Re: Windows TSM server 6.1.2.0 after clean install : ANR2968E Database backup terminated. DB2 sqlcode: -2033.

2009-08-29 Thread Stefan Folkerts
I get your point Bill but if something this basic is broken and has been broken for a while (I gather) somebody would just take it out for the time being, it's not that much work to just disable a function like that in the software. People that see the wizard and used to use it will use it again..b

TSM 6.1 + HACMP

2009-08-29 Thread Mehdi Salehi
Hi, I am planning to put TSM 6.1 under the control of HACMP 5.4 in a two node cluster. AIX version is 6.1. This task is more complex than previous TSM versions because of DB2 you know. The question is that do I need DB2 HADR? Regards, Mehdi Salehi

Seeking wisdom on dedupe..filepool file size client compression and reclaims

2009-08-29 Thread Stefan Folkerts
TSM guru's of the world, I am toying around with a new TSM server we have and I am pondering some options and would like your thoughts about them. I am setting up a 6.1.2.0 TSM server with a filepool only, planning on using deduplication. When I set up a filepool I usually make a fairly small vol

Re: Daily TSM maintenance schedules

2009-08-29 Thread Roger Deschner
We're big. (2tb/day backup data Mon-Fri nights) Expiration is the 20-ton elephant in the room. If it doesn't run to completion every once in a while, we're in trouble and we have the dreaded database bloat. It has happened, and it wasn't pretty. You can call this schedule crazy, but it's what work

Re: Seeking wisdom on dedupe..filepool file size client compression and reclaims

2009-08-29 Thread Allen S. Rout
>> On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:24:11 +0200, Stefan Folkerts >> said: > Now I am thinking, dedupe only occurs when you move data the volumes > or reclaim them but 10G volumes might not get reclaimed for a LONG > time since they contain so little data the chance of that getting > reclaimed and thus de

Re: Seeking wisdom on dedupe..filepool file size client compression and reclaims

2009-08-29 Thread Stefan Folkerts
Interesting ideas and a simulator would be fun for this purpose. You could be right and your example does make sense in a way but still.. I do wonder if it works out in the real world. Let's say you have normal data that expires (user files etc) and large databases, some you keep for many months a