Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread Stapleton, Mark
>On Mar 29, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: >> FWIW, this is RH8 as a Beowulf cluster, so NO, I can not upgrade the >> OS. Well, to be frank about it, you're using an unsupported version of Linux. That's a bit of a cop-out, I fear, but there may well be reasons that RH8 (and the Beo

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Did a ulimit -s unlimited. Dies the same way when trying to backup the /coyote/dsk3/ fs - Producer Thread Richard Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 03/29/2005 01:53 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADS

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread Richard Sims
On Mar 29, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: Here ya go. Pretty much no limits. I am open to suggestions on values to change that might help ! I did recommend addressing the Stacksize to try to head off the defect... FWIW, this is RH8 as a Beowulf cluster, so NO, I can not upgrade the O

Re: Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Timothy Hughes
Andrew Thanks, it shows the there are files backed up. I found out that my ID does not have permission to perform a restore. Thank you Richard, Mark and Craig for your responses also Andrew Raibeck wrote: > OK what about my other question (are you sure backups exist for the > files in q

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Here ya go. Pretty much no limits. I am open to suggestions on values to change that might help ! FWIW, this is RH8 as a Beowulf cluster, so NO, I can not upgrade the OS. Also, while on the subject, I read the "requirements" on the 5.3.x client, that says it has only been tested on RH AS 3. Anyon

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread Richard Sims
On Mar 29, 2005, at 12:37 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: ...However, then I try to backup the tree at the third-level (e.g. /coyote/dsk3/), the client pretty much siezes immediately and dsmerror.log says "B/A Txn Producer Thread, fatal error, Signal 11". The server shows the session as "SendW" an

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Some more details. I added the TRACE options you recommended. While the backup still immediately fails, I got some more information. The "Producer Thread" failure now includes the detail: "linux86/psunxthr.cpp (184)". The only hit I get on these messages, is apar: IC30292. But the applicab

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
I am going down this path, already. I have started doing some instrument traces. However, the results seem to show nothing, when backing up only specific sub-sub-subdirectories. What time accumulation there is, is in "Solve Tree" and/or "Process Dirs". No big surprise, there. However, then I try

Re: Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Andrew Raibeck
OK what about my other question (are you sure backups exist for the files in question?) Try running the client as root. See if that makes a difference. Also try: dsmc q ba /u02/ -su=y -ina >From the Admin client, run query occupancy spromer07 /u02 to see how many files the server thi

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread Andrew Raibeck
First, you should work with whoever owns that system in order to ensure that you can get the access you need to perform your investigations. When the backup appears to "hang", what does the QUERY SESSION admin command show for this node? Is the TSM process consuming any CPU? Configure the client

Re: Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Timothy Hughes
Andrew, I get the following when I typed in that command $ dsmc query filespace Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 1, Level 5.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2002 All Rights Reserved. Node Name: SPROMER07 Session established with serve

Re: Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Timothy Hughes
Ok Richard I typed in the following, and received the message below. The files I am trying to restore are from the following date 3/22/05. So maybe it does have to do with file owner and superuser accounts. $ dsmc query backup -ina -su=yes /u02/exports/prga/ Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line B

Re: Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Are you certain that backups exist for this file? What is the output of: dsmc query filespace 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 d

Re: Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Richard Sims
Tim - Your best course of action is to perform a contextual query and see if that file shows up, amidst its neighboring files: it may well be that the file does not exist in server storage (expired some time ago). So do... dsmc query backup -ina -su=yes /u02/exports/prga/ If it doesn't show up, t

Re: Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Timothy Hughes
Thanks Richard, Mark, thanks to you also I tried what you put in but still no luck same message $ dsmc rest "/u02/exports/prga/*" -subdir=yes -pick -ina Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 1, Level 5.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 200

Re: Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Stapleton, Mark
You might try dsmc rest "/u02/exports/prga/*" -subdir=yes -pick -ina -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Office 262.521.5627 >-Original Message- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Timothy Hughes >Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:29 AM >To: ADSM-L

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread Remco Post
Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: I am having issues backing up a large Linux server (client=5.2.3.0). The TSM server is also on a RH Linux box (5.2.2.5). This system has over 4.6M objects. A standard incremental WILL NOT complete successfully. It usually hangs/times-out/etc. The troubles seem to be rela

Re: All new tapes I/O errors SOLVED

2005-03-29 Thread Dave Zarnoch
Folks, It appears that the script we normally use wasn't working on these batch of tapes... I used the following and was successful: label libv library_name search=bulk labelsource=barcode checkin=scratch overwrite=yes Everything worked fine! Thanks for all of your help and your quick respons

Accessing 3494 library in DR senario

2005-03-29 Thread Lawrence Clark
Our DR tests of using a backup TSM server with the exisiting 3494 tape libraries ran into problems. The setup: - both the DR TSM server and the Prod TSM server are connected to the switch and the libraries (lmcp) points and the devices show active. However, the addressing on each server is slightl

Re: Can I exclude he WinSxS folder on Windows2003 server?

2005-03-29 Thread Henrik Wahlstedt
Hi, I have seen a similar problem with .Net Framework and temporary security/policy files which was supposed to be solved in 5.2. Ask the exchange admin who should know if you can exclude the file(s). Client version? //Henrik William Boyer <[EMAIL P

Re: Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Timothy Hughes
OK Craig, I did the following so I could pick the files that I would like to restore but received the same message. $ dsmc rest "/u02/exports/prga/*" -pick -inactive=yes Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 1, Level 5.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corp

Re: Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Riley, Craig
You are going to want to use the full path to the object being restored. Craig Riley Children's Hospital in Denver -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:14 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subjec

Command line restore not working

2005-03-29 Thread Timothy Hughes
Hello, I am now trying to restore a inactive file using the command line. but its no working. I am getting the following $ dsmc rest prga.log -inactive -pick Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 1, Level 5.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990,

Re: All new tapes I/O errors

2005-03-29 Thread William Rosette
I had trouble with some new ones and come to find out they were formatted wrong from the company we received them from. Thank You, Bill Rosette Data Center/IS/Papa Johns International WWJD Jonathan Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: ADSM-L@VM

Re: All new tapes I/O errors

2005-03-29 Thread Jonathan Kaufman
My experience with "new" tapes is that you have to label them first before you can use them within tsm. If you have a barcode reader and a library with bulk I/O slots (like I do) the command would be: label libv library_name search=bulk labels=barcode checkin=scr Which would label all the volu

Re: All new tapes I/O errors

2005-03-29 Thread François LEGER
Something like LABEL LIBVOLUME HP-ROBOT SEARCH=BULK LABELSOURCE=BARCODE CHECKIN=SCRATCH OVERWRITE=YES Cordialement/Best Regards François LEGER Dave Zarnoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 29/03/2005 16:32 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager

Re: All new tapes I/O errors

2005-03-29 Thread Richard Sims
Usual cause is failure to locally label the tapes: Label Libvolume. See that error message in http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts for further experiential notes. Richard Sims On Mar 29, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Dave Zarnoch wrote: Folks, I think I've seen this before but I can't remember Every

Re: No GUI appearing for backup/restore

2005-03-29 Thread Richard Sims
Hey, no run-on sentences, Tim. :-) I take the error message to be "The page cannot be displayed" and that it is the Web GUI interface being employed. We don't know if this has ever worked for you. Be sure that you are using a modern web browser, and going at the HTTPport number defined in the syst

Re: All new tapes I/O errors

2005-03-29 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Zarnoch >I think I've seen this before but I can't remember > >Every new scratch tape I try to insert into the library is giving me: > >ANR8355E I/O Error reading label > >The tape appears to be checked in as scratch but

All new tapes I/O errors

2005-03-29 Thread Dave Zarnoch
Folks, I think I've seen this before but I can't remember Every new scratch tape I try to insert into the library is giving me: ANR8355E I/O Error reading label The tape appears to be checked in as scratch but when TSM tries to use them, they error out. Thanks! DaveZ

Re: 3581 2U with Atape 9.2.6.0

2005-03-29 Thread Richard Sims
John - Congrats on moving to a "real" operating system. I don't have a 3581: someone who has one may be able to provide specific insight, but as none has appeared yet, some general guidance... It sounds like you somehow ended up with "SCSI" device configurations instead of "LTO" type. Begin by doi

Re: Backing up a 150GB Oracle DB on a datawarehouse server

2005-03-29 Thread Leonard, Christopher A
Not to nitpick, but you'd be better off putting the tablespaces into backup mode one at a time in your shell script, because Oracle has to do additional (larger) logging when a tablespace is in backup mode. Basically it has to log OS block images instead of DB page or data images. Anyway, if you h

Can I exclude he WinSxS folder on Windows2003 server?

2005-03-29 Thread William Boyer
I have a client with a Windows2003 server with Exchange 2003 on it. Lately he started seeing errors in his nightly non-Exchange backups relating to a file in the C:\Windows\WinSxS folder. I've search the archives and came up dry. No hits on IBM either. I Google search brought up some information

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread jsiegle
Zoltan, I had a similar problem on a Windows box with 5.4 million files. Tivoli said that I couldn't do the backup/restore with a 32 bit client because each file in the catalog takes 1k and the 32 bit program could only address 4 GB of memory. Here is a link they gave me: http://www-1.ibm.c

Re: Using multiple Ethernet adapters on AIX TSM server?

2005-03-29 Thread Jin Bae Chi
You may need to look at more than one solution here. Please check if you can confirm that at LAN switch level the overall utilization of TSM port is higher than 85% AND if multiple TSM clients have backup problems because of 'network bottleneck' on TSM GigEth interface. Etherchannel and load balanc

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-29 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Thanks for the suggestion. We have tried it. Same results. Things just go to sleep ! "Mark D. Rodriguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 03/28/2005 05:30 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Large Linux c

No GUI appearing for backup/restore

2005-03-29 Thread Timothy Hughes
I am trying to do a restore using the TSM gui the client is aix 5.1.5 and the TSM version is 5.3. I keep getting the following message The page cannot be displayed does anyone know why this is coming up? Thanks in advance!

Re: Library sharing problem (device 3581-2U L28) TSM v. 5.2

2005-03-29 Thread Bartosz Hetmanski
Jin Bae Chi wrote: If SCSI is directly attached to only one server and the other cannot see at all, I don't see how you will make it shared. Both servers must see any shared drive at OS level. If FC drive on LTO libr is too expensive, you can take a look at IBM 2108 SAN Data gateway router. Gus T

Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2

2005-03-29 Thread Mark Tindall
Thanks Bill - this has solved it On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 07:16:55 -0700, Bill Smoldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, now, check that your dsm.opt in the client/ba/bin directory contains the > line > > servername edcbkup > > add this line to the first stanza before the line > > password access g