Re: Download older Clients
Bill, I use ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/adsm/ Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. On 6/7/17, 07:08, "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Bill Boyer" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU on behalf of bjdbo...@comcast.net> wrote: Where can I download older TSM clients prior to V5.5? The FTP site only goes back as far as V5.5 to be able to download. They still have the ADSM clients, but I can't find anything older than V5.5. Bill
Re: Restoring from really old TSM clients
I don’t know if it’s of interest to you, Zoltan, but I keep a demo VM of WFW3.11 around with an ADSM 2.1.0.8 client. I backup and restore it using a TSM 7.1.6.0 server with deduplicated container pools with no problem. It’s fun to show this to prospects to demonstrate unsupported compatibility. I’d restore C: and make another drive bootable if I could remember how to make one show up in File Manager. The WFW also runs AOL Instant messenger and I can log onto my old AOL user account. Browsing with Netscape Navigator doesn’t work well on any website so I’m not going back to WFW as my desktop any time soon. ___ Bill Smoldt From: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> on behalf of Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 1:10 PM To: "ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> Subject: [ADSM-L] Restoring from really old TSM clients I have a user who wants to archive their old Solaris SPARC system before killing it, and keep the archives for 5-years. This is a Solaris 5.9 system so the most current client is v5.5. I am about to upgrade my servers to 7.1.6 (from 6.3.5.100). What are the chances the archives will be restore/retrieve-able in 5-years when SP V10 or 11 is the server level? This isn't our oldest client. There are 2-Solaris 5.8 servers with 5.3 client still backing up. Until last year, we still had a 4.x client. How do you handle long-term archiving (yes I realize 5-years really isn't that long) or discontinued/decommissioned servers? What is the largest gap between client and server version that someone has successfully restored/retrieved data from? -- *Zoltan Forray* TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Xymon Monitor Administrator VMware Administrator (in training) Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services www.ucc.vcu.edu zfor...@vcu.edu<mailto: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: Is the vCenter appliance supported for TSM for Virtual Environments?
Interesting question that will have to be answered by TSM engineering officially. Unofficially, I’ve successfully run VE against both 5.1 and 5.5 Linux vCenter appliances for quite some time. We develop a product using VDDK against the Windows vCenter and the appliance vCenters with no noticeable difference. Bill Smoldt STORServer From: Stefan Folkerts Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 4:25 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDUmailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Is the vCenter appliance supported for TSM for Virtual Environments? Hi all, Last one for today I promise. Here : http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21652843#Supported%20VMware%20vSphere%20versions It states: The following VMware vCenter Server versions are supported: - vCenter Server 5.1 - vCenter Server 5.5 I don't know if the VMware Virtual Appliance at those levels is also supported by that list list or that this is just the Windows based old school vCenter server software. Does anybody know? Regards, Stefan
Re: Windows dsmadmc client
F7 Up arrow to highlight a command - enter to execute the command or right arrow to paste and edit the command before executing. It has nothing to do with dsmadmc. The feature is built into the DOS window and has been for many years. Sent from my iPad Bill Smoldt President STORServer, Inc. On Oct 13, 2011, at 13:17, Ehresman,David E. deehr...@louisville.edu wrote: I'm running the 6.2.2.0 Windows dsmadmc client. I accidently hit a key combination that popped up a window of my last 10 commands. Does anyone know what that key combination is? David
Re: Dsmserv Restore DB -k?
Christian, I do this frequently and have no problem when I cd to the server2 directory and run the following: ..\server\dsmserv -k server2 restore db todate=today During the restore dsmserv uses the directory you're in to create registry entries for the paths to the instance. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. On Jan 14, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Wanda Prather wrote: I ran into that a while ago. It just plain doesn't work like it should. Got some responses from this list, but lost my test server and never got around to trying it again: http://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l@vm.marist.edu/msg76823.html On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Christian Svensson christian.svens...@cristie.se wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm doing a TSM Server Database recovery on a server right now where I have multiple Server Instance. When I run dsmserv.exe restore db from the directory where I have the correct dsmserv.opt and dsmserv.dsk, then some how does TSM try to restore my other instance that is also instance server1 in my tsm environment. When I normally start TSM I will type dsmserv.exe -k server2 but somehow doesn't dsmserv restore db working with the switch -k Does anyone have any other ideas how to restore on a dedicated server instance? TSM Server 5.5.2 on Windows Server 2003 x64 Best Regards Christian Svensson Cell: +46-70-325 1577 E-mail: christian.svens...@cristie.se Skype: cristie.christian.svensson Supported Platform for CPU2TSM:: http://www.cristie.se/cpu2tsm-supported-platforms
Re: Fwd: [ADSM-L] Mixing LTO2 and LTO4 drives and media in the same library
David, While I understand that this works in specific circumstances, we've had significant problems with your specific combination. The problem we observed will occur with a current release of TSM server and any two-level gap in LTO generations and the right circumstances. You may want to wait on implementation until you are running a TSM version which contains the fix described in APAR IC59691. Unless you can live with that feature. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC59691 -- Bill Smoldt VP Research Development STORServer, Inc. 719-266-8777 x7103 From: David McClelland david.mcclell...@networkc.co.uk Reply-To: david.mcclell...@networkc.co.uk Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:39:28 -0600 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Fwd: [ADSM-L] Mixing LTO2 and LTO4 drives and media in the same library (War and Peace again - sorry): Thanks for all of your responses both on and off list. I've put some feelers out elsewhere on this too (many thanks if you're reading) and have had some interesting and contradictory responses! In summary, there do seem to be some folks out there running with exactly the proposed config below (i.e. LTO2 and LTO4 drives and media in the same logical/physical library, LTO2 used purely for offsite media generation) and, provided parameters such as MOUNTLIMIT are set carefully (as well as separate devclasses and stgpools of course), it is a happy configuration without undesired LTO2 LTO4 cross pollination. The 'Implementing IBM Tape in Unix Systems' Redbook is an excellent read and talks about this configuration in one of its examples (going against my reading of the TSM Admin Guide): As of Tivoli Storage Manager V5.3.5, LTO4 drives are supported, and any combination of LTO 2, 3, and 4 drives and media can be used in one library [...] Although LTO4 drives can read the LTO2 media (but cannot write to it), care should be taken to avoid attempted writing. Set the MOUNTLIMIT option for the LTO2 devclass to less than the sum of LTO2 and 3 drives (see the previous tip), thereby preventing the LTO2 media from being loaded in the LTO4 drives. The LTO2 media will still be available for normal use by the LTO2 [and 3] drives. ['Previous tip' - relates to different scenario but the point is still valid] Setting the MOUNTLIMIT parameter: For read or write tape mounts, Tivoli Storage Manager will select LTO3 drives for LTO3 media first. If no LTO3 devices are available, an available LTO4 drive will be selected for the LTO3 media. To prevent the case where all LTO4 drives are loaded with LTO3 media (leaving no drives available to read/write LTO4 media), set the DEVCLASS parameter MOUNTLIMIT appropriately. The above is from section 5.11.1 of the Redbook. Given the headache of repartitioning the 3584 library from its base config into two partitions without ALMS (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21145429 gives an indication of this), its inherent inflexibility plus extra work required during the migration activity itself, I'm inclined to think that the single partition library solution above is the way to go after all. I would also be able to perform a good deal of the TSM Server work (defining devclasses, stgpools etc) prior to the migration weekend, de-risking the change somewhat. That's how I'm looking at the moment - many thanks again for your thoughts. /David Mc London, UK -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Baker, Jane Sent: 20 March 2009 08:19 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Fwd: [ADSM-L] Mixing LTO2 and LTO4 drives and media in the same library We have a 3584 with LTO2 LTO3 which we use via logical partitioning, it works really well so would recommend that? As said previously as long as you have separate device classes and control paths neither will intermix. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Wanda Prather Sent: 19 March 2009 20:54 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Fwd: [ADSM-L] Mixing LTO2 and LTO4 drives and media in the same library TSM does support mixing media in the library, but I believe you are correct that with LTO2 + LTO4 drives and media, you will have a problem. I've included the text from the 5.5 TSM Admin Guide for Windows below. I interpret it to say that there is no way to keep an LTO2 scratch cartridge from landing in an LTO4 drive, and the LTO4 drive can't write to it and problems will ensue. You could indeed partition the library with ALMS. But the way I've gotten around this before with is to simply create two logical libraries in 1 physical library. (This would be especially convenient since you don't intend to keep this configuration very long.) CAVEAT: I have to say I haven't done this since TSM 5.3, so YMMV: Create a new TSM LTO4 library. Define the path for the library to point to the lbx.y.z.q device
Re: VCB Integration backup with TSM ??
After the snapshot finishes on the ESX server, the .vmdk files are copied to your local system. If you're doing this using the LAN protocol then it's going to take as long as it takes to copy 9G across your network. However, vcbmounter only copies the used blocks out of your 9G VM guest store, so figure used space rather than LUN size. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Martin Panggabean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Niaga Prima Paramitra Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:32:48 +0700 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] VCB Integration backup with TSM ?? Hi, Have somebody here ever experience doing backup online using VMWare Consolidated Backup. I'm using 1 GB memory on computer where VCB Module is installed. The Snapshoot process take 1 hour for 9GB ( pre-command job1 -FullVM ). My question is, what makes this snapshooting faster ? or is it that long ? Best Regards, Martin Panggabean Technical Consultant @ Niagaprima.com Jakarta, Indonesia office | +622172799949 fax | +622172799950 cell 2 | +622192991802 cell 1 | +6285691058844 e-mail | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The BACKUP VM command is not supported on this client (ANS1184W)
That won't fix THIS issue. This error message is quite descriptive. The backup vm command really isn't supported on the 64 bit client. And the TSM scripts use that command. I'll point out that the backup vm command is not necessary to backup virtual machines with TSM through a proxy server, however, and we don't use it with our implementation. So you can back them up with the 64bit client if you don't use the VMware supplied TSM pre-sched command scripts. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. 719-302-5051 From: Burton, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:52:44 -0400 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] The BACKUP VM command is not supported on this client (ANS1184W) My understanding is you have to be at tsm server 5.5 level as well as the client ... thanks Robert Burton Enterprise Storage Network Analyst Royal Bank of Canada 315 Front St West Toronto, On, M5V 3A4 ( 416-348-3849 ) + [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bell, Charles (Chip) Sent: 2008, March, 21 11:09 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: The BACKUP VM command is not supported on this client (ANS1184W) Receiving this error when first testing TSM backups with VMware's VCB product. Running TSM v5.5.0.4 client on Windows 64-bit OS. TSM server is at v5.4.2.0. I have a ticket open with TSM support, but would like to know if anyone has seen this. I thought that command would be supported by 5.5 on 64-bit. What am I missing. Any VMware gurus out there? J God bless you!!! Chip Bell Network Engineer I IBM Tivoli Certified Deployment Professional Baptist Health System Birmingham, AL - Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this email message is privileged and confidential information and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named in the address. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited. If you received this information in error, please notify the sender and delete this information from your computer and retain no copies of any of this information. ___ This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. Ce courrier électronique est confidentiel et protégé. L'expéditeur ne renonce pas aux droits et obligations qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce message ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le (les) destinataire(s) désigné(s) est interdite. Si vous recevez ce courrier électronique par erreur, veuillez m'en aviser immédiatement, par retour de courrier électronique ou par un autre moyen.
Re: The BACKUP VM command is not supported on this client (ANS1184W)
Actually, Andy, the current release of VCB is still 64-bit. However, you can at least now install it on a 64-bit machine in 32-bit mode (that wasn't true in 3.0.2). So, Charles, while I haven't tried it you can likely run the 32-bit TSM client and you will get by the error message you're seeing. I won't go so far as to say that your VCB backup will work at that point, but you don't need the 5.5 TSM server for the backup vm command. Again, I haven't tried this combination because we don't need to use it. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. 719-302-5051 From: Bell, Charles (Chip) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:36:05 -0500 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] The BACKUP VM command is not supported on this client (ANS1184W) So...will I able to make this work on 64-bit? Am I the only looney tune trying it? :) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 2:31 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] The BACKUP VM command is not supported on this client (ANS1184W) At the time 5.5 VCB support was being developed, the 64-bit VMware VCB framework was not available (though I think one has since been introduced). So TSM support is currently 32-bit Windows 2003. There is no 5.5 server requirement for this. Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager. html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 03/21/2008 09:20:00 AM: That won't fix THIS issue. This error message is quite descriptive. The backup vm command really isn't supported on the 64 bit client. And the TSM scripts use that command. I'll point out that the backup vm command is not necessary to backup virtual machines with TSM through a proxy server, however, and we don't use it with our implementation. So you can back them up with the 64bit client if you don't use the VMware supplied TSM pre-sched command scripts. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. 719-302-5051 From: Burton, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:52:44 -0400 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] The BACKUP VM command is not supported on this client (ANS1184W) My understanding is you have to be at tsm server 5.5 level as well as the client ... thanks Robert Burton Enterprise Storage Network Analyst Royal Bank of Canada 315 Front St West Toronto, On, M5V 3A4 ( 416-348-3849 ) + [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bell, Charles (Chip) Sent: 2008, March, 21 11:09 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: The BACKUP VM command is not supported on this client (ANS1184W) Receiving this error when first testing TSM backups with VMware's VCB product. Running TSM v5.5.0.4 client on Windows 64-bit OS. TSM server is at v5.4.2.0. I have a ticket open with TSM support, but would like to know if anyone has seen this. I thought that command would be supported by 5.5 on 64-bit. What am I missing. Any VMware gurus out there? J God bless you!!! Chip Bell Network Engineer I IBM Tivoli Certified Deployment Professional Baptist Health System Birmingham, AL - Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this email message is privileged and confidential information and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named in the address. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited. If you received this information in error, please notify the sender and delete this information from your computer and retain no copies of any of this information. ___ This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. Ce courrier électronique est confidentiel et protégé. L'expéditeurne renonce pas aux droits et obligations qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie
Re: AW: [ADSM-L] Lost in TSM licensing
I think it's anyone who asks about it on this list, Debbie. Bill -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Haberstroh, Debbie (IT) Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:01 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] AW: [ADSM-L] Lost in TSM licensing Does anyone know how IBM is targeting who gets audited for licenses? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thomas Rupp Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:00 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] AW: [ADSM-L] Lost in TSM licensing Or even better you could use the software tool ARI (AdvancedRemoteInfo). It has a batch mode to scan a list of servers and export the results as CSV. You can scan a list of servers imported from a text file or scan by IP-range. The tool can be found at: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/aremoteinfo.html HTH Thomas Rup
Re: Way to redirect a TSM Data Protection for Exchange restore to an alternate location?
Orin, No need to be afraid. Follow the instructions for creating the Recover Storage Group. When you bring up the TDP restore screen it will tell you that a recovery group exists and that all restores are going into that (just above the list of exchange backups to restore). The many arguments against a brick-level backup are well documented on this list. If you need to implement, read brickback.doc in the tdpexchange directory. But instead, consider extending the Item Deleted Retention in Exchange and apply the Outlook patch for recovering deleted items on a folder by folder basis - then let users find their own deleted email messages like they should. Put the responsibility where it belongs. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orin Rehorst Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:50 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Way to redirect a TSM Data Protection for Exchange restore to an alternate location? We are trying to recover a single mailbox. We don't want to write over the data store and loose current data. We would like to use Exchange 2003 Recovery Storage Group. But we're afraid the restore will write over current data. Our current plan is to set up a temporary Exchange server, restore the TDP back there, and export the mailbox. Our tech support company estimates 20 hours for that job. Your comments would be appreciated. PS. It looks like I need to go to a brick level backup solution, don't you think? Regards, Orin Rehorst -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Del Hoobler Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 7:19 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Way to redirect a TSM Data Protection for Exchange restore to an alternate location? Orin, By default, Data Protection for Exchange will restore data back into the live Exchange Server and into the original storage group and database. The Microsoft Exchange Server requires that the database be dismounted for this operation. If that is not what you want, it would help to understand what exactly you are trying to do. Are you trying to restore in to an Exchange 2003 Recovery Storage Group? Are you trying to restore to a different server? Do you just want to restore the .EDB, .STM, and .LOG files so that you can manipulate them with 3rd-party tools? Thanks, Del ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 10/26/2006 05:14:37 PM: Is there a way to redirect a TSM Data Protection for Exchange restore to an alternate location? When I try a restore TSM first asks to close the datastore. TIA Orin Rehorst
Re: ISC installation problems
While I'm in violent agreement with Mark, the cold robies sent me to google. Turns out that most people spell it cold robbies, another phrase I'd never heard or, rather, presumed that I misheard the speaker. Thanks, Mark. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Stapleton Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:32 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] ISC installation problems Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Gilbert, Guillaume I am having problems installing ISC on Windows 2003 servers. I tried 3 times on a VMWare image with a fresh install of Win2K3. The image had 1024 Mbytres of RAM allocated. The 3 times the install stoped at 93%. Keep in mind also that neither TSM nor VMWare recommend or support putting a TSM server on a VMWare ESX image. (TSM clients are not an issue.) The thought of TSM's legendary bandwidth needs being forced through a virtualization layer and then contending for attention with the physical hardware involved gives me a bad case of the Cold Robies. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) US Bank MR Backup and Recovery Management -- Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==
Re: Searching for tsm client
I'm running 5.3.2.4 successfully on FC4. Takes of bit of unlisted pre-req updates, of course. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary D. Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:41 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Searching for tsm client I've been all over the web site, but it either isn't there, or I've just missed it. Looking for a tsm client for either redhat enterprise linux v4, or fedora core 4. Is there such a beast, and if not, any plans for one soon? Thanks for the help. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.6/287 - Release Date: 3/21/2006
Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2
Mark, Are you on a Windows or UNIX machine? Do you have passwordaccess generate set in your appropriate dsm.sys stanza (UNIX) or dsm.opt file (Windows)? That is what stores the password locally on the client machine for use with dsmc. If you have a TDP on this same machine and this is a UNIX box, are you using two separate stanzas, one for the TDP and one for the backup/archive client? Are you going to allow users other than TSM admins access through the client web interface? If so, do you have an administrator registered on the server with the same name as nodename? From a TSM admin command line, query admin and look for a match with the node from query node - the one that matches the nodename option in dsm.sys or the hostname from a shell command. Please post your dsm.sys file, version, and the type of TDP you're running on this machine. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Tindall Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:19 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2 Bill, apologies for the late reply but I have been really busy trying to recover a production database. What happens is that I enter the dsmc command before i kick off the dsmcad one and I get asked for hostname/passsword login. Once I complete this I kick off the dsmcad command and connect to the host via a web browser. This connects fine until the point I click on anything where I get the message: ANS2604S The Web client agent was unable to authenticate with the server. displayed in a window. You can do nothing else until you click on the Ok prompt in the window. I am very new to TSM having come from a Veritas Netbackup background and so dont really have a good understanding of how to setup the normal file system backups (they were all done by someone else from USA). Is there some way of storing the password locally as like I have done for TDP? Thanks for the help. Mark Tindall Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:42:31 -0700, Bill Smoldt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are not going to allow anyone except TSM administrators use of the web interface, you can use any existing TSM admin account with sufficient privilege to log in at the dsmcad dialogue box. As Richard pointed out to me privately, the command I offered earlier should have been update admin nodename newpassword (rather than set admin) but that only matters if you created the individual node account at node registration time, as Richard describes. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:14 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2 Check the error log, as recommended in the message explanation. This is often due to not having an administrative account with owner privileges to the node. Richard Sims On Mar 22, 2005, at 6:04 AM, Mark Tindall wrote: Hi, I am trying to get the web gui client working for 4 of our servers for normal backups/restores but keep getting the following error when I try to do anything with it: ANS2604S The Web client agent was unable to authenticate with the server. I think this has something to do with setting a local password (as like we have done for TDP) but am at a bit of a loss as to how to do this. Could someone explain? Thanks, Mark Tindall Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2
OK, now, check that your dsm.opt in the client/ba/bin directory contains the line servername edcbkup add this line to the first stanza before the line password access generate execute dsmc and enter your username/password for the client node. Execute dsmcad, connect via web browser to port 1581, enter a valid TSM SERVER username/password (line ADMIN ADMIN). If that doesn't work, post the relevant lines of you client/ba/bin/dsmwebcl.log file. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Tindall Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:57 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2 Bill, TSM client software is running on Sun solaris boxes (5.9) - TDP version is 5.2 - current dsm.sys file below :- SErvername edcbkup TCPPort1502 TCPServeraddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Inclexcl/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/adsm.exclude MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP yes Nodenamecmsprod COMMMETHOD TCPIP schedlogname /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmsched.log schedlogretention 7,D schedmode prompted SErvername oracle TCPPort1502 TCPServeraddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Inclexcl/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/adsm.exclude MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP yes Nodenamecmsprod-oracle COMMMETHOD TCPIP schedlogname /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/dsmschedtdp.log schedlogretention 7,D *schedmode prompted passwordaccess prompt SErvername oracle-sched TCPPort1502 TCPServeraddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Inclexcl/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/adsm.exclude MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP yes Nodenamecmsprod-oracle COMMMETHOD TCPIP schedlogname /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/dsmschedtdp.log schedlogretention 7,D schedmode prompted passwordaccess generate Thanks, Mark On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:23:16 -0700, Bill Smoldt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, Are you on a Windows or UNIX machine? Do you have passwordaccess generate set in your appropriate dsm.sys stanza (UNIX) or dsm.opt file (Windows)? That is what stores the password locally on the client machine for use with dsmc. If you have a TDP on this same machine and this is a UNIX box, are you using two separate stanzas, one for the TDP and one for the backup/archive client? Are you going to allow users other than TSM admins access through the client web interface? If so, do you have an administrator registered on the server with the same name as nodename? From a TSM admin command line, query admin and look for a match with the node from query node - the one that matches the nodename option in dsm.sys or the hostname from a shell command. Please post your dsm.sys file, version, and the type of TDP you're running on this machine. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Tindall Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:19 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2 Bill, apologies for the late reply but I have been really busy trying to recover a production database. What happens is that I enter the dsmc command before i kick off the dsmcad one and I get asked for hostname/passsword login. Once I complete this I kick off the dsmcad command and connect to the host via a web browser. This connects fine until the point I click on anything where I get the message: ANS2604S The Web client agent was unable to authenticate with the server. displayed in a window. You can do nothing else until you click on the Ok prompt in the window. I am very new to TSM having come from a Veritas Netbackup background and so dont really have a good understanding of how to setup the normal file system backups (they were all done by someone else from USA). Is there some way of storing the password locally as like I have done for TDP? Thanks for the help. Mark Tindall Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:42:31 -0700, Bill Smoldt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are not going to allow anyone except TSM administrators use of the web interface, you can use any existing TSM admin account with sufficient privilege to log in at the dsmcad dialogue box. As Richard pointed out to me privately, the command I offered earlier should have been update admin nodename newpassword (rather than set admin) but that only matters if you created the individual node account at node registration time, as Richard describes. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:14 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2
Re: ANR8963E
It's a TSM issue. In TSM, update the drive using the serial=autodetect option. You can also enter the serial number of the new drive as an argument to that option. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Dourado Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:03 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: ANR8963E Hello All, An engineer just swapped a faulty drive, now when I try to use it , I get the following error: ANR8963E Unable to find path to match the serial number defined for drive TAPE1 Can somebody please help me ? The engineer thinks it's a Windows issue, our Windows man thinks it a TSM issue ! TSM Server 5.2.2.0 on Windows Server 2003 Tape drive is one of four LTO-2s in a NEO 4000 Library Thanks Bill
Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2
Mark, Are you getting a dialogue box that asks for a username/password? If so, try using your TSM administrative username and password in that box - that should work. If so, the problem is the password on the node's administrative account, which you can fix on the server side using the admin command line set admin nodename newpassword. Check the web client log dsmwebcl.log in the client directory. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Tindall Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 4:04 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2 Hi, I am trying to get the web gui client working for 4 of our servers for normal backups/restores but keep getting the following error when I try to do anything with it: ANS2604S The Web client agent was unable to authenticate with the server. I think this has something to do with setting a local password (as like we have done for TDP) but am at a bit of a loss as to how to do this. Could someone explain? Thanks, Mark Tindall Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2
If you are not going to allow anyone except TSM administrators use of the web interface, you can use any existing TSM admin account with sufficient privilege to log in at the dsmcad dialogue box. As Richard pointed out to me privately, the command I offered earlier should have been update admin nodename newpassword (rather than set admin) but that only matters if you created the individual node account at node registration time, as Richard describes. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:14 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2 Check the error log, as recommended in the message explanation. This is often due to not having an administrative account with owner privileges to the node. Richard Sims On Mar 22, 2005, at 6:04 AM, Mark Tindall wrote: Hi, I am trying to get the web gui client working for 4 of our servers for normal backups/restores but keep getting the following error when I try to do anything with it: ANS2604S The Web client agent was unable to authenticate with the server. I think this has something to do with setting a local password (as like we have done for TDP) but am at a bit of a loss as to how to do this. Could someone explain? Thanks, Mark Tindall Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Volume : mountablenotinlib
I've run into this before and it's frustrating. Try this: move media 03 stgpool=pool_extern wherestatus=empty remove=no checklabel=no Then, whether the first command is successful or not: move media 03 stgpool=pool_extern wherestatus=empty wherestate=mountablenotinlib Although it seems that the volume state should toggle each time, the wherestatus=empty seems to be required for empty volumes. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Pilgram Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:47 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: AW: Volume : mountablenotinlib Hi, I tried the move media * stgpool=POOL_EXTERN wherestate=MOUNTABLENOTINLIB 03/03/05 08:20:57 ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: MOVE MEDIA * stgpool=POOL_EXTERN wherestate=MOUNTABLENOTINLIB 03/03/05 08:20:57 ANR0984I Process 326 for MOVE MEDIA started in the BACKGROUND at 08:20:57. 03/03/05 08:20:57 ANR0609I MOVE MEDIA started as process 326. 03/03/05 08:20:57 ANR0610I MOVE MEDIA started by ADMIN as process 326. 03/03/05 08:20:59 ANR6682I MOVE MEDIA command ended: 0 volumes processed. 03/03/05 08:20:59 ANR6691E MOVE MEDIA: No match is found for this move. 03/03/05 08:20:59 ANR0611I MOVE MEDIA started by ADMIN as process 326 has ended. 03/03/05 08:20:59 ANR0985I Process 326 for MOVE MEDIA running in the BACKGROUND completed with completion state SUCCESS at 08:20:59. Nothing changed : I think the Problem is as I wrote that the entry in the media-table (select * from media where volume_name='03') shows that the volume is in state MOUNTABLEINLIB and not as the message says MOUNTABLENOTINLIB Thanks for help Chr. Pilgram Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH Co.KG IT Department Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Andrew Raibeck Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. März 2005 18:03 An: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Betreff: Re: Volume : mountablenotinlib Whenever you run across a message that is unfamiliar to you, the first course of action should be to look it up, either in the Messages manual or using the HELP message_code command from the Admin command line interface. In this case, I think you will find the message help useful. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 2005-03-02 07:28:44: Hi all, With the last restart of the TSM-Server a message come up in actlog : ANR1425W Scratch volume 03 is empty but will not be deleted - volume state is mountablenotinlib. The volume is in the library, I see in with q libvol in Status=Private, it belongs to a tape-storage-pool, but it can not be deleted. A select from media where volume_name='03' shows the following : VOLUME_NAME: 03 STATE: MOUNTABLEINLIB UPD_DATE: 2004-03-03 15:17:17.00 LOCATION: STGPOOL_NAME: POOL_EXTERN LIB_NAME: 3494LIB0 STATUS: EMPTY ACCESS: READWRITE LRD: 2004-02-19 20:00:30.00 How do I get this volume deleted ? Thanks for help Chr. Pilgram Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH Co.KG IT Department Germany
Re: TSM Certification
I always loved this way back when I was in school - if I could get a professor to listen I could talk them into throwing out almost any question on a technicality. Hard to get that computer giving the exam to listen. In the latest certification I took, IBM allowed a comment for every question, but it was a beta test. I spent more time entering comments than taking the test. On the other hand, I sat in on one of the certification test creation sessions, and it's extraordinarily difficult to get agreement on every question. IBM even hired one of my old professors to moderate the sessions. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Zarnowski Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 6:27 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM Certification Ok, I'll chime in here - in TSM terminology, what is an account? I don't believe you fill find the term account used anywhere. ;-) At 11:28 AM 2/16/2005, you wrote: That's what I was thinking... _-'-_ -|- -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:26 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM Certification 9 Which account is created during an installation of the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (Storage Manager) Server? A Administrator B Root C Admin D Admin_Console Answer D is listed as the correct answer. But shouldn't that be Server_Console? Actually I think that, as the question is written, answer C is correct. ;-) Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ___ Disclaimer Notice __ This message and any attachments are confidential and should only be read by those to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us, delete the message from your computer and destroy any copies. Any distribution or copying without our prior permission is prohibited. Internet communications are not always secure and therefore Powergen Retail Limited does not accept legal responsibility for this message. The recipient is responsible for verifying its authenticity before acting on the contents. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Powergen Retail Limited. Registered addresses: Powergen Retail Limited, Westwood Way, Westwood Business Park, Coventry, CV4 8LG. Registered in England and Wales No: 3407430 Telephone +44 (0) 2476 42 4000 Fax +44 (0) 2476 42 5432 -- Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 719 Rhodes Hall, Cornell UniversityFx: 607-255-8521 Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library?
Mark, No, a VTL that worked in a SAN environment wouldn't need the same code as SANergy because there would be no need for a shared file system - access to the volumes would be shared, but sequential and locked during use by any node by the mount code. Having said that, I don't know if existing products even try to work in the SAN, much less play with TSM in a SAN. They would have to expose the tape device driver over the fiber. If it was designed properly, this might be the one reason to use such a device with TSM. The idea of adding a virtual tape layer to a product that is already designed for disk storage pools is otherwise lame and bound to be fraught with new issues to resolve. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark D. Rodriguez Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library? Johnson, Milton wrote: I am not quite sure what you meant by with TSM you can use disk only for backups instead of onsite tape. I do not see any reason why you can not use FILE device types for both primary and copypool stg pools. Of course if you actually want to move a copy of the data offsite, then you would need some type of removable media such as tape. For me two of the attractions of a virtual tape library are being able to do lanfree backups without using Sanergy, and having the VTL do compression. H. Milton Johnson Hi Milton, I am not sure how you get to do Lan-Free without using Sanergy. In order to do that wouldn't the VTL have to have some kind of similar code as Sanergy and then the question is does that play nicely with TSM. Or am I missing something really obvious here? Please explain how you will get Lan-Free to work in a TSM environment without the Sanergy code. Thank You. -- Regards, Mark D. Rodriguez President MDR Consulting, Inc. === MDR Consulting The very best in Technical Training and Consulting. IBM Advanced Business Partner SAIR Linux and GNU Authorized Center for Education IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert, CATE AIX Support and Performance Tuning, RS6000 SP, TSM/ADSM and Linux Red Hat Certified Engineer, RHCE ===
Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library?
Sal, No, not too simplistic. The environment you seek is quite feasible using file devclass volumes and built-in TSM features. What isn't feasible today is using this as the primary means to move all IT data offsite for disaster recovery, unless you don't have a lot of data or you have free bandwidth. It's simply a matter of speed of the communication link and cost. While you can move a file hundreds of miles in seconds, you can't move 500GB of changed data hundreds of miles in seconds, minutes, or hours each day for a reasonable price with current technology. If the communications costs were free, we'd all do this. If you have a very small amount of changed data each day, this may be feasible for you. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sal Mangiapane Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library? Johnson, Milton wrote: I am not quite sure what you meant by with TSM you can use disk only for backups instead of onsite tape. I do not see any reason why you can not use FILE device types for both primary and copypool stg pools. Of course if you actually want to move a copy of the data offsite, then you would need some type of removable media such as tape. With data on disk a simple copy can move it hundreds of miles in seconds or minutes. Can't a FILE device pool be used to recover data in an emergency? Am I making this too simplistic? Thanks, Sal
Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library?
Milton, After I wrote the last message, I noticed that FalconStor has certified TSM SAN clients with their product, which is used by EMC and other manufacturers. I was thinking that it would be more interesting to run the VTL software on the TSM server rather than add another piece of hardware, however. So VTL might be a nice alternative to trying to implement a shared SAN filesystem (SANergy) just to achieve shared file pools. I haven't looked at the price. Have you? Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnson, Milton Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 6:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library? A virtual tape library operates and connects just like a physical tape library in a SAN environment. The VTL, TSM server and your client are connected to the SAN so a LANFREE back-up works using TSM's LANFREE technology. Since the topology is conventional you should also be able to add a SAN Data Gateway and do a server free backup. The key is that a VTL is just a conventional fiber connected library with really fast robotics and drives. Yes, you do need to make sure that the VTL plays nice with TSM, so make sure your choice in VTL is TSM certified. H. Milton Johnson -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark D. Rodriguez Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library? Johnson, Milton wrote: I am not quite sure what you meant by with TSM you can use disk only for backups instead of onsite tape. I do not see any reason why you can not use FILE device types for both primary and copypool stg pools. Of course if you actually want to move a copy of the data offsite, then you would need some type of removable media such as tape. For me two of the attractions of a virtual tape library are being able to do lanfree backups without using Sanergy, and having the VTL do compression. H. Milton Johnson Hi Milton, I am not sure how you get to do Lan-Free without using Sanergy. In order to do that wouldn't the VTL have to have some kind of similar code as Sanergy and then the question is does that play nicely with TSM. Or am I missing something really obvious here? Please explain how you will get Lan-Free to work in a TSM environment without the Sanergy code. Thank You. -- Regards, Mark D. Rodriguez President MDR Consulting, Inc. === MDR Consulting The very best in Technical Training and Consulting. IBM Advanced Business Partner SAIR Linux and GNU Authorized Center for Education IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert, CATE AIX Support and Performance Tuning, RS6000 SP, TSM/ADSM and Linux Red Hat Certified Engineer, RHCE ===
Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library?
Thanks, Milton, looking forward to hearing all about it! I understand your constraints. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnson, Milton Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library? Bill, I am presently implementing the S2100-ES and S2100-DS VTLs by Sepaton which are also TSM certified. While at present I am using them as directly fiber attached devices to my TSM server, I chose a VTL solution over a DASD solution because: (1) I wanted to preserve the ability to do a LANFree back-up in the future; (2) the VTL offers compression without any performance hit to my TSM server or clients. As far as costs are concerned, sure you are paying something for the VTL layer, but compression decreases that cost, besides TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch). We were faced with the need for a major expansion and sticking with the tradition tape with a disk stgpool front end would have been very expensive. Give me a month or two and I should be able to report on life with a TSM and VTL. H. Milton Johnson -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Smoldt Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 8:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library? Milton, After I wrote the last message, I noticed that FalconStor has certified TSM SAN clients with their product, which is used by EMC and other manufacturers. I was thinking that it would be more interesting to run the VTL software on the TSM server rather than add another piece of hardware, however. So VTL might be a nice alternative to trying to implement a shared SAN filesystem (SANergy) just to achieve shared file pools. I haven't looked at the price. Have you? Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnson, Milton Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 6:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library? A virtual tape library operates and connects just like a physical tape library in a SAN environment. The VTL, TSM server and your client are connected to the SAN so a LANFREE back-up works using TSM's LANFREE technology. Since the topology is conventional you should also be able to add a SAN Data Gateway and do a server free backup. The key is that a VTL is just a conventional fiber connected library with really fast robotics and drives. Yes, you do need to make sure that the VTL plays nice with TSM, so make sure your choice in VTL is TSM certified. H. Milton Johnson -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark D. Rodriguez Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library? Johnson, Milton wrote: I am not quite sure what you meant by with TSM you can use disk only for backups instead of onsite tape. I do not see any reason why you can not use FILE device types for both primary and copypool stg pools. Of course if you actually want to move a copy of the data offsite, then you would need some type of removable media such as tape. For me two of the attractions of a virtual tape library are being able to do lanfree backups without using Sanergy, and having the VTL do compression. H. Milton Johnson Hi Milton, I am not sure how you get to do Lan-Free without using Sanergy. In order to do that wouldn't the VTL have to have some kind of similar code as Sanergy and then the question is does that play nicely with TSM. Or am I missing something really obvious here? Please explain how you will get Lan-Free to work in a TSM environment without the Sanergy code. Thank You. -- Regards, Mark D. Rodriguez President MDR Consulting, Inc. === MDR Consulting The very best in Technical Training and Consulting. IBM Advanced Business Partner SAIR Linux and GNU Authorized Center for Education IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert, CATE AIX Support and Performance Tuning, RS6000 SP, TSM/ADSM and Linux Red Hat Certified Engineer, RHCE ===
Re: disk storage pools and windows compressed file systems
I have two instances of storage pool volume corruption due to file compression on Windows 2003. Required a db audit of the storage to get rid of the volumes. It seemed like a good idea to the customer . . . Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rushforth, Tim Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: disk storage pools and windows compressed file systems The 5.2.2 Performance Tuning Guide says: NTFS file compression should not be used on disk volumes that are used by the TSM server, because of the potential for performance degradation. We use client compression so I don't think it would buy us anything. Report back if you try this out! -Original Message- From: Steve Bennett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: disk storage pools and windows compressed file systems Have any of you used disk primary storage pools which use windows compressed file systems? Comments on performance, etc? We are investigating use of a multi TB raid5 array to use as a buffer between our local primary disk pool and the tapepool. Have seen the posts regarding file vs disk device classes but what about compression? Good, bad, etc. Win 2000 sp4 with TSM server 5.2.3.2 -- Steve Bennett, (907) 465-5783 State of Alaska, Enterprise Technology Services, Technical Services Section
Re: Antwort: Re: each dbbackup to new tape?
You only have to pay for the 1's you write on the tape. The unused portion is free. In the case of the DB tape, however, the information is more valuable than the data on primary or copy storage pool tapes, so the cost per 1 is higher. Thus, you can't use the whole tape. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucian Greis Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Antwort: Re: each dbbackup to new tape? well, having a small database (500MB) and a large tape (400GB) it's at least a waste of tapes.. Regards, Lucian goc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15.09.2004 15:42 Bitte antworten an ADSM: Dist Stor Manager An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopie: Thema: Re: each dbbackup to new tape? this is the way it ment to be ... i believe there is no logic in making dbbackups on same tape but you can always consult pdf-s ... greetz goran - Original Message - From: Lucian Greis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:13 PM Subject: each dbbackup to new tape? Hi list, I'm rather green with TSM, actually working through my first client-project with it and have come to a (small for sure) problem System: TSM 5.2 on SuSe SLES8, feeding an Adic Scalar24 with one IBM-LTO2. Basically, the system works. Whenever I command a dbBackup, wether full or incremetal, TSM wants to write to a scratch tape only. If i give the volser of a tape used for an earlier dbbackup explicitly, TSM says the tape is full (which it is not). Can someone point me to the right direction? Regards, Lucian Greis MKV GmbH
Re: Include/Exclude Question
TSM_User, I wasn't picking on your use of processed, just highlighting it to distinguish it from the act of reading the file. The processing has to be confusing to those who are used to other methods. Some options like Domain can be specified multiple times and the arguments are additive. Most options can be specified multiple times and dsmc only uses the last argument, as in the ones we're discussing. Then there is the continuous confusion over the includes and excludes of files and directories. I'd someday like to understand why the original developers chose to process the include/excludes of files from the bottom up. But you have to pick something. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TSM_User Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Include/Exclude Question Backup, wait a minute and read what I said again. I did not say that it is read from bottom up! As a matter of fact I said I didn't know how it was read! I said it was processed from bottom up. If you what to pick on my use of processed OK. Well technically it may be that each line is read one at a time from top to bottom. Then repeated values later in the file are layed over top of values that were previousely read in. I was only trying to point out that when a human looks at the file they need to be sure that if there any repeated values the ones on the bottom will win. Of course you shouldn't have any option listed more than once in a file but if you do this was my observation. Yes, you are correct there are other factors at work with includes and excludes like exclude.dir. Further I pointed out what is done with the set opt command on the TSM server. Bill Smoldt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TSM_User, I don't understand how your observation supports your conclusion that the .opt file is read in from the bottom. I believe it simply means that TSM uses the last instance of each option that has a unique value in the .opt file. The include options are processed in a very specific manner. Exclude.dir statements are evaluated first and files in those directories are excluded. Then, the includes and excludes are processed from the bottom up, not read from the bottom up. I'd be glad to be corrected by someone who really knows, but the .opt file is a sequential text file and is likely read sequentially from beginning to end. The options are evaluated and stored in structures in the running instance of dsmc. Why the developers chose to use a bottom up reconciliation of the includes and excludes is independent of everything else in the file and the way it is processed. Andy, my experience the dsm.sys file is the opposite of Becky's and consistent with your expectation. The first stanza on my UNIX systems is used by default, and I must specify any other stanza that I want a client to use. The only change to this would be if I have a dsm.opt somewhere in my path that specifies a servername option. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TSM_User Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Include/Exclude Question I have always seen that the dsm.opt file IS processed from bottom up. How it is read I don't know but everything not just the include/exclude list appears to be processed from teh bottom up. Take a windows client and put 2 NODE statements in it. Notice that it will always use the bottom one to connect. We have seen this with other things like TCPWidowSize. Someone had accidently put that entry in two places in the dsm.opt. One at the top and the other at the bottom. We adjusted the one at the top not realizing there was another entry. Of course nothing changed. Once we removed the entry from the bottom all was well. I just ran the test above again using V5.2.3 on Windows XP. Further, with TSM servers dsmserv.opt the same thing happens. When you run the set opt command it adds an entry to the bottom of the dsmserv.opt file so that it is read in first. This way if the default option was set above it will use the one at the bottom of the file. Andrew Raibeck wrote: Interesting I'll have to look into this. If you don't specify the DEAULTSERVERNAME option in dsm.sys, the default stanza should be the *first* one in the list, not the last. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager wrote on 09/01/2004 11:49:16: My finding is that if you have several stanzas Server A ... Server B And you do a dsmc it will automatically connect to server B and not server A. That is important to us
Re: breaking volume mirror for TSM DB
Sandra, The delete dbvol should work on a mirrored volume without failing. The contingency if it doesn't would be a database restore. On a non-mirrored volume, TSM will check for sufficient space on other volumes and fail the command if there is not enough space, but that's not what you're doing. If you plan on running un-mirrored until you add more raw disk to the system, you can do your del dbvol, then define dbvol of the volume you just deleted - no need to delete it from the filesystem or reformat it. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yuhico, Alexandra Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: breaking volume mirror for TSM DB I have a TSM server with 99.4 % Pct Util and I need to add more space. The TSM DBs are on mirrored volumes and I don't have enough spare space to create additional mirrored volumes. I'd like to break the volumes and then add more space but I can't afford any down time for this. I can't seem to find any considerations, contingencies in case DEL DBVOL fails. I just want to cover all my bases. Anyone with insight as to what could go wrong and some detailed steps on doing this would be appreciated. Ta, Sandra This e-mail is privileged and may contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the addressee immediately by telephone or return e-mail. Although the sender endeavours to maintain a computer virus-free network, the sender does not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and will not be liable for any damages resulting from any virus transmitted.
Re: Include/Exclude Question
TSM_User, I don't understand how your observation supports your conclusion that the .opt file is read in from the bottom. I believe it simply means that TSM uses the last instance of each option that has a unique value in the .opt file. The include options are processed in a very specific manner. Exclude.dir statements are evaluated first and files in those directories are excluded. Then, the includes and excludes are processed from the bottom up, not read from the bottom up. I'd be glad to be corrected by someone who really knows, but the .opt file is a sequential text file and is likely read sequentially from beginning to end. The options are evaluated and stored in structures in the running instance of dsmc. Why the developers chose to use a bottom up reconciliation of the includes and excludes is independent of everything else in the file and the way it is processed. Andy, my experience the dsm.sys file is the opposite of Becky's and consistent with your expectation. The first stanza on my UNIX systems is used by default, and I must specify any other stanza that I want a client to use. The only change to this would be if I have a dsm.opt somewhere in my path that specifies a servername option. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TSM_User Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Include/Exclude Question I have always seen that the dsm.opt file IS processed from bottom up. How it is read I don't know but everything not just the include/exclude list appears to be processed from teh bottom up. Take a windows client and put 2 NODE statements in it. Notice that it will always use the bottom one to connect. We have seen this with other things like TCPWidowSize. Someone had accidently put that entry in two places in the dsm.opt. One at the top and the other at the bottom. We adjusted the one at the top not realizing there was another entry. Of course nothing changed. Once we removed the entry from the bottom all was well. I just ran the test above again using V5.2.3 on Windows XP. Further, with TSM servers dsmserv.opt the same thing happens. When you run the set opt command it adds an entry to the bottom of the dsmserv.opt file so that it is read in first. This way if the default option was set above it will use the one at the bottom of the file. Andrew Raibeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting I'll have to look into this. If you don't specify the DEAULTSERVERNAME option in dsm.sys, the default stanza should be the *first* one in the list, not the last. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager wrote on 09/01/2004 11:49:16: My finding is that if you have several stanzas Server A ... Server B And you do a dsmc it will automatically connect to server B and not server A. That is important to us because if we have an oracle database connecting with one node name and the client files being backed up as a different node name we use the dsmc -se=servera if we want to use servera or vice versa. If we just typed dsmc we would get serverb. We had some issues with some backup software that wouldn't let us specify a node name or a server name so we had to make it the bottom most stanza so it would connect with the node name that we preferred and then just used the -se option for everything else. Becky - Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!
Re: breaking volume mirror for TSM DB
Alexandra, I assumed that you were using TSM mirroring rather than OS or hardware mirroring. Can you tell us which, and what OS platform and disk controller if the latter? Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stapleton, Mark Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: breaking volume mirror for TSM DB From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yuhico, Alexandra I have a TSM server with 99.4 % Pct Util and I need to add more space. The TSM DBs are on mirrored volumes and I don't have enough spare space to create additional mirrored volumes. I'd like to break the volumes and then add more space but I can't afford any down time for this. I can't seem to find any considerations, contingencies in case DEL DBVOL fails. I just want to cover all my bases. Anyone with insight as to what could go wrong and some detailed steps on doing this would be appreciated. If you're at 99.4% of capacity, you're not going to be able to run DELETE DBVOL (unless you have some little-bitty volumes); DEL DBVOL will move all database data from the volume you wish to delete, and then remove the pointer TSM uses to use the volume. (The actual file used is not physically deleted until you do that manually.) If there's no room to move that data to, your DELETE DBVOL will fail. (The following process assumes that you have the ability to add additional hard disks on your system without bringing the system down.) 1. Break the disk mirror (assuming you can do this without bringing the OS down). 2. Add your additional hard disks. 3. Remirror the disks. 4. Create your additional TSM db vol(s). As long as the mirror break, disk addition, and disk remirror can be done at the OS level without shutting your system down, you should be in good shape. (And do it quickly--99.4% may be all right for Dove Soap's purity, but it'll suck for your TSM environment if you fill the db to capacity. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Berbee Information Networks Office 262.521.5627
Re: Exchange TDP question - HELP
Jason, I don't know enough of your constraints or requirements to make a qualified recommendation. However, faced with a similar situation my preference was to create a second copy storage pool, backup the existing required data to that new copypool, and save an extra bi-weekly (expiration period divided by 2 for redundancy) copy of the database backup. Restore of the Exchange data required a TSM database restore to a new TSM server and then TDP restores to a new Exchange server (both can be on the same standalone system if you're running TSM on Windows). By not performing reclamation on the new copypool, you can keep adding new data to the pool. By keeping an extra copy of the database tapes with known dates, you can restore the Exchange database from the date you need, even though the data gets expired in the current active database. This allows you to continue normal operations and still get to the old data. Do they need you to deliver the tapes to them or are you going to keep them and perform restores? If the former, do they have TSM restore capabilities? Are you under some legal requirements for producing the data? Is this a one time thing or do you have to continue this procedure? There are many ways to accomplish this. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cain, Jason (Corporate) Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Exchange TDP question - HELP Is there a way to archive everything that has already been backed up to a new media type, and how. We currently backup our Exchange servers to LTO tape and now for legal purposes they need all of our Email data. They need it on 3590 tape, and we must keep all of the data going back from today and start new backups. If I move the data, how can I tell TSM from stop expiring on the Exchange nodes only. Any suggestions. Jason
Re: Exchange TDP question - HELP
Ah, I think I understand more about this, now. If you put the old Exchange nodes in their own domain, you can set up the copygroup to have nolimit versions and retainonly so that the old ones won't expire. It sounds as though you're going to continue to send the data to the outside company, so as long as you send a database with each batch of tapes, you don't have to worry about expiring the old data from your current database if you convince them to use a dated database restore. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cain, Jason (Corporate) Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 9:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Exchange TDP question - HELP We just send the media to them, and I know it sounds strange, but it is there responsibility to restore the data. I am assuming they use Tivoli. This is for legal reasons... The problem I am having is this. The media goes to LTO tape with over 2.5 tb of data. I need to stop backups for the current Exchange nodes, move the data to a EXCHANGE ONLY pool with 3590 media only. Then create new nodes going forward. I know how to rename the nodes and define stgpools, but is this the right way. Is it possible to STOP expiration for these Exchange nodes only after I rename them? Jason -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Smoldt Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 9:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Exchange TDP question - HELP Jason, I don't know enough of your constraints or requirements to make a qualified recommendation. However, faced with a similar situation my preference was to create a second copy storage pool, backup the existing required data to that new copypool, and save an extra bi-weekly (expiration period divided by 2 for redundancy) copy of the database backup. Restore of the Exchange data required a TSM database restore to a new TSM server and then TDP restores to a new Exchange server (both can be on the same standalone system if you're running TSM on Windows). By not performing reclamation on the new copypool, you can keep adding new data to the pool. By keeping an extra copy of the database tapes with known dates, you can restore the Exchange database from the date you need, even though the data gets expired in the current active database. This allows you to continue normal operations and still get to the old data. Do they need you to deliver the tapes to them or are you going to keep them and perform restores? If the former, do they have TSM restore capabilities? Are you under some legal requirements for producing the data? Is this a one time thing or do you have to continue this procedure? There are many ways to accomplish this. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cain, Jason (Corporate) Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Exchange TDP question - HELP Is there a way to archive everything that has already been backed up to a new media type, and how. We currently backup our Exchange servers to LTO tape and now for legal purposes they need all of our Email data. They need it on 3590 tape, and we must keep all of the data going back from today and start new backups. If I move the data, how can I tell TSM from stop expiring on the Exchange nodes only. Any suggestions. Jason
Re: Pre-Initialized Tapes - do they need to be labeled?
I've talked with sites that ordered pre-labeled and got EBCDIC - make sure they specify ANSI ASCII. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Canan Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pre-Initialized Tapes - do they need to be labeled? I am throwing this out the list to get an answer. If you order pre-labeled tapes to use with TSM, does this mean that they do not need to go through the label libv process? This may seem like a silly question, but we have a customer who want to order pre-labeled (and barcoded) tapes, but I always thought that meant labeled for use by an MVS system, not necessarily for use by a TSM system. They are ordering a large batch of tapes, and if they don't have to be labeled with TSM, this could save them a lot of time. Thanks for any answers to this.
Re: LANFREE Problem
Mario, What brand of HBA do you have in your W2K3 machines? I saw similar behavior with QLogic HBAs. Check the MaximumSGList in the registry - it should be set to x41, but the QLogic driver installs with x21. There is an APAR on this on the IBM site. The registry key is at hkey_local_machine/system/currentcontrolset/services/ql2300/parameters/devic e/maximumsglist Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mario Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 2:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LANFREE Problem Dear all, First of all, we install TSM server v5.2.3 with basic initialization setting. And then we also install TSM client v5.2.3 on all clients, and TSM Storage Agent v5.2.3 on all supported client (Client's with fiber connection to SAN Switch). We also use 3590 tape library with 'Random 2 Lun' for the acf mode. We use 2 tapes for this test. After that we define the servers for TSM Storage Agent and also define the Drive Path for each of those servers. After that we initialize the TSM Storage Agent on each server. We also add the dsm.opt file on each client the 'enablelanfree yes' line. After all of the necessary requirement for lanfree backup to work, we try to backup 1 client server (cd1) using lanfree (cd1agent). The session established, and then the tape mounted, and then the backup started. Backup successful using lanfree for that server. After that while the tape still mounted on drive with status: 'idle', we start to test backup another client server (fr1). Now the problem ocuur at this point, by the time the session established with fr1, the tape dismount, and then it mounted again and dismount again and so on, but the backup never started. So we end the session, restart the TSM Server and reset the drive on 3590 tape. After all sessions and mounts are cleared, we begin to try another backup using lanfree. After the 1st server finish its backup with the state success, we try to clear all of the sessions from the 1st server and then disable the TSM Storage Agent Service on that server too, After all is cleared, we try to backup the second server, and it's working just fine with success results. Both the 1st and 2nd servers using win2k3 for their OS, suspecting that TSM not yet fully applicable with this new OS, we try the same scenario with servers using Win2k server for their OS, and the problem still occurs. The ports that are open are 1500, 1501, 1504, 1580, 1581. We can 'ping server' the storage agents, also if we use the command 'show lanfree' , it show no problem with the lanfree connection. So, anyy suggestion regarding this matter? regards, Mario Sunarto Technical Consultant PT Niaga Prima Paramitra IBM Business Partner Tivoli Software Department Pinang Mas I / UT-23 Pondok Indah, Jakarta 12310 Phone : +6221-7692918, +6221-7692920 +6221-7663663 (Direct) Fax : +6221-7505194 Mobile : +62856-9908787 E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TSM server down
OK, time for a group hug. Richard, you never get enough accolades for the amazing free and excellent advise you offer through this list and at your faq site. Thanks! I think Linus is mad about something else, however, and I doubt if he really hates you. My daughters used to say that to me when I launched into my pedantic father-voice at a time of seemingly world-ending situations. They don't say that any more as long as I don't get sarcastic. Mark, I always appreciate your attempts at levity - but it looks like this one missed! Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 6:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM server down click your heels three times and repeat, there's no place like home there's no place like home there's no place like home :) I HATE you Richard! Um, you really need to inspect the From address in email, where you would see that I did not advise Dorothy emulation. That response was from another List member...who was undoubtedly frustrated at receiving yet another broadcast request on how to get off the mailing list from people who have discarded the information they received upon joinin.g I summarize in ADSM QuickFacts the various sources of information about how to properly quit the List, and portals for doing so. The info: (Note that the process of subscribing and unsubscribing is explained in the introductory information you received when you joined the List... which you were supposed to save; in the TSM Backup-Archive client manuals, under Online forum; in the product upgrade README files; in the Monthly TSM FAQ; on the IBM Tivoli Communities web page www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/Tivoli_Communities.html) Richard Sims, slighted but recovering
Re: How do you handle retired nodes?
Richard, A command line query node shows the last time the node accessed the server, so that is what I do use to see a node is active or not. But I'm not working with tons of nodes. What if you create a retired domain for each domain where you have nodes that will be retired? After moving a node to the retired domain you won't have to change its name and your sysadmins what have to change their memories. The new domains should be transparent to them. Domains are free. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: Richard Rhodes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 6:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How do you handle retired nodes? Hi Everyone . . . . . How do you handle retired Nodes? When a server (tsm client node) is retired, we need to keep the TSM node around until all backups are expired. This can be anywhere from a couple months to years depending on policies. This is normal, but we are going through a server consolidation project that is generating tons of retired servers. Retired nodes need to: - be around for restores - hang around until all data is expired (months or even years) - keep track of them for when they can be deleted - remember to exclude them when you are playing with lists of active nodes At first, we just disassociated the node from it's schedule and changed it's contact field to indicate it's retired status. Very quickly we found that there was no quick/easy way to tell active clients from retired clients. Next, we started to change the node name by adding a prefix to indicate the retired status. This has been good from our tsm admin point of view, but now the system admins don't know the node name for restores (or at least don't remember the new name that we tell them). This seems to be a problem categorizing nodes. TSM wants to categorize nodes by domain. It doesn't seem to have a way to categorize nodes within a domain. Question: What do you do? Thanks 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: How do you handle retired nodes?
Rick, Update node nodename domain=new domain To create the domain just use copy domain old domain name new domain name You don't move the data - TSM still knows where it is. If you perform another backup from the node all the files are bound to the new management classes, but it doesn't matter if they are or not if the retention will be the same on both. Bill smoldt STORServer, Inc -Original Message- From: Richard Rhodes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 8:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How do you handle retired nodes? How do you get the data into the new domain? I didn't think you could move a node between domains. Do you setup new mgt classes with just the RetainLast policy and associate the node, in the new domain, to that mgt class? (same with the archive data . . . needing a policy for it that's the same as in the origional domain). Rick Nicholas Cassimatis To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]cc: M Subject: Re: How do you handle retired nodes? Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 06/11/2004 08:53 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager We have a domain called DISCO (short for Disconnected) where we move all the retired systems. We consider the node to have been deleted, so we keep the backup data for the RetainLast number of days (from the copygroup settings). Archive data is kept until expiration deletes it. We also change the node name, using the data of retirement in the new name. That forces the SysAdmins to have to contact us to do a restore, but then we have passwordaccess generate so they'd need a password reset anyway. Nick Cassimatis [EMAIL PROTECTED] He who laughs last has a good backup. - 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 DB extension - emergency
Ralph, There are options to create new database files as needed, but what you need to do right now is extend your database into the unused area that is already created. The command is extend db size_in_MB In your case, I would extend it to the 2964 and look into creating some more database files manually. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: Levi, Ralph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 5:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM DB extension - emergency My TSM DB is 97% full but appears to have more space to expand. Does it do it automatically or must I take some action. Here are the stats from q DB f=d command. I am confused about assigned capacity vs. available capacity. Can someone please help. Available Space (MB): 25,000 Assigned Capacity (MB): 22,036 Maximum Extension (MB): 2,964 Maximum Reduction (MB): 556 Page Size (bytes): 4,096 Total Usable Pages: 5,641,216 Used Pages: 5,475,462 Pct Util: 97.1 Max. Pct Util: 97.5 Thanks, Ralph
Re: archive to tape ???
Michael, What are you intending to archive on the disk array? You can't see the files on the disk in their native format. You can't archive the disk storage pools because they're locked by TSM. Unless the native files are stored on this disk array, you would have to archive from the clients, not archive the data on the disk array. Perhaps there is more to your archive plan than you've mentioned? The second data center configuration makes much more sense. Presumably, you have virtual volumes at each data center for the other. A critical missing element in what you're revealing to us is the speed of the link between the two datacenters and the volume of data that changes daily. Without that information it's impossible to know if the configuration is realistic. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: Michael D Schleif [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: archive to tape ??? * Steve Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004:03:02:16:18:51+1000] scribed: Weird requirement. Yes. Not something that I'd recommend. And I don't see the logic for having only part of the data, but, its an intellectual challenge as to how this can be done. Their design is a bit more complex than I originally posted. They have a second data center (DC), and there, a second TSM using a second disk array. TSM#1 in the main DC#1 is supposed to replicate itself in TSM#2 at DC#2. DC#2 is supposed to house failover servers for all critical servers at DC#1. In the event of catastrophic failure at DC#1, TSM#2 (and DRM#2?) are supposed to recover to these failover servers at DC#2, and all will be back online in a few hours. I am not yet privy to the reality of this setup, and I do not believe that this is fully functional as I write this; but, that is their idea. Also, they have already spent alot of money, and a parade of consultants precede me. They need to minimize cost to whatever they do that they are not already doing. I hope to demonstrate my value by implementing a sound, and simple, and inexpensive tape solution -- then, I may have opportunity to get them to question their overall strategy. Try this Set up a random diskpool big enough to hold one nights backup. Point backup at this. Set up a main sequential file diskpool. Make this the nextstg of the nightly pool with manually controlled migration between the two. Each day, run a backup stg from the nightly pool to the tape pool and send the tapes off site. Then migrate the nightly pool to the main pool. Script a tape return process keyed on the state and update date of the drmedia table. When the tapes come back, run a delete vol discardd=yes on them. snip / OK. Thank you, for your ideas. But, what about my idea to _archive_ from the disk array to tape? Is that not doable? What are the flaws in this idea? Comments? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/03/2004 13:05:26 snip / The client says that they want to copy daily to tape only the most recent version of files that have changed since previous day. They will accept copy daily to tape all most recent file versions. Each morning, those tapes last written will be taken offsite, and tapes from seven (7) days ago brought back onsite and available. Furthermore, there are two (2) offsite locations, one for Windows platforms, and one for *NIX platforms. I am thinking that this can be accomplished by _archiving_ from the arrays to tape. I am not clear how to specify policy. Any ideas? snip / -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
Re: Password cannot be authentcated
Yiannakis, What version of client and under what account are you starting the scheduler service? Try dsmcutil showpw /node:nodename You should be able to figure out the problem using that command and the others from dsmcutil help. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: Yiannakis Vakis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 8:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Password cannot be authentcated Hi, Somehow the TSM scheduler I have configured on a client cannot authenticate the password set for the node. I have stopped the scheduler, changed the password from TSM server for the node, removed the scheduler using the client setup wizard, reinstalled it and still get the same error. The event viewer prompts me to look in dsierror.log: Error Initializing TSM Api, unable to verify Registry Password, see dsierror.log. dsierror.log gives me the following error: 01/26/2004 17:13:38 sessOpen: Error 137 from signon authentication. When I start-up the client BA gui I login without problems. Any ideas ? Yiannakis
Re: TDP for SQL Server question
Eric, The only way I've found to do this is to create another options file for each sql node that needs to be restored. Then enter TDPSQL with the /tsmoptfile= switch. For example: On nodea: dsm_nodeb.opt ... nodename nodeb_sql ... Create a shortcut for your users with an appropriate name containing C:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\tdpsql\tdpsql /tsmoptfile=dsm_nodeb.opt Then you will be able to see nodeb's sql databases on the TSM server in the restore screen. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TDP for SQL Server question Hi Del! That's clear, but I found no way to overrule the NODENAME, which is specified in the option file, through the GUI. How can one do that? Thank you very much for you reply! Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -Original Message- From: Del Hoobler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 03:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TDP for SQL Server question Eric, You no longer need direct query because when you enter the TSM Server using the NODENAME that contains the backup, the SQL Server name will automatically appear in the tree view. In other words, DP for SQL will query the TSM Server for all backups under the NODENAME as opposed to just the SQL server that you are running DP for SQL on. Thanks, Del Hi *SM-ers! Our SQL Server department is slowly migrating from TDP for SQL 2.x to 5.2.1. They used to use the version 2 option called Direct Query to restore a database from a different SQL Server node to the target node, but this option is no longer available in the 5.2 version. What's the best way to restore a database from a different TDP node using 5.2? Thank you very much for your reply in advance! ** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. **
Re: Move media problem
Hi, Mark, I've got the same problem on another site. Try a Q MEDIA and I expect that it will show mountableinlib - the reason it doesn't toggle with your MOVE MEDIA command. Same experience with the archives - no solid answer that worked for my situation. I worked around it temporarily and left the volumes as they were for now. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: Remeta, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 1:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Move media problem Hello all. I've searched the archives and could not find a definitive answer and was wondering if anyone had an idea. I have a volume that I have tried deleting by doing a delete volume discardata=yes. It completes but says the volume is empty but will not be deleted - volume state is in mountablenotinlib. When I try and do a move media wherestat=mountablenotinlib it says 0 volumes processed. I've tried checking it into the library and then doing the delete volume, still no good. I'm running 5.2.1.2 on Windows 2000. Thanks in advance, Mark Remeta Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please delete this material immediately.
Re: 3583 Inventory Command
Mike, The unsupported TSM command dsmadmc SHOW SLOTS library_name -id=admin -password=password will normally show the slots, element numbers, and barcodes. However, I've notice that it sometimes shows barcodes and sometimes doesn't, just as the lbtest utility. I've never discovered what the difference is when it works. Do you need to include volumes that aren't checked into TSM? If not, Q LIBVOL will show the barcode and home element number of each volume that is checked into the library via TSM, although it doesn't show the slot number or tapes that aren't yet checked in. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Crawford Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3583 Inventory Command Is there any way to report the barcodes of tapes physically in a 3583? I'm able to see the barcodes one at a time, using the Remote Management Unit (web interface), but I'd prefer a comman-line approach. Using tapeutil (under Solaris) doesn't quite cut it, unless there is something I'm not seeing. The command: tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/1smc -o inv reports all the cells, and whether media is present, but not the barcode label. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike
Re: Damage tape again .....
Robert, 1. No, you don't have to do the move data first. You might not even have the original tape if it were lost or broken. Before you do the restore volume, you must mark it destroyed, however. The reason for the move data is to save time if you have the original and some data is restorable - without it you will likely need more copypool tapes and require more tape mounts than if you get that data directly from the source. 2. If all the copypool tapes are in a library and mountable, the restore will be automatic. If not, the command will fail. If you keep copypool tapes offsite (which you should) then you should issue the RESTORE VOLUME xx PREVIEW=YES first, query the activity log to see which tapes are required to restore the volume, call those tapes from your offsite vendor, put them in the library, and reissue the restore without the preview. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Ouzen Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Damage tape again . Hello I need to be sure about the correct steps to manage a damage tape and the fastest way: 1. Did I need to make a MOVE DATA and AUDIT VOL fix=yes instead to do right away a RESTORE VOL from the copypool (I think I will gain time ...) and a DEL VOL of the damage tape. 2. If during a restore process files are required from a damage tape did TSM will automatically restore them from the copypool (or I need to run a manually restore volume ...). T.I.A Regards Ouzen Robert E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Damage tape again .....
Sorry, Richard, you are correct that the tape does not need to be marked destroyed before the restore is run. It is, however, good practice to immediately mark a tape destroyed if it has been destroyed physically or you simply can't find it. I have a customer who is going through this situation due to some change of personnel and lost tapes. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Damage tape again . I need to be sure about the correct steps to manage a damage tape and the fastest way: 1. Did I need to make a MOVE DATA and AUDIT VOL fix=yes instead to do right away a RESTORE VOL from the copypool (I think I will gain time ...) and a DEL VOL of the damage tape. 1. No, you don't have to do the move data first. You might not even have the original tape if it were lost or broken. Before you do the restore volume, you must mark it destroyed, however. ... Let us once and for all dispense with the seemingly self-propagating myth that a tape must be marked Destroyed before running Restore Volume. The command description clearly states: This command changes the access mode of the specified volumes to DESTROYED. Let's not confuse the folks new to TSM, who have enough difficult detail to absorb. thanks, Richard Sims, BU
Re: what tape is in a drive?
Also, show library and if it's in use by a client, show session f=d Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of French, Michael Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: what tape is in a drive? That's what the post below mine stated, I was just adding one more option to the list. There is also show ASQueued to see what's in the mount queue. Just a way to get more detail on what is happening on the system Michael French Savvis Communications IDS01 Santa Clara, CA (408)450-7812 -- desk (408)239-9913 -- mobile -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Remeta, Mark Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: what tape is in a drive? What about query mount? -Original Message- From: French, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: what tape is in a drive? You can also use the undocumented command show ASMounted. Example: tsm: TSM2.USWASH6show asm Mounted (or mount in progress) volumes: Volume 2C0469(146693) -- SessId=305, Mode=Output, Use=?, ClassId=2, ClassName=3590, IsScratch=True, VolSeqNum=1, Pool=(0), Allocated=False, NextSeqNum=0, PosUncertain=True, Open=True, OpenInProg=False, MountMode=Read/Write, Reuse=Remove, IsFirstMount=True, IsEmpty=True, IsNewScratch=False, PreemptAccess=False, Waiters=0, TwoSided=False, SideSeqNum=-1 Michael French Savvis Communications IDS01 Santa Clara, CA (408)450-7812 -- desk (408)239-9913 -- mobile -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Byrne Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: what tape is in a drive? How about using query mount? -Ted At 04:15 PM 11/18/2003 -0600, you wrote: TSM 5.1, 2K server, overland neo 4100 with 2 X LTO2 drives. I'm trying to find a select or query statment that will tell me what volume is in a drive. The only thing close is the drive_state in the drives table, but that only tells me if it is loaded or not, whereas I need to know what volume is in there. Any idea? Seems simple enough, but I couldn't find it. Thanks, Alex Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please delete this material immediately.
Re: SHRDYNAMIC vs DYNAMIC
Bill, You wonn't see any storage pool volume difference between DYNAMIC and SHRDYNAMIC. You will likely see a difference in the number of bytes transferred because we're going to transfer the same wortheless data across the network 4 times instead of once. I say worthless because the data is changing and you're not likely to be able to get a restore that will work. What kind of database is this, and have you tried to restore it and bring up the application? I've only found one database in my many installs where I could safely use DYNAMIC or SHRDYNAMIC. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Rosette Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 11:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SHRDYNAMIC vs DYNAMIC Hello TSMer's Have a concerned DBA that is afraid that SHRDYNAMIC is backing up too much database. We used to back it up with DYNAMIC and she is saying the SHRDYNAMIC has made the backup 9x as big (from 10 GB to 95 GB). Is this correct? Thank You, Bill Rosette Data Center/IS/Papa Johns International WWJD
Re: Urgent! Need help to get space in TSM-library
Frank, Presumably, you're first server is writing virtual volumes to the second server rather than directly to the library? Or is the second library a shared library? Presumably, you need to free space on the virtual volumes, not data that was written to the second server? I hope you see why it is difficult to answer your question because you left out too many details which could radically alter the answer. If you're trying to free space in the virtual volumes that the first server wrote on the second server, you will have to run reclamation on the virtual volume storage pool on the first server. You should also have had to run reclamation on your first server in order to gain free space, but you said you only ran expiration. What is virtual volume size on the second server? Bill Smoldt STORServer -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frank Mueller Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Urgent! Need help to get space in TSM-library I need your help!!! Urgent, I have no space in my second library... We have 2 TSM-server, both on AIX 4.3.3. The first Server is on TSM V 4.2.2.6 and second Server is on TSM V 4.2.4.0. On both server are librarys attached. Three steps to backup the clients. 1. backup the client to SSA-disks on the first server 2. migrate this data to the first library 3. backup stg for copy data from the first library to the second library on the second TS-server Now I have a big problem with the space on the second server. I can delete some data on the first server and run exp inventory and I get more space in the library. It runs fine. But I get no space on the second server and now the library is full. I search in this mailing lists and find some hints for 1. audtitdb fix=yes 2. cleanup backupsgroups Can this help?? Best regards, Frank Mueller
Re: TDP for Oracle filespace questions
Dale, Using a different TDPO_FS option allows a better granularity of control. If your databases are static and never going to change configuration, it may be less important - I'm not sure. But if you ever delete a database or move it to another Oracle server, the seperate filespace name allows to you manipulate within TSM more easily. As a practice, I give each significant database it's own tdpo.opt file with it's own TDPO_FS name. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Gieseke Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TDP for Oracle filespace questions Hello, The TDP for Oracle V5.2 (UNIX) manual suggests using the TDPO_FS option to assign a different filespace name to each database when you have several databases on the same server. What is the advantage of doing this? Do users follow this suggestion, or do you let them default to adsmorc? Dale Gieseke TSM administrator The Toro Company
Re: database restore on a different server
Tae, Yes, you can do this if you set up a FILE devclass for the output. When restoring, use -volume=fullpathandfilename as an arguement to the restore db command. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tae Kim Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: database restore on a different server Hi guys. I will be attempting to restore TSM database to a test server and run audit db. The question is if I backup up the db to disk, is it possible for me copy the file over and restore the database? TIA Tae
Re: ! using drm with a shared library.
Koen, The answer is yes, you can do what you want. Library partitioning may be easier, however, depending on your configuration. What do you plan to do with the restored server after the move? If you are going to access data tapes for the branch database at HQ, are there any cartridges with duplicate barcode labels? If you're using HQ as a DR site, do any of the copypool tapes from Branch have the same cartridge labels? The easiest method I can think of, if you have WAN access between the two, is to set up virtual volumes on the HQ for the Branch, do a database backup over the network, move your volhist and devconfig to HQ, and do the restore. If you don't have WAN connection, you're going to have to set up the shared library on HQ and edit the Branch devconfig file before doing your restore - that will take some work. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Koen Willems Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 5:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ! using drm with a shared library. Dear listers, I am setting up the following config: HQ: 1 3584 with 9 fibre drives 2 AIX tsm servers on 1 690 lpar with disk and tape on 2109-f16 switches and ess tdp for sap Brache office: 1 tsm server on a remote location. 1 AIX tsm server with disk and tape on 2109-f16 switches and ess tdp for sap I would like to: Restore the tsm server of the remote location on the second TSM instance at HQ in bij using library sharing instead of making a logical partition in the 3584. Question: Kan I us the second tsm instance to restore the branche office tsm server via dsmserv restore db -k . using the shared library managed by the main tsm server in HQ. or am i obliged to use hardware partitioning of the 3584 THNX in advance, Koen Willems _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
Re: Managed Systems for SAN files needed
ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/server/v5r 1/ ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/storage-ag ent/v5r1/ Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shawn Price Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Managed Systems for SAN files needed Hello all, I was preparing to setup Lan-free on my new 5.1 server and found that my CD is physically bad and I cannot access the files that I need (belive me, I've tried it in every machine in sight.) Does anyone have any idea where I can find the filesets that I need? I'm just looking for the stuff in the /usr/sys/inst.images directory. I've called my distributor and asked for a media refresh, but it won't be here until Monday. Thanks in advance for your help... Btw the Full name and numbers on the CD are IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks Managed Systems for SAN v.5.1.5 LCD7-0426-01 C23PWIE Shawn
Re: TSM and DR
Gerald, When I've restored an old database, I've always had to use the ACCEPT DATE command to get everything running again. This also happens if I leave a TSM server shut down for a month and then try to bring it up (as when I teach a class once a month). From the Admin Reference Manual: In addition, if the server detects an invalid date or time, server sessions become disabled (as if the DISABLE SESSIONS command had been issued). Expiration, migration, reclamation, and volume history deletion operations are not able to continue processing. An invalid time is considered to be: Earlier than the server installation date and time. More than one hour earlier than the last time the date was checked. More than 30 days later than the last time the date was checked. So in your example of restoring a database from January, expiration would not run. I hope it helps you sleep better this weekend anyway. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Kauffman Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM and DR Well -- The first step in our recovery scenario (after starting the newly restored TSM server) deletes all administrative schedules. The second step is to kill any running processes (usually an expire inventory :-). But - since our TSM database goes off with the data tapes every day, it is in sync with them; expire inventory won't cost us anything, providing we haven't done any client backups of non-restored clients yet. Now, FWIW, we don't do bare-metal Windows restores -- we reload and restore the application data only; and the vast majority of our mandatory recovery data is in the form of archives with a given retention -- mostly 21 day. Loosing the oldest day or so of the archive is not an issue. Not being able to recover the most current archive IS an issue. I can see where there would be differences if we were backing up and recovering desktops (and I'm SO glad I don't need to :-) Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -Original Message- From: Gerald Wichmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM and DR You guys are reading into the question WAY more then need be =). It was a scenario question and all time lines were made up to drive home the point of what I was trying to get at, and that's the potential for expire inventory to expire data you maybe don't want expired. Even if your turn around for a true disaster is supposedly 48 hours, I would imagine you'd still be interested in what the question was getting at (if nothing else, just to be aware of how TSM works if it was a concern). Also it's a good point that you'd probably only be interested in ACTIVE files when recovering your environment but none the less, humor me and assume you're also interested in ensuring no INACTIVE version is lost. In that case what can one do to ensure no data is expired AT ALL? The only thing I can think of is to ensure expire inventory never runs. The dsmserv.opt entry would help prevent that prior to recovering the database but what about any admin schedules that might've been defined? Is it possible to disable client and admin scheduling without first starting TSM? Gerald -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM and DR I agree with prior comments that you should have tapes available for DR that are more current than 3 months back. However, in MOST cases, even if expiration runs it probably won't cause problems; TSM is NEVER going to be expiring the ACTIVE files associated with a node. And in MOST cases for DR, you are trying to get your client machines restored to the latest possible level. Now where you get in trouble, is if you let the client run a new BACKUP, before you have restored everything you need. When the client runs, it will flag any files not on the hard drive as being expired, and that may have side effects you don't want. So I would say in a DR situation you should turn off your client schedules. -Original Message- From: Gerald Wichmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM and DR Say for a moment you're faced with recovering a TSM server in a DR situation. You have your DB backup and copypool tapes and perform a database recovery. If that DB was created back in January and it's now March, isn't there a potential for objects getting expired the first time you start the TSM server? E.g. when the TSM server is started it typically performs an expire inventory as part of that sequence. I would imagine that now that it's 2 months later, would it therefore start expiring objects that you probably don't want to have expired? If not, why not? If so, whats the appropriate step to take before starting
Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge
Good call, Wanda. Joseph, please post the email addresses and home phone numbers of your upper management here so we can help you convince them. Or print our our responses and anonymously put them in your manager's in box. Bill -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Prather, Wanda Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge That's insane. Sounds like the best bet for cost savings would be to focus on elimiating some upper management!!! -Original Message- From: Wholey, Joseph (IDS DMDS) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge A little off the subject, and I already heard Richard Simms view on not having a second copy... but what are most shops doing with respect to a second copy. I'm in a pretty large shop and upper management, in a cost savings effort, wants us to turn off the creation of a second tape copy. I'm not too comfortable with the idea. What are your thoughts? -Original Message- From: Coats, Jack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge Try doing a move data to get the data off of the tape. If I find I am starting to have problems I usually do a: update vol VOLUMENAME acc=reado move data VOLUMENAME This should move all data that is recoverable from the volume to another volume in the same storage pool. I then eject the offending volume and check it for apparent physical issues. Then the part I hate: delete vol VOLUMENAME discarddata=yes Sometimes I am able to re-label the volume and use it again. But typically it gets moved to a less critical use, returned to the vendor for a new tape [my preferred method], or degaused and distroyed by a certified vendor [least preferred, paying to have it thrown away]. If anyone has a better method, please let me know! ... JC -Original Message- From: Gerhard Rentschler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge Hello, I forgot to mention that because of lack of resources I can't afford a copypool for the backup files. I have one for the archives. Best regards Gerhard --- Gerhard Rentschleremail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Regional Computing Center tel. ++49/711/685 5806 University of Stuttgart fax: ++49/711/682357 Allmandring 30a D 70550 Stuttgart Germany -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Juan Manuel Lopez Azanon Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge Disaster recovery management: Restore it from outside volumes from copy stgpool
Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge
I would write a signed certificate of guarentee and give it to my management: Our company will lose data Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wholey, Joseph (IDS DMDS) Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge A little off the subject, and I already heard Richard Simms view on not having a second copy... but what are most shops doing with respect to a second copy. I'm in a pretty large shop and upper management, in a cost savings effort, wants us to turn off the creation of a second tape copy. I'm not too comfortable with the idea. What are your thoughts? -Original Message- From: Coats, Jack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge Try doing a move data to get the data off of the tape. If I find I am starting to have problems I usually do a: update vol VOLUMENAME acc=reado move data VOLUMENAME This should move all data that is recoverable from the volume to another volume in the same storage pool. I then eject the offending volume and check it for apparent physical issues. Then the part I hate: delete vol VOLUMENAME discarddata=yes Sometimes I am able to re-label the volume and use it again. But typically it gets moved to a less critical use, returned to the vendor for a new tape [my preferred method], or degaused and distroyed by a certified vendor [least preferred, paying to have it thrown away]. If anyone has a better method, please let me know! ... JC -Original Message- From: Gerhard Rentschler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge Hello, I forgot to mention that because of lack of resources I can't afford a copypool for the backup files. I have one for the archives. Best regards Gerhard --- Gerhard Rentschleremail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Regional Computing Center tel. ++49/711/685 5806 University of Stuttgart fax: ++49/711/682357 Allmandring 30a D 70550 Stuttgart Germany -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Juan Manuel Lopez Azanon Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge Disaster recovery management: Restore it from outside volumes from copy stgpool
Re: traceflags
Hector, It has change for V5.1.5 and later. The option is now TESTFLAG INSTRUMENT:DETAIL. You might want to use TRACEFLAG PERFORM instead, which combines config, client detail, prefix, timestamp, and stats. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hector Chan Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: traceflags client w2k 5.1.7.6 server w2k 5.2.0.1 I tried to turn on traceflags INSTR_CLIENT_DETAIL in dsm.opt. I got the following error start of error message ANS1823E Invalid trace keyword - 'INSTR_CLIENT_DETAIL' ANS1823E Invalid trace keyword - 'INSTR_CLIENT_DETAIL' ANS1036S Invalid option 'TRACEFLAGS' found in options file 'dsm.opt at line number : 9 Invalid entry : 'traceflags INSTR_CLIENT_DETAIL' ANS1038S Invalid option specified end of error message Is it obsolete? Hector Chan
Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM
I'll second that. We were able to create a dsm.opt file in the program files\tivoli\tsm\config directory and have it moved to the baclient directory on the target machine. This stopped working with V5.2.0.2. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Remeta, Mark Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM Hi Andy, I have another question along these same lines. We use to be able to include a custom dsm.opt file by copying it into the config directory on the source. It does not seem to be copying this file to the client computer when you run the setup. Is there something new I don't know about to make it copy it? Thanks in advance, Mark -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM Correct on all counts! Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. Remeta, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/17/2003 07:12 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM Image OFS I believe. I think it's case sensitive too! Mark -Original Message- From: Lisa Laughlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM This is the command that is provided, however, the options for the two new features in 5.2, open file support image are not given for the silent install command. Anyone know what the ADDLOCAL should say now? msiexec /i Z:\tsm_images\TSM_BA_Client\baclient\Tivoli Storage Manager Client.msi RebootYesNo=No REBOOT=Suppress ALLUSERS=1 INSTALLDIR=d:\program files\tivoli\ tsm ADDLOCAL=BackupArchiveGUI,BackupArchiveWeb,ApiRuntime,AdministrativeCmd, Readmes TRANSFORMS=1033.mst /qn /l*v c:\log.txt lisa David 'Sniper' Rigaudiere [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM:cc Dist Stor Manager Subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR .EDU TSM 09/17/2003 08:21 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU Does anyone know if there are msi files or switches that can be used with the Tivoli Application to create packages for this application for deployment? I don't know Tivoli Application but you can find switches in README file. Look at - When installing TSM silently: string. Regards David Sniper Rigaudiere Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please delete this material immediately. Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please delete this material immediately.
Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM
Andy, Yes, this was a new installation on a number of clients, no preexisting TSM. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM For both Bill and Mark: were you installing do a clean directory with no pre-existing dsm.opt file? Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. Bill Smoldt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/17/2003 10:42 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM I'll second that. We were able to create a dsm.opt file in the program files\tivoli\tsm\config directory and have it moved to the baclient directory on the target machine. This stopped working with V5.2.0.2. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Remeta, Mark Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM Hi Andy, I have another question along these same lines. We use to be able to include a custom dsm.opt file by copying it into the config directory on the source. It does not seem to be copying this file to the client computer when you run the setup. Is there something new I don't know about to make it copy it? Thanks in advance, Mark -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM Correct on all counts! Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. Remeta, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/17/2003 07:12 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM Image OFS I believe. I think it's case sensitive too! Mark -Original Message- From: Lisa Laughlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR TSM This is the command that is provided, however, the options for the two new features in 5.2, open file support image are not given for the silent install command. Anyone know what the ADDLOCAL should say now? msiexec /i Z:\tsm_images\TSM_BA_Client\baclient\Tivoli Storage Manager Client.msi RebootYesNo=No REBOOT=Suppress ALLUSERS=1 INSTALLDIR=d:\program files\tivoli\ tsm ADDLOCAL=BackupArchiveGUI,BackupArchiveWeb,ApiRuntime,AdministrativeCmd, Readmes TRANSFORMS=1033.mst /qn /l*v c:\log.txt lisa David 'Sniper' Rigaudiere [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM:cc Dist Stor Manager Subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR .EDU TSM 09/17/2003 08:21 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU Does anyone know if there are msi files or switches that can be used with the Tivoli Application to create packages for this application for deployment? I don't know Tivoli Application but you can find switches in README file. Look at - When installing TSM silently: string. Regards David Sniper Rigaudiere Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please delete this material immediately. Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons
Re: simultaneous writes to copy storage pools
Monte, Do you have copycontinue=yes? If so, you can have data in the primary pool that isn't in the copypool. Regardless, I still set up a backup stgpool just in case something snuck the primary pool. The good news is that if simultaneous writes all worked, there is no work for the backupstg pool so it finishes immediately with no work to perform. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael, Monte Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: simultaneous writes to copy storage pools fyi: If you turn on simultaneous writes to copy storage pools, do you still need to perform a backup of that storage pool via the BACKUP STGPOOL command? For instance... We back up our large Exchange servers to a primary storage pool 3590EXCHPOOL. These exchange clients backup exchange data directly to 3590 tape volumes. Then when all Exchange backups have completed for the night, we backup the 3590EXCHPOOL storage pool to the 3494COPY storage pool via the BACKUP STGPOOL command (ex. backup stgpool 3590exchpool 3494copy). If I was to invoke the simultaneous writes of this storage pool to the 3494copy pool, would I still need to perform a backup of the 3590EXCHPOOL -- to the 3494COPY storage pool on a nightly basis. Any help or input would be much appreaciated.. ..Monte This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be privileged, confidential or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of this e-mail, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless explicitly and conspicuously designated as E-Contract Intended, this e-mail does not constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment, or an acceptance of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute a consent to the use of sender's contact information for direct marketing purposes or for transfers of data to third parties. Francais Deutsch Italiano Espanol Portugues Japanese Chinese Korean http://www.DuPont.com/corp/email_disclaimer.html
Re: How to check if TSM is using hw compression?
Brad, I'm sure that's it. It now makes sense that you see some tapes with less than the actual capacity of the cartridge. You are doing a hardware compression on software compressed data, but at least you know your hardware compression is working! Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bernd Schemmer Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 8:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to check if TSM is using hw compression? Bill, thanks for your answer. If this is a copy storage pool for your primary server, what are the server to server device class settings? I just did a on the TSM server tsm: TSM2q node type=server f=d and found that compression is enabled for the client: Compression: Client I think, that might be the reason for the problem. I'll change it tomorrow and see what happens. Bernd Bill Smoldt wrote: Bernd, The device class is the only place within TSM where you can affect compression. It's been a long time since I've used a drive without compression, but I believe you'd see a more consistent capacity with compression turned off. If you were consistently getting 37G, I could believe that compression was turned off, but you have tapes with more and less than that. If this is a copy storage pool for your primary server, what are the server to server device class settings? A query content volume_number f=d will show you the stored size of a file on tape. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bernd Schemmer Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 9:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to check if TSM is using hw compression? Hello, Using TSM 5.1.6.2 on Solaris 8 with a Sun L20 Tape Library (using DLT8000 drives) how can I check if TSM uses the hardware compression of the drives? We use the TSM driver to access the drives (so there's no special driver for using the drives in compression mode). The only way to configure hw compression in TSM I found is to configure the approbate drive format in the device class (DLT35C or DLT40C) (Is there another way to configure the hardware compression?) I did this but TSM still only writes about 37.000 MB on 35/70 GB DLT IV Tape. This is independent from the kind of data written. We use the server only for a Copy Storage Pool of our primary server. The data to backup is mostly Oracle DBs, Filesystem backups, Domino Data backups, etc. Some TSM output: tsm: TSM2q volume Volume Name Storage Device EstimatedPct Volume Pool NameClass Name Capacity Util Status (MB) --- -- - - -- -- /tsm/01/archive/archive- ARCHIVEPOOL DISK 20,000.00.0 On-Line pool_vol001.dsm /tsm/01/backup/backuppo- BACKUPPOOL DISK 20,000.00.0 On-Line ol_vol001.dsm ARZ00016 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 38,621.3 94.1 Full ARZ0003 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 35,305.2 100.0 Full ARZ0004 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 71,680.0 19.4 Filling ARZ0005 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 31,060.1 100.0 Full ARZ0006 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 71,680.0 26.7 Filling ARZ0011 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 45,654.5 100.0 Full ARZ0013 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 37,968.0 100.0 Full ARZ0014 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 37,125.2 100.0 Full ARZ0015 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 33,276.5 100.0 Full ARZ0016 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 40,359.1 100.0 Full ARZ0017 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 38,636.0 99.7 Full ARZ0018 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 37,670.3 100.0 Full ARZ0019 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 37,165.9 100.0 Full ARZ0021 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 33,153.4 100.0 Full tsm: TSM2q devclass dev1 f=d Device Class Name: DEV1 Device Access Strategy: Sequential Storage Pool Count: 1 Device Type: DLT Format: DLT35C Est/Max Capacity (MB): 71,680.0 Mount Limit: 2 Mount Wait (min): 60 Mount Retention (min): 60 Label Prefix: ADSM Library: L20 Directory: Server Name: Retry Period: Retry Interval: Shared: Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 09/04/03 12:13:27 Looking at this output I think, that TSM does not use the hardware compression at all. Or am I wrong? TIA Bernd
Re: How to check if TSM is using hw compression?
Bernd, The device class is the only place within TSM where you can affect compression. It's been a long time since I've used a drive without compression, but I believe you'd see a more consistent capacity with compression turned off. If you were consistently getting 37G, I could believe that compression was turned off, but you have tapes with more and less than that. If this is a copy storage pool for your primary server, what are the server to server device class settings? A query content volume_number f=d will show you the stored size of a file on tape. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bernd Schemmer Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 9:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to check if TSM is using hw compression? Hello, Using TSM 5.1.6.2 on Solaris 8 with a Sun L20 Tape Library (using DLT8000 drives) how can I check if TSM uses the hardware compression of the drives? We use the TSM driver to access the drives (so there's no special driver for using the drives in compression mode). The only way to configure hw compression in TSM I found is to configure the approbate drive format in the device class (DLT35C or DLT40C) (Is there another way to configure the hardware compression?) I did this but TSM still only writes about 37.000 MB on 35/70 GB DLT IV Tape. This is independent from the kind of data written. We use the server only for a Copy Storage Pool of our primary server. The data to backup is mostly Oracle DBs, Filesystem backups, Domino Data backups, etc. Some TSM output: tsm: TSM2q volume Volume Name Storage Device EstimatedPct Volume Pool NameClass Name Capacity Util Status (MB) --- -- - - /tsm/01/archive/archive- ARCHIVEPOOL DISK 20,000.00.0 On-Line pool_vol001.dsm /tsm/01/backup/backuppo- BACKUPPOOL DISK 20,000.00.0 On-Line ol_vol001.dsm ARZ00016 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 38,621.3 94.1Full ARZ0003 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 35,305.2 100.0Full ARZ0004 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 71,680.0 19.4 Filling ARZ0005 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 31,060.1 100.0Full ARZ0006 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 71,680.0 26.7 Filling ARZ0011 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 45,654.5 100.0Full ARZ0013 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 37,968.0 100.0Full ARZ0014 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 37,125.2 100.0Full ARZ0015 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 33,276.5 100.0Full ARZ0016 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 40,359.1 100.0Full ARZ0017 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 38,636.0 99.7Full ARZ0018 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 37,670.3 100.0Full ARZ0019 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 37,165.9 100.0Full ARZ0021 LIBRARYL20 DEV1 33,153.4 100.0Full tsm: TSM2q devclass dev1 f=d Device Class Name: DEV1 Device Access Strategy: Sequential Storage Pool Count: 1 Device Type: DLT Format: DLT35C Est/Max Capacity (MB): 71,680.0 Mount Limit: 2 Mount Wait (min): 60 Mount Retention (min): 60 Label Prefix: ADSM Library: L20 Directory: Server Name: Retry Period: Retry Interval: Shared: Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 09/04/03 12:13:27 Looking at this output I think, that TSM does not use the hardware compression at all. Or am I wrong? TIA Bernd --
Re: TDP for Domino archive log backup scheduler problem
Abdulaziz, Does the file domarc.log ever get created? If yes, you'll need to provide it. If not, the scheduler can't find the command file. Do you have a separate scheduler set up for this TDP or are you trying to use your node scheduler? In either case, look in the dsmsched.log (or whatever you've named it) for more hints as to what isn't working. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Abdulaziz Almuammar Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 6:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TDP for Domino archive log backup scheduler problem Hi Everyone, I have TDP for lotus Domino 5.1.5 on windows 2000 server. I am trying to automate the backup by using the scheduler feature in TSM. The problem is that schedule failes every time it start. Could any one tell me why it failes although when I run the script from the lotus server it works ? Is the problem related to the path of the files and non-system commands in the script? if yes, how can I solve this problem when I have all Domino file under D:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\domino This is the script for the transaction log archiving: @ECHO OFF rem == rem Sample Command File - domarc.smp rem rem Sample command file containing commands to do a scheduled archive rem of transaction logs to TSM storage. rem rem This file is meant to be executed by the TSM central scheduler rem in response to a defined schedule on the TSM server. rem rem Complete paths must be given for all file names and non-system rem commands. rem rem Copy this file to domarc.cmd and edit it to match your rem local environment. rem rem == rem == rem Replace X: with the drive where the Domino Application Client rem is installed. rem == set dom_dir=D:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\domino cd /d %dom_dir% rem == rem The 2 lines below put a date and time stamp in a log file for rem you. rem rem Note: You can change domarc.log to whatever you prefer. rem == echo Current date is: domarc.log date /t NUL domarc.log echo Current time is: domarc.log time /t NUL domarc.log rem == rem Now call the command line to do the archive of the logs: rem rem Note: You can change domasch.log to whatever you prefer. rem == start /B domdsmc archivelog /adsmoptfile=dsm.opt /logfile=domasch.log domarc.log Regards, Abdulaziz
Re: TDP for Domino archive log backup scheduler problem
OK, Reed, one of two things: The scheduler isn't finding the command or the account you're running the scheduler under doesn't have privilege to run the command file. Try update sched dominopoldom dom_inactiveate object=d:\Progra~1\Tivoli\TSM\domino\domarc.cmd to take the potential of the space causing a problem. If you haven't messed with the defaults in installation, I don' t remember the Domino client doing any with protection. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Abdulaziz Almuammar Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TDP for Domino archive log backup scheduler problem sorry i put the wrong output of dsmsched.log this is the right one: 08/26/2003 16:45:35 --- SCHEDULEREC QUERY BEGIN 08/26/2003 16:45:35 --- SCHEDULEREC QUERY END 08/26/2003 16:45:35 Next operation scheduled: 08/26/2003 16:45:35 08/26/2003 16:45:35 Schedule Name: DOM_ARCHIVE 08/26/2003 16:45:35 Action:Command 08/26/2003 16:45:35 Objects: d:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\domino\domarc.cmd 08/26/2003 16:45:35 Options: 08/26/2003 16:45:35 Server Window Start: 16:45:00 on 08/26/2003 08/26/2003 16:45:35 08/26/2003 16:45:35 Executing scheduled command now. 08/26/2003 16:45:35 Executing Operating System command or script: d:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\domino\domarc.cmd 08/26/2003 16:45:35 Finished command. Return code is: 1 08/26/2003 16:45:35 ANS1909E The scheduled command failed. 08/26/2003 16:45:36 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'DOM_ARCHIVE' failed. Return code = 1. 08/26/2003 16:45:36 Sending results for scheduled event 'DOM_ARCHIVE'. 08/26/2003 16:45:36 Results sent to server for scheduled event 'DOM_ARCHIVE'. Regards, Abdulaziz
Re: recovery log question
Yes, the data will be safely moved and TSM won't do the wrong thing during the delete of the log volumes. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ruksana Siddiqui Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 9:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: recovery log question I want to migrate 4 smaller recovery log volumes to one big volume. If I create the new bigger volume and delete the smaller volumes will the data from the smaller volumes get copied into the bigger volume before deleting themselves from the TSM . I knew for sure this happens with the database volumes just need to confirm if the concept is same for recovery log volumes too ? appreciate your response. with regards, CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify AMCOR immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of AMCOR.
Re: Wouldn't it be nice...
I think we forget that Andy monitors the list voluntarily, and we should be thankful for that and his authoritative answers. This has great value to us and to IBM in circumventing support calls. However, if we _expect_ IBM to assign other people to monitor the list as a part of their job description, we should expect to pay for that service. IBM is in business. Because some of us pay for that service in another fashion, that's the place we have a right to expect an answer from a qualified engineer that works on a particular portion of the code. If we could prove a cost savings to IBM through list participation of employees, they might be more willing to assign people to monitor the list - I don't know how to quantify that. Within the list, it's a privilege, not a requirement. While I agree that it would be nice, Flemming, I think we have to remember to be thankful for what we're getting for free already. Everyone should send an email to Andy's boss today. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Flemming Hougaard Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Wouldn't it be nice... There can be no doubt, that we all appreciate the effort Andy Raibeck from Tivoli contributes to this mailinglist! However it's my belief, that Andy is mostly involved in TSM for Microsoft - even though he has been answering some questions related to Novell... But wouldn't it be nice to have some guys, or gals, from Tivoli there are involved in the TSM for NetWare development to look this mailinglist over? There are some people in here, that are extremely reliable when it comes to answering questions related to Novell - thanks for that... but still I see a lot of these questions related to Novell that remain unanswered! So wouldn't it be nice... Regards Flemming
Re: ANS1304W related to previous Disk Failure???
Geoff, The ABC client software for OpenVMS was written by my company, SSSI. I'm assuming that you aren't too familiar with it because of your question regarding what will show up in the GUI. ABC is different than other clients in that it uses the TSM API to save and restore files - it helps to keep that in mind because some things happen in the client software instead of on the server. In this case, it does appear that the active file may have been on the disk that failed. What have you done with that disk - did you mark it destroyed and try to recover the files that may have gone to your copypool? Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. SSSI [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ANS1304W related to previous Disk Failure??? Below is a message from the ABC client software one of the Admins sent me from their system last night. I am guessing this is related to the disk that failed in the disk pool where this node dumps data, yes but I could be wrong. The other day a disk failed with 1.6% data left on it migrating to tape so some data was lost. Maybe someone more familiar with the ABC client can tell help clear this up? Question related to this failure. 1. If a client goes to restore a file that happened to be on that disk when it failed, which means it did not go to tape, what will the client see on their end? Will the GUI show the file as active/inactive or has TSM dumped it from the DB? 2. If the file happened to make it to the offsite tapes and the user happened to try and restore that file what kind of message would they get? Archive Backup Client for ADSM on OpenVMS, Version V3.1.0.4 Copyright 1996-2001, Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. %ABC-W-TXNNOTCMT, ADSM transaction cannot be committed -ABC-I-INFO, module: ABC_API_FILESPACE.C;1 Line: 5411 -ABC-I-APIOUT, ANS1304W (RC4)Active object not found %ABC-W-NOFSCLN, deleted file processing did not complete on DISK$SOFTWARE: -ABC-W-ADSMERR, ADSM subsystem failure Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154
Re: Migration Question
Roy,
You don't have to do the backup of the diskpool first, but why wouldn't you?
That is what you should do every day anyway. If all the data in diskpool
has already been backed up to your copypool in your daily processing, it
will only take a few seconds and you'll have piece of mind when you hit
return on the del volume command.
Before migrating the data to tapepool, however, do an
update stg diskpool cache=no
That will purge all the cached files in the diskpool during migration so you
shouldn't have to add the discarddata=yes when you delete the diskpool
volumes.
Bill SmoldtSSSI
STORServer, Inc.
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Roy Lake
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 6:07 AM
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Subject: Migration Question
Hi Guys,
I have a quick question for you
I am about to delete all of the promary disk storage pools for a
resizing and re-placement exercise.
IBM have given me their recommendations as:-
1. Backup stgpool.
2. Update lo mig and Hi mig to 0 to migrate everything to tape.
Now, am I right in saying that option 2 is un-necessary, as this data
should already reside on tape anyway (as it would have been backup up
sometime when a backup stgpool was taken)?.
Kind Regards,
Roy Lake
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Re: expiring object
Mike, I wouldn't do it that way. A search on my laptop shows some NIF and NTF extensions. There may be others on a server. Instead, use exclude *.nsf exclude *.ntf Bill SmoldtSSSI STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Regelin Michael (CHA) Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: expiring object Ok thanks. How then should I write my dsm.opt file when doing an Incremental backup with Archive Client knowing that TDP will allready backup the *.nsf and *.ntf files ? Should I put an exclude like this in the dsm.opt of the archive client: exclude *:\...\*.n?f And should I consider backuping other lotus file, like the notes.ini or other files ? thanks Mike ___ Michael REGELIN Ingenieur Informatique - O.S.O. Groupware Messagerie Centre des Technologies de l'Information (CTI) Route des Acacias 82 CP149 - 1211 Geneve 8 Tel. + 41 22 3274322 - Fax + 41 22 3275499 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://intraCTI.etat-ge.ch/services_complementaires/messagerie.html __ -Message d'origine- De : Del Hoobler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoye : mercredi, 24. avril 2002 14:59 A : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: expiring object By the way, do you know what will happend if to backup trigger the same file and the two backup have different Management Class. Does the two of them apply to determine the expiration delay or is only one applying the expiration ? Mike, Each of the two objects is treated by the TSM Server as its own object. The TSM Server does not know about the relationship between the two objects. The client only knows. If the TSM Server has expired one of the two, the backup is no longer valid and TDP for Domino will not show that as a valid backup. Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Leave everything a little better than you found it. - Smile a lot: it costs nothing and is beyond price.
Re: Consolidating TSM servers.
Daniel, No, I don't believe there is any way to accomplish your specific request. I know of no supported method to move the file and volume metadata from one TSM instance into another without also moving the data. If your goal is to get to a single hardware platform, you can create a second instance of TSM on the new machine and leave the old data on the 3494. I expect, however, that your goal is to get all the clients into a single instance of TSM? If so, I believe you will have to move the files. Using the second instance will allow you to retire the old machine quickly, if that is important. But it's pay me now or pay me later. Bill SmoldtSSSI STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Sparrman Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 2:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Consolidating TSM servers. Hi The problem isn't moving only one TSM server, but consolidating two TSM servers into one. I have no problems moving the first TSM server(ADSM1) to the new hardware. However, I want to migrate the second TSM server(ADSM2) to the new hardware/TSM server(TSM1). There are two choices for doing this, either exporting all nodes using export node option. This will generate alot of tapes, as the smallest ADSM server has 200 nodes, 1500 tapes and a total storage of 30TB. However, I can choose not to export the copypools, which would make it about 15TB of data and 750 tapes. The other option is to do a export server. This command has a filedata= feature, and what I would like to do is to do a export server filedata=none, and then import this information into the new TSM server. The new TSM server will have access through ACSLS/3494 CU to all existing volumes from both old ADSM servers. Therefore, I wouldn't have to export all the filedata, only definitions. My question is, is it possible to do a export server filedata=none, and then import this information into the new server, connect both the 3494 and the STK9310 to the new server, and use the old volumes that contains data and already exists in the 3494/STK9310. This would save me 3-4 days, because that is what it would take to move 15TB of data from the 3494 to the 9310 using import/export commands. Or, do I have to do export/import of all filedata, because doing filedata=none, will only import node definitions, and not storage volume definitions? Best Regards Daniel Sparrman --- Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Propellervdgen 6B 183 62 HDGERNDS Vdxel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 Don France (TSMnews) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-04-23 08:45 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Consolidating TSM servers. If you stay on the same platform-OS, all you need to do is shutdown (old server) after a final DB backup, move the HW connections to the new server, restore DB, and you're finished. Remember to copy the dsmserv.dsk (filesystems for all TSM server files -- db, log, disk pool vols, logical volumes, path-names), as well as volhist, devcfg and dsmserv.opt; move/re-org filesystems *after* the move. Many other posts confirm this approach, have personally done it on AIX since v2 days. Regards, Don France Technical Architect - Tivoli Certified Consultant Professional Association of Contract Employees (P.A.C.E.) San Jose, CA (408) 257-3037 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Daniel Sparrman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:59 PM Subject: Consolidating TSM servers. Hi Anybody out there know if it's possible to do a export server, without having to export all filedata, and then do a import and use the existing tapes. We have one STK 9310 and one IBM 3494. Each TSM server has a copypool and a primary tape pool in the different libraries. All equipment is SAN connected, so if I could first do a DB backup/restore to the new machine of one of the TSM servers, and then export everything except for the file data from the second TSM server to the new machine, it would be perfect. Doing a export server filedata=all, would create about 1500 new tapes, according to a export server preview=yes (about 31TB of data) and this would probbaly not work at all. So, anybody done this before? Best Regards Daniel Sparrman --- Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Propellervdgen 6B 183 62 HDGERNDS Vdxel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51
Re: expiring object
In earlier versions of TSM, you did have to use the drive designation (or wildcard) and directory ... wildcard, but not in later versions. I don't remember where the changes occurred. Bill SmoldtSSSI STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Regelin Michael (CHA) Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 5:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: expiring object you're right. thank's Am I not forced to use the \...\ parameter to look all the arborescence ? ___ Michael REGELIN Inginieur Informatique - O.S.O. Groupware Messagerie Centre des Technologies de l'Information (CTI) Route des Acacias 82 CP149 - 1211 Genhve 8 Til. + 41 22 3274322 - Fax + 41 22 3275499 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://intraCTI.etat-ge.ch/services_complementaires/messagerie.html __ -Message d'origine- De : Bill Smoldt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyi : jeudi, 25. avril 2002 12:56 @ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: expiring object Mike, I wouldn't do it that way. A search on my laptop shows some NIF and NTF extensions. There may be others on a server. Instead, use exclude *.nsf exclude *.ntf Bill SmoldtSSSI STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Regelin Michael (CHA) Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: expiring object Ok thanks. How then should I write my dsm.opt file when doing an Incremental backup with Archive Client knowing that TDP will allready backup the *.nsf and *.ntf files ? Should I put an exclude like this in the dsm.opt of the archive client: exclude *:\...\*.n?f And should I consider backuping other lotus file, like the notes.ini or other files ? thanks Mike ___ Michael REGELIN Ingenieur Informatique - O.S.O. Groupware Messagerie Centre des Technologies de l'Information (CTI) Route des Acacias 82 CP149 - 1211 Geneve 8 Tel. + 41 22 3274322 - Fax + 41 22 3275499 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://intraCTI.etat-ge.ch/services_complementaires/messagerie.html __ -Message d'origine- De : Del Hoobler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoye : mercredi, 24. avril 2002 14:59 A : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: expiring object By the way, do you know what will happend if to backup trigger the same file and the two backup have different Management Class. Does the two of them apply to determine the expiration delay or is only one applying the expiration ? Mike, Each of the two objects is treated by the TSM Server as its own object. The TSM Server does not know about the relationship between the two objects. The client only knows. If the TSM Server has expired one of the two, the backup is no longer valid and TDP for Domino will not show that as a valid backup. Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Leave everything a little better than you found it. - Smile a lot: it costs nothing and is beyond price.
Re: experience of upgrading to 5.1?
We've upgraded some of the lab machines and one production server. Upgrade was completely flawless and has been painless so far. We're still beating it up. We've verified that our STORServer Manager works against V5.1and there have been no compatibility issues, so the engineers maintained good backwards compatibility with the admin interface. Bill SmoldtSSSI STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Wu, Jie Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 7:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: experience of upgrading to 5.1? Has anybody upgraded to version 5.1? I plan to do so soon, but would like to first hear your experience about the upgrading and the product. Thanks. Jie
Re: mailbox.pst
My preferred method of providing a safe .pst backup is to put the make the user responsible. Microsoft provides an Outlook backup utility that makes this practical because it reminds the user every x days (where x is a user setting) that they need to do a backup while exiting Outlook. The utility is available at http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2002/pfbackup.aspx Downside to this utility is that you need enough free space to make another copy of the folders to be backed up, and the user is only reminded during exit. However, a user can do a backup while in Outlook with a toolbar pull down (file/backup), so you can send periodic reminders to all the users. In my opinion, that should be sufficient to meet any SLA. My opinion is not always in line with the reality of some IT managers that have already lost this battle. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. SSSI -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mailbox.pst Hi Andy! As far as I know, only MSMail uses a mspst.ini. It's not used by Outlook, but please correct me if I'm wrong! Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 19:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I found some info via a Google search: == There is exclusive lock on PST file and backup software cannot even read this file - MSPST.INI should be used for setting locking mechanism : [ndb] DisconnectDelay=60 DisconnectDisable=2 == I moved the following comments from the text above in order to avoid line wrapping: Notes for DisconnectDelay: seconds till disconnect, default is 15min Notes for DisconnectDisable: 0 = disallow disconnect to occur 2 = allow disconnect, default is 2 I have not verified the information, only passing it along. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. I have never seen it timeout on Outlook 98, Outlook 2000, or Outlook XP. -Original Message- From: Sutch, Ian (London) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mailbox.pst The later versions of Outlook, (I think Version 98 onwards) has a timeout on the .pst file lock after 30 minutes of inactivity, so you can back it up that way if users are leaving Outlook running and going home for the evening. I'm not sure if its configurable. -Original Message- From: Mark Stapleton Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 4:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mailbox.pst Does anyonw know how to bakcup the mailbox.pst while the Outlook 98 is running under a W98. I'm running ADSM 3.1.2.50 under an OS/390. Regards Can't be done. Outlook takes an exclusive lock on the file. You will need to close Outlook in order to backup the .pst file. If you are on a WinNT/2000 platform, you can run St. Bernard Open File Manager which will allow you to backup the file. Yes you can, in certain case. I have about 1000 PC as TSM Client. Backup run during the day (between 08:00 AM and 08:00 PM). We have a specific management rule for PST (Only once a week). We are able to backup PST File (On Win9x, NT, 2K Client and with Office9x, 2000, XP). It doesn't works each time you try to backup. But globaly it works. You will not have the last version but one. You don't loose every thing. You have to write it down on your SLA (Service Level Agreement) with your client. Yes, the certain case being that Outlook isn't running. Yes, over time, perhaps, you will get a copy of the .pst file. But you can't guarantee it. As discussed back a month or two ago: 1. Load kill.exe from the appropriate Windows resource kit. 2. Create a preschedcommand line that runs drive:\path\kill.exe outlook.exe 3. Run the backup. The .pst file will be available for backup. Those pesky users. How dare they keep Outlook open when they lock the workstation for the night... -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may
Re: Archive Backup ClientT (ABC) V3.1 (New!) for OpenVMS
Geoff, We have hundreds of installations of ABC running quite smoothly. I understand your frustration in trying to deal with an old VMS system manager - we're a crusty lot that think we know how it should be done and that everyone else doesn't (I started on VMS V1.0). But once you get ABC up to the right level, I'm sure your system manager will fall in love with it. It's considerably better than any alternative. The version you're running (V1.2-6) is three years old. There was at least one mandatory update that you'll find on our website in the download area: http://www.storsol.com/cfusion/template.cfm?page1=p_abc_downloadpage2=p_abc menu But you should update to 3.1.0.3. Kelly is away right now. Please feel free to contact me directly to work through your issues. There really isn't any reason to let your system manager create another problem for you. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. SSSI -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 7:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Archive Backup ClientT (ABC) V3.1 (New!) for OpenVMS Is anyone using the ABC Client for VMS? I'd like any feedback as to the reliability for you. I've worked with Kelly on this and so has he. If you want my personal opinion I'd say.never mind.. Needless ot say I've been trying to get our people to use the 2 licenses we have, Version 1.2-6. I know it has worked in the past but they stopped using it because he says it works for a while then stops. He gets it fixed and it stops. At which point he gives up and says he ran out of time to look at it. That's great DR isn't it? I can't believe it's any more or less difficult to use or reliable than anything else we have, but I would like some feedback from others using it so I can get this resolved. The administrator has asked management to purchase a backup package, which they've obviously balked at since we're supposed to have one that works now. The question is why can't he get this one to work? I don't have access to it, can't answer it, and he doesn't seem to have time to check it. Don't ask me how he's going to find time to implement and care for the one he wants to purchase. Thanks for the feedback. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (888) 997-9614
Re: Archive Backup ClientT (ABC) V3.1 (New!) for OpenVMS
Phillip, That is an interesting problem. Are the WordPerfect files generated on Intel machines? Are you using Pathworks? ABC is a well behaved client that uses supported interfaces to back up files. That means that we can read the file system as fast as any application, although in newer versions we can get around some RMS limitations. With zillions of files it's going to take the same amount of time to do the incremental as VMS BACKUP would. When you say that 8 hours is not acceptable to your users for the incremental backup, does that mean that you have users that are locked out during the backup and on third shift? We very likely can speed your backup by a significant margin if you will follow through with the contact. Have the call dispatcher route the call to me - I have some ideas that have nothing to do with parameter settings. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. SSSI -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ford, Phillip Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Archive Backup ClientT (ABC) V3.1 (New!) for OpenVMS I live in Memphis. Our corporate office in New Jersey uses it extensively for backing up their VMS systems. That is about all I know at their site. I have tried to evaluate it here. I have mixed results. On the whole it seemed to work very well and was easy to configure. I have two problems. The first and major one is I have a disk with zillions of little files on it. The application people are using WordPerfect (yes you heard right) and the files are keep on this disk. I hate to even do any directory searches on this disk. This disk took 15 hours to do the initial backup. I assume that a restore would take at least that long. An incremental takes about 8 hours with very few files changed. This timing is not acceptable to our users. I have talked to ABC and they want me to talk to an engineer and see if he can suggest any parameters to change. I have not had time yet to do this. My opinion is that he can not help much but I will try when I get time. My second problem is with the system disk. I had some errors about the structure on the disk. Due to the above problem I have not researched this problem. If I fix problem number one then I would tackle this problem. From the people in New Jersey, they say that the product is working great and that they have had no problems. Well that is my 2 cents worth. -- Phillip Ford Senior Software Specialist Corporate Computer Center Schering-Plough Corp. (901) 320-4462 (901) 320-4856 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Gill, Geoffrey L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Archive Backup ClientT (ABC) V3.1 (New!) for OpenVMS Is anyone using the ABC Client for VMS? I'd like any feedback as to the reliability for you. I've worked with Kelly on this and so has he. If you want my personal opinion I'd say.never mind.. Needless ot say I've been trying to get our people to use the 2 licenses we have, Version 1.2-6. I know it has worked in the past but they stopped using it because he says it works for a while then stops. He gets it fixed and it stops. At which point he gives up and says he ran out of time to look at it. That's great DR isn't it? I can't believe it's any more or less difficult to use or reliable than anything else we have, but I would like some feedback from others using it so I can get this resolved. The administrator has asked management to purchase a backup package, which they've obviously balked at since we're supposed to have one that works now. The question is why can't he get this one to work? I don't have access to it, can't answer it, and he doesn't seem to have time to check it. Don't ask me how he's going to find time to implement and care for the one he wants to purchase. Thanks for the feedback. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (888) 997-9614 *** This message and any attachments is solely for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, use, or distribution of the information included in this message is prohibited -- please immediately and permanently delete this message.
Re: Backup to multiple tape simultaneously
Although it is very easy to start a dsmc restore filesystem for each filesystem and do parallel restores today. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ARhoads Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup to multiple tape simultaneously Only problem there is that your large restore will be single threaded (until 5.1 -- maybe). Steffan - Original Message - From: Bill Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:33 AM Subject: Re: Backup to multiple tape simultaneously Sounds like a mangement nightmare! (no offense intended) Why not just specify a RESOURCEUTILIZATION 2 in the DSM.OPT file and update the nodes' MAXNUMMP value accordingly to get multiple backup streams. The way I understand it and have seen it on Windows boxes, TSM will start a backup session for each drive..resource depending. Bill -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ARhoads Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup to multiple tape simultaneously William, I've configured multiple clients, each with its own DSM.OPT and unique NODENAME and separate INCLUDE_EXCLUDE files so each node backed-up a unique portion of the file systems. Steffan - Original Message - From: Sascha Askani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:01 AM Subject: Re: Backup to multiple tape simultaneously - Original Message - From: William SO Ng [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 6:41 AM Subject: Backup to multiple tape simultaneously Based on my understanding, TSM does not support simultaneously write to multiple tape, i.e. I want to write to multiple tapes during backup. If I want to work around this limitation, can I do the followings : Install another instance on the TSM server. Configure the new TSM server to backup the same set of files. Start the backup at once for this two TSM servers. So one TSM server will backup to one drive, the other will backup the next drive. Wouldn't just do setting MAXRESOURCEUTIL on the client to a higher value accomplish the same ? Correct me if I'm wrong. Greetings Sascha
Re: LAN Free backups
Joe, It is interesting that you can't have a disk storage pool defined in the management class storage hierarchy or client won't use the LAN path, even if there aren't any volumes in the diskpool. Yes, you can use the FILE device type and set up a hierarchy in the same way you would use a disk pool - set maxsize on a storage pool made of the FILE device type so that larger files go to tape and the smaller files stay on disk. However, the last time I checked you must have SANergy to use this feature so that you can define the files to both systems. I haven't used this method yet. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joe Cascanette Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 6:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LAN Free backups Actually it was something I missed (another TSMer fill me in..Thanks). I needed to create a new policy for these nodes and direct them to teh tapes instead of the disk storage pools. I have also noticed a slow down. I use colocation for my local copies and since I am sending mostly large files from this node I see a backlog of sessions just sitting at MEDIAW. So not I went from a 10 session connection to a 1 session connection. Great it goes directly to tape, but is there any way to utilize the LAN Free path to use the diskpool as well if the file is lower than a certian size (like a regular disk storage pool)?? Joe -Original Message- From: Angelo DeAngelis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 8:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LAN Free backups Joe, Are you seeing the Agent make communications to the Server when recycled ? Is the Server receiving the mount request from the Agent ? Any changes to the device configurations on the server that effect the Agent (other server) need to recycle agent. If you want to send portion of activity log and oter messages, we can take a look see. Are the device names on the Client the same as the Server ? What levels of TSM? Performance note : If the client supports SHAREDMEM / NANEPIPES these in my testing have provided the best performance especialy where the client and Agent talk there is no TCP/IP overhead. Biggest Advantage I see todate is that all that big I/O ( Data Bases ) are removed from the LAN traffic and other tentents act better who need LAN. The other big difference is that during a LAN backup the client is somewhat working hard ( 35% - 40% or more ) moving data using IP stacks. Performed testing where I had four drives writing to 3590 @ native speeds + during a DB2 run where the engine was 79% idle during the run. This is the biggest advantage to date for LAN-Free. Predicting performance over the SAN is another animal for another day. My two cents. - Original Message - From: Joe Cascanette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 2:53 PM Subject: LAN Free backups I am having some problems with the LAN Free backups. Server is 4.2.1.12 (Windows 2000), client is 4.2.1.20, SAN client is installed and I guess setup. I see the node in question connecting to the TSM Server (under q ses I can see the node and its session type is server). When I launch the client it does not give me a LANFree path failed. Using LAN Path anymore. I have mapped all the drives to this server to use. Is there something missing?. When the backups start no tape is loaded, it goes to the storage pool (unless it is over 500Megs which goes directly to tape). This is also causing a problem when I try to restore to the original location for this SAN attached server - File is unavailable to the server. So I need to launch the client (login as this node) on another machine and save the files to a different location. TSM server is connected to the library via fibre switch. All nodes for LAN free backups are connected to this fibre switch and are able to see all the drives in the TSM admin GUI. The service TSM StorageAgent1 is created and is running. Thanks for any help Joe
Re: IP change
Mark, Looks like you changed the NODENAME to 10.16.8.54 instead of changing the TCPSERVERADDRESS in you dsm.sys file. Bill Smoldt STORServer -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Burak Demircan Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IP change search for the dsm.opt and dsm.sys in your system incase you are using different option files other than you believe to be right one regards, burak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07.03.2002 16:14 Please respond to ADSM-L To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:IP change Hi all, we have changed our IP for the AIX/TSM server. We back up 38 Novell/Unix nodes and all of them are fine. We also back up the AIX/TSM server as well. It is not working. I have changed the IP in the dsm.sys file to the new IP address. Below is the error message we receive from TSM. Thanks for the help! 03/07/02 06:35:41 ANR0422W Session 5925 for node 10.16.8.54 (AIX) refused - node name not registered. 03/07/02 06:35:41 ANR0403I Session 5925 ended for node 10.16.8.54 (AIX). 03/07/02 06:35:45 ANR0406I Session 5926 started for node 10.16.8.54 (AIX) (Tcp/Ip 127.0.0.1(33426)). 03/07/02 06:35:45 ANR0422W Session 5926 for node 10.16.8.54 (AIX) refused - node name not registered. Thanks, Mark Hayden Network Administrator E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TSM trying to backup its own, open files..........
Zoltan, It's simply a timing and resource issue from client to client. The file is certainly being updated by dsmc during the scheduled backup - if dsmc flushes text to the file during the time it's moving it, you get the error. It can depend on aggregate size, size of the dsmsched.log file, and probably a lot of other things. Not worth loosing sleep over, though. When I run into a situation where someone wants to keep the contents of dsmsched.log (rather than excluding it), I create a new management class (usually named DYNAMIC) with dynamic serialization set in the backup copygroup and include the dsmsched.log file to that management class. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 8:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM trying to backup its own, open files.. Because it has it open ? My real issue is why this only occurs on *1* node ? Seay, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/22/2002 09:32 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: TSM trying to backup its own, open files.. How does it know it is really its own file? You have to exclude it if you do not want TSM to try. -Original Message- From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM trying to backup its own, open files.. Why is TSM trying to backup its own, open files ? I thought it was smart enough to not do this ? I am getting this error message from an NT 6a node ! The client is 4.2.1.20 02/21/2002 20:47:46 ANE4037E (Session: 11678, Node: INFO-OFFICE) File '\\info-office_vcu\c$\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsched.log' changed during processing. File skipped. Also, what is wrong with this exclude statement in my client options file: Exclude *:\WINNT\Profiles\* I get these errors: 02/21/2002 20:49:54 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\info-office_vcu\c$\WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** Zoltan Forray Virginia Commonwealth University - University Computing Center e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - voice: 804-828-4807
Re: TSM trying to backup its own, open files..........
Zoltan, Shared Dynamic is a very powerful and very dangerous serialization option. Please make certain that the person who made the decision to use that understands the implications. This serialization option will try to back up a file 4 times and then save the file on the first try during which the file contents didn't change. The danger comes with files that continually change and potentially with applications that require multiple files to be synchronized, like databases. Net result - you may or may not be able to accurately restore those applications. The normal and accepted setting is Shared Static, as you had with the problem client. So you were fixing the one client that was configured properly when you should fix all the others. This will give an error if the file changes on all four attempts so that a human can decide what to do with the application backup. If your university IT personnel understand the implications of Shared Dynamic and choose to live with the restore consequences, then you can take the rest of the day off. Otherwise, you may have a short weekend. ;-) Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 8:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM trying to backup its own, open files.. Thank you and others for the clue. I had forgot about checking the backup copy group for this node (it has its own while most others share common ones). The mode was set to SHRSTATIC vs SHRDYNAMIC (not sure why since everything else is SHRDYNAMIC ??). I have fixed and activated. This should fix it. Again, thanks everyone.. Zoltan Forray Virginia Commonwealth University - University Computing Center e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - voice: 804-828-4807 Prather, Wanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/22/2002 10:04 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: TSM trying to backup its own, open files.. I find it useful to have the dsmsched.log file backed up. That way if I have a user turn up with no backups for something after a system crash, I can pull down the dsmsched.log from the TSM backups and see why (believe me, it has happened before!) SO instead of excluding the dsmsched.log, I bind it to a management class that specifies SERIALIZATION=SHRDYNAMIC. That tells TSM to go ahead and back it up, whether it's changing or not. (My management class name for this is CHANGING, so to bind the file to that ruleset, you specify: INCLUDE *:\...\dsmsched.log CHANGING in your dsm.opt file, or the appropriate client option set) We use the same technique for other sequential log files; then you get a backup of whatever is in there, up to the last few lines. Do NOT use this technique for data bases, where change can occur in the middle of the file. It also won't work where the error is due to the file being LOCKED, rather than being open for output. Just another idea.. Wanda Prather The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab 443-778-8769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think - Scott Adams/Dilbert -Original Message- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM trying to backup its own, open files.. How does it know it is really its own file? You have to exclude it if you do not want TSM to try. -Original Message- From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM trying to backup its own, open files.. Why is TSM trying to backup its own, open files ? I thought it was smart enough to not do this ? I am getting this error message from an NT 6a node ! The client is 4.2.1.20 02/21/2002 20:47:46 ANE4037E (Session: 11678, Node: INFO-OFFICE) File '\\info-office_vcu\c$\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsched.log' changed during processing. File skipped. Also, what is wrong with this exclude statement in my client options file: Exclude *:\WINNT\Profiles\* I get these errors: 02/21/2002 20:49:54 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\info-office_vcu\c$\WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** Zoltan Forray Virginia Commonwealth University - University Computing Center e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - voice: 804-828-4807
Re: Novell restore question
Robert, Start up three instances of dsmc restore - different file system for each restore. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Ouzen Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 2:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Novell restore question Hi to all I made a test in my Netware Client 4.2.1.0 I backup a volume with the option resourceutilization 6 in my dsm.opt directly to tape. The process backup the volume to three tapes in parallel. My question is when I try to restore the volume, the process took each tape one after one. Did someone known how I can restore 3 tapes in parallel ??. Thanks in advance . Robert Ouzen \\\/// \\\/// / _ _ \ (| (.) (.) |) +--oOOo--()--oOOo-+ || | Ouzen Robert | | Helpdesk Manager| | Haifa University | || | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Work : 972-4-8240345 | || +--oooO-+ ( ) Oooo. \ ( ( ) \_) ) / (_/
Re: Typical NT-Server DSM.opt Exclusions?
You will find a typical exclude file called dsm.smp in the directory tree where you expanded the windows client. TSM_BA_Client\baclient\program files\Tivoli\TSM\config\dsm.smp This is a good starting point for a standard include/exclude for your site, but you still need to tune it for your site.If you rename that file to dsm.opt, it will be installed on the clients that you install from this directory structure. If you are running V4.2, the swap file, or PAGEFILE.SYS is excluded by default. You will receive an error if you Exclude that file in your dsm.opt or in a client option set. You will find many other suggestions for various applications and special scenarios on this list at www.adsm.org. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rick Harderwijk Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 3:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Typical NT-Server DSM.opt Exclusions? Hi, Ofcourse you should exclude the swapfile. Furthermore, concerning the ntuser.dat files, there was a thread on the list yesterday explaining when and when not to exclude these files. Regards, Rick -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens Luecke, Wolf-Christian (K-DOI-44) Verzonden: 13 februari 2002 10:25 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: WG: Typical NT-Server DSM.opt Exclusions? Hello Spezialists, May you can help me. I want to know if there are some typical or standard nt-dsm.opt Exclusions? So that I can exclude this file for all nt-server (clients) general on the TSM-Server side. for example: Exclude c:\winnt\system32 Exclude c:\winnt\profiles\...\ntuser.dat Exclude c:\progamms\...\*.* or something else... best regards Mit freundlichen Gr|_en Wolf-Christian L|cke K-DOI-44 Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg Storage Management e-business Tel.: 05361/9-22124 E-Fax:05361/9-57-22124 E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RESTORE VOLUMES
Gary, I understand your frustration at starting out, but the SQL command for this request is not difficult and has been answered on this list a number of times. It is difficult to pull that information out with all the activity and matches that you get, however, so feel free to ask such questions here. One format of the command you need is: select volume_name, stgpool_name, filespace_name from volumeusage where node_name='NODENAME' where NODENAME is the name of the node in question in all caps. That will show you which primary and copy pool tapes you need for the restore. To just see the tapes for a specific storage pool for you case, add a selection of the storage pool name: select volume_name, stgpool_name, filespace_name from volumeusage where node_name='NODENAME' where stgpool_name='TAPEPOOL' where TAPEPOOL is the name of your primary tape pool. As you already know, this is not necessary if you have enough robot slots to hold all your primary tapepool tapes. Proper sizing of a TSM environment before purchase is quite important. Bill Smoldt STORServer -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary Swanton Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 2:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RESTORE VOLUMES Hi All, I am quite new to all things TSM and I have a question to what I believe is an unrealistic situation. Presently if, during my role as the TSM administrator I am asked to perform a data restore, I have no idea of what volumes will be required for the data. I have a 30 slot library at my disposal, which I appreciate is quite small, however, if after I kick off a restore I should have some indication as to what volumes are required thereby allowing me to check the volumes into the library before the restore job commences. A recent example: I had to restore 80MB worth of data and it took over 3.5 hours and over 18 tape changes. The present situation is that after I start a restore I have to be glued to the console and wait for tape requests to appear in the activity log or via a pop-up. My research has shown that other people have been asking the same thing as far back as 1998 but no-one appears to have provided a solution. Tivoli have told me that it is possible with some pretty complex SQL statements. Great now I have to learn SQL queries as well. Does anybody have any ideas on this matter? It's not that hard surely..Oh yeah I'm running TSM Server 4.2.10 on a W2K platform with current clients running 4.2.1. Gary Swanton Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Test Restore on Exchange.
Yes, but the only way I know is to use the same name for your Exchange server. This has a disadvantage in that you can't have both on the same network at the same time, so you have to do something with your network to connect the test machine to your TSM server without it being visible on your production network. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pitur Ey~srsson Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 7:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Test Restore on Exchange. Hi i am doing a TEST Restore on TDP for Exghange 5.5 I am using the old TSM Client TDP for Exchange. Now i can restore the Information Store. But i can4t restore the Diricetory. I get this error ACN4218E -- Directory databases can only be restored to their origination Exchange Server. My question is Is there a way around this. Thanks for the help Kvedja/Regards Petur Eythorsson Taeknimadur/Technician IBM Certified Specialist - AIX Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Professional Microsoft Certified System Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nyherji Hf Simi TEL: +354-569-7700 Borgartun 37105 Iceland URL:http://www.nyherji.is
Re: 2 servers and libraries , 2 sites, I want super disaster protection !
Arnaud, Before I answer this question, I would have to know the bandwidth of your data link between the two sites. The implementation would be different for a slower link than a faster link. Regardless, I've found that in every situation such as this, it is beneficial to build two TSM server instances on each machine. Server1 on machine 1 and Server2 on the other machine 2 are the normally active servers, and the others are placeholders in case you need to run both servers on one machine during disaster recovery mode. Once that is in place, virtual volumes for database backups will likely be OK depending on the link speed and size of the database. Because you know that the opposite server will be running during a disaster, you can add other functions as you add link speed. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of PAC Brion Arnaud Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 6:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 2 servers and libraries , 2 sites, I want super disaster protection ! Hi Gurus ! I have a question concerning security : we currently have one TSM server (H80 AIX server) connected to a 3584 library. As our library reaches it's capacity limit, we plan to buy a new one, and possibly another server, to build a double server and library solution. I'm looking for an improved disaster-resistant solution, that could give us the opportunity rebuilding the whole system, case one server and it's library would be destroyed. The actual situation : we do nightly backups, followed by a complete stgpool backup and dbbackup that are stored offsite. We also own DRM. What we plan to do : split our backups data over two libraries, to benefit of the increased tape drives quantity and tape capacity, and to split DB data over two systems (therefore accelerating expiration process etc ...). The two server-libraries couples will be installed in two different locations, to minimize risks in case of fire, earthquake ... How would you build such a solution, that would give you the opportunity rebuilding the whole system in case of total destruction of one of those sites ? Would you use virtual volumes for crossing Dbbackups and STGpool backups ? Any suggestion will be welcomed ;-). Thanks in advance ! Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT Group | | Viaduktstrasse 42, P.O. Box, 4002 Basel - Switzerland | | Phone: +41 61 226 19 78 / Fax: +41 61 226 17 01 | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: HELP Restore MS SQL Database
Make certain that you get all the way out of SQL Enterprise Administrator. If you have any reference to the database from having edited it from the SQL Enterprise GUI, you will continue to get this error. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Kamp Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HELP Restore MS SQL Database Using TDP for MS SQL v2.2.0.0 Running SQL server v7 on NT4 Need to restore a database intranet into another database restore. Found the APAR= IC23902 : Existing DB is d:\mssql\data\intranet_data.mdf Created new database called restore file D:\mssql\backup\intranet_data.mdf Set new database to DBO only single user. In the GUI I selected recovery, database owner only, wait for tape mounts to restore wait for tape mounts for info. Right clicked the object to restore selected relocate put in D:\mssql\backup\intranet_data.mdf for database path Clicked on restore this is the message I keep getting: 02/06/2002 13:05:41 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Database in use. The system administrator must have exclusive use of the database to run the restore operation. 02/06/2002 13:05:41 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally. Any help will be GREATLY APPREACIATED!! Bruce Kamp Network Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System P: (954) 987-2020 x6008 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disposal of bad tapes
I don't recall Tivoli saying it that way. Of course, the data can be read. It's just 1's and 0's. The problem lies in making any sense out of the data that you read. You can, in fact see data on the tape and sometimes get information off the data tapes without a DB tape. Text files will come through without a problem. Trying to decipher a Word document is probably possible if you go to the trouble to sort it all out - I've never tried. You can read a data stream from the tapes - but the data is all in aggregates and might even be partial files from adaptive differencing. There is no supported way to restore data to a file system the way it came off a file system - that is what Tivoli said as far as I recall. If they said you can't read the tapes, I don't think they should have because that isn't accurate. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Sedlacek Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Disposal of bad tapes I always throught that Tivoli said the tape(s) could not be read by anyone without a viable DB tape. Is this right or wrong? Ken Sedlacek AIX/TSM/UNIX Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Certified Specialist: RS/6000 AIX v4.3 Support; RS/6000 SP PSSP 3 Tivoli Certified Consultant - Tivoli Storage Manager v4.1 James, Doug Doug.James@BC To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BSFL.COMcc: Sent by: Subject: Disposal of bad tapes ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU 02/06/2002 11:32 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager We use 9840 cartridges manufactured by Imation, similar to IBM 3590 tapes. For our company, Imation will replace the cartridges that are defective as a result of Imation processing; on average, this was true for half of the cartridges that failed. The only sticking point is that we must send the cartridges to Imation for analysis. If we magnetically erase the cartridges to prevent live data from going out of house, we destroy the imprinted servo tracks and void the warranty. Our auditors decided that the risk of exposing privacy data was too great, and instructed us to stop sending live data to Imation. We could send tapes to Imation if we wrote ones and zeros across the entire tape, but if we are unable to write to the tape, then we erase and dispose of the tape. One additional note on disposal: the tapes contain chromium, a carcinogenic heavy metal that must be disposed of as hazardous waste in the United States. Doug -Original Message- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 10:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3590 Cartridges have a 10 year warranty replacement Call the vendor and get a replacement tape. -Original Message- From: Bill Mansfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Cartridge with Write Errors Throw 'em away. Data is more valuable than tape. _ William Mansfield Senior Consultant Solution Technology, Inc Rupp Thomas (Illwerke) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] thomas.rupp@ILLWcc: ERKE.AT Subject: 3590 Cartridge with Write Errors Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 02/06/2002 07:56 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Hi TSM-ers, I've got a 3590 cartridge that gave me read errors so I couln't copy the data to a copy storage pool. What do you do with such tapes? Do you throw them away? Do initialize them? If yes how? Kind regards Thomas Rupp Vorarlberger Illwerke AG MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEL:++43/5574/4991-251 FAX:++43/5574/4991-820-8251 -- Dieses eMail wurde auf Viren geprueft. Vorarlberger Illwerke AG -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., and its subsidiary and affiliate companies are not responsible for errors or omissions in this e-mail message. Any personal comments made in this e-mail do not reflect the views of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.
Re: Moving filespaces between Storage Pools
Not in this version. Bill Smoldt -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marco Bianchi Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Moving filespaces between Storage Pools I've some TSM 4.2.1 nodes to move from one storage pool to another. I've created a new Policy Domain with a new Storage Pool and I've moved one node from a PD to the new one, but the data remains on the old storage pool. There is a way to move only selected filesystem from one STG to another? Thanx anybody. == Marco Bianchi Area Sistemi - Proge-Software S.r.l. Via Mentore Maggini 50 00143 Rome - Italy Tel. +39 06 5042621 - Fax: +39 06 5042676 Mobile: +39 348 3315838 - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==
Re: HELP Restore MS SQL Database
Sounds like you're trying to restore a database to the same machine. You can't do that with SQL 7. You have to restore the database to a different machine or restore it over the existing database. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Kamp Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: HELP Restore MS SQL Database Tried that now I get the following error: 02/06/2002 14:04:08 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]The file 'd:\MSSQL7\backup\Intranet_Data.MDF' cannot be used by RESTORE. Consider using the WITH MOVE option to identify a valid location for the file. 02/06/2002 14:04:08 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally. Bruce Kamp Network Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System P: (954) 987-2020 x6008 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Bill Smoldt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 1:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: HELP Restore MS SQL Database Make certain that you get all the way out of SQL Enterprise Administrator. If you have any reference to the database from having edited it from the SQL Enterprise GUI, you will continue to get this error. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Kamp Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HELP Restore MS SQL Database Using TDP for MS SQL v2.2.0.0 Running SQL server v7 on NT4 Need to restore a database intranet into another database restore. Found the APAR= IC23902 : Existing DB is d:\mssql\data\intranet_data.mdf Created new database called restore file D:\mssql\backup\intranet_data.mdf Set new database to DBO only single user. In the GUI I selected recovery, database owner only, wait for tape mounts to restore wait for tape mounts for info. Right clicked the object to restore selected relocate put in D:\mssql\backup\intranet_data.mdf for database path Clicked on restore this is the message I keep getting: 02/06/2002 13:05:41 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Database in use. The system administrator must have exclusive use of the database to run the restore operation. 02/06/2002 13:05:41 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally. Any help will be GREATLY APPREACIATED!! Bruce Kamp Network Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System P: (954) 987-2020 x6008 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Slow LTO drives
I've gone back through the list about the slow LTO issues. I haven't found anything that works in this case. TSM V4.2.1.9 W2K SP2 3584 Library at latest firmware LTO drives at 18N2 firmware latest on devdrvr Netfinity xSeries 350 LTO Device driver is 4.0.2.4 - tried 4.0.2.1 and previous versions of 4.0.1.x RSM disabled. Possible issues: Drives and library are connected using the motherboard SCSI 7899 Ultra 160 chips - one per channel - no internal devices connected. I know about the Microsoft vs Adaptec supplied driver but can't determine if it applies to this chipset. Cable length to get to the library is long but already installed under the floor - at least the 12 meter limit and maybe a bit longer (I'm trying to find out) These drives write at about 4G/hour even on 4 GB files. The device drivers don't stay loaded after a reboot but have to be updated by hand. Does anyone have any suggestions to speed these drives up? Thanks, Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc.
Re: Assigning MGMT to SYSTEMOBJECT?
Mark, What led you to believe that? I don't see any evidence that TSM uses ntbackup - I don't see any command line options that allow output similar to the contents of adsm.sys from ntbackup, and it always pops up the GUI screen. The supported method to backup the registry live is available from the NT or W2K resource kit - regback.exe. The output of regback is identical to that of the contents of adsm.sys, and the contents of adsm.sys can be restored with it's complement, regrestore. It would be interesting if we could use ntbackup to restore the registry - let me know if you have a way to do this. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Stapleton Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Assigning MGMT to SYSTEMOBJECT? On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:07:13 -0600, it was written: Does TSM backup the system object EXACTLY the way NTbackup does?? MS does provide documentation on DR to hardware other than the original on W2K using NTbackup. This would be beneficial in a true DR situation. Yes, I believe that TSM actually uses NTbackup to generate the files for backup. I know of no other way to back up a copy of a hot NT registry, and the existence of the adsm.sys directory would tend to confirm that. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: library sharing without SAN
No special support with all the SCSI adapters that I've dealt with - mostly Adaptec and QLogic. The hardware has been capable of this for years and I've used this on many OpenVMS clusters and NT clusters. The initiators don't talk to each other, and the devices have to be capable of doing a SCSI disconnect. All arbitration and locking for the robot and drives takes place in the TSM Server. Might ease your library movement, but I've never tried crossing the data tapes between platforms. It's certainly unsupported so you'd want to rewrite the tapes even if it worked. Is that what you're thinking? Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robin Sharpe Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: library sharing without SAN Does a configuration such as that need special support by the library? What happens if both systems send commands to the robot? Also, what about the drives? Most SCSI libraries I know of have the drives cabled directly on their own SCSI channels. Definitely the two I have... an ATL P3000 and an HP 20/700. This sounds very interesting, and I'm wondering if I can use it while we migrate from the P3000 to the 20/700. Currently they are attached to two different servers - the P3000 to an F50 and the 20/700 to an HP L2000. As far as I know, the method of recording data on DLT tapes differs on those two OSes, and they cannot read each others' tapes. Robin Sharpe Berlex Labs Bill Smoldt smoldt@STORS OL.COM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Robin Sharpe/WA/USR/SHG) 01/09/02 Subject: 08:54 AM Re: library sharing without SAN Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager You can connect a library on a SCSI bus between the two systems and share the library the same way as you would in a SAN. I've never tried it between Solaris and Windows, but it should work fine as long as the controllers don't interfere with each other electrically (they will typically be different brands). The controllers must have different SCSI target addresses - I usually use the default of 7 on one and 6 on the other. If you just want to get some experience with shared libraries within TSM, the simplest method is to create a second TSM server instance on the same system. Then you can define a shared library between the two. I use this method for training classes. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chandrasekhar CR Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 1:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: library sharing without SAN hello , For experimental purpose can we use autochanger for sharing between two TSM servers ( solaris and windows ) without SAN ,if yes then what is the procedure to do it. if any one know about this please help me. TSM administrator
Re: library sharing without SAN
You can connect a library on a SCSI bus between the two systems and share the library the same way as you would in a SAN. I've never tried it between Solaris and Windows, but it should work fine as long as the controllers don't interfere with each other electrically (they will typically be different brands). The controllers must have different SCSI target addresses - I usually use the default of 7 on one and 6 on the other. If you just want to get some experience with shared libraries within TSM, the simplest method is to create a second TSM server instance on the same system. Then you can define a shared library between the two. I use this method for training classes. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chandrasekhar CR Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 1:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: library sharing without SAN hello , For experimental purpose can we use autochanger for sharing between two TSM servers ( solaris and windows ) without SAN ,if yes then what is the procedure to do it. if any one know about this please help me. TSM administrator
Re: linux, ext3, and V4.2
Charles Anderson posted an example on the list a while back and it worked for me - use VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT for each ext3 filesystem. ext3 isn't supported in TSM yet. For your system, in dsm.sys: VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT / VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT /boot VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT /boot2 VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT /root2 Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Roder Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: linux, ext3, and V4.2 Hi All, We are recently beginning to backup some Linux boxes, and have run into the limitation whereby the EXT3 filesystems are not supported by TSM V4.2. The doc claims that they can be backed up in compatibility mode, but it does not explain how to accomplish this. Does anyone here know how to backup these filesystems? Here is what they look like in /etc/fstab: LABEL=// ext3defaults1 1 LABEL=/boot/boot ext3defaults1 2 LABEL=/boot2 /boot2 ext3defaults1 2 LABEL=/root2 /root2 ext3defaults1 2 And of course, the followup question to Tivoli, if they are listening, is if support for ext3 is planned? For now, it would be nice to enable backups of these filesystems in this so called compatibility mode. Thanks, Steve Roder, University at Buffalo HOD Service Coordinator VM Systems Programmer UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX) TSM/ADSM Administrator ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564 | http://ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu/~tkssteve)
Re: Can't access TDP SQL /fileinfo metadata
Del, MOUNTWAITFORDATA is set to yes and shows so in the query. The SQL name is correct. We have the DESTINATION set to tapepool in preparation for SAN backups. I'm running a test to see if going to a diskpool makes a difference, because that's what my test servers do. Ah, now it works. I can see the container files in the RELOCATE screen. This is temporarily not a problem because I'll set up an include to send the metadata to a non-migrating diskpool. Once we go to a SAN backup, is this going to be a problem? According to the Storage Agent documentation, I can't have a disk storage pool as a destination, but the new pool isn't a destination for the data. Naturally, I know you thought of that and it will work, Del. Conclusion - with this version of TDP SQL 2.2 I must have the metadata in a diskpool in order to RELOCATE the data during a restore. The query of the fileinfo will fail with an ACO0151E. The GUI RELOCATE will simply yield a blank window with no container files showing, and therefore, you will be unable to do the relocate. Thanks for the help! Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Del Hoobler Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 4:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Can't access TDP SQL /fileinfo metadata I have several TDP SQL agents backing up Microsoft SQL 2000. Two of them can't retrieve the fileinfo data with the command: tdpsqlc query tsm Northwind full /fileinfo They return the error ACO0151E. . . . Any ideas how I can fix this? Bill, I have one idea. If you enter the command: tdpsqlc query tdp Do you have: MOUNTWaitfordata .. Yes This must be Yes in order for meta data that has migrated to tape to be accessed. If that's not it... read on... Try Joel's suggestion... If Joel's ideas do not resolve the situation, please place a call with IBM/Tivoli support. A trace will help explain what is going wrong. Service will have you add the following options to the tdpsqlc command: -tracefile=tdpsqlc.trc -traceflag=all,api That will produce data that will help diagnose what is going wrong with the TSM query. Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Celebrate we will. Life is short but sweet for certain... -- Dave
Can't access TDP SQL /fileinfo metadata
I have several TDP SQL agents backing up Microsoft SQL 2000. Two of them can't retrieve the fileinfo data with the command: tdpsqlc query tsm Northwind full /fileinfo They return the error ACO0151E. ACO0151E Errors occurred while processing the request. Explanation: Attempting to process the request entered, an error occurred. System Action: Processing ends. User Response: Attempt to determine the source of the errors from viewing the log file. Correct the problems and try running the command again. And there is nothing in the log file pertaining to the error. From the GUI, attempting a RELOCATE yields a blank window, with no files listed. I haven't done anything to ensure the metadata stays in a disk pool, but I don't believe that it would cause this error if it were on tape - it should simply take longer to complete the command. Is that correct? Any ideas how I can fix this? Thanks, Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc.
Re: Successful or not?
The archive was successful. The first errors happened while waiting for the tape to be mounted or to position to EOT Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sotonyi Attila Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 1:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Successful or not? Hi TSM experts! What do you think about the following errors below in the offline db backup log? Is it successful or unsuccessful? What could cause this problem? At the firt attempt the backup is unsuccessful and the 2nd retry semms ok. Job number: 5023 Oracle sid: prod Timestamp : 20011227201003 Function : Offline database file level archive to TSM server Oracle Server Manager Release 3.0.5.0.0 - Production (c) Copyright 1997, Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.5.2.1 - Production With the Objects option PL/SQL Release 8.0.5.2.0 - Production SVRMGR Connected. SVRMGR Database closed. Database dismounted. ORACLE instance shut down. SVRMGR ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area357439648 bytes Fixed Size 47264 bytes Variable Size 185417728 bytes Database Buffers167772160 bytes Redo Buffers 4202496 bytes Database mounted. Database opened. SVRMGR Database closed. Database dismounted. ORACLE instance shut down. SVRMGR Server Manager complete. Datafile: /pdd/oradata/prod/control01.ctl archive started. Tivoli Storage Manager *** Fixtest, Please see README file for more information *** Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 4, Release 1, Level 2.20 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 2000, All Rights Reserved. Archive function invoked. Node Name: GIR05 Session established with server TSM01: AIX-RS/6000 Server Version 4, Release 1, Level 4.0 Server date/time: 12/27/2001 20:12:42 Last access: 12/27/2001 20:10:02 Directory-- 512 /pdd/oradata [Sent] Directory-- 2,560 /pdd/oradata/prod [Sent] Normal File--23,617,536 /pdd/oradata/prod/control01.ctl ** Unsuccessful ** ANS1114I Waiting for mount of offline media. Retry # 1 Normal File--23,617,536 /pdd/oradata/prod/control01.ctl [Sent] Archive processing of '/pdd/oradata/prod/control01.ctl' finished without failure. Total number of objects inspected:3 Total number of objects archived: 3 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes transferred:45.04 MB Data transfer time: 61.36 sec Network data transfer rate: 751.76 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate:709.24 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Elapsed processing time: 00:01:05 Archived file: /pdd/oradata/prod/control01.ctl - Datafile: /pdd/oradata/prod/control02.ctl archive started. Tivoli Storage Manager *** Fixtest, Please see README file for more information *** Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 4, Release 1, Level 2.20 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 2000, All Rights Reserved. Archive function invoked. Node Name: GIR05 Session established with server TSM01: AIX-RS/6000 Server Version 4, Release 1, Level 4.0 Server date/time: 12/27/2001 20:13:47 Last access: 12/27/2001 20:12:42 Normal File--23,617,536 /pdd/oradata/prod/control02.ctl ** Unsuccessful ** ANS1114I Waiting for mount of offline media. Retry # 1 Normal File--23,617,536 /pdd/oradata/prod/control02.ctl [Sent] Archive processing of '/pdd/oradata/prod/control02.ctl' finished without failure. Total number of objects inspected:1 Total number of objects archived: 1 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes transferred:45.04 MB Data transfer time:2.09 sec Network data transfer rate:22,049.08 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate: 11,497.06 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Elapsed processing time: 00:00:04 Archived file: /pdd/oradata/prod/control02.ctl \dv, Sstonyi Attila mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rendszermirnvk MAV Informatika Kft. 06(1)457-9372
Re: Daily full backup
Zosi, Not sure exactly what you're trying to accomplish, but it would appear you have a single directory that you want to back up every day whether the data changes or not, and keep copies of those file for a different period of time than the other files on that system? If so, you can accomplish that without having to schedule a different backup, and much less complication. Create a separate management class within the same policy set, giving it a name that you will use in the dsm.opt include statement - I'll call it FULL for example. Create a backup copy group in FULL that has the retention parameters you want for the file. If you want to keep 30 days worth, specify 30 for all the retention parameters. In the backup copygroup, specify copymode=absolute rather than the default, modified. In the dsm.opt file on the client specify include \directoryforfull\...\* FULL to get all of the files. Note that backing the file up even if it didn't change didn't really buy you anything over doing the incremental backups to a management class that has the right retention parameters. The point in time restore will allow you to recreate the directory with all the files of a given day within the confines of your retention parameters. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Zosimo Noriega Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 7:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Daily full backup Hi! How can i do a full backup instead of archiving everyday? Because i have a folder of data that need a full backup everyday, right know i'm doing archive everyday. Is there a possible solution to do a full backup of that data? Any help from you is really appreciated. Thanks Zosi Noriega ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE 009712 60249987
Re: 3570 Library NT commands?
c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\utils\mttest.exe Bill SmoldtSSSI Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of TSM Mail-ID Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 4:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3570 Library NT commands? Hi, Running TSM 3.7.2 server on a NT box attached to a Magstar MP 3570 library. Ran into a cleaning tape problem on the library which prompted this question - are there any NT utilities to query the status of the 3570 library? I'm thinking something similar to the MTLIB utility on AIX and the 3494. I maybe asking the obvious or the stupid, but I've been unable to find anything. I curious to see how many cleanings are left on the internal cleaning tape in the library. Thanx in advance! ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca
Re: Command Line Prompt is gone
Yeah, Ron. I have that on my W2K laptop right now. It's definitely a problem in the Admin client code on the system that lost the prompt. I suppose it will take a reinstall of the Admin client, but Windows Installer is stubborn and won't let me uninstall it right now, either. I'm not working on this actively, but when I get back around to it I'll let you know if I figure anything out. Let me know if you get there first. Bill SmoldtSSSI Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ron Pavan Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 10:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Command Line Prompt is gone Anybody ever lose their admin command line prompt? I can still enter commands but do not see the Server name prompt.
Re: dsmserv.dsk file error .
Shekhar, You missed the step on installing the log and db volumes. You don't create the dsmserv.dsk file, you let TSM create it for you with the dsmserv format command. Check Appendix D in the Adminstrator's reference guide. Bill SmoldtSSSI Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shekhar Dhotre Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: dsmserv.dsk file error . Hi all , I just installed TSM3.7 on AIX 4.3.3 , When issued dsmserv command to start the server , Error ..Unable to open dmserv.dsk file so I created one manually , and added log and DB entries in it after formatting log and dB volumes . # more dsmserv.dsk /loglv/log1.dsm /tsmdb/vol1.dsm dsmserv.dsk: END Rebooted AIX Box Again tried to start the server now another error. .. # dsmserv ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 16:19:10 on Aug 24 1999. Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX-RS/6000 Version 3, Release 7, Level 0.0 Licensed Materials - Property of IBM 5697-TSM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999. All rights reserved. U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation. ANR0900I Processing options file dsmserv.opt. ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress. ANR0259E Unable to read complete restart/checkpoint information from any database or recovery log volume. # lslpp -l | grep tivoli tivoli.tsm.client.api.aix43.32bit tivoli.tsm.client.api.aix43.64bit tivoli.tsm.client.ba.aix43.32bit.base tivoli.tsm.client.ba.aix43.32bit.common tivoli.tsm.client.books.htm tivoli.tsm.client.books.pdf tivoli.tsm.client.image.aix43.32bit tivoli.tsm.client.web.aix43.32bit tivoli.tsm.devices.acsls 3.7.0.0 COMMITTED Tivoli Storage Manager Device tivoli.tsm.devices.rte 3.7.0.0 COMMITTED Tivoli Storage Manager Device tivoli.tsm.license.rte 3.7.0.0 COMMITTED Tivoli Storage Manager License tivoli.tsm.msg.en_US.devices tivoli.tsm.msg.en_US.server tivoli.tsm.msg.en_US.webhelp tivoli.tsm.server.com 3.7.0.0 COMMITTED Tivoli Storage Manager Server tivoli.tsm.server.rte423.7.0.0 COMMITTED Tivoli Storage Manager Server tivoli.tsm.server.webadmin tivoli.tsm.devices.acsls 3.7.0.0 COMMITTED Tivoli Storage Manager Device tivoli.tsm.devices.rte 3.7.0.0 COMMITTED Tivoli Storage Manager Device tivoli.tsm.server.com 3.7.0.0 COMMITTED Tivoli Storage Manager Server tivoli.tsm.server.rte423.7.0.0 COMMITTED Tivoli Storage Manager Server How i can start the server .. Thanks
