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daily backup
Hello I am trying to generate a list of monthly files backed up. I come up with the select statement below which seems to be taking it's time (not sure if it's legal). Does anyone know of a better way generate a summary of the total no. of files backed up TIA Toni select count(contents.file_name), count(volumes.volume_name) from contents,volumes where volumes.volume_name=contents.volume_name and volumes.last_write_date = '2002-01-04 00:00'
total monthly backups
Need help on this one Is there a way to extract a list of total backups over a monthly period. I currently have this SQL statement SELECT start_time, end_time, entity, bytes from summary where activity ='BACKUP' and end_time between 'start_date' and 'end_date' To get a list of backups run, I just total all entity values. The snag here is that if a TSM client has it resourceutilisation set to 1 I will get duplicate listings for any day during the backup period as it will list objects processed on each client and not just the client. Does anyone know if there is a better way to do this to get a list of total monthly backups by client and not object. TIA Toni
delay re-boot
Does anyone know if there is a way I can get TSM 4.1.2.12 to not ask for a re-boot after an install on an NT Server. I am doing a silent install as part of a script. I need the script to complete before the server reboots. For now it reboots halfway through the script. TIA Toni
Re: delay re-boot
1 - Install Windows Installer if not present (Reboot) 2 - Install TSM (Reboot) 3 - Make my specific custo Do the steps follow through automatically. I mean after the reboot for step 1 does the script continue with step 2 ? Toni
Re: delay re-boot
By the way is there a list someplace where I can find the meanings of the different parameters used for the setup program Toni
Re: delay re-boot
No, can't get it to work for TSM v4 Toni
weird error
I am running TSM 4.1.2 The server is on Unix whikst the clients are on NT4 SP6a The scheduled backups complete ok but when I issue: q file servername from the TSM backup server, the lastbckup date shows 28/2/01. However when I issue: q b drive letter:\ on the NT server I get a full listing of all the backups I can't seem to figure out why when querying the TSM server the backup deatils are incorrect TIA Toni
strange restore
See output below: Object name '\\drs01\e$\new copy1\copy1\data\HC- N\hcn pfu and gc\HCN pfu and gc\pfu\PFU3F9' contains one or more unrecognized characters and is not valid. Object name '\\drs01\e$\new copy1\copy1\data\li- ning cells\lcfor 18s\SBLCS25T7' contains one or more unrecognized characters and is not valid. Original Location data\lining cells\lcfor 18s data\HCN\hcn pfu and gc\HCN pfu and gc\pfu You will notice fro the above that TSM has changed the folder names for HCN and lining cells on the restore. I have logged a call with Tivoli support. In the meantime I was wondering if anyone has a clue about how this could happen. I have performed another back /restore and it all worked ok. I even performed one with the changed folder names to establish if TSM could pick up a folder name with those characters. All went well. I have the feeling this is just a fluke. It's not that serious as this was just a test. My worry is, it happened once so it could happen again in a non test environnent. TIA Toni
restore files
I am basically curious to know if anyone out there is experiencing the same problem as myself. I have come across a couple of incidents where TSM has not been able to restore a file it successfully backed up. The last one, see below PFU3F9' contains one or more unrecognised characters and is not valid. SBLCS25T7' contains one or more unrecognized characters and is not valid What I don't get is that if TSM can't recognise these files during the restore how could it recognise them to do the backup. Has anyone come across anything like this ever. I must admit, its very rare. But the fact that it happens is worrying TIA
peace of mind
I just need confirmation on this. I ran a number of sel backups on a 90Gb array. When I performed the first few restores the tape mounts occurred instantly. Over time the tape mount times have started to increase. Currently it takes about an hr for the tape to mount when I issue a restore req. I have no problem with this as long as I understand what's going on. Here's what I think, I may be way off base here. The more sel backups I run, the more files have to be examined when the restore is done. I think with the noquery restore TSM is looking through every file to match the restore req. With some restore commands I use a pitd and pitt, with others I don't use these options, tape mounts are still about 1hr in both instances. I hope I have made myself clear here. Am I on the right path ? TIA Toni
problem restore
22-01-2001 14:49:50 ANR0406I Session 267 started for node ClientA (WinNT) 22-01-2001 15:49:55 ANR8337I DLT volume BACKUP01 mounted in drive MT3.0.0.7 (MT3.0.0.7). This is a continuation of the probs I have been having with restores. If you notice it has taken an hr for the tape to mount for this restore req. Does anyone know of a setting within TSM that could account for this. The restore has been issued via the command line. The msg displayed when the command is issued is 'waiting for files from server' TIA Toni
q backup
I am trying to perform a restore from a remote node without success. I am running the command res -fromnode=server1 t:\ e:\(restore location) -subdir=yes -repl=no I keep getting the msg no files backed up for t:\. Yet when I issue q backup t:\ on server1 I get a list of files backed up but only the ones backed up using the GUI. I don't see a list of files backed up when I used WINAT to schedule the job. Does anyone have any insight into how this can be resolved. Many Thanks Toni
q backup 2
I am trying to perform a restore from a remote node without success.
I am running the command res -fromnode=server1 t:\ e:\(restore location)
-subdir=yes -repl=no
I then tried res -fromnode=server1 {"\\server1\d$\"}\* -subdir=yes -repl=no
I keep getting the msg no files backed up for t:\. Yet when I issue q backup t:\
on server1 I get a list of files backed up but only the ones backed up using the
GUI. I don't see a list of files backed up when I used WINAT to schedule the
job.
Does anyone have any insight into how this can be resolved.
Many Thanks
Forgot to say, I am working on an NT box.
Toni
Re: backup 2
Managed to figure it out. Used nodename. Toni
backup error
"OBJECT TOO LARGE FOR SERVER LIMITS" Folks When I run a backup some of the files fail with the above error msg. Anyone knows wha t this means. I am sending data to disk then migrating to tape. If I backup straight to tape I don't get this problem. TIA Toni
test results
(Embedded image moved to file: pic14452.pcx) Folks Above is a snippet of the tests I am running comparing backup software. The backup ser/client are the same for both tests. Backup server - NT4, TSM 3.7.4, 768MB RAM, 400MHz P3 *2, 100BaseT NIC Server options MoveBatchSize 256 TxnGroupMax256 MoveSizeThresh 500 SELFTUNETXNsizeYes TCPWindowsize 64512 TCPNoDelay No UseLargeBuffersYes Backup Client NT4, TSM 3.7.4 512MB RAM, 400MHz P3 *2, 100BaseT NIC Client Options TCPBUFFSIZE256 TCPWINDOWSIZE 63 TXNBYtelimit 2097152 As you will notice the Legato backups are faster than that of TSM and TSM restores are faster compared to Legato. Just need to know what kind of results other people out here experience using TSM on NT. Are you results better, similar, etc. If anyone has much better backup results can you let me know how you are configuring your server and client. TIA Toni pic14452.pcx
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Does any one know where I can get hold of this doc - ADSM Client Disaster Recovery Bare Metal Restore TIA Toni
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I've looked there, can't find it Toni
Re: Bare metal restore manual
Cheers I found it there eventually Toni
Re: weird backup
Thanks to all those who replied. I am now using TSM4.1 to run these test backups. Each backup is taking around 1hr longer than the previous backup. I noticed that the files are being marked as inactive when I run the next sel backup so I assume this is the reason for the extra hrs delay on the backup time. Next question - is there any function to tune on the TSM server to make the setting of filesin the TSM database to inactive to run faster, thus speeding up the backup TIA Toni
element parameter
I am trying to set up an ADIC Fastor7 unit on my TSM 4.1 NT server. I have looked on the TSM web site, the eleent no. to use is 86. When I issue my define drive statement and give it element no. 86 I get the error : ANR8366E DEFINE DRIVE: Invalid value for ELEMENT parameter The command I issue is : define drive lb1.0.0.7 drive1 device=mt3.0.0.7 element=86 Can someone pls tell me where I am going wrong. TIA Toni
weird backup
I seem to have a weird backup situation here I am running backups in a test environment. I'm testing large arrays for file servers. The 1st sel backup took around 9hrs (80GB), subsequent sel backups are taking around 19hrs to complete. As I am only running sel backups I figure the ADSM database should not be processed for the next backup to run. Even if it was it shouldn't take 19hrs. The weird thing is that if I change the drive letter so that ADSM thinks the data is from a new file system the backup time is back to around 9hrs. This is quite puzzling. Can anyone out there shed some light on this. TIA Toni
Re: ACCESS based TSM queries
Yes pls
multiple sessions
I am trying to run multiple simultaneous sessions for a TSM backup. I am using TSM 3.7 Cli/Ser. I could do this ok on ADSM 3.1, but it doesn't appear to work on TSM. Does anyone know if there is an option that needs o be set on the client or server side for this to take effect. Also, where can I get hold of TSM 3.7.3. TIA Toni
Mac file restore
Does anyone know f there is a way I can backup Macintosh files that reside on an NT server and restore them successfully so that the MAC file can be read on the Mac system. We use NT4, ADSM 3.1.2103 Client and Server. The ADSM server runs Solaris 2.6. We use DAVE v2.1 to get the mac files onto the NT system. TIA Toni
Re: nable to restore file
John I am running ADSM 3.1.2. I can retore some files. Can you let me know if you are running services for mac on your NT server. We use DAVE v2.1 Cheers Toni
Mac file restore
Does anyone know f there is a way I can backup Macintosh files that reside on an NT server and restore them successfully so that the MAC file can be read on the Mac system. We use NT4, ADSM 3.1.06 Client and Server. The ADSM server runs Solaris 2.6. We use DAVE v2.1 to get the mac files onto the NT system. When the restore is done on this particular file it appears to lose the resource information. However this does not happen on all files of this type. When you open the file it thinks it is a PC file and can't find an association for the file. When you select the option to choose an application to open the file with, the correct application is not listed. I can't seem to figure out why the restore works on some files and not others. TIA Toni
Re: Mac file restore
This is what i'm experiencing now, when I copy the mac data onto another drive letter on the originating server or a different server the restore works ok. When I restore to a sub-folder of the original data location I get the err msg ANS1256E Toni
nable to restore file
I have some files on a NT system. An AppleMac server hosts the files for users via software on the Apple machine called DAVE. Not to familiar with DAVE, Here's what happens when I do a restore Lets say I have a dir (A) with 4 subdirs (a1...4) and the file resides in a4. If I try to restore the file into a folder called a4i, I get the error msg ANS1256E. I think it's to do with permissions. I have NTFS change permission on the main dir where this file resides. The file itself has no other permissions However, when I restore the file into A1i it's fine. Not sure what's going on here TIA Toni
ADSM course
Has anyone out there taken the TSM course with Storm UK. I think they are now called InTechnology and they are based in Harrogate around York. I am desperately trying to find a TSM course on Solaris in the UK that has a good review. If anyone know of any other places in Europe I would like to hear from you. TIA Toni
Training
Hi I am thinking of taking a TSM impl 3.7 with IBM (Leeds). Has anyone taken a class with IBM, all comments on their suitability welcome, also if anyone knows of where I can take a class in the UK before the yr runs out pls drop me a line. TIA Toni
NT backup server
Does anyone out there use an NT server as an ADSM/TSM backup server. If so, how many clients do you backup, how much data, what's the hardware config of the backup server, do you have any unix clients attached, how does the server perform. TIA Toni
eventlog backup
I have found out that one can't restore an open eventlog unless you use the eventb command. I am trying to set this up for a few hundred NT clients. I thought maybe I could add the command to the options file for each client but that didn't work, I also tried scheduling it by linking it to a mgt class with all the clients in it. I put eventback entire in the options field on the GUI. no joy. Does anyone out there do this already, or can anyone shed light on how best to go about this TIA Toni
eventlog backup
I have found out that one can't restore an open eventlog unless you use the eventb command. I am trying to set this up for a few hundred NT clients. I thought maybe I could add the command to the options file for each client but that didn't work, I also tried scheduling it by linking it to a mgt class with all the clients in it. I put eventback entire in the options field on the GUI. no joy. Does anyone out there do this already, or can anyone shed light on how best to go about this TIA Toni
Database size query
Just to make sure i'm on the right track I am trying to work out the size of a TSM database according to the TSM concepts guide which is the total no. of files being backed up * versions kept * 600B *135% (for overhead and growth). No of files = 234333 versions kept = 130 234333*130 = 30463290 30463290*600 = 18277974000B 18277974000B = 18.3Gb (make it 19 for ease) 19Gb *135% = 26GB This seems like quite a lot to me. Compared to our other sites the no. of files here (for 4 servers is extremely low) It looks like I will end up with a database in TB's on large sites. I am hoping my maths is wrong TIA Toni
more on database size
The admin guide for ADSM says add 50% to the initial size of the database with TSM 3.7 it says to add 135% to the initial size Has anyone noticed this, does this seem right Toni
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Does anyone know where I can get hold of TSM 3.7.3 or 4.1 server code try and buy version to download TIA Toni
Event log restore
Has anyone tried doing a restore of the event logs. As the files are always open, when I try to open the restored files they come up as corrupt. I'm thinking of doing regular dumps of these logs and backing them up as flat files. TIA
Failed intall
I am trying to install TSM 3.7.3 on a NT server. The install runs ok. However, when I restart the server and go through the initialisation process I get an error at the server initialisation task - ANRU1008E. This is to do with a timeout. I also see a msg that a file I need is in use. Re-booting the server does not help. I don't get this problem when I install the server software on an NT workstation. I tried the install using default settings and also changing the location of the software. Both gave the same error. Has anyone come across this before. TIA Toni
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Hello there Does anyone know if TSM 3.7+ can backup the open WINs and DHCP databases. Using Legato currently and Legato skips these files. Planning to set the parameter to shared static under TSM for the backup of open files TIA Toni
