Re: Bandwidth
Thanks for all the advice, I am talking about WAN traffic. Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: Bent Christensen To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 05/15/2014 08:54 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Bandwidth Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Hi Thomas, Just to be sure, are you talking about LAN or WAN backup traffic? Is your bottleneck in the TSM-client-to-switch connection or the switch-to-tsm-server connection? If TSM is saturating your WAN lines, looking into dedup and compression is the best you can do. If your problem is within a LAN you might have to reconsider your backbone and network design, if that is not an option spreading the client start times might do the trick. But there is no such thing in TSM as bandwidth throttling like in i.e. Symantec Netbackup. - Bent -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 5:56 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Bandwidth Good morning, I run TSM 6.3.4 How do I throttle bandwidth so that the clients don't choke the network during backups. I have already set a large window for the clients to use, and I am reading about client side de-duplication, and adaptive file backup. Are these the only two avenues to reduce the bandwidth used by TSM? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768
Bandwidth
Good morning, I run TSM 6.3.4 How do I throttle bandwidth so that the clients don't choke the network during backups. I have already set a large window for the clients to use, and I am reading about client side de-duplication, and adaptive file backup. Are these the only two avenues to reduce the bandwidth used by TSM? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768
Re: reclamation
I ran it on command and gave it 120 minutes, I understand maybe the time ran out, but I watched it and it did not run for 2 hours. Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: George Huebschman To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 04/14/2014 02:20 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] reclamation Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" How did you get reclamation to run? Did you use storage pool settings or did you run a reclamation command? George Huebschman (George H.) (301) 699-4013 (301) 875-1227 (Cell) The contents of this email are the property of PNC. If it was not addressed to you, you have no legal right to read it. If you think you received it in error, please notify the sender. Do not forward or copy without permission of the sender. This message may contain an advertisement of a product or service and thus may constitute a commercial electronic mail message under US Law. The postal address for PNC is 249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. If you do not wish to receive any additional advertising or promotional messages from PNC at this e-mail address, click here to unsubscribe: http://pages.e.pnc.com/globalunsub/ By unsubscribing to this message, you will be unsubscribed from all advertising or promotional messages from PNC. Removing your e-mail address from this mailing list will not affect your subscription to alerts, e-newsletters or account servicing e-mails.
Re: reclamation
So new question then... I made a temp storagepool using my tape library, reclamation picked up and ran, the actlog says that one of the reclaims was successful. when I look at the volume reclaimed its utilization is down to 17%, but it is still marked as "full" so I still can't use it. Does anyone understand this? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: Grigori Solonovitch To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 04/14/2014 01:03 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] reclamation Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I think next sequence of actions can help: 1) change some policy sets to reduce expire period (some old data will be lost!) ; 2) activate policy set; 3) run "expiry inventory" and, maybe, some volumes will become empty to start reclamation. Good luck! Grigori Solonovitch, Senior Systems Architect, IT, Ahli United Bank Kuwait, www.ahliunited.com.kw -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent: 14 04 2014 6:33 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] reclamation In a situation where reclamation will not run because there is literally no space left in any pool, how do I get the reclaimable space back from volumes that have reclaimable space? Is there a way I can manually delete expired data from a volume directly? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 Please consider the environment before printing this Email. CONFIDENTIALITY AND WAIVER: The information contained in this electronic mail message and any attachments hereto may be legally privileged and confidential. The information is intended only for the recipient(s) named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this in error please contact the sender and delete this message and any attachments from your computer system. We do not guarantee that this message or any attachment to it is secure or free from errors, computer viruses or other conditions that may damage or interfere with data, hardware or software.
Re: reclamation
Thank you everyone, all of this was very helpful. I am new to TSM and honestly still have no idea what I am doing. I think I have resolved my issue. On disk I had literally no volumes with space but I added some scratch tapes to my library and created a temporary reclamation pool using the library. Thanks again everyone. Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: Nick Marouf To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 04/14/2014 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] reclamation Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" One more thing to consider is you can move some tapes out of the library by using "move media" command. Lets say that you had a bunch at a 100% capacity that does require reclamation, you can eject those, and add scratch tapes. (assuming you have some free tapes as well) move media volnmae stg=pool ovflo=cabinet rem=yes checkl=n You can then check those back in once you free up some space. On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Skylar Thompson wrote: > It can also use filling volumes, but it can't use empty space on full > volumes without reclamation. If there are a bunch of almost-empty full > volumes, though, even one scratch tape could free up a bunch more scratch > volumes using MOVE or RECLAIM. > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 04:20:17PM +, Leonard, Matthew wrote: >> Actually doing the Move data command doesn't require any scratch tapes at all. Have done it a ton of times as we run out of scratch/space all of the time. It's a never ending battle here!! >> >> Regards, >> >> Matthew J. Leonard >> Network Infrastructure Administrator >> IT Network Operations >> AtlasAir, Inc. >> matthew.leon...@atlasair.com >> 914-701-8042 >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Skylar Thompson >> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 12:03 PM >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] reclamation >> >> This depends on having some scratch/filling volumes available, though. >> Based on what Tom said, there is no space at all available in any pool. The first step needs to be to get some scratch tapes available, then RECLAIM/MOVE can be a viable option. > > -- > -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 > -- University of Washington School of Medicine
Re: reclamation
No, that is my problem. I am in kind of a tight spot and we have had numerous Admins leave recently all at once. TSM server has not been attended to lately as it should and has gotten out of hand... so no there is literally NO disk or tape space anywhere that I can temporarily use There would be space if reclamation ran, because I have a lot of reclaimable space, but there is nowhere for the reclamation process to put the files that are good on the reclaimable volumes I'm kind of stuck here. Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: Skylar Thompson To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 04/14/2014 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] reclamation Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Can you provide some space in a DISK or FILE pool, and then set RECLAIMSTGPOOL for the pool that's completely out of space? That will allow reclamation to use space emporarily in the referenced pool. On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 11:33:04AM -0400, Tom Taylor wrote: > In a situation where reclamation will not run because there is literally > no space left in any pool, how do I get the reclaimable space back from > volumes that have reclaimable space? Is there a way I can manually delete > expired data from a volume directly? -- -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine
reclamation
In a situation where reclamation will not run because there is literally no space left in any pool, how do I get the reclaimable space back from volumes that have reclaimable space? Is there a way I can manually delete expired data from a volume directly? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768
Re: File retention
Thank you for your response, I am not familiar with copy group features. I have been pouring over the TSM admin guide for a few weeks now trying to learn, but alas, its a long read. I have been reading about migration, but some things that migration describes scare me, and make it sound like its not what I want. If you have some advice and we could discuss I would love that, as its much faster and easier to get info from a person than it is from a book (PDF, DOC, web page, etc.). Thank you so much! Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: George Huebschman To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 03/25/2014 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] File retention Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Mr Taylor. I used to get this question or something like it while we were transitioning our TSM environment to an outside vendor who had no experience with TSM. We had been instructed to modify (shorten) retention policies (Management Class/Copy Group). We were also directed to delete/remove a number of clients; not just stop backing up, but remove. I warned them...boldlyonce the data is gone, it's GONE. Later the question came, repeatedly, "But don't you have a copy on tape, offsite somewhere?" "No...I DID tell you, here is an e-mail." The copy pool data is a copy of the data in the primary pool. The Primary pool is not defined as the media where the data is first recorded. It is the first place from which the data would be restored. The Copy Pool is a disaster recovery resource. It covers you in the event of damaged media (corrupted filesystem, dropped tape, failed disk) or damaged data center (fire, flood, Ravens fans). It is a copy of what currently exists in your primary pool. When something is deleted from the Primary pool, it deleted from the Copy pool. Disk can be your first tier Tape can be your first tier. (Sometimes large files will go straight to tape, bypassing disk, though you can address that.) Tape can be your second tier...but still be primary pool media. Are you familiar with how to use Copy Group features? Active data is never automatically deleted. Inactive data is retained according to the number of versions you decide to keep and the length of time you choose to keep each version. You can decide separately how long to keep the last version of each piece of inactive data. Still if you have both Primary and Copy pools, you will have two (or more) "copies" of each object you have backed up. George Huebschman (George H.) (301) 699-4013 (301) 875-1227 (Cell) From: Richard Rhodes To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 03/24/14 03:12 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] File retention Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > What I want to accomplish is I want to set the primary pool to keep10 > versions of files for 30 days, and 10 versions of inactive files also for > 30 days, and keep the last version for 30 days, but I want the copy pool > to keep teh last version of an inactive file FOREVER. I know of no way to accomplish this. Policies are on files, not pools. The policy of a file will be in effect whether it's the primary pool copy or one/several copy pool copies. Also, if you did have a copy pool which had different policies than the primary pool, you wouldn't have redundancy. If you lost a copy pool tape you would loose files on that volume that you need to keep forever. There would be no way to recover them. This would also be a huge DR issue. For DR you need: - A copy of all files at a offsite/safe location in case you have a disaster at the main site. - A copy of all files at the main site in case the DR site is lost. Rick - The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message. The contents of this email are the property of PNC. If it was not addressed to you, you have no legal right to read it. If you think you received it in error, please notify the sender. Do not forward or copy without permission of the sender. This message may contain an advertisement of a product or service and thus may constitute a commercial electronic mail message under US Law. The postal address for PNC is 249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. If you do not wish to receive any additional advertising or promotional messages from PNC at this e-mail address, click here to unsubscribe. https://pnc.p.delivery.net/m/u/pnc/uni/p.asp By unsubscribing to this message, you will be un
Re: Redbooks for TSM 6.X or 7.X
Agreed, there is nothing self explanatory or intuitive about TSM Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: Hans Christian Riksheim To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 03/25/2014 09:58 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Redbooks for TSM 6.X or 7.X Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" It seems IBM has halted the production of TSM redbooks. Also the Certification guides and Technical guides exist no more for the newer versions. The reason for this is that TSM in the recent years has become so easy, intuitive and self explanatory. That was a joke. Hans Chr. Riksheim On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Tuncel Mutlu (BT İşletim ve Teknik Destek Bölümü) wrote: > Hi, > > I maybe overlooked but when I arranged the Redbooks for Tivoli according > to date, it seems that the last TSM Server book is "IBM Tivoli Storage > Manager Versions 5.4 and 5.5 Technical Guide" updated 20 Ağustos 2010. > > Is in there any Redbooks about TSM server 6.X and 7.X ? Or did IBM > abandoned the Redbook tradition ? > > Regards, > > Tuncel Mutlu > > > > > > > Değerli görüş ve önerilerinizi internet sayfamızdaki Bize Ulaşın > bölümünden iletebilirsiniz. > Bu e-posta ve muhtemel eklerinde verilen bilgiler kişiye özel ve gizli > olup, yalnızca mesajda belirlenen alıcı ile ilgilidir. Size yanlışlıkla > ulaşmışsa lütfen göndericiye bilgi veriniz, mesajı siliniz ve içeriğini > başka bir kişiye açıklamayınız, herhangi bir ortama kopyalamayınız. Bu > mesaj veya ekleri, aksi sözleşme ile veya mesaj içeriğinde açıkça > belirtilmedikçe, herhangi bir işleme ilişkin olarak Bankamız adına herhangi > bir teklif, kabul veya teyit amacı taşımamaktadır. Verilen bilgilerin doğru > veya eksiksiz olmasına yönelik bir garanti verilmemekte olup, bilgiler > önceden bildirilmeksizin değiştirilebilecektir. Bu mesajın içeriği > Bankamızın resmi görüşlerini yansıtmayabileceğinden Akbank T.A.Ş. hiçbir > hukuki sorumluluğu kabul etmez. > > Akbank T.A.Ş Sabancı Center 4.Levent, 34330 İstanbul - Ticaret Sicil > Memurluğu: İstanbul - Sicil Numarası: 90418 - www.akbank.com > > > You are kindly requested to share your valuable views and opinions to us > via the Contact Us section on our website. > The information provided in this e-mail and any attachments it may contain > is proprietary and confidential, and is only related with the receiver of > this message. If it is sent to you by mistake; please inform the sender, > delete the message and do not explain its contents to anyone, and do not > copy it in any form. Unless otherwise provided by contract, this message is > not intended to act as a banking transaction such as an offer, purchase or > sale of a financial transaction or confirmation of a remittance. No > guarantee is given for the accuracy or integrity of any or all information > provided herein and such information may be changed without prior notice. > Akbank T.A.Ş. acknowledges no legal responsibility whatsoever as may be > related with or arise out of the content of this message as it may not > reflect the official policy of our Bank. > > Akbank T.A.Ş Sabancı Center 4.Levent, 34330 İstanbul - Trade Registry > Office: İstanbul - Registration Number: 90418 - www.akbank.com
Re: File retention
Using this set up doesn't this mean the backups would go to the tape first if the tape pol were the primary pool? Wouldn't that make backups slower? How do I get backups to go to the disk first while still having different expiration for each? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: Nick Laflamme To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 03/21/2014 02:50 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] File retention Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" It doesn't work that way. If you want to keep a copy of inactive files on tape forever, you need to have a primary storage pool on tape (call it "ONSITE" for the purpose of this note). So, BACKUPS will migrate data to ONSITE. You'll also use BACKUP STG to populate OFFSITETAPE, mostly from BACKUPS, but possibly from ONSITE just to be safe. You can use a migration delay on ONSITE to keep recent (<30 days, if you want) files from migrating tape, but eventually some active files will migrate to ONSITE. It might make more sense to use your disk storage as an ACTIVEDATA storage pool, not a long-term primary storage pool. Your inactive data would still go to tape, but your active data, even the oldest, would be on disk (as well as on tape). Hope this helps, Nick On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Tom Taylor wrote: > Hello, > > TSM 6.3.4.3 on Windows 2008 R2 > > > I'm wondering if someone can direct me to a document or the area of the > admin guide that has this info. I feel like I have read and re-read that > thing and am getting nowhere. I thought the answer was management classes > but I cannot find how to do it... > > > > > ... and it is... > > I have a primary storage pool called "BACKUPS" it is on-site disk. > > I have a copy pool called "OFFSITETAPE" and as its name suggests it is a > tape library and we will send tapes offsite. > > > I want to use OFFSITETAPE to backup BACKUPS. > > > What I want to accomplish is I want to set the primary pool to keep10 > versions of files for 30 days, and 10 versions of inactive files also for > 30 days, and keep the last version for 30 days, but I want the copy pool > to keep teh last version of an inactive file FOREVER. > > > I want this because I want to conserve space in the primary disk pool, but > the tape copy pool has a LOT more room, so I want to keep files in there > longer. Also I am required to keep a permanent backups of ALL files > forever... i.e. I want to keep the last version forever, but I do not have > room in the primary disk pool to keep every file forever. This is why I > want to expire old files in the primary including the last version but > expire everything in teh tape copy pool also EXCEPT FOR the final inactive > version of a deleted file. > > > > > Can this be done? Have I just overlooked it in the guide? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Thomas Taylor > System Administrator > Jos. A. Bank Clothiers > Cell (443)-974-5768 >
Re: File retention
It does thank you, I thought though that migration was only for overflow. Also, I already have the local disk set up as a primary pool... If I do not have more disk space to make a new active pool would I need to wipe out the current disk primary pool in order to make this new active data pool? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: Nick Laflamme To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 03/21/2014 02:50 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] File retention Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" It doesn't work that way. If you want to keep a copy of inactive files on tape forever, you need to have a primary storage pool on tape (call it "ONSITE" for the purpose of this note). So, BACKUPS will migrate data to ONSITE. You'll also use BACKUP STG to populate OFFSITETAPE, mostly from BACKUPS, but possibly from ONSITE just to be safe. You can use a migration delay on ONSITE to keep recent (<30 days, if you want) files from migrating tape, but eventually some active files will migrate to ONSITE. It might make more sense to use your disk storage as an ACTIVEDATA storage pool, not a long-term primary storage pool. Your inactive data would still go to tape, but your active data, even the oldest, would be on disk (as well as on tape). Hope this helps, Nick On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Tom Taylor wrote: > Hello, > > TSM 6.3.4.3 on Windows 2008 R2 > > > I'm wondering if someone can direct me to a document or the area of the > admin guide that has this info. I feel like I have read and re-read that > thing and am getting nowhere. I thought the answer was management classes > but I cannot find how to do it... > > > > > ... and it is... > > I have a primary storage pool called "BACKUPS" it is on-site disk. > > I have a copy pool called "OFFSITETAPE" and as its name suggests it is a > tape library and we will send tapes offsite. > > > I want to use OFFSITETAPE to backup BACKUPS. > > > What I want to accomplish is I want to set the primary pool to keep10 > versions of files for 30 days, and 10 versions of inactive files also for > 30 days, and keep the last version for 30 days, but I want the copy pool > to keep teh last version of an inactive file FOREVER. > > > I want this because I want to conserve space in the primary disk pool, but > the tape copy pool has a LOT more room, so I want to keep files in there > longer. Also I am required to keep a permanent backups of ALL files > forever... i.e. I want to keep the last version forever, but I do not have > room in the primary disk pool to keep every file forever. This is why I > want to expire old files in the primary including the last version but > expire everything in teh tape copy pool also EXCEPT FOR the final inactive > version of a deleted file. > > > > > Can this be done? Have I just overlooked it in the guide? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Thomas Taylor > System Administrator > Jos. A. Bank Clothiers > Cell (443)-974-5768 >
File retention
Hello, TSM 6.3.4.3 on Windows 2008 R2 I'm wondering if someone can direct me to a document or the area of the admin guide that has this info. I feel like I have read and re-read that thing and am getting nowhere. I thought the answer was management classes but I cannot find how to do it... ... and it is... I have a primary storage pool called "BACKUPS" it is on-site disk. I have a copy pool called "OFFSITETAPE" and as its name suggests it is a tape library and we will send tapes offsite. I want to use OFFSITETAPE to backup BACKUPS. What I want to accomplish is I want to set the primary pool to keep10 versions of files for 30 days, and 10 versions of inactive files also for 30 days, and keep the last version for 30 days, but I want the copy pool to keep teh last version of an inactive file FOREVER. I want this because I want to conserve space in the primary disk pool, but the tape copy pool has a LOT more room, so I want to keep files in there longer. Also I am required to keep a permanent backups of ALL files forever... i.e. I want to keep the last version forever, but I do not have room in the primary disk pool to keep every file forever. This is why I want to expire old files in the primary including the last version but expire everything in teh tape copy pool also EXCEPT FOR the final inactive version of a deleted file. Can this be done? Have I just overlooked it in the guide? Thanks! Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768
Re: Database Backup best practice
Thanks all, much appreciated. Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: Shawn DREW To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 02/18/2014 04:47 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Database Backup best practice Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" You should set the reusedelay and the number of daily database backups to the same number and you set both based on your preference on how far back would you want to go for any particular reason. (i.e. how many days might pass before you notice there is a problem) I've done restores for a number of reasons, not all were only for recovery after some disk/filesystem problem. If you are large enough to have multiple TSM admins, (perhaps a junior admin on the team) one might make a mistake and might take a few days for the other admins to notice. I keep a week's worth of backups around and 7 days on the reusedelay for the offsite pool only. In case someone makes a "del fi" mistake, we have a week to recover. Or we can restore to another instance and export the needed data. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew > -Original Message- > From: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 4:00 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Database Backup best practice > > Well, isn't it actually the other way around? You should set your > REUSEDelay to the amount of days you keep your database backups. > In case of a failure you will probably always want to restore the most > recent database backup, but if that one fails too for some reason, you > will have to fall back on older database backups. Of course this means > losing backup information and it's for your shop to decide what is > acceptable. > We keep our database backups for 3 days (twice a day) and thus the > REUSEDelay is set to 3 days. Since we don't use physical tape I think 3 > days (equals 6 backups) is long enough. > Keeping database backups for a longer period of time means a higher > REUSEDelay and thus requires more scratch volumes. > Kind regards, > Eric van Loon > AF/KLM Storage Engineering > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Ehresman,David E. > Sent: maandag 17 februari 2014 15:31 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Database Backup best practice > > You should keep at least as many TSM DB backups as the largest REUSEDelay > on your storagepools. > > David > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Tom Taylor > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 9:27 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] Database Backup best practice > > Good morning > > > Running TSM 6.3.4 > > > > > I have read the admin guide best practice section on backing up > the database and I have also done some google searching but I cannot find > a straight answer on this... How many backups of the database should I > keep available? I always do a full backup, is there any reason to keep any > of the older full backups if I have a recent good one? > > > > > > > > > Thomas Taylor > System Administrator > Jos. A. Bank Clothiers > Cell (443)-974-5768 > > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain > confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If > you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or > any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other > action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and > may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify > the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its > employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission > of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in > receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch > Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered > number 33014286 > > This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.
Database Backup best practice
Good morning Running TSM 6.3.4 I have read the admin guide best practice section on backing up the database and I have also done some google searching but I cannot find a straight answer on this... How many backups of the database should I keep available? I always do a full backup, is there any reason to keep any of the older full backups if I have a recent good one? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768
bfs files
Quick question. I have TSM 6.3.4 running on Windows server 2008 R2 This is coming from an inexperienced user so bear with me... I have a primary storage pool spread over two disks in the TSM server. The disks in the server are E: and F: (I don't know if this matters) In my storage pool I have many volumes 25 GB in size. I always name them "VOL" when I create new ones and the system appends more to the end to make the names unique. Everything seems to be functioning normally but I took a look at the storage pool volumes and I notive I have about 10 volumes I have never seen before that have names of the format "0100.BFS". I did not create these volumes and I don't know why they are there. I also notice that they end in ".BFS" whereas the volumes I created all have to file extension. What really bothers me is these mystery volumes range in size from 100 to 500 GB in size! Im afraid the backup will fail because the disk doesnt have room for this. I also notice that while the 25 GB volumes I create all have static sizes these mystery volumes (one of htem currently) are actually growing. Can anyone tell me... A: is this normal? B: can I get rid of these volumes somehow so the system keeps using my created 25GB volumes? C: why is one of these volumes growing in size whereas my volumes are static in size? any other information would be appreciated. Thanks! Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768
Tape rotation
Hello all, Can anyone direct me to a good document that explains how to manage tapes in TSM. I have backups copying from a disk pool to a tape pool but I don't understand how to determine which tape should go off site and which shouldn't. There is of course the administrator's guide but I was hoping maybe there was something a little more clear and straight forward before I attempt to read more of the guide and decipher its meaning. Thanks Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768
Re: Daily surge in use of LGTMPTSP table space
The only thing that comes up when I issue this search is that I issued the search itself. Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: "Prather, Wanda" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 01/20/2014 07:12 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Daily surge in use of LGTMPTSP table space Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Did you check for server reorgs in progress? q actlog begindate=today-2 search=reorg -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Denier Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 12:27 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Daily surge in use of LGTMPTSP table space On one of our Version 6 TSM servers the amount of space used by the LGTMPTSP table space is nearly constant for most of the day, but rises sharply starting around 8:30 PM and drops back to normal by 9:30 PM. The increase in usage has ranged from 7 to 15 GB lately. On some days the file system containing that table space fills up and the server crashes (even though it has substantial amounts of free space in other database file systems). We rarely have any processes running at the time of the surge. We have client backups running at that time, but have not been able to find any unusual client activity that is correlated with the surge. We are not using deduplication. The TSM server is at the 6.2.5.0 code level and runs under SLES 11 SP1 on zSeries hardware. We opened a problem ticket with IBM earlier today, and have just received a request for an assortment of log files. Thomas Denier Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Include/exclude confusion
Hello, I want to understand something and what I read online is confusing. On a specific machine I want to back up a folder on "F:" but nothing else currently under the backup tab of the GUI i do NOT have "F:" selected, then under include/exclude I have "INCLUDE "F:\foldername" STANDARD" Will this configuration skip all of "F:" except for the foldername I have specified in the include? Some things I have read show that "F:" will be completely ignored even with my include because I do not have it checked under backup. I only want to backup "F:\foldername" on F: and I do not even want the client to look at the rest of "F:" Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768
Re: Maintenance script schedule problem
Yes, We have recently set up TSM from scratch and I am finding it daunting to learn its inner workings... I am new to it, and it is new to us. I am configuring a brand new instance... Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: "Vandeventer, Harold [BS]" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 12/26/2013 02:06 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" For the ADSM-L group: is there a set of sample scripts at IBM or any that get installed for customization? I stepped into an existing shop and didn't have to start with a blank slate as it appears Tom is facing. In my shop, those tasks (backup, migration, expiration, node replication, reclamation, etc.) are performed via a few Administrative Scripts that include some script logic to test for various conditions. The first script schedules the second script to start at a future time (NOW+00:30 for 30 minutes), then does its own work. When the second script starts, it first tests that script 1 had completed. If the work of script 1 is still running, script 2 reschedules itself to start in "NOW+00:10" (i.e. 10 minutes out). If script 1 was done, Script 2 first creates Script 3 to start in the future, and then does its work. Likewise, Script 3 first tests to see if the work of script 2 had completed. This approach insures that each of the desired tasks runs to completion before the next task starts, and "keeps the ball rolling" so there is a minimum of idle time between the tasks. You said you're new to TSM is TSM also new in your environment? It sounds like you're trying to build out the first deployment. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 12:38 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem I am trying to do the database backup, and reclamation and expiration. Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: "Vandeventer, Harold [BS]" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 12/26/2013 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I don't use the Server Maintenance approach and attempts to use it just now indicate I don't have any defined. My "maintenance scripts" are all managed via the "Manage Servers" approach. >From Manage Servers, click a server name. Then, Administrative Schedules. What are you trying to accomplish in the script? -----Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 10:27 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem I am running admin center 6.3.3.000 I am editing an existing schedule. I do not see all of the prompts you mentioned. I click Server maintenance>"server name">schedule> I have check boxes for each day to choose, but if I check more than one and click apply or OK I get the errors. I do not have choices for "every _ days" or anything similar. I do not see a "change schedule repetition" button perhaps I am looking at this wrong all together? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: "Vandeventer, Harold [BS]" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 12/26/2013 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Welcome to TSM. Are you seeing the error when CREATING the schedule or attempting to change an existing schedule? For an existing schedule, I select the "Change Schedule Repetition" button, then "Repeat Daily (every one or more days)", the next query is for "Run the schedule every _ days. The default is 1 day. Then, a prompt for how frequently to run: "Every day", "either Saturday or Sunday", "except Saturday or Sunday", "run on the following days". Picking "run on every day of the week" puts this in the Activity Log: UPDATE SCHEDULE SCHEDULESTYLE=CLASSIC PERIOD=1, PERUNITS=days DAYOFWEEK=ANY TYPE=ADMINISTRATIVE A similar prompting appears on the sequence to create a new schedule. The "Select Repetition Options" panel asks for the date/time, active checkbox, then the "run once", "repeat hourly" and other choices. You'd pick "repeat daily" and should see the same sequence as above. What version of the Admin Center are you running? Expand the Product Information details on the "About" screen to find the installed version. I'm at Administration Center 6.3.4.000. -Original Message- Fro
Re: Maintenance script schedule problem
I am trying to do the database backup, and reclamation and expiration. Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: "Vandeventer, Harold [BS]" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 12/26/2013 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I don't use the Server Maintenance approach and attempts to use it just now indicate I don't have any defined. My "maintenance scripts" are all managed via the "Manage Servers" approach. >From Manage Servers, click a server name. Then, Administrative Schedules. What are you trying to accomplish in the script? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 10:27 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem I am running admin center 6.3.3.000 I am editing an existing schedule. I do not see all of the prompts you mentioned. I click Server maintenance>"server name">schedule> I have check boxes for each day to choose, but if I check more than one and click apply or OK I get the errors. I do not have choices for "every _ days" or anything similar. I do not see a "change schedule repetition" button perhaps I am looking at this wrong all together? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: "Vandeventer, Harold [BS]" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 12/26/2013 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Welcome to TSM. Are you seeing the error when CREATING the schedule or attempting to change an existing schedule? For an existing schedule, I select the "Change Schedule Repetition" button, then "Repeat Daily (every one or more days)", the next query is for "Run the schedule every _ days. The default is 1 day. Then, a prompt for how frequently to run: "Every day", "either Saturday or Sunday", "except Saturday or Sunday", "run on the following days". Picking "run on every day of the week" puts this in the Activity Log: UPDATE SCHEDULE SCHEDULESTYLE=CLASSIC PERIOD=1, PERUNITS=days DAYOFWEEK=ANY TYPE=ADMINISTRATIVE A similar prompting appears on the sequence to create a new schedule. The "Select Repetition Options" panel asks for the date/time, active checkbox, then the "run once", "repeat hourly" and other choices. You'd pick "repeat daily" and should see the same sequence as above. What version of the Admin Center are you running? Expand the Product Information details on the "About" screen to find the installed version. I'm at Administration Center 6.3.4.000. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 9:15 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem Hello, This is my first time posting so please let me know if I missed anything. I am also very new to TSM in general. I am running TSM Server 6.3.3 When I try to schedule the maintenance script I have created to run every day I get an error, but if I choose just one day it works fine. I am trying to edit the schedule from the TIP as I know nothing os the TSM CLI. I receive 3 errors: ANRW0137E the action cannot be completed ANRW0163E additional info from server ANR2612E UPDATE SCHEDULE: Invalid day of week - MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI,SAT,SUN. The script into says that it should be run daily, but if I check anything more than one day I receive these errors. Please help! Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 [Confidentiality notice:] *** This e-mail message, including attachments, if any, is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message, including all copies, Thank you. ***
Re: Maintenance script schedule problem
I am running admin center 6.3.3.000 I am editing an existing schedule. I do not see all of the prompts you mentioned. I click Server maintenance>"server name">schedule> I have check boxes for each day to choose, but if I check more than one and click apply or OK I get the errors. I do not have choices for "every _ days" or anything similar. I do not see a "change schedule repetition" button perhaps I am looking at this wrong all together? Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 From: "Vandeventer, Harold [BS]" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU, Date: 12/26/2013 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Welcome to TSM. Are you seeing the error when CREATING the schedule or attempting to change an existing schedule? For an existing schedule, I select the "Change Schedule Repetition" button, then "Repeat Daily (every one or more days)", the next query is for "Run the schedule every _ days. The default is 1 day. Then, a prompt for how frequently to run: "Every day", "either Saturday or Sunday", "except Saturday or Sunday", "run on the following days". Picking "run on every day of the week" puts this in the Activity Log: UPDATE SCHEDULE SCHEDULESTYLE=CLASSIC PERIOD=1, PERUNITS=days DAYOFWEEK=ANY TYPE=ADMINISTRATIVE A similar prompting appears on the sequence to create a new schedule. The "Select Repetition Options" panel asks for the date/time, active checkbox, then the "run once", "repeat hourly" and other choices. You'd pick "repeat daily" and should see the same sequence as above. What version of the Admin Center are you running? Expand the Product Information details on the "About" screen to find the installed version. I'm at Administration Center 6.3.4.000. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 9:15 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Maintenance script schedule problem Hello, This is my first time posting so please let me know if I missed anything. I am also very new to TSM in general. I am running TSM Server 6.3.3 When I try to schedule the maintenance script I have created to run every day I get an error, but if I choose just one day it works fine. I am trying to edit the schedule from the TIP as I know nothing os the TSM CLI. I receive 3 errors: ANRW0137E the action cannot be completed ANRW0163E additional info from server ANR2612E UPDATE SCHEDULE: Invalid day of week - MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI,SAT,SUN. The script into says that it should be run daily, but if I check anything more than one day I receive these errors. Please help! Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768 [Confidentiality notice:] *** This e-mail message, including attachments, if any, is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message, including all copies, Thank you. ***
Maintenance script schedule problem
Hello, This is my first time posting so please let me know if I missed anything. I am also very new to TSM in general. I am running TSM Server 6.3.3 When I try to schedule the maintenance script I have created to run every day I get an error, but if I choose just one day it works fine. I am trying to edit the schedule from the TIP as I know nothing os the TSM CLI. I receive 3 errors: ANRW0137E the action cannot be completed ANRW0163E additional info from server ANR2612E UPDATE SCHEDULE: Invalid day of week - MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI,SAT,SUN. The script into says that it should be run daily, but if I check anything more than one day I receive these errors. Please help! Thomas Taylor System Administrator Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Cell (443)-974-5768
