Re: Restore Times

2007-05-23 Thread Allen S. Rout
>> On Wed, 23 May 2007 14:50:48 -0500, "Rushforth, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> said: > I hate to mention other products on a TSM list but since you asked... > It was Microsoft's DPM 2006 - Administrator recovery - this is a file > level restore. Is that restoring a full, a diff, some of both?

Re: TSM 5.3.3 ADMIN WEB INTERFACE

2007-05-23 Thread Gee, Norman
I am using it on TSM 5.3.4 on z/OS R7 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Brown Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:41 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM 5.3.3 ADMIN WEB INTERFACE Thanks, I am runnning on Z/OS, dont think it

Re: TSM 5.3.3 ADMIN WEB INTERFACE

2007-05-23 Thread Tom Melton
ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/tivoli-storage-management/tools/ In that directory are directories for: MVS UNIX (includes AIX, HP-UX, Linus, Solaris) Windows ... -Tom >>> Tim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/23/2007 5:41 pm >>> Thanks, I am runnning on Z/OS, dont think it will work Tim - Origina

Re: TSM 5.3.3 ADMIN WEB INTERFACE

2007-05-23 Thread Tim Brown
Thanks, I am runnning on Z/OS, dont think it will work Tim - Original Message - From: "Kelly Lipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:37 PM Subject: Re: TSM 5.3.3 ADMIN WEB INTERFACE I only did this on TSM Windows... Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServ

Re: TSM 5.3.3 ADMIN WEB INTERFACE

2007-05-23 Thread Kelly Lipp
I only did this on TSM Windows... Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orville Lantto Sent: Wednesday, Ma

Re: TSM 5.3.3 ADMIN WEB INTERFACE

2007-05-23 Thread Orville Lantto
I was unable to install the web interface on a new 5.4 server (AIX), but the web interface e continued to work on upgraded 5.3 servers. Is there a method to get the web interface to function on a new 5.4 server? Orville L. Lantto Glasshouse Technologies, Inc. ___

Re: TSM 5.3.3 ADMIN WEB INTERFACE

2007-05-23 Thread Kelly Lipp
ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/tivoli-storage-management/tools/windows/ The readme describes what to do. Works up to and including TSM 5.4.0.0 per my own testing. Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

TSM 5.3.3 ADMIN WEB INTERFACE

2007-05-23 Thread Tim Brown
I have been told that the admin web interface on a 5.3.3 server can be activated eventhough it was supposedly not available with 5.3.3 If that is true how is it done Tim Brown Systems Specialist - Project Leader Central Hudson Gas & Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: [EMAIL PROT

TSM Upgrade to V5.3.4.2

2007-05-23 Thread Lamb, Charles P.
We just upgraded from TSM V5.2.7.3 to V5.3.4.2. The TSM ISC software needs some work ( our e-mail will not work with the words I wanted to use). We installed the ISC version from the TSM V5.4 media pack which IBM sent me. Any word on updates to ISC software?? I am using command line to complet

Re: Restore Times

2007-05-23 Thread Rushforth, Tim
I hate to mention other products on a TSM list but since you asked... It was Microsoft's DPM 2006 - Administrator recovery - this is a file level restore. I think a TSM restore from disk would get similar results - I'll have to try sometime to compare. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist

Re: Restore Times

2007-05-23 Thread Kelly Lipp
I'll buy that: what was the application that did the restore? Was it file-by-file or was there some sort of image restore involved? Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

Re: Restore Times

2007-05-23 Thread Richard Sims
On May 23, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Paul Zarnowski wrote: ... LTO2+ has variable speed technology, which helps, but I think only to a limit. I think there may still be a point where if the data is being read too slowly, the drive will stop streaming. From what I've read, drives can reliably reduce s

Re: Restore Times

2007-05-23 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Restoring lots of smaller files can be a problem on two fronts. The other problem, besides the one that Kelly mentioned, comes about when restoring small files from tape. IF the files are not contiguous on tape, then TSM will spend time spacing (skipping) down the tape. We ran some benchmarks o

TSM on RedHat EL5

2007-05-23 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Has anyone had any luck running TSM on RedHat EL5, specifically with the GUI? Or does anyone know when/if IBM plans to support this version of RedHat? Thanks. ..Paul -- Paul ZarnowskiPh: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Services Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rho

Re: Restore Times

2007-05-23 Thread Rushforth, Tim
FYI, I recently restored 249 GB - 298,801 files (20,318 folders) in 1 hour 41 minutes on a Windows 2003 R2 SP1 server. ==> 177,505 files per hour (This restore actually wasn't done with TSM but it does show a higher # of files created per hour than below.) Tim Rushforth City of Winnipeg

Re: Question for you

2007-05-23 Thread Schneider, John
We are negotiating our license pricing right now. Our client base is growing significantly, and the price of the client is making management think they are being taken to the cleaners. Is there such a thing as a TSM Enterprise Site license? Our IBM reps are saying they can put together a single

Re: Question for you

2007-05-23 Thread Allen S. Rout
>> On Wed, 23 May 2007 09:27:21 +0200, Dirk Kastens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I never understood why a backup software is being licensed based on > the number or type of the processors. This would be ok for a > database or mathematical software but not for a backup software. When they first mov

Re: Restore Times

2007-05-23 Thread Kelly Lipp
I have done some testing on restore times and have concluded that a Microsoft Windows box can create between 50-60,000 files per hour. No faster. So I would conclude that your restore time is optimum. Based on my experience, obviously. If others have more up-to-date information about file creat

Re: Restore Times

2007-05-23 Thread James Choate
The disk on the client is an UltraSCSI 320 mirrored. The file characteritics of the client are 50,000 + files. Smaller files, but not a lot. The client isn't doing anything, just sitting idle waiting for the restore. To be honest, we're not sure what to expect as far as how long it takes to bac

Re: Tape checkin

2007-05-23 Thread Bos, Karel
Yep. AutoLabel: Yes Regards, Karel -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bell, Charles (Chip) Sent: woensdag 23 mei 2007 17:19 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Tape checkin For 3584? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist St

Re: Tape checkin

2007-05-23 Thread Bell, Charles (Chip)
Like a lot of things, autolabel slipped by me. I'll have to wait until there are no i/o's going to it until I can make the change. Hope my input was worth your while otherwise... :) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris McKay Sent: W

Re: Question for you

2007-05-23 Thread Kelly Lipp
Something, perhaps, like the total amount of data being backed up! Processor cores? How in the world does that relate to anything in the backup/restore space? But let's not get started down that path for, what, the fifth or sixth time? Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485

Fw: Rejected posting to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU

2007-05-23 Thread Charlotte Brooks
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Re: Question for you

2007-05-23 Thread Allen S. Rout
>> On Wed, 23 May 2007 10:24:35 -0500, "Haberstroh, Debbie (IT)" <[EMAIL >> PROTECTED]> said: > I have not been doing TSM very long and have a few questions on the > audit you are discussing. If I understand correctly, you are going > back to existing clients and researching their CPU number an

Re: Restore Times

2007-05-23 Thread Allen S. Rout
>> On Wed, 23 May 2007 06:17:30 -0600, James Choate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Does anyone have any general information that they have collected on > restore time? General timing information is nearly useless; not really. Some of the questions I'll ask below will amplify that. :) > Were tryi

Re: Question for you

2007-05-23 Thread Haberstroh, Debbie (IT)
I have not been doing TSM very long and have a few questions on the audit you are discussing. If I understand correctly, you are going back to existing clients and researching their CPU number and performance. Don't the existing clients go by the licensing standard that was in place when they

Re: Tape checkin

2007-05-23 Thread Chris McKay
Yes we have this option set to yes actually. It is a 3584 Library. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" writes: >For 3584? > >-Original Message- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Bos, >Karel >Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:03 AM >To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >S

Re: Tape checkin

2007-05-23 Thread Bell, Charles (Chip)
For 3584? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bos, Karel Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:03 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape checkin Hi, Instead of the 'label libv' you can set the library in ITSM to autolabel new

Re: Question for you

2007-05-23 Thread Kauffman, Tom
Yup. And I am NOT a compliance officer. I'll do best effort, but if IBM wants accuracy, the software needs to handle it. And I agree with Dirk ... the curent maintenance/support/licensing startegy is (and has been since back in the 3.x days) stupid to the point of incompetence. Let me propose th

Re: Tape checkin

2007-05-23 Thread Bos, Karel
Hi, Instead of the 'label libv' you can set the library in ITSM to autolabel new tapes. Regards, Karel -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bell, Charles (Chip) Sent: woensdag 23 mei 2007 16:46 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Ta

Help with problem with STA and Cluster Suite Veritas using volume shared

2007-05-23 Thread Darcy Roberto Ganga Ponce
Hi, I need your experience, have the two server IBM AIX 5.3 TL5 SP6 with Cluster Suite,Cluster version is 4.0 MP4 and use shared filesystem with Volume Manager,my version the TSM Server is 5.3.5.0 and use Storage Agent identical version. The backup is very slow aprox 7MB/s or 3 MB/s using SAN, i

Re: Tape checkin

2007-05-23 Thread Bell, Charles (Chip)
Yes, we use the checklabel=barcode option on tapes that TSM has already initialized in the past. If they are brand new tapes, we use 'label libvol'. Pros: 1. Bypassing drives + using waittime=0 = quicker checkin...duh, you knew that. 2. We did not always have available drives, or one was taken whil

Tape checkin

2007-05-23 Thread Chris McKay
Hi all, We were told to use the following command to check-in tapes brought back from the vault: 'checkin libvol 3584lib search=bulk checklabel=yes status=scratch waittime=0 I have also checked in tapes using the checklabel=barcode option (usually only when checking in brand new tapes), which byp

Re: dsmreg.sl

2007-05-23 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't work. I copied the dsmreg.sl from a 5.3 Linux server and now I get: 05/23/2007 08:30:25 ANR9640E Unable to load procedure address from shared library dsmreg.sl license module. My question is, if this seems to be a known and growing issue, why hasn't IBM

Re: Point in time restore problem

2007-05-23 Thread Richard Sims
On May 22, 2007, at 10:24 PM, Paul Dudley wrote: We perform incremental backups each night and occasional archive backups on our mail server (which is linux OS) I am currently performing a point in time restore via the GUI for an account on that mail server. The point in time is last Friday mor

Re: Point in time restore problem

2007-05-23 Thread Michael Bartl
Paul, you'd see this behaviour when restoring using the "-todate"-option instead of "-pitdate". If the GUI doesn't bring the desired results, also try the CL-client. Good luck, best regards, Michael Am 23.05.2007 um 04:24 schrieb Paul Dudley: We perform incremental backups each night and occ

Restore Times

2007-05-23 Thread James Choate
Does anyone have any general information that they have collected on restore time? Were trying to do a restore, and but we're not sure what to expect, and we don't have anything to compare it to. We are currently restoring 8.17GB to a Windows 2003 server. The client is running on IBM x345 hardw

Re: Question for you

2007-05-23 Thread Richard Sims
On May 22, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Schneider, John wrote: Is IBM listening, I hope? IBM's licensing strategy should be greatly simplified, or based on something that the TSM client itself could track and report. It absolutely should! Here is a major technology company, telling its customers

Re: Question for you

2007-05-23 Thread Dirk Kastens
Hi, Justin Miller wrote: Not to rain on your parade or anything but in talking to my IBM rep she told me that the licensing strategy is indeed changing with the 5.4 release but not for the better in my opinion. Now instead of basing it on the number of CPU's that you have, it will now be based