Re: [SPAM: 10.200] Re: [ADSM-L] Slow backup performance

2005-10-13 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Leigh, Many thanks for your clarifications, they helped a lot ! Cheers. Arnaud ** Panalpina Management Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, CIT Department Viadukstrasse 42, P.O. Box 4002 Basel/CH Phone: +41 (61) 226 11 11,

Re: Problem deleting filespace on TSM 5.2.x

2005-10-13 Thread Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM
Hi Etienne! That's right, but in your case, I would be interested in why the delete fails and thus upgrade my TSM server first. Maybe you can solve the failure yourself afterwards, but in any case, you need this maintenance level to be able to provide IBM enough info in case of a PMR...

Re: deleteing client filespace

2005-10-13 Thread Rafael da Cruz Martins
When you want delete a especific files ,you need to use the parameter nametype=unicode. Rafael da Cruz Martins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Service IT Solutions - www.service.com.br SP: +55 11 30541400 RS: +55 51 33146000 PR: +55 41 3635586 Argentina: +54 11 4322355 -Original Message- From:

Re: Errors restoring the SystemObject

2005-10-13 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Hi Patricia, This is a tough one. Check dsmerror.log for any other messages that coincide with the ANS1257E message. What do those say? You can try deleting the c:\adsm.sys directory, then retry the restore. Also, did you follow our recommended full system restore procedures? There is a

expiration Oracle backups

2005-10-13 Thread Kurt Beyers
Hello, My environment is the following: TSM 5.3.2 server on Windows2003 Sun Solaris 5.8 with Oracle 8.1.7.4 with a TSM BA client 5.3.x and the TDP for databases 5.3 The backup of the Oracle databases is already working. The metadata of the backups is written in the control files of the

Re: Errors restoring the SystemObject

2005-10-13 Thread LeBlanc, Patricia
I can't delete the c:\adsm.sys directory as it says it's in use. But I'll check out the docs you referenced below. The dsmerror.log says nothing useful. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Thursday, October 13,

TSM User Group for Baltimore, DC, and NoVa meets Nov 10, 2005

2005-10-13 Thread Prather, Wanda
Please join us Thursday, November 10, 2005, for the next meeting of TSMUG, the TSM User Group for Baltimore, Washington, and Northern Virginia. The main topic on our agenda this meeting is encrypting your TSM backup data using TSM software or using hardware encryption. We will also have a

Storage Pool Backup?

2005-10-13 Thread Joni Moyer
Hello everyone, I am having issues with a tape drive shortage. I currently have 15 LTO2 tape drives that are being shared between 2 TSM servers that are being managed by an External library through ACSLS Gresham. I only want each system to use 6 drives for the backup of the storage pools.

Re: Errors restoring the SystemObject

2005-10-13 Thread Andrew Raibeck
You might need to try to reboot into recovery mode, then rename the adsm.sys dir to something else, then reboot again. But then, not knowing what the current system state is, I don't know how all of that will work out. You might need to try the full system restore again, from scratch... It would

Re: expiration Oracle backups

2005-10-13 Thread Neil Rasmussen
Kurt, When deleting Rman objects on the TSM Server, TDP Oracle uses the delete function on objectsthe objects do not move to inactive they are just simply deleted from the TSM Server. So if you are certain that Rman is deleting the objects from the controlfile, then my guess is that your TSM

Overland barcode labels

2005-10-13 Thread Bill Dourado
Hi , Is anybody familiar with Overland barcode labels P/N: OV-LTO901002 for LTO2 tapes ? When ordering some more do I need to specify format of labels ? I currently have labels running from ARB800L1 to ARB899L1. T.I.A Bill *** Disclaimer

TDP for Oracle setup issue

2005-10-13 Thread Joni Moyer
Hi! We are trying to set up TDP for Oracle and are getting the following errors. This is on a Solaris 5.8 server. Also, where do I put the backdel=yes? Thank you in advance! i'm getting this error, i can't figure out where it is pullling generate from, i have it set to prompt, who could i ask

Re: expiration Oracle backups

2005-10-13 Thread Kurt Beyers
Neil, Here is the output of 'list backups' and 'crosscheck backup of databases' for the ERK oracle instance: # rman target rman/rman nocatalog Recovery Manager: Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production RMAN-06005: connected to target database: ERK (DBID=39192858) RMAN-06009: using target database

Re: TDP for Oracle setup issue

2005-10-13 Thread Kurt Beyers
Joni, Check that the DSM_ORC_CONFIG is pointing to the correct dsm.opt file for your Oracle TSM node name. The backdel=yes is defined on the client node in the TSM server. best regards, Kurt From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Joni Moyer Sent: Thu

Re: TDP for Oracle setup issue

2005-10-13 Thread Joni Moyer
Thanks Kurt, So in the config for our TDP client on TSM, is this the correct definition? Thanks again! Node Name: FJSU002TDPO Platform: (?) Client OS Level: (?) Client Version: (?) Policy Domain Name: TDPO

Re: TDP for Oracle setup issue

2005-10-13 Thread David Longo
Also, for TDPO, passwordaccess Generate is not allowed. must be PROMPT only. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax:321.434.5509 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/13/05 11:02 AM

TDP for Exchange Configuration problems

2005-10-13 Thread Christoph Pilgram
Hi all, We use TDP for Exchange in Version 5.1.5.0 (Exchange V 5.5 on w2k) We have an TSM-Server running V. 5.2.4.3 Policy for Exchange is : Version Data Exists : 2 Version Data Deleted : 0 Retain Extra Versions : 20 Retain

Re: expiration Oracle backups

2005-10-13 Thread Allen S. Rout
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:19:53 +0200, Kurt Beyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: My environment is the following: TSM 5.3.2 server on Windows2003 Sun Solaris 5.8 with Oracle 8.1.7.4 with a TSM BA client 5.3.x and the TDP for databases 5.3 [ ... ] But how are the backups made inactive in the

performance of restore v. retrieve v. backupset restore

2005-10-13 Thread Nancy Reeves
We are moving off of one disk array onto another, and I have 3 windows machines that have filesystems that need to be moved. We have come to the conclusion that using TSM to move the data will be the simplest and most straight forward way to do it. I am trying to decide whether to do a plain

Re: expiration Oracle backups

2005-10-13 Thread Allen S. Rout
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:38:18 -0700, Neil Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: When deleting Rman objects on the TSM Server, TDP Oracle uses the delete function on objectsthe objects do not move to inactive they are just simply deleted from the TSM Server. Hmm, I thought they did move to

Re: TDP for Oracle setup issue

2005-10-13 Thread Allen S. Rout
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:20:31 -0400, Joni Moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: So in the config for our TDP client on TSM, is this the correct definition? Well, you've got backdel and archdel set to yes - Allen S. Rout

Re: HP-UX/VxFS/ACL

2005-10-13 Thread Tom Tann{s
Problem solved. Turned out to be a HPUX-bug introduced by fix PHKL_31500. Applied PHKL_32272 which addressed this kernel-bug.. I have, however, one problem resulting from this that really IS a TSM-problem. This error caused many (= 1 mill) files to be backed together with garbage-ACLS. I

Re: performance of restore v. retrieve v. backupset restore

2005-10-13 Thread Allen S. Rout
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:57:30 -0500, Nancy Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The clients are all 5.2.2.0 The server is also 5.2.2.0 on AIX. We have LTO2 tapes in a robot with 6 drives. Each disk volume to be moved is 39.9 G. One is 20% full, one is 50% full, and one is 95% full. Since my

volumes being marked seen as write protected

2005-10-13 Thread Aaron Durkee
Hi All, Wondering if anyone else has seen this yet? Volumes scratch and private are being seen as write protected and either marked as unavailable (those with data) or private (scratch volumes) When I eject the tape its not write protected. Its a 3584 tape library and I'm pretty sure

Re: Scheduled backups won't find paths that manual/GUI backups do

2005-10-13 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Thanks for your and Bill's suggestions/help. That seemed to fix it. Yiannakis Vakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 10/13/2005 12:32 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L]

MAX_IO_SIZE and Oracle

2005-10-13 Thread Richard Mochnaczewski
Hi Everybody, In order to improve performance of Oracle backups using TSM, I've read of a MAX_IO_SIZE parameter for other OS versions i.e. Solaris, Linux. Does such a parameter exist in AIX ? If not, is there an equivalent ? Rich

Re: volumes being marked seen as write protected

2005-10-13 Thread Kathleen M Hallahan
Oh yes, we see this from time to time. We used to have a lot more of these sorts of errors, and have spent considerable time working with IBM on this sort of thing since moving to 3584 libraries. Early on, a lot of tape drives were replaced; sometimes, having the drive calibrated seems to help.

Re: performance of restore v. retrieve v. backupset restore

2005-10-13 Thread Nancy Reeves
Does MOVE NODEDATA move all files of the node, or just the active ones? Nancy Reeves Technical Support, Wichita State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 316-978-3860 ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 10/13/2005 11:25:07 AM: == On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:57:30 -0500, Nancy

Node compression off but still compressing

2005-10-13 Thread Larry Peifer
TSM Windows Client 5.3 TSM UNIX Server 5.3.1 Win2k server node compression is off. Schedule log shows compression off but daily scheduled incremental backup show 91% compression. What could be causing this? Server is set to make sure that client node compression is always off. Another part of

Re: expiration Oracle backups

2005-10-13 Thread Helder Garcia
Here is a script I use to expire RMAN backups. Note that I filter (egrep) the backup pieces based on tags. This way I have separated expiring scripts for daily, weekly, and monthly backups. #!/usr/bin/bash export ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/product/920/admin export ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/product/920

Re: performance of restore v. retrieve v. backupset restore

2005-10-13 Thread Allen S. Rout
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:03:43 -0500, Nancy Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Does MOVE NODEDATA move all files of the node, or just the active ones? All. This makes the payload larger than a backupset, for instance, would generate. - Allen S. Rout

Re: volumes being marked seen as write protected

2005-10-13 Thread Bill Kelly
Oh yes, we see this from time to time. We used to have a lot more of these sorts of errors, and have spent considerable time working with IBM on this sort of thing since moving to 3584 libraries. Early on, a lot of tape drives were replaced; sometimes, having the drive calibrated seems to

Re: Scheduled backups won't find paths that manual/GUI backups do

2005-10-13 Thread David W Litten
I'm not sure it is supported but it works for us when we run the TSM Scheduler service with an ID that has rights to the UNC connections that you are trying to back up. Then, put the shares in the domain statement in the dsm.opt file. domain c: d: \\servername\Home_ckpt_bk

Re: Errors restoring the SystemObject

2005-10-13 Thread David W Litten
This is pretty crude coding in a .bat file but it works for us: @echo off echo This will restore all the operating system components on the existing echo %systemdrive% from the last successful TSM backup of this server. echo It restores the systemdrive files first then SystemObject or SystemState

Archived data

2005-10-13 Thread Andy Huebner
I have been asked to generate a report from TSM showing which archived objects will expire in the next 30 days. Does anyone know of a tool or script that will generate such a report? All I need is a nudge in the right direction. Andy Huebner This e-mail (including any attachments) is

Re: TDP for Exchange Configuration problems

2005-10-13 Thread Del Hoobler
Chris, That is because incremental backups are uniquely named. They are forced inactive (deleted) when a new full backup is created. Try this: Version Data Exists : 2 Version Data Deleted : 2 Retain Extra Versions : 20 Retain Only Version : 20 Having Version Data Deleted as 0 is

Re: Archived data

2005-10-13 Thread Allen S. Rout
== On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:31:03 -0500, Andy Huebner [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have been asked to generate a report from TSM showing which archived objects will expire in the next 30 days. Does anyone know of a tool or script that will generate such a report? All I need is a nudge in the

Include and sub-dirs

2005-10-13 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
I want to code an include statement that applies a management class to a specific directory/filesystem and all subdirs/filesystems beneath it. Do I need to have one include statement for each sub-filesystem ? We tried:INCLUDE /oracle_backups/* ORACLE_BACKUPS but it only seems to apply to

Re: Include and sub-dirs

2005-10-13 Thread Gilbert, Guillaume
Try this : INCLUDE /oracle_backups/.../* ORACLE_BACKUPS Guillaume Gilbert Storage Architect Data Management Group StorageTek Canada Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] 514.866.8876 Office 514.290.6526 Mobile -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor

Query for schedule and node

2005-10-13 Thread Gill, Geoffrey L.
Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone has a query for this. Something broken out by schedule name with the nodes associated with each schedule. I'm looking for schedule name, Action, Date/Time, Period and Duration, Platform and the node names associated with each schedule. Thanks, Geoff Gill

Group collocation

2005-10-13 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
I am starting to roll out Group Collocation and have a question that I did not find an absolute/clear answer to. If I take a storage pool and change it to GROUP from NO collocation, what about the data for nodes that ARE NOT in collocation groups ? Does their data get collocated or not ? Will I

Re: Group collocation

2005-10-13 Thread Kolbeinn Jósepsson
Only data from nodes in collocationgroup will be collocated, data from other nodes in same stgpool will not be collocated. Best regards, Kolbeinn Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 13.10.2005 20:27 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor

Re: Group collocation

2005-10-13 Thread Stapleton, Mark
Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I take a storage pool and change it to GROUP from NO collocation, what about the data for nodes that ARE NOT in collocation groups ? Does their data get collocated or not ? Will I all of a sudden go from 1-2 daily LTO2 mounts to 30 ? From: ADSM: Dist

Re: Group collocation

2005-10-13 Thread Kolbeinn Jósepsson
My apologizes, Mark you are correct! The best practise should be to use at least two seperate storagepools, the first with collocation=no (where all non-collocated nodes belongs to) and the second with collocation=group (where nodes in collocaton groups belongs), you can then chose if you use

Re: Group collocation

2005-10-13 Thread Stapleton, Mark
I know about this because I got bitten by it. I realize it's working as designed, but I think the design bites. Intuition tells me that if you collocate by group, any node not in a group doesn't get collocated. But that's not the way it is. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Certified

Re: Scheduled backups won't find paths that manual/GUI backups do

2005-10-13 Thread Markus Engelhard
Hi, I agree that you need a user capable of accessing the data. We run our scheduler as a restricted domain user with backup operator rights with a strong password. Running as a service, there is no need to log on, in fact we even disallow interactive logon for this user. Depending on your