Re: Very slow DB backups

2005-07-01 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Hi Paul A strange volume config indeed One thing I'd ask is when was the last time this server was unloaded/reloaded ? Chris -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul van Dongen Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:38 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MAR

Re: very very big DB!!!!

2005-06-10 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Hi Rick Our unload/reload what about 10 weeks ago and halved our database from 100Gb for 50Gb... the database has grown by 20% since but expire inventory is still much quicker than it was prior to the unload/reload, it is however taking longer than immediately after the process... definitely a wor

Re: Filespaces not updating time/date

2005-06-10 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Matthew, We get exactly the same with our LAN-free image backup filespaces. We're on TSM Server 5.2.2.3. Chris -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Large Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 10:23 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADS

Re: very very big DB!!!!

2005-06-09 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Mario I would be surprised if you were having problems with a 30Gb database due to its size, as 30Gb is not that large. How long has this database existed? Has it ever had an unload/reload performed on it? I did an unload/reload on our 100Gb database and it took a total of 29 hours. This was on a

backup issue caused by windows limitation

2005-05-19 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Hi All We are experiencing problems because of windows limitation. In a nutshell a file that has a full path longer that 256 characters cannot be backed up / restored. We have found this a problem with other programs such as robocopy. Has anyone out there found a work around for this.. I know t

Re: Help me convincing IBM please!!!!

2005-04-07 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Eric Nice bit of SQL.. Here you are ACTIVITY DateObjects Examined Up/Hr -- -- - EXPIRATION 2005-03-08 3164400 EXPIRATION 2005-03-09

Re: another storage agent question

2005-04-01 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Uwe Thanks for your reply. I had already tried what you suggested. I was dead close but I hadn't got my mgmtclass set up properly on my library client... what a silly mistake.. It now works. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Uwe

another storage agent question

2005-03-31 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Hi All Env = Win2k TSM Server and Storage agent 5.2.2.3 3584 mixed lto1/lto2 libraries 1 tsm server library manager , 1 tsm server library client The 5.2 and 5.3 manual on the storage agent seems to indicate that I should be able to do lanfree backups to a tsm server that is a library client whi

storage agent question

2005-03-31 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Hi I think what I want to do is probably not supported/configurable but thought I would ask anyway. Env Win2k TSM Server and Storage agent 5.2.2.3 Basically I want the win2k server to be able to do lan free backups to two different tsm servers dependant on the optfile used. I tried adding in

Re: problem backing up mapped network drive

2005-03-03 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rees, Chris (Corp) Sent: donderdag 3 maart 2005 15:56 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: problem backing up mapped network drive Hi All I have two windows 2000 servers with SP4 and TSM client 5.2.3.4 both in the same domain. I have a TSM Server 5.2.2.3 on win2k SP4. Both TSM

problem backing up mapped network drive

2005-03-03 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Hi All I have two windows 2000 servers with SP4 and TSM client 5.2.3.4 both in the same domain. I have a TSM Server 5.2.2.3 on win2k SP4. Both TSM clients have a mapped network drive (F:) to a NetApp filer. On both servers the permissions on the mapped drive are everyone has everything. When

Re: DB unload/load

2005-02-18 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Richard I'm doing this to reduce the size of the database, on my DR server it reduced 40%. Also expire inventory doesn't currently finish with 24 hours. This took 7 hours on the DR server after I'd reloaded the database. Cheers Chris ___ Disclaimer Notice ___

DB unload/load

2005-02-18 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Hi All TSM Server 5.2.2.3 on win2k SP4 This weekend I'm going to be doing a unload / load of our 100Gb TSM Database. The steps I'm going to do once I have a couple of DB backups are Halt TSM Dsmserv unloaddb devc=filedev Delete the log and db volumes from windows Dsmserv loadformat num_log_vols

Re: TSM Database backup volume deletion

2005-02-14 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Akash Did you really mean that you are taking a TSM Database backup once every 15 days?? If that's true, you are braver than me ! Regards Chris -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Akash Jain Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:33 AM

Re: RESTORING a WINDOWS 2000 Server using incremental IMAGE RESTORE

2005-02-03 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Hi I understand your problem now !!! I'll try and do some testing with our environment ( TSM Server is win2000 SP4 ). I'll let you know what I find. Cheers Chris -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luc Beaudoin Sent: Thursday, Feb

Re: RESTORING a WINDOWS 2000 Server using incremental IMAGE RESTORE

2005-02-03 Thread Rees, Chris (Corp)
Hi I tested and used this procedure on win2k clients and it worked as it should... we are running TSM Server 5.2.2.3. Cheers Chris Rees UK Services +44 (0)2476424303 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luc Beaudoin