Re: Document storage (ignore the first paragraph if you like)
Remco, Can we see/have your script? We came up with a similar solution and would like to compare notes. By san discovery, do you mean the TSM server option? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Remco Post r.p...@plcs.nl To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 06/06/2012 03:52 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Document storage (ignore the first paragraph if you like) Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU regarding 3: 1- sandiscovery should help resolve this 2- to avoid sandiscovery I've created a shell script to rename the tape devices based on serial or wwpn so each drive has the same name on every server. On 6 jun. 2012, at 19:12, Alex Paschal wrote: Hi, Geoff. Congrats. Let's see if we can get you hitting the ground running. Because I'm often on customer computers without access to the Internet from my own laptop, I Google: tivoli storage manager 6.3 information center I take the first option, and when the infocenter comes up, I click Printable PDF documentation and download the pdfs to the customer's workstation. I use Firefox with DownloadThemAll to make it a pretty fast and easy process. For the support site, I google: tivoli storage manager support portal Maintenance and Patches are at: ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com Tivoli Storage Management Library manager/client is pretty easy. Here's the recipe. 1) Configure server-to-server communications 2) Define library on library manager a) define library lib1 libtype=scsi shared=yes b) define path server1 lib1 as usual c) define drive/path for all drives as usual e) label/checkin libvol 3) Look at the serial numbers or wwpns of the drives (q drive f=d) 4) Configure each library client (e.g. server2) a) define library lib1 libtype=shared primarylibmanager=server1 b) figure out which drives go with which rmts based on #3 c) Log into server1, issue a bunch of define path statements for server2 d) Test Some notes: On libmgr (server1), q libvol f=d, observe owner information update libvol A12345L5 owner=server2 (might be necessary some day) With libraries with many drives (VTLs) or clients, #3, #4b, and #4c are best scripted. Once upon a time, running audit library from a library client would wipe out all the owner information for all the libvols owned by other library clients. I don't know if that's been fixed. Since then, I've just created scripts to simply update libvol the owner information for all the appropriate libvols if it was ever necessary. Good luck! Alex On 6/6/2012 7:13 AM, Geoff Gill wrote: Hello, While I've interviewed for numerous positions the past 2 years, up until now I had been passed over for someone with more recent experience. So giving up a 5 day a week zamboni job with little pay and 5am start times was actually hard to do when I got the call, believe it or not. It was also difficult leaving because the CHL team just added 4 retired NHL players as owners/coaches/team advisers, and a new coach, which means this team is going to be even more competitive in the future. Craig Ludwig, Richard Matvichuk (Assistant coach), Ed Belfour and Mike Modano, Along with current owner Steve Duchesne, will bring real talent to the team, which is the very reason I would prefer to be at the rink every day instead of sitting at home. Anyway, I have just been given a 6 month engagement to help with TSM at a local site here in Dallas. I get to work from home but currently do not have a laptop or access to the environment. While waiting I've been asked to brush up on TSM DB restores, which I have done on 5.5, and TSM Library Manager/Lib Client configuration, which I am not familiar with, so I'm looking for the current IBM document storage site, while looking for responses I'll certainly look myself but wanted to try to make contact with those of you familiar with the Library Manager. I don't have information as to the version(s) of TSM I'll be dealing with but as I recall the site, as it used to be configured, allowed you to select quite easily. And while I've kept most of my notes from the past I don't have links to those places I used to get information. Again, since I have never worked with the TSM Library Manager/Lib Client config it's going to be from scratch learning. Currently I only receive a single ADSM-L daily email, so I will probably change that to get a more real time response update to questions I might post. Please feel free to send me info or questions directly, email below, off topic hockey questions are always welcome. I know Richard is quite close to some
Replacing tape drives with higher-capacity/different model
Our 3494 ATL has 15-drives, 5-TS1120 and 10-TS1130. We have just purchased replacements/upgrades to replace the TS1120 with TS1130 drives plus add 2-new drives. We currently have 2-TS1120 drives that are starting to act up and thus need to be yanked. 2-of my new TS1130 drives have appeared. So my thought is, why not just replace the failing TS1120 with the new TS1130, since that is what he have planned, anyway. My question is this. Can I physically replace the drive, but not change the device format (currently 3592-2C) in the DEVCLASS, until a later date when I reconfigure all of library (which requires a full teach/reconfig), without any problems reading/writing to existing tapes. My other thought is to move an upgraded drive to my other TSM server which manages the TS1130 drives. You thoughts/suggestions? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
What does volume status of OFFLINE mean/do?
A recent SAN system upgrade sort-of killed 19TB of storage volumes, making them read only. Since we are having pathing issues, plus we need to perform fsck on these volumes due to the journal being screwed-up, I wanted to disable use of these disk volumes without killing the server, if possible. When I look in the book for UPDATE VOLUME WHERESTATUS=OFFLINE, all it says is Update volumes with a status of OFFLINE . What exactly does that mean? What happens to the contents? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: What does volume status of OFFLINE mean/do?
Thanks. That pretty much confirms that OFFLINE is useless to me since I don't want to loose the data, if at all possible. 19TB is a lot to restore from dozens of offsite tapes. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Rick Harderwijk rick.harderw...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 06/04/2012 10:55 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] What does volume status of OFFLINE mean/do? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Zoltan, Update volume wherestatus=offline would mean to do something to volumes that have a status of offline. I'd think you would have to use update volume * access=unavailable wherestgpool=SANSTGVOLUMEPOOL wherestatus=offline Output from help update volume: UNAVailable Specifies that neither client nodes nor server processes can access files stored on the volume. Before making a random access volume unavailable, you must vary the volume offline. After you make a random access volume unavailable, you cannot vary the volume online. If you make a sequential access volume unavailable, the server does not attempt to mount the volume. If the volume being updated is an empty scratch volume that had an access mode of offsite, the server deletes the volume from the database. Cheers, Rick On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.eduwrote: A recent SAN system upgrade sort-of killed 19TB of storage volumes, making them read only. Since we are having pathing issues, plus we need to perform fsck on these volumes due to the journal being screwed-up, I wanted to disable use of these disk volumes without killing the server, if possible. When I look in the book for UPDATE VOLUME WHERESTATUS=OFFLINE, all it says is Update volumes with a status of OFFLINE . What exactly does that mean? What happens to the contents? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Tsm versions in production
All of my 6.x servers are a mix of the levels you mentioned, all in production. 6.1.5.100 (RHEL5), 6.2.3.100 (RHEL6), 6.2.4 (just upgraded from 6.2.3.100-RHEL5), 6.2.3.000 (RHEL6) and just put up my first 6.3.1.000 on RHEL6 (saw too many discussions about 6.3.0 so jumped to the latest before opening to users/production. I am upgrading the remaining 6.2.3 to 6.2.4, soon, since I have seen a few minor issues addressed in the latest and greatest 6.2). Not quite ready to move/upgrade all 6.2 to 6.3 since there are still a few major bumps but they seem to be mostly related to replication, which I currently don't have any plans for and will wait until they get all the kinks worked out before I do. I can't say I have seen any real stability issues, one way or the other. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Lee, Gary g...@bsu.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/25/2012 01:34 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] Tsm versions in production Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Anyone out there with 6.2.3, 6.2.4 or 6.3.x in production? I need to upgrade from 6.2.2, under RHEL 6, but don't want to be on the bleeding edge. Just looking for experiences to judge what will be the most stable. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310
Re: Tsm 6.2.3 readme question
I didn't see/do anything special. Just did the normal backupDB, volhist, devconfig - shut down - ran ./install.bin -i console (I don't use the GUI stuff much, if I can avoid it) The readme for the 6.2.4.1 level points to a generic installing a Tivoli Storage Manager server fix pack page at: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r2/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.srv.install.doc%2Ft_srv_install_luw.html Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Lee, Gary g...@bsu.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/25/2012 01:50 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] Tsm 6.2.3 readme question Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Went to check the readme for install procedures for 6.2.3 under RHEL 6. However, clicking the link for the 6.2.3 readme just brings up an appology. So, what is the procedure for upgrading from 6.2.2 to 6.2.3? I need to get the windows 2008 systemstate expiration fix (think its 77391) in soon. That is starting to kill us. Thank you for your assistance. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310
Re: SQL restore to a different machine
From my SQL guy: Sure, we do it all the time. 32bit and 64bit and the version of SQL don't matter as long as you're going up a version (you can't restore to a lower version of SQL). Same goes for TDP actually, as long as you're restoring to a higher version it should be fine. And if they don't want to use TSM, they can always just do a native SQL backup, transfer the backup file, then restore. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: BrentFortune tsm-fo...@backupcentral.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/22/2012 12:23 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] SQL restore to a different machine Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I would like to backup a SQL database on one machine then restore it to amother machine. The source server is Windows 2003 32-bit, SQL 2005, SQL TDP V5.5.1.0, Baclient V5.5.1.0 Te destination server is Windows 2008 64-bit, SQL 2008, SQL TDP V5.5.5.0, Baclient V6.2.2.0 Does anyone know if this is possible, if not, how can i plan for getting the SQL 2005 databases to the SQL 2008 server. Regards Brent +-- |This was sent by bre...@puleng.co.za via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Neutering a test server
Recently, for migration/testing purposes, I did a full conversion of a 5.5 server to 6.2 on my test TSM server. I would like to continue using this server to test additional upgrades without having to wipe and rebuild. Unfortunately, since it is a copy of a real server, whenever I fire it up, it keeps trying to reach out and touch other TSM servers that it has definitions to (library manager, etc), thus producing constant error messages due to invalid passwords, etc. I am concerned if I play with it to do like things mass-deletes, etc, it will try to do things like purge/release tapes, etc. Besides adding to DSMSERV.OPT: DISABLESCHEDS YES NOMIGRRECL What else can I do to neuter it to avoid possible problems? In this same vein, is there a simple way to remove the current instance and install/configure another one? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool
No, I did state that backups were hung/stuck and redirecting to tape (and I think a few failed) because the stgpool volumes were all full but the stgpool numbers (PctUtil said 30%) did not agree and therefore did not kickoff migration which was set to 90/70 default. I have since deleted the stgpool and recreated it to see if that would help (vs what was transferred over during the migration/upgrade). So far both PctUtil and PctMigr are staying the same every time I have checked. I saw the APAR you mentioned. I think I will upgrade to 6.2.4, soon. Not quite ready for 6.3 since other comments here seem to say there are various issues still needing addressing. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Andrew Raibeck stor...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/09/2012 11:58 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Zoltan, From your description, it seems as if the only thing wrong is confusing statistics. You haven't mentioned that other operations are failing due to this issue. APAR IC78241 bears a vague resemblance to this, though it is reported as fixed in 6.2.3.100. If you haven't already opened a PMR with support, that would seem to be the next reasonable step. Best regards, Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu wrote on 2012-05-08 16:00:40: From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu, Date: 2012-05-08 16:03 Subject: Re: Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu This is becoming a constant, daily problem with both the storage pool and volumes constantly changing %utilized as well as migratable. Today, it showed 23% utilized and 100%migratable. So, I figured I would completely empty all volumes and then delete/recreate the storagepool. I had one volume that showed 77% used (note, there is no activity going on besides the moves for each individual volume - no sessions, no backups). Contents showed 1-200M file (in a 300GB volume), so the math is completely wrong. So, I tried to movedata and it said there wasn't anything to move. Then I ran an AUDIT FIX=YES. The audit report says no problems 5/8/2012 3:20:59 PM ANR4132I Audit volume process ended for volume /tsmpool/stg2.dsm; 1 files inspected, 0 damaged files deleted, 0 damaged files marked as damaged, 0 files previously marked as damaged reset to undamaged, 0 objects updated. But now the volume shows empty and the one file in there is gone... What the heck is going on here? None of my other servers act like this. Is a server migration/upgrade/conversion that screwy? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/03/2012 04:23 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU MIG STG BACKUPPOOL LO=0 Yes the stgpool has thresholds set (see my original post/below). WHOA - Something just changed. I have been running various move data to empty the individual volumes. I just did a q stgpool and now it shows Pct Migr - 100%. Really bizzare... Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Shawn Drew shawn.d...@americas.bnpparibas.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/03/2012 03:07 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L
Re: Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool
This is becoming a constant, daily problem with both the storage pool and volumes constantly changing %utilized as well as migratable. Today, it showed 23% utilized and 100%migratable. So, I figured I would completely empty all volumes and then delete/recreate the storagepool. I had one volume that showed 77% used (note, there is no activity going on besides the moves for each individual volume - no sessions, no backups). Contents showed 1-200M file (in a 300GB volume), so the math is completely wrong. So, I tried to movedata and it said there wasn't anything to move. Then I ran an AUDIT FIX=YES. The audit report says no problems 5/8/2012 3:20:59 PM ANR4132I Audit volume process ended for volume /tsmpool/stg2.dsm; 1 files inspected, 0 damaged files deleted, 0 damaged files marked as damaged, 0 files previously marked as damaged reset to undamaged, 0 objects updated. But now the volume shows empty and the one file in there is gone... What the heck is going on here? None of my other servers act like this. Is a server migration/upgrade/conversion that screwy? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/03/2012 04:23 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU MIG STG BACKUPPOOL LO=0 Yes the stgpool has thresholds set (see my original post/below). WHOA - Something just changed. I have been running various move data to empty the individual volumes. I just did a q stgpool and now it shows Pct Migr - 100%. Really bizzare... Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Shawn Drew shawn.d...@americas.bnpparibas.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/03/2012 03:07 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU What is the syntax of the migrate stg command you are using? Are you specifying a low setting? or letting it use the storage pool thresholds? (i.e. try it, specifying low=0 if not) Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet zfor...@vcu.edu Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 05/03/2012 02:25 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool I thought about that too (should have mentioned it). We just recently rebooted the server (network issue - don't ask...) and there are no active backups/sessions. No processes other than the movedata I just started. I did a Q CONTENT and all of the disk volumes show something in them from dozens of different nodes. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Shawn Drew shawn.d...@americas.bnpparibas.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/03/2012 02:22 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I've seen this when there is a current backup active and that's nodes files are the only ones in the disk pool. do a q se and see if anything is active. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet zfor...@vcu.edu Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 05/03/2012 01:37 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool I have a very odd situation on my new Linux 6.2.3.100 server/disk pool, as described in the subject. Here is the Q STGPOOL 1:30:21 PM FIREBALL : q stg backuppool f=d Storage Pool Name: BACKUPPOOL Storage Pool Type: Primary Device Class Name: DISK
Re: Upgrading to 6.3: can I restore my 6.2.3 DB after installation
Well, it did it again. Over the weekend, things got all hung up due to nodes not being able to backup to the disk LZ (all the tape drives were busy). Q STG showed 22% migratable but 100% utilized so the hi/lo values never kicked in for auto-migration. What the heck is going on. None of my other 6.2.3.100 servers behave like this. Just this one that was upgraded from 5.5. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Jo Lay jo...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/04/2012 05:27 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrading to 6.3: can I restore my 6.2.3 DB after installation Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Steve, You will have to install the 6.2.3 first on your 64 bits system and then restore DB. Then , upgrade to 6.3.1. Please make sure you save a copy of volume history file for 6.2.3. We changed format of the volume history file with 6.3. The volume history file in 6.3 can not be used to restore DB into 6.2 or 6.1. Regards, Jo Lay Tivoli Storage Products, IBM Software Group jo...@us.ibm.com Phone: 408-997-7999
Re: Upgrading to 6.3: can I restore my 6.2.3 DB after installation
This is getting even more bizarre - now it shows 47% utilized and 100% Migratable? All of my other 6.x server show both of these numbers approximately the same, not such wide swings and crazy numbers. Sounds like some kind of bug due to the conversion from 5.5 to 6.2.3.100 - anyone have any suggestions what to Goog? Everything I have found so far is the opposite of my experiences and usually related to the cache setting, which is NO for me and has always been NO! Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/07/2012 08:42 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrading to 6.3: can I restore my 6.2.3 DB after installation Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Well, it did it again. Over the weekend, things got all hung up due to nodes not being able to backup to the disk LZ (all the tape drives were busy). Q STG showed 22% migratable but 100% utilized so the hi/lo values never kicked in for auto-migration. What the heck is going on. None of my other 6.2.3.100 servers behave like this. Just this one that was upgraded from 5.5. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Jo Lay jo...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/04/2012 05:27 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrading to 6.3: can I restore my 6.2.3 DB after installation Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Steve, You will have to install the 6.2.3 first on your 64 bits system and then restore DB. Then , upgrade to 6.3.1. Please make sure you save a copy of volume history file for 6.2.3. We changed format of the volume history file with 6.3. The volume history file in 6.3 can not be used to restore DB into 6.2 or 6.1. Regards, Jo Lay Tivoli Storage Products, IBM Software Group jo...@us.ibm.com Phone: 408-997-7999
Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool
I have a very odd situation on my new Linux 6.2.3.100 server/disk pool, as described in the subject. Here is the Q STGPOOL 1:30:21 PM FIREBALL : q stg backuppool f=d Storage Pool Name: BACKUPPOOL Storage Pool Type: Primary Device Class Name: DISK Estimated Capacity: 5,238 G Space Trigger Util: 77.4 Pct Util: 77.4 Pct Migr: 0.0 Pct Logical: 100.0 High Mig Pct: 90 Low Mig Pct: 50 Migration Delay: 0 Migration Continue: Yes Migration Processes: 2 Reclamation Processes: Next Storage Pool: TS1120 Reclaim Storage Pool: Maximum Size Threshold: No Limit Access: Read/Write Description: Overflow Location: Cache Migrated Files?: No Collocate?: Reclamation Threshold: Offsite Reclamation Limit: Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed: Number of Scratch Volumes Used: Delay Period for Volume Reuse: Migration in Progress?: No Amount Migrated (MB): 0.00 Elapsed Migration Time (seconds): 0 Reclamation in Progress?: Last Update by (administrator): ZFORRAY Last Update Date/Time: 04/27/2012 06:25:02 Storage Pool Data Format: Native Copy Storage Pool(s): Active Data Pool(s): Continue Copy on Error?: Yes CRC Data: No Reclamation Type: Overwrite Data when Deleted: It says 77% utilized but nothing migratable. Trying to MIG STGPOOL says nothing to migrate yet doing a BACKUP STGPOOL is running and backing up. I did an audit on one of the disk volumes and it said yup - there is something in there and it is OK/no problems. As you can see, caching is NOT turned on (never have used that feature - usually too much traffic flowing through to make it of any value).and what is with the Pct Logical is 100%? This is a server I upgraded from 5.5. The disk pools were recreated from scratch so it's not like there was anything left behind.. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool
I thought about that too (should have mentioned it). We just recently rebooted the server (network issue - don't ask...) and there are no active backups/sessions. No processes other than the movedata I just started. I did a Q CONTENT and all of the disk volumes show something in them from dozens of different nodes. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Shawn Drew shawn.d...@americas.bnpparibas.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/03/2012 02:22 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I've seen this when there is a current backup active and that's nodes files are the only ones in the disk pool. do a q se and see if anything is active. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet zfor...@vcu.edu Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 05/03/2012 01:37 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool I have a very odd situation on my new Linux 6.2.3.100 server/disk pool, as described in the subject. Here is the Q STGPOOL 1:30:21 PM FIREBALL : q stg backuppool f=d Storage Pool Name: BACKUPPOOL Storage Pool Type: Primary Device Class Name: DISK Estimated Capacity: 5,238 G Space Trigger Util: 77.4 Pct Util: 77.4 Pct Migr: 0.0 Pct Logical: 100.0 High Mig Pct: 90 Low Mig Pct: 50 Migration Delay: 0 Migration Continue: Yes Migration Processes: 2 Reclamation Processes: Next Storage Pool: TS1120 Reclaim Storage Pool: Maximum Size Threshold: No Limit Access: Read/Write Description: Overflow Location: Cache Migrated Files?: No Collocate?: Reclamation Threshold: Offsite Reclamation Limit: Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed: Number of Scratch Volumes Used: Delay Period for Volume Reuse: Migration in Progress?: No Amount Migrated (MB): 0.00 Elapsed Migration Time (seconds): 0 Reclamation in Progress?: Last Update by (administrator): ZFORRAY Last Update Date/Time: 04/27/2012 06:25:02 Storage Pool Data Format: Native Copy Storage Pool(s): Active Data Pool(s): Continue Copy on Error?: Yes CRC Data: No Reclamation Type: Overwrite Data when Deleted: It says 77% utilized but nothing migratable. Trying to MIG STGPOOL says nothing to migrate yet doing a BACKUP STGPOOL is running and backing up. I did an audit on one of the disk volumes and it said yup - there is something in there and it is OK/no problems. As you can see, caching is NOT turned on (never have used that feature - usually too much traffic flowing through to make it of any value).and what is with the Pct Logical is 100%? This is a server I upgraded from 5.5. The disk pools were recreated from scratch so it's not like there was anything left behind.. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html 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.
Re: Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool
MIG STG BACKUPPOOL LO=0 Yes the stgpool has thresholds set (see my original post/below). WHOA - Something just changed. I have been running various move data to empty the individual volumes. I just did a q stgpool and now it shows Pct Migr - 100%. Really bizzare... Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Shawn Drew shawn.d...@americas.bnpparibas.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/03/2012 03:07 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU What is the syntax of the migrate stg command you are using? Are you specifying a low setting? or letting it use the storage pool thresholds? (i.e. try it, specifying low=0 if not) Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet zfor...@vcu.edu Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 05/03/2012 02:25 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool I thought about that too (should have mentioned it). We just recently rebooted the server (network issue - don't ask...) and there are no active backups/sessions. No processes other than the movedata I just started. I did a Q CONTENT and all of the disk volumes show something in them from dozens of different nodes. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Shawn Drew shawn.d...@americas.bnpparibas.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/03/2012 02:22 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I've seen this when there is a current backup active and that's nodes files are the only ones in the disk pool. do a q se and see if anything is active. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet zfor...@vcu.edu Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 05/03/2012 01:37 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] Pct Migr=0.0, Caching=No but there is data in the disk stgpool I have a very odd situation on my new Linux 6.2.3.100 server/disk pool, as described in the subject. Here is the Q STGPOOL 1:30:21 PM FIREBALL : q stg backuppool f=d Storage Pool Name: BACKUPPOOL Storage Pool Type: Primary Device Class Name: DISK Estimated Capacity: 5,238 G Space Trigger Util: 77.4 Pct Util: 77.4 Pct Migr: 0.0 Pct Logical: 100.0 High Mig Pct: 90 Low Mig Pct: 50 Migration Delay: 0 Migration Continue: Yes Migration Processes: 2 Reclamation Processes: Next Storage Pool: TS1120 Reclaim Storage Pool: Maximum Size Threshold: No Limit Access: Read/Write Description: Overflow Location: Cache Migrated Files?: No Collocate?: Reclamation Threshold: Offsite Reclamation Limit: Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed: Number of Scratch Volumes Used: Delay Period for Volume Reuse: Migration in Progress?: No Amount Migrated (MB): 0.00 Elapsed Migration Time (seconds): 0 Reclamation in Progress?: Last Update by (administrator): ZFORRAY Last Update Date/Time: 04/27/2012 06:25:02 Storage Pool Data Format: Native Copy Storage Pool(s): Active Data Pool(s): Continue Copy on Error?: Yes CRC Data: No Reclamation Type: Overwrite Data when Deleted: It says 77% utilized but nothing migratable. Trying to MIG STGPOOL says nothing to migrate yet doing a BACKUP STGPOOL is running and backing up. I did an audit on one of the disk volumes and it said yup - there is
Re: server to server dbbackup
First define the server-to-server connection. Be sure to define it as a node for the virtual-volumesfor the server you want to backup (source). Source Server DEFINE SERVER HADES serverpa=*** hla=IP-address-or-DNS lla=1500 pa=*** del=0 noden=HADES Then do the same in reverse from the target server Node would be optional unless you want to backup both directions: Target Server DEFINE SERVER EARTH serverpa=*** hla=IP-address-or-DNS lla=1500 del=0 On the target, define the node but be sure to define it as a SERVER, not CLIENT. Also, you will need an appropriate PD/PS/ManagementClass with an ARCHIVE copygroup since the backups are actually ARCHIVES. Target Server REGISTER NODE HADES *** archdel=YES type=Server backdel=YES dom=STANDARD sessioninit=CLIENTORSERVER On the Source server, define the DEVCLASS with devtype=server pointing to the Target server Source Server DEFINE DEVCLASS HADES devt=server servern=EARTH maxcap=50G prefix=ADSM mountr=60 mountl=1 retryp=10 retryi=30 If all goes well, the next step your the backup. Source Server BACKUP DB DEVCLASS=HADES TYPE=DBSNAPSHOT WAIT=NO HTH Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Tim Brown tbr...@cenhud.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/01/2012 12:01 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] server to server dbbackup Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Can someone share the basic definitions, dev classes, storage pools To accomplish this , I am under the little hard to understand category. I must be missing some pieces. Thanks, Tim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith Arbogast Sent: Tuesday, 01 May, 2012 8:01 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: server to server dbbackup Can tsm 6.3 be used to backup servera database to a location on another tsm server serverb We have been writing full backups to a virtual volume pool on a remote server for several years using server-to-server communication. The setup is a little hard to understand, but easy to do. Best wishes, Keith Arbogast
Re: server to server dbbackup
V5.5 (and probably older - I don't have anything older) and higher have always been able to do this.. I have 5-onsite servers that daily do a SNAPSHOT backup of the database (plus other things like devconfig, volhist but that is another story) to an offsite TSM server that does nothing but hold 2-days DB backups and the config files. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Tim Brown tbr...@cenhud.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/30/2012 01:22 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] server to server dbbackup Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Can tsm 6.3 be used to backup servera database to a location on another tsm server serverb Thanks, Tim Brown Supervisor Computer Operations Central Hudson Gas Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: mailto:tbr...@cenhud.com tbr...@cenhud.com mailto:tbr...@cenhud.com mailto:tbr...@cenhud.com Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921 Cell: 845-235-4255 This message contains confidential information and is only for the intended recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this note and deleting all copies and attachments.
Re: V5.5 - V6.2.3 Move - Chicken-and-Egg Question
No, I will not be running both at the same time. I will perform the full DB back as the last task (along with backup devconfig, volhist, etc) and disconnect old server from the network. I wonder if I change the IP and hostname on the new server to the same as the old BEFORE restoring the DB, will it simply see it as the same and not need the token updated? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Shawn Drew shawn.d...@americas.bnpparibas.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/25/2012 11:20 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] V5.5 - V6.2.3 Move - Chicken-and-Egg Question Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU The server definitions exist in the devconfig along with any other devices you might want to store your database backup. You shouldn't have to redefine it on the new server. If you are testing with server-server, starting up the restored server in the same server-network while the old one is still running could mess with the current server registrations/passwords. You might have to run some update server xx forcesync=yes commands if you run into authentication issues after you test. Something I might try.. Build the new server with an empty database and new server name. Configure all the server-server communications, backup the devconfig then halt. Use the devconfig output and copy the lines with the new server definitions. edit the devconfig file you are bringing over with the db backup and insert these lines (replacing the older server definitions) I would still look for an alternate way to store your DB backup. Maybe an NFS share or something. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet a...@ufl.edu Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 04/25/2012 10:46 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] V5.5 - V6.2.3 Move - Chicken-and-Egg Question On 04/23/2012 02:21 PM, Shawn Drew wrote: Why wouldn't you use tape for the DB backup/restore. Seems like that would be faster and easier than using a remote server-server connection. My reason for that was thus: In order to let the new server access the tapes for DB restore, I must let the new server access the tapes. :) I didn't want to let that happen at all, at all; so I stuck the backup on media which I could offer the new server without endangering the 'old' (i.e. still live production) server. Another option is just halting TSM and rsyncing the db/log volumes over to the new location, assuming it is the same path on the new server. Works for the final exercise, but not for testing. - Allen S. Rout 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.
Re: V5.5 - V6.2.3 Move - Chicken-and-Egg Question
Chavdar, Thank you for this important info. I was not aware of this situation/problem. I will rename the server BEFORE I install DB2/V6. I will save your procedure in case this comes up in the future. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Chavdar Cholev chavdar.cho...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/24/2012 10:08 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] V5.5 - V6.2.3 Move - Chicken-and-Egg Question Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi Zoltan If you change the hostname of the TSM after you install TSM 6 (DB2) there is an issue ... here is steps how to fix it, if you REALLY need to change the hostname of TSM server AFTER installation of TSM v6.x === 1disable client sessions 2Backup TSM DB type=full 3Halt TSM server 4Set TSM service to maunal 5Stop DB2 instance 6Stop DB2 admin server 7Open DB2 command prompt and execure: db2set -g DB2SYSTEM=new_host_name db2set -g DB2_EXTSECURITY=NO switch back after reboot 8Execute db2set -all to check settings 9Change Windows system name to new_host_name 10 Reboot Server 11 Stop DB2 instance 12 Stop DB2 admin server 13 Execute: C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\db2\BINdb2set DB2_ADMINGROUP=TSMHQ1\DB2ADMNS C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\db2\BINdb2set DB2_USERSGROUP=TSMHQ1\DB2USERS 14 Check settings == db2set -all 15 Execute C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\db2\BINdb2set -g DB2_EXTSECURITY=YES 16 Reboot Server 17 Start TSM server 18 Change TSM service to authomatic 19 Edit dsm.opt file to reflect new hostname 20 Enabel sessions == enable ses Best Regards Chavdar On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu wrote: I am having difficulty reconciling which order to do what based on documentation that says not to do it the way I have/need to do it. I am getting ready to do a complete migration from an old 5.5 server (Linux) to a brand new box (both hardware and OS). I need to restore the 5.5 DB, volhist, devconfig and dsmserv.opt to the new box so I can do the conversion to 6.2.3. Problem is this.the DB backup will be on an offsite TSM server, so server-to-server communications is required. To establish the server-to-server connection from the brand new 5.5 install and the offsite backup server, I need to bring up the new, virgin 5.5 instance and do an DEFINE SERVER FORCESYNC=YES. The Administrator Guide section on Recovering Your Server Using Database Backups - Restoring a Database to a Point-In-Time says that after formatting the log and database files and BEFORE the dsmserv restore: Attention: Do not start the server until after you restore the database (the next step). Starting the server before the restore would destroy any existing volume history files. But since I have to start the new server to define the connection so I can restore the database Or am I simply reading this wrong and they are assuming the volhist on the machine I am restoring to has the original volhist (which it wouldn't, at this point). So, should I simply ignore this and restore the DB and then replace the volhist/devconfig/dsmserv.opt files on the restored server with the originals from the server I am replacing/upgrading after I restore the DB and before performing the upgrade? As you can tell, this is my first total server upgrade/replacement, so I am getting anxious about the details/processes/steps. My current steps are: Original Server: 1. Disable client sessions, stop all admin schedules 2. Empty and delete ALL disk volumes 3. Backup DB, volhist, devconfig, dsmserv.opt and HALT server New Server: 1. Install 5.5.5.2 - define/format DB volumes 2. Bring up server and define connection to offsite server with DB backup 3. Restore DB 4. Replace volhist, devconfig, dsmserv.opt from backups of original server 5. Install 6.2.3 6. Run /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmupgdx to prepare, convert and insert 5.5 DB into 6.2.3 instance 7. Change hostname and IP addresses to that of old 5.5 server 8. Bring up 6.2.3 - redefine disk storage volumes - update server
V5.5 - V6.2.3 Move - Chicken-and-Egg Question
I am having difficulty reconciling which order to do what based on documentation that says not to do it the way I have/need to do it. I am getting ready to do a complete migration from an old 5.5 server (Linux) to a brand new box (both hardware and OS). I need to restore the 5.5 DB, volhist, devconfig and dsmserv.opt to the new box so I can do the conversion to 6.2.3. Problem is this.the DB backup will be on an offsite TSM server, so server-to-server communications is required. To establish the server-to-server connection from the brand new 5.5 install and the offsite backup server, I need to bring up the new, virgin 5.5 instance and do an DEFINE SERVER FORCESYNC=YES. The Administrator Guide section on Recovering Your Server Using Database Backups - Restoring a Database to a Point-In-Time says that after formatting the log and database files and BEFORE the dsmserv restore: Attention: Do not start the server until after you restore the database (the next step). Starting the server before the restore would destroy any existing volume history files. But since I have to start the new server to define the connection so I can restore the database Or am I simply reading this wrong and they are assuming the volhist on the machine I am restoring to has the original volhist (which it wouldn't, at this point). So, should I simply ignore this and restore the DB and then replace the volhist/devconfig/dsmserv.opt files on the restored server with the originals from the server I am replacing/upgrading after I restore the DB and before performing the upgrade? As you can tell, this is my first total server upgrade/replacement, so I am getting anxious about the details/processes/steps. My current steps are: Original Server: 1. Disable client sessions, stop all admin schedules 2. Empty and delete ALL disk volumes 3. Backup DB, volhist, devconfig, dsmserv.opt and HALT server New Server: 1. Install 5.5.5.2 - define/format DB volumes 2. Bring up server and define connection to offsite server with DB backup 3. Restore DB 4. Replace volhist, devconfig, dsmserv.opt from backups of original server 5. Install 6.2.3 6. Run /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmupgdx to prepare, convert and insert 5.5 DB into 6.2.3 instance 7. Change hostname and IP addresses to that of old 5.5 server 8. Bring up 6.2.3 - redefine disk storage volumes - update server - forceresync other, library manager servers - update paths Thoughts, suggestions, ideas, corrections? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: V5.5 - V6.2.3 Move - Chicken-and-Egg Question
Thanks for the thoughts/idea. Neither the original nor new/replacement server have SAN/fibre connections other than tape drives, so I can not use this method. But the basics of what I am doing is the same so if the new server doesn't work-out, I can switch networking back to the old. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT andy.hueb...@alconlabs.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/23/2012 11:48 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] V5.5 - V6.2.3 Move - Chicken-and-Egg Question Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU What I have been doing to test the upgrade is get TSM to a quiet state and run a DB backup to a file device class. Then I can use my favorite method of giving that disk to the new server. In my case I use the disk array to copy the disk. Then I copy the volhist, devconfig and dsmserv.opt to the new server and run a restore/upgrade. The upside of what I am doing is a completely untouched TSM server in case the upgrade goes bad. The downside is you need a SAN admin. ( I am that too). I have not tried the method you are describing so I cannot help with the message. Hope that helps... Andy Huebner -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:32 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] V5.5 - V6.2.3 Move - Chicken-and-Egg Question I am having difficulty reconciling which order to do what based on documentation that says not to do it the way I have/need to do it. I am getting ready to do a complete migration from an old 5.5 server (Linux) to a brand new box (both hardware and OS). I need to restore the 5.5 DB, volhist, devconfig and dsmserv.opt to the new box so I can do the conversion to 6.2.3. Problem is this.the DB backup will be on an offsite TSM server, so server-to-server communications is required. To establish the server-to-server connection from the brand new 5.5 install and the offsite backup server, I need to bring up the new, virgin 5.5 instance and do an DEFINE SERVER FORCESYNC=YES. The Administrator Guide section on Recovering Your Server Using Database Backups - Restoring a Database to a Point-In-Time says that after formatting the log and database files and BEFORE the dsmserv restore: Attention: Do not start the server until after you restore the database (the next step). Starting the server before the restore would destroy any existing volume history files. But since I have to start the new server to define the connection so I can restore the database Or am I simply reading this wrong and they are assuming the volhist on the machine I am restoring to has the original volhist (which it wouldn't, at this point). So, should I simply ignore this and restore the DB and then replace the volhist/devconfig/dsmserv.opt files on the restored server with the originals from the server I am replacing/upgrading after I restore the DB and before performing the upgrade? As you can tell, this is my first total server upgrade/replacement, so I am getting anxious about the details/processes/steps. My current steps are: Original Server: 1. Disable client sessions, stop all admin schedules 2. Empty and delete ALL disk volumes 3. Backup DB, volhist, devconfig, dsmserv.opt and HALT server New Server: 1. Install 5.5.5.2 - define/format DB volumes 2. Bring up server and define connection to offsite server with DB backup 3. Restore DB 4. Replace volhist, devconfig, dsmserv.opt from backups of original server 5. Install 6.2.3 6. Run /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmupgdx to prepare, convert and insert 5.5 DB into 6.2.3 instance 7. Change hostname and IP addresses to that of old 5.5 server 8. Bring up 6.2.3 - redefine disk storage volumes - update server - forceresync other, library manager servers - update paths Thoughts, suggestions, ideas, corrections? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information
Linux server 5.5.5.2 - 6.2.3.100 conversion/upgrade questions
Going through testing of converting/upgrading a server and have a few questions as well as seeing some oddities. Doing this on a test server since we will be moving everything to a new machine for the actual move. This is what I did (following the instruction in the book): 1. Installed server 5.5.5.2 and dsmupgrd utility - formatted DB space and restored the DB from an offsite server copy. 2. Ran dsmupgrd preparedb process 3. Ran dsmupgrd extractdb 4. Installed V6.2.3 and upgraded to v6.2.3.100 (don't want to risk 6.3 since the 5.5 server has old v5.1 IRIX clients we can't get rid of and am not sure they will work under 6.3 server) The instructions say to then run dsmupgdx to insert the output from extractdb. Well, this process goes back through the preparedb and extractdb processso why did I do it manually? Also, after the conversion, the 6.2.3 server seems to have some unassociated filespaces - by this I mean when doing the query: select node_name,sum(num_files),sum(physical_mb),type from occupancy group by node_name,type order by node_name I see (nodename is blank): NODE_NAME: Unnamed[2]: 12 Unnamed[3]: 15.98 TYPE: Bkup This has me slightly concerned but I guess I can just consider this some damage in the original DB? Or should I be concerned? How would I fix this? When I compare occupancy numbers between old and new, the numbers are close enough to not be really worried (I am comparing todays occupancy numbers on the running 5.5 server with that of the DB I backed up and restored, which was many days ago so I would expect from differences due to backups, expiration, etc.) Thoughts, suggestions, experiences ? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Is IBM dropping TSM client support for Solaris x86?
IBM seems to be distancing itself from Solaris in general. We run Domino on Solaris Sparc (just starting to move to Google for Education - yea!) and with 6.3 they did not update the TDP and said 5.5 was the end of the line for the Solaris TDP. 6.3 for Domino only supports Linux, AIX and Windows. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: dipeit tsm-fo...@backupcentral.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/19/2012 11:56 AM Subject:[ADSM-L] Is IBM dropping TSM client support for Solaris x86? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Apparently there has not been a new release in 2 years http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21243309#client_solaris_x86 6.2 supports Solaris 10, 6.3 has no support at all. Solaris 11 is not supported. Does anyone know what's going on? +-- |This was sent by dip...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Re: Why are my temp files being backed up?
Unfortunately, the Q INCLEXCL is rather long (230 lines) so I probably shouldn't post it here. There are a bunch of application database file specific excludes (says Operating System) plus various other SQL excludes. I added the suggested additional temp/tmp excludes and last nights run does not show any temp files being excluded. I still get the out of memory error, thought. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Andrew Raibeck stor...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/17/2012 05:12 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Zoltan, OK... so can we see a complete Q INCLEXCL output for the node? Also, what happens if you try to manually back up data in a temp directory? Does it back them up? Or do you see messages that indicate the files are excluded? dsmc s C:\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\* -su=y I would expect if the excludes are properly set up, you'll see messages indicating the files are excluded. Best regards, Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu wrote on 2012-04-17 16:22:13: From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu, Date: 2012-04-17 16:24 Subject: Re: Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Andy, Thanks for the reply. No includes in these CLOPTSET's. They are used to force global excludes of things like the AntiVirus we use, SQL files/directories on servers that have MS-SQL and use the TDP and various other Windows files (ntuser.dat, usrclass.dat, etc). Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Andrew Raibeck stor...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/17/2012 03:06 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi Zoltan, A couple of things: 1. If your TSM clients use multiple nodes or options files, make sure that the q inclexcl you do is for the same node and options file that are used during the backup; and that the scheduled backup is using the intended node name and options file. 2. Check the order in which the include/exclude statements appear. Once a given file matches an include or exclude statement, then the file is included or excluded as appropriate. Subsequent include or exclude statements are not considered. The excerpts you posted don't show the non-temp include and exclude statements, so we can't tell if there might be some other statement overriding your excludes. For example, if you this in dsm.opt: ... EXCLUDE *:\...\Temp\...\* INCLUDE *:\Documents and Settings\...\* ... Then with bottom-up processing, a temp file in the Documents and Settings directory will match the INCLUDE statement, at which time the file will be backed up. Best regards, Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/ Tivoli_Storage_Manager ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu wrote on 2012-04-17 14:43:11: From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu, Date: 2012-04-17 14:46 Subject: Re: Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu I should have mentioned that nothing has changed on this server for a long time, including the cloptset. My thought is if it is expiring it, then it must have backed it up. I was simply researching the memory problems (see bottom of my initial post) when I saw these in the dsmsched.log. I am wondering if the journaling process overrides/ignores
Re: Why are my temp files being backed up?
Oops - spoke too soon. Thought I had gone all the way through the dsmsched log. I do see the \Temp files being expired. Plus another issue. I added a line to exclude other files in a directory called Temporary ASP.NET Files which are being backed up. Q INCLEXCL shows this line: Exclude All *\...\Temporary ASP.NET Files\* Server But see: 04/18/2012 04:21:41 Directory-- 0 \\acipenser\c$\WINDOWS\Installer [Sent] 04/18/2012 04:21:41 Directory-- 0 \\acipenser\c$\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files [Sent] 04/18/2012 04:21:41 Directory-- 0 \\acipenser\c$\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\gems2\418515df\c907c6c2\assembly\tmp [Sent] 04/18/2012 04:21:41 Directory-- 0 \\acipenser\c$\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\instar_v3_application\7576bd4a\3e941370\assembly\tmp [Sent] 04/18/2012 04:21:41 Directory-- 0 \\acipenser\c$\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\instar_v3_application\7576bd4a\3e941370\uploads [Sent] So, I guess I should change the exclude to an exclude.dir? or make it: exclude '*:\...\Temporary ASP.NET Files\...\*' Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Andrew Raibeck stor...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/17/2012 05:12 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Zoltan, OK... so can we see a complete Q INCLEXCL output for the node? Also, what happens if you try to manually back up data in a temp directory? Does it back them up? Or do you see messages that indicate the files are excluded? dsmc s C:\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\* -su=y I would expect if the excludes are properly set up, you'll see messages indicating the files are excluded. Best regards, Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu wrote on 2012-04-17 16:22:13: From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu, Date: 2012-04-17 16:24 Subject: Re: Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Andy, Thanks for the reply. No includes in these CLOPTSET's. They are used to force global excludes of things like the AntiVirus we use, SQL files/directories on servers that have MS-SQL and use the TDP and various other Windows files (ntuser.dat, usrclass.dat, etc). Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Andrew Raibeck stor...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/17/2012 03:06 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi Zoltan, A couple of things: 1. If your TSM clients use multiple nodes or options files, make sure that the q inclexcl you do is for the same node and options file that are used during the backup; and that the scheduled backup is using the intended node name and options file. 2. Check the order in which the include/exclude statements appear. Once a given file matches an include or exclude statement, then the file is included or excluded as appropriate. Subsequent include or exclude statements are not considered. The excerpts you posted don't show the non-temp include and exclude statements, so we can't tell if there might be some other statement overriding your excludes. For example, if you this in dsm.opt: ... EXCLUDE *:\...\Temp\...\* INCLUDE *:\Documents and Settings\...\* ... Then with bottom-up processing, a temp file in the Documents and Settings directory will match the INCLUDE statement, at which time the file will be backed up. Best regards, Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead
Why are my temp files being backed up?
Windows 2003 server - 6.3 client. This machine is very memory constrained. 43M files. Using journaling and MEMORYEFFICIENT DISKCACHEMETHOD. When I use the CLI and do a q inclexcl, I see: snippage Exclude All *\temp\* Server more snippage Exclude All *\...\Temp\...\* Server So I know the cloptset is working. Nothing in the dsm.opt: NODENAME ACIPENSER.VCU.EDU TCPSERVERADDRESS TSMLINUX8.UCC.VCU.EDU PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE SCHEDLOGR 30 D ERRORLOGR 30 D *MEMORYEFFICIENT YES MEMORYEFFICIENT DISKCACHEMETHOD diskcachelocation g:\tsm_cache *SNAPSHOTPROVIDER VSS VERBOSE Yet I see entries like: 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26194-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26195-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26196-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26197-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26198-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26199-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26200-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26201-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26202-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26203-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26204-1656.mem [Sent] in the dsmsched.log file? What am I missing? I am also dealing with some kind of memory issue eventhough I am using memoryefficient: 04/15/2012 18:24:54 ANS1030E The operating system refused a TSM request for memory allocation. 04/15/2012 18:24:54 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'RESEARCH-COMPUTING' failed. Return code = 12. 04/16/2012 17:08:01 ANS1814E Unable to start the scheduled event 'ACIPENSER.SQL.DAILY' 04/16/2012 17:08:01 ANS1815E Either the window has elapsed or the schedule has been deleted 04/16/2012 18:29:55 ANS1999E Incremental processing of '\\acipenser\i$' stopped. 04/16/2012 18:29:56 ANS1030E The operating system refused a TSM request for memory allocation. 04/16/2012 18:29:56 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'RESEARCH-COMPUTING' failed. Return code = 12. Any thoughts on this?
Re: Why are my temp files being backed up?
I guess I should have further expanded my INCLEXCL list. I do have some of the others you listed and will add the ones I don't have. Yeah it is overkill but obviously I am missing something. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Fiske, Daniel daniel_fi...@ssga.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/17/2012 02:16 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I think the error is the *\temp and *\...\Temp. In our environment we use: INCLEXCL exclude '*:\...\temp\...\*' INCLEXCL exclude '*:\...\*.tmp' INCLEXCL exclude '*:\...\tmp\...\*' INCLEXCL exclude '*:\temp\...\*' It's a little overkill but we don't get anything under any directory named temp or tmp. Dan Fiske -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:00 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Windows 2003 server - 6.3 client. This machine is very memory constrained. 43M files. Using journaling and MEMORYEFFICIENT DISKCACHEMETHOD. When I use the CLI and do a q inclexcl, I see: snippage Exclude All *\temp\* Server more snippage Exclude All *\...\Temp\...\* Server So I know the cloptset is working. Nothing in the dsm.opt: NODENAME ACIPENSER.VCU.EDU TCPSERVERADDRESS TSMLINUX8.UCC.VCU.EDU PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE SCHEDLOGR 30 D ERRORLOGR 30 D *MEMORYEFFICIENT YES MEMORYEFFICIENT DISKCACHEMETHOD diskcachelocation g:\tsm_cache *SNAPSHOTPROVIDER VSS VERBOSE Yet I see entries like: 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26194-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26195-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26196-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26197-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26198-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26199-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26200-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26201-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26202-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26203-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26204-1656.mem [Sent] in the dsmsched.log file? What am I missing? I am also dealing with some kind of memory issue eventhough I am using memoryefficient: 04/15/2012 18:24:54 ANS1030E The operating system refused a TSM request for memory allocation. 04/15/2012 18:24:54 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'RESEARCH-COMPUTING' failed. Return code = 12. 04/16/2012 17:08:01 ANS1814E Unable to start the scheduled event 'ACIPENSER.SQL.DAILY' 04/16/2012 17:08:01 ANS1815E Either the window has elapsed or the schedule has been deleted 04/16/2012 18:29:55 ANS1999E Incremental processing of '\\acipenser\i$' stopped. 04/16/2012 18:29:56 ANS1030E The operating system refused a TSM request for memory allocation. 04/16/2012 18:29:56 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'RESEARCH-COMPUTING' failed. Return code = 12. Any thoughts on this?
Re: Why are my temp files being backed up?
I should have mentioned that nothing has changed on this server for a long time, including the cloptset. My thought is if it is expiring it, then it must have backed it up. I was simply researching the memory problems (see bottom of my initial post) when I saw these in the dsmsched.log. I am wondering if the journaling process overrides/ignores the exclusion process. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Clark, Margaret mcl...@sddpc.org To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/17/2012 02:32 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU What you show here is not a log of files being backed up, but being expired. If you had just modified the options file to add the exclusion, you'd see a log like this. If that's the case, then check the log again tomorrow. - Margaret -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:00 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Windows 2003 server - 6.3 client. This machine is very memory constrained. 43M files. Using journaling and MEMORYEFFICIENT DISKCACHEMETHOD. When I use the CLI and do a q inclexcl, I see: snippage Exclude All *\temp\* Server more snippage Exclude All *\...\Temp\...\* Server So I know the cloptset is working. Nothing in the dsm.opt: NODENAME ACIPENSER.VCU.EDU TCPSERVERADDRESS TSMLINUX8.UCC.VCU.EDU PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE SCHEDLOGR 30 D ERRORLOGR 30 D *MEMORYEFFICIENT YES MEMORYEFFICIENT DISKCACHEMETHOD diskcachelocation g:\tsm_cache *SNAPSHOTPROVIDER VSS VERBOSE Yet I see entries like: 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26194-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26195-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26196-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26197-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26198-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26199-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26200-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26201-4900.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26202-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26203-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26204-1656.mem [Sent] in the dsmsched.log file? What am I missing? I am also dealing with some kind of memory issue eventhough I am using memoryefficient: 04/15/2012 18:24:54 ANS1030E The operating system refused a TSM request for memory allocation. 04/15/2012 18:24:54 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'RESEARCH-COMPUTING' failed. Return code = 12. 04/16/2012 17:08:01 ANS1814E Unable to start the scheduled event 'ACIPENSER.SQL.DAILY' 04/16/2012 17:08:01 ANS1815E Either the window has elapsed or the schedule has been deleted 04/16/2012 18:29:55 ANS1999E Incremental processing of '\\acipenser\i$' stopped. 04/16/2012 18:29:56 ANS1030E The operating system refused a TSM request for memory allocation. 04/16/2012 18:29:56 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'RESEARCH-COMPUTING' failed. Return code = 12. Any thoughts on this?
Re: Why are my temp files being backed up?
Andy, Thanks for the reply. No includes in these CLOPTSET's. They are used to force global excludes of things like the AntiVirus we use, SQL files/directories on servers that have MS-SQL and use the TDP and various other Windows files (ntuser.dat, usrclass.dat, etc). Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Andrew Raibeck stor...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/17/2012 03:06 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi Zoltan, A couple of things: 1. If your TSM clients use multiple nodes or options files, make sure that the q inclexcl you do is for the same node and options file that are used during the backup; and that the scheduled backup is using the intended node name and options file. 2. Check the order in which the include/exclude statements appear. Once a given file matches an include or exclude statement, then the file is included or excluded as appropriate. Subsequent include or exclude statements are not considered. The excerpts you posted don't show the non-temp include and exclude statements, so we can't tell if there might be some other statement overriding your excludes. For example, if you this in dsm.opt: ... EXCLUDE *:\...\Temp\...\* INCLUDE *:\Documents and Settings\...\* ... Then with bottom-up processing, a temp file in the Documents and Settings directory will match the INCLUDE statement, at which time the file will be backed up. Best regards, Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu wrote on 2012-04-17 14:43:11: From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu, Date: 2012-04-17 14:46 Subject: Re: Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu I should have mentioned that nothing has changed on this server for a long time, including the cloptset. My thought is if it is expiring it, then it must have backed it up. I was simply researching the memory problems (see bottom of my initial post) when I saw these in the dsmsched.log. I am wondering if the journaling process overrides/ignores the exclusion process. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Clark, Margaret mcl...@sddpc.org To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/17/2012 02:32 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU What you show here is not a log of files being backed up, but being expired. If you had just modified the options file to add the exclusion, you'd see a log like this. If that's the case, then check the log again tomorrow. - Margaret -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:00 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Why are my temp files being backed up? Windows 2003 server - 6.3 client. This machine is very memory constrained. 43M files. Using journaling and MEMORYEFFICIENT DISKCACHEMETHOD. When I use the CLI and do a q inclexcl, I see: snippage Exclude All *\temp\* Server more snippage Exclude All *\...\Temp\...\* Server So I know the cloptset is working. Nothing in the dsm.opt: NODENAME ACIPENSER.VCU.EDU TCPSERVERADDRESS TSMLINUX8.UCC.VCU.EDU PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE SCHEDLOGR 30 D ERRORLOGR 30 D *MEMORYEFFICIENT YES MEMORYEFFICIENT DISKCACHEMETHOD diskcachelocation g:\tsm_cache *SNAPSHOTPROVIDER VSS VERBOSE Yet I see entries like: 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26194-1656.mem [Sent] 04/17/2012 04:20:18 Retry # 1 Expiring--0 \\acipenser\c$\Documents and Settings\wshuart\Local Settings\Temp\list26195
Re: Oricle backups
Gary, Reply to me off-list. We use Banner/Blackboard and backup everything with TSM/TDP for Oracle. I can connect you to one of the folks who handle all things Oracle backups. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Lee, Gary g...@bsu.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/11/2012 03:57 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] Oricle backups Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Well, I have now been tasked with backing up our Banner system. This uses oricle as its back end db. Seeking the wisdom of the group as to the best way to deal with oricle. Is there now a tdp for oricle? Any information / experiences welcome. Servers are all RHEL 5 on intel. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310
Migration duration default?
Linux Server - 6.1.5.100 Is there a default value for manual Migration, that I am not aware of? I never use the DUR value. Yesterday around 14:40, I started a manual migration (mig stg backuppool lo=0). This morning at 7:26am I see the message: ANR4925W Migration process 1727 terminated for storage pool BACKUPPOOL - duration exceeded. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Migration duration default?
My point exactly. I DID NOT specify a DUR value - I never do. Help says it should have run until lo=value, which I set to 0. From: Ehresman,David E. deehr...@louisville.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/11/2012 11:45 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Migration duration default? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU help mig stg on TSM 6.2 on AIX says DUration Specifies the maximum number of minutes the migration will run before being automatically cancelled. When the specified number of minutes elapses, the server will automatically cancel all migration processes for this storage pool. As soon as the processes recognize the automatic cancellation, they will end. As a result, the migration may run longer than the value you specified for this parameter. You can specify a number from 1 to . This parameter is optional. If not specified, the server will stop only after the low migration more... (ENTER to continue, 'C' to cancel) threshold is reached. Don't know if it is different for linux or 6.1 but try issuing the help command. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:44 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Migration duration default? Linux Server - 6.1.5.100 Is there a default value for manual Migration, that I am not aware of? I never use the DUR value. Yesterday around 14:40, I started a manual migration (mig stg backuppool lo=0). This morning at 7:26am I see the message: ANR4925W Migration process 1727 terminated for storage pool BACKUPPOOL - duration exceeded. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Migration duration default?
Nope. Went directly to the console and typed the command. Activity log shows the command just as I entered it. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Rick Adamson rickadam...@winn-dixie.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/11/2012 12:59 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Migration duration default? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Do you use a maintenance script? When configured you have the option to specify the duration value, perhaps this is where the message is coming from. Query the script using: q script script-name f=l And check the lines regarding migration ~Rick Adamson Jacksonville, FL. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:51 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Migration duration default? My point exactly. I DID NOT specify a DUR value - I never do. Help says it should have run until lo=value, which I set to 0. From: Ehresman,David E. deehr...@louisville.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/11/2012 11:45 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Migration duration default? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU help mig stg on TSM 6.2 on AIX says DUration Specifies the maximum number of minutes the migration will run before being automatically cancelled. When the specified number of minutes elapses, the server will automatically cancel all migration processes for this storage pool. As soon as the processes recognize the automatic cancellation, they will end. As a result, the migration may run longer than the value you specified for this parameter. You can specify a number from 1 to . This parameter is optional. If not specified, the server will stop only after the low migration more... (ENTER to continue, 'C' to cancel) threshold is reached. Don't know if it is different for linux or 6.1 but try issuing the help command. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:44 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Migration duration default? Linux Server - 6.1.5.100 Is there a default value for manual Migration, that I am not aware of? I never use the DUR value. Yesterday around 14:40, I started a manual migration (mig stg backuppool lo=0). This morning at 7:26am I see the message: ANR4925W Migration process 1727 terminated for storage pool BACKUPPOOL - duration exceeded. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Start Schedule Is Denied
I have a curious situation with one or two clients issuing the following message: 4/9/2012 10:52:32 PM ANR2568E Request for node SASBICOMP.VCU.EDU to start schedule BANNER at 04/10/2012 10:00:00 PM is denied. Current time is 04/09/2012 10:52:31 PM. Trying to figure out what is going on. The hits I found thus far talk about an old client issue (these nodes are at 6.2.2.x and higher) or a possible date/time issue on either the TSM server or client (neither - just checked and both are perfectly synched / in-time). Any suggestions on what could be causing this and/or exact details on how to interpret this message? The book is a little lacking - talks about time-traveling: The client scheduler attempted to start the specified instance of a schedule for a node. The request was denied because that instance is still in the future. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Start Schedule Is Denied
I finally got access to the box and we figured it out. 2-scheduler/dsmcad were running. This was caused by someone updating the scheduler startup script and changing dsmc to dsmcad but missed it in the shutdown command part of the script. Therefore, one scheduler was asking to start the schedule after the start of the startup window, thus the confusing error message. Thanks for the help. BTW, the time and timezones are correct. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Rick Harderwijk rick.harderw...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/10/2012 11:05 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Start Schedule Is Denied Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Zoltan, You say you checked the time, did you also check the time zone? Cheers, Rick On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.eduwrote: I have a curious situation with one or two clients issuing the following message: 4/9/2012 10:52:32 PM ANR2568E Request for node SASBICOMP.VCU.EDU to start schedule BANNER at 04/10/2012 10:00:00 PM is denied. Current time is 04/09/2012 10:52:31 PM. Trying to figure out what is going on. The hits I found thus far talk about an old client issue (these nodes are at 6.2.2.x and higher) or a possible date/time issue on either the TSM server or client (neither - just checked and both are perfectly synched / in-time). Any suggestions on what could be causing this and/or exact details on how to interpret this message? The book is a little lacking - talks about time-traveling: The client scheduler attempted to start the specified instance of a schedule for a node. The request was denied because that instance is still in the future. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
IBM 3592/TS1130-E06 fibre ports - can they be split
We are in a major project to completely reorganize/replace our SAN switches used by tape drives for all TSM servers. We are hoping to transition to the new switches, gradually, vs all at once. This depends on how the tape drives use the dual-ports/fibre connections. Currently, we only use 1 of the 2-ports on each drive...simply never had enough SAN switch ports to use both. What we were wondering is, could we connect the second, currently unused drive port to the new switches, 1-server at a time, and switch to using the new connection/port vs the existing port, via path values? Everything I read in the docs for the drives says it uses them for load balancing and redundancy but doesn't explicitly say if we could do what we would LIKE to do? Anyone try this kinda thing? Any IBM engineer/hardware level folks out there who can tell me definitively that I simply can't do this - it wasn't designed that way? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: IBM 3592/TS1130-E06 fibre ports - can they be split
Steve, Thanks for the reply. These are all RedHat Linux V5 6. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Steve Roder s...@buffalo.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/03/2012 12:06 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] IBM 3592/TS1130-E06 fibre ports - can they be split Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU You did not specify your OS, but yes, you should be able to do this. In AIX, the alternate pathing/load balancing is only used if you enable it within Atape, either at the device level, or for all devices. You should be able to zone them up, discover them, and then update the paths, and then drop the old devices into a defined state. If you see issues, you can always toggle back to the old device and path. Thanks, Steve Roder University at Buffalo (s...@buffalo.edu | (716)645-3564) On Tue, 3 Apr 2012, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: We are in a major project to completely reorganize/replace our SAN switches used by tape drives for all TSM servers. We are hoping to transition to the new switches, gradually, vs all at once. This depends on how the tape drives use the dual-ports/fibre connections. Currently, we only use 1 of the 2-ports on each drive...simply never had enough SAN switch ports to use both. What we were wondering is, could we connect the second, currently unused drive port to the new switches, 1-server at a time, and switch to using the new connection/port vs the existing port, via path values? Everything I read in the docs for the drives says it uses them for load balancing and redundancy but doesn't explicitly say if we could do what we would LIKE to do? Anyone try this kinda thing? Any IBM engineer/hardware level folks out there who can tell me definitively that I simply can't do this - it wasn't designed that way? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Occupancy discrepency between 6.1.5.10 and 6.2.3.0 server
Doing some reorganization, we recently moved (server-to-server export) some nodes from a 6.1.5.10 server to a 6.2.3.0 server. Now, the occupancy numbers on the 6.2 (71mb) server are lower than the 6.1.5 (83mb) server, eventhough the file/object counts are identical (static file system)? All of the apars I found (so far) that address occupancy information are at (supposedly) patch levels below these levels. Anyone else see this kind of discrepancy? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Occupancy discrepancy between 6.1.5.10 and 6.2.3.0 server
Bill, Thanks for the update/info. I guess I will wait for 6.1.5.200, which is scheduled for 1Q2012. Yes, we did switch to the Unified Recovery license model but with enough room for growth/shrinkage so I don't know if this will matter that much (roughly 15TB difference on this, my only 6.1 server). I will pass this on to let know folks that Occupancy numbers on this server are artificially inflated and therefore inaccurate (high by about 15% if my gozinta is correct). Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Colwell, William F. bcolw...@draper.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 03/07/2012 09:24 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Occupancy discrepancy between 6.1.5.10 and 6.2.3.0 server Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Zoltan, occupancy numbers were made incorrect by various bugs in early 6.1 code, see apar ic73005. There is a special utility to fix the numbers, repair occupancy. It was supposed to be in 6.1.5.10 but isn't, you need an e-fix for 6.1.5.102. Of course, you can ignore the errors unless you are using the unified recovery license. Bill Colwell Draper Lab -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 8:26 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Occupancy discrepency between 6.1.5.10 and 6.2.3.0 server Doing some reorganization, we recently moved (server-to-server export) some nodes from a 6.1.5.10 server to a 6.2.3.0 server. Now, the occupancy numbers on the 6.2 (71mb) server are lower than the 6.1.5 (83mb) server, eventhough the file/object counts are identical (static file system)? All of the apars I found (so far) that address occupancy information are at (supposedly) patch levels below these levels. Anyone else see this kind of discrepancy? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Occupancy discrepancy between 6.1.5.10 and 6.2.3.0 server
A correction/addition to this. I just went through the apar and it says it affects ALL 6.x servers...and while the apar page says it should be fixed in 6.1.5.10, Bill indicates this is not totally truenote the new REPAIR OCCUPANCY tool ( http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21579500) Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 03/07/2012 01:24 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Occupancy discrepancy between 6.1.5.10 and 6.2.3.0 server Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Bill, Thanks for the update/info. I guess I will wait for 6.1.5.200, which is scheduled for 1Q2012. Yes, we did switch to the Unified Recovery license model but with enough room for growth/shrinkage so I don't know if this will matter that much (roughly 15TB difference on this, my only 6.1 server). I will pass this on to let know folks that Occupancy numbers on this server are artificially inflated and therefore inaccurate (high by about 15% if my gozinta is correct). Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Colwell, William F. bcolw...@draper.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 03/07/2012 09:24 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Occupancy discrepancy between 6.1.5.10 and 6.2.3.0 server Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Zoltan, occupancy numbers were made incorrect by various bugs in early 6.1 code, see apar ic73005. There is a special utility to fix the numbers, repair occupancy. It was supposed to be in 6.1.5.10 but isn't, you need an e-fix for 6.1.5.102. Of course, you can ignore the errors unless you are using the unified recovery license. Bill Colwell Draper Lab -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 8:26 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Occupancy discrepency between 6.1.5.10 and 6.2.3.0 server Doing some reorganization, we recently moved (server-to-server export) some nodes from a 6.1.5.10 server to a 6.2.3.0 server. Now, the occupancy numbers on the 6.2 (71mb) server are lower than the 6.1.5 (83mb) server, eventhough the file/object counts are identical (static file system)? All of the apars I found (so far) that address occupancy information are at (supposedly) patch levels below these levels. Anyone else see this kind of discrepancy? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Deployment Engine Failed to initialize
WOW - such harsh words about 6.1 ! I don't agree..my main production 6.x system is 6.1.5.10 with no issues. At least it hasn't had this wacky, problem my other 6.2.x servers have had with a DB backup randomly, intermittently failing with no discernible reason(note, there are docs that say you really need to be at least at 6.1.4.1 to resolve some big problems, especially with reorgs) Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Prather, Wanda wprat...@icfi.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 02/28/2012 05:57 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU What Remco said. Nothing Good will Happen on 6.1. I finally got a production system stable on 6.1.3 by disabling reorgs, but that was Windows. I wouldn't even think of doing it on Linux. W -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:10 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize Hi, do not use TSM server 6.1, not even if you have no other options. 6.1 does not even begin to approach alpha quality software. IBM should never have shipped it. I can't think of a single good reason to install 6.1. Go with 6.2.3 or newer or 6.3 something. On 27 feb. 2012, at 22:57, George Huebschman wrote: We are getting the Deployment Engine Failed to Initialize when running ./install.bin for TSM Server 6.1 on a clean new RHEL server. I see lots of noise out here about this error, in and out of the TSM world. (We have another TSM installation of TSM 6.3 on a VM that isn't even QA as such, just a practice install.) Documetation specifies that there be 2GB available in the home directory. We only have 1.6 GB, BUT so does the successful 6.3 install. We had the error on the first and subsequent 3 attempts to run the install. We did not find any .lock or .lck files. I am told that SELINUX is set to permissive. Except for the home directory, the other space guidelines were met. The install is being done as root. Looking at the TSM related posts about this issue, I didn't notice any for releases after 6.1. Is that because I didn't look hard enough? Or, was documentation improved, or was a bug fixed? Should I talk someone into 6.2 to get past this? Most of my experience has been with 5.* I have read the install guide (most of it) for 6.2, which is what I thought we were installing. Do I need to step back in documentation? -- George Huebschman When you have a choice, spend money where you would prefer to work if you had NO choice. -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, Remco Post r.p...@plcs.nl +31 6 248 21 622
Re: Deployment Engine Failed to initialize
I keep wondering if this is FACT or RECOMMENDATION. Based on this document: https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053218 it says you can not use the 6.3 CLIENT with a 5.5 SERVER. I documented this and some user didn't pay attention and installed the 6.3 client on a node still on a 5.5 server. So far, there haven't been any issues and it works just fine. I am about to convert a 5.5 server to 6.x and was planning to jump straight to 6.3. However, there a few nodes still running 5.4 and LOWER level clients (down to 5.1 for an IRIX system). Anyone try a 5.x client with a 6.3 server? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Stackwick, Stephen sstackw...@icfi.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 02/28/2012 03:28 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU The problem with 6.3 is all your clients need to be at V6. If that's not an issue, I might even wait a little bit longer for the first fixes which Tivoli claims will be this quarter. Steve STEPHEN STACKWICK | Senior Consultant | 301.518.6352 (m) | sstackw...@icfi.com | icfi.com ICF INTERNATIONAL | 410 E. Pratt Street Suite 2214, Baltimore, MD 21202 | 410.539.1135 (o) From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] on behalf of Sheridan, Peter T. [peter.sheri...@cunamutual.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize Would people recommend going with 6.2.3 or 6.3 ? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Colwell, William F. Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:22 AM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize I agree with Zoltan. I have 2 very large instances at 6.1.5.10 in production doing large amounts of dedup processing. I am aware of the reorg issues but it doesn't bother me, I am not interested in reorging the tables. In any case 6.3 doesn't solve all the reorg issues, see apar ic81261 and flash 1580639. Thanks, Bill Colwell Draper Lab -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:39 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Deployment Engine Failed to initialize WOW - such harsh words about 6.1 ! I don't agree..my main production 6.x system is 6.1.5.10 with no issues. At least it hasn't had this wacky, problem my other 6.2.x servers have had with a DB backup randomly, intermittently failing with no discernible reason(note, there are docs that say you really need to be at least at 6.1.4.1 to resolve some big problems, especially with reorgs) Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Prather, Wanda wprat...@icfi.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 02/28/2012 05:57 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU What Remco said. Nothing Good will Happen on 6.1. I finally got a production system stable on 6.1.3 by disabling reorgs, but that was Windows. I wouldn't even think of doing it on Linux. W -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:10 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize Hi, do not use TSM server 6.1, not even if you have no other options. 6.1 does not even begin to approach alpha quality software. IBM should never have shipped it. I can't think of a single good reason to install 6.1. Go with 6.2.3 or newer or 6.3 something. On 27 feb. 2012, at 22:57, George Huebschman wrote: We are getting the Deployment Engine Failed to Initialize when running ./install.bin for TSM Server 6.1 on a clean new RHEL server. I see lots of noise out here about this error, in and out of the TSM world. (We have another TSM installation of TSM 6.3 on a VM that isn't even QA as such, just a practice install
Server DB restore from offsite TSM server SNAPSHOT
I am trying to experiment with doing a V5 to V6 conversion by first restoring the V5 server to a test server. We have very little experience doing DB restores and none involving an offsite TSM server. My first attempts failed. I think I know how to fix it but the docs on how to perform a DB restore are a little contradictory to what I want to do. SERVER-A performs DB SNAPSHOT backups to SERVER-B via server-to-server definitions. Installed a same-level TSM server onto a test machine. Did dsmserv format to prepare DB space to the equivalent of SERVER-A. Replaced the test server volhist, devconfig and dsmserv.opt files from copies of SERVER-A like-files. Tried to do a dsmserv restore db volumenames=name.I.got.from.volhist devclass=SERVER-B Since I tried this over a month ago, I don't recall the error but I think it has to do with the server-to-server definition being out of sync since this is not the original SERVER-A. My guess is to bring up the test server and manually do a UPDATE SERVER SERVER-B FORCESYNCE=YES However, when I go through the book scenarios on restoring a server DB, it says: Attention: Do not start the server until after you restore the database (the next step). Starting the server before the restore would destroy any existing volume history files. So, how do I do this? Do I bring up the test server first and correct the sync before replacing the volhist file? Am I wrong in how I am trying to do this? Is there a better/different way to do this? Looking for any suggestions/hints. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Server DB restore from offsite TSM server SNAPSHOT
Karel, Thanks for the idea. This would be fine/work if I was actually restoring/replacing a production server. I am only trying to restore the DB to a test server. If I did the sync from SERVER-B, it would sync the wrong, production, running server, not the test machine I am trying to restore the DB to, which has a different IP address than the production machine. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Bos, Karel karel@atos.net To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 02/21/2012 10:07 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Server DB restore from offsite TSM server SNAPSHOT Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi, From memory one should do the upd server force sync=yes on the target machine. In this case ON server-B do upd server server-a forcesync=yes. After restore of the DB server-server comm will be down again because out-of-sync issues. Regards, Karel -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] Namens Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Verzonden: dinsdag 21 februari 2012 15:45 Aan: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Onderwerp: [ADSM-L] Server DB restore from offsite TSM server SNAPSHOT I am trying to experiment with doing a V5 to V6 conversion by first restoring the V5 server to a test server. We have very little experience doing DB restores and none involving an offsite TSM server. My first attempts failed. I think I know how to fix it but the docs on how to perform a DB restore are a little contradictory to what I want to do. SERVER-A performs DB SNAPSHOT backups to SERVER-B via server-to-server definitions. Installed a same-level TSM server onto a test machine. Did dsmserv format to prepare DB space to the equivalent of SERVER-A. Replaced the test server volhist, devconfig and dsmserv.opt files from copies of SERVER-A like-files. Tried to do a dsmserv restore db volumenames=name.I.got.from.volhist devclass=SERVER-B Since I tried this over a month ago, I don't recall the error but I think it has to do with the server-to-server definition being out of sync since this is not the original SERVER-A. My guess is to bring up the test server and manually do a UPDATE SERVER SERVER-B FORCESYNCE=YES However, when I go through the book scenarios on restoring a server DB, it says: Attention: Do not start the server until after you restore the database (the next step). Starting the server before the restore would destroy any existing volume history files. So, how do I do this? Do I bring up the test server first and correct the sync before replacing the volhist file? Am I wrong in how I am trying to do this? Is there a better/different way to do this? Looking for any suggestions/hints. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html Dit bericht is vertrouwelijk en kan geheime informatie bevatten enkel bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Indien dit bericht niet voor u is bestemd, verzoeken wij u dit onmiddellijk aan ons te melden en het bericht te vernietigen. Aangezien de integriteit van het bericht niet veilig gesteld is middels verzending via internet, kan Atos Nederland B.V. niet aansprakelijk worden gehouden voor de inhoud daarvan. Hoewel wij ons inspannen een virusvrij netwerk te hanteren, geven wij geen enkele garantie dat dit bericht virusvrij is, noch aanvaarden wij enige aansprakelijkheid voor de mogelijke aanwezigheid van een virus in dit bericht. Op al onze rechtsverhoudingen, aanbiedingen en overeenkomsten waaronder Atos Nederland B.V. goederen en/of diensten levert zijn met uitsluiting van alle andere voorwaarden de Leveringsvoorwaarden van Atos Nederland B.V. van toepassing. Deze worden u op aanvraag direct kosteloos toegezonden. This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended solely for the addressee; it may also be privileged. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy it. As its integrity cannot be secured on the Internet, the Atos Nederland B.V. group liability cannot be triggered for the message content. Although the sender endeavours to maintain a computer virus-free network, the sender does not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and will not be liable for any damages resulting from any virus transmitted. On all
Re: Linux client questions
All of the Linux clients, to date, are labeled x86 as part of the name. No x64 client versions as far as I can tell Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Lee, Gary g...@bsu.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 02/14/2012 11:19 AM Subject:[ADSM-L] Linux client questions Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Is the current linuxx86 client 64 bit, 32, or both? All of my linuxes are 64 bit, but another department has some 32 bit systems out there and was asking. I didn't see any reference on the tsm client download site. Thanks for any assistance. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310
Re: TSM 6.3 installation issues.....
4GB of memory for a DB2 based server install? The specs call for a minimum of 8GB and usually 16GB is preferred/suggested. I have one Linux server running V6.2.3 with 8GB and it is an offsite DR type server that houses nothing but DBSnapshot backups. No production machine is less than 16GB and my bigger ones are 48GB memory. Since you are coming from AIX, why did you choose Windows vs Linux for your VM? While I too have had skimishes with DB2, the difference in performance and expandability is worth the little pain (and required learning). Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Bos, Karel karel@atos.net To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 02/14/2012 11:55 AM Subject:[ADSM-L] TSM 6.3 installation issues. Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi, Just wanted to try the new version of TSM, 6.3. As I ran out of AIX systems to play with I started with a windows system. Quickly discovering TSM server can't run on X32 anymore so time to find X64. VMware system installed, 4 GB mem etc. Windows X64 installed, TSM package etc. Wizzard configure minimal env. Wait Wait Wait, init failed. Click oK to see way, empty screen.. All in all I find TSM as of the 6 series pretty painfull to install and configure. Often running into DB2 related errors with not easy to find out why reasons. I had hoped over time installation process and running TSM on DB2 would improve but seeing TSM 6.3 (well not seeing it atm) I wonder if that's the case. Anyone else sharing this view and also missing the easy way it was with 5. And below? Regards, Karel Dit bericht is vertrouwelijk en kan geheime informatie bevatten enkel bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Indien dit bericht niet voor u is bestemd, verzoeken wij u dit onmiddellijk aan ons te melden en het bericht te vernietigen. Aangezien de integriteit van het bericht niet veilig gesteld is middels verzending via internet, kan Atos Nederland B.V. niet aansprakelijk worden gehouden voor de inhoud daarvan. Hoewel wij ons inspannen een virusvrij netwerk te hanteren, geven wij geen enkele garantie dat dit bericht virusvrij is, noch aanvaarden wij enige aansprakelijkheid voor de mogelijke aanwezigheid van een virus in dit bericht. Op al onze rechtsverhoudingen, aanbiedingen en overeenkomsten waaronder Atos Nederland B.V. goederen en/of diensten levert zijn met uitsluiting van alle andere voorwaarden de Leveringsvoorwaarden van Atos Nederland B.V. van toepassing. Deze worden u op aanvraag direct kosteloos toegezonden. This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended solely for the addressee; it may also be privileged. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy it. As its integrity cannot be secured on the Internet, the Atos Nederland B.V. group liability cannot be triggered for the message content. Although the sender endeavours to maintain a computer virus-free network, the sender does not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and will not be liable for any damages resulting from any virus transmitted. On all offers and agreements under which Atos Nederland B.V. supplies goods and/or services of whatever nature, the Terms of Delivery from Atos Nederland B.V. exclusively apply. The Terms of Delivery shall be promptly submitted to you on your request. Atos Nederland B.V. / Utrecht KvK Utrecht 30132762
Moving archlog folder
One of my servers is having disk issues and it happens to be where the tsmarchlog folder is. The Linux Administrators Guide says to: Moving only the archive log You can move only the archive log from one directory to another. 1. Halt the server. 2. Create an new archive log directory. For example: mkdir /archivelog2 3. Update the dsmserv.opt option file for the new archive log directory. For example: archlogdir /archivelog2 4. Restart the server. 5. Move the archive logs from the old directory to the new directory. Preserve any subdirectory structure. Use and verify a recursive copy directory command. For example: cp -r /archivelog/* /archivelog2 6. Optional: Remove the old directory. I am questioning that it says to Restart the server before copying the contents of the old directory? I would have thought you needed the old directory BEFORE starting up the server? Or do I completely NOT understand how this works (my suspicions) since I am not a DB2 person Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
DB Backup failures
Folks, I am randomly seeing these message on all of my 6.x (6.1.5.10 and 6.2.3.100) servers and have no clue why. 1/30/2012 12:00:18 PM ANR4588E A database backup configuration might be incorrect 1/30/2012 12:00:18 PM ANR1893E Process 1304 for Database Backup completed with a completion state of FAILURE. The goog produced this entry: https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21568284 titled: V6 Tivoli Storage Manager error ANR4588E during BACKUP DB None of the suggestions for Linux servers, apply. The problem/message occurs once or twice every 1-2 weeks, sometimes less often than. The other 95% of the time, the daily DB backups works without incident. For instance, it appeared for one of my 6.2.3.100 servers, today, but I haven't seen it for that server for over a week-ago and not for my other 6.2.3.100 server and not for my 6.1.5.10 which I remember having the same error over 2-weeks ago.. Any ideas? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
ILMT help
Anyone know of an ILMT listserver/forum I can get some help from? I had a working 7.2.2 ILMT server but due to problems with some clients and the agents, I decided to upgrade to 7.5 (the 7.5 agents require 7.5 server). After doing an upgrade, I could not signin to the admin center. Did a complete uninstall and reinstall but I still can't get in. Keeps giving me the error: SRVE0200E: Servlet [_ibmjsp._login]: Could not find required class - class java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: _ibmjsp._login Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Deleting STG POOL
Eventhough they don't show any content, you could always do a delete volume ... discarddata=yes for each volume. From: Vandeventer, Harold [BS] harold.vandeven...@da.ks.gov To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 01/20/2012 02:17 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] Deleting STG POOL Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU The goal: delete a storage pool. I've migrated a storage pool to a new pool. Three volumes remain in the pool, such as H:\ DSKT07P\11BF.BFS, which disallow the delete. % Util on them is 0; status is full. Q CONTENT H:\DSKT07P\11BF.BFS returns ANR2034E QUERY CONTENT: No match found using this criteria. Same result for the other two volumes. Q CONTENT volumename against the new pool does display files. I believe that means the volumes on the old pool are in fact empty and I can delete them individually. Correct? Harold Vandeventer Systems Programmer State of Kansas - Department of Administration - Office of Information Technology Services harold.vandeven...@da.ks.govmailto:dane.woodr...@da.ks.gov (785) 296-0631
Testing conversion of V5.5 to V6.3
I am going through the docs preparing to do my first test of converting a V5 server to V6.3 on a test server/machine. I am looking for details on EXACTLY what the DSMUPGRD PREPAREDB does. Since this is a test/dry run, I don't want to do this against a live server, just a copy of it's databases. Can I just restore the V5 DB to the test machine, install the DSMUPGRD utility and run it against the restored DB? How about from a DBSNAPSHOT of this database we do to an offsite TSM server? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments
Anyone have experience with installing and configuring Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Version 6.3. We are taking a serious look at this TDP but haven't found any cookbooks and the IUG is very thin on specifics/details. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments
Ken, My VMWare guy has the most questions. Can I forward your direct email address to him? I too will have questions from the TSM/server side since I have never setup anything like this. Seems like LAN-FREE is the way to configure but I have never done anything like that, either. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Kenneth Bury kenbu...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 01/09/2012 12:03 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I have install the TSM for VE v6.3 and I am interested what you would expect to see in the 'cookbook'. What I hear discussed the most is the architectural choices that you can make using TSM for VE, like whether to use client-side de-dupe, LAN-free, virtual or physical data movers, etc. Once you figure out what you want to make, the recipe is straight forward. Sort of like cooking eggs, lots of different methods but it's still the same egg and close to the same taste. On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Vandeventer, Harold [BS] harold.vandeven...@da.ks.gov wrote: We are also looking for that cookbook. Harold Vandeventer Systems Programmer State of Kansas - Department of Administration - Office of Information Technology Services harold.vandeven...@da.ks.gov (785) 296-0631 -- Ken Bury Client Technical Professional kenb...@us.ibm.com
Re: Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments
Some questions that we could not easily glean answer from the docs: 1. What are the specs/requirements for the vStorage/Backup Server that we will have to build? 2. What network requirements are there? Our TSM backup servers are on a completely different subnet then the VMWare servers. Network rules will have to be modified. 3. What, if anything, needs to be installed on the Host or Guest systems? 4. What do I need to do TSM server-wise? 5. Do I need to put up a new TSM server or can I use one already in production? I have never done LAN-FREE and not sure where to start? My TSM servers use fibre-channel for tape drives (shared among 7-servers). Many moons ago I remember a sub-product called SANERGY but it wanted exclusive control of tape drives via a mini-psuedo TSM server. We can't afford to dedicate tape drives exclusively to such a process. Thanks for the tip on diskpart but I am not at a point that I understand how to apply it. I am not that familiar with VMWare and the VMWare guys are not that familiar with TSM (other than installing on Windows guests). Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Shawn Drew shawn.d...@americas.bnpparibas.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 01/09/2012 03:14 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I actually found the manual to be very helpful and direct. I prefer the PDF form. I'm not a fan of the newer infocenter format. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r3/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.nav.doc%2Fr_pdf_ve.html I set it up step-by-step as the manual describes and it is working well. You just need to play around with it to make sure you understand the concepts. (I.E. Data Center nodes, the way you restore using the recovery agent by using a virtual mount, etc) Just make sure you do the diskpart thing on your backup proxy. Things should be pretty safe after you've done that. (search the PDF for diskpart) Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet zfor...@vcu.edu Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 01/09/2012 12:18 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Ken, My VMWare guy has the most questions. Can I forward your direct email address to him? I too will have questions from the TSM/server side since I have never setup anything like this. Seems like LAN-FREE is the way to configure but I have never done anything like that, either. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Kenneth Bury kenbu...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 01/09/2012 12:03 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I have install the TSM for VE v6.3 and I am interested what you would expect to see in the 'cookbook'. What I hear discussed the most is the architectural choices that you can make using TSM for VE, like whether to use client-side de-dupe, LAN-free, virtual or physical data movers, etc. Once you figure out what you want to make, the recipe is straight forward. Sort of like cooking eggs, lots of different methods but it's still the same egg and close to the same taste. On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Vandeventer, Harold [BS] harold.vandeven...@da.ks.gov wrote: We are also looking for that cookbook. Harold Vandeventer Systems Programmer State of Kansas - Department of Administration - Office of Information Technology Services harold.vandeven...@da.ks.gov (785) 296-0631 -- Ken Bury Client Technical Professional kenb...@us.ibm.com 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
Re: Firefox users with TSM 6.2 Admin Center
That is as ridiculous as telling people to keep IE6 around since their applications don't work on anything newerbut at least you CAN have multiple version of FF... From: Vandeventer, Harold [BS] harold.vandeven...@da.ks.gov To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/11/2011 01:44 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] Firefox users with TSM 6.2 Admin Center Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU FYI... don't install the latest Firefox 8 if you're using FF to access TSM 6.2 Admin Center. I did the dumb thing and installed the latest Firefox 8 this morning when prompted. I got logged into the 6.2 Admin Center, but couldn't open any servers for management. Got a 500 error on the screens. An uninstall and reload of V 3.6.13 was the solution. Harold Vandeventer
Re: Firefox users with TSM 6.2 Admin Center
Have you tried ILMT? Does not work with anything but IE! FireFox is totally unusable and Chrome, while better than FF, is still problematic/distorted! Come on IBM.get with the times. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Howard Coles howard.co...@ardenthealth.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/10/2011 12:44 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Firefox users with TSM 6.2 Admin Center Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU So far Google chrome works half decent, but I'm looking to install a 3.6 version of FF just for this. See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16! -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Vandeventer, Harold [BS] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 10:34 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Firefox users with TSM 6.2 Admin Center FYI... don't install the latest Firefox 8 if you're using FF to access TSM 6.2 Admin Center. I did the dumb thing and installed the latest Firefox 8 this morning when prompted. I got logged into the 6.2 Admin Center, but couldn't open any servers for management. Got a 500 error on the screens. An uninstall and reload of V 3.6.13 was the solution. Harold Vandeventer DISCLAIMER: This communication, along with any documents, files or attachments, is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain legally privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of any information contained in or attached to this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the original communication and its attachments without reading, printing or saving in any manner. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
Re: tsm services hung on red had linux
Have you tried killing with extreme prejudice as in kill -9 4938? From: Tim Brown tbr...@cenhud.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/10/2011 01:47 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] tsm services hung on red had linux Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Server is red hat linux 3.5 TSM client is 6.1 TSM log Executing scheduled command now. 11/09/2011 21:31:19 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT BEGIN LX_WKD_5E4 11/09/2011 20:30:00 11/10/2011 10:23:42 ANS2820E An interrupt has occurred. The current operation will end and the client will shut down. Ps -ef | grep dsmc root 4938 1 0 Nov01 ?00:02:28 dsmc schedule root 23223 23132 0 13:33 pts/300:00:00 grep dsmc Cant kill dsmcad service via command kill 4938 Can start another process but cant seem to get TSM to re-contact server TSM issue? Linux issue? TSM tech --- Linux tech Thanks, Tim Brown Systems Specialist - Project Leader Central Hudson Gas Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: tbr...@cenhud.com mailto:tbr...@cenhud.com Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921 Cell: 845-235-4255 This message contains confidential information and is only for the intended recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this note and deleting all copies and attachments.
Re: dsmc in linux
OPT and SYS have different purposes/uses on Linux vs Windows. DSM.SYS on Linux does what DSM.OPT does on Windows. DSM.OPT is used for very few parms - one is to select the appropriate stanza in a DSM.SYS file. For example, here are lines in a DSM.SYS - note the servername SErvername oak4_weekly COMMMethod TCPip TCPPort1500 TCPServeraddress TSMLINUX7.UCC.VCU.EDU NODEName oak4.weekly PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE CHANGINGRETRIES0 MANAGEDSERVICESSCHEDULE WEBCLIENT SCHEDLOGNAME /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_oak4/dsmsched.log SCHEDLOGR 30 D ERRORLOGNAME /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_oak4/dsmerror.log ERRORLOGR 30 D PASSWORDDIR/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_oak4 HTTPPORT 1569 INCLUDE*.nsf* WEEKLY INCLUDE*.ntf* WEEKLY INCLUDE*.box* WEEKLY DOMNODE /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_oak4/domdsmw.cfg SErvername oak4_logs COMMMethod TCPip TCPPort1500 TCPServeraddress TSMLINUX7.UCC.VCU.EDU NODEName oak4.logs PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE CHANGINGRETRIES0 MANAGEDSERVICESSCHEDULE WEBCLIENT SCHEDLOGNAME /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_oak4/dsmsched.log SCHEDLOGR 30 D ERRORLOGNAME /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_oak4/dsmerror.log ERRORLOGR 30 D PASSWORDDIR/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_oak4 HTTPPORT 1546 So, I have an OPT file called OAK4.WEEKLY which has one line in it: SERVERNAME oak4_weekly and one called OAK4.LOGS which has (you guessed it) SERVERNAME oak4_logs So, you would say: dsmc q fi -optfile= /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_oak4/oak4.logs or dsmc q fi -optfile=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_oak4/ oak4.weekly Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Tim Brown tbr...@cenhud.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/08/2011 04:03 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] dsmc in linux Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Is there an override in the linux backup command to access a different dsm.sys As there is in windows Windows Dsmc inc -optile=dsm1.opt Linux ./ dsmc inc -=dsm1.sys Thanks, Tim Brown Systems Specialist - Project Leader Central Hudson Gas Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: tbr...@cenhud.com mailto:tbr...@cenhud.com Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921 Cell: 845-235-4255 This message contains confidential information and is only for the intended recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this note and deleting all copies and attachments.
Re: Ang: Re: Help tracking down spurious Failed 12
We had the same problem with a Windows box when the client was upgraded from 6.1 to 6.2. The help file from the previous version was left behind and caused errors. Replaced it with the same version installed by the newer client (but into a different sub-directory) Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Lindsay Morris lind...@tsmworks.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/02/2011 09:22 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: Help tracking down spurious Failed 12 Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU We have the same issue. In our case, it's caused by a corrupt or mismatched dscenu.txt file, causing ANS0106E message index not found for message... in dsmerror.log. To fix it, we stop the TSM scheduler (no need for that if you're using CAD I guess), replace the dscenu.txt file with a good one from a client that is NOT giving you RC 12s, and restart the scheduler. Works for us anyway. Lindsay Morris CEO, TSMworks Tel. 1-859-539-9900 lind...@tsmworks.com On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Andrew Raibeck stor...@us.ibm.com wrote: An in-use file should not cause an RC 12. Either you are running an old client level with some defect that issues the wrong return code (for example, see go to the URL in my sig and search for IC35763); or there is some additional error being thrown that causes the RC to be set to 12. Examine your dsmerror.log and dsmsched.log files very carefully for any other ANSE or ANSS messages that might trigger the RC 12. Also, see my other recent posts on this topic. Best regards, Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu wrote on 2011-08-25 09:26:24: From: Jimou tsm-fo...@backupcentral.com To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Date: 2011-08-26 12:15 Subject: Ang: Re: Help tracking down spurious Failed 12 Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Hi I wonder why we can have a RC =12 for a skipped file in use, cause there http://www.dsi.upmc.fr/dsi/doc/stockage/clients-tsm/ tsmwin/ans60012.htm i see that it should be RC=4 But i also have a RC=12 and the only message i got is in used file. Someone could explain to me why it is not a RC=4 ?? Ty in advance. +-- |This was sent by jm.fa...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
Re: When hours become seconds
There seems to be some additional mitigating factors for this to work in 2-seconds vs 2-hours. I just redid our SAN storage on another box that has 6.2.3.0 installed and it is formatting as beforegonna take hours for 300GB The big differences between this system and the other one: FAST = RH 6.1 filesystems=ext4 SLOW = RH 5.6 filesystem=ext3 Thinking it might be ext3 vs ext4, we tried to perform a mkfs.ext4 but that function/format doesn't exist until a higher kernel level that what is on our SLOW system. So, what are the details / requirements for FAST formatting vs SLOW? Is there a doc/tid to read? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Hans Christian Riksheim bull...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/02/2011 09:49 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] When hours become seconds Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Yes, this was finally fixed for the UNIX platforms in 6.2.3. This update was released just in time for me when I had to format 40 TB of disk/file on a new server. Would have taken a week otherwise. I guess it does the same as on the windows platform so no need to write zeros on all blocks on unix anymore. Hans Chr. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu wrote: I had an odd situation occur involving formatting disk storage volumes on a Linux server. In the past, when creating and formatting storage pool volumes, a 300GB volume would normally take an hour or more. I could watch the space being allocated, piece-by-piece until it reached 300GB and then wait for the formatting to complete. This process was usually so resource intensive (never understood why???) doing something like an LS would take many seconds to respond. Yesterday, I had a need to create new volumes on a recently rebuilt server - RH Linux 5.6 and TSM server 6.2.3.0. Imagine my surprise when a 300GB volume was created in 2-seconds! Furthermore, I create 9-300GB volumes as fast as I could enter the commands! I thought for sure there was some kind of problem but all the error logs I checked were clean. I figured if I started using them they would start registering errors but nothing happened! Everything seems to be working just fine. So, what gives? Is there some dramatic change in 6.2.3.0 (this is my first server upgraded to this level) effecting the behavior of creating disk storage pool volumes? It can't be the hardware since this is a 3+ year old machine. I have newer, bigger, beefier, faster servers that still take a long time to format storage volumes? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Windows 6.3 client install problem
I have installed this on a couple of W2K8R2 servers with no issues. IIRC, during the install process it does make you update a C++ re-distributable library. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Hans Christian Riksheim bull...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/03/2011 10:30 AM Subject:[ADSM-L] Windows 6.3 client install problem Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi, anybody else having trouble installing the 6.3 x64 client? Getting MSVC100.DLL missing when I try to start it. Win2008 R2. Hans Chr.
When hours become seconds
I had an odd situation occur involving formatting disk storage volumes on a Linux server. In the past, when creating and formatting storage pool volumes, a 300GB volume would normally take an hour or more. I could watch the space being allocated, piece-by-piece until it reached 300GB and then wait for the formatting to complete. This process was usually so resource intensive (never understood why???) doing something like an LS would take many seconds to respond. Yesterday, I had a need to create new volumes on a recently rebuilt server - RH Linux 5.6 and TSM server 6.2.3.0. Imagine my surprise when a 300GB volume was created in 2-seconds! Furthermore, I create 9-300GB volumes as fast as I could enter the commands! I thought for sure there was some kind of problem but all the error logs I checked were clean. I figured if I started using them they would start registering errors but nothing happened! Everything seems to be working just fine. So, what gives? Is there some dramatic change in 6.2.3.0 (this is my first server upgraded to this level) effecting the behavior of creating disk storage pool volumes? It can't be the hardware since this is a 3+ year old machine. I have newer, bigger, beefier, faster servers that still take a long time to format storage volumes? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: When hours become seconds
Thanks for the confirmation. I too am getting ready to format 20TB+ on 2-other servers so I guess I will have to update the servers to 6.2.3.0 first (or jump straight to 6.3) I wonder if this will effect FILE devclasses/processing? I have tried to use FILE devclasses numerous times and always see performance problems and have reverted back to fixed, formatted volumes. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Hans Christian Riksheim bull...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/02/2011 09:49 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] When hours become seconds Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Yes, this was finally fixed for the UNIX platforms in 6.2.3. This update was released just in time for me when I had to format 40 TB of disk/file on a new server. Would have taken a week otherwise. I guess it does the same as on the windows platform so no need to write zeros on all blocks on unix anymore. Hans Chr. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu wrote: I had an odd situation occur involving formatting disk storage volumes on a Linux server. In the past, when creating and formatting storage pool volumes, a 300GB volume would normally take an hour or more. I could watch the space being allocated, piece-by-piece until it reached 300GB and then wait for the formatting to complete. This process was usually so resource intensive (never understood why???) doing something like an LS would take many seconds to respond. Yesterday, I had a need to create new volumes on a recently rebuilt server - RH Linux 5.6 and TSM server 6.2.3.0. Imagine my surprise when a 300GB volume was created in 2-seconds! Furthermore, I create 9-300GB volumes as fast as I could enter the commands! I thought for sure there was some kind of problem but all the error logs I checked were clean. I figured if I started using them they would start registering errors but nothing happened! Everything seems to be working just fine. So, what gives? Is there some dramatic change in 6.2.3.0 (this is my first server upgraded to this level) effecting the behavior of creating disk storage pool volumes? It can't be the hardware since this is a 3+ year old machine. I have newer, bigger, beefier, faster servers that still take a long time to format storage volumes? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: When hours become seconds
Speaking of 6.2.3, I just noticed a 6.2.3.100 patch but none of the links in the README.htm file work. Anyone have the list of what is fixed for this patch? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Hans Christian Riksheim bull...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/02/2011 09:49 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] When hours become seconds Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Yes, this was finally fixed for the UNIX platforms in 6.2.3. This update was released just in time for me when I had to format 40 TB of disk/file on a new server. Would have taken a week otherwise. I guess it does the same as on the windows platform so no need to write zeros on all blocks on unix anymore. Hans Chr. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu wrote: I had an odd situation occur involving formatting disk storage volumes on a Linux server. In the past, when creating and formatting storage pool volumes, a 300GB volume would normally take an hour or more. I could watch the space being allocated, piece-by-piece until it reached 300GB and then wait for the formatting to complete. This process was usually so resource intensive (never understood why???) doing something like an LS would take many seconds to respond. Yesterday, I had a need to create new volumes on a recently rebuilt server - RH Linux 5.6 and TSM server 6.2.3.0. Imagine my surprise when a 300GB volume was created in 2-seconds! Furthermore, I create 9-300GB volumes as fast as I could enter the commands! I thought for sure there was some kind of problem but all the error logs I checked were clean. I figured if I started using them they would start registering errors but nothing happened! Everything seems to be working just fine. So, what gives? Is there some dramatic change in 6.2.3.0 (this is my first server upgraded to this level) effecting the behavior of creating disk storage pool volumes? It can't be the hardware since this is a 3+ year old machine. I have newer, bigger, beefier, faster servers that still take a long time to format storage volumes? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
V6.3 TDP for Oracle on Linux
Anyone here started playing with this TDP? We can't get it to install. Most folks here use a terminal window and the -i console option has always worked in the past. With 6.3 it tried to kick in a GUI/Java session and thus fails since it can't start an X-Windows session
Re: Linux TSM Server discovering scsi tape drives
Have you installed the lin_tape drivers and/or daemon? https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21397283 From: Moyer, Joni M joni.mo...@highmark.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 10/28/2011 02:13 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] Linux TSM Server discovering scsi tape drives Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi Everyone, We're in the process of trying to set up a new TSM 6.2.3.0 Linux server and we are trying to configure the tape drives to the OS. Would anyone happen to know what needs to be done? We have already zoned the tape drives to hba's on the linux server, but we still do not see the drives. (Even after reboot.) Any suggestions? Just let me know. Thanks! This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or affiliates.
Re: FODC (First Occurrence Data Capture) dumps
Thanks for the confirmation..gave me back 30GB From: Steven Langdale steven.langd...@gmail.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 10/27/2011 04:04 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] FODC (First Occurrence Data Capture) dumps Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Zoltan These are DB2 dumps. Assuming you don't need them, and by the dates you don't, they are OK to remove Steven On 25 October 2011 15:17, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu wrote: I have been looking around on our servers to cleanup large/unnecessary files and came upon the /dumps/FODC_Panic_ folders with many gigs of cores and such. Any need to keep these around and can they be deleted? Some of them date back to 2009. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
FODC (First Occurrence Data Capture) dumps
I have been looking around on our servers to cleanup large/unnecessary files and came upon the /dumps/FODC_Panic_ folders with many gigs of cores and such. Any need to keep these around and can they be deleted? Some of them date back to 2009. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: TDP for Databases 6.3 -- Documentation
Speaking of 6.3, I downloaded all clients and TDPs and noticed the lack of a Domino TDP for SOLARIS, which happens to be the main platform we use for the biggest Domino servers. Is this platform being discontinued/non-supported ? If so, any docs/notices I can point our Domino admin to? We have been wanting to move staff/faculty to in the cloud for email and such (all students have been moved to GMail) and this would be extra impetus/ammo! Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Del Hoobler hoob...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 10/24/2011 10:37 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] TDP for Databases 6.3 -- Documentation Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r3/index.jsp Thanks, Del ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu wrote on 10/24/2011 09:47:20 AM: From: Sascha Askani sascha.ask...@googlemail.com To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Date: 10/24/2011 09:52 AM Subject: TDP for Databases 6.3 -- Documentation Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Hi List ;) Thanks to Passport Advantage, I downloaded the TDP for Databases 6.3 today, but I cannot seem to find any updated documentation for this product. Since there have been significant changes in the software (at least in TDP for MSSQL), it would be great if there was one available ;) Has anybody found a Website or PDF? Thanks in advance! Sascha -- How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A fish.
Re: TDP for Databases 6.3 -- Documentation
Frank, Thanks for the confirmation and documentation. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Frank Ramke ra...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 10/24/2011 02:11 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] TDP for Databases 6.3 -- Documentation Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hello Zoltan, We continue to support Solaris SPARC with DP for Domino V 5.5 as pointed out here. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21509001 But, you are correct that Solaris is not supported with DP for Domino V 6.3 Regards, Frank Ramke
Re: expiration
and, if you deleted a file/object and ran a backup, all previously inactive copies are flushed (up to the value set in your Management Class) and the last n-copies become inactive and are kept for the number of days specified in your MC retain only value. From: Allen S. Rout a...@ufl.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 10/20/2011 10:47 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] expiration Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU On 10/20/2011 09:00 AM, Tim Brown wrote: If I have a client that I need to not run a backup on for specific DR reasons since it is missing some files. I don't want the backup to mark those as expired and thus actually expired as part of the inventory process Thus if I run the full expire inventory process on the server and not the client backup the missing files on the server wont expire and will remain active. An important distinction here: older Inactive file versions will continue to age away and be discarded by successive expiration processes. But if the file was active the last time you ran an incremental of the machine, it will stay that way, and you can expire inventory as often as you like. Only inactive file versions will be eventually pared away. - Allen S. Rout
Re: First Solaris node
Welcome to the world of mixed operating systems.. Don't take this the wrong way but what does the OS have to do with things like compressability? Compressability is based on your data. For instance, I have dozens of Notes/Domino servers that are both Solaris AND Windows. Domino databases don't compress well or at all, so I don't. I have hundreds of Windows servers that don't compress well due to the application/data and then I have hundreds that compress very wellagain based on the data/application. I don't have any CLOPTSET for any Solaris or Linux servers. They usually don't have problems with files being locked/exclusive access. But you may be running an application that does. As to what you may want to exclude from backups, that depends on how the server is setup and the application running on it. Most of my non-Domino Solaris servers run Oracle and therefore backup their databases using the TDP so the directories with the actual Oracle database are excluded. It really is all about knowing your data. From: Vandeventer, Harold [BS] harold.vandeven...@da.ks.gov To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 10/11/2011 03:33 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] First Solaris node Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I need to prepare my TSM environment (running on Windows) for it's first Solaris client. All 400+ existing clients are Windows-based. Anyone have suggestions for setting any specialized Option Set values? My first thought is to have a Solaris option set, and leave most of it blank. Probably set COMPRESSSION YES as this node is physically about 50 miles away. Definitely don't hook them to an option set for Windows filters. Thanks Harold.
Re: Defining Multiple filesystems to one FILEDEVCLASS in TSM v5.5
Well, now that we have multiple filesystems in this storage pool, we need to remove one without removing the already allocated volumes. The second filesystem we added to this FILEDEVCLASS just had a major error and has remounted itself as READ-ONLY (ext3 journling failed). So, how do I do this? From: Hart, Charles A charles_h...@uhc.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 10/05/2011 10:47 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Defining Multiple filesystems to one FILEDEVCLASS in TSM v5.5 Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU We did it see below, we alos share it with multiple instances on a physical hosts, so far so good! define devclass sql-file devtype=file directory=/tsmstgsql-lv1,/tsmstgsql-lv2,/tsmstgsql-lv3,/tsmstgsql-lv4 maxcapacity=50G MOUNTLimit=128 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of David W Daniels/AC/VCU Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 9:18 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Defining Multiple filesystems to one FILEDEVCLASS in TSM v5.5 We have a (red hat linux) server running TSM server 5.5 The question is, can you define multiple file systems to a FILEDEVCLASS? If so, what are pros/cons. ** Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html 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.
Linux 6.2.2.30 Linux server - DB backup keeps failing - 2043
Within the past week, the DB backups have been failing on this server. Looking in the db2diag.log file, I am seeing: 2011-10-06-10.31.30.820265-240 E5649679E455LEVEL: Info PID : 14396TID : 47256765983040PROC : db2sysc 0 INSTANCE: tsminst1 NODE : 000 DB : TSMDB1 APPHDL : 0-27731 APPID: *LOCAL.tsminst1.111006143025 AUTHID : TSMINST1 EDUID : 5622 EDUNAME: db2agent (TSMDB1) 0 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, database utilities, sqlubSetupJobControl, probe:1603 MESSAGE : Starting an online db backup. 2011-10-06-10.31.30.913302-240 I5650135E791LEVEL: Error (OS) PID : 22093TID : 47249703067664PROC : db2vend (db2med - 5740 (TSMDB1)) INSTANCE: tsminst1 NODE : 000 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, SQO Memory Management, sqlocshr, probe:180 MESSAGE : ZRC=0x850F0005=-2062614523=SQLO_NOSEG No Storage Available for allocation DIA8305C Memory allocation failure occurred. CALLED : OS, -, shmatOSERR: EINVAL (22) DATA #1 : Memory set handle, PD_TYPE_OSS_MEM_SET_HDL, 48 bytes 0x7FFF1D134550 : 0060 F4DE F52A 0060 F4DE F52A .`...*...`...*.. 0x7FFF1D134560 : 0x7FFF1D134570 : 488D 0800 6E20 0100 ..H...n 2011-10-06-10.31.30.913659-240 I5650927E500LEVEL: Error PID : 22093TID : 47249703067664PROC : db2vend (db2med - 5740 (TSMDB1)) INSTANCE: tsminst1 NODE : 000 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, oper system services, DB2VEND_main, probe:1020 MESSAGE : ZRC=0x850F0005=-2062614523=SQLO_NOSEG No Storage Available for allocation DIA8305C Memory allocation failure occurred. DATA #1 : String, 57 bytes Fenced vendor process unable to connect to shared memory. 2011-10-06-10.31.30.919246-240 I5656762E1150 LEVEL: Error PID : 14396TID : 47257793587520PROC : db2sysc 0 INSTANCE: tsminst1 NODE : 000 EDUID : 5740 EDUNAME: db2med.5622.0 (TSMDB1) 0 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, database utilities, sqluVendorInitProcess, probe:133 MESSAGE : SQL2043N Unable to start a child process or thread. DATA #1 : ZRC, PD_TYPE_ZRC, 4 bytes 0x800F00AF DATA #2 : signed integer, 4 bytes 0 CALLSTCK: [0] 0x2AF5B48DE7C6 pdLog + 0x398 [1] 0x2AF5B593FA64 _Z21sqluVendorInitProcessmP12SQLO_MEM_SETP13SQLO_MEM_POOLPKcS4_PKvmP28sqluFencedVendorProcessStateP18SQLO_VENDOR_HANDLEPi + 0x1CA [2] 0x2AF5B58DA38E _Z23sqluMCInitVendorProcessP13SQLUMC_IBLK_T + 0x3B8 [3] 0x2AF5B58E013A _Z24sqluMCTestDevType4BackupP13SQLUMC_IBLK_T + 0xCA [4] 0x2AF5B58E0A07 _Z25sqluMCProcessBackupStatesP13SQLUMC_IBLK_T + 0x72D [5] 0x2AF5B58E0E24 _Z32sqluMCStartBackupMediaControllerPcj + 0x390 [6] 0x2AF5B4E31D62 sqloEDUEntry + 0x2F4 [7] 0x003DB540673D /lib64/libpthread.so.0 + 0x673D [8] 0x003DB4CD3F6D clone + 0x6D [9] 0x ?unknown + 0x0 2011-10-06-10.31.30.922934-240 E5657913E478LEVEL: Severe PID : 14396TID : 47257793587520PROC : db2sysc 0 INSTANCE: tsminst1 NODE : 000 EDUID : 5740 EDUNAME: db2med.5622.0 (TSMDB1) 0 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, database utilities, sqluMCInitVendorProcess, probe:2382 MESSAGE : SQL2043N Unable to start a child process or thread. DATA #1 : String, 35 bytes /home/tsminst1/sqllib/adsm/libtsm.a DATA #2 : signed integer, 4 bytes This servers DB is very small (9GB) since most backups are TDP. The machine has 48GB RAM so that isn't it. Most ulimit values are unlimited. I did a few Google searches with no success Server/machine has not been restarted since installing 6.2.2.30 on 07/21/2011 Thoughts/suggestions? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Linux 6.2.2.30 Linux server - DB backup keeps failing - 2043
Here ya go... [tsminst1@sun tsmstg]$ db2adutl query Query for database TSMDB1 Retrieving FULL DATABASE BACKUP information. 1 Time: 20111006120022 Oldest log: S0001280.LOG DB Partition Number: 0Sessions: 2 2 Time: 20111006103514 Oldest log: S0001280.LOG DB Partition Number: 0Sessions: 2 3 Time: 20111005103019 Oldest log: S0001276.LOG DB Partition Number: 0Sessions: 2 Retrieving INCREMENTAL DATABASE BACKUP information. No INCREMENTAL DATABASE BACKUP images found for TSMDB1 Retrieving DELTA DATABASE BACKUP information. No DELTA DATABASE BACKUP images found for TSMDB1 Retrieving TABLESPACE BACKUP information. No TABLESPACE BACKUP images found for TSMDB1 Retrieving INCREMENTAL TABLESPACE BACKUP information. No INCREMENTAL TABLESPACE BACKUP images found for TSMDB1 Retrieving DELTA TABLESPACE BACKUP information. No DELTA TABLESPACE BACKUP images found for TSMDB1 Retrieving LOAD COPY information. No LOAD COPY images found for TSMDB1 Retrieving LOG ARCHIVE information. No LOG ARCHIVE images found for TSMDB1 From: Erwann SIMON erwann.si...@free.fr To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 10/06/2011 01:54 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Linux 6.2.2.30 Linux server - DB backup keeps failing - 2043 Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi Zoltan, Could you connect to your system using the instance ID (with the su - command maybe) and issue the following command : db2adutl query -- Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي Erwann SIMON -Original Message- From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu Sender: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:44:29 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Linux 6.2.2.30 Linux server - DB backup keeps failing - 2043 Within the past week, the DB backups have been failing on this server. Looking in the db2diag.log file, I am seeing: 2011-10-06-10.31.30.820265-240 E5649679E455LEVEL: Info PID : 14396TID : 47256765983040PROC : db2sysc 0 INSTANCE: tsminst1 NODE : 000 DB : TSMDB1 APPHDL : 0-27731 APPID: *LOCAL.tsminst1.111006143025 AUTHID : TSMINST1 EDUID : 5622 EDUNAME: db2agent (TSMDB1) 0 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, database utilities, sqlubSetupJobControl, probe:1603 MESSAGE : Starting an online db backup. 2011-10-06-10.31.30.913302-240 I5650135E791LEVEL: Error (OS) PID : 22093TID : 47249703067664PROC : db2vend (db2med - 5740 (TSMDB1)) INSTANCE: tsminst1 NODE : 000 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, SQO Memory Management, sqlocshr, probe:180 MESSAGE : ZRC=0x850F0005=-2062614523=SQLO_NOSEG No Storage Available for allocation DIA8305C Memory allocation failure occurred. CALLED : OS, -, shmatOSERR: EINVAL (22) DATA #1 : Memory set handle, PD_TYPE_OSS_MEM_SET_HDL, 48 bytes 0x7FFF1D134550 : 0060 F4DE F52A 0060 F4DE F52A .`...*...`...*.. 0x7FFF1D134560 : 0x7FFF1D134570 : 488D 0800 6E20 0100 ..H...n 2011-10-06-10.31.30.913659-240 I5650927E500LEVEL: Error PID : 22093TID : 47249703067664PROC : db2vend (db2med - 5740 (TSMDB1)) INSTANCE: tsminst1 NODE : 000 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, oper system services, DB2VEND_main, probe:1020 MESSAGE : ZRC=0x850F0005=-2062614523=SQLO_NOSEG No Storage Available for allocation DIA8305C Memory allocation failure occurred. DATA #1 : String, 57 bytes Fenced vendor process unable to connect to shared memory. 2011-10-06-10.31.30.919246-240 I5656762E1150 LEVEL: Error PID : 14396TID : 47257793587520PROC : db2sysc 0 INSTANCE: tsminst1 NODE : 000 EDUID : 5740 EDUNAME: db2med.5622.0 (TSMDB1) 0 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, database utilities, sqluVendorInitProcess, probe:133 MESSAGE : SQL2043N Unable to start a child process or thread. DATA #1 : ZRC, PD_TYPE_ZRC, 4 bytes 0x800F00AF DATA #2 : signed integer, 4 bytes 0 CALLSTCK: [0] 0x2AF5B48DE7C6 pdLog + 0x398 [1] 0x2AF5B593FA64 _Z21sqluVendorInitProcessmP12SQLO_MEM_SETP13SQLO_MEM_POOLPKcS4_PKvmP28sqluFencedVendorProcessStateP18SQLO_VENDOR_HANDLEPi + 0x1CA [2] 0x2AF5B58DA38E _Z23sqluMCInitVendorProcessP13SQLUMC_IBLK_T + 0x3B8 [3] 0x2AF5B58E013A _Z24sqluMCTestDevType4BackupP13SQLUMC_IBLK_T + 0xCA [4] 0x2AF5B58E0A07 _Z25sqluMCProcessBackupStatesP13SQLUMC_IBLK_T + 0x72D [5] 0x2AF5B58E0E24 _Z32sqluMCStartBackupMediaControllerPcj + 0x390 [6] 0x2AF5B4E31D62 sqloEDUEntry + 0x2F4 [7] 0x003DB540673D /lib64/libpthread.so.0 + 0x673D [8] 0x003DB4CD3F6D clone + 0x6D [9] 0x ?unknown + 0x0 2011-10-06-10.31.30.922934-240 E5657913E478LEVEL: Severe PID : 14396TID : 47257793587520PROC
Reducing/Reclaiming tsmlog space
I recently expanded the log size from 60GB to 120GB to allow for an expected increase in transactions (was deleted 190M objects). Now that this is over, I need to shrink it back down to 60GB since the filespace it is using is shared by the DB and now I get a daily messages that the DB is running low on space (89.40% utilized. So what does it take to do this? I am guessing that simply changing the logsize to 60GB won't just magically reclaim the space Server is Linux 6.1.5.10 Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: LARGE MS-SQL TDP backup keeps failing
FYI, FWIW, after increasing IDLETIMEOUT and COMMTIMEOUT to 12 (ridiculous - yes I know one value is in seconds and the other in minutes) and 2-STRIPES, the SQL backup of this database finally finished after running 74-Hours. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 09/05/2011 01:21 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] LARGE MS-SQL TDP backup keeps failing Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I am trying to backup a LARGE SQL (4TB) database via the SQL TDP, without success. It will run for a while and then die - usually with the error: ANS1017E (RC-50): Session Rejected : TCP/IP communications failure. The last try backed up 125GB before failing. I have greatly increased the server communication timeout (6000 seconds) guessing it is a timeout issue. I know very little about the SQL TDP (v5.5.5.0 - base TSM client is 6.1.3.2 - yes I know it needs updating) and config options. Is there a way to breakup the backup into chunks, like you can do with Oracle backups? Suggestions? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
DB Usage spike after turning on ALLOWTABLEREORG
6.1.5.10 server. Back when there were issues with log usage due to table reorgs, I like many folks turned off ALLOWTABLEREORG. Recently, I did some big purging (moved a node with 189M objects to another server). Since the DB has grown to over 200G, I decided to reactivate ALLOWTABLEREORG this morning. Also increased the activelog to 120GB. I just got an alert from my monitoring program that the DB has grown to 90% used. Q DB shows very few free pages. 10:14:40 AM WIND : q db f=d Database Name: TSMDB1 Total Size of File System (MB): 399,747 Space Used by Database(MB): 208,416 Free Space Available (MB): 43,158 Total Pages: 10,955,875 Usable Pages: 10,955,739 Used Pages: 10,948,407 Free Pages: 5,348 Buffer Pool Hit Ratio: 95.2 Total Buffer Requests: 360,268 Sort Overflows: 0 Package Cache Hit Ratio: 96.8 Last Database Reorganization: Full Device Class Name: TS1130 Incrementals Since Last Full: 0 Last Complete Backup Date/Time: 09/15/2011 22:00:16 Is this normal/due to turning on reorg? Will this settle down after it gets through going the reorg? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Moving tapes offsite
When I remove nodes for good and someone wants a copy kept forever, I create 2-exports and then delete from TSM. That way on the off chance they want something, I simply import back into a TSM server. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Jim Davis jjda...@email.arizona.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 09/16/2011 01:05 PM Subject:[ADSM-L] Moving tapes offsite Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU We have a department leaving our TSM system that would like to have the tapes we've been using for them -- they'd keep them on a shelf and presumably use tsmtape (or whatever) if they needed the old data. I'm not sure how to handle that request; I could mark the volumes 'offsite', but they're really going out of the system completely. But I don't want to remove the contents of the tape, or move the tape contents to some other volume, so 'delete volume' doesn't sound right. Any suggestions? TSM 5.3, running on RHEL. Thanks! -- Jim Davis Biotechnology Computing Facility Arizona Research Labs
Re: Moving tapes offsite
But, if it isn't in the database or a transportable format (export of backupset), you won't be able to restore from the tapes. No, it doesn't delete the data/tapes physically - just removed the DB info. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Jim Davis jjda...@email.arizona.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 09/16/2011 03:41 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Moving tapes offsite Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU On 9/16/2011 10:13 AM, Skylar Thompson wrote: Could you generate a backupset for them on new tape, and then delete their data from storage pools when it's done? That way TSM doesn't have to track it at all. Thanks, though with 20+ tapes of their data... I suspect there's an easier way I'd overlooked: checkout the volumes, hand the tapes over, then destroy the volumes with discarddata=yes. On my first quick pass through TFM I'd thought the discarddata=yes would try to physically erase the tape, but it looks like it just removes the database entries for the backed-up data, which is fine. -- Jim Davis Biotechnology Computing Facility Arizona Research Labs
Re: TSM 6.2 installer
Dumb question.Did you have the correct permission/root? When I had a similar issue, it was because I wasn't root or the filesystem owner. From: Ehresman,David E. deehr...@louisville.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 09/13/2011 10:09 AM Subject:[ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 installer Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Anyone had the TSM 6.2.1 server (AIX) installer fail saying there is not enough space when in fact there is plenty of space? If so, what did you do? I'm trying to install on AIX 6.1 TL6. David Ehresman
Disk storage pool 100% utilized but NOT cached
I think I know the answer to this question but figured it would be a good question to ask, This morning I was getting reports that backups were failing due to backups not being able to get space in the disk stgpool. When I did a Q STG, this is what I get: 9:25:34 AM MOON : q stg Storage Device EstimatedPctPct High Low Next Stora- Pool NameClass NameCapacity Util Migr Mig Mig ge Pool Pct Pct --- -- -- - - --- --- ARCHIVEPOOL DISK 205 G0.30.390 70 TS1130 BACKUPPOOL DISK 6,369 G 100.0 33.990 70 TS1130 Why would a disk storage pool be 100% Utilized and only 34% migratable when I don't have Caching turned on? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Disk storage pool 100% utilized but NOT cached
Yes, that is kinda what I guessed. I have the 4TB SQL backup still running from Saturday. It is only 50% done. There has got to be a better way to handle SQL backups of LARGE databases. This is causing numerous headaches/problems with other backups by pre-allocating the space or if going to tape, locking the tape drives for the duration. Del, I know we discussed this and stripes (I have it configured for 3) for improving the speed, but this goes back to my question about breaking up the SQL backup into multiple chunks, especially with this new issue of it locking 4TB of disk space to contain the backup, until it finishes. I can't have 1-backup detrimentally effecting everyone else and at the speed it is running, it will take almost a week to finish. Suggestions? From: Billaudeau, Pierre p.billaud...@saq.qc.ca To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 09/13/2011 12:22 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Disk storage pool 100% utilized but NOT cached Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi Zoltan, Is it possible you had a very large (or several) backup running using the remaining 66% (over 4 tb) of your backup pool ? Current backups freezes backup data space on the disk pool so it is not eligible for migration. Pierre Billaudeau Analyste en stockage Livraison des Infrastructures Serveurs Société des Alcools du Québec 514-254-6000 x 6559 -Message d'origine- De : ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] De la part de Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Envoyé : 13 septembre 2011 10:23 À : ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Objet : [ADSM-L] Disk storage pool 100% utilized but NOT cached I think I know the answer to this question but figured it would be a good question to ask, This morning I was getting reports that backups were failing due to backups not being able to get space in the disk stgpool. When I did a Q STG, this is what I get: 9:25:34 AM MOON : q stg Storage Device EstimatedPctPct High Low Next Stora- Pool NameClass NameCapacity Util Migr Mig Mig ge Pool Pct Pct --- -- -- - - --- --- ARCHIVEPOOL DISK 205 G0.30.390 70 TS1130 BACKUPPOOL DISK 6,369 G 100.0 33.990 70 TS1130 Why would a disk storage pool be 100% Utilized and only 34% migratable when I don't have Caching turned on? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html -- Information confidentielle : Le présent message, ainsi que tout fichier qui y est joint, est envoyé à l'intention exclusive de son ou de ses destinataires; il est de nature confidentielle et peut constituer une information privilégiée. Nous avertissons toute personne autre que le destinataire prévu que tout examen, réacheminement, impression, copie, distribution ou autre utilisation de ce message et de tout fichier qui y est joint est strictement interdit. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire prévu, veuillez en aviser immédiatement l'expéditeur par retour de courriel et supprimer ce message et tout document joint de votre système. Merci.
Re: DB2 requirements for RedHat Linux 6
Yeah, I thought of the same thing and the 6.2.3 Maintenance package failed the same way. As I mentioned in another response, we finally resolved it. My OS guy finally hunted down the right package - I think he said the compat++.i686 package contains both 386/x86 and 686/x64 versions of the compat libraries. Eventhough the TSM server version is 64-bit only, for some reason it still wants x86 compat libraries. We stumbled upon this when I tried to install ILMT on this same box and it had the same/similar error, eventhough ILMT is x86 only - no x64. From: Erwann SIMON erwann.si...@free.fr To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 09/10/2011 03:30 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] DB2 requirements for RedHat Linux 6 Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi Zoltan, You'll find the answer to this specific question about DB2 fixpack level included in a TSM fixpack level here : https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/tivolistoragemanager/TSM+Schedule+for+Fix-Packs V6.2 Server 6.2.1.0 9.7.100.177, so FP1 V6.2 Server 6.2.2.0 9.7.200.358, so FP2 V6.2 Server 6.2.3.0 9.7.400.501, so FP4 Did you try to install from the TSM 6.2.3 directly and only install the RPM for license with the 6.2.1 installer from Passport Advantage ? Or just install the RPM for license which is missing in the 6.2.3 fixpack with the RPM command. Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي Erwann SIMON Le 09/09/2011 16:50, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU a écrit : So I was wondering what DB2 fixpack level does the 6.2.1 base come with? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
DB2 requirements for RedHat Linux 6
We are building a new server and decided to go with RedHat 6. DB2 Requirements page says RHEL 6 is valid for DB2 9.7 with Fix Pack 4. When we try to run the installation for base 6.2.1 (couldn't find a 6.2.3 in Passport), it chokes saying we are missing Linux compat-libstdc++ (libstdc++so.6) But when we check, these libraries are installed at the latest levels. So I was wondering what DB2 fixpack level does the 6.2.1 base come with? Comment from my OS guy: -- [root@galaxy ~]# rpm -ql libstdc++ /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.13 The library file is there. [root@galaxy ~]# yum list compat-libstdc++-33 Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, subscription-manager Updating Red Hat repositories. Installed Packages compat-libstdc++-33.x86_64 3.2.3-69.el6 @anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201105101844.x86_64/6.1 Available Packages compat-libstdc++-33.i6863.2.3-69.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 The package is installed at the latest available level. [root@galaxy ~]# rpm -ql compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.x86_64 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.5 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 But the package they asked for provides the wrong version of the library. --- Our RHEL level: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago) 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Are we too far ahead, OS wise, for the installer for this to work? Any other suggestions for figuring out what it doesn't like? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: LARGE MS-SQL TDP backup keeps failing
I don't think there is a firewall. Well, it got further (700GB) before being killed by the TSM server. 9/6/2011 12:05:04 PM ANR0524W Transaction failed for session 59224 for node ACIPENSER.VCU.EDU (TDP MSSQL Win32) - data transfer interrupted. 9/6/2011 12:05:05 PM ANR0487W Session 59224 for node ACIPENSER.VCU.EDU (TDP MSSQL Win32) terminated - preempted by another operation. At this rate, I don't think it is possible to back it up, especially if it is making this 1-4TB transaction. I again have to ask the question - can you tell the SQL TDP to break-up the backup into multiple transactions, like you can with the Oracle TDP? From: Thomas Denier thomas.den...@jeffersonhospital.org To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 09/06/2011 10:27 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] LARGE MS-SQL TDP backup keeps failing Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU -Zoltan Forray wrote: - I am trying to backup a LARGE SQL (4TB) database via the SQL TDP, without success. It will run for a while and then die - usually with the error: ANS1017E (RC-50): Session Rejected : TCP/IP communications failure. The last try backed up 125GB before failing. I have greatly increased the server communication timeout (6000 seconds) guessing it is a timeout issue. I know very little about the SQL TDP (v5.5.5.0 - base TSM client is 6.1.3.2 - yes I know it needs updating) and config options. Is there a way to breakup the backup into chunks, like you can do with Oracle backups? Suggestions? Does the backup pass through a firewall? Firewalls generally have a timeout period for idle TCP sessions. This is rarely more than an hour, and I have heard of firewalls with the timeout set as low as 15 minutes.
LARGE MS-SQL TDP backup keeps failing
I am trying to backup a LARGE SQL (4TB) database via the SQL TDP, without success. It will run for a while and then die - usually with the error: ANS1017E (RC-50): Session Rejected : TCP/IP communications failure. The last try backed up 125GB before failing. I have greatly increased the server communication timeout (6000 seconds) guessing it is a timeout issue. I know very little about the SQL TDP (v5.5.5.0 - base TSM client is 6.1.3.2 - yes I know it needs updating) and config options. Is there a way to breakup the backup into chunks, like you can do with Oracle backups? Suggestions? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Poll: What Windows client features do you install by default
I would like to get some idea of what features of the Windows client do you install, by default, when doing a brand-new client install. Folks here are just starting to realize the benefits of using the Journaling feature (yeah, I know, it is not a new feature - I have been trying to get folks to use it but until recently when more clients with millions of objects have been complain about 12-hour elapsed times to backup 20K files, they are now realizing the benefit). So, do you automatically/by default install the: A - Journaling B - Open File Support C - Both D - Neither Speaking of the journal, the docs say you should occasionally run a backup without the journal, just to make sure nothing is missed. How do you do this? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Ang: [ADSM-L] Poll: What Windows client features do you install by default
Interesting. I guess it depends on how big your servers are. I have one node with 60M objects. Without the journal, it takes days..He has to run with memoryefficient since it could never hold the meta-data in memory for that may objects. -ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote: - To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU From: Daniel Sparrman Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Date: 08/24/2011 10:38AM Subject: [ADSM-L] Ang: [ADSM-L] Poll: What Windows client features do you install by default Question 1: Journaling, but not OFS as standard Question 2: a) I dont keep the journal database on a reboot or service shutdown, and since the Windows machines generally dont have an uptime of +1 year, each time the machines are rebooted, we get a normal incremental for free. Never seen any problem with the journal not backing up all files though. Best Regards Daniel Sparrman Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Växel: 08-754 98 00 Fax: 08-754 97 30 daniel.sparr...@exist.se http://www.existgruppen.se Posthusgatan 1 761 30 NORRTÄLJE -ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU skrev: - Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Från: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu Sänt av: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Datum: 08/24/2011 16:27 Ärende: [ADSM-L] Poll: What Windows client features do you install by default I would like to get some idea of what features of the Windows client do you install, by default, when doing a brand-new client install. Folks here are just starting to realize the benefits of using the Journaling feature (yeah, I know, it is not a new feature - I have been trying to get folks to use it but until recently when more clients with millions of objects have been complain about 12-hour elapsed times to backup 20K files, they are now realizing the benefit). So, do you automatically/by default install the: A - Journaling B - Open File Support C - Both D - Neither Speaking of the journal, the docs say you should occasionally run a backup without the journal, just to make sure nothing is missed. How do you do this? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Ang: [ADSM-L] Poll: What Windows client features do you install by default
Question - how do you get rid of the journal on reboot? Is there an option to trigger this? -ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote: - To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU From: Daniel Sparrman Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Date: 08/24/2011 10:38AM Subject: [ADSM-L] Ang: [ADSM-L] Poll: What Windows client features do you install by default Question 1: Journaling, but not OFS as standard Question 2: a) I dont keep the journal database on a reboot or service shutdown, and since the Windows machines generally dont have an uptime of +1 year, each time the machines are rebooted, we get a normal incremental for free. Never seen any problem with the journal not backing up all files though. Best Regards Daniel Sparrman Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Växel: 08-754 98 00 Fax: 08-754 97 30 daniel.sparr...@exist.se http://www.existgruppen.se Posthusgatan 1 761 30 NORRTÄLJE -ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU skrev: - Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Från: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu Sänt av: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Datum: 08/24/2011 16:27 Ärende: [ADSM-L] Poll: What Windows client features do you install by default I would like to get some idea of what features of the Windows client do you install, by default, when doing a brand-new client install. Folks here are just starting to realize the benefits of using the Journaling feature (yeah, I know, it is not a new feature - I have been trying to get folks to use it but until recently when more clients with millions of objects have been complain about 12-hour elapsed times to backup 20K files, they are now realizing the benefit). So, do you automatically/by default install the: A - Journaling B - Open File Support C - Both D - Neither Speaking of the journal, the docs say you should occasionally run a backup without the journal, just to make sure nothing is missed. How do you do this? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Poll: What Windows client features do you install by default
Thanks, Andy. Every time I have someone come to me with VSS backup failures, I point them to the MS document for VSS fixes/patches. So far it has always fixed their problem. -ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote: - To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU From: Andrew Raibeck Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Date: 08/24/2011 10:58AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Poll: What Windows client features do you install by default Hi Zoltan, Speaking of the journal, the docs say you should occasionally run a backup without the journal, just to make sure nothing is missed. How do you do this? See the -nojournal option. In general, I would also recommend using Open File Support with VSS as the snapshot provider. For Windows 2003 systems, be sure that the COM+ and VSS hotfixes listed as pre-requisites in the client requirements document are installed. This document can be found by going to the URL in my sig and looking at in the Featured links section of that page. Best regards, Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu wrote on 2011-08-24 10:27:06: From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Date: 2011-08-24 10:29 Subject: Poll: What Windows client features do you install by default Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu I would like to get some idea of what features of the Windows client do you install, by default, when doing a brand-new client install. Folks here are just starting to realize the benefits of using the Journaling feature (yeah, I know, it is not a new feature - I have been trying to get folks to use it but until recently when more clients with millions of objects have been complain about 12-hour elapsed times to backup 20K files, they are now realizing the benefit). So, do you automatically/by default install the: A - Journaling B - Open File Support C - Both D - Neither Speaking of the journal, the docs say you should occasionally run a backup without the journal, just to make sure nothing is missed. How do you do this? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Windows server rename causing full backups
We had an incident this morning that ended up being caused by a Windows server that was renamed (internally) and connected to a domain (previously standalone), thus initiating a full backup of an 8TB volume/space, since TSM now sees it as new filespaces. How do I handle this to avoid a full backup? Will simply renaming the filespaces take care of this or is there a more elegant solution? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Renaming a Windows node - where does it get the nodename if no nodename statement?
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that if a Windows node does NOT have a NODENAME statement in it's dsm.opt, it simply asks the OS for the hostname and uses that. This value is also used for the filespace names. So, if this Windows node has been backing up without a NODENAME statement and then the hostname is changed, shouldn't this also change the nodename so when the node attempts to connect to the TSM server it will use the new hostname? Or does the scheduling process use the registry keys, not caring about the hostname changed? What is the sequence of checking for nodename statements, vs just using the hostname and/or registry key? This issue is causing waaayyy to much activity and inquires for a Monday! Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Renaming a Windows node - where does it get the nodename if no nodename statement?
Thomas, Thanks for both of your responses. You have confirmed what we are seeing. We rooted through the registry and see the keys with the old node name and encrypted password. The box was renamed and rebooted but the GUI was never bought up. As soon as we bought up the GUI, it grabbed the hostname and attempted (and failed) to connect to the TSM server since we kept the old nodename. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Thomas Denier thomas.den...@jeffersonhospital.org To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 08/22/2011 12:47 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Renaming a Windows node - where does it get the nodename if no nodename statement? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU -Zoltan Forray wrote: - Please correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that if a Windows node does NOT have a NODENAME statement in it's dsm.opt, it simply asks the OS for the hostname and uses that. This value is also used for the filespace names. The documented default is the Windows machine name. This is often the same as the IP host name, but it is possible for the two names to be different. [Material removed] Or does the scheduling process use the registry keys, not caring about the hostname changed? Our experience with renamed Windows nodes indicates that the scheduler service locks in the node name in effect at the time when dsmcutil was used to create the service. I don't know whether this behavior is documented. The service presumably uses the registry to store the node name. When a Windows node is renamed, we tell the system administrator do remove and recreate the service.
Re: Renaming a Windows node - where does it get the nodename if no nodename statement?
Of course, even with a NODENAME statement and reworking the scheduler, the filespace names are still based on the hostname. We have renamed plenty of other servers that had nodename statements and the first backup was brand-new. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: David Longo david.lo...@health-first.org To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 08/22/2011 12:58 PM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] Renaming a Windows node - where does it get the nodename if no nodename statement? Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU All you have to do is use the same Wizard that you used to create the Service and update instead of create. This let's you change the node name used by the service. David Longo Thomas Denier thomas.den...@jeffersonhospital.org 8/22/2011 12:27 PM -Zoltan Forray wrote: - Please correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that if a Windows node does NOT have a NODENAME statement in it's dsm.opt, it simply asks the OS for the hostname and uses that. This value is also used for the filespace names. The documented default is the Windows machine name. This is often the same as the IP host name, but it is possible for the two names to be different. [Material removed] Or does the scheduling process use the registry keys, not caring about the hostname changed? Our experience with renamed Windows nodes indicates that the scheduler service locks in the node name in effect at the time when dsmcutil was used to create the service. I don't know whether this behavior is documented. The service presumably uses the registry to store the node name. When a Windows node is renamed, we tell the system administrator do remove and recreate the service. # This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain private, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No 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: Ghost backups from server-to-server backups
Keith, Thanks for the suggestions. Fortunately we don't use lots of virtual volumes. Sounds like the Reconcile command was added as a quick-fix to resolve inherent problem somewhere deep inside. From: Keith Arbogast warbo...@indiana.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 08/02/2011 08:59 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Ghost backups from server-to-server backups Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Zoltan, I run 'reconcile volumes virtual volume devclass_name fix=yes' once a month. Our TSM servers are both running version 6.2.2.2, and reconcile finds hundreds of invalid volumes each time it runs. Others' experience may be different. In our situation, I should have opened a PMR long ago. Now I certainly will. In our worst experience the target server was holding so many invalid volumes that our scratch pool was nearly depleted. When we finally remembered to run reconcile, scratch tapes came down like falling rain. Best wishes, Keith
Re: delete volumehistory
Sure - Let the force be with you (sorry - couldn't resist ;---) DELETE VOLHISTORY todate=today volume=your-volume-number type=remote force=yes You still might need to change the volume status to scratch on the LM after your deleted it. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Rainer Holzinger rainerholzin...@gmx.de To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 08/02/2011 10:39 AM Subject: [ADSM-L] delete volumehistory Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi all, is it possible that a TSM LM server can delete DBB volumes from a TSM LC server that doesn't exist anymore? Thanks and best regards, Rainer
Re: Ghost backups from server-to-server backups
Hmm - is the RECONCILE command I should run, regularly? I just ran it on all 5.5 servers (they perform daily DBSNAPSHOT backups to an offsite server) and all of them had errors to reconcile. The 6.x servers didn't have any errors. As for these ghost volumes/storage, reconciling its devclass didn't give any errors - of course, I had already deleted the filespace on the target server (needed to get back the 7TB of storage/volumes) From: Keith Arbogast warbo...@indiana.edu To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 08/01/2011 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Ghost backups from server-to-server backups Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Zoltan, Try running reconcile volumes from both ends. When we do that, it deletes a surprising quantity of orphan virtual volumes. Keith
Ghost backups from server-to-server backups
Back a while ago, one of my smaller servers kept overflowing it's disk LZ and couldn't access tape drives. To handle the overload, I setup virtual volume backups defining a storage pool on another TSM server that had plenty of disk space. When the tape drives were accessible, I migrated these backups to tape. I was doing some cleanup today and noticed that these backups on the target server, seem to still exist. The node defined for virtual volumes shows 7TB occupancy and lists the ADSM.BFS volumes. When I go to the original/source server and list *EVERY* volume it knows about, nothing shows up that is defined to any other server. The volhist says these virtual/BFS volumes should have been deleted long ago. Yes, we run expire inventory daily Yes, the virtual volume server node is defined with delete grace perdio 0 Yes, the node on the target server is defined to allow archive and backup deletion So what am I missing? Why didn't this get purged properly? Is there anything else I should check before deleting the filespaces on the target server or is there a better/proper way to sync things up and purge these backups? The source server is 5.5 and the target is 6.2, in case this makes a difference. Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
Re: Expire Inventory errors after upgrade to 6.1.5.10
Mark, Any way to suppress these harmless/annoying messages? Since they are harmless, am I right in guessing someone forgot to turn off some debugging code/messages? While I don't mind opening up a PMR, I would assume there is going to be a quick update (6.1.5.11?) to address it? Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html From: Mark Haye mark.h...@us.ibm.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 07/28/2011 01:46 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Expire Inventory errors after upgrade to 6.1.5.10 Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 7/28/2011 10:20:14 AM ANRD_3916334743 ComputeHashValue (tbcache.c:4313) Thread91: Table Group.Leaders, Column 4 of type 0 not valid for hashKey. This is a known problem, fixed in internal defect 73872. It is not related to the Win2K8 system state cleanup problem. All indications are that the message is harmless and does not adversely affect server operation. If you haven't opened a PMR for it yet, that would be the next step ... Mark Haye (马克海), IBM TSM Server Development, mark.h...@us.ibm.com, 8/321-4403, (520)799-4403, 0N6/9062-2, Tucson Professional programmer. Closed source. Do not attempt.
