windows clients. You are 100% sure the paths are correct i.e. drive serial numbers match up on client and in the path defs for it? On 3 May 2011 14:38, Mehdi Salehi ezzo...@gmail.com wrote: I have setup LAN-free backup, but sometimes the storage agent causes reservation conflict. The only way to remove this conflict is the following command on storage agent: # chdev -l rmt0 -a reserve_type=persistent and then # chdev -l rmt0 -a reserve_type=reserve_6 Here a library manger controls who should use the tape. I do not understand why this happens. Thank you, Mehdi - The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message. 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.
Policy for NDMP dumps
Have a customer where we have successfully configured and run NDMP full dumps of an EMC NAS via TSM, to a storage pool with format=CELERRA (it's an EMC NAS head). Now the amount of data has grown so that we would like to run differentials instead of fulls. Looks to me like there is no way to assign a different mgmt. class to NDMP differentials than to fulls, is that correct? Also, I found in the doc that these options are ignored in the backup copy group definition: Frequency Mode Retain Only Versions Serialization Versions Data Deleted Does TSM know not to remove a differential NDMP backup if the full still exists? Wanda Prather | Senior Technical Specialist | wprat...@icfi.commailto:wprat...@icfi.com | www.jasi.comwww.jasi.com%20 ICF Jacob Sundstrom | 401 E. Pratt St, Suite 2214, Baltimore, MD 21202 | 410.539.1135
Re: Policy for NDMP dumps
you can specify the mc on the command-line for backup node, but, all of your data gets rebound tot that MC, including all of the fulls. You might tinker with using different node names for fulls and diffs, of make extra fulls for the basis of the diffs complementary to the fulls you want to retain for longer, using again separate node names. all in all, NDMP is an awful mess. The industry could come up with a much better solution, but of course both EMC and NetApp prefer you to buying they filer to filer mirroring, snapshots and what not licenses and hardware to make backups over any tape solution that makes them no money at all. On 4 mei 2011, at 22:24, Prather, Wanda wrote: Have a customer where we have successfully configured and run NDMP full dumps of an EMC NAS via TSM, to a storage pool with format=CELERRA (it's an EMC NAS head). Now the amount of data has grown so that we would like to run differentials instead of fulls. Looks to me like there is no way to assign a different mgmt. class to NDMP differentials than to fulls, is that correct? Also, I found in the doc that these options are ignored in the backup copy group definition: Frequency Mode Retain Only Versions Serialization Versions Data Deleted Does TSM know not to remove a differential NDMP backup if the full still exists? Wanda Prather | Senior Technical Specialist | wprat...@icfi.commailto:wprat...@icfi.com | www.jasi.comwww.jasi.com%20 ICF Jacob Sundstrom | 401 E. Pratt St, Suite 2214, Baltimore, MD 21202 | 410.539.1135 -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, Remco Post r.p...@plcs.nl +31 6 248 21 622
Re: Policy for NDMP dumps
You can assign a different management class to full and differentials. I have defined them to different tape storage pools. One policy domain with multiple management class define backup node emcnode /vfs mode=full wait=yes mgmt=full-class backup node emcnode /vfs mode=DIFFerential wait=yes mgmt=diff-class If an old full dump expires, all differentials that depends on it will also expire. Differentials can expire without affecting the full dump. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Prather, Wanda Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:24 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Policy for NDMP dumps Have a customer where we have successfully configured and run NDMP full dumps of an EMC NAS via TSM, to a storage pool with format=CELERRA (it's an EMC NAS head). Now the amount of data has grown so that we would like to run differentials instead of fulls. Looks to me like there is no way to assign a different mgmt. class to NDMP differentials than to fulls, is that correct? Also, I found in the doc that these options are ignored in the backup copy group definition: Frequency Mode Retain Only Versions Serialization Versions Data Deleted Does TSM know not to remove a differential NDMP backup if the full still exists? Wanda Prather | Senior Technical Specialist | wprat...@icfi.commailto:wprat...@icfi.com | www.jasi.comwww.jasi.com%20 ICF Jacob Sundstrom | 401 E. Pratt St, Suite 2214, Baltimore, MD 21202 | 410.539.1135
TSM6.2: How many instances is good?
I'm putting up a new TSM 6.2 system on AIX, and I'm trying to plan for how many instances I need to create. Is fewer better, or more? I'm going to have three distinct groups of client nodes: 1. A variety of local server systems running AIX, Linux, Windows, Solaris. Connections are very high-bandwidth. 2. A large number of local desktop machines running various versions of Windows, MacOSX, and Linux. Connections are very high-bandwidth. 3. A much smaller group of desktop machines in a remote office for which I want to use client source deduplication to conserve the somewhat limited bandwidth to the remote office. Should I back these up into one instance, or three? Or more than three? If this were still Version 5.5, I'd be looking at more like 6 instances. The real tape library is already shared using a separate Library Manager instance. Reasons to have one: 1. TSM 6.2 scales much better than previous versions, so it can get big OK. 2. Simplified management. 3. Saves overhead of multiple copies of the same code running. 4. Dedupe is by storage pool, and can be isolated in a separate storage heirarchy without using another instance. Reasons to have three: 1. Simplifies future growth in case we ever need to separate them on their own hardware 2. Simplifies scheduling of dedupe operations 3. Prevent dedupe operations from interfering with other nodes not being deduplicated. 4. Optimizes scheduling of other operations such as migration and reclamation to maximize tape drive use. 5. Smaller instances can be easier to handle simply because they weigh less. So, any advice on which direction to go here in Version 6.2 would be appreciated. The right answer could be two instances, combining the local and remote desktops into one. I don't know. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu Academic Computing Communications Center ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=
Re: Re: Policy for NDMP dumps
Gee, Norman wrote: You can assign a different management class to full and differentials. I have defined them to different tape storage pools. That would work for storing the different NDMP images in different storage pools. But my experience matches Remco's: each backup node command that specifies a different management class will rebind all backups (full or differential) for that node/filespace, including adjusting the retention. I finally gave up trying to use longer retention for full NDMP images (e.g., a year) and shorter retention for differential images (e.g., four weeks). Though I never tried Remco's suggestion of sending the differentials to a different node name with different policy. I have nothing good to say about NDMP. It had its place 15 or 20 years ago, but not today. I'm really hoping I'll be able to replace NDMP for our NetApp backups with SnapDiff-based backups. That should save time and space, should generally perform better, and of particular interest to me, should get rid of long-running single-object transactions that pin the recovery log for insane lengths of time (inevitably filling the recovery log to 90+% and eventually auto-canceling the NDMP job just before if finally completes, wasting 20+ hours of time and terabytes of bandwidth plus sometimes dozens of tapes for TSM DB backups). (Unfortunately for Wanda, SnapDiff is NetApp/N-series only, so it won't help her Celerra backup situation.) -- Hello World.David Bronder - Systems Admin Segmentation Fault ITS-EI, Univ. of Iowa Core dumped, disk trashed, quota filled, soda warm. david-bron...@uiowa.edu
Re: Re: Policy for NDMP dumps
I have seen this go wrong.It will allow you to select different management classes for the DIFF than the FULL, however the FULL's will rebind making this pointless. So if you backed up the FULL with mgmt class 01YEAR and the DIFF with management class 35DAY, the FULL will rebind to 35DAY as well. I've seen a lot of FULL backups get lost like this. You need to keep a separate Full/Diff series for each retention that you want. . I do this by creating a virtualfs called Filesystem_01YEAR and point that to the same file system. Let me know if you want more detail. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet david-bron...@uiowa.edu Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 05/04/2011 05:21 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Re: Policy for NDMP dumps Gee, Norman wrote: You can assign a different management class to full and differentials. I have defined them to different tape storage pools. That would work for storing the different NDMP images in different storage pools. But my experience matches Remco's: each backup node command that specifies a different management class will rebind all backups (full or differential) for that node/filespace, including adjusting the retention. I finally gave up trying to use longer retention for full NDMP images (e.g., a year) and shorter retention for differential images (e.g., four weeks). Though I never tried Remco's suggestion of sending the differentials to a different node name with different policy. I have nothing good to say about NDMP. It had its place 15 or 20 years ago, but not today. I'm really hoping I'll be able to replace NDMP for our NetApp backups with SnapDiff-based backups. That should save time and space, should generally perform better, and of particular interest to me, should get rid of long-running single-object transactions that pin the recovery log for insane lengths of time (inevitably filling the recovery log to 90+% and eventually auto-canceling the NDMP job just before if finally completes, wasting 20+ hours of time and terabytes of bandwidth plus sometimes dozens of tapes for TSM DB backups). (Unfortunately for Wanda, SnapDiff is NetApp/N-series only, so it won't help her Celerra backup situation.) -- Hello World.David Bronder - Systems Admin Segmentation Fault ITS-EI, Univ. of Iowa Core dumped, disk trashed, quota filled, soda warm. david-bron...@uiowa.edu 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: Policy for NDMP dumps
Thanks for the tip, Ill try tinkering with multiple nodenames. (And I agree wholeheartedly with your opinion of NDMP - it's embarrassingly bad...) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:46 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Policy for NDMP dumps you can specify the mc on the command-line for backup node, but, all of your data gets rebound tot that MC, including all of the fulls. You might tinker with using different node names for fulls and diffs, of make extra fulls for the basis of the diffs complementary to the fulls you want to retain for longer, using again separate node names. all in all, NDMP is an awful mess. The industry could come up with a much better solution, but of course both EMC and NetApp prefer you to buying they filer to filer mirroring, snapshots and what not licenses and hardware to make backups over any tape solution that makes them no money at all. On 4 mei 2011, at 22:24, Prather, Wanda wrote: Have a customer where we have successfully configured and run NDMP full dumps of an EMC NAS via TSM, to a storage pool with format=CELERRA (it's an EMC NAS head). Now the amount of data has grown so that we would like to run differentials instead of fulls. Looks to me like there is no way to assign a different mgmt. class to NDMP differentials than to fulls, is that correct? Also, I found in the doc that these options are ignored in the backup copy group definition: Frequency Mode Retain Only Versions Serialization Versions Data Deleted Does TSM know not to remove a differential NDMP backup if the full still exists? Wanda Prather | Senior Technical Specialist | wprat...@icfi.commailto:wprat...@icfi.com | www.jasi.comwww.jasi.com%20 ICF Jacob Sundstrom | 401 E. Pratt St, Suite 2214, Baltimore, MD 21202 | 410.539.1135 -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, Remco Post r.p...@plcs.nl +31 6 248 21 622
Re: Tape issues with 3584 library
Answers in line below... I have a weird situation taking place. I believe there are two distinct issues but they might be related. A gripper issue caused a few tapes to be mishandled and dropped into the library. I ended up checking them out but cannot fix these issues: When I run a show slots 3584lib there are two anomalies: Slot 330, status Allocated, element number 1355, barcode not present, barcode value , devT=ANY, mediaT=-1, elemT=ANY Slot 408, status Allocated, element number 1433, barcode not present, barcode value , devT=LTO, mediaT=417, elemT=ANY When I log onto the 3584 library web console and display data cartridges I cannot locate those elements or verify that there are tapes really at those locations. If I run a library Audit it fails with a tape device error as it is apparently attempting to load those tapes to verify the label. However the tape library itself never attempts to mount a tape as I think it knows there aren't any tapes at those locations. How can I fix this issue? --- a) In the 3584 web interface, run an INVENTORY (not with audit) against all frames. That will cause the library to rescan the barcodes. The library's 3584 on-board inventory will then be correct. b) In TSM, run: audit library yourlibnamehere checklabel=barcode That causes TSM to upload the inventory from the 3584, so its inventory will match the 3584's, without loading the tapes to read the internal label. - the TSM audit will not run if there are other tape processes running -any tapes that were checked in to TSM but are not actually in the library will be automatically checked out -tapes that are in the library but are not checked in to TSM will NOT automatically be checked in, so you may also need: 1) checkin libv yourlibnamehere search=yes status=scratch checklabel=barcode wait=0 2) checkin libv yourlibnamehere search=yes status=private checklabel=barcode wait=0 -- W
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Re: tape reservation types in AIX
We have only one version of Atape for AIX systems: Atape.driver 12.0.7.0 COMMITTED IBM AIX Enhanced Tape and Medium Changer Device Driver
