TSM 7.1 install on AIX problems

2014-04-23 Thread Pagnotta, Pam (CONTR)
Matthew, I had similar TSM DB backup issues and found this TechNote. I followed it and it fixed the slow backups. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21587513 Pam Pam Pagnotta AHE Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator/AHE Storage Administrator/ AHE z890 Administrator Criterion Sys

6.2.2 Backup Stgpool Performance issue?

2011-11-28 Thread Pagnotta, Pam (CONTR)
Hi Wanda, We run v6.2.3 and have had an open PMR for months now about performance issues, mostly concerning automatic reorganization, but that lead to our questioning whether it was causing other issues. As of now, we are being told by TSM developers that we need to adjust the DB2 buffer pools

TSM for VE Demonstration Site

2011-11-11 Thread Pagnotta, Pam (CONTR)
Hello, Would someone please tell me if there is a TSM for VE demo site that someone on our team could log onto to get a feel for how it works? We are looking for a better/easier way to back up the servers in our virtual environments, but would like to have a hands-on type session, if possible,

AIXASYNCIO

2011-09-26 Thread Pagnotta, Pam (CONTR)
Hello, Anyone with experience with using the AIXASYNCIO server parameter on a version 6.2** TSM server running on an AIX v6.1 OS? We backup approximately 5TB of data nightly and although the performance is not bad, if this would make it better, we might have more time for administrative work.

How to script commands at startup

2011-07-18 Thread Pagnotta, Pam (CONTR)
Hello, We are running version 6.2.2.3(0) on an AIX 6.1 server. We are experiencing issues as described in https://www-304.ibm.com/support/entdocview.wss?uid=swg1IC76984 and have been given three commands that need to be issued right after the TSM server is restarted (they are only good for the

Tivoli Request for Enhancements (RFE)

2011-06-15 Thread Pagnotta, Pam (CONTR)
Hello, I just learned that TSM Administrators no longer have to go through their IBM Tivoli Sales Representatives to request changes/enhancements to TSM and I thought I would share this information with you. As of June 11, 2011, The Tivoli RFE Community page is available for almost all of the T

TSM v6.2.2 and Automated Reorgs

2011-03-21 Thread Pagnotta, Pam (CONTR)
Hello, Would someone please tell me if they are seeing ANR0293I and ANR0294I messages in their version 6.2.2 activity log? These messages have to do with the start and finish of automated reorganizations. I have told Level 2 support about 10 times, now, that I have never seen these messages in

DR Copy of TSM v6 Database

2011-03-16 Thread Pagnotta, Pam (CONTR)
Hello, We would like to use SVC Global Mirror & Flash copy to create a DR copy of our live TSM database. If there is anyone out there doing this successfully, please contact me. We have run into several problems starting the DR TSM server. DB2 will not start and reports missing log files as

TSM 6.2/DB2 question

2011-01-06 Thread Pagnotta, Pam
Hello, We have been using TSM Version 6+ on an AIX P6 server in production for about a year now. I have had an open PMR with Level 2 Support since the end of May 2010 because my database just continues to grow and grow, even on the days when there are more files expired than are taken in. One o

New to TSM on AIX and using TSM as Library Manager

2010-01-22 Thread Pagnotta, Pam
Hello, We have been running TSM on MVS for 15 years, using CA-1 as our Tape Management system without any problems, but we have recently been working on moving to TSM on AIX. We have a TS3500 Tape Library and we are using our new TSM server as the Library Manager. We also are using TSMManager a

TSM 6.1.3 Install

2010-01-14 Thread Pagnotta, Pam
Hi Sam, I ran into the same issue when installing 6.1.3. I found that we had not removed the previous install files (for 6.1.2.1) and that even though I chose to replace them when expanding the new ones, the actual server files did not get replaced. Check the directory where you have extracte