Re: include/exclude

[Sal Mangiapane]

goc wrote:
hi all,
a short one
in
exclude "*:/.../nohup.out*"
what does *: mean ?
and then with dsmc q inclexcl
*** FILE INCLUDE/EXCLUDE ***
Mode Function  Pattern (match from top down)  Source File
 - -- -
No exclude filespace statements defined.
No exclude directory statements defined.
Exclude All   /.../*:/.../nohup.out*
/usr/local/etc/inclexcl.file
No DFS include/exclude statements defined.

thanks in advance ?


The : is the drive delimiter.
The *: means any drive.
But, nohup.out is probably a file on a UNIX based computer and drive
letters don't really make sense.
Hope this helps,

Re: SELECT COMMAND

[Sal Mangiapane]

So as not to confuse:
Begindate=-1 > /tmp/sched.log
cat /tmp/mecc.log|grep -v ANS8000I |grep -v ANS8002I |mailx -s "TSM
the /tmp/sched.log and /tmp/mecc.log need to be the same file for this
to work.  I'm sure the different names were a typo-error.
Sal

Re: TSM and SATA Disk Pools

[Sal Mangiapane]

Is that setup as DISK or FILE disk pools?
Sal
Hart, Charles wrote:
Been asking lots of questions lately.  ;-)
We recently have put our TSM Disk Backup Pools on Clarrion SATA.
The TSM Server is being presented as 600GB SATA Chunks
Our Aix Admin has put a Raw logical over two 600GB Chunks to create a 
1.2TB Raw Logical Volume
Right now we are seeing Tape migrations @ about 4GB in 6hrs, where before on 
EMC Symetrix disk we saw 29-40GB per hour.  If anyone would like to share their 
TSM SATA Diskpool layout and or tips we would much appreciate it!!!
TSM Env
AIX 5.2
TSM 5.2.4 (64bit)
p630 4x4
8x3592 FC Drives
Regards,
Charles

TSM related IBM alphaWorks releases

[Sal Mangiapane]

Thought the list would be interested.
VitalFile for Real-Time Workstation Protection: VitalFile for Real-Time
Workstation Protection provides transparent real-time file-level
protection. It is built on top of FilePath software, which is a file
system filter driver:
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/vitalfilebackup
VitalFile for Simplified Document Retention: This simple-to-use,
transparent document retention tool turns any existing file system into
a document retention system:
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/vitalfileretention
Sal

Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library?

[Sal Mangiapane]

Johnson, Milton wrote:
 I am not quite sure what you meant by "with TSM you can use disk only
for backups instead of onsite tape".  I do not see any reason why you
can not use FILE device types for both primary and copypool stg pools.
Of course if you actually want to move a copy of the data offsite, then
you would need some type of removable media such as tape.
With data on disk a simple copy can move it hundreds of miles in seconds
or minutes.  Can't a FILE device pool be used to recover data in an
emergency?
Am I making this too simplistic?
Thanks,
Sal

Virtual Tape versus File devices

[Sal Mangiapane]

All,
Is there any benefit to either for disc-to-disc backups when using
Virtual Tape Libraries versus File devices?
Sal
Vital Data Systems, LLC

Re: linux client setup through firewall - what source port?

[Sal Mangiapane]

Can the computers "ping" each other.  It may be a networking problem and
one computer does not have a "route" to the other computer.
Best Regards,
Sal
Vital Data Systems, LLC
Stef Coene wrote:
On Monday 13 September 2004 15:35, T. Lists wrote:
So, what you're telling me is as long as I've got port
1500 open, I should be ok?  The sending port is
irrelevant?
Yep.

So what else could be my problem, 'cause it ain't
working.
Best you can do is ask your firewall guy if he can check the firewall logs to
see if the firewall somehow drops the packets.  Also, you can check the
firewall logs to see if the firewall sees the connection to the TSM server.
Stef

Re: Sessions do not die with Cancel Session

[Sal Mangiapane]

> Data Protection for Exchange will only create one session
> for each instance that you run. If there is an error
> during a backup, it will retry up to a maximum of 4 attempts.
Del,
Can you run multi-session Exchange backups?
Do you just start multiple full backups?
We have a 23GB Exchange Server backed up over a WAN that takes almost a
week for a full backup.  Any help to reduce this would be great.
Sal

Re: D2D backup with TSM

[Sal Mangiapane]

> However, I'd be inclined to keep the db and log volumes on local disk
> (controller-mirrored, of course. It's hard to beat disk access speeds
> from the local bus if you buy the right controller and disk.) A couple
> of 72GB local disks (mirrored) gives plenty of room for the OS and the
> TSM db volumes and TSM log volume copies, and a third 72GB local disk
> for the OS's swap/paging space, the TSM log volumes, and TSM db volume
> copies.
>

Don't you need the db and log volumes off site too?

Sal Mangiapane

Re: SubFile Backup not working

[Sal Mangiapane]

Hi Muhammad,

I'm not sure, but we also include

*
INCLUDE.SUBFILE "*:\...\*"
*

in the dsm.opt file.

Hopefully this will help.

Regards,

Sal

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Muhammad Sadat
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 6:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: SubFile Backup not working
>
>
> Dear All,
> Please correct me where I am wrong.
> My configuration for adaptive subfile backup are as follows:
>
>
> 1- Server configuration:
> Windows server running TSM 5.2.0
> SUBFILE BACKUP = CLIENT
>
> 2- Client Configuration as in option file set from GUI:
> Windows 2000 server client and Windows XP Professional client
> SUBFILEBACKUP   YES
> SUBFILECACHEPATHE:\subfile
> SUBFILECACHESIZE10
>
> Files are being created in the subfile folder E:\subfile and are as under:
> .client_cache_db
> 0396.base
> 0396.meta
>
> Data transferred is the same as the original file size. I am taking
> incremental backups all the time.
>
> I have also used include.subfile option but still there is no improvement.
>
> What is it that i m missing??
>
> Kind Regards
> Muhammad SaDaT Anwar
> Product Specialist
> Systems Management & Data Management Products
> 
> Info Tech (Pvt) Limited
> 108, Business Avenue,
> Main Shahrah-e-Faisal,
> Karachi, Pakistan
> Ph: +92-21-111-427-427 Fax: +92-21-4310569
> Cell: +92-21-300-8211943
> 
>

Re: Norton Corporate AV files

[Sal Mangiapane]

We use:

*
* Norton Anti-Virus EXCLUDE.DIR
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition\...\I2_LDVP.VDB"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition\...\I2_LDVP.TMP"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\NAV\...\I2_LDVP.TMP"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\NAV\...\I2_LDVP.VDB"


But, really you need to setup for your environment.  All I did was look through the 
dsmsched.log file for Norton directories and
excluded the ones that kept changing.

Sal

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:36 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Norton Corporate AV files
>
>
> If you have Norton Corporate AntiVirus, can someone please send me your
> EXCLUDES for the sig files from NAV, etc.   I think these might be adding
> to my occupancy bloat !
>
> Also, I forgetIf I add an EXCLUDE for a file that has already been
> backed-up, does that remove the backup copies on the next backup pass ?
>
> Thanks !
>

Re: Firewall backups

[Sal Mangiapane]

Will do.

Thanks,

Sal

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Bill Boyer
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 8:32 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Firewall backups
>
>
> Refer to HTTPSPORT in the client installation and user's guide. The default
> is 0 which is disabled.
>
> Bill Boyer
> DSS, Inc.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Stef Coene
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 8:16 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Firewall backups
>
>
> On Saturday 24 April 2004 00:44, Sal Mangiapane wrote:
> > That link refers to Backup/Archive client.
> >
> > I just sniffed both IE6 and ITSM-OR(5.2.2.0) Web-GUI login and both show
> > the username and password!
> You sniffed the Web Admin GUI.  That's running on http:// and not https://.
> Only https:// encrypts all traffic.
> I don't undertand why the admin web GUI does not run from an https server so
> the traffic is encrypted.  It's not that hard to implement.
>
>
> Stef
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  "Using Linux as bandwidth manager"
>  http://www.docum.org/
>

Re: Firewall backups

[Sal Mangiapane]

That link refers to Backup/Archive client.

I just sniffed both IE6 and ITSM-OR(5.2.2.0) Web-GUI login and both show the username 
and password!

>From my PC:

POST /SignOnPost HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-excel, 
application/msword,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/x-shockwave-flash, */*
Referer: http://01.01.01.01:1580/signon
Accept-Language: en-us
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)
Host: 01.01.01.01:1580
Content-Length: 40
Connection: Keep-Alive
Cache-Control: no-cache

%24PP1=LOGIN&USERID=salm&PASSWORD=ForMyEyesOnly




I haven't checked the TSM Client, but now I don't believe that it sends the 
username/password.  Generally, what Andy says it right!
I'm ready to say that I was wrong for the Client, has anyone sniffed a client and 
would like to share that information?

The Web-GUI does send the username and password in clear text.  (Can this be changed?)

Sal

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Neil Rasmussen
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 6:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Firewall backups
>
>
> I have no comment on the best method of firewall implementation. However,
> I could not let the statement that TSM Sends it username/password as plain
> text go by without comment.
>
> Neither the TSM Client nor the Web-GUI send the username/password in the
> clear. I am not sure where this information came from but it just is not
> true. Here is a post from about a year ago that explains how the password
> is sent, the explanation goes for the Client as well as the Web-GUI:
>
> http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0302/707.html
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Neil Rasmussen
> Software Development
> Data Protection for Oracle
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
> Sal Mangiapane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 04/21/2004 08:06 PM
> Please respond to
> salm
>
>
> To
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> cc
>
> Subject
> Re: Firewall backups
>
>
>
>
>
>
> We operate through firewalls differently:
>
> We have a small VPN device that we use to create an IPSec VPN tunnel and
> only have entries in the firewall for this tunnel, then we
> run all ITSM traffic through the tunnel.  Makes for simpler firewall
> settings and adds extra security  because username/password is
> sent as plain text by ITSM.
>
> You will also want to limit the Web-GUI client for security reasons too
> (plain text -- too).
>
> I can provide more details, contact me directly:
>
> salm(at)vitalds(dot)com or 724-758-3981
>
> Sal
> Vital Data Systems
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> > Gill, Geoffrey L.
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:43 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Firewall backups
> >
> >
> > We're trying to get backups running outside a firewall and below are the
> > results of a test. The network folks sent me this log to show the ports
> > which communicating during backup. On the left is the server IP on the
> right
> > is the client IP.
> >
> > The client settings are below. The question is how to get all to
> communicate
> > on one specified port so they can tighten down acls. I've read the
> write-up
> > on this and thought everything was set properly but I must be missing
> > something. If someone has advice it would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > COMMmethod   TCPIP
> >
> > TCPServeraddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> >
> > TCPCLIENTADDRESS   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> >
> > WEBPORTS 1582,1583
> >
> > TCPPort1500
> >
> > TCPCLIENTPORT  1501
> >
> > HTTPPort  1581
> >
> >
> >
> > Apr 20 17:04:50 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37317) ->
> > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
> >
> > Apr 20 17:04:51 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1500)
> ->
> > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(2200), 1 packet
> >
> > Apr 20 17:05:04 PDT: list TSM-Filter denied tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37316)
> ->
> > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 2 packets
> >
> > Apr 20 17:05:04 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37317) -

Re: Firewall backups

[Sal Mangiapane]

We operate through firewalls differently:

We have a small VPN device that we use to create an IPSec VPN tunnel and only have 
entries in the firewall for this tunnel, then we
run all ITSM traffic through the tunnel.  Makes for simpler firewall settings and adds 
extra security  because username/password is
sent as plain text by ITSM.

You will also want to limit the Web-GUI client for security reasons too (plain text -- 
too).

I can provide more details, contact me directly:

salm(at)vitalds(dot)com or 724-758-3981

Sal
Vital Data Systems


> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Gill, Geoffrey L.
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:43 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Firewall backups
>
>
> We're trying to get backups running outside a firewall and below are the
> results of a test. The network folks sent me this log to show the ports
> which communicating during backup. On the left is the server IP on the right
> is the client IP.
>
> The client settings are below. The question is how to get all to communicate
> on one specified port so they can tighten down acls. I've read the write-up
> on this and thought everything was set properly but I must be missing
> something. If someone has advice it would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> COMMmethod   TCPIP
>
> TCPServeraddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> TCPCLIENTADDRESS   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> WEBPORTS 1582,1583
>
> TCPPort1500
>
> TCPCLIENTPORT  1501
>
> HTTPPort  1581
>
>
>
> Apr 20 17:04:50 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37317) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:04:51 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1500) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(2200), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:05:04 PDT: list TSM-Filter denied tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37316) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 2 packets
>
> Apr 20 17:05:04 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37317) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 4 packets
>
> Apr 20 17:05:04 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1500) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(2200), 5648 packets
>
> Apr 20 17:05:21 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37318) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:05:51 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37319) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:06:21 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37320) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:06:51 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37321) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:07:21 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37322) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:07:51 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37323) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:08:21 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37324) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:08:51 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37325) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:09:21 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37326) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:09:51 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37327) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:10:06 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1500) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(2200), 61959 packets
>
> Apr 20 17:10:21 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(37328) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1501), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:10:25 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1500) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(2235), 1 packet
>
> Apr 20 17:10:41 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1500) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(2235), 8 packets
>
> Apr 20 17:10:41 PDT: list TSM-Filter permitted tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(1500) ->
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(2200), 2586 packets
>
>
>
> Geoff Gill
> TSM Administrator
> NT Systems Support Engineer
> SAIC
> E-Mail:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Phone:  (858) 826-4062
> Pager:   (877) 854-0975
>

OT: RE: Tsm 5.2 windows client and snap servers

[Sal Mangiapane]

A little Off Topic.

Have you tried running a pre-command cmd file that creates the mapped drives?

Something like "net use H: \\computernam\sharename"

Sal

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Mike Bantz
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 12:48 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Tsm 5.2 windows client and snap servers
>
>
> >>> Is there a better way to accomplish backup of these devices?  I'm just
> the tsm admin, and no nothing of them.
>
> Nope. We had the same problem with our Netapps. Although Netapp and TSM
> "integrate" to allow the Netapp to use NDMP to back itself up, you lose all
> funcionality of include/exclude lists.
>
> We tackled this with mapped drives off the TSM server. And they break.
> Often. Last night, for instance. Neither IBM nor Netapp could give us a
> better solution.
>
> Mike Bantz
> Systems Administrator
> Research Systems, Inc
>

Re: Restore MS Exchange to another server

[Sal Mangiapane]

MS Exchange is a real problem to restore.

Everything has to be the same even the drive letters and directory structure.

Sal

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> William SO Ng
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 4:16 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Restore MS Exchange to another server
>
>
> Hello team,
>
> My environment is using MS Exchange 5.5 with TSM 5.2 and TSM for Mail 5.2.
> I would like to backup the existing exchange server and restore to another
> server.  I am not a MS Exchange guru, so I need your advise here.
>
> I have a production Exchange with hostname ABC.  I setup another Exchange
> with hostname EFG.
> I followed Appendix C of the user manual of TSM for Mail to do a full
> backup of Exch 5.5, restore it to EFG
> Then shutdown ABC, change the hostname of EFG to ABC and reboot.
> After reboot, MS exchange is not able to start.  I found out Exchange
> Information Store cannot be started.
>
> Am I missing any step here ?
>
> Thanks & Regards
> William
>

Re: TSM Scheduler under Windows XP

[Sal Mangiapane]

Try reinstalling - logged in as the administrator.  Try both domain and local 
administrator see if that clears up both problems.
I've seen even when a user was in the administrator group but not the administrator 
that programs were run at the users security
level.

Sal

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Klein, Robert (NIH/CIT)
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:04 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: TSM Scheduler under Windows XP
>
>
> We have noticed that for at least some of our XP machines, the TSM scheduler
> does not appear to run unless the user is logged on.  Because users here are
> asked to logoff before they go home once a week in order for windows
> security patches to be pushed to their machines, that means their pcs are
> not getting backed up that night (most backups here are scheduled for right
> before midnight).  We have noticed similar behavior for McAfee antivirus --
> scheduled virus checks don't occur unless the user is logged on, so it might
> not be a tsm specific issue.  Has anyone else run into this, or is there
> something wrong with the way we have the scheduler service set up on our xp
> machines?
>
> Thanks.
>

Re: TSM for Linux on non-IBM hardware

[Sal Mangiapane]

> Chris Young wrote:
> > Is anyone using TSM on Linux on non-IBM hardware? I am trying to run this on
> > a Dell machine using SuSE 8 and have been unsuccessful in finding a way to
> > stabilize the system. If so, please would you provide me with details about
> > what version of Linux you are using and on what hardware platform?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > - C. Young
>
>
> We use Redhat 8.0 on Dell Poweredge 1600 SC . We have a complete disk
> based backup system so we don't run into the kernel problems that other do.
>

We only use an internal tape for database backup.  Otherwise, we are 100% disk based 
too.

Sal

Re: TSM for Linux on non-IBM hardware

[Sal Mangiapane]

We have been running on RedHat with our own hardware without a problem (over a year).

It seems that TSM is very particular to the kernel.  We are using a kernel that is 
specifically supported (2.4.9-31).

I wish I knew where the list of supported kernels is because that would probably help 
you.

Sal

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Chris Young
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:31 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: TSM for Linux on non-IBM hardware
>
>
> Is anyone using TSM on Linux on non-IBM hardware? I am trying to run this on
> a Dell machine using SuSE 8 and have been unsuccessful in finding a way to
> stabilize the system. If so, please would you provide me with details about
> what version of Linux you are using and on what hardware platform?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - C. Young
>

Re: okay ...

[Sal Mangiapane]

Can you send the dsm.opt.

Are you doing the backup with the directory name in the command line?  Or is the 
scheduler performing the backup?

sal

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> goran
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 4:49 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: okay ...
>
>
> hi to all ...
>
> i'm doing backup of /opt/tertio/prov/ directory with -subdir=yes option and
> in inclexcl file i have  written exclude.dir /opt/tertio/prov/log to not
> backup this directory and subdirs and files, the problem is that this path
> is always backed up, exclude.dir is obviously not working, hmmm ... i guess
> the subdir=Yes is confusing him, am i right ? please help ... thanks in
> advance ...
>
> --
> goran konjic
> senior unix administrator
> vipnet
> --
> TSM 5.2.2.1
> AIX 5.2 ML2 - p640
> SSA RAID5 disk system
> IBM LTO 3584 L32
> 2x16 Switches
>

WAN link dropped in the middle of a TDP Exchange full backup

[Sal Mangiapane]

Hi *SMers

We had a Full TDP for Exchange backup that was running since Thursday (slow WAN link) 
fail with less than 1GB to go.  The ISP had a
problem and we lost the WAN connection to the server.

Can we re-start the full backup where it left off (at 20 plus GB)?

I'm afraid since this is a full backup that we'll need to start from the beginning 
again.

thanks,

sal

Re: Include/exclude not working

[Sal Mangiapane]

> This is exactly what I asked about yesterday, but it seems that no one
> yesterday knew what I was asking for, Whats better then doing all those
> lines you can have the following in your dsm.opt and it will ONLY backup ONE
> directory
>
> domain   g:
> exclude  *:\...\*
> include  g:\inetpub\*
>

I think you mean:

include  g:\inetpub\...\*


You need the ...\ to include sub-directories otherwise it would only backup the 
current directory.  Besides that I think this would
work too.


> This will only backup g:\inetpub\ and all files and subdirs. For me g: is a
> network drive. I have not tested this on local file systems. Side note ALL
> other files on the computer WILL NOT be backed up, BUT if you just add more
> include lines then you can have several directories that will get backed up.



regards,

sal

Re: restoring UNIX client data

[Sal Mangiapane]

I think you need:

/Prod_App/example/test/.../*

That would traverse the entire directory structure, I suppose you are getting every 
file in the "test" directory.

sal


> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Gable, Josh
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 4:24 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: restoring UNIX client data
>
>
> Folks,
>
> We are having issues finding the exact syntax needed to restore an entire
> directory structure and all files contained within, and "dsmc ?" is no help.
> The directory we were attempting to restore was the 'test' directory.  We
> have tried the following:
>
> dsmc restore /Prod_App/example/test/"*" /var/tmp/ -subdir=yes
> dsmc restore "/Prod_App/example/test/*" /var/tmp/ -subdir=yes
> dsmc restore /Prod_App/example/test/* /var/tmp/ -subdir=yes
>
> And probably several other variations.  At best, we were only able to
> restore 2500 of 7000 files needed.  We ended up having to bring up a GUI
> from the Unix client to properly restore all files.  Can anyone help us out?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Josh Gable
> EDS
> Enterprise Storage - Tulsa Backup and Recovery
> MD 326
> 4000 North Mingo Road
> Tulsa, OK 74116-5020
>

Re: Unidata DB on IBM RISC 6000

[Sal Mangiapane]

I have worked with Universe (Unidata's cousin) for years.  They have standard database 
backup commands.  Wish I knew more about
Unidata to help you.

TSM does not have a specific agent for these databases.

Maybe IBM should build one, since they now own Universe and Unidata.  This is 
definitely and untapped market for backup solutions.

sal


> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Joe Crnjanski
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:17 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Unidata DB on IBM RISC 6000
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have a potential client who has around 20GB of Unidata DB on IBM RISC6000.
> I'm not a UNIX person; all I know is that he is backing up using unix tar command.
> Does anybody know how we can backup this client.
> On our side (server) we have TSM 5.1.7.2 on Windows 2000.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Joe Crnjanski
> Infinity Network Solutions Inc.
>

Re: Problems with TSM on Linux Server

[Sal Mangiapane]

Mark,

Us too

We run a TSM server 5.1 on RedHat 7.2 with 2.4.9-31 kernel without any problems.

Sal


> We run TSM server 5.1.6.5 on RedHat 7.2 with 2.4.9-31 kernel without any
> problems.
>
>
> Mark Farber wrote:
> > Hi TSM'rs
> >
> > Being a Linux bigot, I managed to convince a new client to opt for a Linux TSM 
> > server over Windows. I am now starting
> to wish I had just gone for Windows. Unless you can help I might have to. Here's the 
> problem.
> >
> > Server Version 5.2.0.2 on Redhat 9
> > Client Version 5.1.6.2 on Redhat 7.3
> >
> > The TSM server has no tape library or drive but is totally file based (400GB using 
> > software raid0)
> >
> > Client backups are done via the crontab using "/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmc 
> > incr"
> >
> > The server just hangs during a client backup operation.nothing in the activity 
> > report. Eventually the client times
> out but unfortunately the "dsmc incr" stays in the process queue. The next day, cron 
> dutifully fires off another backup
> and so it goes. Eventually after a call from a frustrated customer, I have to start 
> the server manually and run the
> backup manually. (Seriously not good!!)
> >
> > Also, if a backup is running and you happen to do one too many "q act" requests, 
> > the server hangs.
> >
> > By the way, only the TSM application hangs, not Linux itself.
> >
> > Has anyone experience with Linux TSM server and seen similar problems?
> >
> > Regards
> > Mark
>
>

Re: Archive schedule error: No file specification entered

[Sal Mangiapane]

Correct me if I'm wrong, please.

On Microsoft OS;

If you schedule an automatic Archive.  The Archive will archive every file every time 
that it runs.

I think that archiving would be more functional if it acted similar to the backup 
client.  The backup client is a set it and forget
it every client can use the same server schedule.  Each client will determine what is 
included in the backup.

With the archive scheduling, each server schedule is specific to the client.  
Logically, it seems to defeat the client server
architecture.

IMHO, the backup client features that would benefit the archive client:
 1) use the dsm.opt file for determining what will be included in the archive.
 2) Archive only items that have not been archived.  For example, new or changed 
items.  Ignore items that have been archived and
not changed.  Of course, I would expect the archive of a changed item would completely 
replace the old archive of that item,
otherwise it would be an incremental backup.

If I'm wrong about how archive works I would appreciate some feedback.

Yes, I know that the archive can delete the file so it is not archived again, but that 
defeats the purpose if just want the file to
also be archived off-site.  And, yes I can use backup and a different management class 
to accomplish what I'm looking for.  But,
why?

ITSM is a terrific product and I may be the only person that thinks archive should 
work differently.

I'm off my soapbox,

sal

Vital Data Systems, LLC
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


> In poking around some more, I found that the TSM Backup-Archive Clients
> Install/Users Guide has the "include.archive " statement in
> the normal include/exclude file.
>
> I will try this and see if it works.
>
> I can do manual client archives via the GUI so I know archives work.
>
> Thanks for your trouble.
>
>
>
> Ken Sedlacek
> AIX/TSM/UNIX Administrator
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> IBM Certified Specialist: RS/6000 AIX v4.3 Support
> IBM Certified Specialist: RS/6000 SP & PSSP 3
> Tivoli Certified Consultant - Tivoli Storage Manager v4.1
>
>
> __
>
> Enviro:
>
> W2K TSM 5.1.6.3
> W2K client 5.1.5.15
>
> Client has been backing up normally with schedmode=polling.
>
> I have never used archives before, so I need some help here.
>
> I setup the archive copygroup to keep archives for 2555 days (7 years).
>
> I created an archive schedule and thought that would be it as far as
> archiving configuration goes, but I received the following error in the
> client dsmsched.log:
>
> 08/15/2003 15:02:19 ANS1079E No file specification entered
> 08/15/2003 15:07:19 ANS1079E No file specification entered
> 08/15/2003 15:12:19 ANS1079E No file specification entered
> 08/15/2003 15:17:20 ANS1079E No file specification entered
> 08/15/2003 15:22:20 ANS1079E No file specification entered
>
> The Message manual indicates that "You did not enter a file specification
> as prompted".
>
> Where does one enter the "file specification" for archive if the archive
> is being done in a polling schedmode?
>
> Doesn't archive just read the client dsm.opt file for the
> includes/excludes and use this for the archive??
>
> I am not using CLOPTSETs.
>
> TIA
>
>
> Ken Sedlacek
> AIX/TSM/UNIX Administrator
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> IBM Certified Specialist: RS/6000 AIX v4.3 Support
> IBM Certified Specialist: RS/6000 SP & PSSP 3
> Tivoli Certified Consultant - Tivoli Storage Manager v4.1
>
>

Re: Linux kernel for Redhat

[Sal Mangiapane]

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/support/enterprise/isv/kernel-archive/7.2/2.4.9-31/

sal

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Levinson, Donald A.
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 10:03 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Linux kernel for Redhat
>
>
> Does anyone know where to get the kernel-2.4.9-31.i386.rpm for redhat 7.2?
> All the sites I have checked only have the much newer kernels and associated
> dependencies.
> I even checked the source rpm's and the oldest I could get was 2.4.9-34.
>
> Has IBM said anything about releasing newer tape drivers?
> Has anyone had any luck using the Linux supplied tape and library drivers
> instead of the tsm drivers?
>
>
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Re: ANS1017E on NT 4.0 - TSM 5.1.5.2

[Sal Mangiapane]

I've had that same problem.  We tracked it down to a firewall that was rejecting the 
TSM client.  Has anything changed on your
network?

sal

Vital Data Systems, LLC

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Andrew Raibeck
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 11:24 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: ANS1017E on NT 4.0 - TSM 5.1.5.2
>
>
> I don't know why this is happening, but as the messages suggest, it is
> probably a network-related issue. Since your note suggests that other
> clients ran successfully, can we assume that the TSM server is up and
> running?
>
> Some other things to try:
>
> 1) From an OS prompt, change into the directory where the TSM executables
> are located (i.e. C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient), then try this:
>
>dsmc q se
>
> Can a session be established? If not, check your dsm.opt file. What is the
> TCPSERVERADDRESS set to? Can you ping that address?
>
> 2) If the above test works, veryify the dsm.opt file that is being used by
> the scheduler service:
>
>
>dsmcutil list
>dsmcutil query /name:tsmservicename
>
> where "tsmservicename" is the name of the TSM scheduler service as
> reported by the "dsmcutil list" command.
>
> What options file does the "dsmcutil query" command show? If different
> than the one from test #1 above, then retry test #1 but point to the
> scheduler service options file:
>
>dsmc q se -optfile=optfilename
>
> where "optfilename" is the options file used by the scheduler service.
>
> Can a session be established? If not what is the TCPSERVERADDRESS in the
> scheduler service options file? Can you ping that address?
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i to reply)
>
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
>
>
>
>
> Kelli Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 03/31/2003 08:43
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> cc:
> Subject:ANS1017E on NT 4.0 - TSM 5.1.5.2
>
>
>
> Backups for one of our NT 4.0 servers running TSM 5 Release 1 Level 5.2
> (Server running 5.1.6.0 on AIX 5) missed this weekend...after stopping and
> restarting the service,  the same ANS1017E message is reported in the log
> and a session cannot be established...
>
> Here is a part of the log from before it happened.
>
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS BEGIN
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Total number of objects inspected:   59,688
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Total number of objects backed up:  121
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Total number of objects updated:  0
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Total number of objects rebound:  0
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Total number of objects deleted:  0
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Total number of objects expired:  0
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Total number of objects failed:   0
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Total number of bytes transferred: 369.16 MB
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Data transfer time:   37.75 sec
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Network data transfer rate:10,011.59 KB/sec
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Aggregate data transfer rate:  2,060.09 KB/sec
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Objects compressed by:0%
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Elapsed processing time:   00:03:03
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT END CDISBATCH_SCH 03/29/2003
> 01:00:00
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Scheduled event 'CDISBATCH_SCH' completed
> successfully.
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Sending results for scheduled event 'CDISBATCH_SCH'.
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Results sent to server for scheduled event
> 'CDISBATCH_SCH'.
>
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 ANS1483I Schedule log pruning started.
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Schedule Log Prune: 3233 lines processed.  273 lines
> pruned.
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 ANS1484I Schedule log pruning finished successfully.
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Querying server for next scheduled event.
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Node Name: CDISBATCH
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 ANS1017E Session rejected: TCP/IP connection failure
> 03/29/2003 01:02:58 Will attempt to get schedule from server again in 20
> minutes.
> 03/29/2003 01:22:58 Querying server for next scheduled event.
> 03/29/2003 01:22:58 Node Name: CDISBATCH
> 03/29/2003 01:22:59 Session established with server ADSM: AIX-RS/6000
> 03/29/2003 01:22:59   Server Version 5, Release 1, Level 6.0
> 03/29/2003 01:22:59   Data compression forced off by the server
> 03/29/2003 01:22:59   Server date/time: 03/29/2003 01:23:39  Last access:
> 03/29/2003 01:00:34
>
> Then the errors begin:
>
> 03/30/2003 00:59:48 The Scheduler is under the control of the TSM
> Scheduler Daemon
> 03/30/2003 00:59:48 Scheduler has

Re: Client login with admin id and password

[Sal Mangiapane]

I am presenting TSM as a solution to a local hospital and I expect they will have lots 
of security questions.  Thanks in advance for
all input

Has anyone used the include.encrypt option on production system?

Have you seen CPU processing significantly change on the client or server?

Does it require more LAN/WAN bandwidth to backup / restore?

Is it available for all supported platforms?

sal

Sal Mangiapane
Vital Data Systems, LLC

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Andrew Raibeck
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Client login with admin id and password
>
>
> Data backed up by the client can be encrypted via the include.encrypt
> option. Unless you know the encryption key, you can not restore the data.
>
> CAUTION: If the user who encrypted the data loses/forgets the key, then
> the data can not be restored, and there is nothing IBM can do to help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i to reply)
>
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
>

-- snip --

Re: Client login with admin id and password

[Sal Mangiapane]

That is very interesting.  In the US government has some "acts" that are concerned 
with privacy.  There is HIPAA for health care
industry patient data protection and GLBA for the financial industry consumer data 
protection.

Is anyone using TSM to protect data that is affected by either HIPAA or GLBA?  If so, 
have you taken any specific measures to comply
with the requirements.

sal

Sal Mangiapane
Vital Data Systems, LLC

>
> Hello,
> I always thought that a tsm admin does not have access to client data. I
> think I learned something new.
> Calling dsmc or dsm with -node=tarzan and specifying a valid admin id and
> password (system privilege) gives access to node tarzan's data. At least it
> is possible to list the files. I haven't tried to restore data. This is
> indeed documented. However, I would prefer if there were a message in the
> activity log saying that admin id was used.
> Am I wrong? Could someone explain this feature in more detail?
>
> Best regards
> Gerhard
> ---
> Gerhard Rentschleremail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Regional Computing Center tel.   ++49/711/685 5806
> University of Stuttgart   fax:   ++49/711/682357
> Allmandring 30a
> D 70550
> Stuttgart
> Germany
>

Re: (Veritas) BMR security issue

[Sal Mangiapane]

And from IBM (this week):

http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_903-041

sal
Servant Technology, Inc

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> bbullock
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: (Veritas) BMR security issue
>
>
> Interesting note about BMR. This might be old news, as the report is almost 
> a week old, but I don't recall seeing
> it sent out to the listserv.
>
> <>
>
> Ben
>
>

Re: remote agent

[Sal Mangiapane]

> Andy,
>
> Thanks,  what would cause a "connection refused".
>
> I'm defined on server w/ proper passwords etc...
>
> here's what I supply on http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:1581/
>
> of course the x's are a real ip address.
>
> Any ideas?

Maybe a firewall

>
> Regards, Joe
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:35 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: remote agent
>
>
> You're not supposed to manually start this. Just start the CAD. The
> first time you try the Web GUI, the CAD will automatically start the
> remote agent for you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
> Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i to reply)
>
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
>
>
>
>
> "Wholey, Joseph (TGA\\MLOL)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 02/19/2003 10:24
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> cc:
> Subject:remote agent
>
>
>
> Unable to start the remote agent.
>
> Running XP Professional
> central scheduler installed and started successfully
> CAD installed and started successfully
> Remoteagent installed but gives the below error when I try to start it.
>
> "Could not start the TSM AGENT services on local computer"
> Error 0x: 0x
>
> Any suggestions???
>
> Regards, Joe

Re: ANS1076E *** Directory path not found ***

[Sal Mangiapane]

> >Hi all, I4m having some troubles with tsm in directory name level. I have
> >two directories to backup in TSM. Both, have a blank space in the middle of
> >the name like: c:\Tomcat 4.1\
> >I4ve put on Scheduler c:\Tomcat*4.1\ c:\Tomcat?4.1\ quotes like c:\Tomcat
> >4.1\" and tried c:\"Tomcat 4.1"\ and some other combinations like %20
> >alt+255 and others... Anyone here had a similar experience ?
> >How did you solve it ? It may be in Scheduler not in dsmc or Baclient GUI...
>
> If you're talking about Define Schedule, client type, in the server,
> the the Admin Ref manual describes what to do, in the explanation of
> the Objects operand: enclose each path spec in double quotes, and the
> set of path specs in single quotes.
>
>   Richard Sims, BU
>
Also, did you restart the scheduler after each change in the include-exclude?  I've 
seen this make a difference.

sal

Sal Mangiapane
Vital Data Systems, LLC

Re: TSM server on Linux

[Sal Mangiapane]

>
> Does TSM server run on RedHat v8.0, intel platform?  If not, what versions of Linux 
>does it run on (other than the mainframe)?
>
>

We are running TSM Server (5.1.5.0) on Linux (Red Hat kernel 2.4.9-31) and intel 
platform.

Works great.

IBM does not support DRM on Linux.

IBM in their documentation is very specific about kernel.
Check about half way down this web page and there are specific Linux requirements and 
links to Red Hat and Suse.

http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_202-276

Hope this helps and God bless,

sal

Sal Mangiapane

Re: NT exclude problem

[Sal Mangiapane]

Did you restart the client scheduler after making the changes?

Did you include these specific 15 files before you excluded all files in the directory?

Sal Mangiapane

Servant Technology, Inc
Office: 724-758-3981


> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Richard Foster
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:47 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: NT exclude problem
>
>
> I have an NT server running SAP/Oracle. I am backing up the Oracle DB with
> TDP for R3, and thus want to exclude these files from TSM incremental. I
> cannot get it to work.
>
> NT server v 4.0 with SP6
> TSM client v 4.2.1.30
> TSM server v4.2.2.7
> running on AIX v 4.3.3
>
> The book gives an example: Quote
> Exclude all files and directories in any tmp directory that might exist
> exclude ?:\...\tmp\...\*
> Unquote
>
> So I tried
> exclude ?:\...\saparch\...\*
>
> I have also tried
> exclude *:\...\saparch\...\*
> exclude *:\...\saparch\...\*.*
> and in desperation
> exclude f:\oracle\XXX\saparch\*
> but each time, after the incremental, I have 15 active files registered in
> the TSM DB from this directory.
>
> Is it me, or is it a bug?
>
> Richard Foster
> Norsk Hydro ASA
>
>

Re: WINNT 4.0 SP5 PDC wasn't backing up the software hive in the registry

[Sal Mangiapane]

Sounds like it may have been a hardware (disk) drive failure where the registry is 
found.

Maybe the registry hive was not available.  This would also explain why it wouldn't 
reboot.


Does the PDC even get to the 'last good menu' option?  If so, try it.

Can you restore from the 1/10 backups?

Other things to consider:

Are the disk drives mirrored?  If yes, maybe you could try booting from the other 
drive by updating boot.ini

Do you have a BDC?  Promote it to PDC and recreate this server from scratch as a BDC 
and restore from TSM.


Thanks and God bless,

sal

Sal Mangiapane

Servant Technology, Inc
RR 1 Box 435
FOMBELL, PA 16123

Office: 724-758-3981
Mobile: 724-263-6569
FAX:724-752-7372
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Lisa Cabanas
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 9:29 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: WINNT 4.0 SP5 PDC wasn't backing up the software hive in the
> registry
>
>
> Good morning, all,
>
> I am trying to figure this one out, and I need help (it was a long night).
> Last night one of our PDC bit the dust, and I was attempting to rebuild the
> client on identical hardware (and dissimilar hardware, too).
>
> It didn't work (it's always worked before).  What I determined to be the
> problem was that there were NO software registry hives backed up for that
> client at all.  The rest of them were there, and it was like it should be
> (1 active and 4 inactive versions).  I have an AIX 4.3.3 ML10 with 4.2.1.9
> server code and the client code was at 4.2.1.20.
>
> The PDC's last successful backup was on 1/10 and stopped backing up 1/11,
> due to
>
> ANS4036E An error occurred saving the registry key.
>
> ANS1512E Scheduled event 'NT_2230' failed.  Return code = 4.
>
>
> It did this 1/11 thru yesterday, when our OPS staff notified me that there
> was a problem.  After it would return the error code, it would set up for
> the next night's backup.  Unfortunately, there were major network problems
> over the weekend, and they were told they didn't need to weed out the
> "real" errors/failures from the ones that were caused by connectivity, so
> this didn't get caught until yesterday.) When I got on to the server, there
> were messages about the password in the registry (which I thought was the
> problem with the registry), so I did a dsmcutil updatepw, and stopped and
> restarted the scheduler.
>
> I tried to force a back up, and then got this error msg:
>
> 01/15/2003 12:47:21PM ANS4023E Error processing '\\d5n01\c$': file
> input/output error
>
> And I asked if the server could be rebooted- and it never came back up.
>
> Why was the reg key gone?  There should have been *at least* inactive
> copies, if the registry error registered with TSM as a "deletion" (3 vers
> if deleted).
>
> Any body have any ideas what when wrong?  I know I don't, and I need to be
> able to explain my failure restoring the PDC with TSM (I have done bare
> metals before, but my boss doesn't particularly care for me, and this
> failure is a real opportunity for him-- no body cares about the backups,
> they just care about the restores-- and when it works it is unremarkable,
> but when it doesn't it's almost catastrophic).
>
> any help would be appreciated!!
>
> -lisa
>

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[Sal Mangiapane]

Hi and thanks in advance,

TSM server 5.1.5.0 Linux.  TSM client 5.1.5.0 NT 4.0

1) Can I use include/exclude to specify files to archive?   The documentation says I 
can but it doesn't seem to work.  Support says
I have to set it from the server, is this true?

2) Will the archive client archive everything in a directory every time or only what 
is not already archived?

Thanks and God bless,

sal

Sal Mangiapane

Servant Technology, Inc
RR 1 Box 435
FOMBELL, PA 16123

Office: 724-758-3981
Mobile: 724-263-6569
FAX:724-752-7372
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: faulty media

[Sal Mangiapane]

Have you considered where you store the tapes?

Anything magnetic near the tapes will cause tape problems.  This could be UPS or 
monitor or even disk sub systems can all cause
problems if tapes remain close for some time.

sal


> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Peter Ford
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:50 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: faulty media
>
>
> Recently, we have been experiencing a high number of media errors (generally read 
>errors with some locate errors) on our
> 3584 LTO library.  A recent query of the volumes table shows that we have 37 tapes 
>(out of 250) with read errors!  We
> have had IBM out to inspect the library and drives, and they report that everything 
>is fine.  Is it normal to have this
> many errors?  Could we have that many bad tapes?  The tapes are not rewritten very 
>often (the data being stored is for a
> long term and is generally very static).  Has anyone else experienced these kind of 
>media issues?
>
> We are running TSM 4.2.2.13 on Win2K, the library is connected via LVD SCSI, and all 
>the firmware on the drives are up-to-date.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Peter
>
> Peter Ford
> System Engineer
>
>
> Stentor, Inc.
>  5000 Marina Blvd,
>  Brisbane, CA 94005-1811
>  Main Phone: 650-228-
>  Fax: 650 228-5566
>  http://www.stentor.com
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>

how can I tell if a specific APAR is installed?

[Sal Mangiapane]

Hi,

I need to know if IC33840 is in my Linux 5.1.5 TSM server.  If not, will 5.1.5.6 have 
this fix?

Also, where can I find this information for future APARs.

Thanks and God bless,

sal

Sal Mangiapane

Servant Technology, Inc
RR 1 Box 435
FOMBELL, PA 16123

Office: 724-758-3981
Mobile: 724-263-6569
FAX:724-752-7372
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]