Re: Old tapes
Sorry, I think maybe you were also looking for clarification on your checkout command. This is what we use. checkout libvolume "library" "volume" checklabel=yes -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Zarnoch Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:17 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Old tapes Oh mighty Gurus. Please forgive my naive question.. We are running out of slots in our library and I have examined some of the tapes and have found that some of them haven't been read for 1 1/2 years and some haven't been written to in 3 or 4 years. Can I eject these tapes and store them in a rack? I tried 5 of them and used the following commands: update volume loc=shelf checkout libv checkl=no rem=b Is this kosher? Thanks! DaveZ
Re: Old tapes
#1, what's your retention for this data if you don't need it reuse the tapes. #2 if they aren't at 100% do "move data" on them to free up the tapes that way. #3 if your solution calls for long term storage then just check them out and you should be good to go. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Zarnoch Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:17 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Old tapes Oh mighty Gurus. Please forgive my naive question.. We are running out of slots in our library and I have examined some of the tapes and have found that some of them haven't been read for 1 1/2 years and some haven't been written to in 3 or 4 years. Can I eject these tapes and store them in a rack? I tried 5 of them and used the following commands: update volume loc=shelf checkout libv checkl=no rem=b Is this kosher? Thanks! DaveZ
Re: Failed Files
We use home grown scripts that spit the failed output to either email or pager when it errors out and writes to the log. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of CORP Rick Willmore Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 1:45 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Failed Files Anyone know of a different method in which I can determine the failed files of my clients without having to actually look at the schedlog ? R.
Re: DBtape won't go to scratch status
What is your reclamation set at on the DB2 pool? Have you tried running a move data on the tape to free it up?- -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 1:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: DBtape won't go to scratch status Hello all, Not sure If I wrote about this one before, I do know I had this problem before but was never able to get it resolved. I have a couple tapes that are in Dbackup and I would like to change to scratch status I tried using update library volume using the TSM Gui and received the following message ANR8443E UPDATE LIBVOLUME: Volume N00275 in library IBM3494R cannot be assigned a status of SCRATCH. The DBbackup volume has a date of 12/23/03. So that data is not valid Anyone ever had a tape problem like this? Thanks in advance!
Re: MOVE DATA wants some other tapes
Either look in the logs or have a console running at the same time when you attempt the move data. The addtional tapes required will write to either the log or the console. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 9:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MOVE DATA wants some other tapes On Dec 10, 2004, at 9:57 AM, Tuncel Mutlu (B.T.B.S.V.Y.G.) wrote: > ...How can I understand if the tape to move will ask for > another tape and which tape it will ask ? For full use of volumes, and where files may even be larger than volumes, TSM will span a file (Aggregate) from one volume to another as it fills one volume and goes on to another. You can use 'Query CONTent F=D Count=1' on the subject of your Move Data to see if it starts with data which spans from another volume (and Count=-1 to see if it spans to another vol). There is no ready way to determine what the other volume is, short of initiating the Move Data, or researching the Activity Log for when the volume transition occurred. Richard Sims
Re: Version 5, Release 2, Level 3.2
The look and feel of the GUI has changed, most of my scripts won't work now so I have just begun to dig into what changes have disabled them and the SA's indicated that there is new reporting functionality built into this latest patch (but as of yet I've been unable to find what that is). -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stapleton, Mark Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Version 5, Release 2, Level 3.2 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Owings, Don >Hi list. We have recently upgraded to TSM Version 5, Release >2, Level 3.2. The SA community did the install and have no >follow up documentation. So far I've been unable to find any >related Admin reference docs or Redbooks. Since there have >been some obvious modifications with the upgrade I would like >to understand all of the options available to me now :-) 5.2 is the latest version published. Try the READMEs that came with the maintenance level and patch downloads. (What modifications are obvious?) -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Berbee Information Networks Office 262.521.5627
Re: Version 5, Release 2, Level 3.2
Hi list. We have recently upgraded to TSM Version 5, Release 2, Level 3.2. The SA community did the install and have no follow up documentation. So far I've been unable to find any related Admin reference docs or Redbooks. Since there have been some obvious modifications with the upgrade I would like to understand all of the options available to me now :-) Thanks for any direction or assistance Don -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Del Hoobler Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SQL restore Luc, Yes. If using the GUI, after selecting the database on the restore tab use the right-mouse button on the database entry in order to enter the new database name... and also to choose the locations for the new database files. You can also do this from the command-line. You might find some other hints/tips in the User's Guide or on WWW.IBM.COM, search for: +tdp +sql +restore +alternate Thanks, Del "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/13/2004 09:55:58 AM: > Hi All > > Is there a way to restore a SQL database on the same server but with a > different name > > thanks > > Luc
Re: Running out of tapes in my library, please help
I've also had to run an Audit Library when I've run into this situation. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Curtis Stewart Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Running out of tapes in my library, please help Sounds like you need to see the "move media" command. Try "help move media". [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chris Hund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/28/2004 10:56 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Running out of tapes in my library, please help Hello all, I'm still relatively new to Tivoli administration, so I'm hoping this problem I've come up against turns out to be something someone here has seen before. A number of months ago (before I joined my current team) my manager made the decision to increase the data retention period for our tape library from 3 months to 6 months. (I guess this is done at the management class level?) This decision was made without considering if we had enough tapes in our library to support the move, and is it turned out, we did not! My tape machines are nearly empty, and there are only a small handful of 3590's I can put in the machines which do not show up in a "q vol" report ... and all this is happening right before our monthly archive backups which are scheduled to run this coming Saturday night. On to my question... I need to start freeing up tapes with data older than 5 months. It seems to me that the way to accomplish this is with the "delete volume" command. However, when I execute this command versus a tape, I get the following message: * ANR1425W Scratch volume 000101 is empty but will not be deleted - volume state is "mountablenotinlib". * Here's the volume history for this tape: * Volume Name: 000101 Storage Pool Name: AIXPOOL Device Class Name: 3590TAPE01 Estimated Capacity (MB): 0.0 Pct Util: 0.0 Volume Status: Empty Access: Read-Only Pct. Reclaimable Space: 0.0 Scratch Volume?: Yes In Error State?: No Number of Writable Sides: 1 Number of Times Mounted: 1 Write Pass Number: 1 Approx. Date Last Written: 02/23/04 08:46:58 Approx. Date Last Read: 02/23/04 05:13:52 Date Became Pending: Number of Write Errors: 0 Number of Read Errors: 0 Volume Location: Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 02/23/04 22:20:38 * So basically, what I need to do is free up tapes such as the one above so that my 3494's will turn them into scratch volumes again. I couple of things confuse me here though. First, the tape above is already older than 6 months (or 180 days, which is what the retention period is set at), so why does it still show up on the "q vol" report? I'm assuming that any tape which shows up when you do a "q vol" won't be turned into a scratch volume. That would seem to be confirmed by this output from my "label" command: * ANR8816E LABEL LIBVOLUME: Volume 000101 in library 3494LIB cannot be labelled because it is currently defined in a storage pool or in the volume history file. * How do I get this tape out of the volume history file? I'm assuming this is an issue with the volume history file, as opposed to an issue with this tape being defined in a storage pool ... but maybe I'm wrong about that. We have a half dozen or so storage pools that our scratch tapes can get assigned to. As a side note, I have tapes on my "q vol" report which were written to last in 2003. Shouldn't those tapes age off that report if the backup copy group variable "Versions Data Exists" is set to 180? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm about to enter panic mode as I see the number of usable tapes in my library dwindle. As always, thank you, Chris Hund Tivoli/Unix Admin Fiserv Health
Re: Select for Tape Use
Why you ask? Because I'm having to justify ordering tapes and in order to do that I have to organize the data in order create some type of forecasting. What I'm looking for is a down and dirty select statement that just shows the previous nights usage. Maybe it's in TSM but I haven't found it, plus I'm dealing with TB's of data so I need it consolidated. Hope that clarifies what I'm trying to do. Don -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David E Ehresman Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Select for Tape Use > I'm looking for a select statement that shows exactly what tapes were used the previous night >and what was written to the tapes. Why? TSM keeps track of all that so you don't have to.
Select for Tapes
This may have already been posted previously, so I apologize if it's a repeat. I'm looking for a select statement that shows exactly what tapes were used the previous night and what was written to the tapes. I get the system generated report, but it's not very clear exactly what tapes are used for what. I'm suspecting this has come across before as this is my fourth attempt at posting, as I've been rejected each time. I can't handle the rejection anymore, this is my last time. Thanks in advance. Don
Select for Tape Use
This may have already been posted previously, so I apologize if it's a repeat. I'm looking for a select statement that shows exactly what tapes were used the previous night and what was written to the tapes. I get the system generated report, but it's not very clear exactly what tapes are used for what. Thanks in advance. Don
Re: Tape Usage
I'm looking for a select statement that shows exactly what tapes were used the previous night and what was written to the tapes. I get the system generated report, but it's not very clear exactly what tapes are used for what. Thanks in advance. Don
Re: SQL Select
On the same line of thought, I'm looking for a select statement that shows exactly what tapes were used the previous night and what was written to the tapes. I get the system generated report, but it's not very clear exactly what tapes are used for what. Thanks in advance. Don -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Lepre Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SQL Select I am trying to find a statement that would allow me to see what tapes need to be reclaimed. Can this be done?
Re: Deleting volhistory
I suspected as much but needed confirmation. Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stapleton, Mark Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 10:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deleting volhistory From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Owings, Don >Hey group, I would like to expand on this thread. I have >several duplicate files that were inadvertantly saved to tape >that are not saved exclusively to dedicated tapes, meaning >they are striped among files I need to retain. Does anyone >know if the delete volume command allows for deleting specific >files on a tape. I used the delete archive but this only >removed it from the database and the files still reside on the >tapes which I'd like to free up to be used for scratch. As far as TSM is concerned, deleting the entries from the database deletes the files from the tape. The space on tape occupied by those files is now available for overwriting. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Berbee Information Networks Office 262.521.5627
Re: Deleting volhistory
Hey group, I would like to expand on this thread. I have several duplicate files that were inadvertantly saved to tape that are not saved exclusively to dedicated tapes, meaning they are striped among files I need to retain. Does anyone know if the delete volume command allows for deleting specific files on a tape. I used the delete archive but this only removed it from the database and the files still reside on the tapes which I'd like to free up to be used for scratch. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Don -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Amos Hagay Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deleting volhistory Hi Write the command Del volh type=dbb volume= AKZ901L1 todate=[the date u want to del ] force=yes The force=yes will delete it anyway AH -Original Message- From: Mark Strasheim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: Deleting volhistory Thanks for the answers, i guess, i had left to much open. I have made a complete backup just to delete the old one. If i got i right: A two backups must exists, so that one can be delete. This this isn't that hard to accomplish, i just did it. the output of q volh: ( well not all but ... ) --- Date/Time: 07/29/04 10:18:58 Volume Type: BACKUPFULL Backup Series: 2 Backup Operation: 0 Volume Seq: 1 Device Class: AUTOLTO_CLASS Volume Name: AKZ901L1 Volume Location: Command: Date/Time: 08/17/04 10:06:05 Volume Type: BACKUPFULL Backup Series: 3 Backup Operation: 0 Volume Seq: 1 Device Class: AUTOLTO_CLASS Volume Name: AKZ911L1 Volume Location: Command: --- the command: del volh type=dbb todate="anyvalue" -> always answers with: -- 0 sequential volume history entries were successfully deleted. -- which is in turn not really so successfull as it stats! so again, what did i miss ??? or how to get rid of old database backups ??? With regrads Mark Strasheim
Re: Deleting volhistory
But this will delete everything on the volume correct? Is there a way to be specific other than perhaps using the Expiration option? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Amos Hagay Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deleting volhistory Hi Write the command Del volh type=dbb volume= AKZ901L1 todate=[the date u want to del ] force=yes The force=yes will delete it anyway AH -Original Message- From: Mark Strasheim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: Deleting volhistory Thanks for the answers, i guess, i had left to much open. I have made a complete backup just to delete the old one. If i got i right: A two backups must exists, so that one can be delete. This this isn't that hard to accomplish, i just did it. the output of q volh: ( well not all but ... ) --- Date/Time: 07/29/04 10:18:58 Volume Type: BACKUPFULL Backup Series: 2 Backup Operation: 0 Volume Seq: 1 Device Class: AUTOLTO_CLASS Volume Name: AKZ901L1 Volume Location: Command: Date/Time: 08/17/04 10:06:05 Volume Type: BACKUPFULL Backup Series: 3 Backup Operation: 0 Volume Seq: 1 Device Class: AUTOLTO_CLASS Volume Name: AKZ911L1 Volume Location: Command: --- the command: del volh type=dbb todate="anyvalue" -> always answers with: -- 0 sequential volume history entries were successfully deleted. -- which is in turn not really so successfull as it stats! so again, what did i miss ??? or how to get rid of old database backups ??? With regrads Mark Strasheim
Re: E-Lic ?
Just a wild guess, but could it be in relation to an E series server license? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David E Ehresman Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: E-Lic ? One of the filesets on the AIX TSM 5.2 server CD is: [MORE...12] x x > tivoli.tsm.loc.server.ela ALL x x+ 5.2.0.0 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server E-Lic Anyone know what this component is? A search on E-Lic on the IBM TSM site did not find any matches.
ADSM Command
Group, I have a slew of tapes I'm trying to validate. Is anyone aware of a command to validate whether a tape is bad or not. Currently I have to wait until TSM tries to write to the tape before I know the status. Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I've searched all references I have to no avail. Thanks again Don Owings Product Operations Manager CSG Systems Inc.
