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Re: TSM Backup - Volume Shadow Copy Failed
Upgrade your client ..there are know VSS bugs (I think anything above 5.3.3) There has been a few discussion threads, in this list, on Shadow Copy problems. There are other things to check beyond this. Go on the mailing list archive and search on the below error ... http://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l@vm.marist.edu/ Cheers, Suad -- "Pahari, Dinesh P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 30/03/2007 01:48 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject TSM Backup - Volume Shadow Copy Failed Hi All, Please review the error reported below on the dsmerror.log files. I have lots of these error lately on Windows machines that are running Windows XP with no service pack. "ANS1950E Backup using Microsoft volume shadow copy failed." Both client and server running TSM version 5.3.0. Appreciate your feedbacks on above issue. Regards, Dinesh Pahari
Re: Backing up very large GPFS FS
How about "virtualmountpoint", for a few folders, in the client options file and have the tape stgpool collocate by filespace. Cheers, Suad -- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 21/03/2007 09:03:06 PM: > Hi everybody, > > I am trying to backup a very large FS with 32 terabytes, for that I have > a primary disk storage pool, with 6 terabytes of space. In the first > incremental the stgpool is getting full... > I have also defined one node as target, and 4 nodes as agents using > proxynode relationship to reduce time processing. > > My problem begins when migration occurs, I have 3 drives, but only one > is used, because my configuration is one node (target node), and one FS > of 32 TB and I am not getting more migration processes. > > Did anyone encounter something similar, any gotchas or ideas to open > more migration process ¿? > > Thanks in advance !! > > Regards, > Ibán.
Re: Moving Library Owner/Manager
There's not a single tasklist you can work on because of differing environments (are both TSM servers using the libraries themselves? is there non-standard inventory... like backupsets?) The last time I did it, it was something like this. On the old Library Manager (LM)... - Identify(generate a list) and checkout (rem=no) all Private volumes, from that library. - Then do the same with scratch carts. - Delete the paths/drives/library definitions Then, if required, make the new TSM server the library control (if the library needs to record which host is the LM) On the new LM ... - Define the library/device class/drives/paths (remember to add all remote TSM server paths) - Checkin all private carts (from the list, you generated, including which TSM server is the owner) - Then the checkin all scratch carts. On the old LM .. - define shared library with -primarylibman is the new LM Then you need to check if any carts thats are in inventory but did not successfully get checked in (the most common examples are backupsets and DB backups. I ended up doing a lot of pre-work(migrations etc) and needed to draft quite a detailed implementation/backout plan, as the enviroment was non trivial. If you have multiple TSM servers sharing a library, I would personally define a dedicated TSM LM instance (maybe on a separate port) that you can easily move with minimal planning, in future. Cheers, Suad -- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 21/03/2007 05:36:37 AM: > We are working to replace our two AIX TSM servers (old, slow, still using > SSA disk, etc) with new x86/Linux boxen. > > Unfortunately, the tape library owners/managers are these two AIX boxes. > > Has anyone here gone through changing which TSM server owns a tape > library, that can offer some hints, tips, suggestions ? > > How did you accomplish this? What steps did you take ahead of time?
Re: Total bytes per node ?
something like: select node_name,sum(physical_mb) as "Physical MB" from occupancy group by node_name order by "Physical MB" desc You could be more specific and mask on the stgpool name (that is, if you have a consistent descriptive naming scheme for stgpools) TABNAMECOLNAMETYPENAME LENGTH -- -- -- --- OCCUPANCY NODE_NAME VARCHAR64 OCCUPANCY TYPE VARCHAR20 OCCUPANCY FILESPACE_NAME VARCHAR64 OCCUPANCY STGPOOL_NAME VARCHAR30 OCCUPANCY NUM_FILES INTEGER 0 OCCUPANCY PHYSICAL_MBDECIMAL14 OCCUPANCY LOGICAL_MB DECIMAL14 OCCUPANCY FILESPACE_ID INTEGER 0 Cheers, Suad -- > Greetings. (newbie warning :-) Is there a query which would reveal > the total bytes of tape being consumed by a particular node ? > i.e. including the active and inactive copies of all its objects ? > > Regards, Peter > > AUS/TAS/DPIW/CIT/Servers hbt/lnd/l8 6233 3061 http://www.pjb.com.au > Pasari, pasarimosdice el aguay canta la verdad contra la piedra > -- Pablo Neruda
Re: IBM 3584 Tape Cleaning
Recommended to use the Automatic Cleaning method. It's in the Planning and Operator guides of both the 3583 and 3584. Cheers, Suad -- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 22/12/2006 02:14:32 PM: > Those of you who have the IBM 3584 tape libraries - please weigh in on > pros/cons of using either the Automatic Cleaning method of the host > library or the Tape cleaning management method of the TSM server. We are > configuring two 3584's to replace our four 3583 libraries. Our > environment is TSM 5.3x server on AIX 5.3 with LTO2 drives and LTO2 tapes > in the libraries with each library configured as it's own single > partition.
Re: Compiling db2uext2 on AIX5.3 using gcc
Messages fileset are corrupt. Get the messages filesets from another source (ask your Tivoli rep) Cheers, Suad -- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 19/12/2006 10:53:07 AM: > Hi all, > > We are right now upgrading from TSM 5.2.3 to 5.3 .. however we encouter > this prob .. .anyone could help??? Running out of time ... > > > installp: APPLYING software for: > tivoli.tsm.msg.en_US.devices 5.3.0.0 > > ar: 0707-100 liblpp.a does not exist. > 0503-437 installp: Cannot install the specified > fileset tivoli.tsm.msg.en_US.devices. > Could not access the installation control files. > Use local problem reporting procedures. > > installp: CANCELLED software for: > tivoli.tsm.msg.en_US.devices 5.3.0.0 > > Thanks and Warmest Regards, > ___ > > DKSH Market Intelligence > > Liew Callie (Ms) > > DKSH Corporate Shared Services Center Sdn Bhd > Lot L4-E-3A, Enterprise 4, Technology Park Malaysia, > 57000 Kuala Lumpur. > Phone: +603 8992 2855 Fax: +603 8992 2999 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.dksh.com > > > > > > Richard Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > 11/03/2006 04:51 AM > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > To > ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > cc > > Subject > Re: [ADSM-L] Compiling db2uext2 on AIX5.3 using gcc > > > > > > > On Nov 2, 2006, at 12:45 PM, zareyna wrote: > > > gcc -maix64 -I/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/sample > > -L/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/libApiTSM64.a -o db2uext2 > > /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/db2uext2.c > > Do: man gcc > Option capital L (-L) is to specify a directory in which lib* files > live, beyond the standard libraries directory, and -l to specify an > individual lib file, like '-l ApiTSM64'. > > Richard Sims
Re: Mixed 3592Gen1 & Gen2
We opted to logically partitioned the library (within TSM). Drawbacks are managing 2 scratchpools and having to migrate some stgpools from one logical library to another. Haven't had many other problems, apart form that. As Richard says, the Readme covers options in reasonable detail. You have to come up with you own conclusions. Cheers, Suad -- Paul van Dongen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 24/11/2006 11:02 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Mixed 3592Gen1 & Gen2 Hello all, Being more at home with LTOs, I am facing the following. We have a 3494 library with some 3592Gen1 drives. Recently, additional drives were installed, and they are 3592Gen2. My question is: can TSM identify by any means that a particular volume was written in Gen2 format and try to read them only on Gen2 drives? That means that I should (possible answers): 1) Partition the 3494 with one library with Gen1 drives and one with Gen2 drives 2) Use all drives with FORMAT=3592C in the devclass definition (No! No!) 3) Use FORMAT=Drive and let TSM decide what to do To complicate further: TSM Server is 5.3.4 on AIX 5.3, but I still have some storage agents at 5.2.3 level, who don't "understand" what 3592-2 is. Thanks for your advice, Paul van Dongen -- Outgoing mail has been checked by TrendMicro InterScan VirusWall
Suad Musovich/New Zealand/IBM away until Tuesday 9th May
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Suad Musovich/New Zealand/IBM away until Monday 8th August
I will be out of the office starting 05/08/2005 and will not return until 08/08/2005. I am away from the office until Monday 8th August. Pls contact Rik Foote for any urgent enquiries.
Re: 15,000,000 + files on one directory backup
Why not put in some 3592 drives in the 3494? Unfortunately the number of files is going to be the limiting factor. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 19/06/2005 06:08:42 AM: > From the movie "Blazing Saddles" ... You use your tongue better than > a $20 ...you-know-what. Couldn't have said it better. Heck, I > just wish I could have said it as good! Don't ever leave us!!! :-) > > In the case of this 15M+ server, it was the imaging vender that > architected this. I've gotten a lot of suggestions from the list > over the past days and I'll try some of them, but I will suggest > that they split this 2TB filesystem into smaller parts based on the > G:\IMAGES\\. Put each region on its own drive. This is also > on an EMC Symmetrix. Another upper management mis-decision they > have to contend with is that the mainframe and open systems must > share the same technology. Hence the EMC Symmetrix and the 3494 > with 3590E drives. Both technologies are somewhat limiting their > open system options. I don't' mean to dis' the 3494...it's a good > box, but the 3590E capacity is hurting them. Plus the speed. Their > daily backup is getting large enough that soon they may not be > able to meet the vaulting deadline. > > > Bill Boyer > "Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield" - ?? > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Richard Sims > Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 8:13 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: 15,000,000 + files on one directory backup > > All the anguish brought on by this kind of situation brings us back > to the old issue of sites lacking guidance in the area of data > architecture, as should be promulgated by an IT department. What we > are collectively seeing in all these companies is departments > buying the new, large (160 GB+) hard drives or disk arrays now on > the market and implementing them as one, single, huge storage > area, with no thought to the realities involved in the decision. > This is largely a problem in the Windows arena, where this often > derives from people having had basic experience with a personal > computer and who simplistically extrapolate when outfitting larger > systems. This is in contrast to the Unix environment, where there is > pre-existing conditioning to sanely subdivide disk space by > functional categorization and keep file systems manageable. > > Do whatever you can to stem this poor practice... Feed back to the > responsible department; bring it up at meetings; raise awareness > in company publications. Carving out multiple volumes allows for > categorization and easier administration by their owner, and > certainly facilitates backup in terms of time schedule and > parallelization opportunities. If necessary, analogize the issue: > does one implement a 15-foot high filing cabinet, or three 5-foot > high cabinets? It's about practicalities. We TSM administrators > need to make ourselves conspicuous in decision making, not be > willing victims of uninformed decisions. We safeguard our > organizations' > data, and can do that only if sane data architectures prevail. > > Richard Sims
Suad Musovich/New Zealand/IBM away until Thursday 5th May
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Suad Musovich/New Zealand/IBM away until Tuesday 26th April
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Suad Musovich/New Zealand/IBM away until Monday 18th April
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Re: Export failure
Sounds like a network issue.. /usr/include/sys/errno.h: #define EPIPE 32 /* Broken pipe */ bit of a bummer. cheers, Suad -- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/11/2004 09:27:01 AM: > Sunday AM, after running 15 hours and transferring 2.5 of 4.5 million > files, an EXPORT NODE failed with these messages. > > > ANR8216W Error sending data on socket 435. Reason 32. > > (SESSION: 56255, PROCESS: 657) > > ANR0569I Object not processed for THEBEAST: type=Backup, > > file space=\\thebeast\d$, object=\DPC\ADS\SOFTWARE\IOMEG- > > AWAREâ,¢ 3.1\ IOWARE-W32-X86-31.EXE. (SESSION: 56255, > > PROCESS: 657) > > ANR0568W Session 56257 for admin FRED (AIX-RS/6000) > > terminated - connection with client severed. (SESSION: > > 56255, PROCESS: 657) > > I'm not sure what caused what: the odd directory name or a network hiccup. > > Any explanations would be appreciated. > > > Fred Johanson > ITSM Administrator > University of Chicago > 773-702-8464
Re: Storage pool
Yes, the storage pool can have collocation turned off without affecting existing data. Just a note, you may want to read up on what collocation does. Over time it will affect overall restore performance as node data will be spread amongst many tapes. Cheers, Suad -- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/11/2004 02:36:01 PM: > Yes there are alot more nodes on that stgpool than the other .. one > ... if I switch off collocation .. will it be ok .. will TSM and the > data .. on TSM be OK ? > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Suad Musovich > Sent: 08 November 2004 09:16 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Storage pool > > > Are there more nodes/filespaces defined using that stgpool? > Maybe you want to switch off collocation for that stgpool. > > Cant really say beyond that as you have supplied little extra info. > > Cheers, Suad > -- > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/11/2004 > 02:02:26 PM: > > Hi all, > > > > I have 3 storage pool 3494pool01, 3494pool02 and 3494pool03 (examples) > > > > My question is why is there alot of tapes that are 'FILLING' status > > in my 3494pool01 rather than .. in the 3494pool03 and 3494pool03 > > needs more tapes that 3494pool01. sometimes when I put in the > > scratch tapes into the library .. most of the scratch tapes are > > defined into the 3494pool01. how can resolve this. > > > > My thoery is it because ... of the Maximum scratch allowed ? > > > > Regards > > Shukrie
Re: Storage pool
Are there more nodes/filespaces defined using that stgpool? Maybe you want to switch off collocation for that stgpool. Cant really say beyond that as you have supplied little extra info. Cheers, Suad -- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/11/2004 02:02:26 PM: > Hi all, > > I have 3 storage pool 3494pool01, 3494pool02 and 3494pool03 (examples) > > My question is why is there alot of tapes that are 'FILLING' status > in my 3494pool01 rather than .. in the 3494pool03 and 3494pool03 > needs more tapes that 3494pool01. sometimes when I put in the > scratch tapes into the library .. most of the scratch tapes are > defined into the 3494pool01. how can resolve this. > > My thoery is it because ... of the Maximum scratch allowed ? > > Regards > Shukrie
Re: Question for you 3494 gurus -
I had a similar problem, I ended up physically pulling it out, re-inventorizing and checking it back in. The bugs in the 3494 are there but more subtle :) - Original Message - From: "Prather, Wanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 6:50 AM Subject: Question for you 3494 gurus - > OK, I"ve never seen this one before! > > I was trying to track down a missing TSM scratch tape. > The library manager DB SEARCH says it is IN the 3494, but it's current > category code is FF10, which is the EJECT category. > > mtlib -qV -Vnn -l libname > > shows "volume in process of being ejected". > > Well, it isn't! And nothing shows up in the eject queue on the library > manager. > I have ejected other tapes today with no problem. > > And if I use mtlib to try and CHANGE the category code again, I get "Change > Category operation failed, volume in use". > It has been this way for weeks, based on the last entry I see for it in the > TSM activity log. > > Any idea how I fix this? > > Thanks! >
Re: WHAt is TRUE LAN FREE backup speeds?
LANfree, effectively, allows you to directly attach the tape device to the client node. So it can run either near the speed you can directly stream to the device (as you would from a TSM server) or however fast the node can push data out in a single stream. Pick the slower of the 2. We have found older and I/O bound servers getting up to half the throughput of something new, out of the box. Sounds like you have more than enough grunt to push data through to the drives. Cheers, Suad -- - Original Message - From: "MC Matt Cooper (2838)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 5:44 AM Subject: WHAt is TRUE LAN FREE backup speeds?option to backup huge data bases. I am working from a p690 14 CPU server with all the data spread on 3 different Shark systems. I am considering using some SAn attached 9840C (30MB/sec uncompressed) drives. What kind of throughput speeds are people getting using the LAN FREE Hello all, It me again with the big DB2 warehouse backup questions. As we try to come up with better design considerations I really would like to know what kind of throughput people are getting when using the LAN FREE option? PS: I am hoping to still use the DB2 backup faciity with multiple sessions to multiple tape drives. Thanks in advance Matt
Getting summary data from SQL Back Track to TSM
a.k.a I dont want to reinvent the wheel. Can anyone suggest an elegant way of feeding SQLBT summary data through to TSM so we can see it on the activity log? Cheers, Suad --
Re: FastT700 with FlashCopy
The FAStT flashcopy is very easy to use. It's the same as most snapshotting features on other storage subsystems. It creates a pseudo volume that utilizes cache area to record any changes in the original volume. You can mount the pseudo volume as you can the original to make a backup copy. For a database, you either shut it down or put it in backup mode before executing the flashcopy feature. Then you restart/return the database online and mount the pseudo volume as you would the normal one. It gives you the ability of doing a filesystem backup as you would the database being stopped (i.e. cold). The only reason you may want to use the TDP is if you mount the pseudo volume on another machine to reduce I/O impact on the main host, otherwise it benefits for cold backups. Cheers, Suad -- - Original Message - From: "Jin Bae Chi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 6:14 AM Subject: FastT700 with FlashCopy TSMers, We are about to get FastT700 with FlashCopy option. Has anyone had experience on this FlashCopy for backup or/and report purposes? IBM said I can do backups from a separated set of disks for FlashCopy, not from the original disks. We also run Oracle with TDP product. I don't get how db will get flash-copied and being read for backups or reports. Any comment will be appreciated. Thanks. TSM 4.2.3 AIX 4.3.3 TDP of Oracle 2.2 Oracle 8.1.6 Gus
Re: moving to a new datacenter
Um, you neglect to say how much gets backed up nightly, how long is you backup window, is all backups going to diskpool, or how many nodes there are. Can you saturate that network connection without guilt?. (It helps if it's full duplex) 150Mbit sounds like an OC-3 connection (155Mbit). I find that it quite easily handles saturation for long periods of time. Theorectically you can backup 55Gbytes an hour, depending how well your server/network/settings are tuned. Suad -- On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 05:30, Camilo A. Marrugo wrote: > Hello, > > I need some advice if possible, we are moving to a new datacenter and we > are living the TSM server % Library back here on the old datacenter > until we migrate completely to the new datacenter. I need to know if > with a 150 mbt connections from the new datacenter client nodes will be > fine running backups to the TSM server. The new nodes are mostly linux > fileservers and webservers, with an average of 10GB each with a data > changing % of 10% daily bases. The TSM server is connected to the > network with a 1GB connection. > > The backups are incremental. If you have anything for me to have in mind > when working on setting the new nodes, please let me know. > > Greatly Appreciated, > Camilo Marrugo > -- > Camilo A. Marrugo > Data Storage Manager > Dialtone Interland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.dialtone.com > Voice: (954) 581-0097 - Fax: (954) 581-7629
Re: New TSM Server Question
There ain't no magic bullet for that question. You have to factor in a bunch of things; - The size of the backup windows for the Oracle/Domino server - how much the Oracle/Domino/other server windows overlap. - The amount of Oracle/Domino data you need to backup in the windows. - amount of disk stgpool (can you backup the entire window) - number of available tape drives (how many can you spare at any given time) - type of disk (can it handle a full write load from Gigabit Ethernet) - if you are confident the Oracle/Domino servers can stream to the TSM server at the speed of the tape drives (15MBytes/sec) Judging from the number of tape drives it would make sense to keep streaming the Oracle/Domino data directly to tape. This would avoid a potential bottleneck writing to the disk pool (unless you have very fast disk subsystem) and the 15MB/sec would allow most large database dumps in a few hours. I would look at keeping a separate Gigabit segment for the database servers. It won't take too many connections on the main pipe to take a big chunk of it, and if you stream to tape you want the LTO drive buffers to be well fed (a potential performance issue). Cheers, Suad -- On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 21:45, HEMPSTEAD, Tim wrote: > Hi, > > We are replacing our existing TSM server with a new one and I have a > question about storage pool configuration. > > Currently our TSM server is running on the same RS6000 as our main Oracle > databases using a STK L700 tape silo connected directly to the RS6000. The > TSM server also backs up another RS6000 running Oracle and a couple more > running Domino over a gigabit network. The Oracle data and Domino database > data from these servers goes straight to tape whilst file-level data and > Domino transaction log data go via a disk storage pool. > > We are now going to use a separate RS6000 server running TSM 5 with an IBM > 3584 silo with 8 LTO drives. This will be connected to the other servers > via the gigabit lan. > > Would it be better to keep some of the data going straight to tape or would > I be better to use an intervening disk storage pool for all of the data and > then use multiple LTO drives to migrate to tape? > > Thanks > > Tim > > -- > Tim Hempstead, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unix Technical Specialist > SchlumbergerSema > > > _ > This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the > individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are > solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of > SchlumbergerSema. > If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received > this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, > or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. > > If you have received this email in error please notify the > SchlumbergerSema Helpdesk by telephone on +44 (0) 121 627 5600. > _
Re: schedule pending
It depends when the last time interval counts down to zero. Have a look in the dsmsched.log file. Have you changed the schedule within a few hours of the event? Suad -- On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 05:20, shekhar Dhotre wrote: > Greetings All, > > quick question about scheduling : > > I have schedule named CPA35_DAILY which shows pending .. > > sched daemon is running on node cpa35 .. > > f3n35 />ps -ef | grep dsmc > root 3476 79140 24 10:57:30 pts/1 4:16 dsmc > root 65466 1 10 23:48:39 - 16:27 > /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmc sched > root 80394 66178 0 11:12:40 pts/3 0:00 grep dsmc > f3n35 /> > > > What other parameters should I check to get this going ? am I missing > something ? > > > > > tsm: TSM>q eve * * > > Scheduled Start Actual Start Schedule Name Node Name Status > - - > - > 11/18/02 01:58:42 11/18/02 01:59:09 F2N17_CMD F2N17 Completed > 11/18/02 10:30:00 CPA35_DAILY F3N35 Pending > 11/18/02 11:25:45 F2N21_APPROD- F2N21 Future > > 11/18/02 16:02:00 DAILY_ARCHIVE F3N47 Future > 11/18/02 17:01:10 DAILY_PROD_I- CPD21 Future >NCR > 11/18/02 19:18:00 SPCWS SPCWS01 Future > 11/18/02 19:35:33 SPCWS_CMD SPCWS01 Future > 11/18/02 20:25:06 F2N17_INC F2N17 Future > > > > Thanks and best regards . > SD
Re: Server AIX vs NT
Have you though about upgrading to 5.1.5 and running Linux? Also, I've been investigating and have found newer Intel based servers are coming with a lot more I/O capabilities. Unfortunately the vendors don't seem to publish I/O benchmarks for their machines. Suad -- On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 05:46, Ray Baughman wrote: > 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: www.tivoli.com gone???
On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 06:59, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > I can still get to it, and though I work for IBM, I am not aware of any > magic powers that enable only IBMers to look at it. ... unless your internal DNS servers are still caching tivoli stuff. Looking for the NS entries in the WHOIS database; Whois Server Version 1.3 Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. No match for nameserver "TIVOLI.COM". Even tried using the registered nameserver (AUTH02.NS.UU.NET) Unintentional, or brutal?? Suad -- > Are you trying to go to a page within www.tivoli.com, or did you actually > try the main www.tivoli.com page? Try the main page to see if you can get > to it. If that doesn't work, then try flushing your web browser cache, > restart the browse, and try the main page again. > > 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. > > > > > Dirk Billerbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 10/31/2002 10:02 > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject:www.tivoli.com gone??? > > > > Hello, > > is anybody able to connect to the Tivoli website?? > > The connection attempt times out and the error message says something like > "www.tivoli.com has no DNS entry"??? > > What is going on there by Tivoli? I need the knowledge base and the device > support list. It's urgent... > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen, > Met vriendelijke groeten, > With best regards, > Bien amicalement, > > CU/2, > Dirk Billerbeck > > > Dirk Billerbeck > GE CompuNet Kiel > Enterprise Computing Solutions > Am Jaegersberg 20, 24161 Altenholz (Kiel), Germany > Phone: +49 (0) 431 / 3609 - 117, Fax: +49 (0) 431 / 3609 - 190, > Internet: dirk.billerbeck @ gecits-eu.com > > > This email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, > you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. > If you have received this mail in error, please tell us > immediately by return email and delete the document.
Re: Linux as TSM Server; ATA DiskArrays; SSA-diskpool copypool speeds (3 totally unrelated questions for the price of one!)
We are about to set up a 2nd server running Linux. My main issue, so far, is I/O related. I haven't been able to find anyone running sustained high I/O on a IA32 box (except for a NUMA-Q). The new vendor offerings look promising but they have only been able to supply database TPC style stats, which is fine for metadata but does not address whether you can load up the PCI bus(es) with Gigabit network and FC. Anyone deployed beefy IA32 TSM servers? (and can compare to the newer RISC servers) Also, the current 2.4 Linux kernel has some issues with I/O subsystem using a single spinlock. This is being addressed in the 2.5/3.0 kernel but means, in the short/medium term, Linux could be an issue. We are playing safe, initially, and using the TSM Linux server for lots of small nodes and virtual volumes to our main TSM server. Suad -- > 1. Running TSM Server under Linux on Intel > Has anyone started running TSM Server under Linux yet, and if so, would > you be willing to provide feedback? > Our current environment is TSM 4.2 running on a NetStore (3466-C00) with > 4cpu, 2gb-ram and ssa disk for db/logs and all diskpools. NSM is being > discontinued and we have no AIX admin (HP-UX shop starting to add > Linux). Suport $ for the rs/6000 is also increasing dramatically. I > would like to consider using a beefy Intel box (Compaq/Dell/IBM) or even > a cluster of less beffy machines if the bottom line looks good and it > works. We could use W2K but I'm not quite ready to take the plunge into > the "dark side".
Re: OK IBM _ ENOUGH ALREADY with the IBM/Tivoli TSM website -
On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 09:38, Slag, Jerry B. wrote: > http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=663&tc=SSGSG7&dc=D400 And when you filter 'All Supported Versions' + 'Client' you get ; No documents match your query Please revise your search criteria But if you use 'All Versions', it works.
Re: OK IBM _ ENOUGH ALREADY with the IBM/Tivoli TSM website -
I hear your frustration. They have fragmented it in the typical IBM non-intuitive way. The Support Downloads is playing magic roundabout. So you have to go to the client requirement pages. The client requirements/search page has separated the platforms by age and their is no hyperlinks to the downloads. So you have to go to the Self Help -> downloads page. Again, the downloads/search page has been separated out, but you get server stuff as well. You have to filter it. Hands up who thing IBM should be nominated for one of the bad navigation web awards. Actually we should insist they should get it considering the scale of this problem. (e.g. try find matching firmware/BIOS/driver for a FASTt HBA adapter, not challenging enough...match it with a supported SDD/RDAC) Actually, this seems to reflect how it works when you deal with IBM via their public call centre. Suad -- http://www-3.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 07:59, Prather, Wanda wrote: > The new IBM/Tivoli Storage Manager pages are now Circular, and have been > that way for days. > > We RELY on the web pages to do client downloads. > DOES ANYBODY KNOW who we can call to get this mess straigtened out?!? > > I've had people from Tivoli asking ME how to get to the downloads page - > THIS IS STUPID AND INCONSIDERATE OF THE CUSTOMERS AND INTERFERES WITH THE > SALE AND SUPPORT OF THIS PRODUCT. > > WHY don't you ever ask WHAT YOUR CUSTOMERS NEED BEFORE screwing with this > stuff?!?
Re: RAID5 in TSM
Then remove the mirroring. On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 16:43, Raghu S wrote: > Here i am not worried about the protection.I am worried about the > performace. Most of my client backups are failed. > > > > Suad Musovich > AND.AC.NZ> cc: > Sent by: "ADSM: Subject: Re: RAID5 in TSM > Dist Stor > Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > .EDU> > > > 10/23/2002 12:49 > AM > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor > Manager" > > > > > > Realistically, if Array B dies, you lose the Database "and" recovery > log. The mirroring ain 't giving you protection from that. > I would separate the recovery log to array A and lose the mirroring on > both DB and log(maybe mirror log between arrays). > Restoration of a broken DB should only mean a couple hours outage, in > your case. > > > On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 01:03, Raghu S wrote: > > Hi, > > > > There was a lot of discussion on this topic before.But i am requesting > TSM > > gurus give their comments again. > > > > The set up is like this. > > > > TSM Server : Windows NT 4.0 SP6, TSM 5.1.0.0 > > > > 392 MB memory, P III > > > > Adaptech Ultra SCSI > > > > Hard Disk : Internal Hardware RAID 5: > > > > array A : 8.678GB * 3 : 17.356GB data and 8.678 > GB > > parity > > > > array B : 35.003 GB * 3 : 70.006GB data and > 35.003 > > GB parity. > > > > > > Both array A and array B are connected to the same channel. > > > > OS and TSM 5.1 are installed on array A > > > > TSM data base, recovery log and Disk storage pool are installed in array > B. > > > > Database : 2GB+2GB = 4 GB and mirrored at TSM level on the same array > > > > Recovery Log : 500MB + 500 MB = 1 GB and mirrored at TSM level on the > same > > array > > > > Disk Storage pool : 10GB+10GB+10GB+10GB+5GB=45GB on array B > > > > > > TSM client: 4.1.2.12 ( Tivoli says 4.1.2.12 is not supported with 5.1 > > Server. But i could take the backup,archive and restore with this > > combination ) > > > > Number of Clients : 55, all are windows > > > > Incremental backup : 1GB/ client/day. > > > > backup window : 9AM to 6PM with 50% randamization ( all are in polling > mode > > ) > > > > LAN : 100Mbps > > > > End of the day only 10 clients could finish the backup.Remaining all are > > missing or "?" ( in progress ) or failed. > > > > Through the entire backup window the CPU load is 100% with dsmsvc.exe > > holding 98% > > > > I tested with various options. I stopped the schedular and fired 3 > clients > > backup manually at the same time.Each client has 1 GB of incremental > data. > > It took three hours to finish the backup. While backing up i observed > there > > was lot of idletime outs of sessions. > > > > Network choke is not there. I checked this with FTP. > > > > Whats the bottleneck here? Is RAID 5 is creating problems ( DB,log and > > storage pool all are on the RAID 5 )? I asked the customer to arrange a > > testing machine without any RAID. I will be getting that in two > days.Before > > going on to the testing i like to know your comments on this. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Raghu S Nivas > > Consultant - TSM > > DCM Data Systems Ltd > > New Delhi > > India.
Re: os/2 a supported client? (other platforms?)
How about other older versions/platforms? Has anyone tested older 3.1/7 clients with the 5.1 server? On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 08:22, Dirk Billerbeck wrote: > Sorry, OS/2 (BTW: IBMs OWN operating system!!) is no longer supported! : > -(( The latest client version is v3.7.2.27, you can find it here: > > ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/tivoli-storage-management/patches/client/v3r7/OS2/ > > This client works only up to a v4.2.x TSM server, NOT with v5.1 or higher! > At least this is what we found out when we first tried to connect a v3.7 > OS/2 client to a v5.1 TSM server for Windows. This is very sad because we > still have dozend of customers with hundreds of OS/2 systems that can't > move to TSM v5.1... > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen, > Met vriendelijke groeten, > With best regards, > Bien amicalement, > > CU/2, > Dirk Billerbeck > > > Dirk Billerbeck > GE CompuNet Kiel > Enterprise Computing Solutions > Am Jaegersberg 20, 24161 Altenholz (Kiel), Germany > Phone: +49 (0) 431 / 3609 - 117, Fax: +49 (0) 431 / 3609 - 190, > Internet: dirk.billerbeck @ gecits-eu.com > > > This email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, > you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. > If you have received this mail in error, please tell us > immediately by return email and delete the document. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 21.10.2002 17:48:45 > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: mailbox.dekelnsm > cc: > Subject: os/2 a supported client? > > > -- > > > > Is OS/2 a supported TSM client? I can't find info on > the web site to say that, but have found several old > posts in the ADSM-L archives to suggest that it may > be. > > > M. > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ >
Re: RAID5 in TSM
Realistically, if Array B dies, you lose the Database "and" recovery log. The mirroring ain 't giving you protection from that. I would separate the recovery log to array A and lose the mirroring on both DB and log(maybe mirror log between arrays). Restoration of a broken DB should only mean a couple hours outage, in your case. On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 01:03, Raghu S wrote: > Hi, > > There was a lot of discussion on this topic before.But i am requesting TSM > gurus give their comments again. > > The set up is like this. > > TSM Server : Windows NT 4.0 SP6, TSM 5.1.0.0 > > 392 MB memory, P III > > Adaptech Ultra SCSI > > Hard Disk : Internal Hardware RAID 5: > > array A : 8.678GB * 3 : 17.356GB data and 8.678 GB > parity > > array B : 35.003 GB * 3 : 70.006GB data and 35.003 > GB parity. > > > Both array A and array B are connected to the same channel. > > OS and TSM 5.1 are installed on array A > > TSM data base, recovery log and Disk storage pool are installed in array B. > > Database : 2GB+2GB = 4 GB and mirrored at TSM level on the same array > > Recovery Log : 500MB + 500 MB = 1 GB and mirrored at TSM level on the same > array > > Disk Storage pool : 10GB+10GB+10GB+10GB+5GB=45GB on array B > > > TSM client: 4.1.2.12 ( Tivoli says 4.1.2.12 is not supported with 5.1 > Server. But i could take the backup,archive and restore with this > combination ) > > Number of Clients : 55, all are windows > > Incremental backup : 1GB/ client/day. > > backup window : 9AM to 6PM with 50% randamization ( all are in polling mode > ) > > LAN : 100Mbps > > End of the day only 10 clients could finish the backup.Remaining all are > missing or "?" ( in progress ) or failed. > > Through the entire backup window the CPU load is 100% with dsmsvc.exe > holding 98% > > I tested with various options. I stopped the schedular and fired 3 clients > backup manually at the same time.Each client has 1 GB of incremental data. > It took three hours to finish the backup. While backing up i observed there > was lot of idletime outs of sessions. > > Network choke is not there. I checked this with FTP. > > Whats the bottleneck here? Is RAID 5 is creating problems ( DB,log and > storage pool all are on the RAID 5 )? I asked the customer to arrange a > testing machine without any RAID. I will be getting that in two days.Before > going on to the testing i like to know your comments on this. > > > > Regards > > Raghu S Nivas > Consultant - TSM > DCM Data Systems Ltd > New Delhi > India.
Re: Web errors
We have around a dozen people using the web admin interface and I see a couple of them regularly causing that message. Haven't noticed any problmes I think it's more to do with the browser functionality(Java engine). Try changing browsers and see if it stops. Suad -- On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 08:44, KEN HORACEK wrote: > Hi, > we are running 4.2.1.11 > We do see; > > ANR4706W Unable to open file CommandLine$COMClassObject.- >class to satisfy web session 5228. > > and are currently ignoring it, as it does not seem to cause any problem. > > I would be interested in hearing (reading) what others have to say. > > > Ken > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/16/2002 11:10:53 AM >>> > Hello all, > > Just curious if anyone else has seen the following errors, and if they > have what they did to resolve them. We are running 5.1.1.6 on AIX > 4.3.3. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Josh > > ANR4706W Unable to open file WebConsoleBeanInfo.class to satisfy web > session > 58. > ANR4706W Unable to open file WebConsole$COMClassObject.class to satisfy > web > session 59. > ANR4706W Unable to open file CommandLine$COMClassObject.class to satisfy > web > session 60. > > - > This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or > proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to > which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended > recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the > sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. > - > <<<>>>
Re: Slow DB backups.
Depends if you are running other processes (especially expiration). Also you havent mentioned your HW configuration. On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 04:54, Dearman, Richard wrote: > I haven't done aTSM DB backup in the last few days. So I started one today > and it is moving very slow I have a 30GB database and it is only reading at > about 500KB/s. At this rate it will take hours to backup. Before it would > only take 45minutes. > > Is this normal? > > Thanks > ***EMAIL DISCLAIMER*** This > email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of th individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you are not the intended recipient or the individual responsible for > delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, > distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please > delete it and notify the sender or contact Health Information Management > 312.996.3941.
Re: Different display of output from query
It's probably adjusting to the narrow frame width of the browser.
Redirect to a file (" > filename") and look at the output. Not sure if
you can do this with a browser
You can also run a commandline script and use the -commadelimited flag.
Cheers, Suad
--
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 07:27, brian welsh wrote:
> Hello,
>
> AIX 5.1, TSM-server 4.2.2.8
>
> When I execute command 'select * from auditocc' (without quotes) from
> command-line in Administrator Web-Interface it gives following output:
> NODE_NAME: CLIENT
> BACKUP_MB: 1000
> BACKUP_COPY_MB: 0
> ARCHIVE_MB: 0
> ARCHIVE_COPY_MB: 0
> SPACEMG_MB: 0
> SPACEMG_COPY_MB: 0
> TOTAL_MB: 1000
> and so on
>
> When I execute same command from Administrator Command Line, it gives
> sameoutput:
> tsm: SERVER>select * from auditocc
>
> But when I redirect output of command within AIX-script to a file, it gives
> following output:
> NODE_NAME BACKUP_MB BACKUP_COPY_MB ARCHIVE_MB ARCHIVE_COPY_MB .
> - - -- -- --- .
> CLIENT 10000 0 0 aso
>
> The script is displaying the output in horizontal way in stead of displaying
> it in vertical way.
> For some reasons I want to execute the command within a script and redirect
> output to a file, but I want the same kind of output it gives when I execute
> the command from command-line Administrator Web-Interface or Administrator
> Command Line. I guess maybe it's a missing parameter.
>
> I hope that someone can give me a hint.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian
Re: migration: waiting for acccess to tape annoyance
Nice in theory but backup windows tend to stretch over the original boundaries to suit customer needs and balance the external environment (backup demand is now bottlenecking the network). On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 07:51, Miles Purdy wrote: > A better solution is usually to schedule these events so this never happens. Run >migration before any backups start. > > Miles > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10-Oct-02 1:28:48 PM >>> > Had the below happen to me last night. It actually happens when a node > backs up a large data file (larger that the stgpool Max) that streams > directly to tape, then takes it's time. > The job was a routine migration to empty the diskpool making way for the > night of the bulk backups > > Is there anyway for a migration to timeout for a specific tape? > > (I suspect the node, in this case, is on a 10Mb connection and backing > up a 21GB file) > > > 361 Migration > Disk Storage Pool BACKUPPOOL, Moved Files: > 118365, Moved Bytes: 21,245,640,704, Unreadable > Files: 0, Unreadable Bytes: 0. Current Physical > File (bytes): 512,000 > > Waiting for access to output volume UA0283 > (19095 seconds). > > > Suad > --
migration: waiting for acccess to tape annoyance
Had the below happen to me last night. It actually happens when a node backs up a large data file (larger that the stgpool Max) that streams directly to tape, then takes it's time. The job was a routine migration to empty the diskpool making way for the night of the bulk backups Is there anyway for a migration to timeout for a specific tape? (I suspect the node, in this case, is on a 10Mb connection and backing up a 21GB file) 361 Migration Disk Storage Pool BACKUPPOOL, Moved Files: 118365, Moved Bytes: 21,245,640,704, Unreadable Files: 0, Unreadable Bytes: 0. Current Physical File (bytes): 512,000 Waiting for access to output volume UA0283 (19095 seconds). Suad --
Re: 3584 tape library
Easy, don't reboot ;) Seriously you should say what your server is (looks like a Wintel server from 'ere judging by the reboot issue). Are you losing the driver or connectivity? Does it come back if you probe the device list/interface? What's your firmware level on the drives themselves? Suad -- On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 16:40, John Coffman wrote: > Driver problem with a tape library > > Hi everybody, My problem is that when I reboot my server I lose the driver > for my tape library. I'm using an IBM 3584 Ultrascalable tape library > connected to a SAN 2109. I have partitioned the SAN so that the Library > and drives only see my server. The driver is 5.0.2.4 . It is not certified. > IBM says that if I'm using a fiber attached 3584 I can not use the > certified driver. The HBA card I'm using to the SAN is QLA2200 - driver > 1.76 > > any ideas? > (Embedded image moved to file: pic00041.pcx) > > The content of this email message and any attachments are confidential and may be >legally privileged, intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended >recipient, be advised that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this >e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, please notify >the sender immediately by reply email and destroy the message and its attachments. >
Re: 5.1.1.6 Upgrade (cleanup backupgroups)
Hmm, I tried running the "cleanup backupgroups" command and got the result: ANR0106E imutil.c(8262): Unexpected error 0 fetching row in table "Object.Ids" Seems to be a known problem. (and I'm running 4.2.2.12) Suad -- APAR= IC34375 SER=IN INCORROUT TSM SERVER CLEANUP BACKUPGROUPS UTILITY NEEDS ENHANCEMENTS. ANR0106E UNEXPECTED ERROR FOR OBJECT.IDS AND RESTARTABILITY Status: CLOSED Closed: 09/30/02 Apar Information: RCOMP= 5698TSMAXTSM AIX SERVER RREL= R420 FCOMP= 5698TSMAXTSM AIX SERVER PFREL= F999 TREL= T SRLS: NONE Return Codes: Applicable Component Level/SU: R420 PSY UP R410 PSN UP Error Description: The cleanup backupgroups utility was created to cleanup orphaned entries within a TSM server database table. While running this utility function to perform the cleanup some addtion problems with the datbase entries were encountered. When this occured ANR0106E imutil.c(3804): Unexpected error 0 fetching row in table "Object.Ids" was received. In addtion due to the long running nature of this cleanup activity an enhancment to this code was needed to make it a server process that could be cancelled and restarted if needed. If restarted it should begin processing where it left off. Local Fix: Apply patch 4.2.2.12 or higher, available through Tivoli Web Page to resolve this problem, or fixing PTF when available. Problem Summary: * USERS AFFECTED: 4.2.2.x and 5.1.x server users needing to* * run the CLEANUP BACKUPGROUPS utility to * * correct the orphaned group member problem. * * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The CLEANUP BACKUPGROUPS utility is * * very difficult to manage in a * * production environment. * * It runs as a foreground process * * without displaying any status and can * * not be stopped and restarted. * * RECOMMENDATION: Install 423 ptf. * The CLEANUP BACKUPGROUPS utility runs as a foreground process without displaying any status and can not be stopped and restarted. Temporary Fix: Comments: MODULES/MACROS: NONE Problem Conclusion: The CLEANUP BACKUPGROUP utility has been enhanced to run as a backup ground process that: Can be queried for progress. Can be canceled. Can be restarted and will restart where it left off. On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 08:13, Lisa Cabanas wrote: > So, Paul, would you recommend 4.2.1.12 as stable? I am at 4.2.1.9 (on AIX) > and am unable to test 5.1 at this point. 4.2.1.9 to 4.2.2.12 wouldn't seem > to be that nasty of a jump. > > thanks > lisa > > > > "Seay, Paul" > EON.COM> cc: > Sent by: Subject: Re: 5.1.1.6 Upgrade (cleanup >backupgroups) > "ADSM: Dist > Stor Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > IST.EDU> > > > 10/02/2002 > 07:29 PM > Please respond > to "ADSM: Dist > Stor Manager" > > > > > > > OK, I ran cleanup backupgroups for a week and it returned 1.5M pages to my > database. However, that was not continuous time. I would run it for > several hours and cancel it as needed to prevent conflicts with other > stuff. > My experience was it literally shuts down backup stg and database backups. > I have not had to halt the server to get it out of the system. If you had > to halt the server, you probably have an additional problem. > > Note that cleanup backupgroups is also in the release that I am running > 4.2.2.12. You do not have to go to 5.1.1.6 to get this fix. The system > object problem occurs in 4.2 as well. > > The time to run the cleanup backupgroups has not specific run time. It > will > run as long as it needs to seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years, > decades, centuries. Whatever it takes. Boy is this a nasty issue. > > Paul D. Seay, Jr. > Technical Specialist > Naptheon Inc. > 757-688-8180 > > > -Original Message- > From: Maria Ragan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 5.1.1.6 Upgrade > > > Last week we moved the TSM server from an IBM H70 runni
Re: 5.1.1.6 Upgrade (cleanup backupgroups)
Just a note, we are running quite happily on 4.2.2.12 (from 4.2.1.9) They fixed some common bugs in parallel on both 4.X & 5.X series. You will need to Install baselevel 4.2.2.0, which means not being able to go back (short of a full DB restore). Remember to do a full DB backup immediately before the upgrade. Suad -- On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 08:13, Lisa Cabanas wrote: > So, Paul, would you recommend 4.2.1.12 as stable? I am at 4.2.1.9 (on AIX) > and am unable to test 5.1 at this point. 4.2.1.9 to 4.2.2.12 wouldn't seem > to be that nasty of a jump. > > thanks > lisa > > > > "Seay, Paul" > EON.COM> cc: > Sent by: Subject: Re: 5.1.1.6 Upgrade (cleanup >backupgroups) > "ADSM: Dist > Stor Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > IST.EDU> > > > 10/02/2002 > 07:29 PM > Please respond > to "ADSM: Dist > Stor Manager" > > > > > > > OK, I ran cleanup backupgroups for a week and it returned 1.5M pages to my > database. However, that was not continuous time. I would run it for > several hours and cancel it as needed to prevent conflicts with other > stuff. > My experience was it literally shuts down backup stg and database backups. > I have not had to halt the server to get it out of the system. If you had > to halt the server, you probably have an additional problem. > > Note that cleanup backupgroups is also in the release that I am running > 4.2.2.12. You do not have to go to 5.1.1.6 to get this fix. The system > object problem occurs in 4.2 as well. > > The time to run the cleanup backupgroups has not specific run time. It > will > run as long as it needs to seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years, > decades, centuries. Whatever it takes. Boy is this a nasty issue. > > Paul D. Seay, Jr. > Technical Specialist > Naptheon Inc. > 757-688-8180 > > > -Original Message- > From: Maria Ragan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 5.1.1.6 Upgrade > > > Last week we moved the TSM server from an IBM H70 running AIX 4.3.3 and TSM > 4.2.2.4 to an IBM 6H1 running AIX 5.1.0.2 then upgraded to TSM 5.1.1.6. My > database is about 51 gigs in size. > > Tivoli support told me to run "cleanup backupgroup" to cleanup orphaned > records when I ran into problems with expiration. I was told other > activities (such as backing up the database and client backups) could take > place while the command ran. After the "cleanup backupgroup" command was > running for 5 hours and a backupdb had been running for 2 hours getting a > 4th of the way finished when it normally, takes 30 minutes, I halted the > server to kill the cleanup command. Support tells me the cleanup command > could take 2 days. They also tell me the next release (2 weeks) should > include the ability to background the command and restart where you left > off. > > Does anyone have any experience running cleanup backupgroup to validate the > 2 day run time? > > Thank you, > Maria > Maria Ragan > Systems Engineer > Unix Systems Group > Yamanouchi Consumer, Inc.
Re: IA32 TSM servers up to it? When will TSM Server for Linux be available?
On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 22:11, Halvorsen Geirr Gulbrand wrote: > Hi All, > this sounds good, and I'd like to test it. > Do you have a link to where the software can be downloaded? > I couldn't find it on Tivoli's (IBM) ftp site. You won't find any full releases on the ftp site, only updates. They have to be sourced by a Tivoli distribution network.
Re: Help requested !!!
To see how many scratch tapes in that pool run; select count(*) from volumes \ where stgpool_name='TECH_TAPE_POOL' \ and scratch='Yes' On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 18:20, Steve Harris wrote: > Murthy > > Check the maxscratch parameter on the tech_tape_pool storage pool with q stg >tech_tape_pool f=d > You can either increase this number with upd stg to allow more scratch tapes to be >used by this pool, or use define volume to explicitly add volumes to the pool. > > Once you have done that your reclaim should work. > > HTH > > Steve Harris > AIX and TSM Admin > Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/2002 15:07:43 >>> > Hi All, > > I have a big problem here. Help requested. > > I have a 3583 LTO library with 2 drives. TSM Server v4.2 on AIX. > > I have been running Scheduled backups without any problems so far. > > Yesterday the server started reclamation process for one of the Storage > pools as shown below. > > > 784 Space ReclamationVolume 053ABS (storage pool TECH_TAPE_POOL), >Moved Files: 0, Moved Bytes: 0, Unreadable > >Files: 0, Unreadable Bytes: 0. Current > Physical >File (bytes): 10,487,404 > Waiting for mount of >input volume 053ABS (68221 seconds). > > Some of the activity log entries are : > > ANR1040I Space reclamation started for volume 053ABS, >storage pool TECH_TAPE_POOL (process number 723). > > 10/06/02 14:06:19 ANR1044I Removable volume 053ABS is required for > space >reclamation. > > 10/06/02 14:06:19 ANR1044I Removable volume 041ABS is required for > space >reclamation. > > 10/06/02 14:06:21 ANR1405W Scratch volume mount request denied - no > scratch >volume available. > 10/06/02 14:06:24 ANR1405W Scratch volume mount request denied - no > scratch >volume available. > > 10/06/02 14:06:26 ANR1405W Scratch volume mount request denied - no > scratch >volume available. > > 10/06/02 14:06:26 ANR0985I Process 723 for SPACE RECLAMATION running in > the >BACKGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE > at >14:06:26. > > 10/06/02 14:06:26 ANR1086W Space reclamation terminated for volume > 053ABS - >insufficient space in storage pool. > > The volume status shows no errors with the volume. > > > Volume Name 053ABS > > Storage Pool Name TECH_TAPE_POOL > > Device Class Name ULTRIUM > > Estimated Capacity (MB) 137997.9 > > Pct Util0.0 > > Volume Status FULL > > Access READWRITE > > Pct. Reclaimable Space 99.9 > > Scratch Volume? Yes > > In Error State? No > > Number of Writable 1 > Sides > > Number of Times Mounted 12827 > > Write Pass Number 1 > > > > > Even though both the tape Drives are free, and a scratch volume is made > available, all the migration processes are Held up. > > Could somebody help me understand & suggest a solution to the problem here. > > Thanks in advance > > regards > murthy > > > > ** > This e-mail, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential > and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality > is not waived or lost if you receive it and you are not the intended > recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. > > Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review > of this e-mail is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of > confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. > > If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this > e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by > telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail > message and destroy any hard copies produced. > **
Re: AIX/Shark raw volume problem
On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 03:34, David Longo wrote: > If I understood your note correctly, you still have to put > the disk in a volume group, then create Raw LV's on that disk as > opposed to Fielsystems. Thats what I was afraid of. Adding another layer of complexity and overhead. Why can't AIX allow the use of the raw devices? Suad -- > David Longo > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/05/02 07:25AM >>> > I decided to try using raw disk for database volumes, so I allocated > some 10GB LUNs off our Shark. > > The problem is when I define them in TSM, they come up as 128MB > volumes > (used both the rvpath and rhdisk devices). > > Is there something I need to do in AIX to get them working? > > (I also tested them by putting them in a volume group and they came up > as 10GB OK) > > Suad > -- > > > "MMS " made the following > annotations on 10/06/2002 10:36:06 AM > -- > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, >proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is >waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please >immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies >of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, >distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended >recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications >through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely >those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or >opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by >the entity to give such views or opinions. > > ==
AIX/Shark raw volume problem
I decided to try using raw disk for database volumes, so I allocated some 10GB LUNs off our Shark. The problem is when I define them in TSM, they come up as 128MB volumes (used both the rvpath and rhdisk devices). Is there something I need to do in AIX to get them working? (I also tested them by putting them in a volume group and they came up as 10GB OK) Suad --
Re: IA32 TSM servers up to it? When will TSM Server for Linux be available?
It's apparently out now. We are at the mercy of Tivolis blindingly fast distribution network. On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 06:48, West Suhanic wrote: > Hello All: > > Any idea when the TSM server for Linux on an IA32 box will be available? > > regards, > west
IA32 TSM servers up to it?
Architecturally, Intel based servers have gone a long way in the last couple years to close the gap on their RISC server counterparts. Can they handle the load though? We have a lot of Intel servers deployed in our organization, but none of them are running anything that you could consider the heavy I/O load that a TSM server inflicts on a machine. The usual problem is the badly behaving applications taking their toll. The last time I ran a box that could be close to that, I replaced a Sparc SS20 that served around 200 root NFS client machines with a Dell2300. It behaved itself but the performance dropped noticeably more under load, possibly to do with the limitations 2.2 Linux kernel, but I don't think I could have squeezed more performance through the bus. In some ways it felt like a downgrade. I am investigating saving some significant costs by deploying a TSM server using an Intel box. It will have a couple FC HBAs, a couple G/bit NICs and a 155ATM NIC. It will be deployed along our main TSM server using virtual volumes (I like the look of the new IBM x345/360 servers). My concern is that it won't bend as well under load as our SUN/RS6K servers in the past. Any recent Intel converts? Cheers, Suad --
Re: updating from to 5.1 (Problems?), LANFREE?
> furthermore we will get a new data warehouse machine on friday. > Including FastT via FibreChannel. > > The TSM-Library is a 3584 Ultrium LTO Fibrechannel. > > I would like to backup the data warehouse directly via FC to tape, > probably sending only the TSM-DB-Info to the TSM-Server. (almost > LANFree!?). Any suggestions? If your warehousing client/OS has a supported TDP/Agent then you can backup via Lan Free. Marketing reference: http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/san/lanfree.html I would check if the data goes directly to tape as Tivoli didn't have code for direct SCSI copy (3rd party SCSI), in the past. The data path would go to the TSM server then to the tape device (effectively like a FC in-band backup). I've read a user guide recently that points to direct device name registration, so it may implemented. Cheers, Suad --
Re: Help for 2108 failure
Sounds like the SCSI ID order may have been changed on the 2108 (easy to do). rmt0 sounds OK as that is where the library changer path is. The changer may be loading it the correct drive but the SCSI for the other drives may be set in a different order. Have you done a visual confirmation of this? Cheers, Suad -- On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 14:36, Jason Liang wrote: > Hi TSMers, > > My environment is > Fiber SCSI > RS/6000(TSM Server) > 2108 SAN Gateway -> 3584 LTO library. > > > The TSM server worked perfectly until yesterday. The tape drives all went > offline and the problem turned out to be the hardware failure of 2108. > > IBM technician came and replaced the 2108. After that, I updated the latest > firmware for 2108 re-configured the 2108. > > > I have followed the startup subsquence: > 1. Turn on 3584 library; > 2. Turn on 2108, initializeBox, targets, etc, reboot 2108 > 3. Restart RS/6000 > > Everything seemed fine, I can see all the devices on AIX, and inquery ok. > > #lsdev -Cc tape > rmt0 Available 11-08-01-2,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP) > rmt1 Available 11-08-01-3,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP) > rmt2 Available 11-08-01-4,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP) > rmt3 Available 11-08-01-5,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP) > rmt4 Available 11-08-01-6,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP) > rmt5 Available 11-08-01-8,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP) > rmt6 Available 11-08-01-0,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP) > smc0 Available 11-08-01-0,1 IBM 3584 Library Medium Changer (FCP) > rmt7 Available 11-08-01-1,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP) > > # tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 inquiry > Issuing inquiry... > > Inquiry Data, Length 38 > > 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0123456789ABCDEF > - 0180 0332 2100 0100 4942 4D20 2020 2020 [. .2!...IBM ] > 0010 - 554C 5433 3538 302D 5444 3120 2020 2020 [ULT3580-TD1 ] > 0020 - 3232 5530 [22U0.. ] > > However, after I started up the dsmserv, > > I got such errors: > > 09/17/02 17:04:28 ANR8356E Incorrect volume 320AAB was mounted instead > of >volume 892AAB in library IBMLTO3584. > 09/17/02 17:04:32 ANR8356E Incorrect volume 169AAB was mounted instead > of >volume 313AAB in library IBMLTO3584. > 09/17/02 17:04:39 ANR8356E Incorrect volume 321AAB was mounted instead > of >volume 320AAB in library IBMLTO3584. > 09/17/02 17:05:12 ANR8300E I/O error on library IBMLTO3584 (OP=6C03, >CC=207, KEY=05, ASC=2C, ASCQ=00, > SENSE=70.00.05.00.00.0- >0.00.0A.00.00.00.00.2C.00.00.00.00.00., > Description=Dev- >ice is not in a state capable of performing request). >Refer to Appendix D in the 'Messages' manual for >recommended action. > 09/17/02 17:05:12 ANRD mmsscsi.c(9161): ThreadId<58> Could not move >volume 313AAB from slot 260 to slot 1127. > > But there is no error from errpt. > > > Any advice will be appreciated! > > Jason Liang > > > _ > Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com
Re: Virtual Volumes...
We are planning a similar implementation by using 2nd server specifically for clients with small files (desktop/workstations) as it is choking our main server. The below comment about tracking a lot of smaller volumes is trivial compared with the cost of larger volumes on network load. A restoration of files spanning multiple large volumes will be even more painful. How big is the storage pool going to be? Are you tailoring the implementation for backup, or restoration? Why not have 2 virt volume pools using diffent sizes reflecting small/large occupancy. Also, create it's own storage pool hierarchy on the remote server. This means you can buffer incoming virt volumes in it's own diskpool. If you can find an easy/automated way of reclaiming virtvols on tape to disk, on the remote server, then reclaiming on the virtual server, you can take the predictable load off scarce tape drive resource. Suad -- On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 00:54, Cook, Dwight E wrote: > This is a real catch-22 > BIG virtual volumes means less tsm data base space tied up tracking tons of > little virtual volumes (and files on the remote server) BUT big virtual > volumes also means lots of data transfered over the network during > reclamation (sigh) > > Also remember, a virtual volume is only as big as the (A) current work > process (B) defined max capacity > > So even if you define a maxcap of 10 GB, if you do something like a "backup > stg" and that process only writes 2 GB, then the virtual volume will be > closed at 2 GB. (no additional data will be written to that ~virtual > volume~) > > In general, if you know you will be putting large amounts of data off to > virtual volumes that is likely to all expire together, such as a backup of > an archive storage pool that holds large DB archives, then really big > virtual volumes is the way to go since there will be very little reclamation > ever needed (since the data is likely to expire in large sets). > > just my 2 cents worth... > > Dwight > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Virtual Volumes... > > > Greetings all. For those of you using virtual volumes, how large do you > make > the volumes? When I started doing this, I had the following opinions: > > + The server volumes should be significantly smaller than the remote > physical > storage. > > It would be a real pain for most of the virtual volumes to be spread over > different tapes; multiple physical mounts for each virtual mount? Ugh. > > > + The server volumes should be large enough not to be a huge load. > > Each virtual volume is a "file" on the hosting server. For each TB of data, > that's 1000 files if volumes are 1G; actually probably more like 1300, with > reclamation at 50%. You certainly don't want them as small as 100M. > > > I selected 1GB for my virtual volumes, but am starting to re-think the > issue, > maybe going for 10G or so. > > Anyone want to share thought processes? > > > - Allen S. Rout
Re: Slow LTO drives
Have you tested it from the OS? Large file test / small file test / mixed files Whats your movebatchsize/movesizethresh set to in TSM? The LTO drives work well with bigger files and start to suffer on small ones. I get only aggregate 5-10 GB/hr when I migrate a stgpool with small fileservers/workstations but get 25-35 GB/hr for db servers. I've actually got some I/O problems myself that are begin fixed by plugging in some extra bandwidth, so I can tell you the difference after that. Suad -- On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 12:23:56AM +0300, Bill Smoldt wrote: > I've gone back through the list about the slow LTO issues. I haven't found > anything that works in this case. > > TSM V4.2.1.9 > W2K SP2 > 3584 Library at latest firmware > LTO drives at 18N2 firmware latest on devdrvr > Netfinity xSeries 350 > LTO Device driver is 4.0.2.4 - tried 4.0.2.1 and previous versions of > 4.0.1.x > RSM disabled. > > Possible issues: > > Drives and library are connected using the motherboard SCSI 7899 Ultra 160 > chips - one per channel - no internal devices connected. I know about the > Microsoft vs Adaptec supplied driver but can't determine if it applies to > this chipset. > > Cable length to get to the library is long but already installed under the > floor - at least the 12 meter limit and maybe a bit longer (I'm trying to > find out) > > These drives write at about 4G/hour even on 4 GB files. The device drivers > don't stay loaded after a reboot but have to be updated by hand. > > Does anyone have any suggestions to speed these drives up? > > Thanks, > > Bill Smoldt > STORServer, Inc.
notes from a unloaddb/loaddb
For those that are interested, we just completed a unload/loadformat/load of our TSM database. Our system is a RS6K-F80 running AIX4.3.3 running TSM 4.2.1.8. The database is 60GB in size with a 97% utilization. Disk is on an ESS connected via FC. We used an LTO drive to run the unload/load. The unload took just under 16hours. It stopped displaying the progress after a couple of hours (when are Tivoli going to fix this). The load took 10 hours. Database utilization dropped to 61% This is the first unload/load since we installed this system just over 12 months ago. I remember running this on our old Sun server round a year ago with a slightly smaller DB running TSM3.7.3. The unload ran for a similar time but the load ran for almost double the time. I think it may have been the result of a slower disk/CPU. Cheers, Suad --
Re: LTO tape visible labels
Have a look at the Label Specification document on the 3584 doco page: http://ssddom02.storage.ibm.com/tape/lto/ultrascalable_library/documentation.html As quoted: "Human readable characters are allowed provided there isn t a conflict or interference with the automation code. The format, colors and location of the human readable characters are at users specification." We were looking at having a small (~6pt) font string along the top of the label, as you would see on some commercial barcode tags, but our printer we use and quality of our label stock discounted that. Cheers, Suad -- On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 01:21:01PM -0500, David Longo wrote: > We are starting to install IBM 3584 library. As we are sending tapes offsite, I > would like to implement some additional tracking/audit/security of our offsite tapes >with the new tapes. (Make sure ours don't get mixed with others etc.) > > I know you are not supposed to put labels on the LTO tapes other than the > barcode that comes with them. I figured someone must use some method to > "label" their tapes with company name or similar. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > David Longo > > > "MMS " made the following > annotations on 01/10/02 13:34:33 > -- > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, >proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is >waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please >immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies >of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, >distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended >recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications >through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely >those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or >opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by >the entity to give such views or opinions. > > ==
Re: listener not listening
I actually had MAXSESSIONS set to 200. When the threshold is reached the listener replys to the client and throws an error to the log. My problem was the listener had the port open but not responding to new sessions. (I only had a few connected sessions at the time). No acknowledgement, no errors and a bunch of hopeful connections in perpetual wait.. The problem stopped itself about 2 days later. There is a possibility that the network was playing up. As there isn't a TCPerror trace, I couldn't prove this theory. The only other anomaly was the appearance of phantom sessions sometimes (sessions without nodenames) I'm in the middle of upgrading anything that looks like its patchable to bring the system current. Cheers, Suad -- On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 05:16:15PM +0100, Dmitri Pasyutin wrote: > Hi Suad, > > You probably need to increase the MAXSESSIONS option on the TSM server > (in the dsmserv.opt file or using "setopt"). > > The default value for AIX is 25, which is probably too small for the > number of > clients you have. > > Cheers > Dmitri > > -> -Original Message- > -> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > -> On Behalf Of Suad Musovich > -> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 8:34 PM > -> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -> Subject: listener not listening > -> > -> > -> AIX4.3.3/TSM4.2.1.7 > -> > -> The main listener on port 1500 of our TSM server is open but > -> not acknowledging when clients connect. They hang on "SYN_RCVD" > -> > -> Actually, it only allows a small proportion of connections. > -> > -> When the TSM server starts up, everything works as normal. > -> But when a volume of clients start connecting, it virtually > -> stops all new connections. > -> > -> Any clients that can successfully connect, operate as normal. > -> > -> I've checked if any other services in the OS that may be > -> listening on that port and have been sniffing the interface > -> for unusual traffic. Nothing unusual has been found. > -> > -> Anyone have similar probs? > -> > -> Cheers, Suad > -> -- > ->
listener not listening
AIX4.3.3/TSM4.2.1.7 The main listener on port 1500 of our TSM server is open but not acknowledging when clients connect. They hang on "SYN_RCVD" Actually, it only allows a small proportion of connections. When the TSM server starts up, everything works as normal. But when a volume of clients start connecting, it virtually stops all new connections. Any clients that can successfully connect, operate as normal. I've checked if any other services in the OS that may be listening on that port and have been sniffing the interface for unusual traffic. Nothing unusual has been found. Anyone have similar probs? Cheers, Suad --
Re: TSM 4.2.1.7 Upgrade-
I did some searching and a I found a bug, that was supposed to be fixed in the last patch, very similar to the one I've described. (IC31961) I'm running ATape 6.3.2.0 which has conspicuously disappeared from the ftp site. Cheers, Suad -- On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 08:48:22AM -0600, Jim Sporer wrote: > I didn't have that particular problem but I did have problems with mounting > tapes in the atl after installing 4.2.1.7. After talking to the support > center I installed the latest versions of Atape(6.1.9.0) and Atldd(5.0.7.0) > and haven't had a problem since. > Jim Sporer > > At 07:29 AM 12/6/2001 +1300, you wrote: > >Mountretention only looks at idle tapes. > >A process/session requesting a tape should normally take over a tape resource > >if it's idle, regardless. > > > >This is a possible issue of the 8 legged variety. > > > >Cheers, Suad > >-- > > > > > >On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 11:22:11AM -0500, William Boyer wrote: > > > Check the MOUNTRETENTION in the device class. > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > > Suad Musovich > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 4:12 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: TSM 4.2.1.7 Upgrade- > > > > > > > > > Upgraded to 4.2.1.7 (AIX) from 4.2.0.1 this morning and it went well. > > All of > > > the > > > old problems seemed to go away, but... > > > > > > I just had a wierd thing happen. > > > > > > We have 6 drives in our library and 5 drives in use (1 move data and 3 > > > backuppool > > > migrations). > > > > > > Then the move data and one of the migrations gets cancelled by a "higher > > > priority operation" requesting the tape drives. The thing was, there was no > > > process > > > or session wanting a tape drive, or the tapes. > > > > > > >From the 2 remaining migrations, 1 was operating normally and the > > other was > > > "waiting > > > for a mount point". > > > > > > A "q mount" showed there was 5 idle mounts. I had to manually dismount a > > > tape to > > > get it to recognise the free drive. The process has then requested and > > > mounted a > > > subsequent tape. > > > > > > Has anyone seen this one ? > > > > > > Cheers, Suad > > > -- > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:24:24PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > If upgrading on AIX: > > > > > > > > The migration as per documentation does not work and produces errors > > > during > > > > install: > > > > > > > > Tivoli.tsm.server.rte.config [388]: 27002 IOT/Abort trap(coredump) > > > > Tivoli.tsm.server.webadmin.config[44]:17383 IOT/Abort trap(coredump) > > > > > > > > Tivoli recommended solution: remove backlevel lpps and re-install 4.2.x > > > > level. > > > > Hence it really is a 4.x install, not a migration. > > > > > > > > License bug: When registering licenses, they don't show up as registered > > > > with a q license command > > > > in TSM 4.2.0. Recommendation is to upgrade to 4.2.1 (if client > > > compatiblity > > > > allows) and then > > > > apply APAR. > > > > -Original Message- > > > > From: Dan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 1:48 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: TSM 4.2.1.7 Upgrade- > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking for anyone who has upgradeed to 4.2.1.X or greater. > > > > > > > > We are upgrading this weekend and we would like any information that > > might > > > > make the process go smooth > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Dan Lee > > > > Associate Systems Programmer > > > > Mutual of Omaha > > > > I/S Midrange Services > > > > 402-351-8377
Re: TSM 4.2.1.7 Upgrade-
Mountretention only looks at idle tapes. A process/session requesting a tape should normally take over a tape resource if it's idle, regardless. This is a possible issue of the 8 legged variety. Cheers, Suad -- On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 11:22:11AM -0500, William Boyer wrote: > Check the MOUNTRETENTION in the device class. > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Suad Musovich > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 4:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: TSM 4.2.1.7 Upgrade- > > > Upgraded to 4.2.1.7 (AIX) from 4.2.0.1 this morning and it went well. All of > the > old problems seemed to go away, but... > > I just had a wierd thing happen. > > We have 6 drives in our library and 5 drives in use (1 move data and 3 > backuppool > migrations). > > Then the move data and one of the migrations gets cancelled by a "higher > priority operation" requesting the tape drives. The thing was, there was no > process > or session wanting a tape drive, or the tapes. > > >From the 2 remaining migrations, 1 was operating normally and the other was > "waiting > for a mount point". > > A "q mount" showed there was 5 idle mounts. I had to manually dismount a > tape to > get it to recognise the free drive. The process has then requested and > mounted a > subsequent tape. > > Has anyone seen this one ? > > Cheers, Suad > -- > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:24:24PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If upgrading on AIX: > > > > The migration as per documentation does not work and produces errors > during > > install: > > > > Tivoli.tsm.server.rte.config [388]: 27002 IOT/Abort trap(coredump) > > Tivoli.tsm.server.webadmin.config[44]:17383 IOT/Abort trap(coredump) > > > > Tivoli recommended solution: remove backlevel lpps and re-install 4.2.x > > level. > > Hence it really is a 4.x install, not a migration. > > > > License bug: When registering licenses, they don't show up as registered > > with a q license command > > in TSM 4.2.0. Recommendation is to upgrade to 4.2.1 (if client > compatiblity > > allows) and then > > apply APAR. > > -Original Message- > > From: Dan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 1:48 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: TSM 4.2.1.7 Upgrade- > > > > > > Looking for anyone who has upgradeed to 4.2.1.X or greater. > > > > We are upgrading this weekend and we would like any information that might > > make the process go smooth > > > > Thanks > > > > Dan Lee > > Associate Systems Programmer > > Mutual of Omaha > > I/S Midrange Services > > 402-351-8377
Re: TSM 4.2.1.7 Upgrade-
Upgraded to 4.2.1.7 (AIX) from 4.2.0.1 this morning and it went well. All of the old problems seemed to go away, but... I just had a wierd thing happen. We have 6 drives in our library and 5 drives in use (1 move data and 3 backuppool migrations). Then the move data and one of the migrations gets cancelled by a "higher priority operation" requesting the tape drives. The thing was, there was no process or session wanting a tape drive, or the tapes. >From the 2 remaining migrations, 1 was operating normally and the other was "waiting for a mount point". A "q mount" showed there was 5 idle mounts. I had to manually dismount a tape to get it to recognise the free drive. The process has then requested and mounted a subsequent tape. Has anyone seen this one ? Cheers, Suad -- On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:24:24PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If upgrading on AIX: > > The migration as per documentation does not work and produces errors during > install: > > Tivoli.tsm.server.rte.config [388]: 27002 IOT/Abort trap(coredump) > Tivoli.tsm.server.webadmin.config[44]:17383 IOT/Abort trap(coredump) > > Tivoli recommended solution: remove backlevel lpps and re-install 4.2.x > level. > Hence it really is a 4.x install, not a migration. > > License bug: When registering licenses, they don't show up as registered > with a q license command > in TSM 4.2.0. Recommendation is to upgrade to 4.2.1 (if client compatiblity > allows) and then > apply APAR. > -Original Message- > From: Dan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 1:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: TSM 4.2.1.7 Upgrade- > > > Looking for anyone who has upgradeed to 4.2.1.X or greater. > > We are upgrading this weekend and we would like any information that might > make the process go smooth > > Thanks > > Dan Lee > Associate Systems Programmer > Mutual of Omaha > I/S Midrange Services > 402-351-8377
Re: Strange sessions - no clientname and no activity log entries ??!?
I've had the same thing happen a couple times before. Restarting dsmserv still shows those phantom sessions. You can do a 'netstat' to see what hosts are trying to connect. I ended up rebooting the system to fix it. I didn't investigate properly as it happened at the most inopportune moment. I'd say it's a bona-fide bug though. Suad -- (TSM4.2.0.1/AIX4.3.3) On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 05:18:08PM +0100, Jesper Matthiesen wrote: > Hi ! > > I think i could use a few good ideas ! > > I have a few sessions hanging on my system looking like this : > > SESSION_ID: 45371 > START_TIME: 2001-11-28 17:06:44.00 > COMMMETHOD: Tcp/Ip > STATE: IdleW > WAIT_SECONDS: 199 > BYTES_SENT: 0 > BYTES_RECEIVED: 0 > SESSION_TYPE: Node > CLIENT_PLATFORM: > CLIENT_NAME: > OWNER_NAME: > MEDIA_STATE: > LAST_VERB: (Unknown) > VERB_STATE: Recv > > > There are NO entries in my activitylog regarding session number 45371 ?!? > > What is going on ? > > We are running TSM 4.1.3.0 on AIX > > Thanks in advance :-) > > Regards, > > WISEhouse Denmark A/S > > Jesper Matthiesen
Re: Changing TCP and HTTP ports
And make sure you don't have locked ports down in the OS. On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 04:09:34PM -0600, Davidson, Becky wrote: > Make sure that under the dsm.sys they exist and then use > dsmadmc -se= to connect > > -Original Message- > From: Chan, Kien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Changing TCP and HTTP ports > Sensitivity: Private > > > Hi TSMers. I would like to change TCP and HTTP ports on one of my two > servers from 1500 and 1580 to 1501 and 1581. Just to differentiate one from > another. I changed them under dsmserv.opt and restart the server service but > I cannot connect to it from the admin command line. If I changed them back > to default, which were 1500 and 1580. It works fine. > > I was just wondering have anyone successfully changed this information and > they worked. Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > NT Server 4.0 SP6a > TSM Server 4.2.0 > TSM B/A 4.2.1 > > Thanks in advance. > > Kien
Re: Bad Performance in a SAN Environment
Jorge, Please turn off html editing of your e-mail messages, some of us don't have browser capable mail readers. Suad -- On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 02:01:37PM -0400, Jorge Rodriguez wrote:
Re: to get HP LTO Drives or IBM's
Look at the cooling requirements of HP drives, apparently they caused problems in some environments that did not have a decent air reticulation environment. Suad -- On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 08:56:52AM -0600, Wu, Jie wrote: > we are trying to decide what LTO drives we should purchase: HP's or IBM's. I > have a white paper about the "Adaptive Tape Speed" technology used on HP LTO > drives. Basicly this technology monitors the data throughput of the drive > and adjusts the writing speed of the drive to match the host computer. The > paper claims that with this technology, HP LTO drives whith 16M cache is as > effective as a drive with 45.6M cache. The paper does make a lot of sense to > me. But can anyone who has real-life experience tell me the difference > regarding the performance and reliability between the LTO drives from these > two companies? Thank you. > > Jie
Re: HP LTO Drives and TSM
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 07:43:11PM -0700, Kelly Lipp wrote: > What we finally wound up doing was using the HP Win2K driver. Still, the > drive reports as TSM Device Type Unknown, but it seems to work just fine. > > Wow, that damn thing is very fast: ~10 GB in 15 minutes. I'll do more > comprehensive testing tomorrow and Monday and report what I learn. I'll do > the same thing on SDLT. The same thing, I can now say, about the IBM one. They had some performance teething problem, but it seems to work a lot better. Though, under load, you will find a dramatic slowdown when the system can't feed a constant stream of data to the tapes. Cheers, Suad --
Re: reiserfs & ext3 (+jfs)
How about jfs ? It is now on Linux ;) Cheers, Suad -- On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 06:19:26PM +0100, Remco Post wrote: > Coolness, > > thanks for the hint. It is even in the readme, no hint about ext3 there so we > must assume ext3 is not yet supported. Luckily ext3 is sort of ext2 release > 2.5, so the developers shold not have to much problems supporting ext3. ;)
Multiple LUNs for stgpool?
Is there any advantage in creating multiple LUNs from a SAN to an AIX host for stgpool volumes? I have created a single large LUN on our SAN and put a bunch of backuppool volumes within the filesystem. As the system is growing I'm finding the need to do some tuning (as things are not as springy as they once were). I'm seeing a lot more Wait I/Os and things like migrations have definately slowed down. It got pointed out to me by a friend who said it was better to create a bunch of smaller LUNs, as it spread the load on the Storage array end (fair enough). But he also said it slowed the system down due to volume level write locking. I didn't think modern Unix systems used volume level write locking (understandable of the physical disk write constriction, but not from the OS level) The storage array in question is a Shark, I created the LUN from a complete rank (200GB). The peak disk throughput from the TSM system is around 30MB/sec. When the tape drives are firing to each other, it can almost be double on the HBA. The Shark gets hit more during the day from a bunch of DB servers, plus it's only 1.6TB populated. The last time we had the ESS expert running, there was 95% read and 100% write to cache. The load hasn't significantly increased. Any filesystem experts willing to share their opinion? Cheers, Suad --
Re: Backup NT Registry
Yep, in dsm.opt file DOMAIN systemobject It will backup the system files as well though. Cheers, Suad -- On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 04:12:58PM -0300, Christian Astuni wrote: > Hello everyone !!! > I want to know if exist the way with TSM 4.2 to perform a backup only of > REGISTY. Because I haven't to perform backup the partition C:\ where have > the files of operating system. > > Thank you for your help !! > Regards. > Christian Astuni
Re: ANR0534W size estimate exceeded and server is unable to obtai n
If you reduce the diskpool to 0 utilization before the beginning of the window and keep the hi/lo very low for the first half of the window, with a maximum practicable migpr set, you should be fine. It's a juggling act we have every night. I know we have set it right when I get in the morning and no nodes are queueing for tapes and the diskpool util is greater than 75%. Cheers, Suad -- On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 12:46:53PM -0500, Selva, Perpetua wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know what might be the cause of this problem? > > > > I have a diskpool of 40G, but my daily backups on a nightly basis > > exceeds 100G. > > We are in the process of purchasing more disks. > > > > However, this problem has not occured till last nite. > > > > Is it fair to assume that the backup from clients to diskpool is > > faster than the rate > > of migration onto tape depending on the threshold set for the > > diskpool. > > > > For the interim period, i have set it lower than the what it was set > > to.. Would this > > be sufficient? or should I look at other ways to improve this? or > > occuring again? > > > > [Selva, Perpetua] Thanks in Advance
Re: Server->Server Virtual Volumes (philosophical)
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 11:24:24AM -0600, George Lesho wrote: > Suad, Have you considered a strategy where you give the desktops access to > network drives on a "few" servers that would be backed up incrementally? > Trying to back up hundreds of desktops in a small window is a bunch more > resource intensive from the TSM servers standpoint than backing up a few > servers. I would love to do that. Like I mentioned in the original e-mail, most of these machines were backing up for a long time. They are well used to restore data themselves. A bunch fileservers, scattered around our campus, are not well kept and have all the typical problems of neglected resources. Desktop disk sizes are exceeding the legacy servers. This University has an age old problem where computer funding, mostly, get allocated for the few and the masses get neglected. Next year we hope to start building a disk storage farm, and deploy caching servers around the fringe. But thats a different project. Cheers, Suad --
Re: Server->Server Virtual Volumes (philosophical)
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:45:55PM -0500, Prather, Wanda wrote:
> I think backing up desktops is a good thing, but I wonder why are you
> backing up the System Object if you are only backing up the documents
> directories? How could you restore the System Objects if you don't also
> back up/restore Program Files?
Haven't though about it too deeply, and my Windoze knowledge is about as
complete as the Taleban army, but saving the machine/user profile etc. would
be a reason. I don't think you can switch off System files and leave Registry
on.
> Also, have you considered turning on Subfile backup?
The problem isn't big files, but small ones, and lots of machines. Large files
('ala Virt Volumes and DB Spaces) get handled more efficiently on the LTO drives.
Subfile backup will add another level of complexity for the field IT staff,
increase the database size and you have to deal with fragmented data restores etc.
(and, I think, the database on the client is vital)
> Have you considered expanding your window? We back up about 450 desktops
> (we back up EVERYTHING, not just My Documents), smallest have 4 GB hard
> disks, most have 12 - 18 GB hard disks. We let them back up during the day,
> while the servers back up at night.
Our network is due for a big upgrade, were still using 155ATM. If I start
pumping significant data during the day and someone complains the network is
slow, the backup server gets blamed.
If I can't get this other server I might farm some clients during the day
to take the load off.
Cheers, Suad
--
Re: 4.2.1.6 (was: Re: TSM Server v4.2.1)
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 11:59:54AM +0100, Henk ten Have wrote: > On 30-Oct-01 Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,GL-IS/CIS wrote: > > Andy, > > do you mean 4.1.2.16 and not 4.1.2.6 ? > > Nope. 4.1.2.6 is now available: You are both dyslexic.... 4.2.1.6 :) Suad -- > service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/server/AIX/4.2 > .1.6 > > Cheers, > Henk (upgrading right now)
Server->Server Virtual Volumes (philosophical)
Sorry, this got a bit long winded.. Our monolith TSM installation is suffering from client overload, specifically hundreds of desktops queueing to be backed up every morning (we only give a 4 hour window to desktops after servers have finished). Several times this month some glitches with our tape library(plus performance issues) have resulted in the disk stg pools filling up and sessions start queuing directly to tape. When this happens around the time the of the desktop backup window, we end up with dozens of media waits and the dreaded MAXSESSIONS gets reached (MAXSCHEDSESSIONS was set to 30%) Of all the options I considered, farming off the bulk of the desktops to another TSM server and using the "Server-to-Server" Virtual Volumes seems to be the most attractive. (Management have declined my BOFH proposals; desktops give us Brownie points and have been implemented since the year dot). I would appreciate any comments as I think this implementation may have been meant more for fringe deployments than dealing with rats'n'mice. The desktops (up to 300 of them) are only backing up the documents/data directories with an estimated average occupancy of 1GB and nightly backup about 30% of that (think it's more the System Object than data). They are also, mainly, in logical proximity to a sector switch, where the 2nd TSM server will be located. Info/questions: * The server we are looking at will be a dual CPU Windoze box (Linux server, where are you?), 2 NICs, local tape unit and have around 100GB of backuppool. * We can give them a full 12+ hour backup window and control the migration times to the virtual volumes (migrating the backuppool at apropriate times). * I don't think the database will get bigger than 20GB. * Total Occupancy should be somewhere between 400 and 600GB * I'm not sure how big the virtual volumes should be (600MB seems a good size for streaming off LTO tapes through 155ATM = allowing ~60seconds per volume). The main TSM server is RS6K-F80/AIX running TSM4.2.0 connecting to a 3584/LTO and an ESS via FC, I've set up a LANE ATM connection to the above sector switch reducing routing overheads for the back-end/private traffic. Does it sound Kosher?? Thanks, Suad -- Suad Musovich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Unix Support, ITSS Operations University of Auckland
Re: Tape problems v4.2.1
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:46:22PM -0700, Joshua S. Bassi wrote: > I am in the middle of a W2K 4.2 install. After seeing all the problems, > I am backing down to 4.2 - can't go to 4.1 because my customer didn't > buy 4.1! Most of the problems seem to be from AIX systems, unless someone can say otherwise? Suad --
Re: tsm 4.2.1 licensing
It's a bug, apparently the PTF had been released. APAR= IC30965 SER=IN INCORROUT UNABLE TO REGISTER INDIVIDUAL LICENSE FILES MORE THAN ONCE ON THE TSM 4.2.0 SERVER Status: CLOSED Closed: Apar Information: RCOMP= 5698TSMAXTSM AIX SERVER RREL= R420 FCOMP= 5698TSMAXTSM AIX SERVER PFREL= F999 TREL= T SRLS: NONE Return Codes: Applicable Component Level/SU: R420 PSY UP Error Description: The 4.2.0 Server code does not allow any individual license file to be registered more than once. For example, any customer wishing to register only two licenses for lan managed systems is unable to do so, because the 1mgsyslan.lic file can only be registered once. . Scenario 1: Issue command 'register license file=1mgsyslan.lic' -> the QUERY LICENSE output shows 1 registered license Issue command 'register license file=1mgsyslan.lic' -> the QUERY LICENSE output still shows only 1 registered license . Scenario 2: Issue command 'register license file=1mgsyslan.lic number=2' -> the QUERY LICENSE output shows only 1 registered license . The behavior appears to be the result of a problem with the LUM (License Use Manager) tools used by the TSM Server for licensing. This problem only affects the TSM Server running on the AIX platform. . INITIAL IMPACT = MEDIUM Additional Information: This problem does not prevent more clients from being used than what can be registered. The TSM server is soft compliant so if your usage exceeds your registration the functionality is still performed, however a message is issued indicating the server is out of license compliance. Local Fix: Problem Summary: * USERS AFFECTED: All TSM 4.2 AIX users. * * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Unable to register multiple copies of * * a license file. * * RECOMMENDATION: Apply fixing PTF when available. When the * * fix is applied you may need to first delete * * the nodelock file then "touch" the nodelock * * file to recreate it. If you do not first* * delete the nodelock file then all of the * * licenses from your previous register * * license attempts will be counted as * * registered licenses after applying this fix. * Due to a change in the LUM tools used by TSM for licensing, the current implementation of licensing is unable to recognize the fact that multiple copies of a license key are in the nodelock file. Cheers, Suad -- On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 03:52:38PM -0500, Charles Anderson wrote: > Here's a tidbit that may or may not apply to you. ( if you upgraded from media >distributed by Tivoli ( i.e. CDROM ) go ahead and ignore this ) > > We tried upgrading from 4.1.2 to 4.2.1 here from the upgrade available on the tivoli >website ( specific URL thankfully forgotten ). > > This is bad. B.A.D. There was appearantly a major difference in the way that lic >files are setup from 4.1.X to 4.2.X, and 4.1.X lics are never going to register with >a 4.2 server. > > Our solution per many hours on the phone with support. Back down to 4.1.4. > > If you didn't do the upgrade from the download, and instead installed it from CDROM >or something, please leeme know as we now have the media are considering making the >change to 4.2.1 > > > -ed > > > > Ed Anderson > Backup / Unix Systems Administrator > Dept. of Information Systems > University of Mississippi Medical Center > > + > The information in this email is considered > confidential information. In the event that > you received this email by misdelivery/accident > please delete it and disregard its contents. > + > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/18/01 02:32PM >>> > Same result.. > > tsm: TSM>reg lic file=mgsyslan.lic number=1 > ANR2852I Current license information: > ANR9634E REGISTER LICENSE: No license certificate files were found with > the ./mgsyslan.lic specification. > ANS8001I Return code 3. > > tsm: TSM>reg lic file=1mgsyslan.lic > ANR2852I Current license information: > ANR2853I New license information: > > Activity log is complaining about the license files: > > 10/18/01 12:22:14 ANR2017I Administrator GWICHMAN issued command: > REGISTER > LICENSE file=mgsyslan.lic number=1 > > 10/18/01 12:22:1
Re: storage agent?
That will imply 3rd party SCSI copy functionality, which I haven't seen any indication they have incorporated to TSM. The physical data will still have to go through the TSM server, within the SAN environment, before it gets put in a storage pool. Suad -- On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:44:36PM -0400, Seay, Paul wrote: > Yes > > -Original Message- > From: Bern Ruelas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 6:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: storage agent? > > > Thanks Alex, > > Now this is LAN-less backups, right? Just metadata going to the server, > all backups going direct from disk to tape over the SAN network.right? > > -Bern > > At 10:30 AM 10/17/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >Bern, Si se puede, and it's available right now > > > >Regards...Alex Osuna > >IBM Principal Systems Engineer > >Tivoli Certified Consultant > >408-256-9952 > >Fax 408-904-5326 > >Pager 408-390-0813 > >"The price of Freedom is eternal vigilance"--Thomas Jefferson" > > > > > > > > Bern Ruelas > > > COM> cc: > > Sent by: Subject: Re: storage agent? > > "ADSM: Dist > > Stor Manager" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > IST.EDU> > > > > > > 10/17/01 09:24 > > AM > > Please respond > > to "ADSM: Dist > > Stor Manager" > > > > > > > > > > > >Joshua, > > > >Could this be used with IBM's San Data Gateways to stream data > >directly to the tape drives? I thot that was due out 1Qtr of next year. > > > >-Bern > >Sr. Systems Engineer > >Cadence Design Systems > >Off: (408) 428-5246 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >At 04:52 PM 10/16/2001 -0800, you wrote: > > >The Storage Agent is a stripped down version of the TSM server that > > >allows LAN-free and I think eventually serverless backup of data. > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Joshua S. Bassi > > >Independent IT Consultant > > >IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark > > >Tivoli Certified Consultant- ADSM/TSM > > >Cell (408)&(831) 332-4006 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >-Original Message- > > >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > > >Gerald Wichmann > > >Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:07 PM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: storage agent? > > > > > >Whats the storage agent download for in the TSM 4.2.1 upgrade? Must be > > >something new to TSM 4.2 that I'm just not remembering offhand. > > > > > >Gerald Wichmann > > >System Engineer > > >StorageLink > > >408-844-8893 (v) > > >408-844-9801 (f)
Re: Select Statement
Have a look on the scripts archives on coderelief. http://www.coderelief.com/depot.htm In the TSM Scripts -> Server Monitoring and Admin area there are a bunch of Perl scripts, with a script called "tsm-node-check" This parses the previous nights logs and e-mails the contact[s] of the nodes with summary of details and e-mails the admins of the policy domains a list of the most significant sessions. Cheers, Suad -- On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:59:33PM -0400, Marc Levitan wrote: > I am looking for a script that will list the clients that backed up and how > much data was backed up for the previous night and if they were successful. > > This is what I have: > > select ENTITY as Node_Name, BYTES as Bytes_Transferred, SUCCESSFUL from > summary where activity='BACKUP' and start_time>='2001-09-23 > 00:00:00.00' and bytes>0 order by entity > > The problem is that I have to change the Day/Time stamp before I run it. > Is there a way to put a variable like today-1? I have tried but am not > successful. > > Does anyone have a better script? > > > Marc Levitan > Storage Manager > PFPC Global Fund Services
Ultrium tape tabs
I've had several incidents where LTO Ultrium tabs slide to the write-protect side while inside a library (we have a 3584 library, which has a fast robot). The last one I examined the tape and it wasn't firmly switched. It's not a major but the last couple of incidents caused a node backup failure as there was no more scratch tapes and the other filling volumes were occupied (had to run a listener script to detect this when it happens). It's happened to IBM and HP branded tapes. Anyone have the same things happen with Ultriums? Suad --
Re: help !!!!!!!!!!! offsite requirements.
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 11:36:59AM +0800, Pothula S Paparao wrote: > Hi, > where do i get more info. on offsite backup. > here are some questions. > 1) if i wanna setup offsite backup. how many tapes do i need. presently, we > have 3575 tape library with 323 catridges. 40% of its space is occupied. Depending how often you reclaim your off-site volumes, ours is (approx) 2/3 on-site and 1/3 off-site at the moment. (our old server was v.inefficient so the numbers were close to 50-50) If you have the existing copypool on-site, it will be theoretically about the same size but be prone to getting bigger as the reclaims are inefficient. > expecting 5% data change daily. would like to keep 2 versions at offsite. > if so , let me know how? So you want 3 copy-pools? Get some more tape drives/bandwidth/db-space/horsepower :) Create 2 more copypools. > 2) can i migrate data to copy pool as well to offsite pool from disk pool > simultaneously. Don't think you can, as a feature. There was a similar thread a few months back on the list. If you have enough disk pool for a backup window, run the "backup stg" directly from diskpool to the copypools (can you run that 3 times simultaneously?) > 3) how do i keep inventory of tapes going to offsite. do we need to write > any scripts or any standard TSM commands to do this. You can use DRM or use scripts. We have a collection of PERL scripts to do our housekeeping. When you checkout an tape for off-site just mark the access to "offsite". > 4) can i check in and check out tapes using library operation pannel. You can, but TSM won't know about it :) If you require Ops. to do it, use scripts and complete instructions "or" train them up as, if it can be broken ... Just my $0.02 Cheers, Suad -- > quick reply in this regard is highly appriciated. > > thanks in advance. > regards > sree.
Re: Version Key needed????
On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 04:48:58PM -0700, Joshua S. Bassi wrote: > >From what I can tell it is not a bug. Instead IBM/Tivoli no longer ship > license files with multiple increments (i.e. 1mgsyslan.lic, > 5mgsyslan.lic). Instead there is now just mgsyslan.lic and a flag > "numberlicenses=the_number" (I think it was) where you indicate how many > of those licenses you purchased. It's a bug. APAR IC30965. The license files have not changed in 4.2. according to the packages. Suad -- APAR= IC30965 SER=IN INCORROUT UNABLE TO REGISTER INDIVIDUAL LICENSE FILES MORE THAN ONCE ON THE TSM 4.2.0 SERVER Status: OPENClosed: Apar Information: RCOMP= 5698TSMAXTSM AIX SERVER RREL= R420 FCOMP= PFREL= F TREL= T Return Codes: Applicable Component Level/SU: Error Description: The 4.2.0 Server code does not allow any individual license file to be registered more than once. For example, any customer wishing to register only two licenses for lan managed systems is unable to do so, because the 1mgsyslan.lic file can only be registered once. . > > I think it is a better solution because now the server directory doesnt > have as many useless files in it. > > > -- > Joshua S. Bassi > Independent IT Consultant > IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark > Tivoli Certified Consultant- ADSM/TSM > Cell (408)&(831) 332-4006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Wouter V > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 1:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Version Key needed > > Not that I know. > > But, be carefull, if you do an upgrade from 4.1 or earlier : there is a > bug > in TSM 4.2.x where you can't install more than 1 license for each > license > file (you have to reassign all your licenses after the upgrade). > > You always get the message "server is not in compliance with license > terms". > It's a know bug, but there is no official date for a fix. > If you do an update, you will probably have to install > tivoli.licensens.cert > additonally. (something changed in > the license system). > > Regards, > Wouter. > > > -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens > Wolfgang Herkenrath > Verzonden: donderdag 6 september 2001 10:01 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Version Key needed > > > Hi, > > I've downloaded the TSM Version 4.2.0.1 for AIX from Internet. Before I > begin to try the installation, does anyone knows wether I need something > like a version key to update my old TSM??? > > TIA > > Wolfgang
Re: SAN - HP - Brocade Switch - LTO Library
HP now are in the process of buying Compaq so never isn't the operative word ;) Suad -- On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 07:02:50PM -0400, Adolph Kahan wrote: > I don't believe that the HP support for IBM LTO is available yet. I > could be wrong. Are the drives in the 3584 native fibre drives? If they > are not then this will never work. > > Adolph > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Matthew Large > Sent: September 4, 2001 9:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SAN - HP - Brocade Switch - LTO Library > > Hi Folks, > > Does anyone have the following environment? > > Compaq SAN with Brocade Fibre Channel SAN switch attached LTO 3584. > Fibre > cards are HP A5158A Tachyon PCI Adaptors. TSM HP Server. > I'd like to know if the HP server will see the tape drives through the > Compaq SAN. I understand it may not, but I'd like to be sure. > > Thanks (in advance of your numerous replies) > MAtthew LArge > > > http://www.phoenixitgroup.com > **Internet Email Confidentiality > Footer*** > > Phoenix IT Group Limited is registered in England and Wales under > company > number 3476115. Registered Office: Technology House, Hunsbury Hill > Avenue, > Northampton, NN4 8QS > > Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not > relate to the official business of our firm shall be understood as > neither > given nor endorsed by it. > > No contracts may be concluded on behalf of our firm by means of email > communications. > > Confidentiality: Confidential information may be contained in this > message. > If you are not the recipient indicated (or responsible for delivery of > the > message to such person), you may not take any action based on it, nor > should > you copy or show this to anyone; please reply to this email and > highlight > the error to the sender, then delete the message from your system. > > Monitoring of Messages: Please note that we reserve the right to monitor > and > intercept emails sent and received on our network. > Warning: Internet email is not 100% secure. We ask you to understand > and > observe this lack of security when emailing us. We do not accept > responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent > > Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any > attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good > computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus > free.
Re: Tape volume list ?
The easiest way is to put it in a CGI executable directory (in Apache it's a directory with ExecCGI option in the httpd.conf file) and make sure the file has executable permissions set. Cheers, Suad -- On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 01:00:44PM +0200, Stan Vernaillen wrote: > Robin, > > Thanks for you precise answer. > > now a bit offtopic maybe...regarding your perl script. > I've put it in the root of the webserver, but when I point my browser at it, it > just displays the contents of your script as a text file, it does not execute > it. > OS is AIX, perl is 5.6.0 > Is this me , or can I blame something else? > > Stan > > > > > Robin Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 26/07/2001 16:40:53 > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc:(bcc: Stan Vernaillen/BE/CCE) > Subject: Re: Tape volume list ? > > > > >The thing is that i'm not interested in the Storage pool volumes or > volumes > >in the library,... > >I want to know ALL volumes. > >Also the DB backups, the scratch tapes in the desk of the Media team, ... > >Basicly every tape that has ever been labeled on that server. > > >How else do you know what label to give to a new tape ? > >I know I've labeled tape ec0001 through eC0100, but if a colleague wants > to > >label ten more, how does he know they have to be ec0101 to ec0110 if q > >vol,.. shows the highest volume in use, or the library to be ec0071 ? > > Stan, > > Unfortunately, you've uncovered one the, u, "clumsy" parts of TSM. The > way TSM manages scratch tapes, that is, tapes that are now empty and ready > to be re-used, is to not manage them at all! What TSM does when a tape > becoms empty and is brought back onsite, is delete it from the volumes > table. It will not be known to TSM again until it is checked into a > library as a scratch, and then it will be in the libvolumes table. > However, the volhistory table (do a "q volhist", the output may be large) > does keep a record of when the tape was used and deleted. If the tape has > been re-used five times, there should be ten records in volhistory -- a > "STGNEW" and a "STGDELETE" for each use. This table is also where TSM DB > backups and backupsets are managed (they do not belong to any storage pool, > and are not in the volumes table). > > You also said you need to track the tapes in the drawer of your media > group... TSM cannot do that, you'll have to do it manually. Those tapes > are the ones that were deleted when they came back from the vault, and will > not be seen again until they get checked in. Ideally, in TSM, you should > check ALL tapes back into the library as soon as possible (maybe keep a > couple on hand in case you need to do a quick backup and have no > scratches). This presumes of course that your library is large enough to > hold all of your tapes (ours isn't, so we're in process of upgrading to a > larger library). > > As for knowing what label to allocate next, you'll have to manually track > that also. As Matt said, I think most of us use pre-printed barcode > labels, and that is basically the "volser number tracking system". > > Sorry I can't give any better advice... we've been down the same road, > trying to locate missing tapes. They are a fact of life, I guess. That's > what originally prompted me to write the qtapet Perl script. > > Robin Sharpe > Berlex Laboratories
Re: Teaching others TSM
My approach is modular, get the person learning one aspect for a few days e.g. anything to do with backup schedules. I lay a whole bunch of tasks in increasing complexity/thought until that person starts being confident in it, then I start with a different one. If you are training several people, make the individuals learn different things and get them to draw from the others who have finished that area. After a month, or two, you can send them to training and they will have an appreciation of components, which makes the overview easier to understand. My 0.02 cents worth Cheers, Suad -- On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 10:07:23AM -0400, Francisco Reyes wrote: > What is the best way to teach someone how to use TSM? > When I learnt it some time back it took me 3 months of setting up the > server and clients and just trying different things to get all the > concepts. > > When I came back to the company after 2 years I found the setup was in > fairly bad shape even though of the two people that maintained it while I > was gone one went to training. > > I think hand's on is the best training, but I don't think the two people I > need to train can be made available full time just to learn TSM. > > What is the general consensus about the classes? Do they truly help new > users?
Re: ANR0102E dsalloc.c(952): Error 1 inserting row ...
Looks like you have a database inconsistency. I had a similar problem last year and ended cleaning it up with an AUDITDB. Check with Tivoli support to confirm this is the case (didn't have sessions die on me so it might be a newbie) Suad -- On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 10:55:06AM +0200, Reinhard Mersch wrote: > Hello, > > last night my server (4.1.2.0 on AIX 4.3.3) showed a lot of errors: > ANR0102E dsalloc.c(952): Error 1 inserting row in table > "DS.Segments". > > They were accompanied by some dying client sessions: > ANR0530W Transaction failed for session 83419 for node > X (AIX) - internal server error detected. > > Anybody seen this? > > -- > Reinhard MerschWestfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet > Zentrum fuer Informationsverarbeitung - ehemals Universitaetsrechenzentrum > Roentgenstrasse 9-13, D-48149 Muenster, Germany Tel: +49(251)83-31583 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +49(251)83-31653
MediaW slows restore significantly
Has anyone noticed when doing a restore from tape it almost grinds down to a halt when another process/session requests the same tape? We had this happen when an impatient client decided to run 2 restores, where the data on the 2nd restore was on the same tape. The restore slowed from 5MB/s to 30kB/s. When I killed the 2nd restore session it speed up. Similarly, later that evening, the system decided to migrate data to that same volume and it did the same thing. Bug/feature? Cheers, Suad --
Re: LTO Devices
Your questions on the drive don't make sense unless you are talking about a LTO library as most physical interactions with drives usually rely on a couple of buttons(and maybe a lever). Competing with DLT they do well as they are a newer, faster, more economical tape format, but they do have their weak points: - Long seek times - Long unload times. - Worse start/stop characteristics Don't let the above comments put you off. I can make a longer, more profanic, list of problems with DLT tapes. Look at your backup requirements, if you have a need for volume data with a relative budget, it's for you. If I was to repeat the exercise of choosing from scratch again, I would pick LTO. We can't afford 3590 and we have lost confidence in DLT. Cheers, Suad -- On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 10:07:02AM -0400, Bill Wheeler wrote: > Hello All, > > I have seen over the list that there are a group of people that use > LTO tape drives. We are looking into purchasing one to work with our > system. I was wondering what type of feedback there is about these drives. > Are they easy to work with, worth purchasing, making life easier for all... > Any information would be helpful. > > > Thanks in Advance, > > Bill Wheeler > AIX Administrator > La-Z-Boy Incorporated > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Ask for a Linux Mandrake 8.0 Client for ADM 3.1
i don't see a reply, so I can answer. Yes, there is an old ADSM client for linux, which was unsupported but worked OK. Just do a search for it on google. You should be able to run the newer clients but am unsure about licensing issues. Cheers, Suad -- On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 12:06:24PM -0500, Juan R. Obando wrote: > Hi ADSM's > > We have an ADSM Version 3.1.2.90 Server, and have some machines > with Linux Mandrake Version 8.0. > > Is there any ADSM Client suitable for this Plattform ?? > > Thanks in Advance > > Ing. Juan Reynaldo Obando > AIX/HACMP/ADSM Administrator
Open AFS?
Is there any way to backup a Open AFS filesystem? I see AFS support for AIX but I can't tell if it extends to Open AFS. There is also a reference in the developerworks site that you can compile in Support via the TSM api but aren't sure whether that is equivalent to a TDP, or I'm barking up the wrong tree. (http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/afs/downloads.html) Anybody been through this? Suad --
Re: VGA monitors
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:55:40PM -0400, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: > What EXACTLY do you mean by VGA ?As in 640x480x256colors or anything > less than SVGA or XVGA ? Careful, it might be a ploy to supplement their new creative licensing scheme. Suad -- (We use crappy Wyse terminals)
Re: 3583 LTO Tape Library
Are you talking about frame as in cabinet?
Is it not the library firmware at fault in this case?
Suad
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 07:38:12AM -0500, Jeff Bach wrote:
> There is a problem with 1550. It effects the 3rd and 4th frame in the
> library. The robot spazes out. We found it last week ... I'd take credit.
> ("Hey CE, Charles, is the robot supposed to do that??? Ya ... of course. )
> the next day I got a call. "I found a problem with the library microcode
> effecting the 3rd and 4th frames."
>
> It was good for a laugh.
>
> Jeff Bach
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> -Original Message-
> From: Suad Musovich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:Re: 3583 LTO Tape Library
>
> The drives are the same as a standalone to a 3584.
> There have been problems with firmware levels
>
> One of the firmware levels gave me errors on a few tapes that did
> not
> go away. The drives ended up freezing on "3" and would not go away
> until
> they got power cycled.
>
> Check you firmware level (latest is 1550)
>
>
> http://ssddom01.storage.ibm.com/techsup/swtechsup.nsf/support/ultriumfmr_ftp
>
>
> Cheers, Suad
> --
>
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:47:49PM -0500, Sam Schrage wrote:
> > We purchased a IBM 3583 LTO in Jan, 2001. We've had 2 tape drives
> replaced
> > already and a third one that is acting up occasionally. The last
> drive
> > failure 'ate' a tape that I just spent 30 hours creating from an
> import.
> >
> > Any others 3583 LTO users having similar experiences?
> >
> > Sam Schrage
> > TRW Systems
> > 615-360-4716
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: IBM ESS Model 2105-F20
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 10:19:03AM -0400, Magura, Curtis wrote: > See a few folks are using ESS. So are we. > > Does anyone know of a good forum to discuss ESS subjects. We have some > questions regarding VPATH's and HACMP. It would be good, but wouldn't discussion be leaning more towards the SAN side of things? (e.g. switches, routers, connectivity, management, security etc.) How about a SAN list dominated by Shark people? :) (as I can't really see any but vendor/dealer controlled ones) Suad --
Re: 3583 LTO Tape Library
The drives are the same as a standalone to a 3584. There have been problems with firmware levels One of the firmware levels gave me errors on a few tapes that did not go away. The drives ended up freezing on "3" and would not go away until they got power cycled. Check you firmware level (latest is 1550) http://ssddom01.storage.ibm.com/techsup/swtechsup.nsf/support/ultriumfmr_ftp Cheers, Suad -- On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:47:49PM -0500, Sam Schrage wrote: > We purchased a IBM 3583 LTO in Jan, 2001. We've had 2 tape drives replaced > already and a third one that is acting up occasionally. The last drive > failure 'ate' a tape that I just spent 30 hours creating from an import. > > Any others 3583 LTO users having similar experiences? > > Sam Schrage > TRW Systems > 615-360-4716 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lto library - audit command fails
Rather than using DRIVE for the format type in the devclass, try use ULTRIUM. Suad -- >On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:49:51PM +0200, Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-ISES-31 wrote: > Suad > > it is the first time > > root@pat0008 # tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 inquiry > Issuing inquiry... > > Inquiry Data, Length 38 > > 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0123456789ABCDEF > - 0180 0332 2100 0102 4942 4D20 2020 2020 [.EUR.2!...IBM ] > 0010 - 554C 5433 3538 302D 5444 3120 2020 2020 [ULT3580-TD1 ] > 0020 - 3135 3530 [1550.. ] > > > / > > definitions: > tsm: PAT0008_TSM>q devclass ltoclass f=d > > Device Class Name: LTOCLASS > Device Access Strategy: Sequential > Storage Pool Count: 11 >Device Type: LTO > Format: DRIVE > Est/Max Capacity (MB): >Mount Limit: DRIVES > Mount Wait (min): 60 > Mount Retention (min): 60 > Label Prefix: ADSM >Library: LTOLIB > Directory: >Server Name: > Retry Period: > Retry Interval: > Last Update by (administrator): SYSADM > Last Update Date/Time: 06/05/01 15:19:52 > > tsm: PAT0008_TSM>q library f=d > > Library Name: LTOLIB > Library Type: SCSI > Device: /dev/smc0 > Private Category: > Scratch Category: > External Manager: > Shared: No >Primary Library Manager: > Last Update by (administrator): SYSADM > Last Update Date/Time: 06/06/01 14:46:19 > > > tsm: PAT0008_TSM>q drive f=d > > Library Name: LTOLIB > Drive Name: DRV_3580_0 > Device Type: LTO > Device: /dev/rmt0 > ON LINE: Yes > Element: 257 > Allocated to: > Last Update by (administrator): SYSADM >Last Update Date/Time: 06/06/01 14:47:51 > Cleaning Frequency (Gigabytes/ASNEEDED/NONE): NONE > > > idem for drv_3580_1 - /dev/rmt1 - element 258 > idem for drv_3580_2 - /dev/rmt2 - element 259 > idem for drv_3580_3 - /dev/rmt3 - element 260 > > Ruud van Ruler, Shell Services International BV - ISES/31 > Our Central Data Storage Management home page: > http://sww2.shell.com/cdsm/ > > Room 1B/G01 > > Dokter van Zeelandstraat 1, 2285 BD Leidschendam NL > Tel : +31 (0)70 - 3034644, Fax 4011, Mobile +31 (0)6-55127646 > Email Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > R.vanRuler > > > > -Original Message- > From: Suad Musovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 June 2001 14:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: lto library - audit command fails > > > Can you do a "tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 inquiry" ? (i.e. can you see it from > AIX?) > > Has it worked before? > > If it hasn't, can you send the library/devclass/drive defs. > > Suad > -- > > > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 01:29:49PM +0200, Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-ISES-31 > wrote: > > Hi > > > > Equipment involved: > > IBM 2108-G07 SAN Data Gateway (1) > > IBM 2109-S16 SAN Switch (2) > > IBM 3584 LTO Library (1 Library with 4 SCSI Drives(not daisy-chained)) > > TSM 4.1.3 on AIX 4.3.3 server: all device drivers are at latest level. > > > > ANR0984I Process 7 for AUDIT LIBRARY started in the > > BACKGROUND at 11:53:11. > > 06/06/01 11:53:11 ANR8457I AUDIT LIBRARY: Operation for library LTOLIB > > started as process 7. > > 06/06/01 11:53:14 ANR2017I Administrator SYSADM issued command: QUERY > > PROCESS > > 06/06/01 11:53:19 ANR2017I Administrator SYSADM issued command: QUERY > > PROCESS > > 06/06/01 11:53:20 ANR8300E I/O error on library LTOLIB (OP=6C03, > > CC=207, > > KEY=05, ASC=2C, ASCQ=00, > > > > SENSE=70.00.05.00.00.00.00.0A.00.00.00.00.2C.00.00.00.00- > > .00., Description=Device is not in a state capable > of > > performing request). Refer to Appendix B in the > > 'Messages' manual for recommended action.
Re: lto library - audit command fails
Can you do a "tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 inquiry" ? (i.e. can you see it from AIX?) Has it worked before? If it hasn't, can you send the library/devclass/drive defs. Suad -- On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 01:29:49PM +0200, Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-ISES-31 wrote: > Hi > > Equipment involved: > IBM 2108-G07 SAN Data Gateway (1) > IBM 2109-S16 SAN Switch (2) > IBM 3584 LTO Library (1 Library with 4 SCSI Drives(not daisy-chained)) > TSM 4.1.3 on AIX 4.3.3 server: all device drivers are at latest level. > > ANR0984I Process 7 for AUDIT LIBRARY started in the > BACKGROUND at 11:53:11. > 06/06/01 11:53:11 ANR8457I AUDIT LIBRARY: Operation for library LTOLIB > started as process 7. > 06/06/01 11:53:14 ANR2017I Administrator SYSADM issued command: QUERY > PROCESS > 06/06/01 11:53:19 ANR2017I Administrator SYSADM issued command: QUERY > PROCESS > 06/06/01 11:53:20 ANR8300E I/O error on library LTOLIB (OP=6C03, > CC=207, > KEY=05, ASC=2C, ASCQ=00, > > SENSE=70.00.05.00.00.00.00.0A.00.00.00.00.2C.00.00.00.00- > .00., Description=Device is not in a state capable of > performing request). Refer to Appendix B in the > 'Messages' manual for recommended action. > 06/06/01 11:53:20 ANR8446I Manual intervention required for library > LTOLIB. > 06/06/01 11:53:20 ANR8792E Unrecoverable drive failures on drive > DRV_3580_0 > (/dev/rmt0); drive is now taken offline. > 06/06/01 11:53:20 ANR8358E Audit operation is required for library > LTOLIB. > 06/06/01 11:53:20 ANR8834E Library volume **UNKNOWN** is still present in > library LTOLIB drive DRV_3580_0 (/dev/rmt0), and must > be > removed manually. > 06/06/01 11:53:20 ANR8447E No drives are currently available in library > LTOLIB. > 06/06/01 11:53:20 ANR0985I Process 7 for AUDIT LIBRARY running in the > BACKGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE at > 11:53:20. > > any ideas ? > > thanks in advance > > Ruud van Ruler, Shell Services International BV - ISES/31 > Our Central Data Storage Management home page: > http://sww2.shell.com/cdsm/ > > Room 1B/G01 > > Dokter van Zeelandstraat 1, 2285 BD Leidschendam NL > Tel : +31 (0)70 - 3034644, Fax 4011, Mobile +31 (0)6-55127646 > Email Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > R.vanRuler
Re: LTO config
The TSMXX.README.SRV file has the instructions to set up the LTO library/drives. Yes, you should use /dev/smc0 as the library controller device. Suad -- On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 03:09:44PM -0500, Jeff Bach wrote: > HELP > I need some specific help on defining a new LTO library to ADSM. It > is a four frame library with 14 tape drives. I am trying to define it to > 4.3.3 AIX and 4.1.2.0 ADSM . > > The server is already connected to a 3494 library and using > /dev/lmcp0 as the library. Will I have a separate device for this library? > What libtype should it be defined as in ADSM? I plan to use the library > from multiple ADSM servers and ADSM application instances on this server. > The tape drives are attached to a Brocade switch and the servers can see the > drives. OS devices are configured. > > Jeff Bach > > > > > ** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and intended solely for the individual or entity to > whom they are addressed. If you have received this email > in error destroy it immediately. > **
Re: backing up DBs from filesystems
For the archive option I was going to set date specific directories (e.g. /staging/2001/06/02/) rather than unique filenames. Cheers, Suad -- On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 09:17:23AM -0400, David Longo wrote: > One question pops up to consider in the planning. Do the files they put in the >staging area have a unique filename each day or will it be the same filename each day? > > > David B. Longo > System Administrator > Health First, Inc. > 3300 Fiske Blvd. > Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 > PH 321.434.5536 > Pager 321.634.8230 > Fax:321.434.5525 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/31/01 08:58AM >>> > We are about to start backing up our enterprise databases. > They are comprised of about 15 Oracle instances ranging from 7GB to 25GB. > About a third are being backed up nightly and the others are either 1 or 2 times > weekly. > > On the server side, we will set up a seperate stgpool hierarchy as they there > will be expectations for QOS etc. (I will seperate them out onto a 2nd server > later this year) > > There are no TDPs available (Dynix) so we have to use the command line client > to backup. The DBAs run the database in backup mode and cpio the files to > a staging area, then the TSM client will scoop them up. > > They want a 30day retention period with one backup a month kept for a year (acheived > by a management class flag on dsmc) > > Question: > Should we run incrementals or archive the files considering we have a date, as > opposed to frequency, retention requirement? > > Suad > -- > > > > "MMS " made the following > annotations on 05/31/01 09:19:45 > -- > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, >proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is >waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please >immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies >of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, >distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended >recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications >through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely >those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or >opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by >the entity to give such views or opinions. > > ==
backing up DBs from filesystems
We are about to start backing up our enterprise databases. They are comprised of about 15 Oracle instances ranging from 7GB to 25GB. About a third are being backed up nightly and the others are either 1 or 2 times weekly. On the server side, we will set up a seperate stgpool hierarchy as they there will be expectations for QOS etc. (I will seperate them out onto a 2nd server later this year) There are no TDPs available (Dynix) so we have to use the command line client to backup. The DBAs run the database in backup mode and cpio the files to a staging area, then the TSM client will scoop them up. They want a 30day retention period with one backup a month kept for a year (acheived by a management class flag on dsmc) Question: Should we run incrementals or archive the files considering we have a date, as opposed to frequency, retention requirement? Suad --
Re: LTO drives in a 3584 Library
The install readme says use ultrium or ultriumc. Also, as Richard mentioned, look at the microcode on the drives. Cheers, Suad -- On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 02:18:23PM +0100, Fab System wrote: > All > > We have 4 LTO drives in a 3584 libary which is connected using a SAN Data > Gateway. When I look at the device class for the library there is an option > to set "Recording Format" and this is currently set to DRIVE. The options > are DRIVE/ ULTRIUM/ULTRIUMC. > > The reason I ask the question is because the LTO drives seem to be very slow > compared to the 3590's we have in our other libraries. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Cheers > > Sean Dudding > > >__ > > Registered Office: > Marks and Spencer p.l.c > Michael House, Baker Street, > London, W1U 8EP > Registered No. 214436 in England and Wales. > > Telephone (020) 7935 4422 > Facsimile (020) 7487 2670 > > www.marksandspencer.com > > Please note that electronic mail may be monitored. > > This e-mail is confidential. If you received it by mistake, please let us know and >then > delete it from your system; you should not copy, disclose, or distribute its >contents to > anyone nor act in reliance on this e-mail, as this is prohibited and may be unlawful > >_
