remove me

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

How do I remove myself from this distribution list?
Thank you!

new version of the Atape and atldd driver

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

Hello!
I would like to know if somebody can answer me, what is the latest version
of the Atape and atldd driver for AIX 4.3.3 and TSM 4.2?
Also, where can I download the latest version?
Thank you!

Re: Problems with 3583 Library

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

Check the version of the Atape and atldd driver, if you are on AIX...



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I am going nuts here.

I have been having lots of problems with this library since day one. Two of
the three drives were reporting I/O errors while reading the labels on
tapes and TSM would mark those volumes as being unavailable. IBM sent a CE
to replace the drives. But that didn't help. I am still getting I/O errors
on those drives. The third drive is working fine. It can read the volumes
that were previously marked as being unavailable by the other drives.

Has anyone else experience such problems with the IBM 3583 library? All the
drives and the library have the latest firmware.

Anwer

Re: dsmcad scheduler and multiple tasks

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

One solution will be to have the TSM server kick off one and the OS to kick
off the other one via crontab or any scheduler program...



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Hello list.

Is there any way, or is it possible, to get more than one scheduled event
to occur on a client during the same time (or overlapping times) in which
the scheduler is controlled via dsmcad?   I don't remember if this was
even possible using 'dsmc sched'.

Example:

At midnight a schedule is kicked off to incremental backup filesystem 'a'.
 This filesystem has many large files which change daily, and the
incremental runs for several hours.

It is also desired at around 1AM to kick off a schedule to incremental
backup filesystem 'b'.

The windows for doing these backups are application dependent.  Currently
the sched for FS 'b' is missed due to FS 'a' not having completed.

TIA,
Al

Re: Error initializing TSM Api

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

The only thing I can think of, is to remove the password file and try the
dsmc command again to create a new password file...



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> From the command line type dcsm
> then type q sch

Should have mentioned I did this too. Didn't ask for anything, just
returned
the schedule. Stop and start the service still shows the same error.

Geoff Gill
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SAIC
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Re: Error initializing TSM Api

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

>From the command line type dcsm
then type q sch
if the system prompts you for a node name, type the node name
the system should prompt you for the password
type the password
this will test the authentication manually.
If this does not work then reset the password on the node and try again.
Keep in mind that the password is store in /etc/security/adsm/nodename
good luck



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I see this message on a node when the scheduler service starts: Error
initializing TSM Api, unable to verify Registry Password, see dsierror.log.

1.  There is no dsierror.log being created, I searched all the drives.
2.  I tried updating the password dthrough the GUI and the dsmcutil but
the error remains.
3.  I've removed and reinstalled the schedule service but still see
this
error an still no dsierror.log

Client WIN2K TSM V5.1.5.2
Server AIX 4.3.3 TSM V5.1.5.2

Anyone else seen this?
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Re: Server AIX vs NT

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Yeah! but what type of aix box was it? 43p?



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With you. We run 90+ clients and 700-800 gigs a day on a wintel box. We
have
moved the large files servers of our AIX server to this wintel box, because
of performance.

-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: Tony Morgan [mailto:TONY.MORGAN@;FORTISBANK.COM]
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My "Tuppence" worth (Two pence GB is worth 3 US Cents),

We run quite happily on a wintel server, backing up 70+ clients and 200Gb
Overnight.
Just buy the biggest and faster box you can afford (Intel is so cheap
amyway!!!)

I know that it would be faster on Unix, but our primary skillset is NT, so
that would incur unreasonable costs and overhead.  Sometimes you are best
sticking with what you know best.

Rgds
Tony Morgan

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Hi,

We run TSM on AIX, quite heavily loaded (105GB db, 70% full), no
problems, moving our 200soemthing GB daily. I don't know of any PC
hardware that could handle our 15-something PCI adapters, so that might
be one issue. I have more faith in any Unix (including Linux) than in
Windows, especially in the security department, so there may be another
reason not to put you data on wintel.

For smaller environments, no HSM clients, wintel might be an acceptable
solution

On maandag, november 11, 2002, at 07:23 , Whitlow, Don wrote:

>> From what we've seen, the difference between Wintel and RS6K/pSeries
> hardware has been the I/O thruput. In our experience, Wintel
> hardware/software just cannot push I/O through like our RS6K hardware
> running AIX. That may be in large part due to the fact that Win32 seems
> to
> be the limiting factor, so Linux on Intel may be ok, but we see
> generally at
> least 2x the I/O thruput on the AIX boxes vs. NT.
>
> Just my 2 cents...
>
> Don Whitlow
> Quad/Graphics, Inc.
> Manager - Enterprise Computing
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> Hello,
>
> We are looking to replace our TSM server hardware, we are currently
> running
> the TSM server on an IBM H50.  The bean counters are saying that an NT
> server would be a lot cheaper than a UNIX server.  They have decided it
> needs to be either an IBM UNIX server or an NT server.  Has anyone had
> any
> experience with both NT and AIX servers, and if so what information do
> you
> have regarding performance, stability etc. with one over the other.
> Basically I've be told to either cost justify AIX or I'll end up on NT.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Ray Baughman
> Engineering Systems Administrator
> TSM Administrator
> National Machinery LLC
> Phone 419-443-2257
> Fax 419-443-2376
> Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: recovery log mode

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

type q sys from the gui command line...



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We did an upgrade last week and I want to make sure my recovery log is set
to rollforward and I can't find it to verify.  The only option I see is to
set the recovery log mode and when I bring this option up in gui it brings
it up with the normal button marked - I've changed it to rollforward but it
still brings it up with normal - so I think it's just a command with a
default of normal set.

Is there a command that I can run that will show me the current mode of the
recovery log.
AIX 5.1 TSM 4.2.1.9

Thanks

Re: Upgrade Server 4.1.4 -> 4.2.3

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

Smitty update_all


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Hi all

I have to upgrade my TSM-Servers (AIX 4.3.3) from V 4.1.4 to 4.2.3. In the
readme for 4.2.3 is written under "TSM
Server Upgrade issues for version 4.2.0.0" that if you upgrade from 4.1.x.x
you have to uninstall the current version.
For me its not clear if this chapter belongs to all operating systems.

So do I have to uninstall all modules of V 4.1.4 from my AIX server  before
installing ?
Do I have to start the TSM-Server-Software before installing V4.2.3 on top
of 4.2.1, or can I just install 4.2.1 and 4.2.3 immediately afterwards
(with
no start of dsmserv) ? When will the database be upgraded ?

If anybody has experience on this, let me know

Thanks

Chris

Re: TSM 5.1 on Solaris 8 64-bit - performance tuning question

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

The only other thing that I can suggest is to see if they have a new ptf
version available... Sometimes they correct problems and don't tell you.



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Ricardo, thanks.  However, MaxNumMP is already set to 4 for this node.

I should add that the database is spread across approx 20 filesystem
volumes/mountpoints.  All are configured to go direct-to-tape via INCLEXCL
management class bindings.  Presently, I see 4 server sessions for the
node, but still only see 2 mounted tape volumes, and only 2 of the 4
sessions are sending substantial amounts of data to the server.  The other
2 sessions are in IDLEW status, with wait-times of 25-40 minutes.

Kent Monthei
GlaxoSmithKline





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Try using this value "Maximum Mount Points Allowed=4" to update your
client
node, this should tell the client to use this many drives...



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We have a 1.2TB (& growing) Oracle Data Warehouse on one domain of a Sun
Enterprise 1 (E10K) Server.  The same E10K domain also has TSM 5.1.1.6
Server and TSM 5.1.1.6 Client installed and backs itself up to a
locally-attached SCSI tape library with 4 DLT7000 Drives.

We perform a database shutdown, a full cold backup of the OS filesystem,
then a database restart (no RMAN or TDP for Oracle involved).  The full
cold backup goes direct-to-tape.  Our objective is to keep all 4 drives
active near-100% of the time, to achieve the shortest possible backup
window.

We're trying to take advantage of ResourceUtilization in the newer
multi-threaded TSM Client, but I'm having trouble getting the Client to
consistently start/maintain 4 data sessions to tape.  ResourceUtilization
is set to 8.  Throughout most of the backup, 5-6 sessions are active.
However we are only seeing 2 mounted tapes most of the time, and the
backup duration is nearly twice what it should be.

Right now, we are not using Shared Memory protocol (disabled due to some
'dsmserv' crashes that failed to release shared memory).  We are using
tcpip protocol, and are using TCPServerAddress=127.0.0.1 (localhost) for
all tcpip sessions.

Does anyone know a way to force a single 'dsmc sched' process to start a
minimum number of threads (>= #tape drives), or know probable reasons why
our
configuration isn't doing it now?

- rsvp with comments & tuning tips, thanks.

Kent Monthei
GlaxoSmithKline
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Re: Server AIX vs NT

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

Well, there we many different issues. The main one that I can think of is
the PCI scsi adapters and their performance.
We had 4 scsi adapters (PCI 64bit), they could not keep up with the demand
of clients, in terms of data transfers, they time out in more then a few
occasions..
Sending out library to space...



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Ricardo,

I will be rehosting soon from OS/390 to either W2k or sun.
What precisely was your capacity issue?  We are leaning to W2k
right now, if our requirements are below your problem we may be
OK with W2k.

TIA,

Bill

At 03:39 PM 11/11/2002, you wrote:
>Not to mention the uptime difference that you will gain from an AIX box.
>We had an NT TSM server that we had to replace with an industrial strength
>box due to capacity and down time issues running on NT.
>Hopefully this will help.
>
>
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> From what we've seen, the difference between Wintel and RS6K/pSeries
>hardware has been the I/O thruput. In our experience, Wintel
>hardware/software just cannot push I/O through like our RS6K hardware
>running AIX. That may be in large part due to the fact that Win32 seems to
>be the limiting factor, so Linux on Intel may be ok, but we see generally
>at
>least 2x the I/O thruput on the AIX boxes vs. NT.
>
>Just my 2 cents...
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>Don Whitlow
>Quad/Graphics, Inc.
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>Hello,
>
>We are looking to replace our TSM server hardware, we are currently
running
>the TSM server on an IBM H50.  The bean counters are saying that an NT
>server would be a lot cheaper than a UNIX server.  They have decided it
>needs to be either an IBM UNIX server or an NT server.  Has anyone had any
>experience with both NT and AIX servers, and if so what information do you
>have regarding performance, stability etc. with one over the other.
>Basically I've be told to either cost justify AIX or I'll end up on NT.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Ray Baughman
>Engineering Systems Administrator
>TSM Administrator
>National Machinery LLC
>Phone 419-443-2257
>Fax 419-443-2376
>Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: Server AIX vs NT

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

Not to mention the uptime difference that you will gain from an AIX box.
We had an NT TSM server that we had to replace with an industrial strength
box due to capacity and down time issues running on NT.
Hopefully this will help.



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>From what we've seen, the difference between Wintel and RS6K/pSeries
hardware has been the I/O thruput. In our experience, Wintel
hardware/software just cannot push I/O through like our RS6K hardware
running AIX. That may be in large part due to the fact that Win32 seems to
be the limiting factor, so Linux on Intel may be ok, but we see generally
at
least 2x the I/O thruput on the AIX boxes vs. NT.

Just my 2 cents...

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Quad/Graphics, Inc.
Manager - Enterprise Computing
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Hello,

We are looking to replace our TSM server hardware, we are currently running
the TSM server on an IBM H50.  The bean counters are saying that an NT
server would be a lot cheaper than a UNIX server.  They have decided it
needs to be either an IBM UNIX server or an NT server.  Has anyone had any
experience with both NT and AIX servers, and if so what information do you
have regarding performance, stability etc. with one over the other.
Basically I've be told to either cost justify AIX or I'll end up on NT.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ray Baughman
Engineering Systems Administrator
TSM Administrator
National Machinery LLC
Phone 419-443-2257
Fax 419-443-2376
Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: TSM 5.1 on Solaris 8 64-bit - performance tuning question

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

Try using this value "Maximum Mount Points Allowed=4" to update your client
node, this should tell the client to use this many drives...



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We have a 1.2TB (& growing) Oracle Data Warehouse on one domain of a Sun
Enterprise 1 (E10K) Server.  The same E10K domain also has TSM 5.1.1.6
Server and TSM 5.1.1.6 Client installed and backs itself up to a
locally-attached SCSI tape library with 4 DLT7000 Drives.

We perform a database shutdown, a full cold backup of the OS filesystem,
then a database restart (no RMAN or TDP for Oracle involved).  The full
cold backup goes direct-to-tape.  Our objective is to keep all 4 drives
active near-100% of the time, to achieve the shortest possible backup
window.

We're trying to take advantage of ResourceUtilization in the newer
multi-threaded TSM Client, but I'm having trouble getting the Client to
consistently start/maintain 4 data sessions to tape.  ResourceUtilization
is set to 8.  Throughout most of the backup, 5-6 sessions are active.
However we are only seeing 2 mounted tapes most of the time, and the
backup duration is nearly twice what it should be.

Right now, we are not using Shared Memory protocol (disabled due to some
'dsmserv' crashes that failed to release shared memory).  We are using
tcpip protocol, and are using TCPServerAddress=127.0.0.1 (localhost) for
all tcpip sessions.

Does anyone know a way to force a single 'dsmc sched' process to start a
minimum number of threads (>= #tape drives), or know probable reasons why
our
configuration isn't doing it now?

- rsvp with comments & tuning tips, thanks.

Kent Monthei
GlaxoSmithKline
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