Re: TSM for VE 6.4 Questions/Recommendations
Hi, good tips. Any way of excluding backup of those machines that are not running(guestState: notRunning) with any rule? Regards, Hans Chr. On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Arbogast, Warren K warbo...@indiana.eduwrote: Hi Ken, We have been using TSMVE 6.4 for a couple months, I wouldn't call the following a set of best practices, but they work well for the restore service we provide. File restore services are still provided with TSM Extended Edition. Nothing different there. Recovery of the first disk on virtual machines is provided with TSMVE 6.4. Should disaster strike, the frst disk is restored by TSMVE, then files and directories are restored with TSM Extended Edition. We only snapshot the first disk. Our standard virtual machine is created here with a first disk of 60 GB and additional disks for data storage. VM admins are encouraged to install their OS on the first disk. We snapshot the first disk only by adding this statement to dsm.opt for each data mover; INCLUDE.VMDISK * Hard Disk 1 If the first disk of a virtual machine is greater than 60 GB, that guest is excluded from snapshots by appending '-NB' to its display name in the vSphere client. Then, '*-NB' [ star dash NB ] is added to the exclusion filter in the TSMVE plug-in when a scheduled or run-now backup is created. We use one data mover per cluster, and put the data mover on the cluster it backs up for performance reasons. We exclude the data mover from the backup using the filter, and back it up with TSM/EE. Each cluster is scheduled for backups once a week, and two versions are kept. Our largest cluster has 12 hosts and about 420 guests. Our 'vmlimit' options are fairly conservative, and could change with more experience. Here they are: VMMAXPARALLEL 8 VMLIMITPERHOST 0 VMLIMITPERDATASTORE 1 So far, so good. Best wishes, Keith Arbogast Indiana University
Common Reporting v6.4, Cognos
I've created a report without too much trouble that satisfies my end user community. But, I need to put a calculation for yesterday in the header. I tried an _add_days(Today(),-1) expression but if fails validation. Anyone know how to determine yesterday's date? Thanks. Harold Vandeventer Systems Programmer State of Kansas - Office of Information Technology Services STE 751-S 910 SW Jackson (785) 296-0631 [Confidentiality notice:] *** This e-mail message, including attachments, if any, is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message, including all copies, Thank you. ***
[BACLIENT] - Exclusions / Inclusions on Windows 2008 R2
Hello, I want to make a backup the fullest possible on a Windows 2008R2. I have a lot of backup errors and I can not find anything on what is saved by the systemstate. Does anyone have recommendations or ideas for exclusion / inclusion by default? Sincerely, Yann Ce message et toutes les pi?ces jointes (ci-apr?s le message ) sont confidentiels et ?tablis ? l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme ? sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf autorisation expresse. Si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le d?truire sans en conserver de copie et d'en avertir imm?diatement l'exp?diteur. Internet ne permettant pas de garantir l'int?grit? de ce message, la Caisse des D?p?ts et Consignations d?cline toute responsabilit? au titre de ce message s'il a ?t? modifi?, alt?r?, d?form? ou falsifi?. Par ailleurs et malgr? toutes les pr?cautions prises pour ?viter la pr?sence de virus dans nos envois, nous vous recommandons de prendre, de votre c?t?, les mesures permettant d'assurer la non-introduction de virus dans votre syst?me informatique. This email message and any attachments (the email) are confidential and intended only for the recipient(s) indicated. If you are not an intented recipient, please be advised that any use, dissemination, forwarding or copying of this email whatsoever is prohibited without Caisse des Depots et Consignations's prior written consent. If you have received this email in error, please delete it without saving a copy and notify the sender immediately. Internet emails are not necessarily secured, and declines responsibility for any changes that may have been made to this email after it was sent. While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that viruses are not transmitted via emails, we recommend that you take your own measures to prevent viruses from entering your computer system.
Tape library possible replacement - push/pull
We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494 (installed 1995) due to difficulty in getting parts and having more frequent outages due to robot issues. Since we have 17-TS1130 drives, the natural transition would be to a TS3500/3584. If we go down this route, one issue might be the floorspace/placement, which might require a weekend eject-push-pull-reload. Never having dealt with any tape library other than the 3494, I am trying to collect as much info as I can on doing a swap-out. Is it as simple as defining the new library, moving the drives/paths to it, changing the devclass to point to the new library, checkin everything (scratch/private)?? Am I missing anything? -- *Zoltan Forray* TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull
-Zoltan Forray wrote: - We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494 (installed 1995) due to difficulty in getting parts and having more frequent outages due to robot issues. Since we have 17-TS1130 drives, the natural transition would be to a TS3500/3584. If we go down this route, one issue might be the floorspace/placement, which might require a weekend eject-push-pull-reload. Never having dealt with any tape library other than the 3494, I am trying to collect as much info as I can on doing a swap-out. Is it as simple as defining the new library, moving the drives/paths to it, changing the devclass to point to the new library, checkin everything (scratch/private)?? Am I missing anything? TS3500 libraries are often equipped with a sort of virtualization facility, called ALMS, that allows setting up one or more logical libraries within a physical TS3500. If you end up with this facility installed, you will have to deal with a two-tier checkin process: getting volumes into the right logical library, and then getting them recognized by TSM. I think you can configure the library so that it associates volume number ranges with specific logical libraries and automatically puts newly inserted volumes into the appropriate logical libraries. If you use the tape drive encryption capabilities, you will need to use the TS3500 management interface to enable encryption. My experience with TS3500s and encryption involves application managed encryption. I don't know whether there are any additional complications if you use library managed encryption or system managed encryption. Thomas Denier Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull
Yep, pretty much that simple. Check the tapes out of one library, check them into another. No more complicated than if you are going to a DR site that has a 3584 rather than a 3494. TSM doesn't care. There are some differences in the library management: If you are talking to the 3494 library interface via TCP/IP now, that changes. (Some people use the TCP/IP interface, some use a serial cable.) TSM talks to the 3584 library via the atape drive over the fibre, it has its own device number/path. Thomas already mentioned that the 3584 can be partitioned into logical libraries. If you have multiple TSM servers or other apps using the 3494, you keep them separated now by 3494 category codes, those go away. You have the logical libraries now instead. Carts get assigned to the logical libraries based on a volser range filter in the library interface. W -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494 (installed 1995) due to difficulty in getting parts and having more frequent outages due to robot issues. Since we have 17-TS1130 drives, the natural transition would be to a TS3500/3584. If we go down this route, one issue might be the floorspace/placement, which might require a weekend eject-push-pull-reload. Never having dealt with any tape library other than the 3494, I am trying to collect as much info as I can on doing a swap-out. Is it as simple as defining the new library, moving the drives/paths to it, changing the devclass to point to the new library, checkin everything (scratch/private)?? Am I missing anything? -- *Zoltan Forray* TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: [BACLIENT] - Exclusions / Inclusions on Windows 2008 R2
This tells you how to find out what is saved by systemstate: http://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l@vm.marist.edu/msg93783.html The best list of exclusion/inclusion for default is the one provided by the client install itself. Use the client setup wizard to add them to the existing dsm.opt file. Start the GUI From the top menu pull down utilities Setup Wizard Help me configure the client options file Next Next Update my options file Click Next until you get to the page Recommended Include/Exclude list Select All Next On the Common File Exclusion List page, normally select nothing at all, unless you have a specific requirement. Click Next until you get to the point you can click Finish. The include/excludes will have been added to your dsm.opt file. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Meunier, Yann Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 9:55 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] [BACLIENT] - Exclusions / Inclusions on Windows 2008 R2 Hello, I want to make a backup the fullest possible on a Windows 2008R2. I have a lot of backup errors and I can not find anything on what is saved by the systemstate. Does anyone have recommendations or ideas for exclusion / inclusion by default? Sincerely, Yann Ce message et toutes les pi?ces jointes (ci-apr?s le message ) sont confidentiels et ?tablis ? l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme ? sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf autorisation expresse. Si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le d?truire sans en conserver de copie et d'en avertir imm?diatement l'exp?diteur. Internet ne permettant pas de garantir l'int?grit? de ce message, la Caisse des D?p?ts et Consignations d?cline toute responsabilit? au titre de ce message s'il a ?t? modifi?, alt?r?, d?form? ou falsifi?. Par ailleurs et malgr? toutes les pr?cautions prises pour ?viter la pr?sence de virus dans nos envois, nous vous recommandons de prendre, de votre c?t?, les mesures permettant d'assurer la non-introduction de virus dans votre syst?me informatique. This email message and any attachments (the email) are confidential and intended only for the recipient(s) indicated. If you are not an intented recipient, please be advised that any use, dissemination, forwarding or copying of this email whatsoever is prohibited without Caisse des Depots et Consignations's prior written consent. If you have received this email in error, please delete it without saving a copy and notify the sender immediately. Internet emails are not necessarily secured, and declines responsibility for any changes that may have been made to this email after it was sent. While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that viruses are not transmitted via emails, we recommend that you take your own measures to prevent viruses from entering your computer system.
