Failed Domino TDP Backups

[Rodolfo Gandionco (DSL AK)]

Hi All,

I am running TSM 4.2.0 and one of my nodes is a Domino Server on Windows
2000. I am running TDP for Lotus Domino Ver 1 Rel 1 to do backups of our
Domino databases and mail files.   I am getting a few failures for the same
mail files all the time.  Log says

Backup of mail\tross.nsf failed.
  Compres(RC155) sTDP Domino NT ACD5200 TDP for Lotus Domino: Starting
backup of database mail\tross.nsf from server MSAKL66.

and I am getting ANE4993.

Anybody knows about this?  Thanks.

Rodolfo Gandionco
Systems Engineer, Datacom Systems Limited
Auckland, New Zealand
Email:    [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Failed Domino TDP Backups

[Rodolfo Gandionco (DSL AK)]

Del,

Thanks for your help.  I have tried setting CompressAlways = YES and the
backup last night went alright.  I have verified the integrity of the backup
by restoring a mail file that was failing before.  It was ok.  Do you think
setting CompressAlways=YES might make my backups unreliable, considering
when it was set to NO, there were a lot of mailfiles that were failing
backups, about 10%?  Would you still recommend I do
EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION mail6\user1.nsf.*

I assume that this is fixed on 1.1.2.  I might upgrade very soon.

Cheers
Rodolfo

-Original Message-
From: Del Hoobler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2002 1:59 a.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Failed Domino TDP Backups


> I am running TSM 4.2.0 and one of my nodes is a Domino Server on Windows
> 2000. I am running TDP for Lotus Domino Ver 1 Rel 1 to do backups of our
> Domino databases and mail files.   I am getting a few failures for the
same
> mail files all the time.  Log says
>
> Backup of mail\tross.nsf failed.
>   Compres(RC155) sTDP Domino NT ACD5200 TDP for Lotus Domino: Starting
> backup of database mail\tross.nsf from server MSAKL66.
>
> and I am getting ANE4993.
>
> Anybody knows about this?  Thanks.

Rodolfo,

Make sure you are at the latest version of
TDP for Domino (1.1.2).  RC155 means that the you asked
for the database to be compressed and it failed
because it grew during compression. TDP for Domino 1.1.2
has code that will retry the backup non-compressed
in that situation. This was fixed in APAR IC29610:

   A backup of a database or a transaction log fails
   because the data grows during compression.
   The code has been changed so that the database
   or transaction log backup will be retried
   without compression.

   Note: The backup is retried only if the COMPRESSAlways
 option is set to NO.

To avoid the problem, use something like this:

   EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION mail6\user1.nsf.*

(make sure you put the "*" at the end)
The 1.1.2 of the User's Guide explains this in more detail.

Thanks,

Del



Del Hoobler
IBM Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Monthly Domino TDP Backups Expiring Early

[Rodolfo Gandionco (DSL AK)]

Hi All,

I just found out that my monthly TDP Backups have expired just like my
incrementals.

I had a requirement to do monthly backups of all my Domino Databases and
keep them for 10 years.  I did the following:

1.  Created a new Management Class under the existing TDP Policy Set
2.  Created a Backup Copy Group Policy.
3.  Created a new dsm.opt file called dsm10yr.opt
4.  Created a new domsel.cmd to do a Full Selective Backup using the new MC.

I use Win2K, TSM 4.2 TDP 1.1

I have pasted parts of the log, dsm10yr.opt, domsel.cmd and the BackupCopy
Group and MC Settings.

Help !!!

Thanks

Rodolfo Gandionco
Systems Engineer
Datacom Systems Limited
Email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 


domssch.log

08/04/2002 07:58:08
=
08/04/2002 07:58:08 Request   : SELECTIVE
08/04/2002 07:58:08 Database Input List   : *
08/04/2002 07:58:08 Number of Buffers : 3
08/04/2002 07:58:08 Buffer Size   : 1024
08/04/2002 07:58:08 Logged Databases Only?: No
08/04/2002 07:58:08 Wait for Tape Mounts? : Yes
08/04/2002 07:58:08 Process Subdirectories?   : Yes
08/04/2002 07:58:08 TSM Options File  : dsm10yr.opt
08/04/2002 07:58:08 TSM Nodename Override :
08/04/2002 07:58:08
-
08/04/2002 10:19:28 Total Domino databases inspected: 475
08/04/2002 10:19:28 Total Domino databases backed up: 474
08/04/2002 10:19:28 Total Domino databases excluded:  1
08/04/2002 10:19:28 Throughput rate:  6,862.90
Kb/Sec
08/04/2002 10:19:28 Total bytes transferred:  59,240,188,416
08/04/2002 10:19:28 Elapsed processing time:  8,429.64 Secs
08/18/2002 22:41:18 == Log file pruned using log retention
period of 60 day(s)
08/18/2002 22:41:18 == No log entries pruned

dsm10yr.opt

COMMMethodTCPip
TCPPort   1500
TCPServeraddress  128.201.4.1
TCPWindowsize 63
TCPBuffSize   32

NODename  DOMSERV.MONTHLY

COMPRESSIon   On

PASSWORDAccessGenerate

EXCLUDE log.nsf
EXCLUDE mail.box
INCLUDE mail\...\*  MC_DOM_TDP_10YR
INCLUDE ZIL\...\*  MC_DOM_TDP_10YR

* Include all transaction logs
INCLUDE S*.TXN  MC_DOM_TDP_10YR

COMPRESSALWAYS YES
SCHEDLOGRETENTION 10
DATEFORMAT 4
RUNASSERVICE YES


domsel.cmd

set dom_dir="C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\domino"

cd /d %dom_dir%

rem  ==
rem   The 2 lines below put a date and time stamp in a log file for
rem   you.
rem
rem   Note: You can change "domsel.log" to whatever you prefer.
rem  ==
echo Current date is: >> domsel.log
date /t < NUL >> domsel.log
echo Current time is: >> domsel.log
time /t < NUL >> domsel.log

rem  ==
rem   Now call the command line to do the selective:
rem
rem   Note: You can change "domssch.log" to whatever you prefer.
rem  ==
start /B domdsmc selective * /subdir=yes /adsmoptfile=dsm10yr.opt
/logfile=domssch.log >> domsel.log



Backup Copy Groups : LOTUS_DOMINO POLICY_TDP MC_DOM_TDP_10YR STANDARD


Policy Domain Name LOTUS_DOMINO
Policy Set Name POLICY_TDP
Mgmt Class Name MC_DOM_TDP_10YR
Copy Group Name STANDARD
Versions Data Exists NOLIMIT
Versions Data Deleted 1
Retain Extra Versions 3600
Retain Only Version 3600
Copy Mode ABSOLUTE
Copy Serialization SHRSTATIC
Copy Frequency 1
Copy Destination LTOPOOL1
Last Update Date/Time 2002-05-13 14:01:16.00
Last Update by (administrator) ADMIN
Managing profile -


Management Classes : LOTUS_DOMINO POLICY_TDP MC_DOM_TDP_10YR


Policy Domain Name LOTUS_DOMINO
Policy Set Name POLICY_TDP
Mgmt Class Name MC_DOM_TDP_10YR
Default Mgmt Class ? No
Description Monthly TDP MC
Space Management Technique NONE
Auto-Migrate on Non-Use 0
Migration Requires Backup? YES
Migration Destination SPACEMGPOOL
Last Update Date/Time 2002-05-09 16:19:21.00
Last Update by (administrator) ADMIN
Managing profile -

Lotus Domino TDP Backups

[Rodolfo Gandionco (DSL AK)]

Hi all,

I am running TSM 4.2.0 and one of my nodes is a Domino Server on Windows
2000. I am running TDP for Lotus Domino to do backups of our Domino
databases and mail files. What is the best way to go about doing monthly
backups for these databases. I have been using backupsets instead of
archiving because it blows up the db. Then now I find out that you cannot
restore Domino Databases from these backupsets. Any recommendation is
welcome.

Thanks a lot.

Rodolfo Gandionco
Systems Engineer, Datacom Systems Limited

TDP for Lotus Domino Backups/Archives

[Rodolfo Gandionco (DSL AK)]

Hi all,

I am running TSM 4.2.0 and one of my nodes is a Domino Server on Windows
2000.  I am running TDP for Lotus Domino to do backups of our Domino
databases and mail files.  What is the best way to go about doing monthly
backups for these databases.  I have been using backupsets instead of
archiving because it blows up the db.  Then now I find out that you cannot
restore Domino Databases from these backupsets.  Any recommendation is
welcome.

Thanks a lot.

Rodolfo Gandionco
Systems Engineer
DATACOM Systems Limited

Re: TDP for Lotus Domino Backups/Archives

[Rodolfo Gandionco (DSL AK)]

Del,

Thanks for your help.  I created a new node and created a new schedule that
does a full selective backup.  But then, I realized that I am still using
the same management class with the normal retention period of my
incrementals.  Does this mean my selective backups are of no use since they
just get expired.  Do I need to create another Management Class, if yes,
would I also need to create a backup copy group?  Or can I just create/copy
another dsm.opt file which refers to the new
management class and then refer to the new dsm.opt file in the dominc.cmd
script.

Thanks
Rodolfo
-Original Message-
From: Del Hoobler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 3 May 2002 11:34 p.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TDP for Lotus Domino Backups/Archives


> I am running TSM 4.2.0 and one of my nodes is a Domino Server on Windows
> 2000.  I am running TDP for Lotus Domino to do backups of our Domino
> databases and mail files.  What is the best way to go about doing monthly
> backups for these databases.  I have been using backupsets instead of
> archiving because it blows up the db.  Then now I find out that you
cannot
> restore Domino Databases from these backupsets.  Any recommendation is
> welcome.

Rodolfo,

TDP for Domino does not support "archive."
Do you mean monthly backups outside of the normal
backup schedule? There are probably a number of different
ways to do this. Some of the customers I have talked to
set up a second NODENAME (like DOMSERV99.MONTHLY) and
run a full selective backup using that NODENAME.

Thanks,

Del



Del Hoobler
IBM Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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