Monthly TSM FAQ March 2003

(Sorry for the repost, folks. My copy of the post was missing carriage returns in a bunch of place, so I decided to repost. Apologies to those for whom it looked all right the first time.) This Frequently Asked Question list for the ADSM-L mailing list is posted on the first day of each month. It

Re: TSM and Groupwise

From: David E Ehresman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Anyone backing up Groupwise postoffice boxes using TSM? If > so, are you using an open file manager that works? We're on > Groupwise 6 and TSM 5.1.6.2 Yes. In fact, using an open file manager is the only way to correctly backup GroupWise data

Monthly TSM FAQ March 2003

This Frequently Asked Question list for the ADSM-L mailing list is posted on the first day of each month. It was created to cut down on the number of questions that are repeated regularly in the ADSM-L mailing list from vm.marist.edu. I would be grateful for any requests to include additional mater

Re: Hung Client/Filespaces

Hi Zoltan Forray, Could you elaborate the steps which is suggested by IBM support person for recycling the TSM server. Thanks, chandrasekhar Tivoli Certified Consultant(TSM) -Original Message- From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:08 PM To:

Re: Problem while using "move drmedia"

We are currently seeing the following situation with the 5.1.5 version of TSM: We have multiple backup clients writing to the same primary disk storage pool. The migration threshold is reached and a migration is started to the next LTO tape storage pool. While the migration process is waiting fo

Re: Errors on 3590 K tapes

Zoltan, What level of microcode did you upgrade to? We have an installation of 4 of these drives scheduled in two weeks. thanks, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: > Sounds a lot like what I was seeing when we got our "new to us" 3590E1A > drives. > > The problem was the microcode level. It was way be

Re: Problem while using "move drmedia"

Thanks for the info. As I recall, the search=yes parm was working correctly for me in 3.1 and 3.7 of ADSM. But that was at a time where I was the sole user of the 3494, so it very well could have been a non-discovered bug for me. It was back then when I created my script to only label/checkin a

Re: Errors on 3590 K tapes

Sounds a lot like what I was seeing when we got our "new to us" 3590E1A drives. The problem was the microcode level. It was way behind and caused all kinds of grief. 2/3 of our new tapes were unlabelable. The drive would load the tape and spin for ever until it timed out. Once the microcode/firmw

Errors on 3590 K tapes

We are running a 4.2.3.2 TSM server under OS/390. We have four 3590 tape drives that were and are working well with 3590 J tapes (the ones with 20 GB capacity without compression). We are in the process of migrating our onsite storage pools to 3590 K tapes (the ones with 40 GB capacity without comp

Re: TSM 5.1.6.2 and AIX client 5.1.1.0

The easiest thing to do would be to kill and restart the TSM client scheduler process. -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant -ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: "messed up" q pr status text & help text

I opened a PMR on this issue and was told that it is documented in APAR IC34754 with date of fix still unknown. David >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/03/03 02:07PM >>> Started for us when we installed service to bring us to TSM 5.1.5.4. (AIX 5). Assumed it to be a 'feature'. -Original Message-

Re: TSM 5.1.6.2 and AIX client 5.1.1.0

Any ANR / ANS Messages? Any more details you can provide? -Original Message- From: David E Ehresman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 1:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM 5.1.6.2 and AIX client 5.1.1.0 I just got back from a week off and we are having problems

TSM 5.1.6.2 and AIX client 5.1.1.0

I just got back from a week off and we are having problems with backups not finishing. The backup client is on AIX backup level 5.1.1.0 backing up to an AIX server at TSM level 5.1.6.2. Anyone else seen problems with this combination? David

Re: "messed up" q pr status text & help text

Started for us when we installed service to bring us to TSM 5.1.5.4. (AIX 5). Assumed it to be a 'feature'. -Original Message- From: Coolen, IG (Ilja) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 9:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "messed up" q pr status text & help text Hi

TSM and Groupwise

Anyone backing up Groupwise postoffice boxes using TSM? If so, are you using an open file manager that works? We're on Groupwise 6 and TSM 5.1.6.2 David

Re: ACSLS or Native TSM manager

We used to have an STK 9710 that we let TSM manage because it was dedicated to TSM. But we kept having to shut down the library so we could open it to fix problems (at 30 to 60 minutes downtime) that I can do in software on my IBM silos. STK told me that I needed to buy ACSLS to get software contro

Re: configuring a disk storage volume how

I just checked the AIX books, the maximum file size up to AIX 4.3.3 is 64 Gb, you will have to use AIX 5 and jfs2 to go beyond this limit Etienne GUILLAUMONT e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] RGB Technologie Parc d'Innovation, Bâtiment PYTHAGORE 11 Rue Jean SAPIDUS 67400 ILLKIRCH Tél : 03 90 40 60 60

Journal Service Question

Your errorlog indicates that the journal service was shut down because an i/o error occurred while updating a journal entry. The precise meaning of return code 27 is that a seek was attempted to an offset greater than 2 gig in the journal db file, which essentially means that the journal db grew t

Old BACKUPSETs won't delete

TIA for the help! ... Jack Back when these volumes were created I was on TSM server 4.1.3 on Windows NT. Now I am on 4.2.3.1 (windows 2000) and cannot get these volumes to delete so I can use them as scratch. I currently have no backupsets defined when I do a 'q backupset', but these are still li

Re: Journal Service Question

OK... I'd say that this is a good candidate for jbb. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i to reply) The only dumb question is the

Re: Journal Service Question

I made all the changes & restarted the Journal Service. This is what the stats look like usually for all the file systems on the server (4)! 03/03/2003 02:56:08 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS BEGIN 03/03/2003 02:56:08 Total number of objects inspected: 1,055,640 03/03/2003 02:56:08 Total number of objects

Re: configuring a disk storage volume how

just an fyi I have figured it out AIX has a limit of 64 gb. jfs Paul -Original Message- From: GUILLAUMONT Etienne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: configuring a disk storage volume how if you didn't touch the /etc/sec

Re: "messed up" q pr status text & help text

This problem is documented in APAR IC34754. You can find more detail by going to http://www.ibm.com, and doing a search on the APAR number. At this time, I believe the fix is tentatively targeted for the next 5.1 server PTF (not fixtest). Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Sto

Re: Journal Service Question

You're welcome! :-) My recommendations: 1) I think the 2 GB file is symptomatic, as the journal db will "break" if the file exceeds 2 GB in size. This is suspicious, and if the behavior repeats itself, please open a call with support so that we can do more in-depth diagnostics. 2) Make sure yo

Re: "messed up" q pr status text & help text

Eric, The installation through "Install and Update from ALL Available Software" did the trick. Tenx. But, the ~ and the \ in the process status text remain. This looks kinda messy. grtz Ilja -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: maandag

Re: Journal Service Question

FIRST THANKS!! How large are the journal db files (named like *jdb*)? Between 1k & over 2 Gig I am using NAV 7.60 & made the registry change Also I added the PreserveDbOnExit=1 per the readme! Do I need to restart any services? -- Bruce Kamp Midrange Systems

Curious password-behaviour

TSM-Server: 4.2.1.8 on AIX 4.3.3 IBM H70 TSM-Client: 5.1.5.0 on W2K ( using GERMAN Language set ) Remarks:CLOSED REGISTRATION Hi *SMers, a user brought the following to attention: 2 nodes, called XVS009 & XVS028, had their individual initial passwords to start with. BOTH nodes changed the pa

Re: install scripts for 5.1.X

Hi Lisa, > I had been deleting all the extra language directories > and files from my install source to save space. I would not do this, as deleting files from *any* install source (not just TSM) can lead to unpredictable results, as you are seeing. For the future, we are looking at modifying ou

Réf. : Re: Web GUI through SSH tunnel

I did some more testing on a client I have direct access to. When the web gui opens up, I did a netstat -na and only port 1581 to that client is open. After I click on any of the four buttons and the user/password prompt apears, 2 other ports are open. These ports are random in the > 33000 range.

Re: Testing TDP agents

Thomas, "PTF" or "fixtest" versions of the Data Protection clients do not include a license file. That means they won't run at all without the ".lic" file. You need to have a "Paid in Full" license or a "Try and Buy" license. You can obtain a Try and Buy license through your IBM representative.

Re: install scripts for 5.1.X

Thanks for the answer, Andy, I'll put them back. Andrew Raibeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OM> cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Subject: Re: install scripts for 5.

Re: Automatic checkin on a 3584?

Here is a script that I use to remove media. It has to do a reply for each tape. The section on looking for at "q req" and responding should do about what you want. The functions at the top are from an old script and not used in this one. I am short on time so I did not clean it up for you. So

Re: Journal Service Question

Bruce, The *first* time you run a backup after enabling the journal service, you will still see a regular full incremental backup performed. This is done to synchronize the journal database with the TSM server database. Thereafter the backups should use the journaled backup method, unless the jour

Re: Overriding Options File

The Why questions aside (as in "Why do this with TSM - it's not like other backup products that need a full backup?"), I'd recommend doing the weekly full backups under a different node name. To do a full box restore, you restore the full backup from the new node name, then the incrementals from t

Re: "messed up" q pr status text & help text

Eric, Then a fileset must be missing, because that's exaclty what i did. I'll check the filesets again. Greetz Ilja -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: maandag 3 maart 2003 15:25 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: "messed up" q pr

Re: Overriding Options File

See my original reply to your initial post on this subject (from 28 February). Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i to reply) The

Re: "messed up" q pr status text & help text

Hi Ilja! I don't know if the ~ and \ are related but a messed up help is caused by an incorrect installation selection through SMIT. You should select "Install and Update from ALL Available Software" during TSM installation. Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -Original Me

Re: Automatic checkin on a 3584?

Dan -- I've been running a perl script on AIX to do this for several years (STK 9710 first, then the 3584). My script tails the TSM log and works in this order: 1. 'checkin libv search=bulk stat=private checklabel=barcode' 2. look for the ANR8373I message, peel off the reply number, and issue th

Re: Automatic checkin on a 3584?

Hi I'm using the Expect tool (available as an RPM for AIX 5L) to achieve pretty much what you're trying to do. Expect allows you to automate responses to interactive programs. For example, here is the section of my check-in shell script that waits for the "checkin" process to complete :- ---

Testing TDP agents

Hi TSM-ers, if I download an TDP agent (for oracle) from http://www-1.ibm.com/support do I need a licence file for the test period or does it stop working 60 days after installation when there is no licence file present? Kind regards and greetings from Austria Thom

"messed up" q pr status text & help text

Hi there, Can anyone explain to me why information is displayed like below, with ~ and \ in the process status columns? Also, the help text looks like rubbish to me. Perhaps these things are related and i have missed something during installation. Servers are running 5.1.6.2 on AIX433 and on AIX51

Re: Overriding Options File

Yes, but why would you want to do this? It will almost certainly cause undesireable results. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i

Re: Overriding Options File

Hello all, TSM Server: 4.2.2 Clients: 4.2.X Scenario: We are trying out a new SLA and want to test weekly full backups including system state objects. Our current backups are all incremental and we have excluded some application data (Program Files, Documents and Settings...), thus a weekly full

Re: Problem in Backing Up TSM client on a different network segme nts

I am not familiar with TSM on Solaris but I have seen a similar issue on AIX. The issue we had was that we had a 100Mb ethernet adapter set to auto_negotiate and the Switch (A high-end Cisco piece of kit) was also set to auto-negotiate. When the network came up, the AIX server set itself to 100Mb h

Re: Hung Client/Filespaces

Thank you for the response. However, the filespaces were simply locked. Whether I tried to delete the archives or backups, nothing would happen. The action would timeout and disconnect my web admin session. I was contacted by an IBM/Tivoli support person who suggested recycling the TSM server. I

Re: Problem in Backing Up TSM client on a different network segments

>8.* ip. Backup can >be done but it is very slow. make sure NIC is nailed to 100Mbps full duplex mode on switch and in OS . Perform ftp test on both the interfaces .. compare it ..This is network and not TSM .. Ameerul Mazli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL P

Re: Select Query Question

>I'm trying to devise a select query that will show me the client backups >for the prev night with the following info:- > >files checked >backed up >N transfer rate >A transfer rate >elapsed time etc. > >Other than going throught the q actlog route, is there a way to get this >info using a select q

Re: Backup Criteria

>Which is the criteria used by TSM for deciding to backup several files on a >W2000.? That's described on page 43+ of the manual IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide (GC32-0788-02). Check that relative to your file system conditions and examin

Journal Service Question

I installed the Journal Service on a Win 2k SP2 server (for the E drive) with TSM client 5.1.5.9. My TSM server is at 5.1.1.6 on AIX 4.3.3. Once this is installed should it still show these messages in the dsmsched.log? 03/03/2003 02:55:47 ANS1898I * Processed 879,500 files * 03/03/2003 0

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SV: dbbackup trigger

Hi Henrik! Yes, an incremental dbbackup will lower your log pct. util., however if your database backup is running when there is a lot of activity the log could build up very fast again. If you have calculated the log-size correctly, i would suggest to raise the logfullpct to about 75 pct. t

Re: Automatic checkin on a 3584?

Hello, Here is what I use on AIX4.3.3 to make automatic checkin every morning, it is done in ksh. #!/bin/ksh dsmadmc -id=admin -pa=admin "checkin libv l20 search=bulk checkl=barcode status=private" sleep 15 REQNO=$(dsmadmc -id=admin -pa=admin "q req"|grep ANR8373I| awk '{print

Select Query Question

Hi TSMers I'm trying to devise a select query that will show me the client backups for the prev night with the following info:- files checked backed up N transfer rate A transfer rate elapsed time etc. Other than going throught the q actlog route, is there a way to get this info using a select q

Re: Fragmented Database Maybe?

Re the comment below:- > My guess is that you automatically allocate new db volumes as the db > grows, the biggest volume was created last, and was never filled, there > was never any need foor all of those pages Sadly this is not the case. The 5000Mb was the first to be created, and when it

Database Question Number 3

Hello yet again to all. I'm still trying to figure out if my database is behaving in an odd manner. When expiration runs on the database, it gives the output at the end as follows:- 03/02/03 16:49:22     ANR0812I Inventory file expiration process 22 completed:                        examined 6167

Re: Automatic checkin on a 3584?

Hi Dan, I'm just about to do something like you, and I just have the following idea. >From experience, a 10 sec. wait is enough for the request to be generated in tsm, so either a wait statement that waits 10 seconds, or creating a for-loop that runs for about 10 seconds, and then continue. Another

Re: Automatic checkin on a 3584?

Hot Diggety! GUILLAUMONT Etienne was rumored to have written: > > You didn't say in what type of OS you where. If it is unix, no problem, you Oops! I'm normally good about that. Server is AIX 5.1 on pSeries 660 model 6H1 server. I do have some sleeps, but it's still running too fast or not exactl

Re: Automatic checkin on a 3584?

Hello, You didn't say in what type of OS you where. If it is unix, no problem, you just have to add a sleep command. If you have a unix box within you clients, you can also install dsmadmc on it and make the script on unix which is far better for shell scripts and automations than windows. The oth

Automatic checkin on a 3584?

Howdy - I seem to be having some sort of timing issues with the checkin process via an automated script. The procedure: 1. Fill the I/O station(s) with brought back tapes to be checkin'd 2. Issue a 'checkin libvol search=bulk status=scratch checklabel=barc