Re: getting the return code within a postschedcmd?
Bjorn, Yes, It is my opinion you are correct in your assumption. On 7/14/20, Bjørn Nachtwey wrote: > Hi all, > > is there any way to get the return code of the backup using a postschedcmd? > > I would think there might be a environment variable that holds the RC, > but i found no information on that. Maybe there's also a better way? > > if not i might take the fact the postschedcmd is run at all the RC of > the backup itself must be 0 or 4 -- as otherwise the postschedcmd won't > run. Any opionions on this approach? > > thanks & best > Bjørn > > -- > -- > Bjørn Nachtwey > > Arbeitsgruppe "IT-Infrastruktur“ > Tel.: +49 551 201-2181, E-Mail: bjoern.nacht...@gwdg.de > -- > Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) > Am Faßberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, URL: https://www.gwdg.de > > Support: Tel.: +49 551 201-1523, URL: https://www.gwdg.de/support > Sekretariat: Tel.: +49 551 201-1510, Fax: -2150, E-Mail: g...@gwdg.de > > Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Ramin Yahyapour > Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Göttingen > Registergericht: Göttingen, Handelsregister-Nr. B 598 > > Zertifiziert nach ISO 9001 > -- > -- Regards, Eugene A. Klaus Jr. genekl...@gmail.com / klaus.eu...@gmx.com (586) 506-1910
Re: ADSM, throughput, and exchanging ATM for 100MB Ethernet.
That depends on a number of factors. I have experienced doing backup with a SP/widenode for 100 servers filling a 150 gig disk pool and then migrating to tape. It was close and needed upgrade, however, it worked. The main portion of the process to suffer was the admistrative function that are necessary each day.+ Other possibilities are to bring up an additional server thereby doubling your backup window. If it is just speed your concerned with the 100mb ethernet will be running at about 2/3 of the ATM but with the appropriate adjustments to your schedules etc. it should work quite well. Gene Klaus
Re: NIC Question
At one historical point everyone had only one name! Nicholas Cassimatis [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/20/2000 12:39:45 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Eugene A Klaus/Flagstar_notes) Subject: Re: NIC Question Not to be picky, but aren't saints known by their first name??? Nick Cassimatis [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm one cookie away from happy." - Snoopy (Charles Schulz)
Re: Administration GUI Client?
Dave, Yes there are. Pull down the client for Win32. It has both the client for backup and an administrative client. Gene Klaus UNIX Systems Administrator Flagstar Bank [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/19/2000 05:43:18 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Eugene A Klaus/Flagstar_notes) Subject: Administration GUI Client? Hi, Folks. Are there any GUI-based ADSM administration clients available for either Windows NT or OS/2? The ADSM server in question is ADSM V3.1, running on VM/ESA. Many thanks. Dave Jones V/Soft Software Houston, TX (281) 578-7544 (v) (281) 578-1899 (f) www.vsoft-software.com
Re: NIC Question
Terry, That is the nature of ether net. All outgoing info is through your primary card. You can receive on any of the three. Gene Klaus "Barth, Terry (MBS)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/20/2000 08:47:38 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Eugene A Klaus/Flagstar_notes) Subject: NIC Question Hello All - I have a sun solaris ADSM server that has 3 NIC cards. We would like to utilize all 3 NIC cards for backups and restores, independently. We set up the cards according to SUN and everything seems fine on that end. However, when a backup starts off, it sends all data through the first NIC card and then when it receives data, it spans through all 3 cards. Our switch recognizes all 3 cards, but as soon as a backup begins on one of the other NICS - say for instance, 48.22, the MAC disappears and the switch no longer recognizes the card. We feel that there is something on the ADSM server side that we need to set up so that if we tell a client to do a backup and designate that the server has an IP address of xx.xx.48.22, that all communications will go through this NIC card and not touch the others. xx.xx.48.20 xx.xx.48.21 xx.xx.48.22 My question is, what is it that I need to set up on the ADSM server side, so that it uses each NIC card independently. I have placed the IP address in the opt file on the client end. Is there something that I need to do on the server end? Any assistance will be appreciated. Thanks Terry
Re: NIC Question
That is true. Direct the client to communuicate with the IP of an auxiliary card. All large quantity data communication from the client to the server will go to the auxiliary IP, however, the communication from the server will return to the client via the primary NIC. This is not really a problem since it is brief cammands for the most part. The clinker is during restores. Gene Klaus "Barth, Terry (MBS)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/20/2000 10:37:40 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Eugene A Klaus/Flagstar_notes) Subject: Re: NIC Question But I have heard that you can set up the 3 NIC cards to be independent for the backups. My problem is, when we kick off a backup, since these 3 NIC cards on a the same VLAN, the switch drops the MAC address of the other 2 and thus, floods the VLAN. Any suggestions? -Original Message- From: Eugene Klaus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 10:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NIC Question Terry, That is the nature of ether net. All outgoing info is through your primary card. You can receive on any of the three. Gene Klaus "Barth, Terry (MBS)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/20/2000 08:47:38 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Eugene A Klaus/Flagstar_notes) Subject: NIC Question Hello All - I have a sun solaris ADSM server that has 3 NIC cards. We would like to utilize all 3 NIC cards for backups and restores, independently. We set up the cards according to SUN and everything seems fine on that end. However, when a backup starts off, it sends all data through the first NIC card and then when it receives data, it spans through all 3 cards. Our switch recognizes all 3 cards, but as soon as a backup begins on one of the other NICS - say for instance, 48.22, the MAC disappears and the switch no longer recognizes the card. We feel that there is something on the ADSM server side that we need to set up so that if we tell a client to do a backup and designate that the server has an IP address of xx.xx.48.22, that all communications will go through this NIC card and not touch the others. xx.xx.48.20 xx.xx.48.21 xx.xx.48.22 My question is, what is it that I need to set up on the ADSM server side, so that it uses each NIC card independently. I have placed the IP address in the opt file on the client end. Is there something that I need to do on the server end? Any assistance will be appreciated. Thanks Terry
Re: Windows NT Restore Performance
Josh, Are you the fellow formely with Dickens? At any rate I have had this same problem. To solve it we developed a plan using 2 (can be more than 2) clients. The process was set up utilizing an exclusion listing based upon the alpha location. Client-A backed up all directories starting with [a-j]* and excluded all directories begining with [k-z]*. Client-B reversed the roles. The major problem is to determine the data load. It may require some digging to balance where the load is. In our case it was noted that [a-j]* held little data while [k-z]* had copious quantities. Tha answer was to adjust this number of clients to reflect a reasonable level of data and to provide the maximum threads possible for backup. This means also, that the administrators must be aware of the root directories for files requested for restore. This means they must come to work with there brains engaged. Respectfully, Gene Klaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] 248-709-2100 "Joshua S. Bassi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/16/2000 02:56:45 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Eugene A Klaus/Flagstar_notes) Subject: Re: Windows NT Restore Performance Unfortunately my customer has created one huge data partition with only one main directory on it. There are 2000 small directories under that directory. So there is really no way to run multiple streams against that. And to top it off it is not only a compressed NTFS volume, but a 3-4 disk RAID-5 set, so when I use the GUI for the restore, it only fires off 2 streams (1 for send 1 for receive). Thank you, Josh -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kelly J. Lipp Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 11:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Windows NT Restore Performance About 10 GB/Hour is what I see with a single stream. Get a couple of streams working on the problem and you can saturate the network. I assume a 100 MBit network. Kelly J. Lipp Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. PO Box 51313 Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313 (719) 531-5926 Fax: (719) 260-5991 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.storsol.com www.storserver.com -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joshua S. Bassi Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 12:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Windows NT Restore Performance All, What type of performance are you getting backing up Windows NT servers to an RS6K ADSM server? I have a customer who was getting 650KBps on a restore from a disk storage pool. After I made some performance tuning changes (i.e. TCPWindowsize 32, TCPBuffsize 32, upgrade the client to 4.1.1.16, Resource 10, largecom yes, txnbytelimit 25600 etc.) our performance is up to 1.29MBps. That still seemed slow. Then I found that my customer is using NTFS compression for the entire data partition. When we turned compressed off and also uncompressed the data before backup, our transfer rates got up to 3.1MBps - that's 11GBph. 1) What type of rates are everybody seeing on NT file system restores? 2) If we backup the data with the compressed attribute, and then uncompress the entire volume including the data, then restore the data from ADSM, the data comes back compressed on the file system bringing my rate down to the 1.29MBps. I would like it to come backup from ADSM on the NTFS file system uncompressed so that the restore will be at the 3.1MBps rate, but I haven't found a way to do that. Is there? AIX 4.2.1 ADSM 3.1.1.5 (upgrade plan in progress) Windows NT SP5 TSM 4.1.1.16 Average file size 65KB 100 Ethernet fast-duplex hard-coded We are not retrying to backup files and we are not using client compression. -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified- AIX Support, HACMP, SAN Enterprise Disk(Shark) Tape Solutions Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM Cell (408) 332-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
