Re: Is there a limit on the amount of data an NT client can backup ?

2003-01-10 Thread Keith Kwiatek
trator > NT Systems Support Engineer > SAIC > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: (858) 826-4062 > Pager: (877) 905-7154 > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Keith Kwiatek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 6:46 AM

Re: Is there a limit on the amount of data an NT client can backup ?

2003-01-10 Thread Keith Kwiatek
using the virtual filespace option would break it up into smaller more manageable indexes? Any thoughts? Keith Kwiatek National Institute of Standards and Technology - Original Message - From: "Andrew Raibeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Frida

Password expire questions.....

2003-01-09 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, 1) can you override mailprog in the clientoption set on the server? 2) can you force an immediate expiration or generation of password from the server (assuming client passwordaccess generate is set to generate) ? Thanks Keith

Re: Can you set "passwordaccess generate" from a client option set on the server?

2002-09-12 Thread Keith Kwiatek
opment > Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS > Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i to reply) > > The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. > The command line is your friend. > "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. > > &g

Can you set "passwordaccess generate" from a client option set on the server?

2002-09-12 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Can you set "passwordaccess generate" from a client option set on the server? How? Doesn't seem to be a selection in the client option set menu THanks Keith

Questions about ----> ANS1931E An error saving one or more eventlogs

2002-09-11 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Anyone have any insight or trouble-shooting tips concerning the following errors? 09/10/2002 20:46:55 ANS1228E Sending of object 'C:' failed 09/10/2002 20:46:55 ANS1931E An error saving one or more eventlogs. Thanks Keith

Questions about encryption.... and locally stored passphrases....

2002-09-11 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, 1) If I choose to have TSM store the passphrase locally, will it prompt me initially for a passphrase and THEN store it locally... OR does it auto generate a passphrase and store it locally -so you never see it? 2) How can you tell what things are being encrypted? Is there a server query

Re: Tsm client 5.1 fails to restore tsm 4.1 client backups ??

2002-06-05 Thread Keith Kwiatek
gt; > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject:Re: Tsm client 5.1 fails to restore tsm 4.1 client backups ?? > > > > To the best of my knowledge, TSM 5.1 is not supported for Win9x clients. > > Regards, > > Matt Adams > Tivoli St

Tsm client 5.1 fails to restore tsm 4.1 client backups ??

2002-06-05 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Have a win98 client machine that had a hard disk failure. It was running TSM 4.1, so I install the new disk, and OS, and then install Tsm 5.1... but when I try to restore with the 5.1 client, it restores about 10,000 files and then consistently throws a generic application error and dies!

Question about port configuration...

2002-05-30 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, When the tsm client talks to the server it uses 1500. Is there a way to tell the server what port to talk to the client on? Thanks, Keith

Odd TSM special character behavior in passwords.....

2002-04-15 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, How come I can set a password called "abc_123" in the command line but not the GUI ??? Keith

windows2000/NT client schedulers failing intermittently -Clash with NORTON AV ???

2002-04-12 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I am constantly having a good portion of my 900 TSM 4.2.1.30 and 4.2.1.20 client schedulers fail abrutly. The dsmsched.log show files being sent to the server, and then "NOTHING". The log just ends. The scheduler is stopped. Nothing in the error log. Someone said that Norton AV may be in

TSM 4.2.1.30 scheduler dies intermittently....

2002-04-10 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I have 900 tsm total TSM clients. Everything has been running fine, but I have 20 new clients that have installed TSM 4.2.1.30 on their win2000 machines. The tsm scheduler starts fine, and at the correct time begins a backup. But sometimes the scheduler just dies. Doesn't leave errors mes

TSM Linux scheduler fails authentication when a certain VALID password is used!?

2002-03-21 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I have a Red Hat Linux 7.2 TSM client v 4.2.1 which seems to have a problem with a certain VALID password. I do a "set password" on the command line, and enter old/new password. It accepts the new password fine. I exit from the command line. I start the scheduler. I restart the command li

How many files can "fail" before scheduled backup is declared "failed"?

2002-03-18 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Just started running the 4.2.1 client on win2000. In previoius versions, it would seem that 1 or 2 files may "fail" -like ntuser.dat, and userclass.dat, but the backup would still finish with a status of "completed" (query event) BUT now with the 4.2.1 client, it seems that if the sam

Anyone have bare metal restore instructions for SGI's???

2002-02-14 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Does anyone have some good bare metal restore instructions for SGI? Seems like you used to be able to boot off the install cd's and then ftp over dsmc to recover. BUT now it seems that the dsmc module requires lib's that aren't on the CD boot Any ideas? Keith

Re: Is it ok to exclude ntuser.dat, and usrclass.dat ????

2002-02-13 Thread Keith Kwiatek
0 LIGHTBUG.NI.COM ANE4987E Error processing '\\ightning\c$\Documents and Settings\gooney \NTUSER.DAT': the object is in use by another process Keith Kwiatek National Institute of Standards and Technology - Original Message - From: "Prather, Wanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Is it ok to exclude ntuser.dat, and usrclass.dat ????

2002-02-12 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Is is ok to exclude the below files? I found this tivloi link that seems to indicate such: http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/services/datenhaltung/adsm/link/tsm-v42-books/win c/ans60014.htm exclude "*:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat.LOG" exclude "*:\documents and settings\...

Is it ok to exclude ntuser.dat, and usrclass.dat ????

2002-02-12 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Is is ok to exclude the below files? I found this tivloi link that seems to indicate such: http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/services/datenhaltung/adsm/link/tsm-v42-books/win c/ans60014.htm exclude "*:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat.LOG" exclude "*:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat"

Re: TSM redbook/piece

2002-02-12 Thread Keith Kwiatek
yes, but, each user downloads the client, and then must configure it with the nodename and tcpserveraddress. How can we configure the nodename and the tcpserveraddress in the zipped tsm client? Keith - Original Message - From: "Marco Supino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Se

How do you pre-config windows dsm.opt file?

2002-02-12 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I extracted the TSM windows client files tot he TSM_IMAGES directory, and then placed a dsm.opt file (with JUST a couple parameters like schedlogretention) in the "config" directory, which then was successfully moved over to the baclient directory when the install completed, BUT when you l

Does the TSM client send the password in clear text ??!

2002-02-04 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Does the TSM client send the password in cleartext? Thanks, Keith

Does anyone have bare metal restore prodcedure for SGI/Irix clients

2002-01-25 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Does anyone have bare metal restore procedures for SGI/Irix clients? We used to just boot off the SGI install disks, to a mini-root, and then tftp dsmc over to restore the original system, but now it seems that the dsmc module for the new 4.2 client needs libraries that don't exist on the

Any way to set schedlogretention on the server??

2002-01-17 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Is there any way to tell the client scheduler to roll over the dsmsched.log, WITHOUT having the user manually set the schedlogretention value in the dsm.sys or dsm.opt Sorta like a client option set ? Thank! Keith

Bare metal restore Instructions on SGI ???

2002-01-02 Thread Keith Kwiatek
that. I do not know of a way to include the DMI during the > buot from CD. I think you are going to have to create a temporary boot > drive with the stuff needed. > > -----Original Message- > From: Keith Kwiatek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 7:

Re: TSM 4.2 dsmc errors on irix 6.5 client.

2001-12-28 Thread Keith Kwiatek
EN API and reboot. All the problems > will go away then. There is a direct hit on this problem on the SGI website > if you use the keyword "libdm" if I remember correctly. > > Stay in touch, we have some SGI systems with over 1TB on them. > > -Original Message- &

TSM 4.2 dsmc errors on irix 6.5 client.

2001-12-27 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I am writing some tsm 4.2 recovery instructions for irix 6.5. I boot off the irix install cdrom, and then go to a shell, where I then tftp "dsmc" and the license file over. BUT when I try to run dsmc it says it cannot map soname to libdm.so to any filenames. Does anyone have any inp

Has anyone booted off IRIX cdrom and then run DSMC ???

2001-12-27 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello Ya'all I am trying to do a bare metal restore of an IRIX 6.5 tsm 4.2 client. I have booted off the irix install cd, and tftp'd over the dsmc module, but when I run dsmc I get: 2109:dsmc: rld: Fatal Error: Cannot Successfully map soname 'libdm.so' under any of the filenames /usr/lib32/libd

Does 4.2 client have to constantly back up win2000 system DLL's ?

2001-11-21 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, It seems the new 4.2 client backs up the win2000 system dll's constantly even though they have not changed any way around this? Keith

Will filespaces be over-written if unix OS is changed?

2001-11-15 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, We have a TSM policy of keeping 30 versions of a file for 30 days. If I have a machine with AIX installed with TSM account name "mybox", and then take that same machine and install Linux, and keep the TSM account name of "mybox", will the AIX data be over-written? I would think that since

Point in time restore for NT and/or Win 2000 system objects ??

2001-10-02 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Am I correct in reading the Tivoli doc's that with the 4.2 windows client, that point in time recovery of system object is ONLY supported for win2000? If so, is there any work around or experience out there for how to manage this on windows NT? Thanks, Keith

Anyone have a script to install win95/98/me/2000 4.1/4.2 scheduler without using wizard?

2001-08-30 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I want to install the scheduler without having to use the wizard. Is there an unattended install doc somewhere? I guess I see a .bat file that runs and just installs the scheduler with certain default settings The bigger picture is that I am using pkzip + self extractor to allow the

Client optionset schedlogretention doesn't work !?

2001-08-28 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I have the below client optionset on my 4.1 server, but my clients never get their logs pruned. The logs just grow and grow. I have a mix of 3.7 , 4.1.2.12 clients and I think they all experience the same thing. Anyone have any ideas? Keith Optionset WIN32_INCLEXCL Option D

Will changing JUST the INODE number result in file backup?

2001-06-12 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I have a client that has a solaris box with 400gigs of data. He want to "rsync" the filesystem to another solaris box. Access time, owner, permissions will NOT change, but the inode for each file WILL change. If JUST the inode changes, will this result in TSM backing up the file? Thanks

HELP: An error occurred while attempting to access NTFS security information ????

2001-06-01 Thread Keith Kwiatek
I have a client with a networked drive. But when attempting to backup I am getting "ANS1448E An error occurred while attempting to access NTFS security information" The client has FULL access to the files (read/write...) What must I do to allow the client to backup this drive? Keith

HELP! Logged off, BUT ntuser.dat still "in use by another process" ???!

2001-05-18 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, With respect to the ntuser.dat and ntuser.dat.log files, we have noticed that our clients are getting: "the object is in use by another process" entries in their log files. BUT they have logged off, and there are no other users logged into the machine Any ideas what else could be lock

How do you determine the shared libraries used by TSM client 4.x client for solaris BMR?

2001-05-09 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, It seems that the new TSM solaris 4.X client requires shared libraries -that are NOT present with the minimal install off the solaris installation CDIn the past, for BMR, we had simply been booting off the install CD, then exiting after the system identification section (to get the net

How are you guys doing bare metal restores on TSM 4.x clients???!

2001-05-09 Thread Keith Kwiatek
How are you guys doing bare metal restores on TSM 4.x clients???! Any detailed procedures? Keith

How do you start TSM 4.x scheduler on windows 98 machine?

2001-05-07 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Beside rebooting the machine, how do you start the win98 TSM scheduler with TSM 4.x? Keith

Re: Where are the solaris bare metal restore procedures for TSM 4.x ?????!!!!!!

2001-05-07 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Yes, and it seems rather expensive we have 750+ nodes and they are talking $200-300K for an enterprise license or somewhere between $400 and $900 per node for an individual license Our solaris clients were fine until we went to TSM 4.x now we can't use the tried and true method of

Re: Can you use dual boot method to BMR Solaris with TSM 4.x?

2001-05-07 Thread Keith Kwiatek
laris with TSM 4.x? > On Fri, 4 May 2001, Keith Kwiatek wrote: > > // Hello, > // > // Has anyone tried to use a dual boot method to allow a bare metal restore > // with a solaris 4.x client? In other words, would installing a bootable > // solaris instance into a "tempo

Can you use dual boot method to BMR Solaris with TSM 4.x?

2001-05-04 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, Has anyone tried to use a dual boot method to allow a bare metal restore with a solaris 4.x client? In other words, would installing a bootable solaris instance into a "temporary" filesystem, along with the TSM4x client, --permit you to recover the original system "Completely"... kinda l

Anyone using bootp to do restores on solaris?

2001-05-04 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Anyone using bootp to do restores on solaris?

Where are the solaris bare metal restore procedures for TSM 4.x ?????!!!!!!

2001-05-04 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I am trying to write some bare metal solaris restore instructions. With our old ADSM/TSM 3.x clients we were able to simply follow the procedure below... BUT with the new TSM 4.1.2 client it seems they have introduced dependancies that no longer make a "simple" restore possible W

Re: TSM 4.1 solaris dsmc gives "syntax error" ?

2001-05-02 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Try to add the DSM_CONFIG env var pointing at your dsm.opt file > > rv > > > -Message d'origine- > > De : Keith Kwiatek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Envoyé : mercredi 2 mai 2001 19:08 > > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Objet : TSM 4.1 solaris

TSM 4.1 solaris dsmc gives "syntax error" ?

2001-05-02 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I am trying to write some bare metal solaris restore instructions. With our old ADSM/TSM 3.x clients we were able to simply boot off the solaris install cd, and ftp the "dsmc" and en_US directory over (vs having to install solaris and ADSM fully)... and then launch the dsmc command li

Re: Don't understand

2001-03-12 Thread Keith Kwiatek
I am getting it straight from the accounting logs Keith - Original Message - From: "Jim Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 3:13 PM Subject: Don't understand > Hi Keith > > I am intrigued by your question. As it looks like you are tryi

HELP! TSM accounting record question....

2001-03-09 Thread Keith Kwiatek
5 why? I thought that if the client is being backed up as the result of belonging to a schedule, that they would have a "5" in field 25 Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Kwiatek

HELP: server "client option set" ignored by clients....why?

2001-02-21 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I have a bunch of includes and excludes in a client option set on my v4 TSM server. When the schedule runs, the clients backup the files even if they are excluded in the client option set they are not over-riding the client option set. I am sure the clients have the client option se

Bogus server accouting data for "session duration" field ????!!!!

2001-01-02 Thread Keith Kwiatek
Hello, I was looking in my accounting records on the TSM server, and it said that a session started on 12/22/00 at 03:57:07 (field # 4+5), and that the session duration was 30032 seconds (field # 21), which would tell me that the session ended about 12/22/00 at 12:17pm ---only one proble