Re: TSM Client on HMC

On Wednesday 19 January 2005 21:48, Miles Purdy wrote: That is basically my thoughts. I not sure yet how useful it will be (we only got the HW two weeks ago), but it can't hurt to back it up, I'm thinking. For backup purpose, each HMC has a DVD ram. You can create a schedule on the HMC so it

Re: TSM server on p5 micro partition

On Wednesday 19 January 2005 21:57, Miles Purdy wrote: Has anyone out there migrated or installed a TSM server in a p5 micro partition (not an LPAR)? Mhh, I once installed it as a test, but not in a production environment. I'd be interested in your settings for: Number of processors:

Display a Node's details

Hi, When I display client node's details, I observe that on some nodes the TCP/IP Name and TCP/IP address is blank while on others it has the name and IP address of each node. I cannot understand why. Any suggestions ? The problem I face is that I have a SQL Dbase that is corrupted and I'm trying

NetWare 6.5 hangs with password!

Hi all We have been seing some problems with backup of NetWare 6.5 SP2 2 node cluster and TSM Client version 5.2.2.9 (and 5.2.2.0 5.2.2.3) - the situation is as follows: 1. Backup freeze - Processor utilization approx. 90%, and no way out of it only to migrate volume and reboot server

Re: Display a Node's details

On Thursday 20 January 2005 11:03, Yiannakis Vakis wrote: Hi, When I display client node's details, I observe that on some nodes the TCP/IP Name and TCP/IP address is blank while on others it has the name and IP address of each node. I cannot understand why. Any suggestions ? The problem I

detailled content of dif. pools

Hi tsm'ler, i forgot the command to show detailled contents (files etc.) of our different pools (disk, lto and copypool) TSM 5.2.3.5 Server, W2K Many thanks for any answer. Roland Scharlau Mail is virus-checked by Symantec Mail Security

Re: Display a Node's details

Stef, I don't think it's a timeout problem. The database is relatively small, 18GB only, and the fact that Q MOUNT shows the tapes are loaded and are in use shows that the session is ok. Yiannakis -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stef

Antwort: detailled content of dif. pools

q content select * from contents is this, what you're looking for? Christian Demnitz mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Roland Scharlau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 20.01.2005 12:46 Bitte antworten an ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU An

Re: NetWare 6.5 hangs with password!

I have seen same problem on one of our 6.5 sp2 servers it happens over a period of time, i have to restart server and then run the backup manaully and reply with the credentails after that the scheduled backup runs ok for a few weeks Tim Brown Systems Specialist Central Hudson Gas Electric 284

AW: Antwort: detailled content of dif. pools

Hi Christian, thanks for your answer but when i do q content select * from diskpool i get Extraneous parameter - * I think i forget thomething... Roland Scharlau mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von

Database Space trigger

Hello All! I just wanted to verify the exact syntax of the DB Expansion prefix. I am new to the AIX OS and I just wanted to be sure. The database volumes are defined at /tsmdev/db/vol1-3. I was just wondering if the correct syntax for the DB Expansion prefix is /tsmdev/db or would it be

Cache Hit % below 99%

Hello All! I have noticed that the cache hit % is below 99%. This is a newly defined TSM 5.2.2.5 server on an AIX 5.2 OS. Are there any special parameters/definitions that could contribute to the percentage being so low? Thanks! Available Space (MB): 24,576 Assigned Capacity

Re: NetWare 6.5 hangs with password!

Flemming, I'm setting up almost exact configuration with NW6.5 SP2 cluster node backup with TSM client 5.2.3 and have a question for you if you don't mind. Here we are testing manual node failover with TSM scheduler. Do you need to add 'dsmc sched -optfile=' on CLUSTER SCRIPT so that when

Re: Display a Node's details

Yiannakis Go to: http://www.ibm.com/us/ and search for: +DP +SQL +ANS1017E You will find that when restoring large databases, Data Protection for SQL will restore a small amount of data. At that point, the SQL Server formats the large files that will eventually hold all of the restored

Re: Display a Node's details

Yiannakis, What version of Windows are you running, 2k or 2k3. I have had problems with restoring databases over 4GB on Win2k. I'm not sure as to why there is a limitation with this, but I have never been able to get it to work. It works fine on Win2k3. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/20/2005 06:02:34 AM

Fw: Cache Hit % below 99%

I have looked at the TSM Performance and Tuning Guide and the System Memory on the TSM server is 4096MB. Since the table only went to 2048MB, I just doubled the amount of the recommended buffer pool size to 524288, which I assumed was in KB. It is still only in the 95% range, so that's why I'm a

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

What is your buffpool setting? Run query option and look for the buffpoolsize. Look in the dsmserv.opt file and read the comments about this parameter, then look in the server manual for this too. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joni Moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

Joni, I suspect that, after the Total Buffer Requests hits a million or two, the statistics should report a better Cache Hit Pct.. The more I/O to the database, the better the reported Cache Hit Pct. should become - assuming a normal workload, access pattern, etc. Also, is this server

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

Hello! I just wanted to thank everyone for suggestions and help with this matter! I changed the bufpoolsize to 419430, which is 10% of the physical memory, and then reset the bufpool and now my cache hit % is 100%. At this point, until I see otherwise, I am going to conclude that I had the

Moving clients between TSM servers

I am looking for suggestions on how to handle moving large TSM clients between TSM servers and maybe some corrections to my understanding of how EXPORT/IMPORT handles error situations. I need to move TSM clients from my zOS server (being phased out) to my AIX TSM server. The problem is, some of

Re: Moving clients between TSM servers

When we moved TSM from OS390 to AIX, we only moved archive data. We exported/inported nodes and then started doing new backups on the new TSM. Our data retention is 30 days so we kept the old TSM around for 90 days as insurance. David Ehresman University of Louisville [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

? For a long time I have believed (fairly sure originally told by IBM) that the method is to increase the buffpool size untill cache hit goes over 99% Talking to a colleague, we really don't see how reducing bufpool size can increase the cache hit% Can anyone explain what we are missing?

dirmc question

Does TSM handle folder versioning the same as files? That is, if a user clicks on a folder to get to a file in it is the folder updated such that a new version is backed up? I'm looking for a reason a GUI PIT restore wouldn't display a folder and it's contents that were obviously there. I'm using

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

I kinda have to agree in that I have seen weirdnesses when increasing the buffpoolsize as per the recommendations. On a fairly horsey Dell box with 4GB of RAM and running the latest RH SMP server, when I increased the buffpoolsize to 512MB, everything seemed to slow down, when it comes to the TSM

Re: Moving clients between TSM servers

We had the same sorts of problems moving clients from server to server. We found that length of time had more to do with the number of files moved than the amount of data moved. We did the exports by filespaces. That way if we had an error we didn't have to start over at the beginning. Jim At

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

Hi First of all, the q db f=d bufpool setting is not KB... it's database pages(4096 byes or 4KB) which means that if you set it to 524288, you have assigned 2GB of memory as database bufferpool. Second, you should check to see that you have free memory available for the bufpool. If not, your

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

It didn't help. The fact that Joni reset the bufferpool statistics is what changed the hit percentage. Jim Sporer At 03:32 PM 1/20/2005 +, you wrote: ? For a long time I have believed (fairly sure originally told by IBM) that the method is to increase the buffpool size untill cache hit goes

Scripting question

Hello List - My goal is to script a customized report in the Operational Reporting tool, to report backup information for selected nodes to specific email recipients (the nodes are differentiated by the node-contact field). My problem is that a straight select on the EVENTS table is only

Re: dirmc question

Yes, TSM handles directory versioning the same as files. What does dsmc query backup c:\yourfoldername -subdir=yes -inactive show you? (Substitute the folder name in question where I have c:\yourfoldername.) Go to http://search.adsm.org and do a search on +raibeck +pit +gui +nolimit For a

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

Does any one know how I can get the LTO version to appear at the end of the volume numbers in TSM? If I q libvol the volumes in my old library stg pool have L1 as a suffix, but the volumes in my new library stg pool don't. Any ideas how to switch this on for my new library or stg pool? Iain

Re: Scripting question

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, David Moore might have said: Hello List - My goal is to script a customized report in the Operational Reporting tool, to report backup information for selected nodes to specific email recipients (the nodes are differentiated by the node-contact field). My problem is

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

Daniel, Do you have the same recommendations for a Sun TSM server? We have a Sun Fire 6800 with 4 TSM instances per domain for a total of 3 domains and 4GB RAM. Our current buffpool size is 65535 and cache hit % is 98.42. Thanks, Brian Brian Scott EDS - GCE-GM Global Client Engineering GM MS

TSM DB Volumes

Hi all I'm reading on how to delete DB volume ... and I'm a bit confuse ... In the Admin book .. they take 4 small volumes and move them to one big one ... Is there a best practice or advantages to have 1 big volume or 5 small ones In my case I have 4 volumes of 4GB and 1 of 20GB .. I would

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

Hi Brian As for the VM settings for SUN im not sure all thoose settings are applicable on SUN. I do know you have a comparable tool to modify file system cache settings, read ahead settings and so on. Perhaps anyone else on the list has more experience than me on kernel tuning on Sun? For the

Re: TSM DB Volumes

Hi Luc Normally, the primary factor isnt how many volumes you have. Its rather dependent on how many physical volumes you have your database on. Physical volumes can be either disks in your machine or LUN:s assigned from a central disk. If you're using SAN attached LUN:s, you should not count

Resume

Hi all, Do any of you have a good resume that I can borrow to get ideas for my resume? My last day on my job is March 31, 2005. Thanks ~David Pearson~

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

Thanks Daniel for the update. I'll check with my Sun gurus and see what we can do for the kernel. Brian Scott EDS - GCE-GM Global Client Engineering GM MS 3234 750 Tower Drive Troy, MI 48098 * phone: +01-248-265-4596 (8-365) * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From:

Re: Moving clients between TSM servers

You are correct that there is not much recourse when you have a tape error during an import. Export/Import via server-to-server is a hard way to go with extremely large amounts of data, which is why, as others have said, sites frequently choose to NOT transfer the old backups. You are NOT going

Re: Cache Hit % below 99%

Thanks for this. Useful pointers. We arent paging at a bufp of 1.5GB though, but we have a cache hit of around 96%-97% If we increase bufp to 2GB we start paging, so we rolled that back... Our thoughts were we simply needed more RAM... Matt. _-'-_ -|- -Original Message- From:

Re: Scripting question

Andrew Raibeck posted on this problem a while back. I don't remember exactly where to find that post, but I remember the problem is not your WHERE, it has something to do with the fact that the EVENTS table is unlike other tables. It works if you put in a constant date, as you found. So you

Re: Scripting question

Yes actually I think I got the idea from you, Wanda. The workaround I like is to add a WHERE clause like this: where scheduled_start = '1900-01-01' For example: select node_name, schedule_name, scheduled_start, status - from events - where scheduled_start = '1900-01-01' and -

Creating an exclude list

I have been reading the Tivoli manual about creating exclude lists. It show how to exclude a file or Using the exclude.dir to exclude a directory. Now I have a couple of windows 2003 client that have both internal Storage and external storage, I.e. some EMC storage attached via fibre

Very slow backup

Hi everybody, Recently I have upgraded AIX TSM server to TSM5.2.3.3 and here is a problem. AIX clients work very slow. I have mixture of 5.1.5 and 5.2.0 clients. Windows clients worked fine and fast though. I tried switch off compression - did not help, next I let it use up to 8 sessions

Re: Creating an exclude list

Take a look at the DOMAIN statement, which is used to handle what gets backed up incrementally at the file system level. You can stick a minus sign (-) in front of each file system (drive) that you do not want to back up, i.e., domain -g: -h: -i: Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software

LTO version on tapes

This is a function of your library. It will be in your library operations manual. Usually it's something you set with the front panel menus. Before you can make the change though, note you will have to reinitialize your tapes with LABEL LIBV. This will destroy any data currently on the tapes.

Re: Creating an exclude list

Look at the domain option in the client manual. This will do what you want. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Weinstein, Stephen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 01/20/2005 11:43 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU

Re: Creating an exclude list

Or, Start the backup/archive TSM client GUI From the top menu select Edit - Preferences Click the BACKUP tab Uncheck backup all local file systems Click to de-select the drives you don't want backed up That will make the appropriate changes in dsm.opt for you. Wanda Prather I/O, I/O, It's all

Re: Very slow backup

On Jan 20, 2005, at 12:46 PM, Yury Us wrote: Hi everybody, Recently I have upgraded AIX TSM server to TSM5.2.3.3 and here is a problem. AIX clients work very slow. I have mixture of 5.1.5 and 5.2.0 clients. Windows clients worked fine and fast though. I tried switch off compression - did not help,

Windows event logging

I know how to temporarily turn off TSM event logging to a Windows server's event log by running disable events nteventlog but this doesn't affect the server permanently. Does anyone remember what the server option file parameter is for permanently turning off all event logging to the

Re: Display a Node's details

On Jan 20, 2005, at 5:03 AM, Yiannakis Vakis wrote: When I display client node's details, I observe that on some nodes the TCP/IP Name and TCP/IP address is blank while on others it has the name and IP address of each node. I cannot understand why. Any suggestions ? ... Um, refer to the manual?

Re: Windows event logging

This might be what you are looking for: disable events nteventlog all 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] The only dumb question is the one

New to Tsm

Hi this might sound like a stupid question. We are running tsm 5.1 and are having two client nodes (NT) showing Failed for backup. Is there a way to see the error report on the TSM server or do you have to log onto the client. Again I am fairly new at TSM so if this sounds silly I apologize,

Re: dirmc question

Andy, Thanks for the reference. I was wondering if you could clarify your point about the paramaters for verexists and verdeleted. You stated: you can create a managment class for your directories with VEREXISTS=3DNOLIMIT, VERDELETED=3DNOLIMIT, and RETEXTRA=3Dndays, where 'ndays' is the number of

Re: dirmc question

Jim, I don't know what goes on with my posts, but for some reason, wherever I wrote an equal (=) sign, something somewhere tacked 3D (the ASCII hex code for '=') after it. I won't pretend to understand how email formats work, but I didn't put it there. So wherever you see xxx=3Dyyy just read

Re: dirmc question

And just to be really clear: i.e. instead of VEREXISTS=3DNOLIMIT, it should be VEREISTS=NOLIMIT is a typo the latter part should be VEREXISTS=NOLIMIT :-) Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL

Re: LTO version on tapes

If this is an IBM library (ie. 3583 or 3584) it is set via the front panel of the library. With some STK libraries it can't be set. We have an STK L40 an IBM 3583. Our volsers has L1 at the end on our IBM library. We wanted to put those tapes in the STK library but we couldn't. See the

TSM Cluster Resource won't come online. - Fix

I thought I saw a question or comment in the past that suggested not using the feature to replicate the TSM password registry key when configuring TSM on a MSCS (Microsoft Cluster Server). If you don't you are forced to have a static password for a node which in many cases in not desirable.

Re: LTO version on tapes

Will the database be updated correctly with the newly labeled tapes? Ie.. if I have data on a tape that has an L1 and that is what the database knows as the tape with that particular data and I go to relabel the tape w/o the L1 will there be an issue ? Will I then no longer be able to access

Re: LTO version on tapes

Sorry if I mislead you, DO NOT, try to label a tape that has data on it. TSM shouldn't even let you do that. If you label it in your new library then you will loose your data. I only meant to relabel a tape after it had turned to scratch. Again, this is only a suggestion to the tapes with

Why do database restores take so long?

TSM 5.1.9.0 on AIX 5.2 ML4; DLT8000 media on SCSI Why do TSM database restores take so much longer than the backups? Our system backs up our 24 GB database to DLT in about 50 minutes with a sustained rate of 11 MB/s reported by topas. Tonight I'm performing a database restore. It is occurring

Can't access Web client

Dear all, I install TSM 5.1.5 on Linux AS 2.1. I configure and start Web client following userguide (set passwordaccess generate, using command : dsmc query session and dsmcad) I can use Web client in a machine. But other machine, I can't. I wait for a long time and don't receive anything on

Re: Why do database restores take so long?

Can you provide a little more information? I would like to know: 1. What kind of disk subsystem are you restoring the data to? 2. How many disks, and what kind of disks are they? 3. How is the database laid out database volume wise? 4. Does the disk have write cache

Re: SAN Booting

Hi. Some years ago (I think 2) I make a tests to boot Windows 2000 from ESS. The configuration was as follow: - IBM eServer xSeries 440 - Windows 2000 Advanced Server (machines was with 4 CPU/8 GB RAM) - QLogic 2300 adapter (IBM FC2-133 Host Adapter) The tests are successful, but there are some