BRIAN NICK is out of the office.

2000-08-17 Thread Brian Nick
I will be out of the office starting 08/18/2000 and will not return until 08/21/2000. If your message is urgent please contact Tom Wieland. Otherwise I will contact you when I return on Monday August 21st, 2000 Thank You

ADSM bench marking

2000-08-17 Thread Raymond Chao
Dear all, We are currently reviewing in our organisation the ADSM performance. I would be appreciative and would like to get some ideas if anyone has established criteria and measuring indicators for ADSM. Raymond Chao IPAustralia Unix Admin Group

Re: 3494 and RS6000 SP connection

2000-08-17 Thread Eric Tang
Yes, previously I have 3494 connected to sliver node (tty port) via rs232. A few months ago, that adsm server was migrated from sliver node to nighthawk, again 3494 is connected to tty port via rs-232. Thanks. Regards, Eric Tang

Re: setting default gateway on 3494

2000-08-17 Thread Stefan Llabres
It it still the same... S.Llabres Richard Sims wrote: > > >Can anyone tell me how to set the "default gateway" on a 3494. > > As I recall, this is done during 3494 installation, in OS/2 mode, > upon invoking the HOSTINST command, where a virtual "flip-book" > will appear so that you can click o

Re: 3494 and RS6000 SP connection

2000-08-17 Thread Nick Cassimatis
Tom, I had a 3494 connected to a Silver node via Serial - my CE set it up for me. However, when we went to the DR site, no one there could figure out how to do it. I'd recomend you go ahead and put in the appropriate networking connection. When it comes to supporting it, you'll be better off.

Re: several storage pools in one library

2000-08-17 Thread Seed, Neville
thank you > -Original Message- > From: Doug Thorneycroft [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 18 August 2000 09:48 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: several storage pools in one library > > Yes, Just define the storage pools using the device class for your > library. > We

Re: several storage pools in one library

2000-08-17 Thread Doug Thorneycroft
Yes, Just define the storage pools using the device class for your library. We have four domains, each points to different storage pool. All the storage pools use the same tape library. One of these pools uses co-location and is used for large clients, the rest are divided among the remaining thre

Re: 3494 and RS6000 SP connection

2000-08-17 Thread Allen Barth
I don't see why they say it wouldn't work. You'll probably need some sort of rs-232 adapter in the node though. For what it's worth, having been connected via rs232 (not from an SP) but now connected via ethernet, I won't go back. The access speed and reliablility of ethernet over serial, not t

several storage pools in one library

2000-08-17 Thread Seed, Neville
Hello Is it possible to have several different storage pools for different clients accessing a shared group of drives in a single library. if so how would i do it. thank you

Re: setting default gateway on 3494

2000-08-17 Thread Richard Sims
>Can anyone tell me how to set the "default gateway" on a 3494. As I recall, this is done during 3494 installation, in OS/2 mode, upon invoking the HOSTINST command, where a virtual "flip-book" will appear so that you can click on tabs within it, including a Network tab. After installation, you c

setting default gateway on 3494

2000-08-17 Thread James Healy
Can anyone tell me how to set the "default gateway" on a 3494. - Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger.

3494 and RS6000 SP connection

2000-08-17 Thread Tom Melton
Is it possible to connect the control function of a 3494 robot using a serial connection from an RS6000 SP silver wide node? First IBM said it was possible, now they are saying that the SP only supports the token-ring or ethernet connection to the 3494 for control functions. Anyone know for sure

Possible reasons for "Missed" backups?

2000-08-17 Thread Linda Seeba
Others reasons for backups not completing on UNIX servers are: The O/S on the client has been reloaded and the TSM/ADSM software is missing Stale NFS handles - this is usually when a filesystem was mounted to something that no longer exists. There is a hardware problem on the client filesystem

Re: Delete Vol History

2000-08-17 Thread Taylor, Damon M
We take a Database backup daily, Keep 7 days worth, and delete the last version (7th) each day Damon M. Taylor Global Host Services - ADSM Support * Office: 1-918-581-4510 * Pager: 1-918-761-3355 * Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > From: Linda Seeba[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTEC

Delete Vol History

2000-08-17 Thread Linda Seeba
I would like to know what is the standard setting for deleting the volhistory. Particularly if you perform a daily dbbackup how many copies is normally kept without becoming excessive. Linda Seeba Phone: (314) 234-5190 I/T Specialist - Sr Fax: (3

Re: Possible reasons for "Missed" backups?

2000-08-17 Thread Shekhar Dhotre
Check your daemon i active or not., if on unix systems. ps -ef | grep dsm should show " dsmc sched " alive. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]/P=Internet/A= /C=us" on 08/17/2000 11:49:42 AM Please respond to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]/P=Internet/A= /C=us" @ X400 To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]/P=Internet/A= /C=us"@X400 cc:

dsmc bus error - Solaris 2.5.1

2000-08-17 Thread Alan Cheski
Hello, we have random core dumps from dsmc on a v3.1.0.8 Solaris 2.5.1 client. The core dumps are showing bus errors but that is about all I can determine from adb. It appears the dsmc process has finished the archive but dumps when it is exiting... has anyone else had this problem? Alan Cheski G

Re: Performance problem on some clients

2000-08-17 Thread Kelly J. Lipp
Sounds like network connection to me. Have you tried moving a file via ftp between this node and server? If that is remarkably faster then it is something with TSM. If is not, it's something with the network. Kelly J. Lipp Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. PO Box 51313 Colorado Springs CO 80

Re: Performance problem on some clients

2000-08-17 Thread William Boyer
One thing I've seen with regard to 100Mb Ethernet is to make sure that the cards are not set to auto-negotiate. Instead set them for the speed and duplex of your network. I have seen cards negotiate to 100Mb, but half-duplex. Both on clients and the TSM servers on different platforms (NT, AIX,...)

Re: Performance problem on some clients

2000-08-17 Thread Alexander Z Sokolek Jr
Have you isolated it to ADSM, i.e. is it a network problem only? Try FTP'ing a 16mb file in and out and see how long it takes. If its only ADSM, someone else in this group will need to reply; I'm not an ADSM guru. If its network generic, you need to have it looked at by someone in your networki

Re: Performance problem on some clients

2000-08-17 Thread Richard Sims
>We are seeing a ADSM performance problem with the IBM Netfinity 7000 M10 >machines. Given a 16mb file it will take 2min to backup the one file on a >100mb ethernet network to our ADSM server. The same file on a IBM >netfinity 7000 or Compaq Proliant will take under 2 seconds. The first thing t

apple script

2000-08-17 Thread Elmar Wosnitza
Dear ADSM-Users, I'm running the ADSM client V3, Rev.1, Lev.0.5 on a Mac G3. Since I'm not regularly working on this machine, I do not run scheduled backups, I'd rather prefer to run a backup just before shutting down the machine. Is there any way (a) to tell ADSM to shut down the Mac after compl

Possible reasons for "Missed" backups?

2000-08-17 Thread Daniel Swan/TM
Using the QUERY EVENT command, I see a list of completed, missed, and failed backups. I assume that the 'missed' are due to a defunct/inactive client scheduler, or a loss of connectivity to the host. Are there other possible reasons, perhaps scheduling oriented or otherwise, to explain why a cli

Performance problem on some clients

2000-08-17 Thread Sterling James
Hello, Any help would be appreciated. We are seeing a ADSM performance problem with the IBM Netfinity 7000 M10 machines. Given a 16mb file it will take 2min to backup the one file on a 100mb ethernet network to our ADSM server. The same file on a IBM netfinity 7000 or Compaq Proliant will take u

Re: Oracle Agent Delete Script

2000-08-17 Thread Gary Ison
Leopold, Here are two scripts I have developed for deleting the Oracle backups on my AIX 4.3.3 platforms. The second one is just the RMAN report script called from the script that does the deletion. <> <> Gary L. Ison Governor's Office for Technology

Re: DRM prepare files

2000-08-17 Thread Kelly J. Lipp
>From Bill Smoldt at SSSI: For those of you who need to know, there is a Visual Basic script in later versions of TSM to break the DRM plan stanzas into individual files. This means we no longer need REXX. The script is in the server directory and the usage is: cscript planexpl.vbs You will

Re: HIGH CPU USAGE

2000-08-17 Thread Andrew Webster
John, > I also use NAV 5.01.01, I was disabling all 3 services, but have since > found that just disabling NAV Auto-Protect seems to do the trick in my > case. Some of my clients have identical hardware, software, and configs, > but don't experience this problem. I'm waiting to try an upgrade o

Re: HIGH CPU USAGE

2000-08-17 Thread John Monahan
I also use NAV 5.01.01, I was disabling all 3 services, but have since found that just disabling NAV Auto-Protect seems to do the trick in my case. Some of my clients have identical hardware, software, and configs, but don't experience this problem. I'm waiting to try an upgrade of NAV to see if

Re: AW: Oracle Agent

2000-08-17 Thread Leopold Hameder
Here is a script I've found in another Newsgroup. It helps to automatically delete your old backups. Timo Kilchenmann schrieb: There is no logic in RMAN for > automatically deleting old backups. So you must write your own scripts which > do this (by RMAN commands). > Subject: A SQL script to

Betreft:Re: error message

2000-08-17 Thread Oscar Kolsteren
Hi Clerence, you are right, the filesystem was 100% full. There was a core file wich was very big. thanx for your quick reaction. Gr. Oscar Kolsteren Scheidingsteken antwoorden Onderwerp: Re: error message Auteur: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: SAN and Tape Drives

2000-08-17 Thread Robinson, Cris
Can we have more information like: type of library? Is it Fibre channel or SCSI. If SCSI what kind of Fibre to SCSI bridge are you using? What kind of switch are you using... Brocade..Gadzooks, Mcdata. What management software are you using to configure the switch? HP Openview, Tivoli So man

Re: SAN and Tape Drives

2000-08-17 Thread Braich, Raminder
Check the device drivers, the proper ADSM device drivers (ADSMSCSI) have to be loaded and started in order to make the tape drives visible. > -Original Message- > From: Viliam Varga [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

Re: DRM prepare files

2000-08-17 Thread Robinson, Cris
Your specific documentation can be created as one or all of the following files in the \server directory: RECOVERY.INSTRUCTIONS.GENERAL RECOVERY.INSTRUCTIONS.OFFSITE RECOVERY.INSTRUCTIONS.INSTALL RECOVERY.INSTRUCTIONS.DATABASE RECOVERY.INSTRUCTIONS.STGPOOL Remember that your DR plan should be abl

Re: error message

2000-08-17 Thread Palmadesso Jack
I may be indicating you are low on disk space Jack -Original Message- From: Oscar Kolsteren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 3:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: error message Hi all, I've got a H70 + TSM 3.7.3 and I'm now starting a fresh backup of all the

Re: Backupsets appear empty on client

2000-08-17 Thread Barth, Terry V. (MBS)
You can restore just a file - you have to tell it where - ex: First you have to tell it the drive the tape is located in - ex - our drive 1 in one of our ATL robots is dev/rmt/0mt - Then the location of the file :\winnt\system32\odbc.ini Best thing to do is to look at the Admin book of the pla

Re: DRM prpare files

2000-08-17 Thread Talafous, John G.
By design, the Disaster Recovery Manager creates one file. However, this file is actually a number of files concatenated together. I'm not sure about other installations, but the Network Storage Manager 3466 implementation comes with a sample awk script to break the disaster recovery plan file dow

DRM prpare files

2000-08-17 Thread Henrik Hansson
Maybe a silly question but; When I do a DRM Prepare I get the PlanFile.description file in my defined path. (I've defined the paths as follows...Recovery Plan Prefix: /xx/u/server/recoveryplans/) Is this the only file that DRM creates to help with the disaster/recovery?? The rpp. files I

Re: error message

2000-08-17 Thread Clarence Beukes
Hi Oscar. Normally the install path for the ADSM/TSM server is /usr/lpp//bin, and normally this is the same destination path you would assign for the volume history file in your dsmserv.opt. I had a problem like this before and it turned out that the filesystem: /usr was 100% ful

SAN and Tape Drives

2000-08-17 Thread Viliam Varga
Hi, we want to implement a small SAN (2 TSM servers on Sun Solaris, 1 Disk Array, 1 Tape Library), and we have a problem with HBA QLogic QLA2200. Tape support option on QLA2200 is enabled, but from Solaris I see only disks and I can't see tape drives. What is wrong? Does anybody have similar pro