Re: FW: v4.2.1 TSM Clients

2001-10-26 Thread Steven P Roder
> Guys > > Is there a patch for this issue ? Yes, is there? I read through that APAR, and one cannot conceivably visit hundreds, possibly thousands of clients, and exclude all files that may fail. This behavior, in my opinion, is a bug. If I upgraded to this code, close to 100% of my client sc

Re: Migration from AIX to Solaris

2001-10-23 Thread Steven P Roder
I migrated from Sun to AIX, exporting/importing the server from Sun to AIX. This got me all my policies, clients, schedules, etc. I then partitioned my 3575-L18's, cabling them to both systems. This allowed me to migrate the clients via export/import (using tapes, or via server-to-server). For

Re: server to server

2001-07-27 Thread Steven P Roder
n - With best regards > Serdeczne pozdrowienia - Slan agus beannacht > Paul Baines > TSM/ADSM Consultant On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Steven P Roder wrote: > Hi All, > > I am having a problem with a server-to-server setup. I am able to > export a client, and it create a virtual volumes o

server to server

2001-07-26 Thread Steven P Roder
Hi All, I am having a problem with a server-to-server setup. I am able to export a client, and it create a virtual volumes on the source server, with the data going over to the target, but with I start the import on the target, I get error positioning the volume. Both servers are TSM 4.1.2

Re: Changing the Tivoli server hostname

2001-05-30 Thread Steven P Roder
erver is the machine that may actually have to do the resolution, in order to contact the clients. > Thanks, > Angela > --- Steven P Roder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Actually, this is made so much easier if it is > > turned into a DNS issue, > > rather than editin

Re: Changing the Tivoli server hostname

2001-05-30 Thread Steven P Roder
This information is incorrect. The "set servername" does not in any way affect the machines' TCPIP hostname. From the help command: >>-Set SERVername--server_name->< Parameters server_name (Required) Specifies the new server name. The name must be unique

Re: Changing the Tivoli server hostname

2001-05-30 Thread Steven P Roder
Actually, this is made so much easier if it is turned into a DNS issue, rather than editing dsm.opt/dsm.sys files on every client. We use a CNAME to place into our dsm.sys/opt files, so that the clients never use the machines' true hostname to contact it. The CNAME is an alias that points at the

Re: 4.1.2.0 on Solaris 2.6/2.7

2001-05-22 Thread Steven P Roder
> Hi Steven > > some one posted a workaround some days ago : remove /etc/adsm and try again Thanks. I removed that directory, and rebuilt it, and it stopped the segfault under 2.6, but I still get the when I should be asked to select the restore destination: X Error of failed request: BadWind

4.1.2.0 on Solaris 2.6/2.7

2001-05-22 Thread Steven P Roder
Hi All, Has anyone successfully used the GUI tool, DSM, of the 4.1.2.0 client under Solaris 2.6 or 2.7? Under my test 2.6 machine here, the segfaults right away, and under 2.7, it dies when changing windows, somtimes when it needs to ask for the destination, and sometimes after selecting th

Re: C-Format XL Tapes

2001-05-03 Thread Steven P Roder
Are you sure the tape is labeled? Try: label libvol 3575LIB search=bulk checkin=scr labels=barcode overwrite=no > > So i think the library should be ready for the C-Format XL tapes. But here is > what i get when trying to checkin such a tape: > > 05/03/01 14:07:31 ANR2017I Administrator A05

Re: 3575lib

2001-05-03 Thread Steven P Roder
Not all C1A will support XL tapes. They need at least 41A of the microcode too. > Try "lscfg -vl rmtn", where n is replace by an appropriate numeric value. A > drive capable of supporting the desired tape should return (along with the > other information): > > Machine Type and Model.

Re: 3575lib

2001-05-03 Thread Steven P Roder
The library needs 2.19 of the EPROM. The drives need at least 41A. I am running 432 without problems. > We are using the 3575 L32 library and use the C format XL tapes... > > K. Jones > Chesterfield County VA > >>> Gisbert Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/03/01 09:59AM >>> > Hello, > > can anyo

Re: restore errors

2001-05-03 Thread Steven P Roder
7.2, but the person that was doing the restore was using the same OS and platform, but hitting the server for the 3.7.2 client with 3.1.06 yes, very old > > > -Original Message- > From: Steven P Roder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 23:34

restore errors

2001-05-02 Thread Steven P Roder
Anyone know what causes this? and if anything can be done to restore the client data? 05/02/01 13:31:59 ANS4032E Error processing '/temp/joeogden/mainmatch.f': file is not compressed. 05/02/01 13:31:59 ANS4032E Error processing '/temp/joeogden/mainmatch.f': file is not compressed. Than

Re: Point in time restores

2001-02-28 Thread Steven P Roder
Sorry, that was a mistake on my part. > > I've tried to do the PIT restore using all three versions of the client. > > The platforms have been NT 4.0. > > > > Where do we go from here? > > > > BTW, what is the listserv I can subscribe to for TSM? > > The list would be a great next place. I am sw

Re: Point in time restores

2001-02-28 Thread Steven P Roder
> I've tried to do the PIT restore using all three versions of the client. > The platforms have been NT 4.0. > > Where do we go from here? > > BTW, what is the listserv I can subscribe to for TSM? The list would be a great next place. I am swamped, and if by chance it is a know bug with a fix/wo

Re: 3494 checkin

2001-01-18 Thread Steven P Roder
> > Does this mean that you open the libr and put in the tapes and the > run the checkin? No. When I put the tapes in the I/O station, the library puts them away, but leaves them with the insert catagory (FF00). > In a scsi lib with EE port it will open the port. > I know th 3494 is not a sc

Re: 3494 checkin

2001-01-18 Thread Steven P Roder
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, -???- freenet-Kunde wrote: > Whein I do a checkin libvol to a 3494 do I use search=bulk ? I use: checkin libvol 3494 search=yes checklabel=no stat=scr|pri volr=A0,A9 I need the volrange because I share my 3494 with our mainframe. Steve Roder, University at Buffa

Re: partitioning a 3575-L18 -Reply

2001-01-11 Thread Steven P Roder
> We had to have our IBM CE come in and perform a teach or instruction update. We had >100 cells that we could not get the library to recognize. It turned out to be that >those cell even though internal were reserved for I/O convenience slots. If you do >not have a CE call IBM and request a

partitioning a 3575-L18

2001-01-10 Thread Steven P Roder
Anyone have any experience partitioning a 3575 library? I did a library config from the front panel, and was able to define two logical libraries, each with two drives, but nothing about how to allocate the cells. Do the cells have to be controlled by me, by not allowing scratch tapes?...definin

Re: Moving data to new libraries

2000-11-15 Thread Steven P Roder
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Steven P Roder wrote: > > Hi *SM-ers! > > Today I will be a proud owner of two new libraries. I will have to move the > > data (both tapepool and copypool) from the old libraries (3575) to the new > > ones (3494). > > I can think of 3 diffe

Re: Moving data to new libraries

2000-11-15 Thread Steven P Roder
> Hi *SM-ers! > Today I will be a proud owner of two new libraries. I will have to move the > data (both tapepool and copypool) from the old libraries (3575) to the new > ones (3494). > I can think of 3 different methods to do this: > 1) Using the MOVE DATA command to move the data on a volume lev

solaris on intel

2000-11-14 Thread Steven P Roder
Hi All, I just came into a Solaris X86 client. I thought I was thru with these, but I guess not. I used to use the AT&T client, but do not have it laying around anyplace any longer. What client are people using these days to backup Solaris on intel? Thanks, Steve Roder, University at Bu

Re: DB restore

2000-11-07 Thread Steven P Roder
> >volumes may have different information than what the DB thinks. > > You should be fine if your stgpool REUsedelay is reasonable and hasn't > been subverted by manual volume deletion and subsequent re-use of those > volumes. There isn't a lot of visual checking you can do, given that > the TSM

Re: Estimated Capacity

2000-11-07 Thread Steven P Roder
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Jacques Butcher wrote: > Can anyone tell me what the estimated capacity (estcap parameter on the > device class level) of an IBM 3570 library with two 3570E drives on an > AS/400 should be? I think you probably mean 3570-C drives? Actually, the difference between 3570-B and 3

Re: Memory Sizing for ADSM/TSM

2000-11-03 Thread Steven P Roder
> Agreed, but I'm sure you've had to do some explaining in the > past for purchases and it's not always that simple. I have all the > data I need to ask for more memory. What I would like is responses > from others who have large databases and this may or may not help me > to get more th

Re: exclude.dir question

2000-10-16 Thread Steven P Roder
> I'm resending this in the hopes someone has a quick answer > > If I backup all the files on a client, and then later decide to implement > an exclude.dir, what happens to the files that were previously backed up? > Do they get purged or do they stay forever pinned in ADSM? Well, if they are

Re: I HATE THIS ! ! !

2000-10-11 Thread Steven P Roder
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Warren, Matthew James wrote: > I hate it too, but it happens 'cause I'm watching a process and doing lots > of; > > q pr > q pr > q pr > q pr > > as quickly as I can. then I lose my rhythm and go; > > q prq > pr > > q pr > can pr.. Why not use the retrieve feature, the up

Re: Another AIX question

2000-10-05 Thread Steven P Roder
> I'm not one to go off and start mucking around in an area I have no > knowledge of. That's why I call AIX support and am constantly asking, what > may seem to some, simple little questions. But I'd rather look stupid asking > them instead of looking stupid rebuilding something I screwed up becau

Re: defining devices in a 3494 on Sun

2000-10-04 Thread Steven P Roder
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, James Healy wrote: > Can anyone tell me where I can get the defined device name for a 3590 drive within >the l the 3494 library on a sun box. They are in /dev/rmt, and should be of the form *st for drives and *smc for the library changer. The device driver you should be usi

Re: dsm.opt setting on AIX

2000-10-03 Thread Steven P Roder
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Andy Hynes wrote: > Move the dsm.sys file from /usr/lpp/adsm/bin to that directory - should > work. Don't move itmake a link... > > > Lawrence Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on > 03/10/2000 17:58:36 > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Solaris client install query

2000-09-06 Thread Steven P Roder
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Steven Bridge wrote: > Could anyone tell me how to install the latest ( 3.7 or 4.1 ) TSM > client for the Solaris 7 platform ? > > Previously I have installed the 2.6 client and have specified the > sunadsm.pkg file with the -d flag to the pkgadd command. > > I have downloaded

Re: TSM and checkin libv

2000-08-30 Thread Steven P Roder
> I have just upgraded to TSM 3.7.3 from ADSM V3 R1, and I am having trouble with > the checkin libv command and my 3494 library. I worked under ADSM V3 and it > does not look like the docs have changed on the command. > > The operators run a script after bringing empty tapes from offsite and put

Re: Moving from single length to extended length 3590 cartridge t apes.

2000-08-29 Thread Steven P Roder
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Magura, Curtis wrote: > I would agree. We are using both J and K carts in the same library, same > stgpool same devclass...etc. IBM installed the MES to the 3494 and the 3590 > E1A's. We installed a newer version of drivers(atape 5.1.3.0, atldd 4.0.8.0) > on AIX (4.3.3,TSM 3.

Re: 3590 K

2000-08-03 Thread Steven P Roder
> Steve,Hi! > > Can't a 3494 have two distinct scratch pools defined for a system. > Right now I have x'0190' and x'0192' where x'0190' is 'owned-inuse' > and x'0192' is 'owned-scratch' and '' is insert, etc. > > So why not an x'0193' for 'owned-scratch-alternate'? > I already have my ons

Re: ibm3494 question

2000-08-02 Thread Steven P Roder
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Joe Faracchio wrote: > we don't have a window but from what I read and understand it should work. With the convience I/O door, just issue checkout's with remove=yes. The I/O station can be either 10, or 30, depending on what you purchased. Once the I/O door slots are full, re

Re: 3590 K

2000-08-02 Thread Steven P Roder
> I think what Eliza was asking and I too would like an experienced answer > on is "cohabitation." > > Could I keep an offsite copypool that is "J" tapes and an onsite > "K" library? If all I have are "E" drives that can read/write "J" and > "K"s??? To do this, I think you would have to assign

Re: 3590 K

2000-08-02 Thread Steven P Roder
> > We have been using them since 6/25. We have 300 3M K tapes. No prolems > > at all. We paid around $60/each, including labeling and initialization, > > although the vendor did properly label then internally for AIX/ADSM, as I > > had to label them all. > > Hi Steve, > > We are also looking i

Re: 3590 K

2000-08-01 Thread Steven P Roder
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Steven P Roder wrote: > > I would be interested in hearing if anyone out there is using the 3590 "K" > > (Extended High Performance tape) tape. > > How long have you been using them? Have you experienced any problems with > > them? Are you

Re: 3590 K

2000-08-01 Thread Steven P Roder
> I would be interested in hearing if anyone out there is using the 3590 "K" > (Extended High Performance tape) tape. > How long have you been using them? Have you experienced any problems with > them? Are you using IBM or another brand? What price range can I expect > to pay for them? We hav

Re: Mksysb

2000-07-28 Thread Steven P Roder
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Shekhar Dhotre wrote: > Storing mksyb on s solaris is ok, but whats the use? > i mean how we can use it to reintsall the crasghed AIX srver. it should be on > tape , i dont know i am wrong or right? If my AIX TSM server dies, I can restore it's latest mksysb image from th

Re: Mksysb

2000-07-28 Thread Steven P Roder
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Gottfried Scheckenbach wrote: > From my point of view without purchasing a third party product you could > in case of a AIX *SM client system > a) perform a mksysb to filesystem > b) backup the image with *SM backup/archive client > c) setup a NIM master, preferably on your *S