Re: SAN Solution

2001-03-13 Thread Suad Musovich
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 07:47:11AM -0800, Gill, Geoffrey L. wrote: > I've been asked to investigate a SAN solution and wonder if someone can give > me some info. Currently we are backing up over the network to TSM 4.1.2.0 > which runs on an H50, AIX 4.3.3 with an automated 3494. If anyone is > cur

Re: Oracle Database Backups

2001-03-13 Thread Thomas A. La Porte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The answer to this particular question is probably not all that informative. Whether or not your are running a "typical" scenario is less important than whether you are running a scenario that works best for your business. The question that most need

Re: Oracle Database Backups

2001-03-13 Thread Stephen Mackereth
Hello Jane, you can backup an oracle database full or incremental using Oracle's RMAN tool or a 3rd party product like BMC's SQL Back-Track. both have advantages and disadvantages (like all products). it really depends on so many factors, like the time taken to backup 2 Tb database. what else t

Re: Backup Sets

2001-03-13 Thread Joerg Pohlmann/CanWest/IBM
Yes, from the command line b/a client. Once at the tsm> prompt type help and you will find the syntax to restore a single file. You will need to specify the complete path name. Joerg Pohlmann Jane Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 2001-03-13 01:38:21 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Sto

Oracle Database Backups

2001-03-13 Thread Jane Doe
Given the following scenario, Full DB backup on SAT Incremental backup on Sun-Fri If I have a huge database, say 2 TB, Is this a typical scenario as far as schedules are concerned? ___ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemounta

Re: Oracle Database Backups

2001-03-13 Thread Shekhar Dhotre
there is no full/incremental in TSM .. Jane Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 03/13/2001 04:41:11 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Oracle Database Backu

? on export/import using network attached file systems

2001-03-13 Thread Steve Bennett
Here is one for all you *SM wizards. I asked this question of TSM support and the answer was "duh, I don't know if you can do that". Maybe the list participants will know better. *SM Server1 is ADSM v3.1.2.50 running on AIX 4.2.1. *SM Server2 is TSM 4.1.2 running on Win2000. Fileserver1 is runnin

Backup Sets

2001-03-13 Thread Jane Doe
Is it possible to restore a single from from a backupset without restoring the entire set? ___ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/

Re: SAN Solution

2001-03-13 Thread James Thompson
I don't quite understand what you mean that the 3494 does not have SAN capability. You can most certainly use a 3494 in a SAN environment. The SAN is where the data movement happens. The 3494 'just' puts tapes into the drives and manages the library inventory. Only your drives need to be on the

Re: : IBM 3494 Automated Tape Library Information needed

2001-03-13 Thread Cook, Dwight E
I might add, now and again I'd label lots of tapes 400 or more... naturally I want to get it done as fast as possible... fastest way is to split them up across 4 "dsmlabel" jobs, at that rate the gripper never rests some of those times I'd classify as a pretty good stress test and the atl's here h

Re: Multi Session on same client.

2001-03-13 Thread James Thompson
With the 3.7 or 4.1 client you can specify the RESOURCEUTILIZATION option that will do what you desire. That option when set will open multiple sessions with the TSM server. The DOMAIN option is on a filesystem basis, so if you want to backup both your c drive and your d drive you can specify 'D

Re: Point-In-Time Restore

2001-03-13 Thread Andy Raibeck
Allen, What causes a directory to appear as changed is operating system and/or file system dependent. We check for changed directories the same as we do for files. Modification date may be a very common indicator of a changed directory. For example, by moving a file in or out of a directory on my

TDP for Domino and Windows 2000 backup problems

2001-03-13 Thread Mark S.
I've got a client who is running TDP for Domino (version 1.1.1, I believe) on both Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers. His NT boxes back up his .NSF files just fine, but his 2000 boxes only get a handful of backups nightly, when he should be getting several hundred .NSF files backing up each nigh

Re: archive

2001-03-13 Thread James Thompson
Unfortunately that can't be done. You can not archive inactive copies of files. Only active copies with the generate backupset command. James Thompson >From: "Galvin, Laura L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: archiv

Re: Offsite tapes expiration

2001-03-13 Thread Allen Barth
Also give thought to "Is there enough time allocated to reclamation?" Do a scan of the actlog to make sure there isn't something preventing successfull offsite reclamation. An onsite tape with errors or in unavailable status will play havoc with reclamations both offsite and onsite.

Re: Offsite tapes expiration

2001-03-13 Thread Jim Taylor
You state that you are running reclamation. What is the reclamation threshold on your offsite copypool being set to? Check the status of your offsite tapes. If the Pct Util for a volume is less than that of your reclamation threshold, those volumes should be reclaimed(emptied) when you run the

Offsite tapes expiration

2001-03-13 Thread Braich, Raminder
The landscape: IBM 3494 with 4 3590 drives Server TSM 4.1.2 on WIN 2000 ClientTSM 4.1.1 on WIN NT We are not using DRM. However we do have a macro that checks all the tapes which were written to go offsite , ejects the tapes and marks them offsite. This is working fine except

Re: Point-In-Time Restore

2001-03-13 Thread Allen Barth
Andy- You make mention of "Depending on how often your directories change, this could potentially impact the size of our TSM database." What is the definition of when a directory changes. We've got some dirs that haven't changed since inception with respect to permissions, access right, ACL's,

Re: Dr. Watson in NT after installing TSM4.1

2001-03-13 Thread Francisco Molero
Hi Shekhar, I got the same problem but I could not solve it. One workmate told me this problem is related to language I tried to install choosing the spanish language instead of English one. Also I got this problem in two NT which have got two proccessors. In the one proccess machine I could insta

Re: SAN Solution

2001-03-13 Thread Davidson, Becky
We are currently configured with TSM 4.1.2 running on an S80 and an S7A. We are attached to the tape library (3494 with 12 3590E1A drives) via SAN and a San Data Gateway. It has really been good for us. You have to make sure that you use the fibre runtime and I think uninstall the other runtim

Re: Transfer rate in TSM 4.1 OS/390

2001-03-13 Thread Petr Přerost
Hi Wilfredo , if you are sure that problem with throughput is in tapes you should check tapeiobufs setting in your server confiruration file - you can speed up tape processing if you are ready to use some extra memory. I recommend to check q db f=d - cache hit and region size in the same time.

Re: Transfer rate in TSM 4.1 OS/390

2001-03-13 Thread Castillo, Wilfredo
Adolph, the drives are Escon connections. We have two (2) channels to the controller. There is not anyone using the tape drives at the same time. Thanks again -- Remitido por WILFREDO CASTILLO/CASTILLOWU/INS/PDVSA con fecha 13/03/2001 13:07 --- [EMAI

Re: Reporting Software

2001-03-13 Thread Rajesh Oak
Chibois, Please forward the address where you plan to post it. It will help us a lot. Regards, Rajesh Oak -- On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:12:54 Chibois, Herve wrote: >I've developped one in PHP and MySQL, will be soon posted > >I store node_occupancy, schedules_logs, db expiration_time, db and log >

Re: SAN Solution

2001-03-13 Thread Palmadesso Jack
Hi Geoff, One of my machines is configured exactly the same way except for the TSM part(in the works.) We have recently installed a large EMC backend for our Solaris and NT machines. I've been asked the same question as you. Here is what I found out. Yes you can backup over a SAN. BUT it curr

SAN Solution

2001-03-13 Thread Gill, Geoffrey L.
I've been asked to investigate a SAN solution and wonder if someone can give me some info. Currently we are backing up over the network to TSM 4.1.2.0 which runs on an H50, AIX 4.3.3 with an automated 3494. If anyone is currently configured and running could you drop me a line please. I'd like to

Re: Transfer rate in TSM 4.1 OS/390

2001-03-13 Thread Richard Sims
>Anyone know about the highest transfer rate in TSM 4.1 OS/390 Server >from OMVS Client through IBM 3494 Magstar 3590?. I have done some >tests. The highest transfer rate that I have reached is 5MB/sec. >Is it the maximum? Wilfredo - The rate you get through an application like TSM is

Re: IBM 3494 Automated Tape Library Information needed

2001-03-13 Thread Thomas A. La Porte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Does anybody know of the price comparison between the dual gripper option and the high availability option on the 3494? It would seem that the HA option on the 3494 would be eminently more useful than the dual gripper option. We, too, have seen simil

Re: Transfer rate in TSM 4.1 OS/390

2001-03-13 Thread Adolph Kahan
Wilfredo, then you need to look at how the drives are connected Escon or Ficon - how many connections to the controller. Was anything else using tape drives at the same time? I'm seeing rates around 20MB/sec which after compression would be about 7-8MB/sec. Adolph - Original Message - Fr

Re: Reporting Software

2001-03-13 Thread Chibois, Herve
I've developped one in PHP and MySQL, will be soon posted I store node_occupancy, schedules_logs, db expiration_time, db and log used_pages in my MySQL db and creates charts and html tables for daily / Monthly reporting Here is a sample output rv > -Message d'origine- > De : Marc Levit

Re: Transfer rate in TSM 4.1 OS/390

2001-03-13 Thread Castillo, Wilfredo
Thanks Adolph, The drives are 3590 E and I am using drives hardware compression. Wilfredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] con fecha 13/03/2001 10:02:00 Destinatarios: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@Internet CC: (cci: WILFREDO CASTILLO/CASTILLOWU/INS/PDVSA) Asunto: Re: Transfer rate in TSM 4.1 OS/390 You di

Reporting Software

2001-03-13 Thread Marc Levitan
Has anyone used a TSM or third party Reporting software to help with TSM trending, forecasting, reporting, charting, etc??? I know there is Tivoli Decision Support, and CA Vantage TSM Interface, and others... Any recommendations would be great! Marc Levitan Senior LAN Engineer PFPC Global Fund

Re: Transfer rate in TSM 4.1 OS/390

2001-03-13 Thread Adolph Kahan
You didn't mention which model of 3590 drive. The B models have a maximum native transfer rate of 9MB/sec and the E's have a maximum of 14MB/SEC. How are the drives attached to your OS/390 system? Are you using TSM compression or are you using the drives hardware compression? These can all impact

Re: IBM 3494 Automated Tape Library Information needed

2001-03-13 Thread Palmadesso Jack
We also have serveral 3494s. I would also recommend them. It was my understanding from our CE that when you get the dual gripper you also loose the top and bottom rows of tape storage. I'd rather have the space so we opted not to get the dual gripper. -Original Message- From: Richard

Transfer rate in TSM 4.1 OS/390

2001-03-13 Thread Castillo, Wilfredo
Anyone know about the highest transfer rate in TSM 4.1 OS/390 Server from OMVS Client through IBM 3494 Magstar 3590?. I have done some tests. The highest transfer rate that I have reached is 5MB/sec. Is it the maximum? I appreciate your help, Wilfredo Castillo Data Center Intesa - Caracas, Venez

Re: IBM 3494 Automated Tape Library Information needed

2001-03-13 Thread Richard Sims
We have a 3494 with a dual gripper. Based upon experience, I'd recommend not getting a dual gripper unless you have a high frequency of tape transitions. I'd expect that few shops have that kind of usage, and would find the tape cells otherwise lost to dual gripper equipage to be far more valuab

Re: exclude doesn't work

2001-03-13 Thread Chibois, Herve
Hi Joost, open a dos session and type the following c:\dos > dsmc dsmc> q inclexcl this command show you which include/exclude rules TSM has undestood in your dsm.opt file is not ok, check the DSM_CONFIG env var then open the registry and check the parameter for 'TSM scheduler' service HLKM\Sy

Re: exclude doesn't work

2001-03-13 Thread Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,FC-SIL/INF.
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Antwort: FW: exclude doesn't work

2001-03-13 Thread Holger Bitterlich
Joost, I `m running the same Client Version, but never saw this, so far. Maybe it`s not an Client problem ? Syntax is checked ? We`re using mainly the same exclude statements in TSM 4.1 as we do in 3.7/3.1. Good luck, HBit Bitte antworten an "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An:

Re: Library capacity

2001-03-13 Thread Sharp, Neil (London)
Ah that age old problem. I have got around this by writing a AIX script that I run daily which interogates that ATL to find of the following : * Number of SCRATCH volumes in ADSM * Number of PRIVATE volumes in ADSM * Number of tapes in library that can be checked into ADSM *

FW: exclude doesn't work

2001-03-13 Thread Janse, JI (Joost)
> Hello, > > We're installing TSM4.1.1.16 on a Windows NT client (4.0 SP6a). In the > dsm.opt we added a few exclude statements according the guided > recommandations. Using the GUI, the exclude works fine. However, when we > try to do a scheduled back-up (of course after stopping/starting the > s

R?f:Re: SQL-Backtrack OBSI Module (via TSM API) for Oracle

2001-03-13 Thread Alain Ricois
Hello I have a problem which looks like yours Before Y2000, I have upgraded obsi to version 2.5 without problem. I'm working on a desaster recovery plan. After restoring on a test server (Sun Solaris) all the files saved from the production server, reinstalling and customizing the SQLBT

Antwort: Notes backup

2001-03-13 Thread Holger Bitterlich
we do it like that: offline script: set logdir=c:\ssw\ibm\adsm\log\offline_nt_notes.log date /t > %logdir% time /t >> %logdir% echo Stopping Lotus Notes Services >> %logdir% echo + >> %logdir% c:\notes\notes server -q >> %logdir% wait 600 echo Starting offlinebackup