Tivoli Storage Manager Support Portal

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

once upon a time there was a TSM Support Portal where one could easily
navigate to client downloads and APARS.

I can not seem to find it now. It does not show up in Google. I have given
up finding it through the Support Portal Home page.

Alternatively, could someone point me in the direction of the ftp
repository for BA downloads?

Regards,

Hans Chr.

Re: Tivoli Storage Manager Support Portal

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Thanks!

I have bookmarked that and hope it stays unchanged for a while.

Blank pages or mysterious error messages may indicate that there is time
for a cleanup of the IBM cookies. That temporary fix is IBMs recommendation
and it often works too! ibm.com is the only place I know of with those kind
of problems.

Regards,

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Zoltan Forray  wrote:

> For ftpI go to service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management
> and then pick either maintenance or patches.  Ironically,  it does not seem
> to be working this morning - just returns blank pages.
>
> Zoltan Forray
> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
> 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
> On Nov 11, 2014 7:50 AM, "Hans Christian Riksheim" 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > once upon a time there was a TSM Support Portal where one could easily
> > navigate to client downloads and APARS.
> >
> > I can not seem to find it now. It does not show up in Google. I have
> given
> > up finding it through the Support Portal Home page.
> >
> > Alternatively, could someone point me in the direction of the ftp
> > repository for BA downloads?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
>

Re: BA and TDP for Windows and REBOOT

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

The RFE was rejected.

I guess rebooting servers is no problem if the only servers you are dealing
with resides in a lab.

Hans Chr.

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Hans Christian Riksheim 
wrote:

> The 7.1.1 client has been improved so that it won't reboot without warning
> and cause havoc amongst our customers.
>
> Good.
>
> But it still needs a reboot because of some components for the GUI. This
> means that something that should take 5 minutes now can take a very long
> time:
>
> Bureaucratic change process.
> Obtain downtime days or weeks down the road.
> Pay a technician overtime to do this trivial task at night hours.
>
> IBM should redesign the clients so that it is not dependant on extra
> software that requires a reboot. This problem was not present with 6.3 and
> earlier and the GUI for 7 isn't THAT spectacular so this should be possible.
>
> RFE is submitted here.
>
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=59755
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Hans Chr.
>

Backup of NFS shares

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

For CIFS-shares I can put

domain "\\cifssever\share"

in dsm.opt and everything works fine.

Is there any way to do something similar with NFS, like

domain "nfssserver:\share"

or do I have to mount it to /something, backup  /something, dismount
/something?

Regards,

Hans Chr.

Re: BA and TDP for Windows and REBOOT

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Yes, luckily Windows servers have to be booted quite often anyway. Sill it
is up to a 30 day wait and overtime compared to 5 minutes there and then to
install the BA client.

As I understand IBM has put this huge burden on us for one reason only: A
minor improvement in the aesthetics of the GUI.

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Remco Post  wrote:

> it’s windows, those servers reboot every month anyway. ;-)
>
> > Op 25 nov. 2014, om 15:14 heeft Hans Christian Riksheim <
> bull...@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> >
> > The RFE was rejected.
> >
> > I guess rebooting servers is no problem if the only servers you are
> dealing
> > with resides in a lab.
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Hans Christian Riksheim <
> bull...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> The 7.1.1 client has been improved so that it won't reboot without
> warning
> >> and cause havoc amongst our customers.
> >>
> >> Good.
> >>
> >> But it still needs a reboot because of some components for the GUI. This
> >> means that something that should take 5 minutes now can take a very long
> >> time:
> >>
> >> Bureaucratic change process.
> >> Obtain downtime days or weeks down the road.
> >> Pay a technician overtime to do this trivial task at night hours.
> >>
> >> IBM should redesign the clients so that it is not dependant on extra
> >> software that requires a reboot. This problem was not present with 6.3
> and
> >> earlier and the GUI for 7 isn't THAT spectacular so this should be
> possible.
> >>
> >> RFE is submitted here.
> >>
> >>
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=59755
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >> Hans Chr.
> >>
>
> --
>
>  Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,
>
> Remco Post
> r.p...@plcs.nl
> +31 6 248 21 622
>

Restore and mounts

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I am doing a file system restore. The number of volumes for this node is 35
and is collocated by filespace.

In the last 24 hours there has been 700 tape mounts for this restore
session. One volume has been mounted 346 times. Total amount restored is
about 200 GB.

q ses f=d tells me that this is a NoQueryRestore.


Is this to be expected?


Regards

Hans Chr.

Re: Restore and mounts

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Thanks, Nick.

Of course this was the one TSM server where I forgot to create the DIRMC
diskpool and that explains the restore behavior.

Regards,

Hans Chr.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Nick Marouf  wrote:
>
> This could be normal if TSM is trying to recreate all the directory
> structures. It creates this first, before restoring actual data.
>
>
>
> With the newer versions of TSM, using a directory class management  (DIRMC)
> shouldn’t be necessary, since ACL information is applied at a later point
> in time. However with that said, I’ve seen fileservers with millions of
> directory structures that could be spread  across many tapes, or even one
> tape.
>
>
>
> You may want to open a ticket with support for
> confirmation, but the symptoms you are reporting are similar to a problem I
> had a while back.
>
>
>
> See this technote with a bit more background.
>
>
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21669468
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Hans Christian Riksheim <
> bull...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I am doing a file system restore. The number of volumes for this node is
> 35
> > and is collocated by filespace.
> >
> > In the last 24 hours there has been 700 tape mounts for this restore
> > session. One volume has been mounted 346 times. Total amount restored is
> > about 200 GB.
> >
> > q ses f=d tells me that this is a NoQueryRestore.
> >
> >
> > Is this to be expected?
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
>

Re: Restore and mounts

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Interesting technote.

First the DIRMC is not needed.

"Therefore the original reason to cache directories on disk no longer
applies."

Then it is useful after all.

"Nevertheless, the DIRMC option is still useful. If you do not specify this
option to associate a management class with directories, the client, during
backup, uses the management class in the active policy set of your policy
domain with the longest retention period, which could point to a storage
pool on tape. This might result in unwanted mount requests during
backup/restore."

But DIRMC can cause problems with backups.

"Having the DIRMC point to a disk storage pool separate from the backup
objects might cause the symptom as described with technote swg21247892
(Unexpected high number of EndTxn processing during back up, see link
section below)"

This is fun!

Regards,

Hans Chr.


On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Steven Langdale 
wrote:
>
> The point of that technote is that you do not need DIRMC anymore.
>
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:17 Hans Christian Riksheim 
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Nick.
> >
> > Of course this was the one TSM server where I forgot to create the DIRMC
> > diskpool and that explains the restore behavior.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Nick Marouf  wrote:
> > >
> > > This could be normal if TSM is trying to recreate all the directory
> > > structures. It creates this first, before restoring actual data.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > With the newer versions of TSM, using a directory class management
> > (DIRMC)
> > > shouldn’t be necessary, since ACL information is applied at a later
> point
> > > in time. However with that said, I’ve seen fileservers with millions of
> > > directory structures that could be spread  across many tapes, or even
> one
> > > tape.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > You may want to open a ticket with support for
> > > confirmation, but the symptoms you are reporting are similar to a
> > problem I
> > > had a while back.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > See this technote with a bit more background.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21669468
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Hans Christian Riksheim <
> > > bull...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am doing a file system restore. The number of volumes for this node
> > is
> > > 35
> > > > and is collocated by filespace.
> > > >
> > > > In the last 24 hours there has been 700 tape mounts for this restore
> > > > session. One volume has been mounted 346 times. Total amount restored
> > is
> > > > about 200 GB.
> > > >
> > > > q ses f=d tells me that this is a NoQueryRestore.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Is this to be expected?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Hans Chr.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: Who thinks the redesigned PASSPORT site is "easy to use"?

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Don't worry, you will get used to it. And in 6 months time, when you
finally master the new PA, IBM will change it again.

Regards

Hans Chr.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Zoltan Forray  wrote:
>
> NOT ME!
>
> 
> I haven't been on Passport for a while.  Now, when I needed it the most, I
> can't find anything.
>
> I used to be able to get what I needed in about 4-clicks.  Now after
> spending more than an hour wandering around the new "easier to use" site
> clicking on everything imaginable, I still can't find the software I am
> entitled to and need to download (Data Protection for Oracle).
>
> The closest I get is "IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases v7.1.1 for
> Tivoli Storage Manager Suite for Unified Recovery v7.1.1 Multiplatform
> Multilingual eAssembly (CRT4VML)" and then it only lists the Quick Start
> Guide, MS-SQL and Oracle 7.1.0 for SOLARIX X86! (I need it for Linux).
>
> I have tried different levels of TSM, tried the TSM Extended Edition" vs
> "SUR" but still can't find it.  I know we are entitled to it since SUR
> comes with all TDP's.
>
> How is this "easier to use"?
>
> IMO, this is worse than Fix Central
>
> 
>
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
> 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
>

Size of restore

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

A user has deleted a folder. How can I quickly get an indication or a
number on how much data and how many files will be restored so I can
provide a guesstimate of the restore time?

I can't remember exactly but I think there was a function for that in the
earlier versions of the BA GUI .

Regards,

Hans Chr. Riksheim

Re: TSM AC and OC and 7.1.1 Was: RE: [ADSM-L] TSM rant

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

We have tried OC twice and are not happy and that is due to its design.

Other 3d party monitoring/administration tools we use are completely
separate from the TSM server environment and only talks to TSM through an
API(dsmcad/SQL). This means that any bug fix or feature enhancement in the
administration tools can be deployed without touching the TSM environment.
When we have reported bugs in the tools we have obtained fixes quickly, one
time a patch was ready the day after we reported the bug.

OC on the other hand is tightly integrated with the TSM server code itself.
That means two things. First we have to take down and upgrade our TSM
servers to the bleeding edge only to fix things with OC. That is an
administrative burden and also a huge risk. Second problem is the time from
a bug is detected to a patch is available. The bug with caching diskpool
was discovered in 6.4.1 but a fix wasn't ready before the 6.3.5 server
code. That is one year for something which should take a developer 5
minutes to fix(select on wrong column).

With 10 years of ISC/Admin Center and now OC we will not waste any more
time on IBMs administrative tools. And with the recent progress of TSM
itself we have to think long and hard on what to do before our current
license period is up.

Regards

Hans Chr.



On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 4:07 AM, Prather, Wanda 
wrote:

> Hi Jeanne,
>
> We are in a transition as the OC is getting more function with each
> release, but doesn't yet have everything the AC had.
>
> The OC is the new/current admin GUI.  The 7.1.1 version has client
> scheduling in it now, so it can do more of the admin tasks you need.
> In the 7.1.1 version you can view management classes and maintenance plan,
> but still can't change them.  That will come in a later release of the OC.
>
> The old AC has been "stabilized" at 6.3 and will not be developed further,
> but can still be used.
> If you put on the latest AC patch level from the FTP site (6.3.5), you can
> talk to your 7.1 server with it (minus any new function since 6.3, of
> course).
>
>
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/admincenter/v6r3/6.3.5.000/
>
> So you probably want to put the patch on your AC so you can keep using it
> for mgmt. classes and basic functions with your 7.1.1 server, while you
> also install the 7.1.1 OC and start getting used to it for basic
> administration, and taking advantage of the new visualization and
> monitoring it provides that the AC never did.
>
> Wanda Prather
> TSM Consultant
> ICF International Enterprise and Cybersecurity Systems Division
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Jeanne Bruno
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:31 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM rant
>
> For Windows version 7.1.1.00 is it now called TSM "Operations Center"??
> 7.1.1.000-TIV-TSMOC-Windows.exe
>
> I want to upgrade from v 6.3.3 to v7.1 for Admin Server and the OC was all
> I found...is this what you've found also??
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Stef Coene
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:24 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM rant
>
> On Thursday 29 January 2015 21:14:08 you wrote:
> > FWIW,
> > I've also been through a lot of problems with dedup, it has been
> > disappointing. On TSM servers not using dedup I haven't seen many
> > problems at the latest levels.
> >
> > Curious to know what you just installed?
> > On 7.1.1 on Windows, select * from processes works just fine...
> Fresh install:
> Server Version 7, Release 1, Level 1.100 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
> release 6.6 (Santiago)
>
>
> Stef
>

Re: TSM AC and OC and 7.1.1 Was: RE: [ADSM-L] TSM rant

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi Robert, thanks for the followup.

This was reported by IBM as a known issue with 6.4. OC

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21640656#OC_641_known_issues__DISK_critical

Regards,

Hans Chr.



On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Robert Jose  wrote:

> Hi Hans Chr.
> Thanks for the feedback on your experience with Operations Center. I
> understand your frustration and would be frustrated in your shoes also. I
> also wanted to explain why we decided to couple TSM Server with Operations
> Center and why we think in the long run it is the correct choice. The main
> reason is performance. While you are correct that having a defect that
> resides on the TSM Server side will take time to fix, once it is defect
> free, the performance will be much greater than any other 3rd party
> application.  There are a lot of instances where selecting on a wrong
> column can be fixed in the Operations Center. In these cases, we can get a
> fix out very quickly (especially if you are willing to help us test it
> also :) ).
>
> Was an APAR created for this issue? I would love to see the issue.
>
> Thanks again and I do hope you will provide more feedback in the future.
>
>
> Rob Jose
> TSM OC UI Developer / L3 Support
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 01/31/2015
> 07:30:16 AM:
>
> > From: Hans Christian Riksheim 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 01/31/2015 07:32 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM AC and OC and 7.1.1 Was: RE: [ADSM-L] TSM rant
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > We have tried OC twice and are not happy and that is due to its design.
> >
> > Other 3d party monitoring/administration tools we use are completely
> > separate from the TSM server environment and only talks to TSM through an
> > API(dsmcad/SQL). This means that any bug fix or feature enhancement in
> the
> > administration tools can be deployed without touching the TSM
> environment.
> > When we have reported bugs in the tools we have obtained fixes quickly,
> one
> > time a patch was ready the day after we reported the bug.
> >
> > OC on the other hand is tightly integrated with the TSM server code
> itself.
> > That means two things. First we have to take down and upgrade our TSM
> > servers to the bleeding edge only to fix things with OC. That is an
> > administrative burden and also a huge risk. Second problem is the time
> from
> > a bug is detected to a patch is available. The bug with caching diskpool
> > was discovered in 6.4.1 but a fix wasn't ready before the 6.3.5 server
> > code. That is one year for something which should take a developer 5
> > minutes to fix(select on wrong column).
> >
> > With 10 years of ISC/Admin Center and now OC we will not waste any more
> > time on IBMs administrative tools. And with the recent progress of TSM
> > itself we have to think long and hard on what to do before our current
> > license period is up.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 4:07 AM, Prather, Wanda 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Jeanne,
> > >
> > > We are in a transition as the OC is getting more function with each
> > > release, but doesn't yet have everything the AC had.
> > >
> > > The OC is the new/current admin GUI.  The 7.1.1 version has client
> > > scheduling in it now, so it can do more of the admin tasks you need.
> > > In the 7.1.1 version you can view management classes and maintenance
> plan,
> > > but still can't change them.  That will come in a later release of the
> OC.
> > >
> > > The old AC has been "stabilized" at 6.3 and will not be developed
> further,
> > > but can still be used.
> > > If you put on the latest AC patch level from the FTP site (6.3.5), you
> can
> > > talk to your 7.1 server with it (minus any new function since 6.3, of
> > > course).
> > >
> > >
> > > ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/
> > maintenance/admincenter/v6r3/6.3.5.000/
> > >
> > > So you probably want to put the patch on your AC so you can keep using
> it
> > > for mgmt. classes and basic functions with your 7.1.1 server, while you
> > > also install the 7.1.1 OC and start getting used to it for basic
> > > administration, and taking advantage of the new visualization and
> > > monitoring it provides that the AC never did.
> > >
> > > Wanda Prather
> > > TSM Consultant
> > > ICF International Enterprise and Cybersecurity Syst

DP for SQL GUI

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I have a problem with that. If I mark some row and move the mouse pointer
to for example click on some button somwehere else on the screen it will
scroll and mark the rest of the list. And it becomes a big mess.

Any trick to avoid that? I also think it should be possible to click on the
column headings to sort the list.

Regards

Hans Chr.

Re: DP for SQL GUI

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

7.1.0

Hans Chr.

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Angela Robertson 
wrote:

> Hi Hans,
>
> What version of the software are you using? Any details you can provide
> might help. Angela
> 
> Angela Robertson
> IBM - Storage management and data protection
> Durham, NC 27703
> aprob...@us.ibm.com
> 
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 02/26/2015
> 06:14:07 AM:
>
> > From: Hans Christian Riksheim 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 02/26/2015 06:16 AM
> > Subject: [ADSM-L] DP for SQL GUI
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > I have a problem with that. If I mark some row and move the mouse pointer
> > to for example click on some button somwehere else on the screen it will
> > scroll and mark the rest of the list. And it becomes a big mess.
> >
> > Any trick to avoid that? I also think it should be possible to click on
> the
> > column headings to sort the list.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
>

Re: DP for SQL 7.1.2.0

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

We are in the process of upgrading from 7.1.1 to 7.1.2 because of bugs.
Could you tell us something about the new bugs in 7.1.2?

We haven't done the actual upgrade yet since 7.1.2 requires SQL Server 2014
Management Objects despite us running SQL Server 2012. So we had to
convince our SQL guys first.

Regards

Hans Chr.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:56 AM, J. Pohlmann  wrote:

> One of my customers has had a recommendation from TSM support not to
> install
> DP for SQL 7.1.2.0 as apparently it is "buggy" and instead wait for 7.1.3
> which support said will be available in September. I am just wondering if
> anyone has heard similar recommendations  or experiences with 7.1.2.0 that
> would substantiate such a recommendation.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Joerg Pohlmann
>

Size of dedup tables in DB2

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I would like to calculate the savings of doing dedup. DB2 runs on expensive
flash, the dedup pool on cheap SATA.

Anyone know how to calculate the extra amount of DB space caused by
deduplication?

Regards,

Hans Chr.

Re: Size of dedup tables in DB2

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Thanks. Ran the script and I get something like 1 GB added DB space for
every 100 GB of storage pool savings.

Regards,

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 3:27 PM, David Beardsley  wrote:

> I would recommend reading the below technote and reviewing the provided
> script as delivered by IBM.  We have modified this to fit our environment,
> but it is a good starting point.
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596944
>
> Thanks
> -Dave
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
> Hans Christian Riksheim
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:13 AM
> To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Size of dedup tables in DB2
>
> I would like to calculate the savings of doing dedup. DB2 runs on
> expensive flash, the dedup pool on cheap SATA.
>
> Anyone know how to calculate the extra amount of DB space caused by
> deduplication?
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans Chr.
>

Re: Aw: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM TDPSQL crashes on log backup

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Supposedly fixed in 7.1.3 in Q3 which might mean the end of September. When
IBM blunders like this I think they could be quicker in correcting it. They
should also extend their testing to something that at least faintly
resembles a customer environment.

Hans Chr.

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Zoltan Forray  wrote:

> The alternative (which my SQL guy decided to implement) is to single-thread
> the backups, 1-DB-at-a-time.  It is ugly (and generates lots of error
> messages on my TSM server) but since this version is required for 2014
> server with mirrored DB's, he didn't have much of a choice.
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:25 AM, John Keyes  wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the answer. I tried the patch anyway, but as you said, it did
> > not work.
> > Now I downgraded to 7.1.1.1 and it works again.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > John
> >
> >
> > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2015 um 14:33 Uhr
> > > Von: "Zoltan Forray" 
> > > An: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > Betreff: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM TDPSQL crashes on log backup
> > >
> > > If you go look at the ADSM-L archives you will see I just went through
> > this
> > > exact same problem, a week or so ago. It is a known problem:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-lists-3/ibm-tsm-13/issued-with-tdp-sql-7-1-2-0-and-2014-sql-server-128607/
> > >
> > > IT09192: DATABASE BACKUPS USING DATA PROTECTION FOR SQL CAN CRASH
> DURING
> > > PROCESSING WITH REFERENCES TO MODULE CLR.DLL
> > >
> > > IBM recently released TDP SQL patch 7.1.2.1 but it DOES NOT fix this
> > > problem fully/yet - at least not on our system with this issue.  The
> APAR
> > > discussed 2-problem and the FIN mentioned is 7.1.3.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 6:16 AM, John Keyes  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > i have a strange problem with one of my SQL Servers. It's a SQL
> Server
> > > > 2014, running on Windows Server 2012 R2. TSM BA and TDPSQL are
> > installed in
> > > > version 7.1.2.0. Most Databases use a simple recovery plan, but a few
> > have
> > > > a transaction log. VSS Full Backups are working fine as always. We
> set
> > the
> > > > whole thing up a few weeks ago, but since last week every log backup,
> > or
> > > > even legacy full backup for that matter, causes the TSM software to
> > crash.
> > > > There are no error reports in the tsm log files, the windows event
> > viewer
> > > > shows this:
> > > > Faulting application name: tdpsqlc.exe, version: 7.1.2.0, time stamp:
> > > > 0x55102a96
> > > > Faulting module name: clr.dll, version: 4.0.30319.34209, time stamp:
> > > > 0x5348a1ef
> > > > Exception code: 0xc409
> > > > Fault offset: 0x00355714
> > > > Faulting process id: 0x1838
> > > > Faulting application start time: 0x01d0c9e477c55264
> > > > Faulting application path: C:\Progra~1\Tivoli\TSM\TDPSql\tdpsqlc.exe
> > > > Faulting module path:
> > > > C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\clr.dll
> > > > Report Id: bfee8f36-35d7-11e5-80cb-00155dfd9cbb
> > > > Faulting package full name:
> > > > Faulting package-relative application ID:
> > > >
> > > > I also rebootet the server and reinstalled TSM, but to no avail. Does
> > > > anyone have any ideas?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Kind Regards,
> > > > John
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > *Zoltan Forray*
> > > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> > > Xymon Monitor Administrator
> > > Virginia Commonwealth University
> > > UCC/Office of Technology Services
> > > www.ucc.vcu.edu
> > > 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
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> Xymon Monitor Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
> www.ucc.vcu.edu
> 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
>

Backup VM without quiescing

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I think I heard somewhere(TSM Symposium maybe) that it should be possible
to backup a VM without quiesceing if quiesced snapshot fails. I have looked
through the 7.1.3 infocenter without finding anything yet.

Anyone know?

Best regards,

Hans Chr.

Re: Backup VM without quiescing

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Yep, that was what I was looking for.

Thanks, Erwann.

Best regards,

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Erwann SIMON  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Maybe INCLUDE.VMSNAPSHOTATTEMPTS ?
>
> --
> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> Erwann SIMON
>
> - Mail original -
> De: "Hans Christian Riksheim" 
> À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Envoyé: Mardi 6 Octobre 2015 11:30:05
> Objet: [ADSM-L] Backup VM without quiescing
>
> I think I heard somewhere(TSM Symposium maybe) that it should be possible
> to backup a VM without quiesceing if quiesced snapshot fails. I have looked
> through the 7.1.3 infocenter without finding anything yet.
>
> Anyone know?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Hans Chr.
>

Re: TSM troubles

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

16 Power8 cores(at least 3.42 GHz) and 192 GB to handle 1000 TB of backup
data? One would think there was a potential for code efficiency improvement.

Hans Chr.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Andrew Carlson  wrote:

> That is awesome.  Thanks David.
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Nixon, Charles D. (David) <
> cdni...@carilionclinic.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/NEW%20-%20Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager%20Blueprint%20-%20%20Improve%20the%20time-to-value%20of%20your%20deployments
> >
> > If the link doesn't work, try Gooogling
> > tsm Blueprint and Server Automated Configuration for AIX Version 2.1
> >
> >
> > ---
> > David Nixon
> > System Programmer II
> > Technology Services Group
> > Carilion Clinic
> > 451 Kimball Ave.
> > Roanoke, VA 24015
> > Phone: 540-224-3903
> > cdni...@carilionclinic.org
> >
> > Our mission: Improve the health of the communities we serve.
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] on behalf of Andrew
> > Carlson [naclos...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 9:55 AM
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM troubles
> >
> > David,
> >
> > Could you please provide a link for that requirement?  We have asked IBM
> a
> > number of times, and they are fairly nebulous on what the actual
> > requirements are.  That is a very interesting list you have there,
> thanks.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Nixon, Charles D. (David) <
> > cdni...@carilionclinic.org> wrote:
> >
> > > According to the 7.1 blueprint you are a large deployment (for server
> > side
> > > dedupe)
> > >
> > > CPU: 16 core Power 8
> > > Memory: 192GB
> > > Directory for the active log: 300 GB
> > > Directory for the archive log:4 TB
> > >
> > > It was suggested to use that we make sure that these logs are all on
> > > SSD/flash for ideal performance.  We are just now trying to increase
> all
> > of
> > > our files systems to jump into container pools in the very near future
> > but
> > > we are on the larger size of a medium deployment.
> > >
> > > That said, I've identified the risk of using less hardware than the
> > > blueprint suggests.  Time will tell if upgrading the server and all the
> > SSD
> > > required, will end up saving money compared to a dedicated dedupe
> storage
> > > device.
> > >
> > > ---
> > > David Nixon
> > > System Programmer II
> > > Technology Services Group
> > > Carilion Clinic
> > > 451 Kimball Ave.
> > > Roanoke, VA 24015
> > > Phone: 540-224-3903
> > > cdni...@carilionclinic.org
> > >
> > > Our mission: Improve the health of the communities we serve.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 
> > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] on behalf of Stef
> > > Coene [stef.co...@docum.org]
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 5:02 AM
> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM troubles
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Some time ago I mailed in frustration that using DB2 as TSM backend
> was a
> > > bad
> > > idea.
> > >
> > > Well, here I'm again with the same frustration.
> > >
> > > This time I just want to know who is using deduplication successful?
> > > How much data do you process daily? Client or server or mixed?
> > >
> > > We are trying to process a daily intake between 10 - 40 TB, almost all
> > file
> > > level backup. The TSM server is running on AIX, 6 x Power7, 128 GB ram.
> > > Disk
> > > is on SVC with FlashSystem 840. Diskpool is 250 TB on 2 x V7000 with 1
> TB
> > > NLSAS disks, SAN attached. We are trying to do client based dedup.
> > >
> > > The problem is that the active log fills up (128 GB) in a few hours.
> And
> > > this
> > > up to 2 times per day! DB2 recovery takes 4 hours because we have to
> do a
> > > 'db2stop force' :(
> > >
> > >
> > > Stef
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > Notice: The information and attachment(s) contained in this
> communication
> > > are intended for the addressee only, and may be confidential and/or
> > legally
> > > privileged. If you have received this communication in error, please
> > > contact the sender immediately, and delete this communication from any
> > > computer or network system. Any interception, review, printing,
> copying,
> > > re-transmission, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any
> action
> > > upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended
> > > recipient is strictly prohibited by law and may subject them to
> criminal
> > or
> > > civil liability. Carilion Clinic shall not be liable for the improper
> > > and/or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this
> > > communication or for any delay in its receipt.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andy Carlson
> >
> -

Include and exclude for VMs

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I am trying to understand how this works. I want to backup a VM called
"abc_template" but want to exclude from backup any other VMs with the name
abc.

I tried

DOMAIN.VMFULL vmhostcluster=X;vm=abc_template;-vm=abc*

in the hope that the inclusion preceded the exclusion but that didn't work.
The template did not get backed up. Any tip here?

Regards,

Hans Chr.

Re: Include and exclude for VMs

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

yes, I have.

Hans Chr.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 1:43 PM, James Thorne 
wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Do you have
>
> Vmenabletemplatebackups  yes
>
> set in the options file?  Available in 6.4 and 7.1:
>
>
> https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR_6.4.0/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/r_opt_vmenabletemplatebkup.html
>
> https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSATMW_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/r_opt_vmenabletemplatebkup.html
>
> James.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Hans Christian Riksheim
> Sent: 16 December 2015 10:59
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Include and exclude for VMs
>
> I am trying to understand how this works. I want to backup a VM called
> "abc_template" but want to exclude from backup any other VMs with the name
> abc.
>
> I tried
>
> DOMAIN.VMFULL vmhostcluster=X;vm=abc_template;-vm=abc*
>
> in the hope that the inclusion preceded the exclusion but that didn't work.
> The template did not get backed up. Any tip here?
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans Chr.
>

Re: Include and exclude for VMs

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

we can assume that the VM that should be included is just an ordinary VM.
Manual backup of it works fine. It is the inclexcl rules I am wondering
about. They obviously does not follow the same logic as the rules for file
backups.

Hans Chr.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Sven Seefeld <
sven.seef...@rrz.uni-hamburg.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> and please keep in mind, vm templates can only be backed up via
> VMVSTORTRANSPORT nbd
>
> That's why we had to build a dedicated datamover/scheduler combination to
> backup all templates :(
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>Sven
>

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Well, we always have the info center.

Sorry, just joking.

Hans Chr.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Rhodes, Richard L. <
rrho...@firstenergycorp.com> wrote:

> Great Comments!
>
> I've often wondered if IBM appreciates just how complicated TSM is.
>
> We had a big discussion the other day about would we recommend TSM to
> other possible customers.
> The answer we a very qualified "yes".  We really like TSM for its core
> feature - incremental forever backup system.  It saved our posteriors years
> ago when we were drowning in periodic full backups, especially from remote
> sites.  But the tradeoff is learning/maintaining a very complicated program
> that requires lots of resources.  Roger below mentions policies.  To this
> day, after working with TSM for many years (since TSM v3.7), if the topic
> of policies comes up I have to look up and refresh my memory of what they
> are and how they interact.  And then, try and explain them to a
> user/manager/auditor/whomever.
>
> The Admin Guide is the best document I know of for how TSM fits together -
> how to get your head around TSM.  No other documentation comes close.
> Losing it would be a big loss.
>
> Sometimes when we talk we wonder if the folks who develop and support TSM
> (and most products today from all vendors) actually use their own products
> like we use them.  If all they had to learn/use TSM was the standard
> documentation, I wonder how far they would get.  This is why this mailing
> list is SO great!
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Roger Deschner
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:06 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide
>
> Thank you for your response Clare. It's good to know these comments are
> being read.
>
> There are a large number of areas that cannot be covered separately. A
> very large topic is Policy, which is one of Spectrum Protect's hardest
> to understand areas, yet it affects and is affected by everything else.
> For instance, it has been essential to understand Policy in crafting our
> hybrid D2D2D2T solution. Or when the auditor came and said we needed to
> keep just a certain set of files for five years. The Admin Guide covered
> Policy well enough that you could make your way through its many
> complexities and get it to work for you. But to cover Policy adequately,
> it had to refer to many other areas of the book.
>
> Policy is just one example, which really needs everything else in the
> book, in order to explain it well enough. But it needs to all be in one
> place. I carry 4 PDFs (Admin Guide, Admin Ref, Windows Client, Unix
> Client) around on a USB stick so I can refer to them wherever I am and
> whatever the network is there.
>
> Another topic that the solution guides simply do not cover, is the
> complex interrelationships between storage pools of different kinds -
> tape, VTL, disk, file, optical, etc, and how to structure migration,
> reclamation, collocation, and storage pool backup to make the data flow
> among them the way you want.
>
> There's sveral other topics of similar complexity, such as managing the
> client scheduler, and how to build a daily schedule of server
> activities.
>
> There are of course specialized topics that shouldn't be in there. You
> mentioned NDMP. Another is V5 to V6/7 migration. Virtual Machines could
> be its own book.
>
> The basic issue here is that, as the sophisticated and fully evolved
> "best of breed", Spectrum Protect has a rather steep learning curve. It
> always has, since it was WDSF. After 20 years with WDSF/ADSM/TSM/SP I am
> still learning things, and I still refer to the Admin Guide frequently.
>
> Doing away with its best documentation can only hurt this highly
> sophisticated product. Coherent how-to knowledge is the essential weapon
> in the face of complexity. Without the Administrator's Guide, more will
> simply declare Spectrum Protect to be "too complicated to understand",
> and settle for an inferior solution that is easier to understand. It's a
> battle that those of us who know the product well, constantly fight,
> which is why this book is so essential to the product.
>
> Roger Deschner  University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu
> ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2015, J. Pohlmann wrote:
>
> >Hi Clare. The Admin Guide provided a one-stop shopping approach to all
> >functional areas of Spectrum Protect. I think this is what's missing from
> >the current documentation. Clearly the Admin Guide was aimed at an
> >experienced person as opposed to a novice. In an initial Spectrum Protect
> >implementation, the Solutions Guides are of value. However they fall short
> >in supplying guidance and "how-to" or "setup" information to an existing
> >installation. So, even though the Admin Guide became bigger over the
> >releases, the topics are still of 

Very slow backup stg of DIRMC

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

We have a DIRMC management class for directory information. The destination
is of type DISK. Backup stg can take up to 10 hours to transfer 500 MB to
tape. We have tried different storage for the diskpool but the bottleneck
seems to be elsewhere. It seems to hang for long periods of time doing
absolutely nothing.

We recently put DB on flash and everything else is blistering fast. Any
ideas before I open a PMR?

Server is AIX, TSM 7.1.3.1.

Hans Chr.

Re: WAN performance

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I have had luck with setting tcpwindowsize 0 on server and client and
letting the OS handle it.
Also diskbuffsize 512.

Hans Chr.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Skylar Thompson 
wrote:

> I thought TCPBUFFSIZE could only go up to 64? It could be that setting it
> to 512 actually sets it to the default of 16.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 02:03:26PM -0500, Tom Alverson wrote:
> > I am seeing very poor WAN performance on all of my (wan based) TSM
> > backups.  Due to the latency (40 msec typical) I normally only get about
> > 20% of the available bandwidth used by a TSM backup.  With EMC Networker
> I
> > get over 90% utilization.  I have already set all of these recommended
> > options:
> >
> > RESOURCEUTILIZATION 2
> >
> > TXNBYTELIMIT 2097152
> >
> > TCPNODELAY YES
> >
> > TCPBUFFSIZE 512
> >
> > TCPWINDOWSIZE 2048
> >
> > LARGECOMMBUFFERS YES
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know of anything else that could help performance?  Has
> anyone
> > used a Riverbed accelerator for TSM backups?
> >
> >
> > Tom
>
> --
> -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu)
> -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
> -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
> -- University of Washington School of Medicine
>

Re: WAN performance

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

1023 should be fine. I may have fiddled with the parameter at a time when
512 was the max. I remember that DISKBUFFSIZE had vast impact on the
performance when backing up a NAS from CIFS share and via a high speed,
high latency link to the TSM server.

Hans Chr.



On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Tom Alverson 
wrote:

> Thanks for that info. I tried both of those settings at the same time and
> it seems to have helped.  I will do some more testing but will probably
> keep both settings even if only one is helping the WAN speed.  The
> DISKBUFFSIZE can be set as high as 1023.  (those are only kbytes).  Is
> there any reason to avoid the max?
>
> Tom
>
>
> >>-DISKBuffsize-- --*size*---><
> Parameters[image: Windows operating systems] WINDOWS sizeSpecifies the
> maximum disk I/O buffer size (in kilobytes) that the client uses when
> reading files. The range of values is 16 through 1023; the default is 32.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Hans Christian Riksheim <
> bull...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have had luck with setting tcpwindowsize 0 on server and client and
> > letting the OS handle it.
> > Also diskbuffsize 512.
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Skylar Thompson <
> skyl...@u.washington.edu
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I thought TCPBUFFSIZE could only go up to 64? It could be that setting
> it
> > > to 512 actually sets it to the default of 16.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 02:03:26PM -0500, Tom Alverson wrote:
> > > > I am seeing very poor WAN performance on all of my (wan based) TSM
> > > > backups.  Due to the latency (40 msec typical) I normally only get
> > about
> > > > 20% of the available bandwidth used by a TSM backup.  With EMC
> > Networker
> > > I
> > > > get over 90% utilization.  I have already set all of these
> recommended
> > > > options:
> > > >
> > > > RESOURCEUTILIZATION 2
> > > >
> > > > TXNBYTELIMIT 2097152
> > > >
> > > > TCPNODELAY YES
> > > >
> > > > TCPBUFFSIZE 512
> > > >
> > > > TCPWINDOWSIZE 2048
> > > >
> > > > LARGECOMMBUFFERS YES
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know of anything else that could help performance?  Has
> > > anyone
> > > > used a Riverbed accelerator for TSM backups?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > >
> > > --
> > > -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu)
> > > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
> > > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
> > > -- University of Washington School of Medicine
> > >
> >
>

Re: Restore using copypool volumes

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Thanks. I see that this was supposed to be corrected in 7.1.3 which is the
version we are running. I hope IBM fixes this. Can't really say that
setting all our copy volumes offsite for every restore is an acceptable
workaround. Us who administer the servers have no control of who might
initiate a restore.

Hans Chr.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Gee, Norman  wrote:

> I ran into this many times, the only way I found that would speed it up
> after the fact is to increase the mount retention time on the tape device
> class.
> To avoid this I had to keep my copy pools in offsite status.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Hans Christian Riksheim
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 1:04 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Restore using copypool volumes
>
> Just noticed that some restores are using copypool volumes. No primary
> volumes are in disorder and there is nothing in the actlog indicating why a
> tape from the copypool is chosen.
>
> I vaguely rememeber that this was a problem for early 7.1-versions of the
> server. We are running 7.1.3.1.
>
> There is a queue of sessions requesting tapes from the primary pools but if
> it is a "feature" to lessen the burden on our libraries I would like to be
> in control.
>
> Is this a known problem for this version or should i PMR?
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans Chr.
>

Restore using copypool volumes

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Just noticed that some restores are using copypool volumes. No primary
volumes are in disorder and there is nothing in the actlog indicating why a
tape from the copypool is chosen.

I vaguely rememeber that this was a problem for early 7.1-versions of the
server. We are running 7.1.3.1.

There is a queue of sessions requesting tapes from the primary pools but if
it is a "feature" to lessen the burden on our libraries I would like to be
in control.

Is this a known problem for this version or should i PMR?

Regards,

Hans Chr.

MSSQL, restore all DBs in an instance

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

We are doing a DR test and will restore a full instance of MSSQL, almost a
hundred databases

>From the manual I am not sure if this is possible with a single command.
Anyone?

Hans Chr.

Re: MSSQL, restore all DBs in an instance

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Thanks Del,

I am trying to help our SQL guys doing the restore more efficiently. Will
this command by default roll the databases forward to the latest possible
time? Ie. the latest logbackup after last full? (Legacy backup).

Regards,

Hans chr.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Del Hoobler  wrote:

> Hi Hans Chr.
>
> Did you try using the * (wildcard) character?
>
>TDPSQLC RESTORE * FULL
>
> The User's Guide shows * as a valid "dbname":
>
>
>
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR_7.1.4/db.sql/dps_ref_cmd_restoresyn.html
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Del
>
> 
>
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 03/16/2016
> 11:18:47 AM:
>
> > From: Hans Christian Riksheim 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 03/16/2016 11:19 AM
> > Subject: MSSQL, restore all DBs in an instance
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > We are doing a DR test and will restore a full instance of MSSQL, almost
> a
> > hundred databases
> >
> > From the manual I am not sure if this is possible with a single command.
> > Anyone?
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
>

Re: Real world deduplication rates with TSM 7.1 and container pools

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

We are also getting around 60% in dedup savings. When I compare similar
data going to tape I find that simple compression saves us about 40%.

Hans Chr.

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:54 AM, PAC Brion Arnaud <
arnaud.br...@panalpina.com> wrote:

> Michael, Ken and Stephan,
>
> Thanks a lot for valuable input !
>
> Based on your feedback, I believe that IBM is effectively overselling it's
> product  : best value announced is around 65 %, which means dedup factor
> around 2.5 ...
>
> Reason why I asked is that we are currently making use of Data Domain
> VTL's in our shop, which at present time have a dedup factor of 7.7, but
> are aging and should soon be retired.
> I was wondering if their replacement with a combination of cheap disk
> storage and TSM deduped container would be a good idea ...
> So far I still need to be convinced : disk (IBM, Hitachi ...) is way
> cheaper than a VTL, but TSM dedup rates are seeming to be less than
> expected : this will probably force us to buy more disks, thus making such
> a solution less attractive.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Arnaud
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Stefan Folkerts
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 5:32 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: Real world deduplication rates with TSM 7.1 and container
> pools
>
> We see around 50-65% deduplication savings on the fileclass storagepools,
> most common seems to be around 55%.
> It requires what I call "deep reclaims" with very low values that need a
> lot of time.
> We are seeing 60-70% on containerpools but on average it is more like 65%
> but that is based on a much smaller install base.
> Both in heterogeneous environments.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Ken Bury  wrote:
>
> > I have two 7.1.4 servers, one with devclass file with dedupe, and the
> other
> > is using containers. The two servers are in a node replication pair so
> the
> > data on each server is exactly the same. The workload is almost
> exclusively
> > vmware backups with datamover dedupe and compression. The data reduction
> > for both pools is 89%. I like what I am getting from container pools and
> > replication.
> > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 11:35 Ryder, Michael S <
> michael_s.ry...@roche.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Arnaud
> > >
> > > If IBM made that commitment in black and white, then you should hold
> > their
> > > feet to the fire.  But I am willing to bet this was a salesman
> promising
> > > "similar performance."
> > >
> > > There is no technology I know where any deduplication factor can be
> > > guaranteed.  Perhaps "UP to 4" for certain kinds of data...  And
> overall
> > > reduction of storage is what you should be comparing, not simply the
> > > deduplication percentage.
> > >
> > > Here, try reading at least the introduction of this document, "
> Effective
> > > Planning and Use of TSM V6 and V7 Deduplication"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/form/anonymous/api/wiki/f731037e-c0cf-436e-88b5-862b9a6597c3/page/82e361b4-8e96-42cf-b559-0b77df9aed2c/attachment/5cf980b3-807f-464b-a1c0-b896b0cec7e6/media/TSM%20Dedup%20Best%20Practices%20-%20v2.1.pdf
> > >
> > > We haven't adopted the directory-container pools yet due to their
> lacking
> > > of support for important features like migration and copy pools, but I
> > have
> > > no doubt that IBM will be delivering those abilities soon; otherwise,
> > there
> > > are very limited use-cases for directory-containers.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > RMD IT Client Services
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:41 AM, PAC Brion Arnaud <
> > > arnaud.br...@panalpina.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > We are currently testing TSM 7.1 deduplication feature, in
> conjunction
> > > > with container based storage pools.
> > > > So far, my test TSM instances, installed with such a setup are
> > reporting
> > > > dedup percentage of 45 %, means dedup factor around 1.81, using a
> > sample
> > > of
> > > > clients which are representative of our production environment.
> > > > This is unfortunately pretty far from what was promised by IBM (dedup
> > > > factor of 4) ...
> > > >
> > > > I'm wondering if anybody making use of container based storage pools
> > and
> > > > deduplication would be sharing his deduplication factor, so that I
> > could
> > > > have a better appreciation of real world figures.
> > > > If you would be so kind to share your information (possibly with the
> > kind
> > > > of backed-up data  i.e. VM, DB, NAS, Exchange, and retention values
> > ...)
> > > I
> > > > would be very grateful !
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance for appreciated feedback.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers.
> > > >
> > > > Arnaud
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> **
> > > > Backup and Recovery Systems Administrator
> > > > Panalpina Management Ltd.,

Preempt

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Shouldn't a restore have first priority for a tape volume? I have a restore
waiting an hour for a backup stg operation.  The option NOPREEMPT is at
default(No).

Hans Chr.

Re: Preempt

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi Pam,

yes it is. At first I thought the backup stg was cancelled but that it was
in the middle of a backing up a large object. But that was not the case. It
was moving object after object to copy stg while the restore was waiting
for that tape. After one hour backup stg continued with another primary
volume and the restore session could use it.

Hans Chr.

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Pagnotta, Pamela (CONTR) <
pamela.pagno...@hq.doe.gov> wrote:

> Han,
>
> Is it waiting for a tape that is in use in the backup operation? Restores
> should have top priority, as far as I know.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pam Pagnotta
> Sr. System Engineer
> Criterion Systems, Inc./ActioNet
> Contractor to US. Department of Energy
> Office of the CIO/IM-622
> Office: 301-903-5508
> Mobile: 301-335-8177
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Hans Christian Riksheim
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 11:28 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Preempt
>
> Shouldn't a restore have first priority for a tape volume? I have a restore
> waiting an hour for a backup stg operation.  The option NOPREEMPT is at
> default(No).
>
> Hans Chr.
>

Documentation central

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

can someone tell me where the TSM documentation is at these days? I was
getting somewhat used to the Documentation Central concept but I am not
able to google myself to it anymore.

Thanks,

Hans Chr.

Re: Windows Client Upgrades

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I would be pleased if IBM set as a design goal that no install or upgrade
of TSM client software should require a reboot. Reboot was not needed
before 6.3, no reason it should be now.

Hans Chr.

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Erwann SIMON  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I encoutered the exact same problem in a similar situation : the system
> rebooted ithout prompting after installing the VC++ dependancies (on
> W2K8R2).
>
> --
> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> Erwann SIMON
>
> - Mail original -
> De: "Stefan Folkerts" 
> À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Envoyé: Samedi 20 Août 2016 08:53:54
> Objet: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows Client Upgrades
>
> >I have experienced random "unprompted" reboots performing manual installs
> on Windows clients from 7.1.1.0 to 7.1.6.0
>
> I too have seen this happen, RDP session was closed all of a sudden and
> when I logged back via RDP in it was clear the system was logging me in
> again and I was prompted with the second part of the installer, I did not
> get a prompt for the reboot.
>
> Good thing VM's boot as fast as they do. :-/
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Rick Adamson 
> wrote:
>
> > I have experienced random "unprompted" reboots performing manual installs
> > on Windows clients from 7.1.1.0 to 7.1.6.0
> > Haven't nailed down exactly why yet, still gathering info
> > On one machine MS updates had been applied and may not have been
> > restarted, on another it seemed to happen after installing the first C++
> > prerequisite.
> >
> > -Rick Adamson
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > Kamp, Bruce (Ext)
> > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 10:40 AM
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows Client Upgrades
> >
> > If all prerequisites are already installed & all TSM processes are
> stopped
> > you shouldn't need to.
> >
> > From what I have seen even if it asks to reboot basic functionality
> > remains.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bruce Kamp
> > GIS Backup & Recovery
> > (817) 568-7331
> > e-mail: mailto:bruce.k...@novartis.com
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > David Ehresman
> > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:31 AM
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Subject: [ADSM-L] Windows Client Upgrades
> >
> > Can one upgrade a Windows 7.1.x client to a 7.1.somethinghigher client
> > without a reboot or do all Windows 7.1 upgrades require a reboot?
> >
> > David
> >
>

Re: Decommision VM?

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

A possible caveat may be using DIRMC. Usually it is set up with a lot
longer retention than file data. My decommissioned nodes hang in there with
a few MB of directory information while the file data has expired. I have
no problem with that.

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Loon, Eric van (ITOPT3) - KLM <
eric-van.l...@klm.com> wrote:

> Hi Karel!
> From the Admin guide:
>
> Decommission VM command:
> "When a virtual machine is no longer needed in your production
> environment, you can issue this command to initiate a staged removal of the
> virtual machine file space from the server. The DECOMMISSION VM command
> marks all data that was backed up for the virtual machine as inactive, so
> it can be deleted according to your data retention policies. After all data
> that was backed up for the virtual machine expires, the file space that
> represents the virtual machine is deleted."
>
> So the file space should be removed by TSM automatically as soon as all
> data has expired...
> Kind regards,
> Eric van Loon
> Air France/KLM Storage Engineering
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Karel Bos
> Sent: dinsdag 4 oktober 2016 6:31
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: Decommision VM?
>
> Data in filespaces gets expired. Filespaces by itself will not get removed
> automaticly.
>
> Op 3 okt. 2016 19:32 schreef "David Ehresman" <
> david.ehres...@louisville.edu
> >:
>
> > >q copyg it-vme active standard
> >
> >
> >
> > PolicyPolicyMgmt  Copy  Version- Version-  Retain  Retain
> >
> > DomainSet Name  Class Group  s Data   s DataExtraOnly
> >
> > NameName  NameExists  Deleted Versions
> Version
> >
> > - - - -   
> > ---
> >
> > IT-VMEACTIVESTANDARD  STANDARD  No Limit No Limit   30
> 30
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Francisco J
> > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 1:09 PM
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Decommision VM?
> >
> >
> >
> > could share the output for:
> >
> >
> >
> > query copygroup ????
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bests regards
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2016-10-03 11:49 GMT-05:00 David Ehresman
> >  > >:
> >
> >
> >
> > > I decommissioned a VM on 9/1/2016.  We have a 30 day retention of data.
> >
> > > The filespace still has not been removed even tho it is now 10/3/2016.
> > Why
> >
> > > not?
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Output from a q file shows the filespace is decommissioned.
> >
> > >
> >
> > >Platform: TDP VMware
> >
> > >  Filespace Type: API:TSMVM
> >
> > >   Is Filespace Unicode?: No
> >
> > >Capacity: 0 bytes
> >
> > >Pct Util: 0.0
> >
> > > Last Backup Start Date/Time: 08/30/2016 03:13:32
> >
> > >  Days Since Last Backup Started: 34
> >
> > >Last Backup Completion Date/Time: 08/30/2016 04:09:46
> >
> > >Days Since Last Backup Completed: 34
> >
> > > Last Full NAS Image Backup Completion Date/Time:
> >
> > > Days Since Last Full NAS Image Backup Completed:
> >
> > > Last Backup Date/Time From Client (UTC): 08/30/2016 08:00:19
> >
> > >Last Archive Date/Time From Client (UTC):
> >
> > >Last Replication Start Date/Time: 10/03/2016 10:49:29
> >
> > > Days Since Last Replication Started: <1
> >
> > >   Last Replication Completion Date/Time: 10/03/2016 11:08:51
> >
> > >   Days Since Last Replication Completed: <1
> >
> > > more...   ( to continue, 'C' to cancel)
> >
> > >
> >
> > >Backup Replication Rule Name: DEFAULT
> >
> > >   Backup Replication Rule State: Enabled
> >
> > >   Archive Replication Rule Name: DEFAULT
> >
> > >  Archive Replication Rule State: Enabled
> >
> > >  Space Management Replication Rule Name: DEFAULT
> >
> > > Space Management Replication Rule State: Enabled
> >
> > >At-risk type: Default interval
> >
> > >At-risk interval:
> >
> > >  Decommissioned: Yes
> >
> > > Decommissioned Date: 09/01/2016 13:09:12
> >
> > > MAC Address:
> >
> > >
> >
> 
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Restore with auditlogging

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I have a list of files I want to restore. With auditlogging on I can see
which files was restored.

However I see no difference between auditlogging=basic and
auditlogging=full, exactly the same information is logged. Occurrences
where the file does not exist in TSM are not logged at all. That is
probably the most important information from the restore.

Any suggestions besides grokking through dsmerror.log?

Hans Chr.

Re: Restore with auditlogging

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

PMR'ed this and in order to easily restore a list of files and get info on
which files were restored and which were not I must submit an RFE. A full
audit on a restore that doesn't log anything if a file is missing is an
audit working as designed according to IBM.

Hans Chr.



On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Hans Christian Riksheim 
wrote:

> I have a list of files I want to restore. With auditlogging on I can see
> which files was restored.
>
> However I see no difference between auditlogging=basic and
> auditlogging=full, exactly the same information is logged. Occurrences
> where the file does not exist in TSM are not logged at all. That is
> probably the most important information from the restore.
>
> Any suggestions besides grokking through dsmerror.log?
>
> Hans Chr.
>

Rename directory

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

A customer wants to move a lot of data from directory OLD to NEW. A new
incremental will then backup all files under NEW and the files under OLD
deactivated.This will then cause the former active files under OLD to stay
on tape until RETONLY effectively doubling the cost for the customer.

Any method to get rid of the active backup data under OLD while still.

1. Keeping the other inactive versions.
2. Not deleting the Active date before the move which is a risky solution.

Regards,

Hans Chr.

Re: Rename directory

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi Andrew.

Thanks. Luckily RETEXTRA is only 30 days while RETONLY is 5000. But I guess
I could have set RETONLY for the new mgmt class lower than RETEXTRA with no
consequence right? Never done that before.

Regards,

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Andrew Raibeck  wrote:

> Hello Hans,
>
> Before moving the directory OLD to NEW, you can:
>
> 1. Create a new (special) management class for OLD that is similar to the
> current management class, but has the desired RETONLY setting (for example,
> maybe it should match RETEXTRA?)
>
> 2. Add an INCLUDE statement to bind all files in OLD to the new management
> class
>
> 3. Next incremental backup will rebind all files in OLD to the new
> management class that has the lower RETONLY setting
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andy
>
> 
> 
>
> Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
>
> IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
> Product support:
> https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/
> tivoli_storage_manager
>
> Online documentation:
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/
> landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html
>
> Product Wiki:
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%
> 20Storage%20Manager
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 2016-11-22
> 05:38:38:
>
> > From: Hans Christian Riksheim 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 2016-11-22 05:39
> > Subject: Rename directory
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > A customer wants to move a lot of data from directory OLD to NEW. A new
> > incremental will then backup all files under NEW and the files under OLD
> > deactivated.This will then cause the former active files under OLD to
> stay
> > on tape until RETONLY effectively doubling the cost for the customer.
> >
> > Any method to get rid of the active backup data under OLD while still.
> >
> > 1. Keeping the other inactive versions.
> > 2. Not deleting the Active date before the move which is a risky
> solution.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
>

Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

No more systemstate restore is just bad.

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Rainer Tammer 
wrote:

> Hello,
> The new support matrix is a BIG joke
> Dropping support for Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2!
>
> Bye
>   Rainer Tammer
>
> On 12.12.2016 16:18, Martin Janosik wrote:
> > I'm also a bit nervous and curoius at the same time about discontinued
> > functions, namely:
> > Online system state restores - You can no longer restore the system state
> > on a system that is online. Instead, use the Automated System Recovery
> > (ASR) based recovery method to restore the system state in offline
> Windows
> > Preinstallation Environment (PE) mode.
> > and
> > The following operating systems are no longer supported by the
> > backup-archive client:
> > Linux on Power Systems™ (big endian). You can still use the IBM Spectrum
> > Protect API on Linux on Power Systems (big endian).
> >
> > What is the idea behind "to be competive with x86 platform and get
> > compativility certification for SAP HANA with Linux on Power platform
> (Big
> > Endian)" (ref.
> > https://blogs.saphana.com/2015/08/21/announcing-general-
> availability-of-sap-hana-on-ibm-power-systems/
> > ) and then 1.5 year later drop support of BAclient for OS"?
> >
> > We deployed 10+ big SAP HANA on Power8 instances last year, and now we
> will
> > be getting "not supported" for new releases?
> >
> > M. Janosik
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 12/09/2016
> > 02:45:34 PM:
> >
> >> From: Chavdar Cholev 
> >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> >> Date: 12/09/2016 02:47 PM
> >> Subject: [ADSM-L] ISP 81 Discontinued functions
> >> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >>
> >> Does some one check discontinued functions in new version...
> >> especially part of no VM backup as standard function in BA client
> >> It is not good at all. TDP for Virtual environment for hyper-V creats
> > diff
> >> hdds (.avhdx)
> >> and my customers will not be happy with this, because you have to merge
> >> these file,
> >> when you need to expand .vhdx disk for example 
> >>
> >> :(
> >> Regards
> >> Cahvdar
> >>
> >
>

Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I am not sure if I follow. Has Microsoft communicated a change in its
support for systemstate restores or is it just IBMs decision to not bother
with it anymore?

Hans Chr.

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Del Hoobler  wrote:

> Hi Martin,
>
> It's true IBM Spectrum Protect did support online system state restores
> before, but it is against Microsoft's best practices to support it. IBM
> Spectrum Protect 8.1 is more strictly enforcing the documented best
> practices from Microsoft for system state restores.
>
> IBM did not drop the API support for LoP BE specifically so that Data
> Protection for SAP HANA on Power BE continues to be supported. However,
> IBM's strategic direction is LoP LE (
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-power-little-endian-faq-trs/
> ). Both SAP and Data Protection for SAP HANA have LoP LE support on the
> roadmap for 1H17. Your investment in Linux on Power is safe, it is just
> that the software will switch to LE architecture from current BE
> architecture in the future.
>
> Del
>
> 
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 12/12/2016
> 10:18:18 AM:
>
> > From: Martin Janosik 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 12/12/2016 10:19 AM
> > Subject: Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > I'm also a bit nervous and curoius at the same time about discontinued
> > functions, namely:
> > Online system state restores - You can no longer restore the system
> state
> > on a system that is online. Instead, use the Automated System Recovery
> > (ASR) based recovery method to restore the system state in offline
> Windows
> > Preinstallation Environment (PE) mode.
> > and
> > The following operating systems are no longer supported by the
> > backup-archive client:
> > Linux on Power Systems™ (big endian). You can still use the IBM Spectrum
> > Protect API on Linux on Power Systems (big endian).
> >
> > What is the idea behind "to be competive with x86 platform and get
> > compativility certification for SAP HANA with Linux on Power platform
> (Big
> > Endian)" (ref.
> > https://blogs.saphana.com/2015/08/21/announcing-general-
> > availability-of-sap-hana-on-ibm-power-systems/
> > ) and then 1.5 year later drop support of BAclient for OS"?
> >
> > We deployed 10+ big SAP HANA on Power8 instances last year, and now we
> will
> > be getting "not supported" for new releases?
> >
> > M. Janosik
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 12/09/2016
> > 02:45:34 PM:
> >
> > > From: Chavdar Cholev 
> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > Date: 12/09/2016 02:47 PM
> > > Subject: [ADSM-L] ISP 81 Discontinued functions
> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> > >
> > > Does some one check discontinued functions in new version...
> > > especially part of no VM backup as standard function in BA client
> > > It is not good at all. TDP for Virtual environment for hyper-V creats
> > diff
> > > hdds (.avhdx)
> > > and my customers will not be happy with this, because you have to
> merge
> > > these file,
> > > when you need to expand .vhdx disk for example 
> > >
> > > :(
> > > Regards
> > > Cahvdar
> > >
>
>
>

Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi Del.

Why no prior warning? This was news to me until the 8.1 GA. We have several
environments where BMR is based on online systemstate restore(which works
very well) and now these customers say that they are ready to roll out
Win2016. Now there is a rush to look at solutions to this sudden problem
including testing that cumbersome PE procedure to avoid a time window with
no tested method for BMR.

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Del Hoobler  wrote:

> Hi Hans Chr.,
>
> Microsoft has had this position since 2008, but IBM still tried to support
> it due to customer requests. It led to too many situations where a system
> was unstable after a restore.
>
>
> Del
>
> 
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 12/13/2016
> 06:42:55 AM:
>
> > From: Hans Christian Riksheim 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 12/13/2016 06:43 AM
> > Subject: Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > I am not sure if I follow. Has Microsoft communicated a change in its
> > support for systemstate restores or is it just IBMs decision to not
> bother
> > with it anymore?
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Del Hoobler  wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Martin,
> > >
> > > It's true IBM Spectrum Protect did support online system state
> restores
> > > before, but it is against Microsoft's best practices to support it.
> IBM
> > > Spectrum Protect 8.1 is more strictly enforcing the documented best
> > > practices from Microsoft for system state restores.
> > >
> > > IBM did not drop the API support for LoP BE specifically so that Data
> > > Protection for SAP HANA on Power BE continues to be supported.
> However,
> > > IBM's strategic direction is LoP LE (
> > >
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-power-little-endian-faq-trs/
> > > ). Both SAP and Data Protection for SAP HANA have LoP LE support on
> the
> > > roadmap for 1H17. Your investment in Linux on Power is safe, it is
> just
> > > that the software will switch to LE architecture from current BE
> > > architecture in the future.
> > >
> > > Del
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 12/12/2016
> > > 10:18:18 AM:
> > >
> > > > From: Martin Janosik 
> > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > > Date: 12/12/2016 10:19 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions
> > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> > > >
> > > > I'm also a bit nervous and curoius at the same time about
> discontinued
> > > > functions, namely:
> > > > Online system state restores - You can no longer restore the system
> > > state
> > > > on a system that is online. Instead, use the Automated System
> Recovery
> > > > (ASR) based recovery method to restore the system state in offline
> > > Windows
> > > > Preinstallation Environment (PE) mode.
> > > > and
> > > > The following operating systems are no longer supported by the
> > > > backup-archive client:
> > > > Linux on Power Systems™ (big endian). You can still use the IBM
> Spectrum
> > > > Protect API on Linux on Power Systems (big endian).
> > > >
> > > > What is the idea behind "to be competive with x86 platform and get
> > > > compativility certification for SAP HANA with Linux on Power
> platform
> > > (Big
> > > > Endian)" (ref.
> > > > https://blogs.saphana.com/2015/08/21/announcing-general-
> > > > availability-of-sap-hana-on-ibm-power-systems/
> > > > ) and then 1.5 year later drop support of BAclient for OS"?
> > > >
> > > > We deployed 10+ big SAP HANA on Power8 instances last year, and now
> we
> > > will
> > > > be getting "not supported" for new releases?
> > > >
> > > > M. Janosik
> > > >
> > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 12/09/2016
> > > > 02:45:34 PM:
> > > >
> > > > > From: Chavdar Cholev 
> > > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > > > Date: 12/09/2016 02:47 PM
> > > > > Subject: [ADSM-L] ISP 81 Discontinued functions
> > > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> > > > >
> > > > > Does some one check discontinued functions in new version...
> > > > > especially part of no VM backup as standard function in BA
> client
> > > > > It is not good at all. TDP for Virtual environment for hyper-V
> creats
> > > > diff
> > > > > hdds (.avhdx)
> > > > > and my customers will not be happy with this, because you have to
> > > merge
> > > > > these file,
> > > > > when you need to expand .vhdx disk for example 
> > > > >
> > > > > :(
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > Cahvdar
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>

Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

gt;
> > > From their doc:
> > >
> > > "TBMR allows you to perform a bare machine recovery of your system
> > > direct from a TSM backup. Your critical systems are protected from the
> > > consequences of physical damage, human error, or system failure. Users
> > > can recover their protected servers to any point in time provided by
> > > TSM as well as schedule simulated recoveries. TBMR is re-sold globally
> > > by IBM and its channel partners as the recommended system recovery
> > solution for TSM.
> > > It’s currently available for Windows, Linux, Solaris and AIX operating
> > > systems."
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Del
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 12/14/2016
> > > 02:18:03 AM:
> > >
> > > > From: Stefan Folkerts 
> > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > > Date: 12/14/2016 02:18 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor
> > > > Manager" 
> > > >
> > > > I'm going to have to agree on this one from Tom, I also find it
> > > > strange that IBM doesn't just offer a recovery disk or at least a
> > > > good tool so
> > > you
> > > > only have to pick the correct B/A client and it will create it for
> you.
> > > >
> > > > Many of our clients are close to 100% virtualized but we also have
> > > around
> > > > 15-20% of our customers that will probably never virtualize for
> > > > 100%,
> > > they
> > > > are running very specialized systems that require 100% of the CPU in
> > > > the server or are transferring truly huge amounts of data that would
> > > > impact
> > > the
> > > > other VM's if ran in VMware. So they run on physical hosts and have
> > > > to
> > > deal
> > > > with the PE thing that is kind of hard to get over to be honest.
> > > >
> > > > But yes, I have made those disks and they work but the procedure for
> > > using
> > > > them isn't very simple so you need a windows administrator that
> > > > knows
> > > his
> > > > stuff. Tt's not a fire and forget kind of procedure even if you have
> > > > a working disk.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 11:42 PM, Tom Alverson
> > > > 
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The worst part about this is the extremely poor setup IBM has for
> > > doing an
> > > > > offline restore.  They give you the instructions to create your
> > > > > own
> > > boot
> > > > > disk.  I read it over and could not believe IBM did not have a
> > > > > nice pre-made recovery boot disk like Symantec, AVAMAR and
> Networker
> > do.
> > > Are
> > > > > there any plans for IBM to do this?  Has anyone successfully made
> > > > > one
> > > of
> > > > > these do it yourself recovery disks?
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Hans Christian Riksheim <
> > > > > bull...@gmail.com
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Del.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Why no prior warning? This was news to me until the 8.1 GA. We
> > > > > > have
> > > > > several
> > > > > > environments where BMR is based on online systemstate
> > > > > > restore(which
> > > works
> > > > > > very well) and now these customers say that they are ready to
> > > > > > roll
> > > out
> > > > > > Win2016. Now there is a rush to look at solutions to this sudden
> > > problem
> > > > > > including testing that cumbersome PE procedure to avoid a time
> > > window
> > > > > with
> > > > > > no tested method for BMR.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hans Chr.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Del Hoobler
> > > > > > 
> > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Hans Chr.,

Re: Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments version 8.1.0 sets speed records

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Upgraded to 8.1. From very slow to very fast restore. Nice.

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Stefan Folkerts  wrote:

> Alex, I think it's not possible to reply to your mail to the list, I can
> reply to others but when I reply to you it gets rejected due to images with
> just plain text in the mail. Maybe you want to change your signature for
> mails towards this list and see if that fixes it.
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Stefan Folkerts <
> stefan.folke...@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Okay, it rejected my first and second reply to Alex due to images. (did
> > not have an image in my mail)
> > No idea why but here is my third attempt, a reply to an earlier post.
> >
> > So here are some more specs Alex.
> >
> > Compute is somewhat based on the M model (16 cores, 192GB memory) you
> will
> > find in the Linux 2.3 blueprints, but with internal read intensive SSD's
> in
> > the server on a very fast internal controller for DB & active log.
> > OS is SLES12 build with filesystem layout and types according to the
> > blueprints.
> > Spectrum Protect storage is an IBM V3700 (non turbo) with 36 nearline
> > drives.
> > Spectrum Protect server version 7.1.7 with containerpools (compression
> > enabled)
> > No collocation in use of course.
> > And a bit of tuning of the Linux server and Linux datamovers for the IP
> > stack and memory usage.
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Stefan Folkerts <
> stefan.folke...@gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Running 6.0u2 without further updates for testing.
> >>
> >> On Mon, 9 Jan 2017 at 20:13, Alex Jaimes  wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello Stefan, what version of ESXi host are you running?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Alex
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Stefan Folkerts <
> >>> stefan.folke...@gmail.com>
> >>>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Server still on 7.1.7
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> > On Mon, 9 Jan 2017 at 19:33, David Ehresman <
> >>> david.ehres...@louisville.edu
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> > > Did you upgrade your server to TSM 8.1 when you upgraded VME to
> >>> 8.1?  Or
> >>>
> >>> > > is the server still running 7.1?
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > David
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > -Original Message-
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On
> >>> Behalf Of
> >>>
> >>> > > Stefan Folkerts
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 1:01 PM
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments version
> >>> 8.1.0
> >>>
> >>> > > sets speed records
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Hi guy's,
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > I don't know if all of you realise what kind of gigantic
> performance
> >>> step
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > IBM has made with the new version of Spectrum Protect for Virtual
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Environments for VMware but I think it's pretty incredible.
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > The magic parameter is VMMAXRESTORESESSION.
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > See the results below, 1 session was the max that 7.x could do, see
> >>> the
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > speeds below when I crank up the sessions.
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Remember, this is restoring a single VM on a single datamover using
> >>>
> >>> > HOTADD.
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > 10 is the max setting for this value, i'm interested to know if you
> >>> guy's
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > are seeing the same kind of results.
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Oh, and the upgrade was a breeze, if you aren't using the tagging
> >>>
> >>> > features
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > it's just next next finish and the restores go so much faster.
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > =
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > 1 session
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > =
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Total number of objects restored: 1
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Total number of objects failed:   0
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Total number of bytes transferred:   104.23 GB
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Data transfer time:1,926.99 sec
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>> > > Network data transfer rate:   56,714.31 KB/sec
> >>>
> >>> > >
> >>>
> >>>

DOMAIN.vmfull on multiple lines in dsm.opt

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Really two questions.

We have a lot of exceptions where VMs are not to be backed up and the
DOMAIN.vmfull statement is becoming unpractically long:

domain.vmfull vmhostcluster=X,Y;-vm=abc*,*def,ghi* (times 100)

Any possibility to have that statement span separate lines or some other
measure to increase readability?

Second question is about case sensitivity. In previous versions
DOMAIN.VMFULL was not case sensitive but now it is. Unfortunately we have
no control of how the VMware guys name their vms so how do we exclude a vm
like

VMNAME

and cover all variations Vmname, vmNAME and so on?

Regards,

Hans Chr.

Re: DOMAIN.vmfull on multiple lines in dsm.opt

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi Del,

yes I have taken a look and it is a nice feature. We would prefer that the
exclusion and inclusion of VMs be policy and rule based though.

Regards,

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Del Hoobler  wrote:

> Hi Hans Chr.
>
> Have you looked at the tagging support?
>
>
> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSERB6_8.1.0/
> ve.user/t_ve_dpext_cfg_bup_policy.html
>
> It was specifically added to enable you to avoid these types of issues.
>
>
> Del
>
> 
>
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 02/21/2017
> 03:57:02 AM:
>
> > From: Hans Christian Riksheim 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 02/21/2017 03:57 AM
> > Subject: DOMAIN.vmfull on multiple lines in dsm.opt
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > Really two questions.
> >
> > We have a lot of exceptions where VMs are not to be backed up and the
> > DOMAIN.vmfull statement is becoming unpractically long:
> >
> > domain.vmfull vmhostcluster=X,Y;-vm=abc*,*def,ghi* (times 100)
> >
> > Any possibility to have that statement span separate lines or some other
> > measure to increase readability?
> >
> > Second question is about case sensitivity. In previous versions
> > DOMAIN.VMFULL was not case sensitive but now it is. Unfortunately we
> have
> > no control of how the VMware guys name their vms so how do we exclude a
> vm
> > like
> >
> > VMNAME
> >
> > and cover all variations Vmname, vmNAME and so on?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
>

Re: 8.1 Client Backup/Archive Backup/Archive discontinued in Virtual Environment??

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Del,

we have upgraded to 8.1 and run our vm backups exactly like before. What do
you mean that "dsmc backup vm" is legacy? Will this method of doing VM
backups be discontinued in future versions of the product?

Regards,

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 9:30 PM, Del Hoobler  wrote:

> This is not referring to running the BA Client in guest.
>
> This is referring to the legacy commands like:
>DSMC BACKUP VM
>DSMC RESTORE VM
>DSMC QUERY VM
>
>
> Del
>
> 
>
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 03/14/2017
> 03:19:48 PM:
>
> > From: "Alford, Ben" 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 03/14/2017 03:20 PM
> > Subject: 8.1 Client Backup/Archive Backup/Archive discontinued in
> > Virtual Environment??
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > The IBM site: www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/
> > client/r_new_for_version.html > knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/client/r_new_for_version.html>  says:
> > Discontinued functions
> > The following functions are discontinued in this release:
> > Virtual machine operations on the backup-archive client
> > Virtual machine operations are available only if you are using the
> > client as a data mover for the IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual
> > Environments products (Data Protection for VMware or Data Protection
> > for Microsoft Hyper-V).
> > You can no longer run virtual machine operations without installing
> > IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments.
> > What does "Virtual machine operations" mean?Do TSM's basic
> > backup/archive functions stop if the 8.1 client is running as a VM
> > guest and Spectrum Protect for VE is not installed???
> > Ben Alford
> > IT Manager, Office of Information Technology
> > The University of Tennessee
> >
>

Re: Best Practices/Best Performance SP/TSM B/A Client Settings ?

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Any reason to set TCPWINDOWSIZE lower than maximum? And on the same note
why not let the OS handle it(TCPWINDOWSIZE 0) ?

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:54 PM, Matthew McGeary <
matthew.mcge...@potashcorp.com> wrote:

> Hello Tom,
>
> Yes, you will need a mountpoint for each stripe.  Unlike
> resourceutilization, stripes represent client sessions that send data, not
> data and control sessions combined.
>
> Since we're totally in the container-class pool world, all my nodes have
> maxnummp=100 because I heavily use multiple sessions to increase throughput.
>
> __
> Matthew McGeary
> Senior Technical Specialist – Infrastructure Management Services
> PotashCorp
> T: (306) 933-8921
> www.potashcorp.com
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Tom Alverson
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 1:43 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Best Practices/Best Performance SP/TSM B/A Client
> Settings ?
>
> I tried 10 and the backup failed due to not enough mount points.  I set it
> to 2 and that did speed things up.  Do I need one mount point for each
> stripe?  We normally set the mount points to 2.  Does this mean that I need
> one mount point for my conventional TSM backup and 10 more to do 10
> stripes?  I notice that when I set RESOUCEUTILIZATION to 10 for the
> conventional backups I get four parallel sessions.  Do I need 4 mount
> points just for that (plus whatever I need for SQL)?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Matthew McGeary <
> matthew.mcge...@potashcorp.com> wrote:
>
> > If you're using TDP for SQL you can specify how many stripes to use in
> > the tdpo.cfg file.
> >
> > For our large SQL backups, I use 10 stripes.
> >
> > __
> > Matthew McGeary
> > Senior Technical Specialist – Infrastructure Management Services
> > PotashCorp
> > T: (306) 933-8921
> > www.potashcorp.com
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Tom Alverson
> > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 1:11 PM
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Best Practices/Best Performance SP/TSM B/A
> > Client Settings ?
> >
> > Our biggest performance issue is with SQL backups of large databases.
> > Our DBA's all want full backups ever night (and log backups every
> > hour) and for the databases that are around 1TB the backup will start
> > at Midnight and finish 5 to 13 hours later (varies day to day).  When
> > these backups start extending into the daytime hours they complain but
> > I don't know how we could improve the speed.  Our Storage servers all
> > have 10GB interfaces but they are backing up hundreds of clients every
> > night (mostly incremental file level backups).  I am running a test
> > right now to see if RESOURCEUTILIZATION 10 helps one of these database
> > backups but I suspect it will make no difference as 99% of the data is
> > all in one DB and I don't think SQL/TSM will split that into multiple
> streams (will it?).
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 6:57 AM, Del Hoobler  wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > > My original posting was an excerpt from best practices for container
> > > pools, and does not necessarily apply to other storage pool types.
> > >
> > > Yes, client-side deduplication and compression options should be
> > > avoided with a Data Domain storage pool.
> > >
> > > A fixed resourceutilization setting of 2 may underperform for
> > > clients that have a lot of data to back up and fast network
> > > connections, but this is not a black and white answer. There are
> > > various other conditions that can affect this and trying to narrow
> > > in on them in
> > ADSM-L would be difficult.
> > > If you want some help with a performance issue, please open a PMR.
> > >
> > >
> > > Del
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 03/25/2017
> > > 12:20:43 AM:
> > >
> > > > From: Tom Alverson 
> > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > > Date: 03/25/2017 05:40 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: Best Practices/Best Performance SP/TSM B/A Client
> > > > Settings
> > > ?
> > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> > > >
> > > > Del:
> > > >
> > > > We have been using these settings as our defaults.  Is our
> > > > TCPWINDOWSIZE too large?
> > > >
> > > > RESOURCEUTILIZATION 2  (we increase this up to 10 for some WAN
> > > > backups) TXNBYTELIMIT 2097152 TCPNODELAY YES TCPBUFFSIZE 512
> > > > TCPWINDOWSIZE 2048 LARGECOMMBUFFERS YES
> > > >
> > > > Also we never use compression because our storage folks believe it
> > > > will foul up the de-duplication that happens on our Data Domains??
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Del Hoobler 
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Ben,
> > > > >
> > > > > Here are some items to get you started:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Backup-Archive client with limited, high latency network (WAN
> > 

Re: How to determine why a session is in IdleW

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Does the actlog say anything about the server determining which volumes are
required for the NQR restore? That process may take some time with 31 mill
objects.

03/31/17   13:06:10  ANR1183I Initial determination of removable volumes
  required for a restore request from session
197526 is
  complete. Additional volumes may still be
required.
  (SESSION: 197526)

Hans Chr.

On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Zoltan Forray  wrote:

> >31-Million objects and 8TB and it is/should be a NQR since files weren't
> selected - just the whole D: drive.
>
> It finally started moving after 2+hours just sitting there.
>
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 7:24 AM, Lee, Gary  wrote:
>
> > How many items are on the drive to be restored?
> > I have had some restores where the drive contains many items sit in idle
> > state for a long time while database activity is happening.
> >
> > I believe this was the rationale for the no query restore.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > Zoltan Forray
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 4:31 PM
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Subject: [ADSM-L] How to determine why a session is in IdleW
> >
> > I have a user who has started a big restore (>31M objects and 8TB of
> data)
> > and all it keeps doing is sit in an IdleW state.
> >
> > He has tried restarting it numerous times, including rebooting this newly
> > rebuilt Windows 2012R2 server.  He has the latest 8.1 client.  He is not
> > receiving any error messages on the client side and I don't see anything
> > from the server side.
> >
> > It has now been waiting for >10,500 seconds (almost 3-hours).  I have
> > watched it from the server side and the Bytes Sent/Received have not
> > changed.  During one of his previous attempts, the server was running
> > replication but I killed it - did not make a difference.
> >
> > It should be considered an NQR since all he did was select the "D:" drive
> > and told it to start the restore.
> >
> > So how can I figure out what is going on?
> >
> > --
> > *Zoltan Forray*
> > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator
> > Xymon Monitor Administrator
> > VMware Administrator
> > Virginia Commonwealth University
> > UCC/Office of Technology Services
> > www.ucc.vcu.edu
> > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator
> Xymon Monitor Administrator
> VMware Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
> www.ucc.vcu.edu
> zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807
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TSM registry and security

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I just got tipped that the registry entries for node_id and password are
readable by everyone and that means that it is possible for an ordinary
user to just copy that information and use it to access backup data from
another client connected to the backup network.

I have no idea if that is correct or not. Anyone with knowledge about this
care to comment?

Regards,

Hans Chr.

Scalability problems with expiration?

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I have noticed that expiration suddenly takes a lot more time. The first
million objects are expired/deleted very quickly but it slows down to an
almost hang with the last 10%.

The DB has reached 2 TB and server is 7.1.3.100. Any performance
enhancements in later levels?

Hans Chr.

Re: Scalability problems with expiration?

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Thanks Zoltan. Time for an upgrade then.

Hans Chr.

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Zoltan Forray  wrote:

> We hit the problem at 6.3.6 per this document
> <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT17642> which says:
>
> *After upgrading the server to 6.3.6.000 (or higher)  and 7.1.3 (or higher)
> expiration might "hang" on a node while expiring backup data only.
>  Expiration is not actually hung it is still processing but very slowly due
> to a non-optimized*
> *SQL/Select.   A change to this SQL/Select occurred between 6.3.5.0 and
> 6.3.6.0.   This code change was implemented in servers 6.3.6.0+ and 7.1.3.0
> to 7.1.7.   There have been no reported problems at 7.1.3 or above.*
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Hans Christian Riksheim <
> bull...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have noticed that expiration suddenly takes a lot more time. The first
> > million objects are expired/deleted very quickly but it slows down to an
> > almost hang with the last 10%.
> >
> > The DB has reached 2 TB and server is 7.1.3.100. Any performance
> > enhancements in later levels?
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator
> Xymon Monitor Administrator
> VMware Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
> www.ucc.vcu.edu
> 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
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>

Re: Scalability problems with expiration?

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Not sure if I see any improvement going from 7.1.3 to 7.1.7.1. Expiration
has lasted 4 days processing the last "problematic" node with 50 mill
objects deleted so far. DB is on all flash so hardware performance should
not be an issue.

Hans Chr,

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Hans Christian Riksheim 
wrote:

> Thanks Zoltan. Time for an upgrade then.
>
> Hans Chr.
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Zoltan Forray  wrote:
>
>> We hit the problem at 6.3.6 per this document
>> <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT17642> which says:
>>
>> *After upgrading the server to 6.3.6.000 (or higher)  and 7.1.3 (or
>> higher)
>> expiration might "hang" on a node while expiring backup data only.
>>  Expiration is not actually hung it is still processing but very slowly
>> due
>> to a non-optimized*
>> *SQL/Select.   A change to this SQL/Select occurred between 6.3.5.0 and
>> 6.3.6.0.   This code change was implemented in servers 6.3.6.0+ and
>> 7.1.3.0
>> to 7.1.7.   There have been no reported problems at 7.1.3 or above.*
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Hans Christian Riksheim <
>> bull...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I have noticed that expiration suddenly takes a lot more time. The first
>> > million objects are expired/deleted very quickly but it slows down to an
>> > almost hang with the last 10%.
>> >
>> > The DB has reached 2 TB and server is 7.1.3.100. Any performance
>> > enhancements in later levels?
>> >
>> > Hans Chr.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Zoltan Forray*
>> Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator
>> Xymon Monitor Administrator
>> VMware Administrator
>> Virginia Commonwealth University
>> UCC/Office of Technology Services
>> www.ucc.vcu.edu
>> 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
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>>
>
>

Backup of file attributes Windows

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

When our customers changes permissions on their file servers there is total
chaos with new full backup of everything and no practical method to get rid
of the extra backup data. I think our customers should be able to do this
without paying twice as much for their backups.

>From what I have heard TSM couldn't just update these files because there
is too much overhead keeping this information in the database. However in
the meantime TSM has gone from the proprietary database in v5 to a full DB2
which should handle this well.

It would be nice if IBM took a look at this problem and came up with a
solution. Don't know if other TSM admins think this is an issue though.

Hans Chr. Riksheim

Re: Backup of file attributes Windows

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi Marc.

So it is not theoretically possible to isolate the permission part and keep
that versioned in the TSM database? Is there any other way to avoid the
problem mentioned(dedup would take care of the doubling of backup data but
is not applicable to our setup).

Hans Chr.

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Marc Lanteigne 
wrote:

> Hi Hans,
>
> File permissions are part of the file, on the filesystem, they are stored
> inside the file.  When backed up, the whole file is backed up, which
> includes the permissions.  The permissions are not stored in the server
> database.  That's why the entire file is backed up.  It would be different
> if file permissions were stored outside the file, then Spectrum Protect
> could backup just the permissions.
>
> Also, the permissions are needed for the restore.  So if an admin does a
> mistake while updating the permissions, they can restore the previous
> version with the previous permission.  If the permissions were updated on
> the file without backing it up, it would be impossible to restore the
> previous permissions.
>
> It would also be near impossible to update permissions on existing backups.
> Tapes are sequential, so it's impossible to do an update to the file on an
> existing tape.  The same applies for file pools.  Furthermore, the server
> doesn't know what the data is, it's unaware of permissions, it's just
> storing bytes for the client.
>
> -
> Thanks,
> Marc...
> 
> Marc Lanteigne
> Accelerated Value Specialist for Spectrum Protect
> 416.478.0233 | marclantei...@ca.ibm.com
> Office Hours:  Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 16:00 Eastern
>
> Follow me on: Twitter, developerWorks, LinkedIn
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hans Christian Riksheim [mailto:bull...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 8:48 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Backup of file attributes Windows
>
> When our customers changes permissions on their file servers there is total
> chaos with new full backup of everything and no practical method to get rid
> of the extra backup data. I think our customers should be able to do this
> without paying twice as much for their backups.
>
> From what I have heard TSM couldn't just update these files because there
> is too much overhead keeping this information in the database. However in
> the meantime TSM has gone from the proprietary database in v5 to a full DB2
> which should handle this well.
>
> It would be nice if IBM took a look at this problem and came up with a
> solution. Don't know if other TSM admins think this is an issue though.
>
> Hans Chr. Riksheim
>

Command to only backup and clear archive logs

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Does TSM/DB2 have that possibility, like Oracle MSSQL?

Problem is when the archivelog filesystem goes full we have to wait for the
full dbbackup to be finished before archive logs are backed up and cleared.
Since we have to disable all sessions and other processes(this generates
even more logs) we have several hours of outage each time this happens.



Hans Chr.

Re: Command to only backup and clear archive logs

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

it takes  1,5 hours for 1,3 TB of database if everything is OK.. Two
streams to tape.  Problem is sometimes that is too long time if the
dbbackup is triggered when the log is 80(?) percent and something is going
on which creates lot of archivelogs. Like reorganization.. I think it was
more convenient with TSM version 5 where "backup incremental" would clear
the log in no time.

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 12:53 AM, Harris, Steven <
steven.har...@btfinancialgroup.com> wrote:

> Hans Chr.
>
> What are you backing your DB up to?  Could you use some flash disk or
> tiered disk storage?  Create a special device class just for this
> situation, backup your database to it, then immediately start your normal
> DB backup.  As soon as the normal backup is complete you can delete the
> fast disk backup and return the space.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
> Steven Harris
> TSM Admin/Consultant
> Canberra Australia
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Remco Post
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 February 2018 2:11 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Command to only backup and clear archive logs
>
> you need a bigger archive log, or better backup performance (more recent
> versions of TSM allow you to specify the number of parallel sessions in set
> dbrecovery).
>
> > Op 19 feb. 2018, om 10:22 heeft Hans Christian Riksheim <
> bull...@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> >
> > Does TSM/DB2 have that possibility, like Oracle MSSQL?
> >
> > Problem is when the archivelog filesystem goes full we have to wait
> > for the full dbbackup to be finished before archive logs are backed up
> and cleared.
> > Since we have to disable all sessions and other processes(this
> > generates even more logs) we have several hours of outage each time this
> happens.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hans Chr.
>
> --
>
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>
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VMFolder in VMware backups

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Any tip to include any sub folder? I have always believed they were
included but now I see they are not. Not sure if this behavior has changed
with versions. Not helping that the documentation tells nothing about this
very important matter and turning yet another simple thing into a research
project.

Hans C. Riksheim

Re: [EXT] [ADSM-L] VMFolder in VMware backups

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi Matthew.

I do mostly cluster level backups but for some installations we have
folders assigned to different customers and need a separate data mover for
each. Without a subdir=yes type backup we get into the fun situation where
someone has made a new sub folder without informing us.

TSM has advanced and granular rules for file inclusion/exclusion but the
TDP Vmware rules are too rudimentary to be useful in my opinion.

As I understand IBM is abandoning the TSM way of doing things where the TSM
admin controls the backup process with rules and policies and we will
probably not see any improvement. If the responsibility of doing image
backups is transferred to our VMware guys they will choose the backup
software and TSM won't be on the short list. IBM should be aware of that.

Hans Chr.

On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 4:36 PM Matthew McGeary 
wrote:

> Good morning Hans,
>
> Subfolders have never worked with the -vmfolder option, which has driven
> me crazy for years.  I gave up and went to cluster-level backups.
>
> __
> Matthew McGeary
> Senior Advisor, Datacenter
> Information Technology
> T: (306) 933-8921
> www.nutrien.com
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Hans Christian Riksheim
> Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 12:21 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [EXT] [ADSM-L] VMFolder in VMware backups
>
> WARNING: This email originated from outside of the organization. Exercise
> caution when viewing attachments, clicking links, or responding to requests.
>
>
> Any tip to include any sub folder? I have always believed they were
> included but now I see they are not. Not sure if this behavior has changed
> with versions. Not helping that the documentation tells nothing about this
> very important matter and turning yet another simple thing into a research
> project.
>
> Hans C. Riksheim
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Re: [EXT] [ADSM-L] VMFolder in VMware backups

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Issued a PMR and from what I can gather it is theoretically impossible to
include subfolders due to VMware design.

BTW , anyone know if there is any effort towards the ability to exclude
pagefile.sys? That one is killing my dedup ratio.

Hans Chr.

On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 11:12 AM Hans Christian Riksheim 
wrote:

> Hi Matthew.
>
> I do mostly cluster level backups but for some installations we have
> folders assigned to different customers and need a separate data mover for
> each. Without a subdir=yes type backup we get into the fun situation where
> someone has made a new sub folder without informing us.
>
> TSM has advanced and granular rules for file inclusion/exclusion but the
> TDP Vmware rules are too rudimentary to be useful in my opinion.
>
> As I understand IBM is abandoning the TSM way of doing things where the
> TSM admin controls the backup process with rules and policies and we will
> probably not see any improvement. If the responsibility of doing image
> backups is transferred to our VMware guys they will choose the backup
> software and TSM won't be on the short list. IBM should be aware of that.
>
> Hans Chr.
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 4:36 PM Matthew McGeary <
> matthew.mcge...@nutrien.com> wrote:
>
>> Good morning Hans,
>>
>> Subfolders have never worked with the -vmfolder option, which has driven
>> me crazy for years.  I gave up and went to cluster-level backups.
>>
>> __
>> Matthew McGeary
>> Senior Advisor, Datacenter
>> Information Technology
>> T: (306) 933-8921
>> www.nutrien.com
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Hans Christian Riksheim
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 12:21 AM
>> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
>> Subject: [EXT] [ADSM-L] VMFolder in VMware backups
>>
>> WARNING: This email originated from outside of the organization. Exercise
>> caution when viewing attachments, clicking links, or responding to requests.
>>
>>
>> Any tip to include any sub folder? I have always believed they were
>> included but now I see they are not. Not sure if this behavior has changed
>> with versions. Not helping that the documentation tells nothing about this
>> very important matter and turning yet another simple thing into a research
>> project.
>>
>> Hans C. Riksheim
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Re: [EXT] [ADSM-L] VMFolder in VMware backups

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi Del.

Tagging is OK. It means that our VMware guys will be managing the backups
and I am not sure if they will choose TSM.

Deploying an extra disk just for pagefile.sys, reconfiguring and rebooting
thousands of VMs is a lot of work. Much easier if the product has the
ability to do exclusions. Like Veeam. IBM should step up.

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 3:34 PM Del Hoobler  wrote:

> VMware tagging was introduced as a better solution for managing backups
> (vs. VMFOLDER/subfolder).
>
> As for pagefile.sys ... one solution is to place the pagefile on its own
> volume and exclude that volume.You can also set this disk as Independent
> (VMware Edit Settings) and it will not participate in the snapshot, the
> vmprocessindependent=yes option will allow the backup of the VM skipping
> any Independent disk.
>
>
> Del
>
> 
>
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 07/10/2018
> 09:17:00 AM:
>
> > From: Hans Christian Riksheim 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 07/10/2018 09:17 AM
> > Subject: Re: [EXT] [ADSM-L] VMFolder in VMware backups
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > Issued a PMR and from what I can gather it is theoretically impossible
> to
> > include subfolders due to VMware design.
> >
> > BTW , anyone know if there is any effort towards the ability to exclude
> > pagefile.sys? That one is killing my dedup ratio.
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 11:12 AM Hans Christian Riksheim
> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Matthew.
> > >
> > > I do mostly cluster level backups but for some installations we have
> > > folders assigned to different customers and need a separate data mover
> for
> > > each. Without a subdir=yes type backup we get into the fun situation
> where
> > > someone has made a new sub folder without informing us.
> > >
> > > TSM has advanced and granular rules for file inclusion/exclusion but
> the
> > > TDP Vmware rules are too rudimentary to be useful in my opinion.
> > >
> > > As I understand IBM is abandoning the TSM way of doing things where
> the
> > > TSM admin controls the backup process with rules and policies and we
> will
> > > probably not see any improvement. If the responsibility of doing image
> > > backups is transferred to our VMware guys they will choose the backup
> > > software and TSM won't be on the short list. IBM should be aware of
> that.
> > >
> > > Hans Chr.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 4:36 PM Matthew McGeary <
> > > matthew.mcge...@nutrien.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Good morning Hans,
> > >>
> > >> Subfolders have never worked with the -vmfolder option, which has
> driven
> > >> me crazy for years.  I gave up and went to cluster-level backups.
> > >>
> > >> __
> > >> Matthew McGeary
> > >> Senior Advisor, Datacenter
> > >> Information Technology
> > >> T: (306) 933-8921
> > >> www.nutrien.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -Original Message-
> > >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On
> Behalf
> Of
> > >> Hans Christian Riksheim
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 12:21 AM
> > >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > >> Subject: [EXT] [ADSM-L] VMFolder in VMware backups
> > >>
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> > >> included but now I see they are not. Not sure if this behavior has
> changed
> > >> with versions. Not helping that the documentation tells nothing about
> this
> > >> very important matter and turning yet another simple thing into a
> research
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Download SP VE 8.1.6

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

We need that version to support vSphere 6.7 but on PA only 8.12 and 8.1.4
exists. No one at PA support or IBM support can help so I address the
community.

(I have navigated ibm.com for half a day and feel 5 years older).

Hans Chr.

Re: Download SP VE 8.1.6

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Thanks, I overlooked that info in the client requirements.

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 4:39 PM Del Hoobler  wrote:

> HI Hans Chr.
>
> As shown in the announcement letter, Spectrum Protect 8.1.6 will be
> available on September 21.
>
>
> https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/897/ENUS218-316/index.html&request_locale=ja
>
>
> Del
>
> 
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 09/04/2018
> 10:31:57 AM:
>
> > From: Hans Christian Riksheim 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 09/04/2018 10:33 AM
> > Subject: Download SP VE 8.1.6
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > We need that version to support vSphere 6.7 but on PA only 8.12 and
> 8.1.4
> > exists. No one at PA support or IBM support can help so I address the
> > community.
> >
> > (I have navigated ibm.com for half a day and feel 5 years older).
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
>

Certification tests and Operations Center

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I have noticed an ever increasing number of questions about Operations
Center in the Certified Administrator exam.  As I see it Operations Center
is just one of several ways to do management and monitoring. There are
other third party solutions and many shops, like our own, has their own
customized solutions.

And what "real" TSM knowledge is demonstrated if you can answer the
following correctly?

"What information is displayed if you hover your mouse pointer over the
Server icon" (paraphrased).

At some point candidates with just a cursory understanding of TSM concepts
will pass the the exam just because they are familiar with a web
interface.  I think a deep knowledge of how policies work and all the other
intricacies of  TSM is much more valuable than remembering the ever
changing tabs, icons and colors in Operations Center.

Where is IBM going with this? Are we being forced to implement and use a
specific graphical management solution for the sole purpose of passing
future Certfication tests?

Hans Chr.

8.1.6.0 woes

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Just putting it out there.

We upgraded our SP servers to 8.1.6.0 and now all our file pools with
deduplication are corrupt. Several systems all running AIX.

Hans Chr.

Re: 8.1.6.0 woes

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Stefan.

Not a known issue. The PMR was submitted last Thursday and it was
transferred to L2 today.


Hans Chr.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 3:01 PM Stefan Folkerts 
wrote:

> Hi Hans,
>
> Did IBM support report that this is a known issue?
>
> Regards,
>Stefan
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 4:06 PM Hans Christian Riksheim  >
> wrote:
>
> > Just putting it out there.
> >
> > We upgraded our SP servers to 8.1.6.0 and now all our file pools with
> > deduplication are corrupt. Several systems all running AIX.
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
>

Re: 8.1.6.0 woes

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Afraid not. The case has just been sent to the developers.

Exciting times!

Hans Chr.

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 5:16 PM Stefan Folkerts 
wrote:

> Any clarity on this yet Hans?
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 5:26 PM Hans Christian Riksheim  >
> wrote:
>
> > Stefan.
> >
> > Not a known issue. The PMR was submitted last Thursday and it was
> > transferred to L2 today.
> >
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 3:01 PM Stefan Folkerts <
> stefan.folke...@gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Hans,
> > >
> > > Did IBM support report that this is a known issue?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >Stefan
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 4:06 PM Hans Christian Riksheim <
> > bull...@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Just putting it out there.
> > > >
> > > > We upgraded our SP servers to 8.1.6.0 and now all our file pools with
> > > > deduplication are corrupt. Several systems all running AIX.
> > > >
> > > > Hans Chr.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: any known issues with spectrum protect 8.1.6 and ANR1330E or ANR1331E messages?

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi Stefan.

We are in a similar situation with 8.1.6.0. You should open a ticket with
IBM support.

Hans Chr.

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 9:52 AM Tsm Tsm  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> after upgrading spectrum protect from 7.1.7.x to 8.1.6 we see a lot of
> errors on tapes
> beeing copied or moved.
>
> Before upgrade from version 7.1.7 we had no similar messages and the
> tapes have no read or write errors before.
>
>
>
>
> with best regards
> stefan savoric
>

Re: 8.1.6.0 woes

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

That is worrying.

Our audit runs now.

Hans Chr.

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 5:57 PM Christoph Martin 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Am 30.10.18 um 18:52 schrieb Colin Dawson:
> > Hi Hans, Stefan, and everyone,
> >
> > Spectrum Protect development has identified this issue.  The 8.1.6.0
> > servers can fail to read from sequential media storage pools under some
> > circumstances.  Please contact IBM support and an efix can be provided
> > which resolves this issue.  The 8.1.6.0 code will be replaced on the FTP
> > site and FixCentral with a patched version, this is expected to be
> updated
> > before the end of the week.  And the 8.1.6.0 version in PPA will be
> > updated in the next couple weeks as well.
>
> We had the same issue after upgrade from 8.1.5.100 to 8.1.6.0 with the
> ANR1330E and ANR1331E errors. We installed efix 6.1.6.006 which was
> supposed to fix the issue, but it doesn't.
>
> Support told us to do and audit volume on all affected volumes after the
> restart with the efix. After that a backup stg or a space reclamation
> would show the same errors as before.
>
> Regards
> Christoph
>
> (For Colin: See Case TS001523391)
>

Re: 8.1.6.0 woes

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi Colin.

why doesn't IBM pull the code immediately when it is evident there is
serious problems with it? We have been fully occupied with this mess for
the last 3 weeks.

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 6:53 PM Colin Dawson  wrote:

> Hi Hans, Stefan, and everyone,
>
> Spectrum Protect development has identified this issue.  The 8.1.6.0
> servers can fail to read from sequential media storage pools under some
> circumstances.  Please contact IBM support and an efix can be provided
> which resolves this issue.  The 8.1.6.0 code will be replaced on the FTP
> site and FixCentral with a patched version, this is expected to be updated
> before the end of the week.  And the 8.1.6.0 version in PPA will be
> updated in the next couple weeks as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Colin
> IBM Spectrum Protect Development
>
>
>
> From:   Hans Christian Riksheim 
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Date:   10/22/2018 09:16 AM
> Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] 8.1.6.0 woes
> Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
>
>
>
> Afraid not. The case has just been sent to the developers.
>
> Exciting times!
>
> Hans Chr.
>
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 5:16 PM Stefan Folkerts
> 
> wrote:
>
> > Any clarity on this yet Hans?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 5:26 PM Hans Christian Riksheim
>  > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Stefan.
> > >
> > > Not a known issue. The PMR was submitted last Thursday and it was
> > > transferred to L2 today.
> > >
> > >
> > > Hans Chr.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 3:01 PM Stefan Folkerts <
> > stefan.folke...@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Hans,
> > > >
> > > > Did IBM support report that this is a known issue?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >Stefan
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 4:06 PM Hans Christian Riksheim <
> > > bull...@gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Just putting it out there.
> > > > >
> > > > > We upgraded our SP servers to 8.1.6.0 and now all our file pools
> with
> > > > > deduplication are corrupt. Several systems all running AIX.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hans Chr.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: Windows ARL change

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Is it technically possible to develop a client that extracts the ACLs
during backup and store these as separate metadata? We are having the same
challenge and who knows how much unnecessary backup data our customers are
paying for.

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 7:25 PM Andrew Raibeck  wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> If SKIPNTPERMISSIONS YES is in effect, then SKIPNTSECURITYCRC might be
> moot, but yes, you have the idea.
>
> I would agree that setting SKIPNTSECURITYCRC YES and using the default
> SKIPNTPERMISSIONS value can present a challenge since you cannot know which
> files are restored with the latest permissions.
>
> If security permissions are important to the organization, then best to
> just use the default values and back them up. If the organization chooses
> to skip the permissions during the regular incremental backup, then best be
> sure an alternate permissions backup and recovery plan is in place. Example
> of a follow-on complication: What if someone does a restore, but forgets to
> apply the separate procedure to put the correct permissions back?
>
> For the general usage case, I can only repeat what I said earlier (lest
> someone else coming into the middle of this discussion misses it):  Best
> practice to ensure the most complete incremental backup is to allow the
> data to be backed up, even if only the security has changed. Before doing
> otherwise, proceed with caution, thinking about future ramifications of
> using non-default values for these options.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
>
> 
>
> Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 2018-11-06
> 11:13:21:
>
> > From: Robert Talda 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 2018-11-06 11:19
> > Subject: Re: Windows ARL change
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > Andy, et al:
> >   Shared the meat of this discussion with our end users.  A question
> > came up about restores.
> >
> > Scenario:  Large Windows File Server on which the SP client is
> > configured with the SKIPNTSECURITYCRC is set to YES.
> >
> > End of academic year arrives in June with the usual turnover in
> > faculty and grad students, requiring a major permissions change that
> > impacts most of the files on the server.
> > However, the backups aren’t impacted because the SKIPNTSECURITYCRC
> > is set.  So the only files backed up with the new security are those
> > that are new or those with content changes.
> > This is an annual event
> >
> > Middle of November, file server melts down and all the files have to
> > be restored.
> >
> > Because new backup of copies were NOT made when security changes
> > were made, won’t the files be restored with the permissions as of
> > the time of backup?
> >
> > I believe the answer is “YES” - which results in a potential mess
> > for the end users.  Consider the case of a Word document created by
> > a postdoc 3 years ago that hasn’t been modified since but is still
> > used on an on-going basis by one or more classes.  The postdoc left
> > 2 years ago, so the file permissions on the file server were updated
> > accordingly - but no new backup copy created. In particular, a new
> > owner was assigned.   But when the file is restored, it is restored
> > with the permissions that have the postdoc as the owner.
> >
> > If that is so, then the end users don’t see much of a win from the
> > SKIPNTSECURITYCRC - while it saves a backup copy, it introduces the
> > potential for a lot more work finding and fixing all the outdated
> permissions.
> >
> > Now, if the SKIPNTPERMISSIONS option was also enabled, then this
> > issue goes away, because end users have already accepted that upon
> > restore, a permissions  setting has to occur.
> >
> > So, in our environment, it appears that settings should be either
> > - SKIPNTPERMISSIONS and SKIPNTSECURITYCRC enabled; OR
> > - SKIPNTPERMISSIONS and SKIPNTSECURITYCRC disabled
> >
> > Am I on the right track?
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > Robert Talda
> > EZ-Backup Systems Engineer
> > Cornell University
> > +1 607-255-8280
> > r...@cornell.edu
> >
> >
> > > On Nov 1, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Andrew Raibeck 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Bob,
> > >
> > >> Upon restore, user must rebuild security permissions.
> > >
> > > Are you perhaps thinking of the SKIPNTPERMISSIONS option, which forgoes
> > > backup of any permissions? In that case, for sure you have to rebuild
> > > security permissions after the restore. Outside of a user-specific edge
> > > case, do not specify that option, just use the implicit default (which
> > > happens to be NO).
> > >
> > > SKIPNTSECURITYCRC is not the same, as it merely removes the permissions
> > > from the criteria that go into determining whether files have changed.
> > > However, when files are backed up, permissions are included with the
> > > backup, provided you did not set SKIPNTPERMISSIONS YES.
> > >
> > > In the scenario I described previously

Re: Windows ARL change

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

yes I can submit an RFE. However without being an expert on Windows I think
I need some help formulating it.

We use mostly diskpool->tape for file backups.

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 2:01 PM Andrew Raibeck  wrote:

> Yes, technically speaking, it is possible, but is certainly not trivial. If
> this is a requirement please consider opening an RFE for this.
>
> Have you looked at deduplication? Those would certainly mitigate the impact
> of security-only changes.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andy
>
>
> 
>
> Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 2018-11-13
> 05:16:25:
>
> > From: Hans Christian Riksheim 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 2018-11-13 07:30
> > Subject: Re: Windows ARL change
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > Is it technically possible to develop a client that extracts the ACLs
> > during backup and store these as separate metadata? We are having the
> same
> > challenge and who knows how much unnecessary backup data our customers
> are
> > paying for.
> >
> > Hans Chr.
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 7:25 PM Andrew Raibeck 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Bob,
> > >
> > > If SKIPNTPERMISSIONS YES is in effect, then SKIPNTSECURITYCRC might be
> > > moot, but yes, you have the idea.
> > >
> > > I would agree that setting SKIPNTSECURITYCRC YES and using the default
> > > SKIPNTPERMISSIONS value can present a challenge since you cannot know
> which
> > > files are restored with the latest permissions.
> > >
> > > If security permissions are important to the organization, then best to
> > > just use the default values and back them up. If the organization
> chooses
> > > to skip the permissions during the regular incremental backup, then
> best be
> > > sure an alternate permissions backup and recovery plan is in place.
> Example
> > > of a follow-on complication: What if someone does a restore, but
> forgets to
> > > apply the separate procedure to put the correct permissions back?
> > >
> > > For the general usage case, I can only repeat what I said earlier (lest
> > > someone else coming into the middle of this discussion misses it):
> Best
> > > practice to ensure the most complete incremental backup is to allow the
> > > data to be backed up, even if only the security has changed. Before
> doing
> > > otherwise, proceed with caution, thinking about future ramifications of
> > > using non-default values for these options.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> 
>
> > >
> > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
> > >
> > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 2018-11-06
> > > 11:13:21:
> > >
> > > > From: Robert Talda 
> > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > > Date: 2018-11-06 11:19
> > > > Subject: Re: Windows ARL change
> > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> > > >
> > > > Andy, et al:
> > > >   Shared the meat of this discussion with our end users.  A question
> > > > came up about restores.
> > > >
> > > > Scenario:  Large Windows File Server on which the SP client is
> > > > configured with the SKIPNTSECURITYCRC is set to YES.
> > > >
> > > > End of academic year arrives in June with the usual turnover in
> > > > faculty and grad students, requiring a major permissions change that
> > > > impacts most of the files on the server.
> > > > However, the backups aren’t impacted because the SKIPNTSECURITYCRC
> > > > is set.  So the only files backed up with the new security are those
> > > > that are new or those with content changes.
> > > > This is an annual event
> > > >
> > > > Middle of November, file server melts down and all the files have to
> > > > be restored.
> > > >
> > > > Because new backup of copies were NOT made when security changes
> > > > were made, won’t the files be restored with the permissions as of
> > > > the time of backup?
> > > >
> > > > I believe the answer is “YES” - which results in a potential mess
> &

Windows 2016 and systemstate backups

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Anyone else have problems with Windows2016 and VSS ? We have had very
little issues on Windows2008/2012 but now it seems to reappear. Looks like
the source of the problem is Windows itself and not SP.

Hans Chr,

Re: Version 8.1.7 client is out and it is huge

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Is it possible to install the client without a running web-server and
without the client listening to any port? (CAD controlled scheduler,
polling).

Hans Chr.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 6:07 AM Mark Yakushev  wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> The increase in size is attributed mostly to this item:
>
> "Simplified and secure web-based portal for remote file-level recoveries"
>
> The client includes a web server now.
>
> - Mark
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 02/22/2019
> 01:39:57 PM:
>
> > From: Tom Alverson 
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 02/22/2019 01:41 PM
> > Subject: [ADSM-L] Version 8.1.7 client is out and it is huge
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > The new version that supports Server 2019 is out and it is about twice as
> > large as previous verisons.  No idea why yet.  Here are the fixes
> >
> > https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10872614
> >
> > Here are the download links:
> >
> > https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10872618
> >
>

MSSQL retention for deleted databases

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Newbie question(only 18 years of experience with TSM) :

How do I ensure that deleted databases get inactivated and expired
according to the copygroup settings? As far as I know inactivation of
copies >retonly occurs when the database is backed up. If the database is
removed all active copies will stay active forever and it is now a manual
task to inactivate them from the client.

Regards,

Hans Chr.

Re: MSSQL retention for deleted databases

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Thanks Skylar.

I noticed it was possible to inactive by running "tdpsqlc inactivate "
but the problem from our TSM side is that we don't notice these things and
doing regular investigations into this matter is a chore. Wondered if there
could be some settings or other tricks to automate this.

Regards,

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 4:17 PM Skylar Thompson  wrote:

> A few ways to do it:
>
> 1. Run a full incremental backup on the node after the database is removed
> 2. Use the client-side EXPIRE command with a list of paths to mark inactive
> 3. If the entire node is going away, use the server-side DECOMMISSION NODE
> command (take note of the caveats in the documentation though)
>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 04:08:58PM +0100, Hans Christian Riksheim wrote:
> > Newbie question(only 18 years of experience with TSM) :
> >
> > How do I ensure that deleted databases get inactivated and expired
> > according to the copygroup settings? As far as I know inactivation of
> > copies >retonly occurs when the database is backed up. If the database is
> > removed all active copies will stay active forever and it is now a manual
> > task to inactivate them from the client.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Hans Chr.
>
> --
> -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu)
> -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
> -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
> -- University of Washington School of Medicine
>

Re: Vote for feature: Media lifecycle

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Voted.

A few years ago I made an RFE requesting the ability to do audit library
without using half a day shutting down all the library clients but it was
rejected. Hope this goes better.

hc

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 9:28 AM Jansen, Jonas 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> maybe some of you may require automated media lifecycle to. In case you
> wish
> this feature, vote for this feature request:
>
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=131259
>
> Best regards,
> ---
> Jonas Jansen
>
> IT Center
> Gruppe: Server & Storage
> Abteilung: Systeme & Betrieb
> RWTH Aachen University
> Seffenter Weg 23
> 52074 Aachen
> Tel: +49 241 80-28784
> Fax: +49 241 80-22134
> jan...@itc.rwth-aachen.de
> www.itc.rwth-aachen.de
>
>
>
>

Re: Issues with ARCHFAILOVERLOG

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Does DB2 have the ability to do just an archivelog backup(no full) and
clear them afterwards like other RDBMs(Oracle/MSSQL)? That would be
convenient where the log space is filling up too fast for a full +
archivelog to go through. Been in that desparate situation several times.

Hans Chr.

On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 3:59 PM Zoltan Forray  wrote:

> ISP 7.1.7.400 RHEL 7
>
> Our offsite replica server ran out of archlog space eventhough we have
> ARCHFAILOVERLOG defined. Both filesystems are 1TB but it barely used 10% of
> the failover space while filling up the archlog filesystem to 100%. DB
> backup kicked in but couldn't finish (3TB) fast enough before archlog
> filled so it is hung unable to run a normal DB backup ("DIA8312C Disk was
> full." errors in db2diag.
>
> We have "ARCHLOGUSEDTHRESHOLD  65" set but still didn't help.
>
> So what is the value of ARCHFAILOVERLOG if it didn't help in this
> scenario?  Right now I am trying to run a manual DB2 level backup to clear
> things out.  My thoughts are to forget ARCHFAILOVERLOG and simply expand
> the primary archlog to the full 2TB of space.
>
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator
> VMware Administrator
> Xymon Monitor Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
> www.ucc.vcu.edu
> 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://phishing.vcu.edu/
>

Equivalent of UNIX "tail/head" in TSM SQL query

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,
 
I am trying to make some useful reports by queryring the TSM database,
but I can not find out how to fetch the first N rows in that query. In
the DB2-manuals I find the "fetch" command, but it does not seem to work
here. Also tried googling and searching the archives here.
 
 
Example where I only want the first 20 results:
 
select filespaces.node_name as "NODE", filespaces.filespace_name as
"FILESYSTEM_NAME", substr(char(filespaces.backup_end), 1, 10) as
"LAST_BACKUP" from filespaces order by 3 asc fetch first 20 rows only

I am using Tivoli Storage Manager version 5, Release 1, Level 7.3

 

 

Thanks,

 

Hans Chr. Riksheim

 

Re: Equivalent of UNIX "tail/head" in TSM SQL query

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

 

> Install Perl on your (I assume) Windows machine and imbed your select
statement within a Perl script that does what you > > want.
> 
> Welcome to an operating system that doesn't come with anything
resembling a decent scripting language.


Usually Perl is what I use on all platforms, but in this case it is not
possible. This because the SQL is made within TSM Console which gives no
such options.


Best regards

Hans Chr. Riksheim 

Re: Equivalent of UNIX "tail/head" in TSM SQL query

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Thank you for the information!

Since it doesn't work I limit the searches by a 'where' statement.


(Btw. any reason for the limitations? Are they afraid we're going to use
the TSM-database for other purposes?)


Best regards

Hans Chr.
 

---
Hans - The TSM database is not an SQL db.  The SQL operations which can
   be performed are extremely limited, to what is described in the
TSM Admin Guide and Admin Ref manuals, and the Technical Guide redbook.
And the overhead of some SQL operations can be prohibitive.
In particular, there is no way to limit a table search or its results
set.

  Richard Sims   http://people.bu.edu/rbs

Re: Equivalent of UNIX "tail/head" in TSM SQL query

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Yes, that is possible. Wrapping perl around a lot of TSM-queries has
been my method of choice until recently. But then I heard about TSM
Console and used that since. I really recommend it. Takes about two
minutes to set up and you have it running with a default report. Fully
customizable with your own specialized SQl-queries, alarms etc. Set it
to mail the report automatically to the TSM-administrators and local
client administrators can be automatically notifed when the client
schedule has 'missed' or 'failed'. 

Use another 10 minutes to set up Apache and these reports are available
on the web. 

Usually I am sceptical about these products and prefer the
script/hack-method, but TSM Console is great.

It's free. Try downloading it from IBM(search for TSM Operational
Reporting)


Best regards

Hans Chr.




 

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Warren, Matthew (Retail)
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Equivalent of UNIX "tail/head" in TSM SQL query

A moot point from me, as Richard has settled the DB type question but,

You should still be able to execute system 'dsmadmc' commands and
collect the output into perl? IE, using the backticks notation or
system() or something similar to just do 

@output=`dsmadmc -id= -pa= select stuff from the_db where thingummies
are interesting`

or similar

no?



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Hans Christian Riksheim
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:49 PM
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Subject: Re: Equivalent of UNIX "tail/head" in TSM SQL query

 

> Install Perl on your (I assume) Windows machine and imbed your select
statement within a Perl script that does what you > > want.
> 
> Welcome to an operating system that doesn't come with anything
resembling a decent scripting language.


Usually Perl is what I use on all platforms, but in this case it is not
possible. This because the SQL is made within TSM Console which gives no
such options.


Best regards

Hans Chr. Riksheim 


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Re: TSM 6.1 Installation Problems

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Thanks for the pioneer work with 6.1! Myself and other free riders are
in deep gratitude to those contributing to making version 6 stable and
useful. When the dust settles in a year or so I too may choose to
upgrade knowing that others have taken the risk of losing their data and
personal sanity in making version 6 a success.

Frankly, I am a bit worried. I look at the bloat at Passport
Advantage(4GB download for reporting? Seriuos?) and it seems that every
piece of s**t software that IBM has produced now is forced upon us.
Already TSM in itself has a steep learning curve with a lot of different
"strange" concepts, but IBM obviously doesn't seem to think this is
enough in their ongoing effort to scare off potential customers. An
installation of 6.1 with reporting and administration on a small site
with for example a 2 drive, 40 slot library will require how many
servers? 3? One for TSM, one for admin and one for reporting?

Hope TSM don't end up as DB2, a database in use by IBM only shops.

I apologize in advance for the negativity expressed above.


Hans Chr.


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Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:05 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: TSM 6.1 Installation Problems

I could write a book. I have personally opened 4-apars and have tripped
upon numerous other issues.

As for the DB backups required to clear the transaction archive logs:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6/topic/com.ibm.itsm.s
rv.doc/c_archive_log_space.html

This one caught me off guard. I was testing 6.1 by ex/importing a large
node (which I am going to eventually move, in reality).  With 40M
objects to move, it blew out 350GB of my 450GB disk, in transaction
archive logs.
I was unaware (yeah, yeah.RTFM..) of the requirement for 3-FULL DB
backups (I now schedule 3-FULL DB backups every day) per the document
linked to, above.

Speaking of the DB backups, currently, the majority of them end up with
a timestamp of 2047/11/30, thus making a standard "del volhist"
worthless (keep having to use FORCE to delete them).  See IC61173.



From:
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To:
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Date:
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Subject:
Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.1 Installation Problems Sent by:
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>> On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:58:50 -0400, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
 said:


> I agree - way too unstable for production.  Watch out for the hidden
> storage/disk requirements plus the need for 3-FULL DB backups before
> it purges archived transaction logs!


More details, Zoltan?


- Allen S. Rout

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Re: File Device class question

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

could you tell us more about that SAN meltdown. It is a rather rare
occurence.

Best regards

Hans Chr.

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Rodney Luk
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 8:24 PM
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Subject: Re: File Device class question

Thanks for the advice, but we would like to put the onsite backup on
disk for fast restore purpose. We had a SAN melt down last year and it
took 3 days to restore 70 VM servers. So we would really like to put the
backup on disk. In addition, how much GB you would recommend for a FILE
volume? I read some forum, someone recommend 25GB and some recommend
50GB.

Thanks
Rodney

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Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] File Device class question

If it is only Exchange data that is kept forever, you should just put
the exchange data in its own pool and keep checking them out for onsite
storage.
Since they don't expire, you should have to worry about reclamation.
You can leave all the other stuff in the library and let it reclaim as
needed.


Regards,
Shawn

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Hi,

Our 3584 library, it holds 270 tapes, is full because we keep our
exchange backup forever. I had to checkout some tapes for onsite
storage. However, we come to the point that it makes reclamation very
inefficiency since tapes are not in the library. I am thinking to create
a new Domain and move some nodes to the new domain. Create a FILE class
pool on disk for onsite restore that associate with the new domain. For
now on the current domain, our primary pool is on tapes. A copy tape
pool is send to offsite for DR.
My question is should I use the current copy tape pool or create a new
copy tape pool bind to the new domain. In addition, any suggest solution
for a situation that I have now? I am sorry I am new to TSM, I hope I
explain well the situation we have now.

Thanks
Rodney



  
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Re: Some advice about compression=yes to perform IMAGE backup

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

In my experience client side compression on W2K/Intel is quite fast but on AIX 
it is very slow. I have no idea why the difference is so huge.

This poses a problem on AIX when we do client side encryption since compression 
must be done before encryption.

Oracle RMAN has two alternate compression algorithms, the usual one(gzip I 
think) and zlib. The latter is much faster but the compressibility ratio is a 
little lower. I would like to see the TSM client offer an algorithm that takes 
less toll on CPU at the expense of compressibility.

Hans Chr.




Fra: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager på vegne av Stefan Holzwarth
Sendt: sø 2009-09-20 13:43
Til: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Emne: AW: Some advice about compression=yes to perform IMAGE backup



I'm a big fan of compression at the client side!

Compression at the client could even give you better performance.
It depends on the data and your environment.

Some pro's for client side compression:

Disk Storage pools at TSM server are more effective because there is more space
Only option if you have no tapes with hardware compression
Less IO at the TSM server (backup copypool, migration, reclamation)
Most CPUs in physical servers are underutilized and very powerful
Less network bandwidth needed (some of the possible bottlenecks)
We have very good experience with SQL TDP compression rates


Regards
Stefan Holzwarth

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> Auftrag von Skylar Thompson
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. September 2009 06:25
> An: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Betreff: Re: Some advice about compression=yes to perform IMAGE backup
>
> admbackup wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I am need some advice about using compression=yes for image backups
> >
> >
> > I need to perform image backups of mulitple disks on a
> windows 2008 server.  Most of them have like 1.45T of size.
> >
> > We are running out of tapes and I was thinking in using
> compression.  I know that it is recommended to set
> compressalways=yes on the TSM server when using compression,
> but I am not using compression for all the backups.  Is this
> parameter transparent for the client servers that dont use
> compression=yes?
> >
> > Also, how recommended is using compression for image
> backups??  I know that it is going to increasse the time that
> the backup takes but I have a lot of time windows to perform
> those image backups (All the weekend)
> >
>
> What kind of tapes do you use? You should probably stick with hardware
> compression if you can. Remember to not only think of the
> amount of time
> the backup takes, but the amount of time the restore is going to take.
> Hardware compression is going to take buy you performance,
> but software
> compression is going to lose you performance.
>
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Tuning 6.2 on AIX

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hello.

We are in the process of upgrading our TSM-servers on AIX(5,.3/6.1) to TSM
6.2. We have always used raw devices for disk stgpools, db and logs but with
6.2 jfs2 is the rule.

Any tip on mount options? Should cio be used anywhere? I understand that the
application will take care of caching for the DB and storage of type DISK
but it is difficult to predict that cio is a good thing anyway. Anyone been
down this road?

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SV: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I had the same problem and then I just kept the low maxcap and set reclaim=100 
for the stgpool that housed most of the large files with simlilar 
retention(Exchange, Oracle). Not sure if this is applicable to your setup.



HC







Fra: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager på vegne av Johnny Lea
Sendt: ti 2010-09-21 17:30
Til: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Emne: Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)



I am using file class on datadomain albeit 5.5.3.  Initially I set the maxcap 
at 25GB.  This seemed to work OK except my reclamation is getting out of hand.  
For example a 200GB file stored across several volumes is requiring the entire 
200GB being moved instead of only the part of the file on the volume getting 
reclaimed.
I've since tried to match volume size with average file sizes in a particular 
domain.

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
Grigori Solonovitch
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 2:49 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - 
Part Deux)

>So, have you migrated to devclass FILE?
I have migrated most of primary pools to devc/stgpool FILE and found 
them perfect (it was done as a preparation to use de-duplication in 6.x, by the 
way am still 5.5.4). It is good from any point of  view(backup, restore, making 
tape copies, etc). There is only one big disadvantage - cost of solution. By 
the way, with future de-duplication we are going to gain something in cost as 
well.

> For folks that are using devclass FILE, what values did you use for MAXCAP
> and/or MOUNTLimit?  How do you calculate/arrive at these numbers?
> Pro/con's for just letting the system determine MAXCAP?
 I was trying to find some information about calculating correct MAXCAP 
without any success. I think suitable MAXCAP is 32GB, 64GB, 128GB or 256 GB. I 
formated all primary pools with 64GB volumes and found no problems. Using 
bigger volumes can cause some problems. For example, it can limit number of 
mounts (parallel operations) - for volumes 256GB in 2TB storage pool number of 
mounts is limited to 8, because there is only 8 volumes in storage pool. I 
think values for MAXCAP and MOUNTLIMIT totally depend on size of storage pool 
and required number of parallel operations (backup and restores). KEEP IN MIND 
- MOUNTLIMIT is working only if there is enough volumes with status FILLING or 
EMPTY. FULL volumes can be mounted only for restore operations. Of course, 
problem can be resolved by creating required number of empty volumes, if there 
is no limit in storage pool size, but it is a dream of every admin.

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AIX JFS2 tuning with DB2 on TSM6.2

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi!

I have not found any recommended settings for JFS2 for the database in TSM6.2.

Should I mount the db filesystems cio or dio or leave them with default mount 
options?

Hans Chr.

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Re: tsm v6 mem requirements for dedicated library manager instance

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I have an AIX-server with 8G RAM and two TSMv6 instances, one of them a
library manager. The library manager has capped DBMEMPERCENT=12. I have also
set up a dedicated configuration manager(which should be comparable to a lib
manager) in a VM with 2008R2 with 2G of RAM.

Both works fine.

Hans Chr.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Richard Rhodes
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> Hi,
>
> We are looking at purchasing new AIX servers for our TSM  systems.  These
> need to cover our eventual TSM v6 conversion.  The one area where we're
> confused is our library manager instance.
>
> Any suggestions on the memory needs for a v6 dedicated library manager TSM
> instance?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick
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Re: ULTRIUM4C but not 1.6TB

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

If a LTO4 tape holds more than 800GB compression is on.

At our place, file data only has a 1.1:1 compression while Oracle data and
mail is 2.5:1. Overall it is 2:1.

Hans Chr.


On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Mehdi Salehi  wrote:

> Hi,
> Drives are LTO4, devclass is ULTRIUM4C, but all "Full" volumes are between
> 800GB to 1TB. Is it normal? It seems TSM does not use compression.
>
> Mehdi
>

Re: Anybody not happy with TSM V6?

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

 We are mostly happy with our upgrade to 6.2.2 on AIX, but keep in mind that
6.2.2 likes to have a lot of CPU so maybe an upgrade to Power7 should be
considered.

Expiration is normally run much quicker in v6 but it varies a lot.
Esepcially after a TSM restart it seems to be slow like DB2 has to warm up
or something and backups have a tendency to hang during the first 24 hours
of operation. I have no explanation for this.

Hans Chr,

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Johnny Lea  wrote:

> I know I should probably upgrade to v6 but I've been really happy with 5.5.
>  When version 6.1 came out I played around with it but couldn't get
> everything working properly and didn't spend a lot of time on it and at the
> time didn't see any advantages to upgrading.
> But I think I just ran across my first problem that TSM support tells me
> was fixed in v6.1.3.  I'm wondering if I'm going to run across more and more
> problems that would require going to v6 to get the fix.
>
> I'm backing up about 400 nodes at about 5TB per night using all file class
> (Datadomain).
> Is it time for me to take the plunge?
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Re: 1024 DB2 database connection limit on AIX

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

I expect IBM to make a fix very soon that will up this limit. If not we will
seriously consider other architectures. We prefer AIX for a number of
reasons. Long, tedious and risky procedures to circumvent artificial limits
is not one of them.

For me TSM v6 has failed to live up to its expectations. Two years now and
it still feels beta like.

Regards,

Hans Chr.








On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Remco Post  wrote:

> I'm still wondering, with enterprise databases like db2, enterprise
> operating systems like AIX and enterprise backups like TSM, isn't there a
> better way to handle this than by using TCP/IP? It seems that only AIX has
> this limit
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:11 PM, John Monahan
> wrote:
>
> >
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?tcss=Newsletter&uid=swg21428557
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone on the list has run into this issue or if someone
> > from IBM can clarify or give examples to quantify slightly better than
> > "servers with large workloads".  How large a DB?  How many clients?  How
> > much backed up nightly?  At least give something in the ballpark so TSM
> > admins can make an educated decision if they need to consider this
> problem
> > upfront.  Putting in a large server and then crossing your fingers that
> you
> > don't reach the limit isn't really a good customer support strategy.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > ___
> > John Monahan
> > Delivery Consultant
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>
>
>
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>
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Expiration causes backups to hang

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

anyone else have this problem? Running 6.2.2 on AIX 6.1. Submitting a PMR on
this in parallell.

When I say hang I mean a complete hang. All incoming backups stops. Traffic
is resumed when we cancel expiration.

Hans Chr.

Re: Expiration causes backups to hang

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Problem is resolved.

We upgraded from 6.2.2.0 to 6.2.2.25(6.2.2.2 patch + efix) and expiration
rates are 5-10 times higher and no hangs yet. We observe that System State
expirations from 2008 servers are much faster now.

Hans Chr.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Hans Christian Riksheim  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> anyone else have this problem? Running 6.2.2 on AIX 6.1. Submitting a PMR
> on this in parallell.
>
> When I say hang I mean a complete hang. All incoming backups stops. Traffic
> is resumed when we cancel expiration.
>
> Hans Chr.
>

TSM client security question

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

If I have two customers connected to the same TSM-server, customer A can
retrieve the data of customer B if he gets hold of a TSM admin password.

Besides client side encryption, any method to prevent that?

Regards

Hans Chr. Riksheim

Re: TSM client security question

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Thomas Denier <
thomas.den...@jeffersonhospital.org> wrote:

> I have done cross-system restores using a TSM administrator account
> with system privilege, and the TSM client documentation indicates
> that I could have done the same thing if my account had policy privilege
> but not system privilege. The phrasing of your question seems to imply
> that a non-privileged administrator account could be used to retrieve
> data from other systems. How would this be done?


My problem is that the admin password is only one barrier against
unauthorized access to other customers data. Security wise this is not
sound. And on top of that, my experience is that admin passwords are seldom
changed especially in setups with server-to-server connections.

It would be much better if the only way to restore node data was by knowing
the node password and login as the node itself. To use cross-system restores
you then had to first change the node password via an admin session. And the
admin session can be blocked from the customer through setting TCPADMINPORT,
"ADMINONCLIENTPORT NO" and firewall away the tcpadminport.

Hans Christian

How to completely get rid of TSM6.2/DB2 on AIX

[Hans Christian Riksheim]

Hi,

I've got a problem. An installation failed when creating an instance and I
decided to uninstall and start over. I removed the installation using the
uninstall script provided. But when I ran install.bin the next time it asked
for the password of the instance owner and then failed.

So it seems something is left behind after uninstall confusing the
installer.

Any idea what it might be? Expect reinstalling AIX of course.

AIX61 TL03

Hans Chr.