Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site
Hi The best place to start is with the Domino Mail landing page: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTG2D/landing/welcome_sstg2d.html Use the toggle box on this page to select the version you need. For Domino choose Version 7.1.0. The Table of Contents (TOC) is switched off by default, I recommend to switch it on by clicking on the icon of blue lines at the top left-hand of the page. Once the TOC is displayed you can navigate to what you need. Here are the direct links: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTG2D_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.mail.dom.doc/t_protect_dpmaildom.html http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTG2D_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.mail.dom.unx.doc/concept_domupro.html Thanks, Ailbhe
Proctect Stgpool
If you are using container stgpools, how are you using the "protect stgpool" command? Are you running it throughout the backup window or after backups have completed? When and how often do you run the "replicate node" command? Are you using the forcereconcile option? Why or why not? I'm getting ready to set up container replication and trying to understand the implications of the various options. David
Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site
Thanks Andy. You've always been helpful to WDSF/ADSM/TSM/ISP customers; I still remember meeting you in person at a SHARE conference some years ago. These links are helpful while IBM sorts out its documentation mess. This discussion is why I have always saved PDFs whenever I ran across them, to an encrypted USB thumb drive that I carry with me, especially at places like heavily firewalled data centers or DR sites. I shudder to think what recovery would be like in an actual disaster with only online web "knowledge center" documentation to tell me how to proceed to recover my employer's critical business information as quickly as possible - if I could access the web at all. As we see here, even bookmarking those online sites is a pointless exercise, since the URLs change so frequently. Keeping this "bookshelf" of PDFs (backed up to TSM and to PCs both at work and at home) should be a crucial part of any DR plan. I'll be using this list of URLs to update my bookshelf. It is also why I have written previously (at length, to the point of admittedly becoming redundant) about the removal of the Administrator's Guide as a single book, and scattering its priceless collection of content to the winds in the form of thousands of online web pages. Again, thnaks Andy! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Andrew Raibeck wrote: >I hear and feel (and see) the pain, and have passed the comments on. Let's >just say that some things are not immediately in our control... > >At any rate, for now I suggest using this landing page: > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7 > >>From there: > >1. Select a product version from the drop-down list near the left-hand >upper corner of the page. For example, if I select 7.1.5, it will take me >to this page: > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.5/tsm/welcome.html > >2. In the upper left corner of the page you should see a "breadcrumb" trail >like this: > > icon > Tivoli Storage Manager > Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.5 > >Welcome > >If you click on that icon, that will open a table-of-contents (TOC) that >should look familiar. > >3. If you do not immediately see what you are looking for (like info about >Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server), click on the "Product suites and >related products" link in the TOC, and in the right hand side you should >see links to the products you are looking for. > >ALTERNATIVELY > >1. From the landing page, click a product (like Tivoli Storage Manager for >Databases) in the "Find related products" section. It will take you to a >page like this: > >http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR/landing/welcome_sstfzr.html > >2. Select a product version from the drop-down list (this time it will show >7.1.4 as the latest because there is no 7.1.5 for this product). > >3. Once again you will see the breadcrumb trail in the upper left corner. >Click on the icon to see the TOC. > >Best regards, > >Andy > > > >Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > >IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: >Product support: >https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager > >Online documentation: >http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > >Product Wiki: >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager > >"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-06-06 >13:16:02: > >> From: Stefan Folkerts >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Date: 2016-06-06 13:18 >> Subject: Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site >> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" >> >> Thanks all, saved my day tomorrow with the pdf links guy's. >> >> Please IBM don't mess around with the documentation, this stuff is >> essential to get right and keeping simple and fast access is a necessity. >> >> So please keep it simple, keep it in one place, give us a webinterface >that >> makes it easy to select versions and find the stuff we need. HTML is fine >> but also give us complete pdf files please without going to some wiki of >> ftp link, bundles of all documentation per version are a nice addition >but >> just make it easy to find later on not just a ftp directory and/or some >> obscure wiki page somewhere. >> Without quick and easy access to pdf files we can get into trouble with >our >> work, I for one don't have web access everywhere due to all sorts of >> restrictions. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Pagnotta, Pamela (CONTR) < >> pamela.pagno...@hq.doe.gov> wrote: >> >> > Using the link that Heinz provided, I found >> > >> > >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR_7.1.4/db.common/ >> welcome.html >> > >> > >> > >> > Pam >> > >> > Pam Pagnotta >> > Sr. System Engineer >> > Criterion Systems, In
v7 upgrade woes
This is half plea for help and half rant (grr). For the past two months we've been trying to test a TSM v6.3.5 to v7.1.4/v7.1.5 upgrade . . . . and have completely failed! TSM v6.3.5 AIX 6100-09 upgrade to TSM v7.1.4 and/or v7.1.5 When we run the upgrade it runs to this status message: Installing: [(99%) com.tivoli.dsm.server.db2.DB2PostInstall ] Then it sits, doing nothing. AIX sees no db2 activity, no java activity, no nothing. It sits for hours! We've let it sit once for 13 hours (overnight) and the above message was still there. Eventually we kill it. We've tried: two separate AIX systems two separate TSM's (one 400gb db and one 100gb db) probably tried 8-10 upgrades, all failed Support had us try a DB2 standalone upgrade and it also never finished. We've worked with support and got nowhere. They have no idea what is happening, let alone any idea of how to figure out what is happening. They did find one issue - we have to install a base XLC runtime v13.1.0.0 before the v7 upgrade. Any thoughts are welcome. Rick - 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: v7 upgrade woes
Richard, Have you tried using the truss utility to monitor the upgrade process ? Thank You, Neil Strand www.cassevern.com 6201 Chevy Chase Drive, Laurel, MD 20707 800.252.4715 ? 301.776.3400 ? Fax 301.776.3444 From: "Rhodes, Richard L." To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 06/07/2016 03:35 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] v7 upgrade woes Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" This is half plea for help and half rant (grr). For the past two months we've been trying to test a TSM v6.3.5 to v7.1.4/v7.1.5 upgrade . . . . and have completely failed! TSM v6.3.5 AIX 6100-09 upgrade to TSM v7.1.4 and/or v7.1.5 When we run the upgrade it runs to this status message: Installing: [(99%) com.tivoli.dsm.server.db2.DB2PostInstall ] Then it sits, doing nothing. AIX sees no db2 activity, no java activity, no nothing. It sits for hours! We've let it sit once for 13 hours (overnight) and the above message was still there. Eventually we kill it. We've tried: two separate AIX systems two separate TSM's (one 400gb db and one 100gb db) probably tried 8-10 upgrades, all failed Support had us try a DB2 standalone upgrade and it also never finished. We've worked with support and got nowhere. They have no idea what is happening, let alone any idea of how to figure out what is happening. They did find one issue - we have to install a base XLC runtime v13.1.0.0 before the v7 upgrade. Any thoughts are welcome. Rick - 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: v7 upgrade woes
Sorry to hear that. I just went through this similar upgrade without a hitch, and I'm planning two more. On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Rhodes, Richard L. < rrho...@firstenergycorp.com> wrote: > This is half plea for help and half rant (grr). > > For the past two months we've been trying to test a TSM v6.3.5 to > v7.1.4/v7.1.5 upgrade . . . . and have completely failed! > > TSM v6.3.5 > AIX 6100-09 > upgrade to TSM v7.1.4 and/or v7.1.5 > > When we run the upgrade it runs to this status message: > Installing: [(99%) com.tivoli.dsm.server.db2.DB2PostInstall ] > Then it sits, doing nothing. AIX sees no db2 activity, no java activity, > no nothing. It sits for hours! We've let it sit once for 13 hours > (overnight) and the above message was still there. Eventually we kill it. > > We've tried: > two separate AIX systems > two separate TSM's (one 400gb db and one 100gb db) > probably tried 8-10 upgrades, all failed > > Support had us try a DB2 standalone upgrade and it also never finished. > > We've worked with support and got nowhere. They have no idea what is > happening, let alone any idea of how to figure out what is happening. They > did find one issue - we have to install a base XLC runtime v13.1.0.0 before > the v7 upgrade. > > Any thoughts are welcome. > > Rick > > > > > > - > > 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: v7 upgrade woes
These are the steps that will let you monitor the progress... nohup /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmserv insertdb sesswait=60 >insert.out 2>&1 & Monitor the output of the process. Verify that the DSMSERV INSERTDB process has issued the following message before continuing to the next step: ANR1336I INSERTDB: Ready for connections from the source server Issue the following command to monitor the process output in the insert.out file: tail -f insert.out (12) Start the extraction from the original server. Specify the TCP/IP address and port for the V6.3 server. Direct the output of the process to a file for monitoring: run as root ID nohup /usr/tivoli/tsm/upgrade/bin/dsmupgrd extractdb hladdress=10.xxx.xxx.xxx lladdress=1500 >extract.out 2>&1 & nohup /usr/tivoli/tsm/upgrade/bin/dsmupgrd extractdb hladdress=127.0.0.1 lladdress=1500 >extract.out 2>&1 & Monitor the processes for errors and warning messages, and for items that you might need to take action on: tail -f extract.out (13) Ensure you get something similar to this message: ANR0900I Processing options file /home/tsminst1/dsmserv.opt. ANR0921I Tracing is now active to file server.trace. ANR7811I Using instance directory /home/tsminst1. ANR4726I The ICC support module has been loaded. ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress. ANR0200I Recovery log assigned capacity is 13052 megabytes. ANR0201I Database assigned capacity is 143352 megabytes. ANR0306I Recovery log volume mount in progress. ANR0353I Recovery log analysis pass in progress. ANR0354I Recovery log redo pass in progress. ANR0355I Recovery log undo pass in progress. ANR0352I Transaction recovery complete. ANR1635I The server machine GUID, 00.00.00.00.9f.fb.11.db.94.98.08.63.0a.65.cd.15, has initialized. ANR2283I Database backup trigger defined, but is disabled. ANR4726I The NAS-NDMP support module has been loaded. ANR8440E Initialization failed for SCSI library DD565LIB; will retry in 2 minute(s). ANR8440E Initialization failed for SCSI library LANFREELIB; will retry in 2 minute(s). ANR4029I EXTRACTDB: Database checkpoint started. ANR4030I EXTRACTDB: Database checkpoint completed. ANR0610I EXTRACTDB started by ADMINISTRATOR as process 1. ANR8214E Session open with 10.xxx.xxx.xxx failed due to connection refusal. ANR0454E Session rejected by server $UPGRADETARGET$, reason: Communication Failure. ANR1396E EXTRACTDB: Process 1, database extract, has completed with errors. ANR1383I EXTRACTDB: Found 0 database objects. ANR1384I EXTRACTDB: Processed 0 database objects. ANR1385I EXTRACTDB: Skipped 0 empty database objects. ANR1386I EXTRACTDB: Failed to process 0 database objects. ANR1387I EXTRACTDB: Processed 0 database records. ANR1388I EXTRACTDB: Read 0 database pages. ANR1389I EXTRACTDB: Wrote 0 bytes. ANR1390I EXTRACTDB: Elapsed time was 0:00:01. ANR1391I EXTRACTDB: Throughput was 0.00 megabytes per hour. ANR1394E EXTRACTDB: Failed to start or failed to complete successfully. s0017pdv root@/home/tsminst1 -> ANR0478W Session request refused. Server is running in standalone mode. ANR1336I INSERTDB: Ready for connections from the source server. Remaining time: 0:56:00 ANR1337I A DBBACKUP trigger has been removed. ANR1379I INSERTDB: Read 86,445,332 bytes and inserted 378,967 database entries in 0:00:00 (0.00 megabytes per hour). ___ Database Upgrade. ANR1305I Disk volume /dev/rtsmcxdsklv1 varied online. ANR0409I Session 1 ended for server $UPGRADETARGET$ (AIX). ANR1382I EXTRACTDB: Process 1, database extract, has completed. ANR1383I EXTRACTDB: Found 118 database objects. ANR1384I EXTRACTDB: Processed 59 database objects. ANR1385I EXTRACTDB: Skipped 59 empty database objects. ANR1386I EXTRACTDB: Failed to process 0 database objects. ANR1387I EXTRACTDB: Processed 788,564 database records. ANR1388I EXTRACTDB: Read 35,110 database pages. ANR1389I EXTRACTDB: Wrote 140,828,690 bytes. ANR1390I EXTRACTDB: Elapsed time was 0:02:30. ANR1391I EXTRACTDB: Throughput was 3216.00 megabytes per hour. _ Good luck! -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Nick Marouf Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 12:46 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] v7 upgrade woes Sorry to hear that. I just went through this similar upgrade without a hitch, and I'm planning two more. On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Rhodes, Richard L. < rrho...@firstenergycorp.com> wrote: > This is half plea for help and half rant (grr). > > For the past two months we've been trying to test a TSM v6.3.5 to > v7.1.4/v7.1.5 upgrade . . . . and have completely failed! > > TSM v6.3.5 > AIX 6100-09 > upgrade to TSM v7.1.4 and/or v7.1.5 > > When we run the upgrade it runs to this status message: > Installing: [(99%) com.tivoli.dsm.server.db2.DB2PostInstall ] Then > it sits, doing nothing. AIX sees no db2 activity, no java activity,
Re: v7 upgrade woes
Hey Rick, I had some challenges with the upgrade as well (3 machines - 10 TSM Instances). We upgraded from 6.3.4.3 to 7.1.5 though. Anyhow, the script/file that your Installation is getting stuck at caught my attention: com.tivoli.dsm.server.db2.* I hope the following helps... So here's what we did: The upgrade completed but the TSM Server started complaining about not being licensed. (yup I understand, yours doesn't finish, but bear with me...) The TSM Server was halted, and server version 7.1.3 was downloaded to get the "TSM" licensing package. (7.1.5 didn't not apply the license for TSM nor DB2...) The "TSM" licensing package was installed but when we attempted to start the TSM Server it failed to start with these messages: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Version 7, Release 1, Level 5.000 Licensed Materials - Property of IBM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2016. All rights reserved. U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation. ANR7801I Subsystem process ID is 10223948. ANR0900I Processing options file /db2home/tsminst0/dsmserv.opt. ANR7811I Using instance directory /db2home/tsminst0. ANR4726I The ICC support module has been loaded. ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress. ANR0151W Database manager fails to start. For more information about the failure, issue the db2start command. ANR0171I dbiconn.c(1844): Error detected on 0:1, database in evaluation mode. ANR0162W Supplemental database diagnostic information: -1:08001:-1032 ([IBM][CLI Driver] SQL1032N No start database manager command was issued. SQLSTATE=57019 When attempting to run "db2start", got this message: tsminst0@entbkcol1 /db2home/tsminst0: db2start 03/24/2016 22:32:13 0 0 SQL8000N DB2START processing failed; a valid product license was not found. If you have licensed this product, ensure the license key is properly registered. You can register the license using the db2licm command. The license key can be obtained from your licensed product CD. SQL1032N No start database manager command was issued. SQLSTATE=57019 Ran db2 command to verify db2 license, and showed as EXPIRED: /db2home/tsminst0/sqllib/adm/db2licm -l Product name: "DB2 Enterprise Server Edition" Expiry date: "Expired" Product identifier: "db2ese" Version information: "10.5" Then, - change directories to /repository/native - list the DB2 zip file: ls -tlr com.tivoli.dsm.server.db2*.zip - Uncompressed the file: com.tivoli.dsm.server.db2.aix.ppc64_10.5.500.111.zip (<== SEE, I KNEW THAT SCRIPT/FILE NAMING RANG-A-BELL!) - change directories to: /repository/native/ese/db2/license - list the file: tmp/image/tsmsrv713/repository/native/ese/db2/license# ls -tlr db2ese.lic -rw-r--r--1 root system 912 Apr 29 2015 db2ese.lic - Copy the file to: /db2home/tsminst0/sqllib/adm - Then as the instance owner run the following command to apply the license: db2licm -a db2ese.lic - Check to see if the license was installed: $ /db2home/tsminst0/sqllib/adm/db2licm -l Product name: "DB2 Enterprise Server Edition" License type: "Restricted" Expiry date: "Permanent" Product identifier: "db2ese" Version information: "10.5" IT SHOULD SHOW AS "RESTRICTED" The fix for the issue we ran into is in APAR IT14939. Good Luck! On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Rhodes, Richard L. < rrho...@firstenergycorp.com> wrote: > This is half plea for help and half rant (grr). > > For the past two months we've been trying to test a TSM v6.3.5 to > v7.1.4/v7.1.5 upgrade . . . . and have completely failed! > > TSM v6.3.5 > AIX 6100-09 > upgrade to TSM v7.1.4 and/or v7.1.5 > > When we run the upgrade it runs to this status message: > Installing: [(99%) com.tivoli.dsm.server.db2.DB2PostInstall ] > Then it sits, doing nothing. AIX sees no db2 activity, no java activity, > no nothing. It sits for hours! We've let it sit once for 13 hours > (overnight) and the above message was still there. Eventually we kill it. > > We've tried: > two separate AIX systems > two separate TSM's (one 400gb db and one 100gb db) > probably tried 8-10 upgrades, all failed > > Support had us try a DB2 standalone upgrade and it also never finished. > > We've worked with support and got nowhere. They have no idea what is > happening, let alone any idea of how to figure out what is happening. They > did find one issue - we have to install a base XLC runtime v13.1.0.0 before > the v7 upgrade. > > Any thoughts are welcome. > > Rick > > > > > > - > > 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 r
Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site
Hi Roger, Yes, I remember meeting you as well, that was a long time ago! I was talking with one of our senior ID (Information Development) engineers and she pointed me to this "Easter egg", which I believe has what you are looking for. Note that since version 7.1.5 is a server-only level, the books in that bundle reflect that: ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/products/TSM/current/ I am going to see if we can find a way to prominently position that link on our actual knowledge base pages (the "PDF files" section in the TOC is a logical choice...). Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-06-07 12:57:27: > From: Roger Deschner > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-06-07 12:58 > Subject: Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Thanks Andy. You've always been helpful to WDSF/ADSM/TSM/ISP customers; > I still remember meeting you in person at a SHARE conference some years > ago. These links are helpful while IBM sorts out its documentation mess. > > This discussion is why I have always saved PDFs whenever I ran across > them, to an encrypted USB thumb drive that I carry with me, especially > at places like heavily firewalled data centers or DR sites. I shudder to > think what recovery would be like in an actual disaster with only online > web "knowledge center" documentation to tell me how to proceed to > recover my employer's critical business information as quickly as > possible - if I could access the web at all. As we see here, even > bookmarking those online sites is a pointless exercise, since the URLs > change so frequently. Keeping this "bookshelf" of PDFs (backed up to TSM > and to PCs both at work and at home) should be a crucial part of any DR > plan. I'll be using this list of URLs to update my bookshelf. > > It is also why I have written previously (at length, to the point of > admittedly becoming redundant) about the removal of the Administrator's > Guide as a single book, and scattering its priceless collection of > content to the winds in the form of thousands of online web pages. > > Again, thnaks Andy! > > Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu > ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= > > > On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > >I hear and feel (and see) the pain, and have passed the comments on. Let's > >just say that some things are not immediately in our control... > > > >At any rate, for now I suggest using this landing page: > > > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7 > > > >>From there: > > > >1. Select a product version from the drop-down list near the left-hand > >upper corner of the page. For example, if I select 7.1.5, it will take me > >to this page: > > > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.5/tsm/welcome.html > > > >2. In the upper left corner of the page you should see a "breadcrumb" trail > >like this: > > > > icon > Tivoli Storage Manager > Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.5 > > >Welcome > > > >If you click on that icon, that will open a table-of-contents (TOC) that > >should look familiar. > > > >3. If you do not immediately see what you are looking for (like info about > >Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server), click on the "Product suites and > >related products" link in the TOC, and in the right hand side you should > >see links to the products you are looking for. > > > >ALTERNATIVELY > > > >1. From the landing page, click a product (like Tivoli Storage Manager for > >Databases) in the "Find related products" section. It will take you to a > >page like this: > > > >http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR/landing/welcome_sstfzr.html > > > >2. Select a product version from the drop-down list (this time it will show > >7.1.4 as the latest because there is no 7.1.5 for this product). > > > >3. Once again you will see the breadcrumb trail in the upper left corner. > >Click on the icon to see the TOC. > > > >Best regards, > > > >Andy > > > > > > > >Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > >IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > >Product support: > >https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > tivoli_storage_manager > > > >Online documentation: > >http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > >Product Wiki: > >https://www.ibm.com/devel
Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site
P.S. By "what you are looking for", I mean a zip bundle of the PDF files. I regret that I have no satisfactory answer regarding the Admin Guide. Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-06-07 17:55:10: > From: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-06-07 17:56 > Subject: Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Roger, > > Yes, I remember meeting you as well, that was a long time ago! > > I was talking with one of our senior ID (Information Development) engineers > and she pointed me to this "Easter egg", which I believe has what you are > looking for. Note that since version 7.1.5 is a server-only level, the > books in that bundle reflect that: > >ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/products/TSM/current/ > > I am going to see if we can find a way to prominently position that link on > our actual knowledge base pages (the "PDF files" section in the TOC is a > logical choice...). > > Best regards, > > Andy > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > Product support: > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager > > Online documentation: > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > Product Wiki: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > 20Storage%20Manager > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-06-07 > 12:57:27: > > > From: Roger Deschner > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 2016-06-07 12:58 > > Subject: Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > Thanks Andy. You've always been helpful to WDSF/ADSM/TSM/ISP customers; > > I still remember meeting you in person at a SHARE conference some years > > ago. These links are helpful while IBM sorts out its documentation mess. > > > > This discussion is why I have always saved PDFs whenever I ran across > > them, to an encrypted USB thumb drive that I carry with me, especially > > at places like heavily firewalled data centers or DR sites. I shudder to > > think what recovery would be like in an actual disaster with only online > > web "knowledge center" documentation to tell me how to proceed to > > recover my employer's critical business information as quickly as > > possible - if I could access the web at all. As we see here, even > > bookmarking those online sites is a pointless exercise, since the URLs > > change so frequently. Keeping this "bookshelf" of PDFs (backed up to TSM > > and to PCs both at work and at home) should be a crucial part of any DR > > plan. I'll be using this list of URLs to update my bookshelf. > > > > It is also why I have written previously (at length, to the point of > > admittedly becoming redundant) about the removal of the Administrator's > > Guide as a single book, and scattering its priceless collection of > > content to the winds in the form of thousands of online web pages. > > > > Again, thnaks Andy! > > > > Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu > > ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= > > > > > > On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > > >I hear and feel (and see) the pain, and have passed the comments on. > Let's > > >just say that some things are not immediately in our control... > > > > > >At any rate, for now I suggest using this landing page: > > > > > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7 > > > > > >>From there: > > > > > >1. Select a product version from the drop-down list near the left-hand > > >upper corner of the page. For example, if I select 7.1.5, it will take > me > > >to this page: > > > > > > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.5/tsm/welcome.html > > > > > >2. In the upper left corner of the page you should see a "breadcrumb" > trail > > >like this: > > > > > > icon > Tivoli Storage Manager > Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.5 > > > > >Welcome > > > > > >If you click on that icon, that will open a table-of-contents (TOC) that > > >should look familiar. > > > > > >3. If you do not immediately see what you are looking for (like info > about > > >Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server), click on the "Product suites > and > > >related products" link in the TOC, and in the right hand side you should > > >see
Re: Proctect Stgpool
David, I'm using 'protect stgpool' exactly like I used 'backup stgpool' previously. Every day, after the backup window is completed, I run a protect stgpool, then a repl node. This ensures that the storage pool is protected from corruption and that all node metadata is synced across my two TSM servers. Using protect stgpool is also much more consistent over fast high-latency networks like our link between the primary datacenter and our recovery center across the country. Because protect stgpool runs on an extent level, running a multi-session protect command will always fill the pipe until process completion. Then I cut a db backup to a local disk and the server maintenance window is complete. I don't use the forcerec command unless I see a replication error or failed replication process. Hope that helps, __ Matthew McGeary Senior Technical Specialist - Infrastructure PotashCorp T: (306) 933-8921 www.potashcorp.com From: David Ehresman To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 06/07/2016 08:33 AM Subject:[ADSM-L] Proctect Stgpool Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" If you are using container stgpools, how are you using the "protect stgpool" command? Are you running it throughout the backup window or after backups have completed? When and how often do you run the "replicate node" command? Are you using the forcereconcile option? Why or why not? I'm getting ready to set up container replication and trying to understand the implications of the various options. David
