Re: TSM, MS Clustering & Mountpoints
Neil, The CLUSTERDISKSONLY statement worked, allowed me to use CLUSTERNODE YES and see all the mountpoints. Oddly enough, and contrary to the user guide, I didn't have to add domain statements in order for it to see and backup the mountpoints. Now I'm working on putting the right domain statements in the cluster and non-cluster client option set in order to "mask" the volumes I don't want each one to deal with. Thanks for the assist, I hate banging my head against a wall! Steve Schaub Systems Engineer, Windows Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee 423-535-6574 (desk) 423-785-7347 (mobile) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:07 AM To: adsm-l@vm.marist.edu Cc: Schaub, Steve Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM, MS Clustering & Mountpoints Steve How did the testing go? This is the domain statement from our DSM.OPT for the shared resources: Domain \\WSSClus1\f$ \\WSSClus1\f$\User1 \\WSSClus1\f$\User2 \\WSSClus1\f$\User3 \\WSSClus1\f$\User4 \\WSSClus1\f$\User5 F: is a shared disk resource and User1, User2, etc are junction points where the other file systems are mounted. WSSClus1 is the name of the cluster and the name specified with the /CLUSTERNAME parameter when the services were installed. Regards Neil Schofield Yorkshire Water Services Ltd. Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm
Re: TSM, MS Clustering & Mountpoints
Steve How did the testing go? This is the domain statement from our DSM.OPT for the shared resources: Domain \\WSSClus1\f$ \\WSSClus1\f$\User1 \\WSSClus1\f$\User2 \\WSSClus1\f$\User3 \\WSSClus1\f$\User4 \\WSSClus1\f$\User5 F: is a shared disk resource and User1, User2, etc are junction points where the other file systems are mounted. WSSClus1 is the name of the cluster and the name specified with the /CLUSTERNAME parameter when the services were installed. Regards Neil Schofield Yorkshire Water Services Ltd. - The latest version of our online customer Clear guide is now available; find out what we've been up to and what's new at Yorkshire Water. There's even a delicious cauliflower risotto recipe from celebrity chef James Martin! Visit http://www.yorkshirewater.com/clear to find out more... YORKSHIRE WATER - WINNER OF THE UTILITY OF THE YEAR AWARD 2004, 2005 AND 2006 The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available at http://www.keldagroup.com/email.htm Yorkshire Water Services Limited Registered Office Western House Halifax Road Bradford BD6 2SZ Registered in England and Wales No 2366682
Re: TSM, MS Clustering & Mountpoints
Neil, I'm testing this out now. Do you remember if the unc path used the cluster name, rather than the physical server holding the resource at the time? Thanks, -steve From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:10 AM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Cc: Schaub, Steve Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM, MS Clustering & Mountpoints Steve We went round this loop a couple of years ago. The default value for CLUSTERDISKSONLY is Yes. According to the documentation, this "specifies that the Tivoli Storage Manager only allows the processing of cluster drives that have a drive letter. This is the default." So (and this seemed paradoxical) you also have to specify CLUSTERDISKSONLY=NO in the 'special' .opt file for backing up the shared disks. For some reason we also had to specify UNC paths to all the disks (including the mountpoints) in the DOMAIN statement, but I forget the reason why. However we did succeed in making it work (although not with DFS in the equation). Regards Neil Schofield Yorkshire Water Services Ltd. Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm
Re: TSM, MS Clustering & Mountpoints
Steve, Do you have the statement: CLUSTERDISKSONLY NO in your dsm.opt? This should allow you to see the mount points. Note that you will need to use a specific DOMAIN statement in conjunction with this option. This has been my experience with the 5.5 client. I did not see it on earlier versions of the client. Kevin Kinder State of West Virginia -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schaub, Steve Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:48 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM, MS Clustering & Mountpoints W2K3 R2 SP2 x64 TSM 5.5.0.0 I've backed up clustered vols before by using a special .opt file that uses a common nodename and clustermode=yes which seemed to work fine when I was dealing with regular data volumes. Now I have a cluster that is using DFS and mountpoints, and this method does not seem to work - when I specify clustermode, tsm doesn't "see" the mountpoints. If I back them up using the physical server opt file, it works fine, but the unc contains the physical server who currently owns the resource, which will cause me problems when machines get failed over. If anyone has come across this and solved it, please let me know. I'm thinking of using the new "asnodename", but I cant until our tsm servers are updated to a newer level. Thanks, Steve Schaub Systems Engineer, Windows Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee 423-535-6574 (desk) 423-785-7347 (mobile) Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm
Re: TSM, MS Clustering & Mountpoints
Steve We went round this loop a couple of years ago. The default value for CLUSTERDISKSONLY is Yes. According to the documentation, this "specifies that the Tivoli Storage Manager only allows the processing of cluster drives that have a drive letter. This is the default." So (and this seemed paradoxical) you also have to specify CLUSTERDISKSONLY=NO in the 'special' .opt file for backing up the shared disks. For some reason we also had to specify UNC paths to all the disks (including the mountpoints) in the DOMAIN statement, but I forget the reason why. However we did succeed in making it work (although not with DFS in the equation). Regards Neil Schofield Yorkshire Water Services Ltd. - The latest version of our online customer Clear guide is now available; find out what we've been up to and what's new at Yorkshire Water. There's even a delicious cauliflower risotto recipe from celebrity chef James Martin! Visit http://www.yorkshirewater.com/clear to find out more... YORKSHIRE WATER - WINNER OF THE UTILITY OF THE YEAR AWARD 2004, 2005 AND 2006 The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available at http://www.keldagroup.com/email.htm Yorkshire Water Services Limited Registered Office Western House Halifax Road Bradford BD6 2SZ Registered in England and Wales No 2366682
