mail job status for backup/restore completion/error

2000-10-03 Thread ameerul madzali
Friends, Can TSM / TDP do mail job status for backup/restore? regards Ameerul _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at

Message ANS1194E ?

2000-10-03 Thread Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,FC-SIL/INF.
Hello, does anybody knows how to find explanation for message ANS1194E, i tried help in dsmadmc and dsmc. Nothing in manual GC35-0271-04. Thanks, René Lambelet Nestec S.A. / Informatique du Centre 55, av. Nestlé CH-1800 Vevey (Switzerland) *+41(021) 924 3543 7 +41 (021) 924 4589 * B 133

Re: 'AUDIT VOLUME Fix=Yes' on primary disk pool volume

2000-10-03 Thread Richard Sims
Solaris 2.6 5/98, ADSM 3.1.2.20 Server - After a night of successful backups to the primary disk pool, during a morning Migration to tape my ADSM server began reporting read-errors from a specific diskpool volume... ... I cancelled the process in Step 1 after it had listed over 1000 damaged

Re: Oggetto: Message ANS1194E ?

2000-10-03 Thread Alessio Prodon
HI !!! Specifying the schedule log 'link' is a simbolic link is not allowed. Schedule log 'linkname' cannot be a simbolic link. check the location of the new schedule log. To specify the location of the schedule log. Alessio Prodon "Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,FC-SIL/INF." [EMAIL PROTECTED] il

Re: Tapes needed for a restore

2000-10-03 Thread Lawrence Clark
Session established with server BACKUP: AIX-RS/6000 Server Version 3, Release 7, Level 2.0 Server date/time: 10/03/00 08:27:08 Last access: 10/03/00 07:58:51 adsm q show volusage clarkl ANR2000E Unknown command - QUERY SHOW. ANS8001I Return code 2. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/02/00 04:34PM

Apparently succesfull schedule return failed

2000-10-03 Thread Stephanie canon
Hi, I'm running scheduled command on two Notes server. The command stops the Notes server, runs an incremental backup of the server, and then reboot. The return code of the command, in the dsmsched.log is 0, but in the events' list on the server, it is marked as failed. Apparently, the

Question

2000-10-03 Thread Anton Herrero, Angel
Hello, is there anyway to get information about the data you have backed up. I mean how many gb you have backed up from an NT, from all NT's, from an Unix, etc. I'm running ADSM 3.1.2.50 on an OS/390 Server. Best Regards A. Antón

Re: Bulk slots and checkout of Tapes

2000-10-03 Thread Long, Matt
All, There is a new command by TSM under 3.7.3.5 called "untilee=full". This was recently created for Marriott a couple of months ago by Tivoli. It should allow you to check out tapes into the bulk I/O. Upon a full door it will stop processing. You will then have to re-execute the

Re: Tapes needed for a restore

2000-10-03 Thread Lawrence Clark
Hi: The select mentioned previously work, except add a distinct after the select to just show a volume once. adsm select distinct node_name,volume_name,stgpool_name from volumeusage where node_name='CLARKL' NODE_NAME VOLUME_NAMESTGPOOL_NAME --

Re: Apparently succesfull schedule return failed

2000-10-03 Thread Lawrence Clark
Hi: It may returned failed if the backup completed past its 'window' [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/03/00 08:25AM Hi, I'm running scheduled command on two Notes server. The command stops the Notes server, runs an incremental backup of the server, and then reboot. The return code of the command, in the

Re: Apparently succesfull schedule return failed

2000-10-03 Thread S W Branch
Are you really rebooting the client? Wouldn't that sever the communication connection between the client and server and possibly prevent the sending of a completion message back to the server? Wouldn't that cause the server to think that the scheduled command had failed? Try changing the reboot

Re: Capacity figures not quite working out...why?

2000-10-03 Thread Allen Barth
apples - organges = bananas What I mean by this is your method is flawed. You can't rely on numbers from TSM (selects) and numbers from the 3494 (mtlib) to mean the same things. For example: you did not consider tapes in INSERT mode in the 3494. They indeed take up space but are niether

Show Version

2000-10-03 Thread Ricardo Negrete
Anyone help me with "Show Version" command . I cannot find information about this command. Any Help appreciated. Thanks in Advance. Ricardo Negrete Ingeniero de Sistemas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cientec Integración S.A. Santiago - Chile

Re: Sun StorEdge L20 support

2000-10-03 Thread Joshua S. Bassi
The Sun StorEdge L20 isn't an HP library. I believe it is a StorageTek OEMed library and should work even though it is not on the supported devices list. -- Joshua S. Bassi Senior Technical Consultant Symatrix Technology, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor

Re: Show Version

2000-10-03 Thread Richard Sims
Anyone help me with "Show Version" command . I cannot find information about this command. Ricardo - That's intentional: the Show commands are for developer and support personnel to pursue problem areas, and not for customers to poke around. Some of them can run a long time and

Re: Tapes needed for a restore

2000-10-03 Thread Nancy Reeves
That's the ticket! Thanks everyone. I am also educating myself more on the select command. It is new to me. Also, using 'volumeusage' instead of 'volusage' works with show. Thanks again! Nancy Reeves Technical Support, Wichita State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lawrence Clark [EMAIL

Re: Show Version

2000-10-03 Thread Claudio Cofre Caro
Hi Ricardo, look this: COMMAND PARAMETERS ---- Show version node filespace RESULT: --- Shows filespace, path, name, mgmnt class, status info (node: from a QUERY NODE) (filespace: from a QUERY FILESPACE node) Saludos... Claudio Cofré Caro SA Consultores - Chile

Recovery Plans for servers being backed up on ADSM

2000-10-03 Thread Selva, Perpetua
Hi there , Has someone implemented this.. for any of their servers being backed up.. if so, please let me know on what should i doing to accomplish this.. thanks in advance

Exchange 2000 TDP-follow-up

2000-10-03 Thread Amini, Mehdi
Will Exchange 2000 TDP allow for individual Mailbox restore ? Mehdi Amini ValueOptions, MIS/LAN 703-208-8754 - Voice 703-205-6879 - Fax ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely

MAXschedsessions/maxsessions

2000-10-03 Thread Selva, Perpetua
Hi All, Please let me know how many sessions are allowed at one time with these parameters in place Maximum Sessions: 95 Maximum Scheduled Sessions: 65 Schedule Randomization Percentage: 25 Thanks in advance

Re: TSM Database unload reload

2000-10-03 Thread Doug Thorneycroft
The following is copied from the Windows NT V.3.7 Admin guide Periodically the database size and internal organization can develop to where it is no longer internally efficient. To improve database performance, the database can be unloaded and re-loaded in an optimal manner that will: Improve

deleting onbar logs - continued

2000-10-03 Thread Kai Hintze
A couple of days ago I asked for help deleting informix logs backed up with onbar. Several people suggested that I download the expire program by Christoph Martin. I got the source, and it compiled cleanly, but I'm not having any luck running it. Can someone familiar with the API give me a

Re: Question

2000-10-03 Thread David M. Hendrix
For those who like visual data, the use of gdChart is quite helpful. We nightly ncftp our accouting files (and then filter to 100 days) and the data is available via a simple HTML form based query. Three Perl scripts do the actual charting (based on intervals and such). It's very useful. I

Re: Recovery Plans for servers being backed up on ADSM

2000-10-03 Thread Talafous, John G.
This is something that I too must deal with. The need is to create recovery instructions for all servers being backed up to TSM. We have well over 100 servers that need to have data collected. My first thought is to enlist/solicit the input of all the server admins. Some will cooperate and some

Re: Exchange 2000 TDP-follow-up

2000-10-03 Thread Palmadesso Jack
Here is something from the archives I've dug up. Jack -- This question was also asked at Microsoft Exchange Conference '99 and Microsoft addressed it by saying that they hold their position to NOT introduce it into the "backup and restore" API because of performance issues

dsm.opt setting on AIX

2000-10-03 Thread Lawrence Clark
Hi: Just tried the upgrade to the client TSM 3.7 on the AIX side and get: [backup] /etc # /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmc sched ANS1035S Options file '/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.sys' not found I assume it's looking for the dsm.opt file. It is in the bin directory, but it appears to

Re: dsm.opt setting on AIX

2000-10-03 Thread Palmadesso Jack
Under the Unix clients there are 2 files that are nessasary. You need both the dsm.sys and the dsm.opt. At a minimum you'll need the server name in the dsm.sys on all Unix clients. The reasoning behind it all is because Unix is a multiuser system unlike NT. Each user could customize thier own

Re: Exchange 2000 TDP-follow-up

2000-10-03 Thread Del Hoobler
Mehdi, The procedure for restoring a mailbox within Exchange 2000 will be to restore the database within the Storage Group that contains the mailbox. If you are asking about brick-level backup and restore. Then no. In fact, a Microsoft Exchange project manager was asked about when the

Re-use Delay

2000-10-03 Thread Selva, Perpetua
Can someone please explain to me how this parameter works and is this connected somehow to the no.of versions kept in the database..? Thanks in Advance

Re: Re-use Delay

2000-10-03 Thread Raul Giraldo Suarez
Hi Selva. After a volumen reachs a 0% of use by some process like reclamation, its status is set pending. Reuse delay indicates number of days tha a volumen keeps status pending. After, volume will be a scratch tape again. Regards Raul Giraldo Suarez TSM Bancolombia "Selva, Perpetua"

Server not responding... Need help

2000-10-03 Thread James Healy
Hello everyone, I've hit a situation I've never encountered before. My TSM server(rs6000 70 v3.7 had crashed yesterday. We restarted it and it comes backup but will not allow an sessions to be established with it. I'm getting ans1017e messages and ans8023e messages. Thes messages state there

Re: Re-use Delay

2000-10-03 Thread Remeta, Mark
You should set your re-use delay to how many days you keep your database backups. The idea is not to use a tape that, if you needed to restore your database to today-n days, may still have valid data on it. TSM does not erase a tape that has become scratch. Only the entries in the database are

Re: Re-use Delay

2000-10-03 Thread Sam Sheppard
Top of message -- 10-03-00 11:12 S.SHEPPARD (SHS)Re: Re-use Delay Keeps the volume from being scratched, being written over, and then having a disaster in which the server database is restored to a point in time when the

Re: TSM Database unload reload

2000-10-03 Thread Richard Sims
The following is copied from the Windows NT V.3.7 Admin guide [chapter 18] Periodically the database size and internal organization can develop to where it is no longer internally efficient. To improve database performance, the database can be unloaded and re-loaded in an optimal manner that

Re: Server not responding... Need help

2000-10-03 Thread Forgosh, Seth
I had a similar problem. We halted the server and couldn't get it to completely load again. It hung loading the recovery log. Anyway, the solution was to apply the latest fixtest (not released) from Tivoli. You can find it on their FTP server. Seth Forgosh -Original Message- From: James

Re: SAN support in TSM 4.1

2000-10-03 Thread Alex Paschal
Actually, Maria, I've never done it, and in fact, I don't even know if it _can_ be done. I only vaguely recall reading something about it. I've been considering researching it because it might solve some issues for us, but so far I haven't had the time. I said "see if" because it would

Re: dsm.opt setting on AIX

2000-10-03 Thread Andy Hynes
Move the dsm.sys file from /usr/lpp/adsm/bin to that directory - should work. Andy Lawrence Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 03/10/2000 17:58:36 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: Server not responding... Need help

2000-10-03 Thread Richard Sims
I'm getting ans1017e messages and ans8023e messages. Jim - The 8023 says you can't establish an admin session. I would try starting the server interactively, in the foreground, and see what Activity Log messages are produced. You might also do an errpt to see if anything there, or if a

Re: Server not responding... Need help

2000-10-03 Thread Steffan Rhoads
James, you can kill restart the TSM server -- sometimes this will get the TCP/IP port back. Otherwise you need to reset the system. Steffan James Healy wrote: Hello everyone, I've hit a situation I've never encountered before. My TSM server(rs6000 70 v3.7 had crashed yesterday. We

Re: dsm.opt setting on AIX

2000-10-03 Thread Steven P Roder
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Andy Hynes wrote: Move the dsm.sys file from /usr/lpp/adsm/bin to that directory - should work. Don't move itmake a link... Lawrence Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 03/10/2000 17:58:36 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: Question

2000-10-03 Thread David M. Hendrix
Since the listserv did not allow the attachment, I did the simple user thing and did a quick build of a page. If you're interested in what gdChart can do with the accounting data, check: http://home.sprynet.com/~thfamily/index.html Thanks, David Hendrix [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daniel Swan/TM

Re: extending an archive's retention period

2000-10-03 Thread Cook, Dwight E
You are correct ! look at it as a safety feature... if you could extend it, that would imply being able to alter it in general which could lead to early deletion with a reduction in duration. Sooo you have to retrieve it and re-archive it with the retention they really wanted to begin with :-(

Re: Server not responding... Need help

2000-10-03 Thread Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM
I had a very similar exprience (except I did a normal halt) and ended up having to recycle the AIX system. With the server not running, ports 1500 and 1580 were showing in use (aixnetstat -a | grep 1500, if I remember correctly), and my SysAdmin (who, in my opinion, sits at the right hand of the

Offsite copy

2000-10-03 Thread Gies, Joanne
Have 3.7 TSM. Backup 45 servers. No collocation on tapes. Want to create a special schedule where three of those servers run a quarterly backup to tape and tape is sent off site. No other servers have offsite tapes. Looking through all the GUI interface screens I cannot see how to do this. Any

Re: TSM Database unload reload

2000-10-03 Thread Tab Trepagnier
Richard, Well put. When I wanted to distribute DB/log usage to include new volumes that I had just added, I ensured that I had sufficient empty space on the new disks, then deleted the DB and log vols from another disk. ADSM copied the data to the new volumes on the new disks, effectively

Re: Capacity and Storage Space on our Tape Library

2000-10-03 Thread Prather, Wanda
Not really. The storage pool tapes are usually not 100% full. As different files have different numbers of backup versions, some of those tapes have less and less good data; their %reclaimable value goes up over time. So you can't count on all the tapes in the library being 100% full. I usually

TSM 3.7.0 API problem

2000-10-03 Thread Thomas Denier
We have been attempting to get SQL-BackTrack working with a TSM 3.7.0.0 client. The installation verification tests fail with a barrage of messages about unresolved symbols and modules. I built the API sample program. When I attempted to run the sample program it failed with a nearly identical

Re: Offsite copy

2000-10-03 Thread Prather, Wanda
Look in the ADMIN COMMAND reference (for the server, not the client) at the GENERATE BACKUPSET command. I think that would be the best way to do what you want. -Original Message- From: Gies, Joanne [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 4:00 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: Server not responding... Need help

2000-10-03 Thread James Healy
Thanks Seth, I talked to tivoli and they gave me 3.7.3.6 and the server is now up and running but why the crash out of no wher. I now have a huge core dump to pour over. Almost looks like it was a memory allocation problem from early peeks at the dump. Anyone else hit this and actually come

Getting permission bit information from ADSM

2000-10-03 Thread Thomas Denier
An administrator for a Unix ADSM client came to me today with an odd request. He has reason to believe that permissions on large numbers of files have been altered, but thinks the contents of the files are intact. He wanted to know whether there is a way to get information about permission bits

Re: Offsite copy

2000-10-03 Thread Gies, Joanne
Thank you. I shall check into that! -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 1:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Offsite copy Look in the ADMIN COMMAND reference (for the server, not the client) at the GENERATE BACKUPSET

retain extra versions

2000-10-03 Thread Rob Schroeder
Hi, I am running ADSM server version 3.1 on the AS/400 and am having problems with the server not retaining extra backup copies. It is keeping the set number of versions correctly for both existing and deleted files, however I am not retaining the extra backup copies for 30 days as we have it

Re: Getting permission bit information from ADSM

2000-10-03 Thread Richard Sims
An administrator for a Unix ADSM client came to me today with an odd request. He has reason to believe that permissions on large numbers of files have been altered, but thinks the contents of the files are intact. He wanted to know whether there is a way to get information about permission bits

Re: Bulk slots and checkout of Tapes

2000-10-03 Thread Arturo Lopez
Hello All We have played around with bulk checkout in our library. We only have ten recovery slots in our test library, single frame. What we did was have our local IBM CE perform a teach to convert 20 internal slots to IO recovery slots. This allows us to skip a day or two to remove any

Re: extending an archive's retention period

2000-10-03 Thread Eric Tang
If all the archives are under the same archive copygroup, you can modify retention of the corresponding archive copygroup. However, all other backup archived via that archive copygroup will also be affected. So, retrieve and archive them again is an alternative. Thanks. Regards, Eric Tang

Re: Re-use Delay

2000-10-03 Thread Selva, Perpetua
So what is the purpose of having them set to that parameter.. I don't see much use of it if it becomes scratch anyway.. -Original Message- From: Raul Giraldo Suarez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re-use Delay Hi