Re: Feature in TSM6.1...

2009-05-06 Thread Kiran
Hi, Actually I want to expire only particular type of data from my archive copy group? Is it possible? Regards, Kiran. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:40 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Sub

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-06 Thread Len Boyle
Over ten years ago I was at a presentation by a MD that was proposing the creation of a xml standard for medical records to help with this. His personal stake was in making it easier to use historical medical records for medical research. Also along these lines I remember seeing a small articl

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-06 Thread Len Boyle
Here is a URL for a company selling 300g disks with a 50 year media archive life. I wonder if TSM will work with this media. http://www.inphase-technologies.com/products/default.asp?tnn=3 Here is the URL's for GE's story. Of course this is not a product yet. http://hardware.slashdot.org/artic

Re: Tough questions for Netapp representatives

2009-05-06 Thread Clark, Robert A
Unfortunately, this turns the "Can I get it done in time without running out of scratch?" problem into "Can I get it done in more time, across a constrained network, without running out of disk storage pool?". Not always a win. Also, 5.4 solved the "How do I make an offsite copy of NDMP data?" pro

Re: Register Node or create client schedule fails using ISC

2009-05-06 Thread James Choate
Thanks, That was it. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Trible Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 1:02 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Register Node or create client schedule fails using ISC The missing dsmcmd.xm

Re: NDMP and TSM 6.1 TOC support

2009-05-06 Thread john bremer
Colin and Remco, Thank you for your responses. Were the "issues that were identified with performance" the excruciating length of time to load a TOC (even from disk) to the TSM database? I hope we will be given a mechanism to retain a TOC in DB2 when it is created for as long as we need it. Th

Re: Register Node or create client schedule fails using ISC

2009-05-06 Thread Carol Trible
The missing dsmcmd.xml file will cause the error from the Adminstration Center on ISC. That file should have been placed in the /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin directory when the server code was installed. I believe the fileset is tivoli.tsm.server.webcon. Carol Trible IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Deve

Re: NDMP and TSM 6.1 TOC support

2009-05-06 Thread Colin Dawson
Howdy, The TSM support for NDMP backups using TOC's was disabled at the GA for 6.1.0.0 due issues that were identified with performance. Those issues are being worked on and are expected to be resolved in a fix-pack for TSM V6. At the current time, this fix is expected in the 6.1.2.0 fix-pack

Re: NDMP and TSM 6.1 TOC support

2009-05-06 Thread Remco Post
On May 6, 2009, at 20:18 , john bremer wrote: All, One of our NDMP backup customers recently sent us an announcement from NetApp detailing the integration of NetApp SanPirror to Tape and Snapshot technologies with IBM TSM 6. The enhancement will greatly speed up what used to cumulative Differe

NDMP and TSM 6.1 TOC support

2009-05-06 Thread john bremer
All, One of our NDMP backup customers recently sent us an announcement from NetApp detailing the integration of NetApp SanPirror to Tape and Snapshot technologies with IBM TSM 6. The enhancement will greatly speed up what used to cumulative Differential backups with NDMP to TSM. Later, the foll

Re: how to view the content of a database (db)

2009-05-06 Thread Richard Sims
On May 6, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Desalegne Guangul wrote: ANR8208W TCP/IP driver unable to initialize due to error in using Port 1500, reason code 10048. The 10xxx error number series is the Windows set. 10048 is WSAEADDRINUSE, Address already in use. Port 1500 is the standard TSM server port. You

Re: Tough questions for Netapp representatives

2009-05-06 Thread Richard Rhodes
We are in the process of implimenting a snapmirror/snapvault setup on IBM NSeries (ie; NetApp) for one of our applications. It is using SnapMirror for DR (async replication) and SnapVault for backups. The interesting thing about SnapVault is that it's like TSM - incremental forever. It makes a

Re: how to view the content of a database (db)

2009-05-06 Thread Joerg Pohlmann
Hi Zoltan. I stand corrected on the release level of your TSM server. That does not change my comments about the importance of the volume history/RPF, and the inability to rebuild the TSM server if you do not have the volume history. Even if you have knowledge (for example paper and pencil) of whic

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-06 Thread Kelly Lipp
Here here. I'll reiterate: the data must be stored in the lowest common denominator format. No databases, no strange and wondrous binary formats. Simple text is the best. That's why microfiche is still used! I would be very concerned about medical data: it is in so many different formats an

Re: how to view the content of a database (db)

2009-05-06 Thread Desalegne Guangul
Hi Guys, I can only run the dsmserv command from the windows command line as you see below. Here is the out put of the command ...Is any body know what this mean? By the way I'm running TSM V 5.3.3.1 on Windows 2000 server. c:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\server>dsmserv.exe display dbbackupvolu

Re: how to view the content of a database (db)

2009-05-06 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
While I understand your desired results, I disagree about this servers pedigree. This is from my sole 6.1.1.0 server - not a 5.x server. Here are my log entries. 11:41:59 AM WIND : select date_time,volume_name,type,backup_series,volume_seq,devclass,location from volhistory where backup_operatio

Re: how to view the content of a database (db)

2009-05-06 Thread Joerg Pohlmann
Zoltan, the select statement gives you the entries from the volume history table, so the TSM server is operational. Your sample output is from a pre-TSM 6.1 server. For a TSM 6.1 server, here is an example of a database backup volume history entry: tsm: VISTA1>select * from volhistory where type='

Re: Tough questions for Netapp representatives

2009-05-06 Thread Shawn Drew
NDMP in general. It's not the storage pool situation that bothers me. I actually prefer the native, lan-free arrangement. It is much faster than going over IP. It's the fact you have to do the old unix-style level-0, level1 backups compared to the typical TSM incremental-forever. Regards, Shaw

Register Node or create client schedule fails using ISC

2009-05-06 Thread James Choate
I am running TSM 5.5.2.1 on AIX 5.3 TL8 When I register a new node, or create a client schedule using the ISC logged in as iscadmin, I get the following error from the ISC. Create Client Node Exception Type PortletException Message com.tivoli.dsm.snapin.DsmLaunchedPortlet:base.handlePSTrigger

Re: Tough questions for Netapp representatives

2009-05-06 Thread Remco Post
On 6 mei 2009, at 08:35, Michael Green wrote: I've just been notified that Netapp sales people will pay us a visit in about a week from now and try to talk us into buying their backup solutions. What tricky questions should I be asking them? I don't exactly know what products they will be talki

Re: Tough questions for Netapp representatives

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Are you referring to the older version of NDMP, or the "Filer-to-Server" capability that was added with TSM 5.4? This allows you (I believe) to store the NDMP data in normal TSM storage pools, rather than sending directly to a NAS-attached tape library. At 11:38 AM 5/6/2009, Shawn Drew wrote: A

Re: how to view the content of a database (db)

2009-05-06 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
TSMManager uses the following select to get the list of DBBackup volumes: select date_time,volume_name,type,backup_series,volume_seq,devclass,location from volhistory where backup_operation<>99 and results in: 11:41:59 AM WIND : select date_time,volume_name,type,backup_series,volume_seq,devcla

TSM v6 How to SELECT output sequence of actlog (summary) in true date time sequence?

2009-05-06 Thread Cowen, Richard
I don't see an exposed unique key on actlog/summary/events. I would like to get it in the same order TSM v3,4,5 did by default- in the sequence the rows were posted. In particular, I would like to see the start session at the top and the end session at the bottom. I realize the "events" can be p

Re: Tough questions for Netapp representatives

2009-05-06 Thread Shawn Drew
One of their backup products is "Snapvault" Frankly, NDMP is horrible.It is such a pain to perform restores. Also, since you have to do periodic fulls and differential incrementals, it generates so much waste data that we can't store all the tapes in the library, so we have to run around for t

Re: Help with select statement

2009-05-06 Thread Thomas Denier
-Joni Moyer wrote: - >I was trying: select * from archives where node_name='FJSU101' and >owner='appb2b' and filespace_id=11 and date(archive_date) > >04/31/2009 as a starting point, but I'm still having no luck. Any >suggestions are greatly appreciated I would expect the output fro

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-06 Thread Daniel Sparrman
Like you've correctly stated below, hardware is the least of the problems in this case. Making the data readable after 25 years is the issue that needs to be resolved. There are several ways of going at this, but TSM on it's own is not the solution for retention over decades since TSM itself has

Re: Failed Admin Center upgrade on AIX 5300 - 08-05-846

2009-05-06 Thread James Choate
For those of you interested: If you upgrade your ISC/AC, it is important to remember the username/password with which the ISC/AC was installed with. If you forget your username/password combo [usually (iscadmin/iscpass)], you could have potential problems of not successfully being to upgrade.

TSM and Image Backups

2009-05-06 Thread Tim Brown
I have been testing image backups with TSM, a feature that we never took advantage of. I can see how it can be benefical especially for recovery. It takes to long to recover whenever I have had to. We also should look at collocation. Some questions about image backups 1. Should it be image

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-06 Thread Kauffman, Tom
Soapbox time. The media is not important - any sane retention policy will require that the information be copied at least annually, with enough copies for redundancy. BUT - to be able to PROCESS the data 25 years from now imposes additional requirements. First and formost -- the data will NOT

TSM-OR 5.5.1.0 - 'Error -- Server Information'

2009-05-06 Thread Rainer Holzinger
Hi all, TSM-OR 5.5.1.0 on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 TSM server 5.5.2.0 on RedHat Enterprise Linux version 5.2 I have installed two new TSM servers, version 5.5.2.0 on RedHat Enterprise Linux version 5.2 and implemented both into TSM-OR version 5.5.1.0 on a Windows Server 2003

Re: Feature in TSM6.1...

2009-05-06 Thread Remco Post
Even with tsm 5.5 you can select the managementclass of your data from the include file. Now, the hard part is determining what type of data you are dealing with? On 6 mei 2009, at 09:38, Tandon K wrote: Hi, Does TSM 6.1 has any feature of implementing Policies in Policy Domain based on Data

Help with select statement

2009-05-06 Thread Moyer, Joni M
Hey Everyone, I've been trying to get the proper output of archived data for a particular node, but I keep getting hung up on the archive_date parameter and was wondering if anyone could help out? I am trying to get information on all archived data for the following: node_name=fjsu101 owner=ap

Feature in TSM6.1...

2009-05-06 Thread Tandon K
Hi, Does TSM 6.1 has any feature of implementing Policies in Policy Domain based on Data Type in Backup and Archive Copy Groups? Regards, Tandon.Disclaimer: This email message (including attachments if any) may contain privileged, proprietary, confidential information, which may be exempt from