Migrate TSM server ( Win to Linux)
Thanks everyone for the inputs ... I will try to get in our spare library from offsite to get the job done. :) +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Migrate TSM server ( Win to Linux)
The Library we have does support partitioning,but it is packed to capacity with ability to accommodate just 5 more tapes.So i do'nt think a secondary library for the Linux server will help. So Daniel as you were saying i will : 1. Setup Library Manager /client between by New old TSm servers 2.Import TSM database/policies/schedules info from old TSM server to New TSm server 3.Switch Library Manager to New TSM sever +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Migrate TSM server ( Win to Linux)
We are planning to migrate our TSM server V6.2.3(Win2k3) to Linux Server (Redhat ) ,but the major problem is the availability of a single Tape Library which is currently used by the TSM Production server and all our backup data is held in this tape library. I think ,one of the ways to go about this would be server to server export but as we are having a single tape library which is almost filled to capacity , I was wondering if it is possible to have my New Linux TSM server to just take control of all the tapes/media/database held by the current Win TSM server without actually doing export/import. Please let me know your views on this if anyone as tried this out. Thanks!! :) +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Backup specific folder only
Thanks everyone .. I will go with Andy's suggestion of using a separate schedule to target a specific folder for backup. Although Gary's suggestion would also solve my problem ,it comes with a lot of administrative overheard since i would have to use many exclude.dir options for each specific server and also if an user did add any new folder in future i would end up backing up the folder structure. Paul, we do a lot of folder specific backups on many of the servers( file,oracle,application,EDMS servers).Many of these servers do have folder/sub folder branches of over 10,000+ .So if i can be very specific in what i backup i can reduce TSM DB growth to a certain extent. Also,we are not particular about backing up the OS,system drive on some servers as these servers have redundant server units and even if we lost a server somewhere , the App services wouldn't be affected and we can rebuild the server from scratch .Its been over 5 yrs and we have never faced the situation of a server rebuild due to OS file corruption or user accidentally deleting the file.Hence we stick with the plan of skipping OS backup for certain non critical servers . +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Backup specific folder only
Thanks Paul ,Made the changes in the server dsm.opt DOMAIN E: Exclude E:\...\* Include E:\Oracle\...\* 3mth_grp2_MC Now only files/folders from E:\Oracle get backed up.But i noticed a problem when using the mentioned include/exclude , all the sub folders from all the other excluded folders get backed up as well.This i feel can cause unnecessary TSM DB growth .As each file/folder backed up consumes 4KB of TSM database space. Is there some way to avoid TSM backing up the sub folder structure from all the other excluded directories...?? +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Backup specific folder only
On one of our server with C,E drives , i want to backup only the folder Oracle in E drive.The E drive has the directory layout as follows: 07/17/2011 04:37 PMDIR 54354365430O46est 06/29/2010 02:31 PM 6,131,936 iis60rkt.exe 07/17/2011 04:37 PMDIR Old Oracle home 07/17/2011 03:20 PMDIR Oracle 07/17/2011 04:37 PMDIR Oracle1234 06/29/2010 11:16 AMDIR Sder 06/29/2010 03:17 PMDIR SW_DVD5 I have put include-exclude entries in my dsm.opt file as: Include E:\Oracle\...\* 3mth_grp2_MC EXCLUDE.DIR [a-df-z]:\* EXCLUDE.DIR E:\[a-np-z]* When i ran backup , it backed up all directories(+files) which were beginning with O like Old Oracle home,Oracle,54354365430O46est,Oracle123 Please advise me how to make sure only the directory+files from Oracle is backed up and rest all folders/files get skipped. +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Reorg in DB2 TSM V6.2.x
The TSM service instance is running with DB2 admin userid and as i mentioned all TSM /DB2 operations are running fine except reorg . Also i see no reorg related information in either q options or q status , but if i do q db f=d , last database reorg is mentioned . This field is just blank in my case . I am really not sure if reorg ever runs in these TSM 6.2.x versions +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Reorg in DB2 TSM V6.2.x
We are having TSM V6.2.2.30( Win2008 R2) and the database is in an ever growing state. I have expiration running daily and all other TSM operations are going fine. Till recently , i had DB2 allow_reorg ON for the tsm DB and thought the reorg's where happening from the DB2 end.When i checked the db2diag.log . All i can see is the below warnings from db2 health monitor FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, Health Monitor, HealthIndicator::update, probe:500 MESSAGE : ADM10512W Health indicator Reorganization Required (db.tb_reorg_req) is in state Reorganization required on database SERVER1.TSMDB1 . Collection (Object Name, Timestamp, Value, Detail): (TSMDB1.ACTIVITY_SUMMARY, 07/12/2011 12:01:32.00, 2, REORG TABLE USE TEMPTBSP), ... Hence, I enabled TSM Reorg by updating DB2 auto_reorg to off and added options in the dsmserv.opt allowreorgtable yes reorgbegintime 11:00 reorgduration 10 when i check in the actlog i see no Reorg related events. Also , the status of these commands gives no indication of Reorg happening atall db2pd -reorgs -db tsmdb1 db2 list history reorg all for db tsmdb1 Am i missing something? Please could someone help me out here ..How can i get Online Reorg running in the TSM DB ?? +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
TSM DB2 : HADR
I was able to setup HADR between two TSM servers .TSM server AA ( win 2003 ,tsm v6.2.2,PRIMARY) and TSM server BB (win 2008,tsm v6.2.2,STANDBY). There are running in nearsync mode and everything seems fine. But i am still confused about the TSM volhist.dat file . On checking the volhist.dat file on server AA ,it is the most updated and has all the entries of DB backups etc.But the TSM server BB volhist file is not updated as in server AA. :? As per the HADR setup proces , i took offline backup of server AA and then restored it on server BB using the restore command with the REPLACE history file option . I then started server BB as standby and server AA as primary with nearsync mode . While checking the volhist file entries and file modified time on both servers, they are different. Not sure why the volhist.dat is not updated on both the primary and standby servers. +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
TSM server reSYNC to other TSM server
We am using two TSM servers( v6.2.2 , WIN 2003 )and have a tape library shared between them . One TSM server AA is on Prod env and TSM server BB is the DR server. Is it possible to sync DB information , active /archive logs between these servers on a periodic basis of 24hrs or less using TSM , was thinking of something like log shipping used in databases . Does TSM have any feature like this ? +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
TSM server reSYNC to other TSM server
This is exactly what i was looking for ... Thanks Rejean!! :D Will try to configure this and let you guys know . +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
TSM Lan-free backup
we are having a san env with a TSm server ( v6.2) , a client , tape library . The tsm server has complete control on the tape library and uses it for its daily operations. In order to configure lan free data transfer, should i modify the san switch zoning so that the tape library drives are mapped to the client as well ? i have done all the steps on the client side as well as the server side to enable lan free data transfer ,but it does not work . so wondering if zoning is the issue ? +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Restore TSM server to Win 2008
I restarted TSM server over two times ,but it does not seem to modify the archive log path for me. The size of the archive log folder is still 0 bytes and i have no clue where the archive log files are being stored in this TSM server . the entries in my dsmserv.opt are COMMMethodTCPIP TCPPort 1500 DEVCONFIG devconf.dat VOLUMEHISTORY volhist.dat TCPADMINPort 1500 DBMTRUSTEDGUIDIGNORE YES ACTIVELOGSize20480 ACTIVELOGDirectoryF:\Active_log ARCHLOGDirectoryF:\Archive_log +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Restore TSM server to Win 2008
I have done the TSM server V6.2.1 ( Win2008) restore using the TSM DB backup from our production TSM server ( Win 2003). But faced some strange problem wherein the active log directory points to wrong location as to defined in dsmserv.opt . error seen after TSM db restore completes : ANR4655W the restore DB is completed and active log directory has been changed by DB2 from F:\Active_log to C:\SERVER1\NODE\SQL1\SQLOGDIR\ i was able to find a work-around for this in the IBM site . But still some problem remains , my archive log location points to a non-existent location as to the one defined in my dsmserv.opt . i was able to check this u using db2 cmd : db2 = get db cfg Any clue ,how to get this redefined to proper location ?? +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Restore TSM server to Win 2008
Hi Christian , So it seems i am good to go with the new TSM server rebuild except the storage pools. Is there a way to start the TSM server without the storage pools defined? If no other way , i will create the exact storage pool volumes with the same old path and size . Hope , then TSM should have no probs to start then. +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Restore TSM server to Win 2008
I want to keep my current TSM server AA setup ( TSM v6.2.1 , win2003 ) and create a new TSM server BB setup wih diff hardware ( TSM v6.2.1 ,Win2008) using my existing TSM server AA DB backup .. Had some queries as to : * In the new TSM server BB i am building ,should i keep any similar settings like the old TSM server like hostname ,IP addr , no of storage pool vols , activ /archiv log size ..?? anything at all ? I am planning to perform these steps : * install OS Win 2008 R2 ( new hostname ip addr) *install TSM v6.2.1 *create new TSM server instance ,DB ,Activ /Archiv log * define library driv paths and checkin needed tapes ( so as to recreate devconfig.dat with new hostname ,library drive paths ) *replace volhist.dat from the old TSm server AA * dsmserv restore db * disable TSM GUID check * perform TSM DB backup Am i missing any steps? Has anyone worked on a similar scenario like this . [Wink] Gibin George +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Restore TSM server to Win 2008
Thanks for helping out Christian :P . +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Restore TSM server to Win 2008
Bill , So did you overcome the IP address check( v4 /v6) while restoring TDM DB on a diff server ? +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Restore TSM server to Win 2008
In my current setup , using TSM server 6.2.1 on Win2003 . I am planning to migrate the TSM setup to a Win 2008 R2 server by restoring the TSM server from TSM DB Tape backup. Can this be done? has anyone tried this out ? Please let me know. +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Restore TSM server to Win 2008
Christian , could you guide me as to how to disable the TSM GUID check while restoring the TSM DB. Or is there any documentation available for this .. [Wink] Would like to try this out soon .. +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
TSM Image backup -incremental issue
I am doing monthly Image backup of a file-system with millions of small files .New file changes in the directory are in the range of 90,000 files per day .Daily i run Image incremental backups on this drive . dsmc backup image e: -mode=incremental Image full backups work fine .ButI noticed a major issue in image incrementals .. It never backups any new files in interior directories structures... eg: If we create some new files in the path e:\output\ABC\ ,they never get backed up using image incremental . But if files get created in e:\ or in e:\output , they are being considered in image incremental backups Am i missing any option in my Image incremental backup or something ? Has anyone faced some issue like this ? [Rolling Eyes] +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
TSM Image backup -incremental issue
I verified my incl-excl list again ...don't see any mention of the Drive or directories i am backing up .Just to make sure removed all incl-excl options in the dsm.opt and tried . Still no success Also noticed ,image incremental backs up any new directories created in internal direc but not new files created in internal directories. +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
TSM Active Log --- Trouble
I am using TSM v6.1.2 on WIN 2003 R2 Server with 12 client nodes . The active log defined in TSM options file is 10 GB but it is using 39 GB space on the file-system and i had done several DB backups for 10 days now ,still the active log size does not reduce . dsmserv.opt ACTIVELOGSize 10240 ACTIVELOGDirectory g:\active_log ARCHLOGDirectory h:\Archive_log I checked the log usage value from TSM , seems to be just 18 MB from tsm query tsm: SERV-BACKUP02q log f=d Total Space(MB): 10,240 Used Space(MB): 18.57 Free Space(MB): 39,761.43 Active Log Directory: g:\active_log Mirror Log Directory: Archive Failover Log Directory: Archive Log Directory: h:\Archive_log I also have enough space in the archive log directory .I just can't understand whats filling the active log ??? I added some more disk space to the active log file-system and need to expand it in TSM. I tried to increase the size of active log to 59GB in dsmserv.opt and restarted the server ,but the server wont come up then Need advice on what needs to be done . 1) Why is the active log directory being filled up with 500 mb files and i am sure nothing is being recorded in the actv log as u can see in tsm query 2) how to increase the size of actv log to 59 gb? +-- |This was sent by gibi...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
