Re: Tape library eval
We are a differnet case than Tom's, it appears. We have been extremely happy with our STK unit: was an L40, upgraded to L80. Just our 2-bits... Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: James Lepre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tape library eval I do not like storage tek however using the gresham software does seem like a good thing to do. we chose the IBM 3584 LTO, it is the best thing we could have done [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/25/04 09:19AM Hello - I will soon be purchasing a new library, and am evaluating an Overland NEO 4100 and StorageTek L80. Both appear to be very good and are well suited for my environment. I like the Overland's scalability. Does anyone have any experience with either of these libraries, and if so, how is the support? thanks, Tom Bull Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
Q ACTLOG oddities
Hello all, Enviro: TSM Server V5.1.7.0 on Win2k Sp4 If I enter the following command: Q ACT BEGIND=-4 SEARCH=BOISE5 I would expect this to return all the entries containing the string BOISE5 (a computer name in this case). However, below is a snipped paste of the actual results. Any ideas why the vast majority of the results do *NOT* include the string anywhere within them? I tried placing the string in and ' marks to no avail. 02/05/2004 20:01:21 ANR0406I Session 1142 started for node BOISE5 (WinNT) (Tcp/Ip 10.222.2.8(2330)). 02/05/2004 20:01:30 ANE4037E (Session: 1136, Node: BOISE4) File '\\boise4\c$- \Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsched.log' changed during processing. File skipped. 02/05/2004 20:01:33 ANR0406I Session 1146 started for node BOISE5 (WinNT) (Tcp/Ip 10.222.2.8(2331)). 02/05/2004 20:01:33 ANR0406I Session 1147 started for node BOISE5 (WinNT) (Tcp/Ip 10.222.2.8(2332)). 02/05/2004 20:01:50 ANE4952I (Session: 1125, Node: BOISE2) Total number of objects inspected:7,613 02/05/2004 20:01:50 ANE4954I (Session: 1125, Node: BOISE2) Total number of objects backed up: 39 SNIP 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4952I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects inspected:3,050 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4954I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects backed up:2,619 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4958I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects updated: 0 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4960I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects rebound: 0 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4957I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects deleted: 0 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4970I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects expired:154 SNIP 02/09/2004 10:50:56 ANE4963I (Session: 5313, Node: BOISE5) Data transfer time: 315.74 sec 02/09/2004 10:50:56 ANE4966I (Session: 5313, Node: BOISE5) Network data transfer rate: 20.50 KB/sec 02/09/2004 10:50:56 ANE4967I (Session: 5313, Node: BOISE5) Aggregate data transfer rate: 1.06 KB/sec 02/09/2004 10:50:56 ANE4964I (Session: 5313, Node: BOISE5) Elapsed processing time:01:41:40 02/09/2004 11:24:53 ANR0403I Session 5313 ended for node BOISE5 (WinNT). 02/09/2004 13:13:00 ANR2017I Administrator CMURPHY issued command: QUERY ACTLOG begind=-4 search=boise5 Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Q ACTLOG oddities
I saw the APAR. Thanx Andy, that be the problem. It's existed since version 3.7 it appears, so its surprising it is still a bug. But, if that's the worst of the bugs I have to deal with, I'm one happy prop-head! Chris -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 2:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Q ACTLOG oddities Check out APAR IC32293 (go to www.ibm.com and put the APAR number is as a search criterion) to see if that might be the problem. Is BOISE5 by any chance the name (or part of the name) of a TSM server? 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. Chris Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/09/2004 13:18 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Q ACTLOG oddities Hello all, Enviro: TSM Server V5.1.7.0 on Win2k Sp4 If I enter the following command: Q ACT BEGIND=-4 SEARCH=BOISE5 I would expect this to return all the entries containing the string BOISE5 (a computer name in this case). However, below is a snipped paste of the actual results. Any ideas why the vast majority of the results do *NOT* include the string anywhere within them? I tried placing the string in and ' marks to no avail. 02/05/2004 20:01:21 ANR0406I Session 1142 started for node BOISE5 (WinNT) (Tcp/Ip 10.222.2.8(2330)). 02/05/2004 20:01:30 ANE4037E (Session: 1136, Node: BOISE4) File '\\boise4\c$- \Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsched.log' changed during processing. File skipped. 02/05/2004 20:01:33 ANR0406I Session 1146 started for node BOISE5 (WinNT) (Tcp/Ip 10.222.2.8(2331)). 02/05/2004 20:01:33 ANR0406I Session 1147 started for node BOISE5 (WinNT) (Tcp/Ip 10.222.2.8(2332)). 02/05/2004 20:01:50 ANE4952I (Session: 1125, Node: BOISE2) Total number of objects inspected:7,613 02/05/2004 20:01:50 ANE4954I (Session: 1125, Node: BOISE2) Total number of objects backed up: 39 SNIP 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4952I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects inspected:3,050 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4954I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects backed up:2,619 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4958I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects updated: 0 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4960I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects rebound: 0 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4957I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects deleted: 0 02/05/2004 20:20:19 ANE4970I (Session: 1117, Node: BOI-SHAREPT2) Total number of objects expired:154 SNIP 02/09/2004 10:50:56 ANE4963I (Session: 5313, Node: BOISE5) Data transfer time: 315.74 sec 02/09/2004 10:50:56 ANE4966I (Session: 5313, Node: BOISE5) Network data transfer rate: 20.50 KB/sec 02/09/2004 10:50:56 ANE4967I (Session: 5313, Node: BOISE5) Aggregate data transfer rate: 1.06 KB/sec 02/09/2004 10:50:56 ANE4964I (Session: 5313, Node: BOISE5) Elapsed processing time:01:41:40 02/09/2004 11:24:53 ANR0403I Session 5313 ended for node BOISE5 (WinNT). 02/09/2004 13:13:00 ANR2017I Administrator CMURPHY issued command: QUERY ACTLOG begind=-4 search=boise5 Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dwindling Performance
snip Memory is so cheap that you can afford to throw lots of it at it. I'm running TSM 5.1.8 on Win2K with 2G RAM. Hi Dwight, I wanted to throw out one note of caution. I completely agree with Roger: memory is too cheap to rob your system of it! However, you said you are running your TSM server on a Windows 2000 box. Remember, Windows limits application memory space to 2GB. This can be increased to 3GB with a startup option at the expense of some operating system memory spaces. (i.e. use it carefully!). Thus, you cannot allocate all 2GB to bufferpool cache as TSM still needs additional space for object creation, I/O buffering, and its own execution. We have found that we could only safely allocate 512-768MB to the bufferpool. If we incerased it beyond that, TSM would dump (go down HARD) when under load. While our DB is rather small (20GB - 40% utilized) we still get a hit of 99.9%. Other options are: Use different OS, use an Itanium-class server, talk IBM into adding AWE support when they write/compile TSM for windows (least likely I think 8) ). HTH Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands (208) 334-0293
Re: TSM Downward Scaleability
Hi Doug, I agree with Wanda entirely. This very debate arose within out organization when we deployed TSM a couple of years ago. We have about a dozen remote offices which have no TSM server at their local site. We implemented our configuration almost precisely as Wanda described, minus the sub-file backups. Our business requirements are such that we have one day to restore a down server in these remote offices. Thus, we have installed DDS4 tape drives in each remote server as well as one on our TSM servers. Should failure occur, we generate a backupset (about 2-3 hours), travel to the remote office (1-6 hours), repair the server(?? hours) and then restore from the backupset 2-3 hours). This solution has worked well for us as we have used it to recover several servers, and was cheap to implement! Hope that helps! Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 9:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM Downward Scaleability Actually there are some 2-drive tiny LTO and AIT libraries that are very affordable; that's the best alternative. If you can't do that, consider backing up over the WAN. Whether it's practical depends on the type size of the remote clients, but if they aren't huge, it's possible. The initial backup will take a long time (so what, do it on the weekend). But If you use client compression AND enable subfile backup, the daily backups may be very manageable. That will give your remote sites the ability to do ad hoc restores, usually, with no problem. And your site becomes their vault, so disaster recovery is taken care of. That leaves the big problem to be LARGE restores - e.g., suppose a hard disk dies on the remote client and requires 30GB to be restored. If you are lucky enough to have a fairly homogenous client population, for this case you could consider keeping a spare server at your main site; rebuild it locally and then fed-ex it out to the remote site instead of taking days to restore with limited bandwidth. If they need rebuilds faster than that - they gotta get budgets for local tape! -Original Message- From: Douglas Currell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 10:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM Downward Scaleability The organization that I work for deploys TSM quite sucessfully at its large main sites that serve some +4000 nodes. It is very apparent that TSM scales upwardly very well but I believe that scaling down is something else. MY question is this:How can similar services be delivered to sites where there are less than ten nodes, limited bandwidth, no system administrators and, most importantly, tiny budgets. The organization can comfortably absorb the price of software and TSM licensing for these sites but there';s no budget to equip each site with a dual tape drive library. What are the alternatives? An autoloader, for example.?? __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
Archives not bound to correct MC ?
Hello fellow xSM'ers, So, this weekend I ran 2 archives of some files we occasionally must archive for indefinite periods of time (basically forever). I ran 2 archives and the following is the command used for one of them: archive snip to remove list of files -delete -description=Land Board Meeting Minutes Books 5,6,7,8 9 Re-Archived 10/04/2003 archmc=ARCHIVE-PERMANENT Note the: archmc=ARCHIVE-PERMANENT yet the files were not bound to this MC as can be seen by viewing the JPG linked below taken from the client's GUI. The same thing happened to the second archive which used the exact same command except it referenced a separate list of files. Yes, the MC does exist, there were no errors reported in the archive process (client side or server) and the policy set is active. Anyone have any thoughts on this? http://gis.idl.state.id.us/archive.jpg TSM Server: V5.1.7.0 on Win2k SP4 TSM Client: V5.1.6.9 on Win2k SP4 Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Archives not bound to correct MC ?
I imagine that your problem is due to a missing hyphen (-) in front of the archmc option. Thanx Andy! Is now a good time to remove my foot from my own *** ? Yes, I checked the script file and you were correct! However, the only logs in the DSMERROR.LOG file anywhere near the time the archive ran are: 10/04/2003 15:04:04 ConsoleEventHandler(): Caught Ctrl-C console event . 10/04/2003 15:04:04 ConsoleEventHandler(): Cleaning up and terminating Process ... 10/04/2003 15:08:37 ANS1076E *** Directory path not found *** It is a Monday isn't it... Chris
Reclamation preempting reclamation?
for storage pool DIRECTORY_OFFSITE1 will be retried in 60 seconds. SERVER2 ACTLOG: 09/11/2003 07:10:17 ANR0406I Session 3610 started for node SERVER1(Windows) (Tcp/Ip 10.222.2.8(4672)). 09/11/2003 07:13:13 ANR8340I FILE volume E:\TSMDATA\SERVER1\VV_BOISE_BKP1.DBB mounted. 09/11/2003 07:13:15 ANR0406I Session 3611 started for node SERVER1(Windows) (Tcp/Ip 10.222.2.8(4673)). 09/11/2003 07:13:15 ANR0494I Volume E:\TSMDATA\SERVER1\VV_BOISE_BKP1.DBB in use. Session 3610 for node SERVER1(Windows) being preempted by higher priority operation. 09/11/2003 07:13:15 ANR0490I Canceling session 3610 for node SERVER1(Windows). 09/11/2003 07:13:15 ANR0487W Session 3610 for node SERVER1(Windows) terminated - preempted by another operation. 09/11/2003 07:13:15 ANR8340I FILE volume E:\TSMDATA\SERVER1\VV_BOISE_BKP1.DBB mounted. 09/11/2003 07:14:16 ANR0406I Session 3612 started for node SERVER1(Windows) (Tcp/Ip 10.222.2.8(4674)). 09/11/2003 07:14:17 ANR0406I Session 3613 started for node SERVER1(Windows) (Tcp/Ip 10.222.2.8(4675)). The servers are in different time-zones which is the reason of the 1 hour difference in the time index. ACTLOGs modified only to remove extraneous entries. Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 Mobile: (208) 863-1275 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From 101 Reasons you cannot find your SysAdmin: #80 - The admin is emptying the bit buckets
Re: Ghost devices after a BMR of Windows2000
Anyone run into similar situations like this wiht BMR to different hardware? We ended up searching the registry for the adapter string and deleteing all those keys. Not pretty, but it worked. Hi Bill, Are you using Intel Pro1000 NIC's in the server(s)? If so, installing the ProSet 2 utilitity cleared this up for us. It will show the old adapter and allow you to remove it gracefully. We saw the same issue, but it was on a different backup product (not TSM). If you are not using Intel NIC's, then maybe a similar utility exists for yours? (i.e. I know Broadcom has a util as well that looks almost identical to Intel's) HTH Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293
Re: newbie: device drivers on win2k
What is the proper method of using device drivers on win2k Hi Jon, Crack open that 'ol Administrator's Guide, Part2, Chapter 4. There is a section called Selecting a device driver that explains this process. Normally, if you are not using RSSM, have non-IBM tape libraries and have hardware on the supported list, you will want to use the TSM device driver. This sounds like your situation. HTH! Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences
I'm curious as to what kind of MB/sec throughput people are seeing with TSM and LTO drives. It varies drastically for us based upon the objects being moved, of course. 10-15MB/s / drive is normal for us overall. How many MB/sec does a migration process produce in your environment? We achieve about 12-14MB/s per drive when performing migration. Does anyone have any DB's streaming directly to LTO and some figures? Appreciate any feedback Yes, our Exchange boxes stream nicely at about 15MB/s per drive. HTH! Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences
What is the best way to determine what your throughput is for each process? Are you just going by the activity log? I have measured it a couple of ways. As many have said, from the switch ports is an excellent (though manual) process. Be warned there is a slight FC overhead on every frame, and as I recall, the numbers on most switches is the gross throughput (includes overhead), not net. I have also used the TDP data for Exchange, which logs the throughput speed from TSMs' perspective. This is where we achieve around 15MB/s which I think is about all our little Exchange box can push to be honest. Thirdly, depending on your disk arrays, some have utils that will give info as well. We use a FAStT box and which has LUN's specifically assigned to storage pools. I can get some idea of its ability through the management util (IBM FAStT Storage Manager) for it, but also have to weary of other activity on that array, of course. Chris
Re: Sharepoint Portal Server
Does anyone know if Tivoli is/has intentions of providing a TDP module for Sharepoint? Our Tivoli rep did not know what Sharepoint was so I thought I would send this to get some sort of feedback Unless their tune has changed in the past 6 months, I was told (by a Project Manager at Tivoli) that they have no current plans to support Sharepoint. Lack of customer demand and a poor backup API were the given reasons. HTH Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Navision backup and SQL error
I'm pretty sure it's the one with SQL option...being that SQL runs seems to be running on all the same servers as navision. It's SQL server developer edition version 8.00. regards, Martin If you are using the SQL option, then you have a couple options. Basically, since SQL is really handling the backups, not Navision, you back it up as you would any other SQL database. The Navision software need not be involved at all. You can use the TDP for SQL or use SQL's built-in backup utilities. We actually use the built-in one to dump the database to a file on a separate disk array. Then TSM backs up that file as a flat file (which we have bound to a special MC in TSM). To restore, simply restore the file from TSM, and then run the restore process in SQL and point it to the file. We have done several restores this way; it has worked flawlessly for us and actually avoids the TDP altogether. HTH! Chris
Re: Navision backup and SQL error
Firstly, welcome to the list. I would recommend that you browse the QuickFacts that wise Richard has put together at: http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.funcdir whenever you have questions about ITSM. Secondly, keep an eye out for monthly FAQ's put out by Mark Stapleton (search ADSM.ORG for previous copies). 2. How do I got about backing up a navision installtion, I don't know the least about navision - does it have it's own TDP or what do I do ? As for this, we use Navision also. Which flavor are you using, the native database engine, or the SQL-option for Navision? Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From 101 Reasons you cannot find your SysAdmin: #80 - The admin is emptying the bit buckets
Re: channel bonding
So I guess my questions is: does anyone here run TSM on 2K Server and get channel bonding? Or are people having with a single NIC I am not familiar with the term channel bonding, but I am assuming you are refering to Ether-Channeling. This is also sometimes called Link-Aggregation (though really they are two different things). If so, yes it is possible on Windows 2000. This functionality is more of a function of the hardware/driver support than it is OS support. You must also have switches which support it, but if you had it running previously, then obviously they do. All of the Intel Pro 1000 series supports Ether-channeling/Link Aggregation, and AFAIK you can even mix and match the different models (we do). While I do not use it with TSM, we have several severs which use Ether-channeling. Consult the documentation/readme from Intel for guidance setting it up. It's very simple on Wintel boxes, and ensure you have the newest driver revs available! HTH Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From 101 Reasons you cannot find your SysAdmin: #80 - The admin is emptying the bit buckets
TSM crash with: ANR9999D
Greetings all! Environment: TSM V 5.1.1.0 on Win2k SP3 While check on this AM's processes and such, one of our ITSM boxes crashed. This was the only error I saw that showed up in the NT event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: ADSMServer Event Category: None Event ID: 27 Date: 3/10/2003 Time: 10:46:55 AM User: N/A Computer: x Description: TSM Server Diagnostic: ANRD: ADSM Exception Information: file = pkthread.c, line = 2061,Code = c005, Address = 1042ecdc Attempt to read data at address ceaa000~ Searched ADSM.ORG and found one other person having this error back in the ADSM 3.7 days, but noone replied back apparently. Time to call support? Other ideas? This box has been rock-stable for months and has never crashed before. No majors changes have been made to it in several weeks. I *think* migration was running when it crashed. TIA! Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TSM crash with: ANR9999D
Hi Andy, There is a stack back trace for each thread. Since the list is pretty long I am not sure which one to show you. Debugging is NOT my forte`! I could zip and attach the log. Its not very big when zipped. Chris -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM crash with: ANRD Is Dr. Watson configured as the Windows 2000 default debugger (most likely it is)? If so, look in the Dr. Watson log file (drwtsn32.log) and find the exception that corresponds to the date and time stamp shown the Windows event log record. There should be a stack trace; what does it look like? 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] (change eye to i to reply) The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. Chris Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/10/2003 12:12 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:TSM crash with: ANRD Greetings all! Environment: TSM V 5.1.1.0 on Win2k SP3 While check on this AM's processes and such, one of our ITSM boxes crashed. This was the only error I saw that showed up in the NT event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: ADSMServer Event Category: None Event ID: 27 Date: 3/10/2003 Time: 10:46:55 AM User: N/A Computer: x Description: TSM Server Diagnostic: ANRD: ADSM Exception Information: file = pkthread.c, line = 2061,Code = c005, Address = 1042ecdc Attempt to read data at address ceaa000~ Searched ADSM.ORG and found one other person having this error back in the ADSM 3.7 days, but noone replied back apparently. Time to call support? Other ideas? This box has been rock-stable for months and has never crashed before. No majors changes have been made to it in several weeks. I *think* migration was running when it crashed. TIA! Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Migration Processes Issue
Hi Abdulaziz , Do you have another Admin schedule that does updates to your storage pool? ( Like a lower or raising the migration threshold to start/stop migration.) If so, check that its not updating more than just the its respective value. It might be updating the MIGRATION PROCESSES field as well. Chris -Original Message- From: Abdulaziz Almuammar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Migration Processes Issue Hi Guys, I have TSM server 5.1.5 and IBM tape library 3494 with 2 tape drives. I have a problem with the number of migration proccess. Every time I change the value to 2, the value will be returned to 1 later. Could any one help me to solve this Issue? this is the information of the DISK POOL: Storage Pool Name BACKUPPOOL Storage Pool Type PRIMARY Device Class Name DISK Estimated Capacity (MB) 40130.7 Pct Util 15.0 Pct Migr 15.0 Pct Logical 100.0 High Mig Pct 60 Low Mig Pct 0 Migration Processes 2 Next Storage Pool AUTOPOOL Maximum Size Threshold - Access READWRITE Description - Overflow Location - Cache Migrated Files? NO Collocate? - Reclamation Threshold - Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed - Delay Period for Volume Reuse - Migration in Progress? No Amount Migrated (MB) - Elapsed Migration Time (seconds) 20422 Reclamation in Progress? - Volume Being Migrated/Reclaimed - Last Update Date/Time 2003-01-29 08:42:26.00 Last Update by (administrator) AZIZ Reclaim Storage Pool - Migration Delay 0 Migration Continue YES Storage Pool Data Format Native Copy Storage Pool(s) - Continue Copy on Error? - CRC Data NO thanks
Generate Backupset not getting all files?
Greetings TSM'ers, Environment: Server: Win2k-SP3 TSM V5.1.1.0 Client: NT4-SP6 TSM V5.1.5.0 I am trying to generate a backupset for a new node. The generation only takes a few minutes (for a node with 30GB of data writing to a DDS4 drive ?) and returns successfully. However, the only sequential volumes mounted are 2 FILE type volumes used to store the directory info (via DIRMC option). The node file data is in a collocated tape pool (only takes 1 LTO tape) and that tape volume is never mounted. If I do a Q BACKUPSETCONTENTS on this set, I get a listing of the directories from this node, but not all the files. Only a few files show up at the bottom of the list. Yet, the generation completes with a completion state of success. Now, there is a diskpool caching in front of this tape pool, and that pool is used during the process. Essentially it appears to be using only the diskpool cache and not the tape, and skips files that are not in the disk cache. The command I used was: GENERATE BACKUPSET nodename TEST-BKPSET * dev=DDS4 ret=10 Also tried: GENERATE BACKUPSET nodename TEST-BKPSET 1,2,3 dev=DDS4 ret=10 NAMETYPE=FSID Both produce the same result. I have generated many backupsets for other nodes without issue using this same syntax. Ideas? Its probably a PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair) error, but I am not seeing it! Thanx in advance all! Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gigabit Ether Channel
Jeff, We use Etherchannel on some of our servers, none of which are TSM servers (but clients use it) in our case, however. Your NIC's (or drivers more accurately) MUST support PAgP, for the channel to be automatically formed. This is a Cisco protocol that handles the negotiation of the channel and without it, you will be hard pressed to make the channel work! Intel NIC's support PAgP, and I *think* some 3Com ones do, but other than that, I am not sure... Contact me directly if you would like more info. Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jeff G Kloek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Gigabit Ether Channel Has anyone set up Gig Etherchannel to a Cisco Switch? We're about to test this with a P670 on AIX 5.2 with 4 (supported) Gig Ethernet cards. The question from our Wan group in planning the switch changes is, Do we use PAgP or not?. I talked with IBM, who didn't recognize that protocol. This tells me we're not set up to specifically recognize it, but I'm still putting the question to the experts. I can't see how it would hurt, especially based on what the Cisco site says about it, that it helps in the automatic creation of fast Ethernet Links. Thanks!!
Re: Gigabit Ether Channel
Please hazard a guess on this one: If the adapter doesn't and the channel doesn't form, does that mean the ip address won't be pingable at all? Thanks again for your help - it's much appreciated. Jeff In my experience, if the channel does not form, the switch has no way of knowing these 2 (or more) ports go to the same node. Therefore, it will treat them as two (or more) separate nodes since it will see two different MAC addresses: one on each port. The IP address assigned to each NIC should then be ping-able (asuming all routing/VLANs and such working properly) as it would as if you were not trying to channel and just had a node with 2 NICs. The only way I can think of this NOT happening, is if: (a) mis-config of NIC(s) on node e.g. no IP assigned, administratively downed (b) the switch is set to FORCE a channel (done with CHANNEL-GROUP x MODE ON or some variation of depending on switch model...). In this case, the switch will be expecting a channel to form, if one does not, connectivity may not be established. This can be used to form a channel if the NIC(s) do NOT suppport PAgP, or have weak support of, but are still capable of EtherChannel since no PAgP frames are sent in the ON mode. We had case (b) happen on some Intel NICs we had once. They supported EtherChannel, but for some reason PAgP did not work. When we set the channel to ON (forced) and it worked. This might be the case with ours. Hope that helps some! Chris
Re: TSM Certification
Look here for more info: http://www.tivoli.com/services/certification/roadmap/cert_51itsm.html Test appears to be test# 000-772 Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst Idaho Dept. of Lands [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: William Rosette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM Certification More questions. I was looking at TSM under ibm.com and I saw some Certification but the TSM portion seemed to be Security oriented. Do you or anyone know of any kind of TSM Admin Certification, maybe even Backup Admin Certified? I see a great deal of admin issues more so than programming, security, or installation. Thank You, Bill Rosette Data Center/IS/Papa Johns International WWJD
Command Line Restore Syntax question
Greetings wise xSM'ers, Simple question: Using the CLI restore command to restore a client's files, how can I specify to NOT restore NTFS permissions (on a windoze box of course)? I have read through the manual (did I just miss it?), but do not see this listed as an option nor is it listed with the help for the command. Yet, it can be done with the Client GUI, so I am *assuming* it can be done with the CLI as well. I would much rather use the CLI, especially as the GUI still seems to only call on 1 tape drive during the restore. Server: Win2k SP3, TSM 5.1.1.0 Client: Win2k Sp3, 5.1.5.1 Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst ID Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Journaling
Geoff, Clients: NT4 SP6 and Win2k SP2/3 - TSM client 5.1.1.0 TSM Server: Win2k SP3 - V5.1.1.0 FWIW, we currently have 3 servers that fit within Zlatko's #4 category. Between all the servers there is about 4+ million files and about 1TB of data on an HP disk array. Journaling is on and works great. We average about 1-5% changed files each night and backups typically take about 15-45 minutes for all 3 servers! And I believe Zlatko is correct on his categorizing. Windows sees disk of type #1,2,3,45 as local. (#5 is a bit of a special case however...) It cannot tell the difference between a DASD SCSI/RAID disk, and a SAN-attached FC array. Windows speaks SCSI to the SAN disks the same as it does to DASD's and the HBA simply handles the FC encapsulation and transport (since FC really just does exactly that: encapsulates the SCSI commands). OS has/needs no knowledge of it. I would call up support again, as it SHOULD work. My two bits... Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst ID Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Gill, Geoffrey L. [mailto:GEOFFREY.L.GILL;SAIC.COM] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 6:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Journaling I agree, and would like for Geoff to reply about what he sees, relative to the GUI window (one clear indicator). Do his SAN drives appear under the Local branch or Network? (I noticed at my old 4.2 level, my locally-defined shares were listed under Network --- \\server\uploads was there, it even had the local path in parenthesis, on the c$ drive.) Using Terminal services on the system I see the disk in question listed with the rest of the disks under Local in the GUI; however I also see it under Network. When I expand the tree I can see everything in both. The drive letter also matches. Disk management shows it as a Dynamic disk. This is at the latest client level in case I forget to say that. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154
Re: APAR taken on the Quotes not working in the ADMIN GUI
FYI... We also have this bug but are running 5.1.1.0 on W2k. Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst ID Dept. of Lands (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: APAR taken on the Quotes not working in the ADMIN GUI Apparently, all. For sure in 4.2.1.x and 4.2.2.x. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180
Re: TSM Scheduler remains STARTED
Hi Karen, Yes, we have seen this but on a different version. We are running 5.1.1 on Windows 2000 SP2. Clients are also 5.1.1 on Windows SP2 and NT4 SP6a. The NT clients never seem to have this problem for us, but the W2k ones do so on a fairly frequent basis. (i.e. couple times a month or so) Also in our case, though the service says started, the backup stops at some random point mid-way through the process as if hung. I am curious to see if anyone has seen/fix for this... The act of it starting back up and outside the window, as I understand it, is by design. The window (or duration as its called) only specifies the time inside which the backup must start. If started within that time, it will run to completion regardless of how long it takes, unless you cancel it of course. I think what happens is the server believes this to be a backup still in progress and restarts it when it sees the clients' service stop. If I am incorrect, I am certain someone in this fine group will let me know! Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst ID Dept. of Lands (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Karen Mikacenic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 4:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM Scheduler remains STARTED TSM Server 4.2.1.15 on Windows 2000 TSM all NT clients at 4.2.1.32 Clients are setup for Managedservices webclient schedule Our clients are setup for Managedservices webclient schedule. The scheduler is set to manual so the Managed Services starts it at the appropriate time. Intermittently, on various servers the TSM Scheduler Service remains in the state of STARTED, but the Client Schedule shows missed. When we go to the client and stop the TSM Scheduler Service, the Scheduled backup starts up outside of it's window. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Karen Mikacenic Technical Support Unigard Insurance [EMAIL PROTECTED] 425 945 5137 -- 206 679 8002 (mobile)
Backups going to disk Fail without Tape drive online?
Greetings *SM'ers, Environment: Server: Win2K SP2, TSM 5.1.1 Clients: NT4 SP6a TSM 5.1.1 and Win2K SP2, TSM 5.1.1 I am relatively new to TSM, and not afraid of being humbled! Our library failed yesterday and is being repaired today. Last night most (but not all) of the backups failed on the clients with errors like the one below. All clients point to disk pools for their backups and the disk pools are/were online and available. I assumed the backups would continue despite the library not being available, am I wrong to assume this? I understand our migration/reclamation is not possible today until the library is repaired, but we specifically designed our diskpools to be able to handle 3-4 days of backups without migration for this very reason. As is evident by the Pct Migr. Number, the pool took on almost no data during the backups. Simultaneous writes to Copy Pools are disabled as well. I guess I am wondering why TSM needs the tape drive during the backups if the clients point to the disk which has plenty of space and is available? Any help would be greatly appreciated. In all likelihood, this is a PEBCAK problem. :-( In the future, is there a good or graceful way to take a library offline. I know it can be done with the VARY command against disks, but is there a similar option for libraries? snip 08/28/2002 18:00:31 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END 08/28/2002 18:00:31 ANS1312E Server media mount not possible 08/28/2002 18:00:31 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT END DAILY_INCR 08/28/2002 18:00:00 08/28/2002 18:00:31 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'DAILY_INCR' failed. Return code = 12. snip Storage Pool Name: GENERAL_BKP Storage Pool Type: Primary Device Class Name: DISK Estimated Capacity (MB): 209,920.0 Pct Util: 21.3 Pct Migr: 0.1 Pct Logical: 100.0 High Mig Pct: 100 Low Mig Pct: 60 snip Storage Pool Data Format: Native Copy Storage Pool(s): Continue Copy on Error?: CRC Data: No snip Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst ID Dept. of Lands (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backups going to disk Fail without Tape drive online?
A big hats off to all who answered! After sifting through all the answers (which taught me quite a bit more about TSM I might add), it appears Andy nearly hit the nail on the head. The CopyGroup with the longest RETONLY value was a diskpool, BUT it had no volumes defined (yet). Thereby forcing the data (directories in this case) to go downstream to the tape pool which was, obviously, unavailable. Thanx again everyone!! Chris -Original Message- From: Andy Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backups going to disk Fail without Tape drive online? A couple of things to check: - Is anyone using INCLUDE statements to bind files to management classes that go straight to tape? - Check the RETONLY in your copygroup settings. By default, the client will bind directories to the management class with the highest RETONLY value. If more than one class has this high value, then the class whose name is alphanumerically highest will be the one that is used. Maybe you have a copygroup whose destination is tape and whose RETONLY value happens to be the highest. 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] (change eye to i to reply) The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. Chris Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/29/2002 09:07 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Backups going to disk Fail without Tape drive online? Greetings *SM'ers, Environment: Server: Win2K SP2, TSM 5.1.1 Clients: NT4 SP6a TSM 5.1.1 and Win2K SP2, TSM 5.1.1 I am relatively new to TSM, and not afraid of being humbled! Our library failed yesterday and is being repaired today. Last night most (but not all) of the backups failed on the clients with errors like the one below. All clients point to disk pools for their backups and the disk pools are/were online and available. I assumed the backups would continue despite the library not being available, am I wrong to assume this? I understand our migration/reclamation is not possible today until the library is repaired, but we specifically designed our diskpools to be able to handle 3-4 days of backups without migration for this very reason. As is evident by the Pct Migr. Number, the pool took on almost no data during the backups. Simultaneous writes to Copy Pools are disabled as well. I guess I am wondering why TSM needs the tape drive during the backups if the clients point to the disk which has plenty of space and is available? Any help would be greatly appreciated. In all likelihood, this is a PEBCAK problem. :-( In the future, is there a good or graceful way to take a library offline. I know it can be done with the VARY command against disks, but is there a similar option for libraries? snip 08/28/2002 18:00:31 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END 08/28/2002 18:00:31 ANS1312E Server media mount not possible 08/28/2002 18:00:31 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT END DAILY_INCR 08/28/2002 18:00:00 08/28/2002 18:00:31 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'DAILY_INCR' failed. Return code = 12. snip Storage Pool Name: GENERAL_BKP Storage Pool Type: Primary Device Class Name: DISK Estimated Capacity (MB): 209,920.0 Pct Util: 21.3 Pct Migr: 0.1 Pct Logical: 100.0 High Mig Pct: 100 Low Mig Pct: 60 snip Storage Pool Data Format: Native Copy Storage Pool(s): Continue Copy on Error?: CRC Data: No snip Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst ID Dept. of Lands (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Restoring NT file permission only
Hi Bob, That feature could be useful, and with any luck one of the TSM development people may see this posting! On a side note to Jim's response, his method is a good idea and will work as long as the files are moved across NTFS partitions. In other words, when you restore the new directories, do so on a separate NTFS partition from the original so that when you move the files into the new directories, the ACLs will be reset. They are NOT reset if you copy a file from one directory to another within the same NTFS partition, thus defeating your purpose. This is standard NTFS behavior. Chris -Original Message- From: Jim Healy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 6:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Restoring NT file permission only I've had some limited succes in the past by renaming the directories to be restored to something like directory.old. Then restoring the directories in question using the dirsonly option, and then copying the files back into newly restored directories from the renamed directories. Bob McCole [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 07/29/2002 01:40:48 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Restoring NT file permission only Checked the archives regarding this to no avail. Is it possible to restore file permission but not the data?? Thanks in advance. Bob McCole Manager, Computing Services American Management Systems, Inc. 703-267-5347 (voice) 703-267-5380 (fax)
