I've seen that several times. It seems to be a SW Problem. Did you open a
problem record?
Mit freundlichen Grüssen, with kind regards
Javier Echave
IBM ITS SWS AIX + Linux
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We have 2 STK 9310 Libraries (Powderhorn) controlled by a single ACSLS running
on Solaris.
One library is home of 8 9840 drives attached to RS/6000 S7A via SCSI, the
other is home of 8 3590E drives attached to a different S7A via fibre channel
(switched). All drives are used exclusively by 2 x 2 T
I usually just do ...
echo "/usr/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1" | at now
There should be a soft link in /usr/bin/dsmc to the long, ugly path
version, and you might want to set passwordaccess generate (and do a
manual command, like "dsmc q sched" first, to generate the stored
password) so you d
PERFLIB is related to NT performance monitor (perfmon). My guess is that
DSMCPERF.DLL provides some TSM-related counters for Perfmon to look at. Or,
since the registry key has EVENTLOG in the path, it is related to the NT
Event Log, and you might get errors in the Event Log saying "can't find
de
Indeed it is too bad TSM (or Veritas or Legato) doesn't supply a
notification mechanism. It's pretty simple for our UNIX clients to notify
themselves, but for others, not so easy.
We load a DB2 database every morning with info from TSM server databases
(we've got 8 servers). Then we run a scrip
Wanda,
I will explain what the situation is.
This is the scene at my workplace.
Present client base: 90% MAC 10% PCs.
Present Backup : Retrospect.
This backup software has been set up to notify the User after the Backup is done by
Popping up a screen or message on the screen which says " You were
Alexandre, IBM will not be certifying these cards to work with TAPE as these
cards do not support FC-TAPE. You need to get a card that supports FC-TAPE.
JNI has a new level of card coming out this month with FC-TAPE support, but
they have yet to receive certification from IBM. You should be able t
Hi guys,
Thanks for all that helped me... the problem was: JNI FC adapter was set to
FC-AL mode when it should be set to FC-SW mode... once I changed it in
fcaw.conf, and rebooted the E3500, Solaris could "see" the devices !
But I have another problem for you guys:
Solaris (2.7) recognizes the
I am testing Novell client 3.7.2 for a Novell 3.12 server. I went to
restore the bindery and receive the following
message: This restore object not yet implemented
Is there a fix for this? I can't go to version 4 clients because it
does not support 3.12 The client that I have
change company :-)
"Ghanekar, Prasanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 03/15/2001
03:56:10 PM
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Shekhar,
You are absolutely correct But I'm in desperate need of Vitamin M. If you
can take care of it then I'm all for it.
Prasanna
-Original Message-
From: Shekhar Dhotre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ADSM Ship sur
(Not speaking from experience here, yet...)
(Assuming AIX, though the original question didn't say.)
Any devices that use TSM-provided drivers will need to be redefined
after the upgrade. The note below from Shekhar suggests it would be
wise to delete the devices in SMIT before installing the n
Prassana ,
Don't you think this is not time to reinstall adsm , and you should be at TSM
4.1.x.x :-)
Regards
Shekhar Dhotre .
Sr. Sys Admin
Bayer Corporation (Diag Division )
MA-02052.
"Ghanekar, Prasanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 03/15/2001
03:04:37 PM
Please respond to
This wouldn't be a problem backing up the shadow password file. It's
trying to use passwd file lookups (which when running as root will
consult /etc/security/passwd too) and dying in there somewhere.
It also shouldn't be files owned by UIDs not in the passwd file. I
have a pair of servers with
Everyone,
Thank you so much for Helping me get the ADSM server back to life. I had to
re-install the server with v 3.1.2.90. Everything runs OK except the central
scheduler which is configured to run as a service. After a while, it gives
me Dr. Watson error and stops, server continues to work.
B
Does anyone know an select command or any way that can tell how much active
data a particular client has? Presently we have to run an export node of
active data with the preview option.
Bill Sherrill
Analyst International Corporation
We have insisted the the client CONTACT information contain an e-mail
address for this very reason.
Wanda,
Would you care to share your e-mail generation routine?
TIA,
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927
The problem is the spaces in your filepath. If you enclose the filepath in
quotes, it will work for you.
tsm> restore backupset test.2951293 "\\erms_ws06\c$\\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON
FILES\
MICROSOFT SHARED\CLIPART\AUTOSHAP\BD18196_.WMF"
Stephen Firmes, Storage Management Specialist
Articulent In
Alright,
One of my intrepid coworkers opened a case with Tivoli about this
error. I'll attach the e-mail from them, but in a nutshell:
- This is an error only being seen on AIX clients.
- "This problem has been observed at 4.1.1 and 3.7.2.X levels including
patch level 3.7.2.15."
-
I will be out of the office starting 03/15/2001 and will not return until
03/19/2001.
I will respond to your message as soon as I return.
I have tested restoring partial data from a backup set. It appears that I
am limited to how far down the path I can restore from.
For example,
I can successfully restore:
tsm> restore backupset bksettape.43448461 \\adsmtst\c$\program files
However, when I try to restore the following:
tsm> rest
I have recently tested it on local and remote (64k WAN) backups/restores...
Its hard to tell if its working really.. It just happens!!
Its definately worth having a go... but bear in mind that your first cut
backup could take hourzzz! (If your
network is ch
Regarding my other question about TSM vs. Connected,
has anyone started using the subfile feature of the 4.1 server and
4.1 Win** clients? Are you using it for mobile clients or in house or both?
Was it any trouble to implement? How about restores?
Thanks in advance for any info,
--
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I don't think this is a passwd file problem, as we get them frequently in
SQL-BT, and at this time the user has signed on. However I do think it
does have something to do with authentication. FYI we also get these with
SQL-BT for MS SQL server on NT.
Andrea Campi
- I really beg Your pardon to the *SM-List -
It wasn't ment to "spam" You all.
//Gunnar
Has anyone compared Connected (www.connected.com) with TSM?
We are looking into Connected to back up our mobile users when
they are offsite. I have only seen the one hour demo, but I was impressed.
The backup sends only the parts of files that are changed like the
subfile feature in tsm 4.1. C
Part of the problem is, who is the "user".
Under WinnT, scheduled backups generally run under the System account. Any
USER account may or may not be logged on at the time backups are run. On
UNIX, the backups generally run as root.
What we do is query the eventlog on the server end, and genera
I have found that there is a problem with the dsmapipw on Solaris systems.
To get around it, instead of using the dsmapipw utility, I log into the
client and set the password there for the api.
Brenda
-Original Message-
From: Ross Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March
Thanks for Your answer, John
It felt fine that at least someone wanted to give me some "moral support" on this
matter.
;-)
I Started today with two of the servers and it seems to run along fine.
Be Well !
//Gunnar
John Monahan wrote:
> I used TSMCLEAN on 2 different NT 4 server clients.
Herve,
I believe the defs are correct because the export starts and runs for a
while. It has done from 500mb to 1.8gb before failing in my several
attempts. I really believe this has to do with exporting data from
server1 to a server2 when the data being exported is stored in virtual
vols on serv
Hi,
the following query takes a very short time (seconds):
select node_name as "Node_Name", -
platform_name,client_os_level as "OS-LVL", -
char(client_version,2) as "VV", -
char(client_release,2) as "RR", -
char(client_level,2) as "LL", -
domain_name,option_set, date(LASTACC_TIME
When you encounter that error, check your password files in /etc/adsm.
The password file will be named the same as your SERVERNAME for the stanza
in DSM.SYS which your UBD backups use. If the password file is missing,
then you need to figure out how it is getting deleted. If the date has
changed
I have experienced this before , upgrade deletes all drive info , and if you
try to reconfigure it ,
using smit tivoli ..you can`t
you have to
1) delete drives from ODM use odmdelete .. (#rmdev -dl rmtx --does not work
)
2) run cfgmgr
3)smit tivoli-add -tape-add drives .will give you mt0--m
Hi Ofer,
to say it with Tivoli own words:
"The DRM code has been stabilized on level 3.1.2.20."
Or in plain english: It is no longer supported for TSM v4.1. :-(
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Met vriendelijke groeten,
With best regards,
Bien amicalement,
CU/2,
Dirk Billerbeck
Di
Marc,
Here is an example of how to restore a single file from a backupset.
Hope this helps.
tsm> restore backupset test.2951293 \\erms_ws06\c$\jim\setup.exe
Restore function invoked.
ANS1247I Waiting for files from the server...
Restoring 45,568 \\erms_ws06\c$\jim\SETUP.EXE [Done]
Re
Hello Stefano,
performance tuning isn't easy but after what I have learned there are some
parameters that can have a great impact on backup/restore performance:
On the client side:
- Increase the value for TXNBYTELIMIT (e.g. 25600 according to the old ADSM
v3.1 performance tuning guide)
- Incre
Hello Alex,
this is not always true. As far as I remember the AIX readme you have to
redefine your devices because the update will delete them. So write them
down first...
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Met vriendelijke groeten,
With best regards,
Bien amicalement,
CU/2,
Dirk Billerbe
Is anyone sharing a library between two or more instances of ADSM/TSM via
ACSLS. The key here is ACSLS and multiple instances of ADSM/TSM. I am
not concerned with the specific library (but tell me what you do have), what
I am looking for is if you have more than one ADSM/TSM server sharing a S
Hi , I*%ve upgraded my Netware Server from 3.7 to IP22152_13 and it*%s very
easy to do it. There are no restrictions to do it. Upgrading is easy as
install new.
But one thing is important. You must delete the old directory first, so
that there are no entries ore directories like tivoli or tsm.
You
Hi Stefano,
What do you prefer, a fast backup or a reliable one ?
Some people say that TSM is the lowest backup solution
on the market. You may find some sites where NSR or NBU
is faster than TSM, but how many companies are no longer
able to use their NSR backup system because it is over
loaded ?
>ANR4556W Attention: the database backup operation did not
> free sufficient recovery log space to lower utilization
> below the database backup trigger.
David - Sounds like there were busy sessions or processes running
when the DB backup was attempted. The situation indi
>Here is what I am typing to try to get one file restored from the
>backup set:
>
>TSM>restore backupset bksettape.43448461 sourcefilespec c:
> \winnt\cookies\mm2048.dat
Notice in the manual that the word "sourcefilespec" is in
italics. If you refer to the front of the manual, in
Conventions Use
Change customer's mind.
Stefano Massi
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Stor Manager"
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Hi There,
I need to implement DRM on several of my computers in the campus.
I am working with the document in the tivoli site "ADSM V3 DRM Disk
Image Dump and Restore"
and it seem to be not that relevant for the latest TSM release.
Is there any new document regarding the DRM on TSM version 4.1.
Hi all,
we are using TDP for SAP R/3 v3.1.0.4 for NT/Oracle, on a client connected
to a TSM Server 4.1.2.0 (Windows NT) through a Gigabit network. An online
backup of the whole DB (about 130 MB), directly to DLT tapes with two
sessions, lasts over 2 hours, that means about 60 GB/h.
Before migrat
Hi Roy
You should be able to install the code with almost no intervention. The
drives wont need reconfiguring, it would be as simple as upgrading from
3.7.0 to 3.7.1 for instance
Regards
Alex
Roy Lake
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> after upgrade TSM server to 4.1.2 ( NT ) there appear big performance
> problems with retrieve .
There have been numerous customer complaints posted on the List
about Archive/Retrieve performance after upgrading. If you
find no instructions in the Readme file regarding Archive/Retrieve
accommo
Hi Chaps,
Its coming to that time of the year where we have to think about upgrading our TSM
server from 3.7.x to 4.1.x.
Can you please confirm what this process involves?.
I understand that we have to re-define the licences, but do we also have to re-define
the library, and drives, etc?.
An
David,
From the message manual:
If a database backup operation does not free up enough
recovery log space to reset utilization below the database backup trigger,
the recovery log needs to be extended or the database backup trigger
updated
to a higher log full percentage.
You should check thes
Hi Joerg & *SMers,
What would be a sample syntax of the partial restore command? I have since
tried restoring a client via command line and can only restore the FULL
Restore.
Here is what I am typing to try to get one file restored from the backup
set:
BACKUPSET=BKSETTAPE.43448461
CLIENT=ADSMTS
Take a look at the dsm.opt that the TDP is using-- there may be something afoul
with the inclexcl statements.
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Hello,
I am running 4.1.2.0 and my problem is:
ANR4556W Attention: the database backup operation did not
free sufficient recovery log space to lower
utilization
below the database backup trigger. The recovery
log size
Amir,
1. Make sure you are using the correct
NODENAME in the dsm.opt file.
2. What happens if you enter:
DOMDSMC Query DBBackup *
Do you see the backups here?
3. Does you server name have any unique or
strange characters?
If you cannot resolve this, you should call
IBM/Tivoli
Does anyone in this field use Tivoli SANergy?
If so, can you please tell me in what kind of environment?
Thanks in advance,
Henk ten Have.
Well ,
but restore of the same node is without problems - expand of directory level
take seconds and in retrieve
this takes 10 - 15 minutes. It seems that there is different db access
between restore and retrieve -
and I just now installed in one client TSM server for very large archive
processing
Hi Petr,
If your TSM server is well sized, I'm afraid, you can't get this kind of
request be faster.
The GUI is slow and needs to completely query ALL the files of a tree-level
before displaying it
For really-big nodes, prefer the CLI.
Is your TSM server heavily loaded when you retrieve your fi
Hello ,
after upgrade TSM server to 4.1.2 ( NT ) there appear big performance
problems with retrieve .
TSM server is small ( DB is 2.5 GB ) but one of client archives monthly NTFS
directory containing
about 200 000 files. When I tried to retrieve group of files with GUI
client - expand of each le
Mark,
Did you check to make sure databases are not
getting excluded in the dsm.opt file?
Are you using the "domdsmc incremental",
in which case it will only backing up the
changed databases...
Are subdirectories getting processed?
Does your backup command use the -subdir=yes option?
Check to se
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