Re: Backing up desktops/workstations

[Ryder, Michael S]

One idea might be to adopt a 2-pronged approach.

On the client side, use USMT (for Microsoft, I'm not sure what you would use 
for Linux or other platforms) to have the Client PCs submit an archive file up 
to a network share.  This way, you don't have to worry about TSM schedules for 
all the desktops/workstations -- client PC uploads a ZIP or similar file on a 
schedule that suits your needs.  Maybe once a week.

On the server side, then just add the new fileserver/fileshare that contains 
these archives to your backup routine. 

Then it's just backing up another server, and you're not concerned about the 
impact of trying to schedule the backup of computers where files may be in use, 
or the computers aren't on, etc. etc. etc.

Best regards,

Michael Ryder
Senior Systems Infrastructure Administrator

Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
Information Technology
1080 US Highway 202S 
Building 500/2532
Branchburg, NJ 08876-3733, USA
Phone: +1 908 253 7942
Fax: +1 908 253 7651
mailto: michael_s.ry...@roche.com
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Forray
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 10:42 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Backing up desktops/workstations

I am looking for war-stories, experiences, suggestions, ideas from you
folks that have implemented backing up desktop machines, which could expand
into thousands of additional TSM nodes.

I have been tasked with looking into doing this.  The current guidelines is
to only backup 'documents and settings/users' folder, excluding all music
files (mp3/wmv/wav/flac/ogg).

My first thought is to stand-up a new server (or two).  Create a default
policy-domain with short retention (30-days or less) with few copies (2)
and a cloptset with an exclude everything and include doc  settings/users
plus exclude or the music files.

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Re: VE 6.4 Testing - think thin

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello Wanda

Have you verified that the account you're using on vCenter has all the 
necessary permissions/roles?

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21497028

Best regards,

Michael Ryder
Senior Systems Infrastructure Administrator

Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
Information Technology
1080 US Highway 202S 
Building 500/2532
Branchburg, NJ 08876-3733, USA
Phone: +1 908 253 7942
Fax: +1 908 253 7651
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 11:17 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] VE 6.4 Testing - think  thin

Testing VE 6.4 on TSM server 6.3.2 Win2K64.  ESX hosts are VSphere 5.

So on the first VE backup we see as expected:

12/10/2012 05:18:22 TSM for Virtual Environments TDP VMware 6.4.0.00
12/10/2012 05:19:01 ANS1711W Incremental backup selected for 'H', but a 
Full backup has not yet been performed. Performing a Full backup instead.
.
Then we see
.
.
12/10/2012 05:20:14 ANS9384W Unable to get VMware Changed Block Tracking(CBT) 
data for virtual machine 'H'. Full VM backup continues, and includes both 
used and unused areas of the disk.

The unable to get VMWare CBT data is also expected on the first backup.  But 
I thought with VE it was supposed to be smart enough not to include unused 
areas of the disk?

We've checked with show VM all:  CBT is enabled, and subsequent backups are 
true incrementals.
We've also tried blowing the filespace away and starting over with the same VM, 
same results.

The problem is that these are thin-provisioned disks.
When you get this first full including all the unused space, then when you 
restore the VM, it comes back as full sized, no longer thin-provisioned, with 
the possibility of blowing out the datastore and causing a nasty outage.

Anybody got a solution?

Wanda


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Re: Strange TSM diskpool performance issue

[Ryder, Michael S]

Stefan:

I've seen this on other applications besides TSM, and in those cases it was all 
about tuning the application, after all efforts were made to make sure the 
hardware wasn't the bottleneck.

How much memory does your SCSI controller have for cache?
Are each of your arrays on separate SCSI busses?
Have you used perfmon or the Task manager to watch for abnormally high-load 
processes?
If you have antivirus running on this machine, have you tweaked it to ignore 
the TSM database files?

Mike

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Stefan 
Folkerts
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 9:56 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Strange TSM diskpool performance issue

Hi all,

I am running into a strange performance issue at a small TSM site.
They have an new intel based TSM server running Windows 2008 R2 running TSM
5.5 (don't ask) with enough CPU and memory to run the server 4 times over.
It has 2 disks in raid 1 for the TSM log, 4 disks in raid 10 for the TSM 
database and 5 disks (all 10k) for the diskpool in raid 5.
The server has 2 1Gb/s ethernet ports in a 2Gb/s LACP channel.

A normal CIFS copy to the server raid 5 filesystem loads the interface up to 
25%.
A TSM backup to LTO (I believe LTO4) loads the interface up to about the same 
load.
However a TSM backup to the diskpool only get the load up to 5-6%.
I have tried a default dsmserv.opt and dsm.opt and 'tuned' ones.
Multiple clients or just one, MSSQL or fileserver data, nothing matters, as 
soon as I go to the diskpool the performance is gone.

Even a local backup to 127.0.0.1 is slow to the diskpool but fast to tape.
I did filesystem checks, recreated the filesystem, swapped the raidcontroller 
(that was done before performance checks and seems a bit silly now) but I can't 
find the issue.
There are no errors in Windows or TSM, everything is just fine but very very 
slow.
I recreated the diskpool volumes one by one to make sure there is no weird 
fragmentation going on, that didn't change anything, even with a single 1Gb/s 
connection the speed is still many times faster to tape than it is to the 
diskpool but a filecopy via CIFS to the same disk is fast.

Has anybody ever seen this before?

Regards,
   Stefan

Re: Backup failing due to snap shot issue

[Ryder, Michael S]

Have you... as the warnings suggested... reviewed the Windows Microsoft 
Application event log on the client server?  Did you see any useful messages?

Here is some troubleshooting help directly from IBM: 
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/TSMM/SC32-9103-01/en_US/HTML/cli_vss.html#VSS_symptom_list

Mike

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of SOV
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 10:42 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Backup failing due to snap shot issue

Hi Zoltan
Thanks for your reply. Its a windows server 2003,standard edition,SP2 Let me 
know if any other info required.

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Re: TSM VE backup of Orcale Windows server

[Ryder, Michael S]

Andy:

VE uses Microsoft VSS (Volume Shadow copy Service), which was not available
with Windows 2000.
Oracle VSS Writer is only available with Oracle 9i or later.

On Windows 2003 and newer, and Oracle 9i and alter, we have no trouble with
hot-backups of Oracle systems where we have the Oracle writer for VSS
installed.

I can't explain why your DB would get corrupt, but without VSS and
VSS-Writer for Oracle, there isn't any integration between Oracle and the
snapshot process.  That in itself might be enough to explain it.

On servers where we couldn't get VSS Writer for Oracle installed, we only
do cold-backups by using VMware tools to execute batch-commands to properly
shutdown and restart applications and their Oracle databases.

I think you will only be able to get away with cold-backups in your current
configuration.

Mike

Best regards,

Mike
RMD IT, x7942


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Huebner, Andy andy.hueb...@alcon.comwrote:

 We ran our first backup of a Oracle server using TSM VE and the Oracle DB
 reported many errors and it caused the Oracle DB to become corrupt.  I
 believe Oracle crashed and it was later recovered.

 Has anyone had any issues backing up a live Oracle system with TSM VE?

 Oracle - v.Old
 Windows - 2000 (laugh it you want, but I bet you have some too)
 TSM agent 6.4.0.0
 TSM Server 6.2.3.100

 There is far more to the process and well thought out reasons, but this is
 the bit that is having an issue.


 Andy Huebner

Re: TSM VE backup of Orcale Windows server

[Ryder, Michael S]

I realize that this might not directly apply to your Oracle version: OLD
situation, but maybe it's useful as a tool to convince others of the
benefits of an upgrade:

You can read more about how the Oracle VSS writer works at this link:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/win.111/b32010/vss.htm
More info from the VMware side here:
http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/03/quiescing-oracle-db-windows-vdpa.html
And from Microsoft, how VSS works:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785914(v=ws.10).aspx

If you can't leave Oracle version: OLD and Windows 2000, then I recommend
you use the VM tools on that guest to execute a scripted shutdown of your
application and the database in response to a VM tools snapshot request.
 VM tools can also run scripts to start things back up when the snapshot
operation is complete.  (deletion of snapshot after the backup does not
incur another shutdown).  Depending on the speed of the computer, the
shutdown should only last as long as it takes to shutdown app, shutdown
Oracle, take snapshot, startup Oracle, startup app.

Good Luck!

Mike

Best regards,

Mike
RMD IT, x7942


On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Grigori Solonovitch 
grigori.solonovi...@ahliunited.com wrote:

 Hello Shawn,
 Oracle 11g has Oracle VSS driver similar to MS SQL. This driver is
 installed automatically during database installation, but it is running as
 a separate service. It is shown in the list of VSS writers when running. In
 addition, as far as I understand, it is possible to install this driver
 (11g?) for Oracle 10.2.0.3 and later as well.
 Kindest regards,

 Grigori Solonovitch, Senior Systems Architect, IT, Ahli United Bank
 Kuwait, www.ahliunited.com.kw


 -Original Message-
 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
 Shawn DREW
 Sent: 19 07 2013 1:41 AM
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM VE backup of Orcale Windows server

 To expand on this...  As I understand it, the newer versions of TSM for VE
 and Virtualcenter are trying to offer a better-than-crash-consistent
 snapshot.  When an application supports it, VMware communicates through VSS
 to the application (MSSQL for example) and it will attempt to quiesce the
 database before the VMware snapshot occurs.  This adds complexity and
 head-scratching when it doesn't work.   I'm not sure if Oracle has this
 integration and you don't need it if you are manually quiescing the
 database.  Maybe there is a driver in there that is attempting to make it
 work with Oracle.  I never figured out how to disable this integration.


 Regards,
 Shawn



  -Original Message-
  From: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU]
  Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 3:14 AM
  To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
  Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM VE backup of Orcale Windows server
 
  TSM4VE does get VMWare to create a snapshot, it's VMWare that then
  integrates with the VM to do the VSS stuff.
 
  As you don't have VSS, VMWare will use it's own driver to do this (SYNC).
  it has been know for this quiesce stage to kill a busy server:
 
  http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKCd
  ocType=kcdocTypeID=DT_KB_1_1externalId=5962168
 
  Feedback if it makes a difference.
 
  Steven
 
  P.S. loved your comment about old W2K servers!
 
 
  On 17 July 2013 19:13, Huebner, Andy andy.hueb...@alcon.com wrote:
 
   In the physical world, we stopped the application, used the SAN to
   make a snap shot of the disks then restarted the application.  The
   snaps where then given to another server where they are backed up.
   The virtual version would be similar, stop the application, start
   the backup, start the application.
  
   Our understanding of the TSM VE process is that TSM has VMWare make
   a snap of the disks then TSM backs up the snap.  If that is the case
   why would VSS matter on the guest?  Or do we have it wrong?
  
   Our problem is we have been given about 30 minutes to backup an
   application that spans 3 servers and dozens of disks.  On the disks
   we have Oracle and millions of files.  All have to be in sync to be
   able to do a complete restoration of the application.
   The physical version of this process has worked for more than 10
   years, now we need to convert it to virtual.
  
  
   Andy Huebner
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On
  Behalf
   Of Ryder, Michael S
   Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:25 AM
   To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
   Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM VE backup of Orcale Windows server
  
   Andy:
  
   VE uses Microsoft VSS (Volume Shadow copy Service), which was not
   available with Windows 2000.
   Oracle VSS Writer is only available with Oracle 9i or later.
  
   On Windows 2003 and newer, and Oracle 9i and alter, we have no
   trouble with hot-backups of Oracle systems where we have the Oracle
   writer for VSS installed.
  
   I can't explain why your DB would get corrupt

Re: How do you backup Active Directory 2008

[Ryder, Michael S]

In theory, AD gets backed up with System State.

A Microsoft-supported method would probably take a hybrid approach, using
their tool to create the files, and then back the files up to TSM.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754472(v=ws.10).aspx

You may also consider using Cristie's
TBMRhttp://www.cristie.com/products/tbmr/(just as an example) to
take an image using VSS (Windows
Volume Shadow copy Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Copy) to
create the snapshot, since AD (through System State) has a VSS writer.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384675(v=vs.85).aspx

Mike

Best regards,

Mike
RMD IT, x7942


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Rick Harderwijk
rick.harderw...@gmail.comwrote:

 AD restore works with Server 2003 AD and 5.5.x clients (did a DR test just
 last week). Not sure if things have changed with later versions, but I can
 hardly imagine that. Not to say it ain't so, ofcourse...

 Cheers,
 Rick


 On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Grigori Solonovitch 
 grigori.solonovi...@ahliunited.com wrote:

  We are not backing up AD servers at all because there is no sense. It
  looks it is impossible to restore anything into existing AD (restored
  server is taken as corrupted). We are just keeping a few AD servers and
  install new server (propagate from existing AD) in case of AD server
 crash.
  Disaster site configuration is much more complicated. After trying a lot
 of
  options we have created dedicated AD servers at Disaster Site (part of
 Head
  Office AD).
 
  Grigori Solonovitch, Senior Systems Architect, IT, Ahli United Bank
  Kuwait, www.ahliunited.com.kw
 
  -Original Message-
  From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
  ritchi64
  Sent: 19 09 2013 12:20 AM
  To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
  Subject: [ADSM-L] How do you backup Active Directory 2008
 
  Hello, I'm a newbe with TSM,
 
  I search the forum for info about bakup of Active Dicetory 2008 and found
  nothing usefull. I also check the doc for baclient 6.4 and found no
  particular topic on this subject, just some patial info.
 
  Can someone could point me to a good documentation for backup Active
  Directory 2008 with tsm? Any doc for disater recovery for AD?
 
  Should I select backup the sysvol and net login?
  How do you setup your baclient to backup AD at your site?
 
  Thank's in advance!
  Alan
 
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Re: IBM Support Portal Search

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hi Angela

This is one of the things that HP, I think, does well.  Take a look at
their Passport portal.  One can check all the devices/applications they own
or have interest in, and this can act as a filter when receiving alerts
(for example, BIOS updates, bug-fixes, etc.) and when it's necessary to
find documents or downloads.

Best regards,

Mike
RMD IT, x7942


On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Angela Robertson aprob...@us.ibm.comwrote:

 Hi Wanda - For any broken links you can contact me directly at
 aprob...@us.ibm.com. I can contact the page owners to report the issues.

 @All - On a separate topic, is there any interest for a 'documentation
 customizer' tool? Here's the idea: You specify your hardware and
 applications / file systems, and, in return, you see the Tivoli Storage
 documentation related to your environment. Information that you do not need
 is hidden from view. You can change your settings and see the content
 related to other hardware solutions or applications / file systems.

 If anyone is interested in this type of tool, let me know. If you are
 interested and are willing to share a few minutes of your time, I might
 have a few follow up questions to ask offline. Angela

 
 Angela Robertson
 IBM Software Group
 Durham, NC 27703
 aprob...@us.ibm.com
 

 ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu wrote on 11/04/2013
 12:30:54 PM:

  Prather, Wanda wanda.prat...@icfi.com
  Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu
 
  11/04/2013 12:30 PM
 
  Please respond to
  ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu
 
  To
 
  ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu,
 
  cc
 
  Subject
 
  Re: [ADSM-L] IBM Support Portal Search
 
  Barry,
  THANK YOU SO MUCH for responding.
 
  I too have not been able to recreate the problem since the launch of
  the new support portal.
  And it's much faster.
 
  OTOH, I am hitting some broken links.
  How do we report those?
 
  Wanda
 
  -Original Message-
  From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On
  Behalf Of Barry Fruchtman
  Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:42 PM
  To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
  Subject: [ADSM-L] IBM Support Portal Search
 
  We've seen the complaints and we're trying to get some response.
  If you could provide answers to the following two questions, it will
  help us get a response back.
 
1. Do you have some specific examples that can be reproduced?
  Which URL did you use?  Do you have examples of  the keywords that were
 used?
 
2.  Is this from the masthead search ( the search box in the upper
  top of the page in black)  or is the search from a product's support
  portal page (search box in the white part of the page)?
 
  Thanks for letting us know.
 
  Barry Fruchtman
  Tivoli Storage Manager Development
 

Re: TSM/VE and SRM Replication

[Ryder, Michael S]

This warning is a new feature of vSphere 5.x -- prior to 5, you would not
get any alert about consolidation being needed.  It's possible this was
happening before and you just didn't know it...?

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_UScmd=displayKCexternalId=2003638

Did your site recently upgrade to 5.5?  Personally, I didn't see these at
5.0 and now at 5.1 see these messages infrequently -- my current theory (at
least for my site) is that this happens when an image/snapshot backup job
is disturbed somehow, for example by a momentary interruption of network
traffic.

Best regards,

Mike
RMD IT, x7942


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Prather, Wanda wanda.prat...@icfi.comwrote:

 Hi Dude!

 Yes, I have seen that happen (although in my case it was another product
 not VMware SRM) .
 It doesn't matter what product it is - if there is *anything* else in the
 environment that is doing VM snapshots - including humans, you have to set
 up your schedules so they don't conflict.
 Else sooner or later this will happen.

 -Original Message-
 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
 Bill Boyer
 Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:39 AM
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM/VE and SRM Replication

 Has anyone using TSM/VE backups as well as VMware SRM for replication had
 any conflicts with snapshots between the 2 products? We've had several
 instances where VM's have issued an alert about Virtual Machine
 consolidation needed. And just last night we had one of our file server
 VM's have snapshots with invalid parents and the VM was totally
 unresponsive.
 These events seem to occur when the TSM/VE backup completes and the
 snapshot is deleted. We are at VMware 5.5.



 Bill Boyer
 DSS, Inc.
 (610) 927-4407
 Enjoy life. It has an expiration date. - ??

Re: Exchange 2010 backup performance

[Ryder, Michael S]

I'd like to second the comments by Hans --

Windows servers can perform well -- assuming the infrastructure is there to
support it.

Our TSM server is running 6.2 on a 64-bit Windows 2003 Server.  One 1Gb
ethernet nic.
Our datamover/proxy is running 6.3 client on a Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Server.  One 1Gb ethernet nic.

We are regularly able to stream image backups at 500Mbps (that's
megabits-per-second, just to be clear), reading from 4Gb fibre-channel and
dumping across a dedicated LAN connection to the TSM server.  Sometimes
sending for 15-30 seconds at 700-750Mbps, topping out at around 815Mbps.  I
can run two proxies simultaneously streaming, and the TSM server will be
receiving data from multiple image backups at a sustained rate of
~700-750Mbps.

Incremental, file-level backups are another story... searching 6 Million
files in 4TB and backing up 50GB can take ~2 hours.

I would love to see what I can do with 10Gb ethernet, but we're not there
yet...

Mike

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Schaub, Steve steve_sch...@bcbst.comwrote:

 -Original Message-
 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
 Hans Christian Riksheim
 Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 9:04 AM
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Exchange 2010 backup performance

 In my experience there is nothing wrong with the TCP stack in Windows.
 Especially Windows2008R2 performs very well. For a single stream from a
 2008R2 client (dsm sel big file of zeroes) to an AIX TSM-server 500km
 away over 10Gig directly to LTO5 has a speed of around 200MB/ at our setup.
 Bottleneck being the drive.

 After too much experimenting I have found the critical factor to be to set
 TCPWINDOWSIZE 0 at both dsm.opt and dsmserv.opt and increase the tcp-sizes
 in AIX(and override the tcp-settings on the NIC). Windows OS can be left
 alone as its default is quite OK. YMMV of course.

 Regards,

 Hans Chr.




Best regards,

Mike
RMD IT, x7942

Re: best/most effecient way to backup a CIFS Share

[Ryder, Michael S]

Install the TSM client on server sxdcfs02, nstead of using backing up the
CIFS shares.  CIFS is very chatty, bypassing it should greatly improve
performance.

Mike

On Sunday, March 16, 2014, Leonard, Matthew matthew.leon...@atlasair.com
wrote:

 I'm trying to backup multiple CIFS shares and am trying to figure out the
 best way.  This is what we did and I would like to know if there is a
 better way.  We are using TSM 6.2 with a VTL.

 We setup two servers SXDCTPM and SXDCTPM01 and both ...



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Re: best/most effecient way to backup a CIFS Share

[Ryder, Michael S]

Matthew --

Did your VNXe come licensed with block data services?  It would be better
to mount these filesystems as block-level devices to a TSM proxy node, and
back them up as local storage systems.

That will get you out of dealing with CIFs and potentially get you a
dramatic performance increase, but much depends also on the rest of your
infrastructure...


   - what OS is running on SXDCTPM and SXDCTPM01?
   - are you using iSCSI?  If so what speed?
   - Fibre-channel...?  (If so what speed?)
   - is any of this VMware...  etc.
   - how many files are you backing up?
   - how large (TB?  PB?) are your shares?
   - what makes you think you are getting horrible performance, do you have
   a benchmark that you are comparing your performance?


CIFS is slow to begin with, and it's also possible there are other
constraints in your architecture, but you really haven't given us much
information to work with.

Mike

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Leonard, Matthew 
matthew.leon...@atlasair.com wrote:

 EMC VNXe




Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Re: best/most effecient way to backup a CIFS Share

[Ryder, Michael S]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Gregor van den Boogaart 
gregor.booga...@rz.uni-augsburg.de wrote:

 Hi Mike,

 do you know, whether the EMC VNXe supports SMB2? If yes, it is switched


I personally do not know, Gregor, but I would like to know the answer to
your question as well

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Re: dfs backup issues

[Ryder, Michael S]

Remco

The first thing that comes to mind is that when it fails, the backup client
is connecting to a namespace's remote folder target remote DFS share that
has an exclusion that prevents connection.

For example, there could be Share permissions on that remote folder target
that exclude connection by your TSM client computer... or a referral
override that places the desired target at a lower priority.

Each time the TSM client computer connects to this DFS share, unless it is
cached and current, it is directed to the most appropriate folder target
based on a number of factors.

Here's a link that explains how DFS works, which may shed some light on the
problem - look for the section entitled How Target Selection Works in
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782417(v=WS.10).aspx

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:41 AM, Remco Post r.p...@plcs.nl wrote:

 Hi all,

 I have a customer who insists on backing up a few shares via DFS.
 Sometimes the DFS seems to work, but quite frequently we get messages like:

 ANS1071E Invalid domain name entered '\\domain\root\share'

 does anyone have a clue as to what might be causing the DFS shares to
 sometimes backup perfectly, and sometimes just appear to be completely
 absent from the entire domain?

 --

  Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,

 Remco Post
 r.p...@plcs.nl
 +31 6 248 21 622

Re: TSM for VE: recommended VSwitch configuration?

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hi Matthew

Can you tell us some more about your infrastructure?  What kind of disk
storage network are you using?  iSCSI?  FC?  block-data?  NAS?

Are your stated rates for image backups, or file-level incremental?

What version of TSM are you using?

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services


On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Matthew McGeary 
matthew.mcge...@potashcorp.com wrote:

 I've searched quite a bit and can't seem to find any guidelines on the
 following:

 1) VMWare VSwitch configuration to maximize throughput for VM
 backups/restores
 2) Expected throughput using 10Gb adapters

 We are in a situation at the moment where mass backups work quite well and
 are very fast: as fast as the TSM server can handle.  However, individual
 restores/backups are quite slow.  We've tested on a VMWare cluster with
 1Gbps NICs attached to the management network and with 10Gbps attached to
 the management network.  Both scenarios are quite a bit slower than I'd
 expect.  Average backup/restore transfer rates are in the 25 MB/s range
 using 1Gb NICs and around 55 MB/s using 10Gb NICs.

 How do I improve the throughput on these single-VM backup and restore
 sessions?

 Thanks!

 Matthew McGeary
 Technical Specialist
 PotashCorp - Saskatoon
 306.933.8921

Re: TSM for VE: recommended VSwitch configuration?

[Ryder, Michael S]

Great

SORRY -- I forgot to ask - where is your proxy?  physical or VM?  is your
proxy/datamover reading VMs via FC or ethernet?

Is the TSM server a VM or physical?

Offhand I would say those rates aren't horrible, much depends on the
distribution of file sizes, and number of files you are backing up.

What kind of rates do you get for image backups?  At least then it's easier
to compare with other configurations, since we expect the proxy to send a
nice solid stream of data to the TSM server.

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services


On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Matthew McGeary 
matthew.mcge...@potashcorp.com wrote:

 Sure thing:

 1) The VMWare environment is connected via 8Gb fibre to an EMC VNX 5700
 and uses mostly tiered storage pools (SSD-SAS),  The TSM server is
 connected to a V7000 via fibre as well.  The TSM database is on SSD and
 the storage pools are on 84 NL-SAS disks in a RAID6 extent pool provided
 by the V7000.  The TSM server has a LACP nic team consisting of two 10 Gb
 adapters.  Each ESXi host has either dual 1Gb NICs or dual 10Gb NICs
 assigned to the management VKernel port.
 2) The stated rates in my previous post are for IFIncremental traffic, be
 it a fresh full or a subsequent CBT incremental backup.
 3) The VMware client is 7.1 and the server version is 6.3.4.200.

 Thanks!

 Matthew McGeary
 Technical Specialist
 PotashCorp - Saskatoon
 306.933.8921



 From:   Ryder, Michael S michael_s.ry...@roche.com
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Date:   03/20/2014 01:55 PM
 Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE: recommended VSwitch
 configuration?
 Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU



 Hi Matthew

 Can you tell us some more about your infrastructure?  What kind of disk
 storage network are you using?  iSCSI?  FC?  block-data?  NAS?

 Are your stated rates for image backups, or file-level incremental?

 What version of TSM are you using?

 Best regards,

 Mike, x7942
 RMD IT Client Services


 On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Matthew McGeary 
 matthew.mcge...@potashcorp.com wrote:

  I've searched quite a bit and can't seem to find any guidelines on the
  following:
 
  1) VMWare VSwitch configuration to maximize throughput for VM
  backups/restores
  2) Expected throughput using 10Gb adapters
 
  We are in a situation at the moment where mass backups work quite well
 and
  are very fast: as fast as the TSM server can handle.  However,
 individual
  restores/backups are quite slow.  We've tested on a VMWare cluster with
  1Gbps NICs attached to the management network and with 10Gbps attached
 to
  the management network.  Both scenarios are quite a bit slower than I'd
  expect.  Average backup/restore transfer rates are in the 25 MB/s range
  using 1Gb NICs and around 55 MB/s using 10Gb NICs.
 
  How do I improve the throughput on these single-VM backup and restore
  sessions?
 
  Thanks!
 
  Matthew McGeary
  Technical Specialist
  PotashCorp - Saskatoon
  306.933.8921
 

Re: TSM for VE: recommended VSwitch configuration?

[Ryder, Michael S]

That's a nice setup.  My preference would be to use a physical proxy, and
read them from the SAN, to lessen impact to your VMs and their shared
infrastructure.  You might tinker with that.

Are you partitioning your VM traffic across those 10Gb connections, with
dedicated channels for VMotion, backup, management, etc?  I don't think
you'll find any specific documents at VMware about this, but the best
practice is to move heavy loads like this to separate ethernet channels or
NICs.  If you're using some sort of blade chassis, then that manufacturer
will also have something to say about how to separate heavy-traffic with
extra NICs, interconnects, etc.

I'm guessing if you spent as much time with your ethernet network, as
you've spend on your storage network, then you are probably in good shape,
but feel free to share more about that...This is nerd porn for me

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services


On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Matthew McGeary 
matthew.mcge...@potashcorp.com wrote:

 The datamover is virtual and uses hotadd or nbd for transport.  All backup
 traffic runs over the network as a result.  Image backups to TSM run
 anywhere from 150-200 MB/s.  Our nightly backup traffic typically peaks at
 350-400 MB/s.

 Matthew McGeary
 Technical Specialist
 PotashCorp - Saskatoon
 306.933.8921



 From:   Ryder, Michael S michael_s.ry...@roche.com
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Date:   03/20/2014 02:12 PM
 Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE: recommended VSwitch
 configuration?
 Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU



 Great

 SORRY -- I forgot to ask - where is your proxy?  physical or VM?  is your
 proxy/datamover reading VMs via FC or ethernet?

 Is the TSM server a VM or physical?

 Offhand I would say those rates aren't horrible, much depends on the
 distribution of file sizes, and number of files you are backing up.

 What kind of rates do you get for image backups?  At least then it's
 easier
 to compare with other configurations, since we expect the proxy to send a
 nice solid stream of data to the TSM server.

 Best regards,

 Mike, x7942
 RMD IT Client Services


 On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Matthew McGeary 
 matthew.mcge...@potashcorp.com wrote:

  Sure thing:
 
  1) The VMWare environment is connected via 8Gb fibre to an EMC VNX 5700
  and uses mostly tiered storage pools (SSD-SAS),  The TSM server is
  connected to a V7000 via fibre as well.  The TSM database is on SSD and
  the storage pools are on 84 NL-SAS disks in a RAID6 extent pool provided
  by the V7000.  The TSM server has a LACP nic team consisting of two 10
 Gb
  adapters.  Each ESXi host has either dual 1Gb NICs or dual 10Gb NICs
  assigned to the management VKernel port.
  2) The stated rates in my previous post are for IFIncremental traffic,
 be
  it a fresh full or a subsequent CBT incremental backup.
  3) The VMware client is 7.1 and the server version is 6.3.4.200.
 
  Thanks!
 
  Matthew McGeary
  Technical Specialist
  PotashCorp - Saskatoon
  306.933.8921
 
 
 
  From:   Ryder, Michael S michael_s.ry...@roche.com
  To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
  Date:   03/20/2014 01:55 PM
  Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE: recommended VSwitch
  configuration?
  Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 
 
 
  Hi Matthew
 
  Can you tell us some more about your infrastructure?  What kind of disk
  storage network are you using?  iSCSI?  FC?  block-data?  NAS?
 
  Are your stated rates for image backups, or file-level incremental?
 
  What version of TSM are you using?
 
  Best regards,
 
  Mike, x7942
  RMD IT Client Services
 
 
  On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Matthew McGeary 
  matthew.mcge...@potashcorp.com wrote:
 
   I've searched quite a bit and can't seem to find any guidelines on the
   following:
  
   1) VMWare VSwitch configuration to maximize throughput for VM
   backups/restores
   2) Expected throughput using 10Gb adapters
  
   We are in a situation at the moment where mass backups work quite well
  and
   are very fast: as fast as the TSM server can handle.  However,
  individual
   restores/backups are quite slow.  We've tested on a VMWare cluster
 with
   1Gbps NICs attached to the management network and with 10Gbps attached
  to
   the management network.  Both scenarios are quite a bit slower than
 I'd
   expect.  Average backup/restore transfer rates are in the 25 MB/s
 range
   using 1Gb NICs and around 55 MB/s using 10Gb NICs.
  
   How do I improve the throughput on these single-VM backup and restore
   sessions?
  
   Thanks!
  
   Matthew McGeary
   Technical Specialist
   PotashCorp - Saskatoon
   306.933.8921
  
 

Question about TSM 7.1 Node Replication

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello Folks:

I've been searching all day, but haven't been able to find an answer on my
own yet.

Is anyone using Node Replication on TSM 7.1?

I am tasked with coming up with some sort of disaster recovery solution for
TSM 7.1 -- we are currently running server v6.2, and I want to take this
opportunity to come up with something a little better.

I have all the infrastructure necessary to setup a pair of TSM 7.1 servers,
and am thinking that Node Replication will satisfy most of the requirements.

The one thing I can't figure out is this -- say the worst happens, and the
source server (primary) is destroyed.  Now I have a read-only target
server, from which I can restore my servers...  but, is there a way to
convert this target server into a source server as well, so I can start
using it to backup my surviving and restored nodes?

Part of recovering from a disaster, is being able to continually protect
data, especially of surviving and restored nodes.

Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

Re: Question about TSM 7.1 Node Replication

[Ryder, Michael S]

I shouldn't get this excited about backups, but Ho ho ho!

Bent and Wolfgang, thanks so much!  It looks like this was simplified from
version 6.x, which by every account sounded like it had an arcane procedure
for doing this.

I very much appreciate the speedy responses, actual commands and
informative link!  Fantastic!

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Bent Christensen b...@cowi.dk wrote:

 Hi,

 That is right, run a REMOVE REPLNODE node_name on the target server,
 re-direct the nodes to the target server (setting tcpserveraddress and
 tcpport) AND do remember to check that node and the target server agree on
 the node password.

 If/when the source server becomes available again, set up replication from
 the target server to the source server

 On source server:
 REMOVE REPLNODE node_name for all previously replicated nodes

 On target server:
 SET REPLSERVER source_server
 UPDATE NODE node_name REPLSTATE=enabled REPLMODE=syncsend

 When the target and the source are in sync, remove replication again and
 re-enable it from the source server with REPLMODE=syncsend - and redirect
 the client nodes back to the source server.

  - Bent

 -Original Message-
 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
 Wolfgang Sprenger
 Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 7:55 AM
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Question about TSM 7.1 Node Replication

 Hi Mike,

 was looking for the same thing some days ago.
 Found this in the V7.1 Info Center:

 Converting client nodes for store operations on a target replication
 server:
 If a source replication server is unavailable, you can convert client
 nodes to be non-replicating nodes. Non-replicating client nodes can back
 up, archive, or migrate data to a target replication server.

 Source:

 http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v7r1/topic/com.ibm.itsm.srv.doc/t_repl_dr_failover.html

 Best regards,
 Wolfgang


 On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Ryder, Michael S 
 michael_s.ry...@roche.com wrote:

  Hello Folks:
 
  I've been searching all day, but haven't been able to find an answer
  on my own yet.
 
  Is anyone using Node Replication on TSM 7.1?
 
  I am tasked with coming up with some sort of disaster recovery
  solution for TSM 7.1 -- we are currently running server v6.2, and I
  want to take this opportunity to come up with something a little better.
 
  I have all the infrastructure necessary to setup a pair of TSM 7.1
  servers, and am thinking that Node Replication will satisfy most of
  the requirements.
 
  The one thing I can't figure out is this -- say the worst happens, and
  the source server (primary) is destroyed.  Now I have a read-only
  target server, from which I can restore my servers...  but, is there a
  way to convert this target server into a source server as well, so I
  can start using it to backup my surviving and restored nodes?
 
  Part of recovering from a disaster, is being able to continually
  protect data, especially of surviving and restored nodes.
 
  Best regards,
 
  Mike Ryder
  RMD IT Client Services
 

Re: V7 Stable?

[Ryder, Michael S]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Karel Bos tsm@gmail.com wrote:

 Don't,  just don't do 7.1 just yet.
 Op 3 apr. 2014 15:09 schreef Huebner, Andy andy.hueb...@novartis.com:


Well THAT'S a cliff-hanger -- could you describe your experiences with 7.1
and why we shouldn't?

Mike

TSM 7.1 upgrade path(s) on Windows

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello Folks:

I'm preparing to upgrade our TSM 6.2.3 server to TSM 7.1 -- both are on
Windows.

It's a side-by-side upgrade, and if possible I'd like to leave the existing
TSM 6.2.3 environment alone during the upgrade, so that I can easily halt
the upgrade if I run into any problems.

I've been searching TSM documentation and the Internet for a few days now
and can't find anything reliable -- is there an upgrade path I can take to
let me do that?  I was hoping for something like... this -- copy database
files and configuration to brand new server... install 6.2.3, and then 7.1
over it.

Is there any documentation in this respect, best practices or good
community experiences?  Please relate to me anything you can share!

Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

Re: TSM 7.1 upgrade path(s) on Windows

[Ryder, Michael S]

Francisco, I'm sorry for this naive question, but do you have a document
you can point me at?  I did not want to have to connect a tape library
right from the start, but maybe that's the only option?

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Francisco Parrilla 
francisco.parri...@gmail.com wrote:

 It's more easy install TSM V7.1 in new TSMserver , and then make the
 upgrade by the upgrading using tape.

 You  will never touch the TSM server V6.x to do it, make a dbbackup to
 disk, copy files and then try to do the upgrade to TSM 7.x






 2014-04-03 10:24 GMT-06:00 Ryder, Michael S michael_s.ry...@roche.com:

  Hello Folks:
 
  I'm preparing to upgrade our TSM 6.2.3 server to TSM 7.1 -- both are on
  Windows.
 
  It's a side-by-side upgrade, and if possible I'd like to leave the
 existing
  TSM 6.2.3 environment alone during the upgrade, so that I can easily halt
  the upgrade if I run into any problems.
 
  I've been searching TSM documentation and the Internet for a few days now
  and can't find anything reliable -- is there an upgrade path I can take
 to
  let me do that?  I was hoping for something like... this -- copy database
  files and configuration to brand new server... install 6.2.3, and then
 7.1
  over it.
 
  Is there any documentation in this respect, best practices or good
  community experiences?  Please relate to me anything you can share!
 
  Best regards,
 
  Mike Ryder
  RMD IT Client Services
 

Re: tsm tcp for vm versus veeam

[Ryder, Michael S]

The one factor that eliminated VEEAM from my consideration was that it
cannot be used to backup physical servers.  We prefer to minimize our
application portfolio, and therefore continue to use TSM for backup of VMs
and physical servers.

Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Tim Brown tbr...@cenhud.com wrote:

 We are looking to start using TSM TDP for VM for our VM backup strategy.
 Our VM support staff
 has looked into using Veeam as an alternative. Does any have opinions on
 which approach they
 would recommend.

 Thanks,

 Tim

Re: TSM support for NoSQL database

[Ryder, Michael S]

Ricardo - which NoSQL DB are you concerned about?

This article might help:
http://nosql.mypopescu.com/post/73955584612/quick-links-for-how-to-backup-different-nosql

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services


On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Ribeiro, Ricardo 
ricardo.ribe...@schwab.com wrote:

 Thanks for the info, but I was thinking more from a hot backup mode,
 with some kind of agent.
 Thanks!

 -Original Message-
 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
 Skylar Thompson
 Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 8:42 AM
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM support for NoSQL database

 It seems like this would depend on the NoSQL database in question...

 Even if it does not, you have a variety of options:

 1. You could backup the files on disk, assuming the DB supports some kind
 of write-head logging that allows you to snapshot it safely.

 2. You could get some kind of serialized dump out of it, and backup the
 dump.

 On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 03:38:45PM +, Ribeiro, Ricardo wrote:
  Hello,
  Does TSM support NoSQL database from a backup/restore point of view?
  I have not been able to find any publications on this.
  Thank you!

 --
 -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu)
 -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
 -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
 -- University of Washington School of Medicine

Re: When did IBM become so closed (kinder word than I was going to use)?

[Ryder, Michael S]

I don't know, but it's probably within the past 6 months.  HP started the
same campaign on 1-Jan-2014.

It's a ridiculous - you pay for the hardware, and expect to be able to keep
at least the firmware up-to-date.

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services


On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Zoltan Forray zfor...@vcu.edu wrote:

 rant on
 I went out looking for firmware updates for my IBM 3592E06 drives that live
 in my IBM 3583 Library.  I realized I needed to go to Fix Central from the
 last time I went looking (a year ago) and couldn't find them on the FTP
 site.

 What I wasn't expecting is the need for my tape drive serial numbers.  Then
 after supplying one of them, I was denied the firmware since our drives are
 not under an IBM maintenance contract.

 Anybody care to share?
 rant off

 --
 *Zoltan Forray*
 TSM Software  Hardware Administrator
 BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator
 Virginia Commonwealth University
 UCC/Office of Technology Services
 zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807
 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will
 never use email to request that you reply with your password, social
 security number or confidential personal information. For more details
 visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html

Backup job status

[Ryder, Michael S]

Folks:

What is the best way to track a TSM backup job's status?

We are currently using TSM 6.2, working on the upgrade to TSM 7.1, and have
a business user that desires a simple interface with which to check status
of a backup job.  Green-light/red-light sort of display, with the ability
to drill-in if necessary.

And I don't mean just the status of the job completion (did the job reach
the end?) but covering the status of all the files backed up (Job
completed, but failed because it was unable to backup one of the
drives...)

Is there anything built into TSM to provide such reporting?

I'm happy to read on my own if someone is willing to point me in the right
direction, but would love to gather practical advice and experience as well.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

De-dupe on 7.1

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello TSM folks...

What is the prevailing opinion of TSM de-duplication?

I'm in the middle of building out a fresh TSM 7.1.1 install (on RHEL6,
x86_64, w/TDP for VE {vsphere}), and the de-dupe feature could really come
in handy -- I've already read the documentation and believe I have enough
infrastructure to support it.

Is it stable?  Are there any gotchas that are perhaps not obvious to
someone who is only reading the documentation and hasn't implemented it yet?

Aside from distribution of processing, are there clear benefits one way or
the other, between client-side and server-side de-dupe?

Thanks in advance for time spent on replying to my question!

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Job Scheduling Question for VMs

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello folks:

I am polishing off the rough edges of my TSM 7.1.1 installation, and am
curious about something.

I have noticed that my data-mover (Windows-based) client *still* tries to
establish connection-sessions for EVERY VM on the vCenter (including SRM
stubs), even though:
 - I enumerate select VMware folders with the Domain.vmfull or
Domain.vmfile
 - I select a handful of VMs on the command-line (or via schedule)

Is this a bug?  Is anyone else seeing this behavior?   I'll admit I'm still
relatively new to TSM, but I have reviewed my configuration several times,
testing multiple times, and still get this result.

In the end, my ultimate goal is to exclude from backup any VMs that are in
my VMware Sandbox folder, and also all the VMware SRM placeholder VMs.
Maybe I'm just going about this the wrong way?

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Re-hosting

[Ryder, Michael S]

I need to re-host a TSM 7.1.1 server from one physical server to another.
It is currently running RHEL 6, and will be on RHEL 6 on the new box.

If it helps, I am actually doing this for a pair of servers, that use each
other for dbbackup to virtual volumes.  Node replication is turned on.

Each server has storage pools on dedicated block-level SAN storage (EVAs)
-- the new servers would continue to use the SANs, so ideally I would not
have to do anything with this other than connect it to the new servers.

What is the best way to do this?

Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

Re: LTO5 Tuning

[Ryder, Michael S]

Steve:

What is the latency on your intersite connection?

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Steven Harris st...@stevenharris.info
wrote:

 Hi All

 I have a TSM 6.3.4 server on newish P7 hardware and AIX V7.1. HBAs are
 all 8Gb.  The sans behind it are 8Gb or 4Gb depending which path they
 take as we are in the middle of a SAN upgrade and there is still an old
 switch in the mix.

 Disk is XIV behind SVC.  Tape is TS3500 and LTO5.

 According to the LTO wikipedia entry I should be able to get 140MB/sec
 raw out of the drive.  I have an internal company document that suggests
 sustained 210MB/sec (compressed) is attainable in the real world.

 So far my server backs up 500GB per night of DB2 and Oracle databases on
 to file pools, without deduplication.  Housekeeping then does a
 single-streamed simultaneous migrate and copy to onsite and offsite
 tapes.  Inter site bandwidth is 4Gb and I have most of that to myself.

 That process takes over 5 hours so I'm seeing less than 100MB/sec.

 Accordingly I started a tuning exercise.  I copied 50GB of my filepool
 twice to give me a test dataset and started testing, of course when
 there was no other activity on the TSM box.

 The data comes off disk at 500MB/sec to /dev/null, so that is not a
 bottleneck.

 Copying using dd to tape runs at a peak of 120MB/sec with periods of
 much lower than that, as measured using nmon's fc stats on the HBAs. I
 presume some of that slowdown is where the tape reaches its end and has
 to reverse direction.

 Elapsed time for 100GB is 18 min, with little variation so average speed
 is 95MB/sec

 dd ibs and obs values were varied and ibs=256K obs=1024K seems to give
 the best result.

 Elapsed time is very consistent.

 Copying to a local drive on the same switch blade as the tape HBA or
 copying across blades made no difference.

 Copying to a drive at the remote site increased elapsed time by 2
 minutes, as one would expect with more switches in the path and a longer
 turnaround time.

 Tape to tape copy was not noticeably different to disk to tape.

 Reading from tape to /dev/null was no different.

 In all cases CPU time was about half of the elapsed time.

 lsattr on the drives shows that compression is on (this is also the
 default)

 The tape FC adapters are set to use the large transfer size.

 The test was also run using 64KB pages and svmon was used to verify the
 setting was effective. Again no difference.

 I'm running out of ideas here.  num_cmd_elements on the hbas is 500 (the
 default)  I'm thinking of increasing that to 2000, but it will require
 an outage and hence change control.

 Does anyone have any ideas, references I could look at or practical
 advice as to how to get this to perform?

 Thanks

 Steve

 Steven Harris
 TSM Admin
 Canberra Australia

Re: LTO5 Tuning

[Ryder, Michael S]

Steve, is this a TCPIP or FC connection?

Mike

On Thursday, October 30, 2014, Steven Harris st...@stevenharris.info
wrote:

 Thanks for your interest Mike.  The san guy tells me it's 380 microseconds
 which equates to 76 km distance.

 Regards

 Steve
 On 30 Oct 2014 23:50, Ryder, Michael S michael_s.ry...@roche.com
 javascript:; wrote:

  Steve:
 
  What is the latency on your intersite connection?
 
  Best regards,
 
  Mike, x7942
  RMD IT Client Services
 
  On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Steven Harris st...@stevenharris.info
 javascript:;
  wrote:
 
   Hi All
  
   I have a TSM 6.3.4 server on newish P7 hardware and AIX V7.1. HBAs are
   all 8Gb.  The sans behind it are 8Gb or 4Gb depending which path they
   take as we are in the middle of a SAN upgrade and there is still an old
   switch in the mix.
  
   Disk is XIV behind SVC.  Tape is TS3500 and LTO5.
  
   According to the LTO wikipedia entry I should be able to get 140MB/sec
   raw out of the drive.  I have an internal company document that
 suggests
   sustained 210MB/sec (compressed) is attainable in the real world.
  
   So far my server backs up 500GB per night of DB2 and Oracle databases
 on
   to file pools, without deduplication.  Housekeeping then does a
   single-streamed simultaneous migrate and copy to onsite and offsite
   tapes.  Inter site bandwidth is 4Gb and I have most of that to myself.
  
   That process takes over 5 hours so I'm seeing less than 100MB/sec.
  
   Accordingly I started a tuning exercise.  I copied 50GB of my filepool
   twice to give me a test dataset and started testing, of course when
   there was no other activity on the TSM box.
  
   The data comes off disk at 500MB/sec to /dev/null, so that is not a
   bottleneck.
  
   Copying using dd to tape runs at a peak of 120MB/sec with periods of
   much lower than that, as measured using nmon's fc stats on the HBAs. I
   presume some of that slowdown is where the tape reaches its end and has
   to reverse direction.
  
   Elapsed time for 100GB is 18 min, with little variation so average
 speed
   is 95MB/sec
  
   dd ibs and obs values were varied and ibs=256K obs=1024K seems to give
   the best result.
  
   Elapsed time is very consistent.
  
   Copying to a local drive on the same switch blade as the tape HBA or
   copying across blades made no difference.
  
   Copying to a drive at the remote site increased elapsed time by 2
   minutes, as one would expect with more switches in the path and a
 longer
   turnaround time.
  
   Tape to tape copy was not noticeably different to disk to tape.
  
   Reading from tape to /dev/null was no different.
  
   In all cases CPU time was about half of the elapsed time.
  
   lsattr on the drives shows that compression is on (this is also the
   default)
  
   The tape FC adapters are set to use the large transfer size.
  
   The test was also run using 64KB pages and svmon was used to verify the
   setting was effective. Again no difference.
  
   I'm running out of ideas here.  num_cmd_elements on the hbas is 500
 (the
   default)  I'm thinking of increasing that to 2000, but it will require
   an outage and hence change control.
  
   Does anyone have any ideas, references I could look at or practical
   advice as to how to get this to perform?
  
   Thanks
  
   Steve
  
   Steven Harris
   TSM Admin
   Canberra Australia
  
 



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Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Strange Drive-Naming in 7.1.1

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello All:

We've been using TSM 7.1.1 ever since it was released, and we are seeing
some strange behavior.

The name of the VMs are picked up properly, but the drives have this
strange designation in the form of: \\?\vstor2\mntapi20-shared-

Worse, each of the VM's drives show up as separate VM clients in the
Clients listing.  Is this expected behavior?  Did I miss a configuration
somewhere?  It makes the reporting from Ops Center almost completely
useless, as the drives as VMs show up as VMs.

This does not show up when doing a Q NODE operation, just in Ops Center.

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Re: Whitepaper: TDP 7.1

[Ryder, Michael S]

Here you go!

I don't know why they hide these in IBM Developer Works Wiki...
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Data%20Protection%20for%20VMware

And the main TSM Knowledge Center for 7.1.1:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.1/com.ibm.itsm.tsm.doc/welcome.html

Mike

On Wednesday, December 3, 2014, Srikanth Kola23 srkol...@in.ibm.com wrote:

 Hi Team,

 in below link i found tsm for ve 7.1 it is too nice document .

 can you Please share some links for  tdp v7.1 cook books or ppts or doc

 if any troubleshooting documents link also please share with us

 Thanks  Regards,

 Srikanth kola
 Backup  Recovery
 IBM India Pvt Ltd, Chennai
 Mobile: +91 9885473450



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 Date:   12/03/2014 08:19 PM
 Subject:[ADSM-L] Whitepaper: Migrating TSM Servers from One
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 It is now available!

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 Del



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Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Includes and Excludes

[Ryder, Michael S]

Everyone's favorite topic!

I recently implemented TSM 7.1.1.0, both on the server and client ends.
TDP for VE is also running.  Everything seems to be working well...

except for...

my excludes.  On just *some *of the VMs.

We backup *everything*, and I expected when we implemented 7.1.1, I could
take the same DSM.OPT file and use it without too much change in the new
environment.  RHEL6.5 for the TSM server, and Windows 2012 for the
datamover/client.

To manage open-file backups, we have the following lines in the OPT file:
SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS VSS
SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE VSS

Well, now, on about 10% of our Windows VMs, the datamover (using one single
DSM.opt for the entire job) attempts to backup C:\hiberfil.sys and
pagefil.sys and fails, thus reporting that the backup job failed (when it
didn't, really).

So I continue to see messages like this in the schedule log:

12/03/2014 17:12:16 ANS1228E Sending of object
'\\servername\c$\hiberfil.sys' failed.

... even though I've got a line like this in the dsm.opt:

EXCLUDE \\*\C$\hiberfil.sys
EXCLUDE \\*\C$\pagefil.sys

The VMs are a mix of Windows 2003 and 2008.  Snapshots complete
successfully.

Similar lines in the same OPT file have proven effective, I can't figure
out why I can't get this to work.  I did some Googling but cannot find any
references... is this a bug someone else has seen?

What's going on?  any ideas?  It's annoying to see a failure message when I
can't exclude failed files from being backed up.

Thanks in advance for any time you spend on this.

Best regards,

Mike Ryder, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Re: Includes and Excludes

[Ryder, Michael S]

 c:\Program
Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\common-inclexcl.excl
No DFS include/exclude statements defined.


Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Erwann Simon erwann.si...@free.fr wrote:

 Hi Mike,

 The hiberfile.sys file should be excluded from the backup processing, even
 with no specific exclude statement in your client options file. It is part
 of the files excluded by the filesnottobackup registry key and appears with
 Operating System as source in a dsmc query inclexcl command.
 Could you post the result of the command above ?



 Le 4 décembre 2014 16:05:59 CET, Ryder, Michael S 
 michael_s.ry...@roche.com a écrit :
 Everyone's favorite topic!
 
 I recently implemented TSM 7.1.1.0, both on the server and client ends.
 TDP for VE is also running.  Everything seems to be working well...
 
 except for...
 
 my excludes.  On just *some *of the VMs.
 
 We backup *everything*, and I expected when we implemented 7.1.1, I
 could
 take the same DSM.OPT file and use it without too much change in the
 new
 environment.  RHEL6.5 for the TSM server, and Windows 2012 for the
 datamover/client.
 
 To manage open-file backups, we have the following lines in the OPT
 file:
 SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS VSS
 SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE VSS
 
 Well, now, on about 10% of our Windows VMs, the datamover (using one
 single
 DSM.opt for the entire job) attempts to backup C:\hiberfil.sys and
 pagefil.sys and fails, thus reporting that the backup job failed (when
 it
 didn't, really).
 
 So I continue to see messages like this in the schedule log:
 
 12/03/2014 17:12:16 ANS1228E Sending of object
 '\\servername\c$\hiberfil.sys' failed.
 
 ... even though I've got a line like this in the dsm.opt:
 
 EXCLUDE \\*\C$\hiberfil.sys
 EXCLUDE \\*\C$\pagefil.sys
 
 The VMs are a mix of Windows 2003 and 2008.  Snapshots complete
 successfully.
 
 Similar lines in the same OPT file have proven effective, I can't
 figure
 out why I can't get this to work.  I did some Googling but cannot find
 any
 references... is this a bug someone else has seen?
 
 What's going on?  any ideas?  It's annoying to see a failure message
 when I
 can't exclude failed files from being backed up.
 
 Thanks in advance for any time you spend on this.
 
 Best regards,
 
 Mike Ryder, x7942
 RMD IT Client Services

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Administration Center Future

[Ryder, Michael S]

Folks:

Does IBM have some document or website that describes the future of
Administration Center?

Will it ever be upgraded to keep in lockstep with the TSM version and
functionality?

Will it's administrative capabilities be moved to Operations Center?

I'm trying to decide whether to keep it up-to-date, in order to connect it
to my 7.1.1 implementation.  I'd rather not make this effort if this
functionality would appear in Operations Center soon.

On the other hand... is anyone happy using Administration Center to manager
their TSM 7.1.1 instance?

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Re: TSM issue with RedHat

[Ryder, Michael S]

Or perhaps... could it have something to do with this flash alert I
received in my inbox today?

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21696086myns=swgtivmynp=OCSSGSG7mync=Ecm_sp=swgtiv-_-OCSSGSG7-_-E

Abstract

RHEL 6.6 contains a kernel defect, which can cause Tivoli Storage Manager
operations to hang on operating system semop() calls. This issue was
introduced in kernel level 2.6.32-434.



Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Sims, Richard B r...@bu.edu wrote:

 From my experience, this likely has nothing to do with the TSM server, but
 rather either configuration issues with the client or permissions on the
 dsmerror.log, or its location.
 Start with a simple command like ‘dsmc q fi’, as an ordinary user and then
 root, to see if there are issues with dsmerror.log access, and expand from
 there. ‘dsmc q inclexcl’ will in particular exercise your client
 configuration files, as well as attempt to query the server.
 We don’t know if your client system ever had viable sessions with the TSM
 server or if this is a new system attempting its first interactions.

   Richard Sims, Boston University

Re: [pvrAcquireSharedMountPoint]:rc=15 from libmanager=QVIP2

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hi Eric:

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Loon, EJ van (ITOPT3) - KLM 
eric-van.l...@klm.com wrote:

 means? There are no additional messages on the server other than the
 ANR0535W


This seems to be related:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21328476

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

ANS9397W ... why?

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello all:

I've got TSM EE 7.1.1 installed on RHEL6.6 and everything's working just
great.  I also have TSM TDP 7.1.1 installed on a Windows 2012 box, but
that's registering this funny error, which I am hoping you can help me
interpret.

ANS9397W
TSM application protection cannot protect this machine. Virtual machine 'VM'
does not have operating system or applications supported by TSM application
protection.
How is it possible?  I get this error for every single one of my Windows
VMs (all varieties of Windows 2008 and 2012), and I cannot understand it.
I have troubleshooted VSS, and there are no errors.  In fact, I can even
see in the logs that VSS snapshots are properly firing off as commanded by
VMware tools as requested by the TSM BA client... so... what gives?

Does anyone have any insight into what could be the reason?

Thanks in advance for your time in considering my question.

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Re: ANS9397W ... why?

[Ryder, Michael S]

I SEE!  Yes, fortunately, they are being backed up, which was part of the
puzzle for me, and which I unfortunately forgot to include in my original
question; thanks for asking.

I was having a dickens of a time trying to find that list of supported
apps -- can anyone direct me to it?  (Just so I have something official
to document in my wiki.

That would really explain every case of the error, *thank you!*

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:14 AM, David Ehresman 
david.ehres...@louisville.edu wrote:

 The normal issue would be that you have INCLUDE.VMTSMVSS statements for
 VMs that are not running Exchange or MSSQL.  Those are the apps that are
 supported for TSM application protection.

 Are the VMs getting backed up?

 David

 -Original Message-
 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
 Ryder, Michael S
 Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 10:27 AM
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Subject: [ADSM-L] ANS9397W ... why?

 Hello all:

 I've got TSM EE 7.1.1 installed on RHEL6.6 and everything's working just
 great.  I also have TSM TDP 7.1.1 installed on a Windows 2012 box, but
 that's registering this funny error, which I am hoping you can help me
 interpret.

 ANS9397W
 TSM application protection cannot protect this machine. Virtual machine
 'VM'
 does not have operating system or applications supported by TSM application
 protection.
 How is it possible?  I get this error for every single one of my Windows
 VMs (all varieties of Windows 2008 and 2012), and I cannot understand it.
 I have troubleshooted VSS, and there are no errors.  In fact, I can even
 see in the logs that VSS snapshots are properly firing off as commanded by
 VMware tools as requested by the TSM BA client... so... what gives?

 Does anyone have any insight into what could be the reason?

 Thanks in advance for your time in considering my question.

 Best regards,

 Mike, x7942
 RMD IT Client Services

Re: Best practices on filesystem for DB and ACTLOG on RHEL7

[Ryder, Michael S]

Robert:

According to this document:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.1/com.ibm.itsm.perf.doc/t_perf_diskos_lnx.html


   - Use Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) to create logical volumes on
   the disk LUNs for all disks that are used for Tivoli Storage Manager
components.

   Set the LVM read-ahead to 0 for all logical volumes on disk systems that
   provide adaptive read-ahead capabilities, for example, enterprise-type disk
   systems.

   If more space is needed, the logical volumes provide an easy way to
   extend the volumes and file systems. LVM also provides striping, which can
   be used to improve sequential I/O performance.
   - For the Tivoli Storage Manager database and logs, use either the ext3
   or ext4 file system. As a best practice, use the following file system
   that is appropriate for your operating system and level:
  - For Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86_64, use the ext3 or ext4 file
  system. Use the ext4 file system only if Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 or
  later is installed.
  - For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  ppc64, use the ext3 file system.
   - For Tivoli Storage Manager storage pools, use the ext4 file system. The
   ext4 file system has the following advantages for use with storage pools:
  - You do not have to write out each block I/O to allocate the storage
  pool volume, which improves the performance of the DEFINE VOLUME
   command.
  - You can avoid file and free space fragmentation, which improves
  read and write performance.
  - When you define new volumes, the Tivoli Storage Manager server
  activities that are running are not negatively affected.


Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Robert Lejtorp robert.lejt...@compose.se
wrote:

 Hi

 I'm about to install a new TSM 7.1.1 server on RHEL7 and would like to
 have some input on what file system to use, and if I should consider any
 special options.

 My first concerns is about the volumes where I intend place the DB and the
 actlog.
 We have an IBM x3650 M4 and five 400 GB SSD-drives (SATA-connector) in an
 hw-RAID5 setup to be used by TSM-DB and the actlog.
 The OS, arch-log and some space to be used for meta-data from TSM4VE
 backups is located on another hw-RAID5 of five SAS-volumes.

 Default file system in RHEL7 is now xfs, and my question is if I should
 stick to what RedHat suggests or if I should go for EXT4 for some reason.
 Are there any special concerns to keep in mind for performance (like
 allocation group size and stripe units on xfs) or will standard do the
 work equally good ?

 The blueprint for TSM server on Linux_x86 specifies ext4, but it's for
 TSM7.1 and RHEL6.4

 Best regards
 Robert Lejtorp
 Compose IT

Re: TSM for VE 7.1.1.1 exclude vm question

[Ryder, Michael S]

Here's an excerpt from my datamover's opt file.  We use a single opt file
and put all our excludes in it, but I would like to hear how other people
do it, too.

...snip...
EXCLUDE.DIR \\*\*$\...\USMTBackup
EXCLUDE.DIR \\server1\T$\Temp
EXCLUDE.DIR \\*\*$\...\Program Files\Crystal Decisions\Enterprise
10\FileStore\Output
EXCLUDE.DIR \\*\*$\...\SplunkUniversalForwarder
EXCLUDE.DIR \\server2\e$
EXCLUDE \\*\*$\...\hiberfil.sys
EXCLUDE \\*\*$\...\pagefil.sys
...snip...

Best regards,

Mike Ryder, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Schaub, Steve steve_sch...@bcbst.com
wrote:

 New to VE, looked through the docs and still unsure if this is supported:
 Can I use a Client Option Set to centralize all the specific excludes of
 VM's, or am I limited to putting them in each Datamover's opt files?
 If yes, can someone send me a working example?

 Thanks,

 Steve Schaub
 Systems Engineer II, Backup/Recovery
 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee

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Re: How to tell what VM's are running backup in TSM for VE 7.1?

[Ryder, Michael S]

I know that you can see this in vCenter.

You should also be able to query the running job in the TDP for VE gui; I
believe in the schedule tab... Sorry, I don't have access right now.

Mike

On Friday, April 24, 2015, Schaub, Steve steve_sch...@bcbst.com wrote:

 Thanks to everyone who responded, but from what I'm seeing, none of these
 queries show me which VM's are currently backing up?  Completed/fail, yes.
 When I have 20-30 concurrent nodes running, and someone wants to know
 exactly which ones are running, I'm at a loss.  Obviously VE must know, why
 isn't the info exposed somewhere obvious?
 Very frustrating.
 -steve

 -Original Message-
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 On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim
 Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 4:37 PM
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 Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] How to tell what VM's are running backup in TSM for
 VE 7.1?

 This is close.  I check time stamps to identify failures.  The time stamp
 could also indicate a backup in progress.

 select substr(filespace_name,9,18) as VM, filespace_id as FSID,
 cast(backup_end as char(19) ) as Backup Completed from filespaces where
 node_name='VC1_CH2_DM' order by 3

 Jim Schneider

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 On Behalf Of Schaub, Steve
 Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 3:22 PM
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU javascript:;
 Subject: [ADSM-L] How to tell what VM's are running backup in TSM for VE
 7.1?

 Running into some issues troubleshooting VE backups and hopefully I just
 don't know where to look.
 I came in this morning and was surprised to find that one of my datamovers
 was still running a schedule.
 There were 2 sessions in TSM, but of course they were using the datacenter
 name so I had no idea what was running, or what was still waiting to run.
 So what do I use to gain visibility into a running VE schedule?
 I want to know:

 1.   What is running

 2.   What has completed

 3.   What is waiting to run
 I tried deciphering it from dsmsched.log, but gave up looking for those
 needles in that haystack.
 I also went to the VE web UI hoping reports/recent tasks would help, but
 nothing showed up there.
 Surely there is some easy way to do this simple task that I have
 overlooked in the manual?

 Steve Schaub
 Systems Engineer II, Backup/Recovery
 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee

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TSM 7.1.1 and AD-SSL

[Ryder, Michael S]

Folks:

I have spent far too much banging my head against my desk on this topic,
and thought I would ask you all.

I've got TSM 7.1.1 running on RHEL 6.5.  Our Microsoft AD servers are
WIndows 2008 R2 but running in 2003 mode.

I wish to configure TSM to allow ADMIN accounts to be authenticated against
Active Directory.

I am *trying* to follow the directions here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.1/com.ibm.itsm.srv.doc/c_mgclinod_managepwlogin.html?lang=en

...but after updating my dsmserv.opt with the following line... and
verifying that a cert.kdb file is created... and setting the LDAPUser...
   LDAPURL ldap://ADSERVER.unit.company.com:636/OU=Domain
Controllers,DC=unit,DC=company,DC=com
   Set LDAPUser
CN=accountID,OU=Users,OU=AdminUnits,DC=unit,DC=company,DC=com

The active directory serve ADSERVER r is in OU Domain Controllers
directory under forest unit.company.com.
The binding account accountID is in OU=Users, under OU=AdminUnits, under
forest unit.company.com.

I am unable to set the LDAP password, and get this error.  I have followed
all the troubleshooting instructions... is there perhaps a cookbook or some
magic that I am missing?

   ANR2017I Administrator SERVER_CONSOLE issued command: SET LDAPPASSWORD
?***?
   ANR3114E LDAP error 81 (Can't contact LDAP server) occurred during
ldap_start_tls_s_np.
   ANR3103E Failure occurred while initializing LDAP directory services.
   ANR2732E Unable to communicate with the external LDAP directory server.

HELP!

Best regards,

Mike Ryder, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Re: tsm and dedup hardware or software or both

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hi Tim

We use native TSM deduplication (software).

It's generally accepted that you perform one or the other and not both.
This is because additional deduplication results in an additional latency
and often results in zero or negligible improvements.  Deduplication
functions as a result of finding repetitive patterns, and the result are
blocks with little repetition.  Performing deduplication against disk or
files that is already deduplicated (and now have few repeating patterns) is
a waste of time and resources.

Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Tim Brown tbr...@cenhud.com wrote:

 Can anyone provide insight to how they use deduplication within TSM.

 TSM with SW based deduplication, no HW deduplication

 TSM with no SW based deduplication, using HW deduplication

 TSM with both SW and HW deduplication

 The only major restriction that I have read is that TSM file based primary
 storage pools should
 not be deduplicated at both SW and HW levels.

 Any insights appreciated!

 Thanks,

 Tim Brown
 Supervisor Computer Operations
 Central Hudson Gas  Electric

Re: TDP for VE; CBT backup size versus OS modified file size

[Ryder, Michael S]

It may be worth reading this VMware article about how CBT works - I can't
comment on your particular case since you didn't provide any information
about your infrastructure, but there are dependencies such as:
 - Virtual hardware version
 - ESX version
 - type of storage (VMFS, RDM, etc.)
 - whether storage vmotions are being used

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_UScmd=displayKCexternalId=1020128

Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:35 AM, Stefan Folkerts stefan.folke...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Ruud,

 After all, the fact that a file is modified does not mean that the entire
 file has changed (meaning that all CBT blocks need to be backed up).

 Regarding this statement, when you open, edit and save an office file (for
 example) it rewrites the entire thing to disk, even if you edit or add a
 single line (so I was told).
 This is the case with most edits I believe except for databases and maybe
 some other exceptions that don't open all corresponding data and rewrite
 the whole thing to disk when you save.

 Regards,
Stefan



 On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Stefan Folkerts 
 stefan.folke...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  Hi Ruud,
 
  Did you put the Windows swap file on a seperate disk and exclude it from
  the VE backup?
  If not this is part of the VE backup and might be (a part) of the size
  increase you are seeing if Windows swap space is in use.
  A file backup using the backup archive client might also exclude other
  data (from the local include exclude list or a server client option set)
  that you might need to take into account.
 
  Regards,
 Stefan
 
 
 
  On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Meuleman, Ruud 
  ruud.meule...@tatasteel.com wrote:
 
  Hi all,
 
  We administer a vSphere 5.5 environment using TDP for VE as our backup
  solution. TDP for VE uses CBT to make incremental-forever backups of our
  VMs, meaning that it only backs up the entire VM once; all subsequent
  backups are incrementals. We backup our VMs once a day. We are currently
  investigating why certain Windows VMs in our vSphere environment
 generate
  huge incremental backups. During our investigation we hit on something
 we
  don't understand. As a quick-and-dirty test, we did a file scan on a
 VM, to
  list all files that had been modified on the VM during the last 24
 hours.
  We then added up the total file size of all those modified files. Then,
 we
  compared this combined file size with the size of the incremental TSM-VE
  backup for that day. we repeated this test on a number of VMs, smaller
 as
  well as larger ones. We had expected the combined file size to be much
  larger than the size of the incremental backup. After all, the fact
 that a
  file is modified does not mean that the entire file has changed (meaning
  that all CBT blocks need to be backed up). We expected a CBT backup to
 be
  more efficient, size-wise, than an incremental file-based backup.
 Instead,
  we found out that on all VMs, the incremental TSM-VE backup was
  consistently 1.5 to twice the size of the combined modified file size,
  exactly the opposite of the result we expected.
 
  We've tried to think of a few things that could cause this discrepancy.
  1) In-guest disk defrag. This would change the blocks without changing
  the files, messing up the way CBT works. However, there are no
 scheduled or
  unscheduled defrags on our VMs.
  2) The files on the VM are smaller than the CBT blocks. That could cause
  a small file to mark a larger CBT block as changed. However, as we
  understand it, CBT blocks are usually quite small (and not the same as
 VMFS
  blocks)
 
  What are we missing here? Is there some other process that changes the
  VMDK storage blocks of my Windows VMs without changing the actual
 files? Is
  my quick-and-dirty file scan too simplistic? I really hope that someone
 can
  explain this to me, thanks!
 
  Kind Regards,
  Ruud Meuleman
 
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Re: TSM, Linux and VMs

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello Erwann, thank you for replying.

I am not using VCB -- but instead, VADP.  It's ridiculous that IBM can't
offer the same off-host file-level backup of for Linux VMs that they do for
Windows VMs - now I have to deploy and manage an in-guest BA client for
every VM?

According to this link, it looks like file-level backup should be
available, off-host using VADP for BOTH Windows and Linux.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_UScmd=displayKCexternalId=1021175

Am I missing something?  Does anyone know if IBM is working on this
feature?  I don't relish the idea of searching for Linux files by
repeatedly mounting images until I find the file I need...

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:42 AM, Erwann SIMON erwann.si...@free.fr wrote:

 Hello Mike,

 I guess you're using the old VCB backup modes (with filelevel option).

 VCB allows image level (fullvm) for any guest operating system, but
 file-level is limited to Windows guest operating system.

 See this datasheet from VMware :
 http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/consolidated_backup_datasheet.pdf

 So, you won't be able to perform off-host file-level backup of your Linux
 guests.

 The only available solutions are :
 - installing a Linux B/A client, but i'ts an in guest istallation.
 - installing TSM for VE that allows file-level recovery from an forever
 incremental block-level image backup.

 --
 Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
 Erwann SIMON

 - Mail original -
 De: Michael S Ryder michael_s.ry...@roche.com
 À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Envoyé: Mercredi 1 Juillet 2015 05:13:03
 Objet: [ADSM-L] TSM, Linux and VMs

 Folks:

 Is it possible to perform off-host, file-level incremental backups of Linux
 VMs from a Linux proxy or data mover?

 I am using TSM 7.1.1 Server, and have a mix of Windows and Linux VMs
 (VMware, vSphere 5.5 environment).

 I have no trouble using my Windows data mover with the BA client to
 perform file-level backups of Windows VMs, but I am thus far unable to use
 my Linux data mover host with BA client to perform file-level backups of
 Linux VMs.

 Is this not supported?  If not... what is the best way to perform off-host,
 file level incremental backups of Linux VMs?

 Best regards,

 Mike, x7942
 RMD IT Client Services

TSM, Linux and VMs

[Ryder, Michael S]

Folks:

Is it possible to perform off-host, file-level incremental backups of Linux
VMs from a Linux proxy or data mover?

I am using TSM 7.1.1 Server, and have a mix of Windows and Linux VMs
(VMware, vSphere 5.5 environment).

I have no trouble using my Windows data mover with the BA client to
perform file-level backups of Windows VMs, but I am thus far unable to use
my Linux data mover host with BA client to perform file-level backups of
Linux VMs.

Is this not supported?  If not... what is the best way to perform off-host,
file level incremental backups of Linux VMs?

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

Re: TSM, Linux and VMs

[Ryder, Michael S]

Julien, thank you for your reply.

Tell me, using your process with the TDP for VE and a block-level IFI
backup of a Linux VM, is there a way to search TSM's DB for a file without
mounting anything?

You see, if a user deletes a file but doesn't remember the last time he or
she saw it, I would like to be able to search the TSM DB for it, and then
know exactly what needs to be restored.

If I am correct, using the TDP for VE means I have to mount every IFI image
for that VM that I have stored, until I find the one with the correct
version of file that I need.

In this case, it doesn't look like the TDP for VE is very friendly, as it
causes the user or Helpdesk more work to find their file.

WITHOUT TDP for VE, I can do this for Windows VMs, *and* be able to use an
off-host backup server with just the normal TSM BA client.  But not for
Linux VMs -- so now, have the same ability across all my VMs, I need to
maintain two different types of functionality, through different client
packages and in a different manner.  (Off-host for WIndows VMs, but
in-guest for Linux VMs).

Again... if I'm right, then this is not efficient, and is a pain-in-the
neck.  According to VMware, the VADP supports what I want to do, and sadly,
the Linux BA client does not.  Will IBM ever fix the Linux BA client so it
supports the ability to do off-host file-level backup of Linux VMs?


Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services http://rmsit.dia.roche.com/Pages/default.aspx

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Julien Sauvanet sauva...@fr.ibm.com
wrote:

 Hi Michael,

 let me mitigate this statement.
 Although the backup process is at block level , through the VADP ,you are
 able to recover single from that block based backup, by using recovery
 agent or even better using the mount feature now released in the TSM-VE UI
 (vCenter plug-in) ... for both Windows and Linux, this with latest TSM-VE
 release 7.1.1

 Hope it helps.


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  From: Ryder, Michael S michael_s.ry...@roche.com To:
 ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 07/01/2015 02:41 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM,
 Linux and VMs Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 --



 Hello Erwann, thank you for replying.

 I am not using VCB -- but instead, VADP.  It's ridiculous that IBM can't
 offer the same off-host file-level backup of for Linux VMs that they do for
 Windows VMs - now I have to deploy and manage an in-guest BA client for
 every VM?

 According to this link, it looks like file-level backup should be
 available, off-host using VADP for BOTH Windows and Linux.


 http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_UScmd=displayKCexternalId=1021175

 Am I missing something?  Does anyone know if IBM is working on this
 feature?  I don't relish the idea of searching for Linux files by
 repeatedly mounting images until I find the file I need...

 Best regards,

 Mike, x7942
 RMD IT Client Services

 On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:42 AM, Erwann SIMON erwann.si...@free.fr wrote:

  Hello Mike,
 
  I guess you're using the old VCB backup modes (with filelevel option).
 
  VCB allows image level (fullvm) for any guest operating system, but
  file-level is limited to Windows guest operating system.
 
  See this datasheet from VMware :
  http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/consolidated_backup_datasheet.pdf
 
  So, you won't be able to perform off-host file-level backup of your Linux
  guests.
 
  The only available solutions are :
  - installing a Linux B/A client, but i'ts an in guest istallation.
  - installing TSM for VE that allows file-level recovery from an forever
  incremental block-level image backup.
 
  --
  Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
  Erwann SIMON
 
  - Mail original -
  De: Michael S Ryder michael_s.ry...@roche.com
  A: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
  Envoyé: Mercredi 1 Juillet 2015 05:13:03
  Objet: [ADSM-L] TSM, Linux and VMs
 
  Folks:
 
  Is it possible to perform off-host, file-level incremental backups of
 Linux
  VMs from a Linux proxy or data mover?
 
  I am using TSM 7.1.1 Server, and have a mix of Windows and Linux VMs
  (VMware, vSphere 5.5 environment).
 
  I have no trouble using my Windows data mover with the BA client to
  perform file-level backups of Windows VMs, but I am thus far unable to
 use
  my Linux data mover host with BA client to perform file-level backups
 of
  Linux VMs

Re: Migrating VME from vCenter5 to vCenter6

[Ryder, Michael S]

What is your question or issue?

Best regards,

Mike , x7942
RMD IT Client Services 

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:05 AM, David Ehresman <
david.ehres...@louisville.edu> wrote:

> I have TSM for VE running in a vCenter5 environment.  It was setup using
> one of the early version GUIs to setup the VME environment. As such, I have
> a vCenter node (which doesn't actually appear to do anything), a data
> center node (which owns all the actual backups), a VMCLI node, and several
> data mover nodes.  The dsm.opt files on the data movers contain VMChost
> lines that point to the actual VMware vcenter host.  The TSM backup
> schedules were generated by the GUI but have been manually edited since
> then.  They have VMHOST options that specify to backup all the VMs on a
> particular VMware host

Re: TSM 7.1.3 and Directory-container storage pools

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello Deirdre --

Can you comment on when we might see a better way to migrate existing
storagepools into directory-container storagepools?  Perhaps an adjustment
of "move data" or a new command, that doesn't require multiple steps
hopping through a replication server?  It sounds like this is a needed
feature that some of us can't get to without this functionality.

Best regards,

Mike <http://rbbuswiki.bbg.roche.com/wiki/ryderm_page:start>, x7942
RMD IT Client Services <http://rmsit.dia.roche.com/Pages/default.aspx>

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:52 AM, Erwann SIMON <erwann.si...@free.fr> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As previously said by Deirdre, see the FAQ :
>
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Directory-container%20storage%20pools%20FAQs
>
> --
> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> Erwann SIMON
>
> - Mail original -
> De: "Robert Ouzen" <rou...@univ.haifa.ac.il>
> À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Envoyé: Mardi 6 Octobre 2015 11:47:12
> Objet: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 7.1.3 and Directory-container storage pools
>
> Hi to all
>
> Today in my V7.1.3 test environment , tried to move data from old stg
> fashion (file) to  directory container storage without any success
> Tried with commands:   move nodedata and move data
>
> Here output
>
> tsm: TSMTEST>move nodedata test from=tsmstg1 to=stg_dir
> ANR3385E MOVE NODEDATA: The operation is not allowed for container storage
> pools.
>
> tsm: TSMTEST>move data C:\MOUNTPOINTS\STORAGE_1\STG1\0267.BFS
> stg=stg_dir
> ANR3385E MOVE DATA: The operation is not allowed for container storage
> pools.
>
> I tried too , to do a nextstg
> TSMTEST>upd stg tsmstg1 nextstg=stg_dir
> ANR2399E UPDATE STGPOOL: Storage pool STG_DIR is not a sequential pool.
>
> I of course define stg with stgtype=directory (stg_dir) and after it
> define stgpooldirectory
>
> Anybody know a way to move old stg to new stg with stgtype=directory  
>
> Regards
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Stefan Folkerts
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 9:49 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 7.1.3 and Directory-container storage pools
>
> I believe you can "move data" data into the container pools, you just
> can't get the data out with traditional methods at the moment but only via
> TSM node replication.
> I like the new pool type but they are only suitable to a specific type of
> setup, the good news is that this setup covers a lot of the new type of TSM
> deployments we are doing!
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Sergio O. Fuentes <sfuen...@umd.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > This question is relevant.  How do I move from a file devclass stgpool
> > to a directory-container pool.  And what's the impact on the DB if I do
> this?
> >  I already had multi-site configured for our environment with the
> > tools that exist in versions <7.1.3.  I'm not getting another 200TB
> > array to move data to new directory-container pools.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > SF
> >
> > On 9/16/15, 10:49 AM, "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Ryder,
> > Michael S" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU on behalf of michael_s.ry...@roche.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >I am very interested in directory-container storage pools.
> > >
> > >But...
> > >
> > >If Migration or Move Data are not options, then how does one
> > >transition data from existing primary storage pools to a
> > >directory-container storage pool?
> > >
> > >Mike
> > >
> > >Best regards,
> > >
> > >Mike <http://rbbuswiki.bbg.roche.com/wiki/ryderm_page:start>, x7942
> > >RMD IT Client Services
> > ><http://rmsit.dia.roche.com/Pages/default.aspx>
> > >
> > >On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Rick Adamson
> > ><rickadam...@segrocers.com>
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> I may be wrong but from reading the 7.1.3 doco new container
> > >> approach combined with the inline dedup eliminate the need for some
> > >> of these processes. Also, where traditionally a "copy" storage pool
> > >> was used they now refer to it as a "protect" storage pool which has
> > >> the ability to be replicated to another "onsite" or "offsite"
> container storage pool.
> > >>
> > >> Remember that with deduplicated data many of the processes you
> > &

Re: Question about correct settings on Megaraid M5120 controller in IBM xseries with TSM

[Ryder, Michael S]

Stefan

Can you provide details on the physical storage?  What filesystem is in
use?  What version of Linux?  Did the installer configure and tune OS
parameters as indicated by TSM installation documentation?  Are you allowed
to share the devclass and storage pool definitions?

Mike

On Friday, November 13, 2015, Stefan Folkerts 
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> We have a situation where one of our customers is showing very slow
> performance on writing to a disk or file type storage pool on disk.
>
> Writing to tape with TSM is fast.
> Writing a database backup to disk is fast (this writes to the same drives
> but it writes to the devclass definition and not the storagepool definition
> of course)
> Writing to a disk or file type storagepool is very slow (10-15MB/s)
> Writing to the same disk in Linux is fast (200+ MB/s)
>
> I found and read this article:
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21137676
>
> But before I make a call with IBM I was hoping some of you might know the
> correct settings for disk/file type storagepools on this type of local
> storage.
>
> Regards,
> Stefan
>


--

Best regards,

Mike , x7942
RMD IT Client Services 

Re: Question about correct settings on Megaraid M5120 controller in IBM xseries with TSM

[Ryder, Michael S]

Stefan I forgot to ask - what version of TSM?

Have you tried watching from Linux with collectl, iotop or something
similar while performing storage pool writes?

Are reads from storage pools also slow?

Best regards,

Mike <http://rbbuswiki.bbg.roche.com/wiki/ryderm_page:start>, x7942
RMD IT Client Services <http://rmsit.dia.roche.com/Pages/default.aspx>

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folke...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> >Can you provide details on the physical storage?
>
> exp2524 via Megaraid 5120
> EXT3 filesystem
> SLES11 SP3
> Yes, we tuned the sysctl.conf file
> I can't get to the devclass definition right now but the default DISK
> device class has the same issue as my FILE device class as soon as there is
> a storage on top of it.
> I don't think it's the battery since a cp or dd on linux is blazing along
> at 220-300MB/s, but TSM can only do 10-15MB/s to a disk / file based
> storage pool.
>
> I know TSM can use certain flags when writing to storagepools that change
> the cache behaviour, what I don't know is what I need to set it to for it
> to be fast. :-)
>
> Regards,
>Stefan
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Ryder, Michael S <
> michael_s.ry...@roche.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Stefan
> >
> > Can you provide details on the physical storage?  What filesystem is in
> > use?  What version of Linux?  Did the installer configure and tune OS
> > parameters as indicated by TSM installation documentation?  Are you
> allowed
> > to share the devclass and storage pool definitions?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On Friday, November 13, 2015, Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folke...@gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > We have a situation where one of our customers is showing very slow
> > > performance on writing to a disk or file type storage pool on disk.
> > >
> > > Writing to tape with TSM is fast.
> > > Writing a database backup to disk is fast (this writes to the same
> drives
> > > but it writes to the devclass definition and not the storagepool
> > definition
> > > of course)
> > > Writing to a disk or file type storagepool is very slow (10-15MB/s)
> > > Writing to the same disk in Linux is fast (200+ MB/s)
> > >
> > > I found and read this article:
> > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21137676
> > >
> > > But before I make a call with IBM I was hoping some of you might know
> the
> > > correct settings for disk/file type storagepools on this type of local
> > > storage.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Stefan
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mike <http://rbbuswiki.bbg.roche.com/wiki/ryderm_page:start>, x7942
> > RMD IT Client Services <http://rmsit.dia.roche.com/Pages/default.aspx>
> >
>

Re: TSM 7.1.3 and Directory-container storage pools

[Ryder, Michael S]

I am very interested in directory-container storage pools.

But...

If Migration or Move Data are not options, then how does one transition
data from existing primary storage pools to a directory-container storage
pool?

Mike

Best regards,

Mike , x7942
RMD IT Client Services 

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Rick Adamson 
wrote:

> I may be wrong but from reading the 7.1.3 doco new container approach
> combined with the inline dedup eliminate the need for some of these
> processes. Also, where traditionally a "copy" storage pool was used they
> now refer to it as a "protect" storage pool which has the ability to be
> replicated to another "onsite" or "offsite" container storage pool.
>
> Remember that with deduplicated data many of the processes you mentioned
> required that the data be rehydrated to be performed. An added benefit is
> if in fact these processes are no longer required it will free up system
> resources and as a result lower storage costs and increase scalability.
>
> Fortunately, there are some good resources for additional information:
> IBM you tube channel:
> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGkjRNkO0AQNyQbWhS1tTzw
> IBM knowledge center for 7.1.3:
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.3/tsm/welcome.html
>
> I will be installing it on two systems today to begin testing, hopefully
> I'll be able to comment more soon..
>
>
> -Rick Adamson
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> James Thorne
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 5:41 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 7.1.3 and Directory-container storage pools
>
> Hi Karel.
>
> That's the conclusion we came to too.
>
> James.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Karel Bos
> Sent: 16 September 2015 10:17
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 7.1.3 and Directory-container storage pools
>
> Hi,
>
> So we get a new type of storage pools, the directory-container storage
> pools. These enable TSM to do in flight dedup. But you cannot use any of
> the following functions with directory-container storage pools:
>
>- Migration
>- Reclamation
>- Aggregation
>- Collocation
>- Simultaneous-write
>- Storage pool backup
>- Virtual volumes
>
> So having in flight dedupe removes any way of doing bck stg other than use
> node replication to get the data in a second place. Pretty bad limitation
> in my opinion or am I missing something?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Karel
>

SRM and TDP/VE?

[Ryder, Michael S]

Folks

We use VMware SRM (Site Recovery Manager), where we have 2 vCenters running
in an active-active failover scenario.

If I failover all my nodes from a source vCenter to another target vcenter,
now TDP for VE is "broken" because now the nodes are running under another
vCenter and the proxy relationships are not in place.

AND, even though I try to get a Datamover proxy relationship in place using
the source datamover and the target datacenter... the proxy relationship
won't stick even though the command doesn't return an error.

Has anyone got any tips & tricks for doing this?

Best regards,

Mike , x7942
RMD IT Client Services 

Re: TSM 7.1.3 and Directory-container storage pools

[Ryder, Michael S]

Thank you Deirdre

I'm providing this excerpt from FAQ below -- please tell me this is going
to be streamlined in the future?  (If so, how much longer?)

This is a LOT of data movement in order to simply move "sideways" to
another storage pool on the same server.  I'm fortunate to have a secondary
server I can do this with, but this is going to stink for those without.
At first glance, I'm not sure I want to take the trouble to do this.

*Q6. How can I store existing data to a directory-container pool by using
replication? Are there other techniques?*
The only methods that you can use to store data in a directory-container
pool are:


   - Client store operations such as backup, archive, and space management.
  - Node Replication from another server.

You can use node replication to move data from one storage pool to another
on the same machine, but you must replicate the data to another server to
do this. For example, if you have a node, N1, on a server, S1, in a storage
pool, P1, and you want to move it to a directory-container storage pool,
P2, you must complete the following steps:


   1. Replicate all the data for node N1 to server S2.
  2. Rename node N1 to N1.X.
  3. Replicate the node to server S1 from server S2.
  4. Change the management class and the copy group destinations, or
  both, in the policy on server S1 to ensure that the data from
server S2 is
  stored the directory-container storage pool, P2.

When all the data from node N1 is stored on server S1, you can delete the
file spaces for node N1 on servers S1 and S2, remove node N1.X from server
S1, and remove node N1 from server S2. To switch replication directions,
you must use the REMOVE REPLNODE command after the first replication (from
S1 to S2) on both servers and then re-enable replication on server S2 to
server S1. You cannot use the node replication on a single file space
within a node. The entire node must be replicated.


Best regards,

Mike , x7942
RMD IT Client Services 

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Deirdre O'Callaghan 
wrote:

> Thank you for your feedback and questions about directory-container storage
> pools.
>
>For more information about  frequently asked questions in relation to
>directory-container storage pools, see the following wiki article:
>
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Directory-container%20storage%20pools%20FAQs
>
>Deirdre O'Callaghan
>IBM Spectrum Protect Information Developer
>

Re: TSM 7.1.3 and Directory-container storage pools

[Ryder, Michael S]

Thank you for that Stefan.

Does anyone have an opportunity to test this?

Stefan, what is the specific type of setup you are talking about?

Mike

On Friday, September 18, 2015, Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folke...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I believe you can "move data" data into the container pools, you just can't
> get the data out with traditional methods at the moment but only via TSM
> node replication.
> I like the new pool type but they are only suitable to a specific type of
> setup, the good news is that this setup covers a lot of the new type of TSM
> deployments we are doing!
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Sergio O. Fuentes <sfuen...@umd.edu
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > This question is relevant.  How do I move from a file devclass stgpool to
> > a directory-container pool.  And what's the impact on the DB if I do
> this?
> >  I already had multi-site configured for our environment with the tools
> > that exist in versions <7.1.3.  I'm not getting another 200TB array to
> > move data to new directory-container pools.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > SF
> >
> > On 9/16/15, 10:49 AM, "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Ryder,
> Michael
> > S" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU <javascript:;> on behalf of
> michael_s.ry...@roche.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > >I am very interested in directory-container storage pools.
> > >
> > >But...
> > >
> > >If Migration or Move Data are not options, then how does one transition
> > >data from existing primary storage pools to a directory-container
> storage
> > >pool?
> > >
> > >Mike
> > >
> > >Best regards,
> > >
> > >Mike <http://rbbuswiki.bbg.roche.com/wiki/ryderm_page:start>, x7942
> > >RMD IT Client Services <http://rmsit.dia.roche.com/Pages/default.aspx>
> > >
> > >On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Rick Adamson <
> rickadam...@segrocers.com <javascript:;>>
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> I may be wrong but from reading the 7.1.3 doco new container approach
> > >> combined with the inline dedup eliminate the need for some of these
> > >> processes. Also, where traditionally a "copy" storage pool was used
> they
> > >> now refer to it as a "protect" storage pool which has the ability to
> be
> > >> replicated to another "onsite" or "offsite" container storage pool.
> > >>
> > >> Remember that with deduplicated data many of the processes you
> mentioned
> > >> required that the data be rehydrated to be performed. An added benefit
> > >>is
> > >> if in fact these processes are no longer required it will free up
> system
> > >> resources and as a result lower storage costs and increase
> scalability.
> > >>
> > >> Fortunately, there are some good resources for additional information:
> > >> IBM you tube channel:
> > >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGkjRNkO0AQNyQbWhS1tTzw
> > >> IBM knowledge center for 7.1.3:
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.3/tsm/welcome.ht
> > >>ml
> > >>
> > >> I will be installing it on two systems today to begin testing,
> hopefully
> > >> I'll be able to comment more soon..
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -Rick Adamson
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -Original Message-
> > >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf
> > Of
> > >> James Thorne
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 5:41 AM
> > >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU <javascript:;>
> > >> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 7.1.3 and Directory-container storage pools
> > >>
> > >> Hi Karel.
> > >>
> > >> That's the conclusion we came to too.
> > >>
> > >> James.
> > >>
> > >> -Original Message-
> > >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf
> > Of
> > >> Karel Bos
> > >> Sent: 16 September 2015 10:17
> > >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU <javascript:;>
> > >> Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 7.1.3 and Directory-container storage pools
> > >>
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> So we get a new type of storage pools, the directory-container storage
> > >> pools. These enable TSM to do in flight dedup. But you cannot use any
> of
> > >> the following functions with directory-container storage pools:
> > >>
> > >>- Migration
> > >>- Reclamation
> > >>- Aggregation
> > >>- Collocation
> > >>- Simultaneous-write
> > >>- Storage pool backup
> > >>- Virtual volumes
> > >>
> > >> So having in flight dedupe removes any way of doing bck stg other than
> > >>use
> > >> node replication to get the data in a second place. Pretty bad
> > >>limitation
> > >> in my opinion or am I missing something?
> > >>
> > >> Kind regards,
> > >>
> > >> Karel
> > >>
> >
>


--

Best regards,

Mike <http://rbbuswiki.bbg.roche.com/wiki/ryderm_page:start>, x7942
RMD IT Client Services <http://rmsit.dia.roche.com/Pages/default.aspx>

Re: Things I learnt installing a v7.1.4 TSM for VE data mover

[Ryder, Michael S]

Neil this is really disturbing.

The excerpt is directly from the VMware document referenced by IBM.  Why
why WHY would I spend years building and supporting a SAN-backed solution
and get kicked-to-the-curb like this?

*"A fix is unlikely."*

Thanks a lot VMware!  The only option then, if I understand this correctly,
to continue doing SAN-based backups and restores using the 7.1.4 client is
to upgrade my entire VMware infrastructure to at least 6.0.1, is that
correct?

*Thank you for pointing this out, Neil,* I will sadly have to lock my
environment down at 7.1.2 or 7.1.3.

Known Issues and Workarounds

The following issue applies to VDDK 6.0.1 only.

   - *Backup and restore using SAN transport fails with VDDK 6.0.1 for VMs
   residing on ESXi 5.5 or earlier.*

   When VDDK 6.0.1 connects to an ESXi 5.5.x host using SAN transport, and
   tries to retrieve the virtual machine MoRef from the snapshot managed
   object, the operation fails with the vmodl.fault.InvalidRequest error. This
   backward compatibility failure is due to changes in the getVM method
   between vSphere 5.5, 6.0, and 6.0.1. A fix is unlikely. The workaround is
   to use non-SAN transport when connecting to ESXi 5.5 and earlier hosts.


Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Schofield, Neil (Storage & Middleware,
Backup & Restore)  wrote:

> A couple of gotchas that caught me out today might be useful info for
> somebody:
>
>
> -  The following document suggests TSM for VE 7.1.4 will work with
> vSphere 5.1, 5.5 and 6.0:
>
> http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21970882#Supported%20VMware%20vSphere%20versions
>
> As I discovered the hard way, this seems to be stretching things a little.
> The VDDK version that ships with the 7.1.4 client - v6.0.1 - has a rather
> nasty limitation which means you can't back up VMs on vShpere 5.1 or 5.5
> using the SAN transport. IBM don't seem to have gone out of their way to
> draw your attention to this, but details are in the VDDK 6.0.1 release
> notes embedded in the following:
> http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672351
>
>
> -  In common I believe with TSM for VE 7.1.3, version 7.1.4 goes
> to almost absurd lengths to conceal the fact that it isn't going to install
> the Recovery Agent Device Driver. When presented with what is on the face
> of it a full set of features to be installed, you have to expand the
> Recovery Agent feature to realise that the Recovery Agent Device Driver
> sub-feature is now an option that must be manually selected for
> installation (even if upgrading from a version where the functionality was
> previously enabled.)
>
> Regards
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Re: Strange TSM for VE error

[Ryder, Michael S]

Tom:

I had an extremely similar problem, with this same string in my errors --
"ReconfigVM_USCORETask"

This is the article I read that helped me to solve my problem.

In short... vCenter permissions.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21497028

Good Luck

Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Rick Adamson 
wrote:

> Tom,
> I think you need to look for the cause in either vCenter or Veeam.
> The message *"The method is disabled by XXX" refers to vCenter
> blocking backup tasks via the API, and vShield_SVM is specific to Veeam.
>
> There are known issues where a task such as vMotion runs, which sets a
> flag in vCenter so other tasks don't cause conflicts, then when the vMotion
> task finishes the flag does not get removed properly. The result is other
> backup jobs are not able to run.
>
> Referencing these VMware and Veeam threads will help understand:
>
> https://forums.veeam.com/vmware-vsphere-f24/storage-vmotion-fails-t1.html
>
>
> https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US=displayKC=2008957
>
> I know this doesn't provide you with a direct resolution, but hopefully
> will get you going down the right path.
>
> Again, I would start with taking a look at vCenter and Veeam for
> additional information.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Let us know what you find.
>
> -Rick Adamson
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Tom Alverson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 6:49 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Strange TSM for VE error
>
> I am running TSM for VE  7.1.4.1 on WIndows 2008 and it has been OK until
> about 2 weeks ago.  Since then every night the backup job (should be over
> 100 VM's) just kind of aborts without logging success or failure.  The
> only errors in the logs are these (which don't appear in any Google
> searches)
>
>
>
>
> *06/01/2016 18:15:51 ANS2345W The virtual machine named 'server1
> (2cc5bac1-e96f-4b08-ac8b-a7f36f27e6cd)-0' was found to have an old snapshot
> 'TSM-VM Snapshot Wed Jun 01 18:02:40 2016'. A command was sent to the
> vCenter to remove it.*
>
> *06/01/2016 18:16:05 ANS9387W An incremental backup for virtual machine
> 'server1 (2cc5bac1-e96f-4b08-ac8b-a7f36f27e6cd)-0' is not possible because
> changed block information cannot be obtained. A full VM backup is attempted
> instead.*
>
> *06/01/2016 18:16:14 ANS9365E VMware vStorage API error for virtual machine
> 'server1 (2cc5bac1-e96f-4b08-ac8b-a7f36f27e6cd)-0'.*
>
> *   TSM function name : ReconfigVM_USCORETask*
>
> *   TSM file  : ..\..\common\vm\vmvisdk.cpp (6897)*
>
> *   API return code   : 12*
>
> *   API error message : SOAP 1.1 fault: "":ServerFaultCode[no subcode]*
>
> *"The method is disabled by 'vShield_SVM'"*
>
> *Detail:*
>
>
>
> *06/01/2016 18:28:12 ANS2345W The virtual machine named 'server2
> (17a6690f-9e77-4066-ba92-bcb947aa2216)' was found to have an old snapshot
> 'TSM-VM Snapshot Wed Jun 01 18:15:43 2016'. A command was sent to the
> vCenter to remove it.*
>
> *06/01/2016 18:28:19 ANS9365E VMware vStorage API error for virtual machine
> 'server1 (2cc5bac1-e96f-4b08-ac8b-a7f36f27e6cd)-0'.*
>
> *   TSM function name : ReconfigVM_USCORETask*
>
> *   TSM file  : ..\..\common\vm\vmvisdk.cpp (6897)*
>
> *   API return code   : 12*
>
> *   API error message : SOAP 1.1 fault: "":ServerFaultCode[no subcode]*
>
> *"The method is disabled by 'vShield_SVM'"*
>
> *Detail:*
>
>
>
>
> Of course there is no detail.  I have asked our Vcenter people if they
> have made any changes but the odd thing is I have several other VBS servers
> talking to this vcenter and they are not having this problem.  The only
> change (made to all the VBS servers) recently was last month's Microsoft
> patches.
>

Re: When can too many disk volumes be detrimental

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello Zoltan:

I have about 500 volumes spread across a dozen or so EXT4 filesystems, and
get performance that operates at the maximum throughput of the hardware.

Here is a good primer on the differences.  The bottom line - ext4 can
perform better than ext3.

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/05/ext2-ext3-ext4/

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Thanks, again.  Very helpful.  So, did I understand your earlier
> statement/comment that you disagree with "*Set the LVM read-ahead to 0 for
> all logical volumes on disk systems that provide adaptive read-ahead
> capabilities, for example, enterprise-type disk systems.*"
>
> I also read the statement "*For the Tivoli Storage Manager database and
> logs, use the ext3 file system.*"   Whats up with that?  They explain why
> you should use ext4 for the storage volumes but no details on ext3 for
> DB/logs?
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Ryder, Michael S <
> michael_s.ry...@roche.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Hi Zoltan
> >
> > Here is the reference... I know it is for TSM 7.1, but the reference is
> > specific to RHEL and it's filesystems, which is still relevant to the
> > discussion, I think:
> >
> >
> >
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.perf.doc/t_perf_diskos_lnx.html
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mike, x7942
> > RMD IT Client Services
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Ryder, Michael S <
> > > michael_s.ry...@roche.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Did you follow the docs and disable RHEL's read-ahead
> > > > caching?  If so, you may want to consider enabling it.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > Can you expand on your statement about RHEL read-ahead cache and some
> > > tuning/config document you refer to?   We were unaware of such a
> document
> > > (or config value).  The RHEL read-ahead cache is set to the default of
> > > 128K.  Currently all caching is via PERC.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > *Zoltan Forray*
> > > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> > > Xymon Monitor Administrator
> > > Virginia Commonwealth University
> > > UCC/Office of Technology Services
> > > www.ucc.vcu.edu
> > > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807
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> > > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social
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> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> Xymon Monitor Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
> www.ucc.vcu.edu
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Re: getting performance from nfs storage over 10 gb link

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hi Gary

What performance does Iperf3 get when you run it on your NFS server?

There is a lot that is going on that has very much to do with your disk
configuration on both your TSM server and the NFS server.

Have you looked at a tool like iometer to see what performance you can
squeeze out of your storage subsystems?

Have you seen this?
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21470193

Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Lee, Gary  wrote:

> Tsm server 6.4.3,
> RHEL 6.7
> 4 Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8220 SE CPUs
> 128 gB memory
>
> I recently installed an intel 10 gB Ethernet card.
> Iperf3 test shown below gives around 7 gb throughput.
> However, when running multiple migration and reclamation processes, and
> watching network traffic through an independent tool, I cannot get over the
> 900 mb/s threshold.
>
> The tsm storage pools are on a file system mounted as follows:
>
> Nxback-Pool02.servers.bsu.edu:/volumes/Pool02/TSMBackup/tsm02
> /tsminst1/storage nfs
> rw,relatime,vers=3,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys
> 0 0
>
> I am running out of options.
>
> I don't expect to see the full throughput, as disk speeds will have a good
> deal of impact.
>
> Any ideas would be helpful.
>
>

Re: When can too many disk volumes be detrimental

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hi Zoltan

Here is the reference... I know it is for TSM 7.1, but the reference is
specific to RHEL and it's filesystems, which is still relevant to the
discussion, I think:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.perf.doc/t_perf_diskos_lnx.html

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Ryder, Michael S <
> michael_s.ry...@roche.com> wrote:
>
> > Did you follow the docs and disable RHEL's read-ahead
> > caching?  If so, you may want to consider enabling it.
> >
>
> Mike,
>
> Can you expand on your statement about RHEL read-ahead cache and some
> tuning/config document you refer to?   We were unaware of such a document
> (or config value).  The RHEL read-ahead cache is set to the default of
> 128K.  Currently all caching is via PERC.
>
>
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> Xymon Monitor Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
> www.ucc.vcu.edu
> zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807
> Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will
> never use email to request that you reply with your password, social
> security number or confidential personal information. For more details
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>

Re: VM backup question

[Ryder, Michael S]

Will this exclude backup of VM metadata?

Mike

On Sunday, January 31, 2016, Robert Ouzen  wrote:

> Hi Ray
>
> Thanks for this input ..
>
> It is a way to do a general  INCLUDE for "Hard Disk 1"   (ALL VM needs the
> "Hard Disk 1"  to be backup) .
>
> For machines I need to back up more than the "Hard disk 1"  I will add for
> each of them :
>
> INCLUDE.VMDISK VMACHINE1  "Hard Disk 2"
> INCLUDE.VMDISK VMACHINE1  "Hard Disk 3"
>
> Best Regards
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU ]
> On Behalf Of Storer, Raymond
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:16 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] VM backup question
>
> Robert, you might use the -vm parameter to exclude certain VMs in your
> DSM.OPT file.
> DOMAIN.VMFULL VMHOSTCLUSTER=CLUSTER_NAME;-VM=VM_TO_EXCLUDE1,VM_TO_EXCLUDE2
>
> Also, in your DSM.OPT file you can add INCLUDE.VMDISK options to
> specifically target VM disks you want (which excludes the other disks you
> do not specifically include).
> INCLUDE.VMDISK EXACT VM NAME GOES HERE "Hard Disk 1"
>
> Disk(s) not specifically included restore blank at their full size during
> a full VM restore.  I forget if a way exists to prevent the other disks
> from restoring in a full restore.
>
> If you see issues with VM backups or restores, you might also consider
> adding testflag VMBACKUP_UPDATE_UUID to your DSM.OPT file to force the
> backup to save the UUID every time you perform a VM backup.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Ray Storer
> NIBCO INC.
> 574.295.3457
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU ]
> On Behalf Of Robert Ouzen
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 11:31 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 
> Subject: [ADSM-L] VM backup question
>
> Hi to all
>
> I have a VMware farm with around 300 VM machines and I try to figure the
> best  way to configure the backup with TSM for VE V7.1.4 .
>
>
> 1.   Need to backup for all the machines the "Hard disk 1"
>
> 2.   Our structure don't let us to do it with VMfolder , think about
> domain.vmfull vmdatastore= data1.,data2, etc
>
> 3.   Need for some VM machines to backup all disks or at least more
> than "Hard disk 1" ,  and some machines not to back up at all
>
> Any help will be appreciated 
>
> Best Regards
>
> Robert
>
> 
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Re: When can too many disk volumes be detrimental

[Ryder, Michael S]

Zoltan

SO sorry, my original TSM reference was a hair stale -- try this one:
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.1/com.ibm.itsm.perf.doc/t_perf_diskos_lnx.html

I understand you have constraints, so I am not telling you to do something
you cannot do.

What I am saying is - you derive more performance benefits with more
controllers and spindles - whatever you can do to increase those, will
improve your performance (up to a point - you can surpass your
motherboard's ability to push traffic through disk controllers but I don't
think this is your problem).

If you can split your database to 2 filesystems that are on 2 separate
controllers, then you have increased the parallelization of disk I/O
processing for your database.  Even a pair of mirrors on the same array
controller would be an improvement over a single mirror on an array
controller.

Out of curiousity - if your files are all going to tape anyway, what was
the purpose for so many TB of disk pool?  Can you sacrifice some diskpool
in order to improve DB/log performance?  You may be better off with a pair
of mirrors for your DB, another mirror for logs, another mirror for
archivelogs, then you can consume the rest of your slots for hotspares
and/or disk pool.

If you can't speed up your DB/log processing, don't even think about
deduplication, you will spend a LOT of time waiting for the log files to be
reconciled against the DB.

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> wrote:

> I understand and we have been using ext4 since it was available.  All of my
> stgpools are ext4.  The DB filesystem is ext3 per the requirements in the
> document you referenced for setting up TSM on Linux.
>
> However, they are spread across 2-ext4 filesystems due to the 16TB limit
> for ext4.
>
> Are you saying I should create multiple ext4 filesystems (i.e. 2TB chunks)
> vs the 2-big ones I am currently using?  I can't split up the RAID5 array
> due to loosing too much storage.
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Ryder, Michael S <
> michael_s.ry...@roche.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Zoltan:
> >
> > I have about 500 volumes spread across a dozen or so EXT4 filesystems,
> and
> > get performance that operates at the maximum throughput of the hardware.
> >
> > Here is a good primer on the differences.  The bottom line - ext4 can
> > perform better than ext3.
> >
> > http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/05/ext2-ext3-ext4/
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mike, x7942
> > RMD IT Client Services
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > Thanks, again.  Very helpful.  So, did I understand your earlier
> > > statement/comment that you disagree with "*Set the LVM read-ahead to 0
> > for
> > > all logical volumes on disk systems that provide adaptive read-ahead
> > > capabilities, for example, enterprise-type disk systems.*"
> > >
> > > I also read the statement "*For the Tivoli Storage Manager database and
> > > logs, use the ext3 file system.*"   Whats up with that?  They explain
> why
> > > you should use ext4 for the storage volumes but no details on ext3 for
> > > DB/logs?
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Ryder, Michael S <
> > > michael_s.ry...@roche.com
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Zoltan
> > > >
> > > > Here is the reference... I know it is for TSM 7.1, but the reference
> is
> > > > specific to RHEL and it's filesystems, which is still relevant to the
> > > > discussion, I think:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.perf.doc/t_perf_diskos_lnx.html
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Mike, x7942
> > > > RMD IT Client Services
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Ryder, Michael S <
> > > > > michael_s.ry...@roche.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Did you follow the docs and disable RHEL's read-ahead
> > > > > > caching?  If so, you may want to consider enabling it.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike,
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you expand on your statement about RHEL read-ahead cache and
> some
>

Re: What have they done to Passport!

[Ryder, Michael S]

Could it be your browser?  I found in the past that I *had* to use Internet
Explorer with the PA site, otherwise buttons didn't work...

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Jonathan Dresang  wrote:

> Does this link get you where you need to go?
>
> https://www-01.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/pao_customer.html
>
>
> Jonathan Dresang
> Madison Gas & Electric
> 608-252-7296
>
>
>
>
> From:   Zoltan Forray 
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU,
> Date:   02/24/2016 12:32 PM
> Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] What have they done to Passport!
> Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
>
>
>
> Thanks for the response, Del.
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Del Hoobler  wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am listening. I have contacted the PA team.
> >
> > Once I hear something, I will post.
> >
> > In the mean time, if this is urgent, please call eCare and press the
> > issue.
> >
> >
> > Del
> >
> > 
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 02/24/2016
> > 12:48:20 PM:
> >
> > > From: Zoltan Forray 
> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > Date: 02/24/2016 12:49 PM
> > > Subject: Re: What have they done to Passport!
> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> > >
> > > So, I am not the only one going insane!
> > >
> > > Hello IBM - are you listening?
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Laura Mastandrea <
> > > laura.mastand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I agree!  I tried yesterday and couldn't figure out where to find
> the
> > > > download bundles!
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Zoltan Forray 
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I haven't been to Passport for a while. All I want to do is
> download
> > the
> > > > > latest 7.1 with included licenses (vs patches from the FTP site).
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been wandering around and clicking for 30+ minutes and
> can't
> > > > figure
> > > > > out what used to be a simple 3-clicks to get to my entitled
> > software!  It
> > > > > keeps wanting to sell me something.  All I want is the software I
> am
> > > > > entitled to!  Why is this being made so hard?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > *Zoltan Forray*
> > > > > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> > > > > Xymon Monitor Administrator
> > > > > Virginia Commonwealth University
> > > > > UCC/Office of Technology Services
> > > > > www.ucc.vcu.edu
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> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> > > Xymon Monitor Administrator
> > > Virginia Commonwealth University
> > > UCC/Office of Technology Services
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> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
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Re: When can too many disk volumes be detrimental

[Ryder, Michael S]

Zoltan

If I read your message correct:
 - 1TB over 11 hours is ~200Mbits/sec
 - Dell 6TB drives appear to be 7200rpm SAS drives
 --- It is likely your 600GB drives were 15000rpm
 - your TSM server uses a single RAID-5 array for the OS, application, logs
and archive logs?  is the TSM database on the same array as well?

If so, I have a feeling I have an easy answer for you: stop putting
everything on a single RAID-5 array.  RAID-5 is one of the slowest
arrangements there is, and you have crippled yourself by putting the logs,
OS (and possibly your database) on the same array.  For ultimate
performance, divide your load onto multiple array controllers and multiple
arrays.  Use mirrored drives for the database and log drives (SSD if
possible).  Pack in as much memory as possible into disk cache.  Minimize
latency by keeping as much of the disk "local" to the server.  If you must
use RAID-5 or something for "mass storage" for example to hold your
storage-pools, then use as many spindles as you can afford.  More spindles
means more disk-controllers working to process commands from
array-controllers.

Using this kind of setup I am able to process over 3Gbits/sec on a 4-year
old HP bl460c g6 blade loaded with 12 cores and 96GB RAM and an HP Storage
blade.  Just one storage pool has 500 volumes spread over 28TB.  Switching
to SSD drives for log and database functions was almost a religious
experience.

Maybe it is good to ask you this question - how fast do you need to process
that 1TB of data?  How long should a database restore take?

Another question that I do not see people ask is this -- when a single 6TB
drive fails... how long will it take to rebuild it?  (answer, as you have
found... a LONG time!).  So the march towards larger and larger drives
comes with additional risk.

Well I'm going to shut up now in case I've already gone too far.  I hope
this helps.

Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Lee, Gary  wrote:

> Keep us posted.  I have had similar problems in the past year or so.
> Only, I can't get any new hardware.
>
> Still using hp 585 servers with 4 amd processors.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Zoltan Forray
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 3:56 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] When can too many disk volumes be detrimental
>
> RedHat Linux 6.7 with TSM 6.3.5.100
>
> Back in the "good old days" of ADSM/TSM, I was always taught that the more
> TSM disk volumes you had, the better since TSM would spread the I/O's
> across the volumes in a somewhat balanced manner, to improve performance.
> Yes I realize this was with multiple physical spindles.
>
> Now with bigger hard drives, I am wondering if having to many volumes
> is hurting I/O performance. Here is the situation.
>
> We recently replaced 2-TSM servers that had rolled off warranty (4-year old
> Dell T710 systems) that had 8-600GB internal disk. The new servers are T720
> systems with *6TB* drives (both have 96GB RAM).  So I went from roughly
> *5TB* of internal disk storage for inbound backups to *30TB*. I went from
> multiple 300GB disk volumes to 30-1TB volumes. Plus add 20TB of SAN space
> gives me 40-disk volumes.
>
> The reasons for my concern is the time it takes to move the data from disk
> to tape.  I am seeing it take 11-hours to empty (move data) a 100% full 1TB
> disk volume.  To me, this is very, very slow.
>
> We had a hard disk failure that for some reason (all RAID5) took out part
> of the OS partition and damaged the /tsmlog and /tsmarchlog filesystems,
> forcing me to restore from a 8-hour old DB backup (even Dell said this
> should not have happened so they replaced the drive and PERC controller).
> It has taken more than *2-weeks* of non-stop audit, move data of
> non-damaged files, restore of damaged files - processes against the
> internal disk volumes. I recorded some audits running 32-hours).
>
> As I redefine/rebuild the disk volumes, I am starting to create 2 and 3TB
> volumes to see if that helps improve performance.
>
> So, your thoughts/ideas/suggestions on what might be going on here.
>
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
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> Xymon Monitor Administrator
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How many DB2 users should there be?

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hello all

Running a pair of TSM 7.1.3 servers here, and use Nagios to monitor our
environment.

One of the service checks I run watches the number of DB2 users on the TSM
database.  We see an rise and fall of user connections, and they are all
consistently from one user...

"dsmserv"

Does anyone know if there is a reason for what all these processes are
for?  I generally see between 50-150 connections depending on what TSM is
doing, and I'm trying to understand what the thresholds should be so I can
configure the service checks with meaningful values.

Yes, I could easily just look at my existing trends and derive them, but I
was hoping to gain insight into what is actually going on that so many
connections are necessary.

Thanks for your time

Best regards,

Mike Ryder
RMD IT Client Services

Re: How many DB2 users should there be?

[Ryder, Michael S]

Thanks Remco, that's a reasonable response.  In other words, the number of
processes will be directly related to how many processes/sessions are
active at any one time.

Looking at a graph of several hours of activity, it appears that when my
TSM 7.1.3 server is idle, there are on average 65 connections from the
dsmserv account.  And right now, I see 4 Migration, 8 Identify Duplicate
and 4 Space Reclamation processes running, and connections hovers between
125 and 150.  During a database backup the connections were pinned at ~175.

I'd be interested in hearing about other installations' metrics, if anyone
is interested in sharing them here.

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:54 AM, Remco Post <r.p...@plcs.nl> wrote:

> > On 26 jan. 2016, at 23:37, Ryder, Michael S <michael_s.ry...@roche.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all
> >
> > Running a pair of TSM 7.1.3 servers here, and use Nagios to monitor our
> > environment.
> >
> > One of the service checks I run watches the number of DB2 users on the
> TSM
> > database.  We see an rise and fall of user connections, and they are all
> > consistently from one user...
> >
> > "dsmserv"
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a reason for what all these processes are
> > for?  I generally see between 50-150 connections depending on what TSM is
> > doing, and I'm trying to understand what the thresholds should be so I
> can
> > configure the service checks with meaningful values.
> >
>
> 50-150 connections seems to be quite a low value. I’d guess that for each
> client connection there should also be one DB2 connection, plus a few.
> During the housekeeping window: one for each expiration thread, one for
> each reclaim or migration process, etc. SO tens of DB2 connections on a
> large server should be normal, hundreds during peak back-up window, I’d
> guess.
>
> > Yes, I could easily just look at my existing trends and derive them, but
> I
> > was hoping to gain insight into what is actually going on that so many
> > connections are necessary.
> >
> > Thanks for your time
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mike Ryder
> > RMD IT Client Services
>
> --
>
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>
> Remco Post
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>
>

Re: When can too many disk volumes be detrimental

[Ryder, Michael S]

Zoltan,

I think your speed problem is not so much in your primary storage pool, but
in your database and log filesystems.

Are you using TDP for Virtual Environments for block-level image backups?
Do you have deduplication enabled?  Both features will grind away at your
log filesystems.  In my case enabling those features tripled the size of
the DB and the rate and size at which the log space is used.

At the same time TSM is trying to stream data to  your primary disk-based
storage pool, it is also trying to update its log files.  When they both
exist on the same physical drives, those drives will be taxed in trying to
perform both operations - even with a single array controller it would be
more efficient to have spindles dedicated to log/db filesystems.  Perhaps
consider replacing your OS/DB/App drives with a mirror of large SSDs, and
put the log files there, too.  Even if they are all on the same array
controller, the speed improvement for the DBs and logs should lower the
latency of operations concerning your RAID5 array.

What filesystem?  ext3 or ext4?  If you're on ext3, I understand from IBM's
docs that as of RHEL6.x ext4 is suitable and provides some performance
improvement.  Did you follow the docs and disable RHEL's read-ahead
caching?  If so, you may want to consider enabling it.

Wait... why would you be able to go with RAID10?  You would go from a RAID5
array of (6) 6TB drives of *30TB*... to a RAID10 array of (6) 6TB drives of
*18TB* - I thought you said you couldn't slice and dice this anymore?

Sadly - if you don't have any other flexibility, I think you will have to
live with your performance, because your priority was for capacity and
unfortunately you can't have both in these harddrives.

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> You bought up some valid points and good questions.  I do have to clarify
> something I left out.
>
> This machine also has 2-1TB drives in the back of the system.  They are
> mirrored and used for the TSM DB and OS (which does very little since TSM
> is the ONLY application on this server.  The big-honkin-disk are used for
> everything else (/tsmlog, /tsmarchlog, general TSM storage.
>
> Yes the 6TB are 7200 SATA (we got the most internal storage we could for
> the $ we had to spend). IIRC, Dell charged over $1K for the 6TB
> drives).
>
> We can't slice-and-dice the RAID array any finer since we would loose 6TB
> at a time.  We have discussed going for RAID10 when the box is rebuilt (the
> OS folks feel that since there was known damage to OS files, there might be
> unknown/hidden damages).
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Ryder, Michael S <
> michael_s.ry...@roche.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Zoltan
> >
> > If I read your message correct:
> >  - 1TB over 11 hours is ~200Mbits/sec
> >  - Dell 6TB drives appear to be 7200rpm SAS drives
> >  --- It is likely your 600GB drives were 15000rpm
> >  - your TSM server uses a single RAID-5 array for the OS, application,
> logs
> > and archive logs?  is the TSM database on the same array as well?
> >
> > If so, I have a feeling I have an easy answer for you: stop putting
> > everything on a single RAID-5 array.  RAID-5 is one of the slowest
> > arrangements there is, and you have crippled yourself by putting the
> logs,
> > OS (and possibly your database) on the same array.  For ultimate
> > performance, divide your load onto multiple array controllers and
> multiple
> > arrays.  Use mirrored drives for the database and log drives (SSD if
> > possible).  Pack in as much memory as possible into disk cache.  Minimize
> > latency by keeping as much of the disk "local" to the server.  If you
> must
> > use RAID-5 or something for "mass storage" for example to hold your
> > storage-pools, then use as many spindles as you can afford.  More
> spindles
> > means more disk-controllers working to process commands from
> > array-controllers.
> >
> > Using this kind of setup I am able to process over 3Gbits/sec on a 4-year
> > old HP bl460c g6 blade loaded with 12 cores and 96GB RAM and an HP
> Storage
> > blade.  Just one storage pool has 500 volumes spread over 28TB.
> Switching
> > to SSD drives for log and database functions was almost a religious
> > experience.
> >
> > Maybe it is good to ask you this question - how fast do you need to
> process
> > that 1TB of data?  How long should a database restore take?
> >
> > Another question that I do not see people ask is this -- when a single
> 6TB
> > drive fails... how long will it take to rebuild it?  (answer, as you have
> > found... a LONG time!).  So the m

Re: Real world deduplication rates with TSM 7.1 and container pools

[Ryder, Michael S]

Hi Arnaud

If IBM made that commitment in black and white, then you should hold their
feet to the fire.  But I am willing to bet this was a salesman promising
"similar performance."

There is no technology I know where any deduplication factor can be
guaranteed.  Perhaps "UP to 4" for certain kinds of data...  And overall
reduction of storage is what you should be comparing, not simply the
deduplication percentage.

Here, try reading at least the introduction of this document, " Effective
Planning and Use of TSM V6 and V7 Deduplication"

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/form/anonymous/api/wiki/f731037e-c0cf-436e-88b5-862b9a6597c3/page/82e361b4-8e96-42cf-b559-0b77df9aed2c/attachment/5cf980b3-807f-464b-a1c0-b896b0cec7e6/media/TSM%20Dedup%20Best%20Practices%20-%20v2.1.pdf

We haven't adopted the directory-container pools yet due to their lacking
of support for important features like migration and copy pools, but I have
no doubt that IBM will be delivering those abilities soon; otherwise, there
are very limited use-cases for directory-containers.

Best regards,

Mike
RMD IT Client Services

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:41 AM, PAC Brion Arnaud <
arnaud.br...@panalpina.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We are currently testing TSM 7.1 deduplication feature, in conjunction
> with container based storage pools.
> So far, my test TSM instances, installed with such a setup are reporting
> dedup percentage of 45 %, means dedup factor around 1.81, using a sample of
> clients which are representative of our production environment.
> This is unfortunately pretty far from what was promised by IBM (dedup
> factor of 4) ...
>
> I'm wondering if anybody making use of container based storage pools and
> deduplication would be sharing his deduplication factor, so that I could
> have a better appreciation of real world figures.
> If you would be so kind to share your information (possibly with the kind
> of backed-up data  i.e. VM, DB, NAS, Exchange, and retention values ...) I
> would be very grateful !
>
> Thanks in advance for appreciated feedback.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Arnaud
>
>
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Re: TSM Server 7.1.4 woes

[Ryder, Michael S]

PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF!

Well done, both of you!

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Andrew Raibeck  wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Neil took me up on my offer to look at a trace, and thanks to his
> persistence, that indeed led to unmasking a problem in the 7.1.4 server.
>
> APAR IT15117 has been opened for this issue. It may take a day or so before
> it is visible on the web. As discussed previously, the files can be
> restored when the QUIET option is used.
>
> Note that current client versions will also encounter this issue if they
> use TAPEPROMPT YES, regardless of the VERBOSE or QUIET setting. In that
> case, the workaround is to use TAPEPROMPT NO. The default setting is
> TAPEPROMPT NO, and I think it uncommon to set this option to YES; but I
> mention it here for completeness.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
>
> 
>
> Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
>
> IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
> Product support:
>
> https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager
>
> Online documentation:
>
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html
>
> Product Wiki:
>
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 2016-04-29
> 12:24:42:
>
> > From: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Date: 2016-04-29 12:26
> > Subject: Re: TSM Server 7.1.4 woes
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> >
> > Hi Neil,
> >
> > What I can tell you is that my testing was done with a 7.1.4 server, and
> I
> > reproduced the symptoms consistent with the old defect I mentioned in my
> > prior email. When I applied the workaround for that issue (QUIET option),
> I
> > could do the restore. The other ADSM-L poster, Michael Prix, verified
> that
> > QUIET solved it for him, too. So based on what I know, everything works
> as
> > I have described. At this time I have no reason to think that this is
> > attributable to a specific version of the server.
> >
> > If you have a 6.1.0.0 client, try the same testing I described earlier:
> > back up a file to a 7.1.1 server, then try to restore it. Make sure you
> > explicitly specify the file for the restore file spec (not just the
> > directory), e.g.:
> >
> >   dsmc restore /mydir/myfile.txt
> >
> > and that VERBOSE logging is enabled. I would expect you to get the same
> > message, ANS4035W. Then try the restore again, with QUIET, and see if it
> > avoids the issue.
> >
> > Assuming that this all works as I describe, then I would expect the same
> > behavior for 7.1.4 (or later) as I would for 7.1.1, or any prior server
> > level.
> >
> > If, in fact, the restore from tape from the 7.1.1 server is successful
> with
> > VERBOSE logging enabled, then repeat the restore like this:
> >
> >dsmc restore /mydir/myfile.txt -traceflags=service,verbdetail
> > -tracefile=dsmc_rest_trace.out
> >
> > and send me the resulting trace file, and I will see what I can see...
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
>
> 
>
> >
> > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
> >
> > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
> > Product support:
> >
>
> https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager
>
> >
> > Online documentation:
> >
>
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html
>
> >
> > Product Wiki:
> > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%
> > 20Storage%20Manager
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 2016-04-29
> > 10:38:16:
> >
> > > From: "Schofield, Neil (Storage & Middleware, Backup & Restore)"
> > > 
> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > Date: 2016-04-29 10:39
> > > Subject: Re: TSM Server 7.1.4 woes
> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > Thanks for looking into this. We've got an upgrade from 7.1.1 to 7.
> > > 1.4 planned for next week so this thread got me a little worried as
> > > it does involve some legacy clients.
> > >
> > > Just so we're clear, can I reassure our users that with regards to
> > > this specific issue there will be no difference in the behaviour of
> > > the legacy clients between the two server versions? I know you
> > > managed to reproduce the issue that Mark described on a 7.1.4
> > > server, but I wondered whether you'd been able to prove it also
> > > existed with any server version prior to 7.1.4?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Neil Schofield
> > > Tivoli Storage Manager SME
> > > Backup & Recovery | Storage & Middleware | Central Infrastructure
> > > Services | Infrastructure & Service Delivery | 

Re: TSM Server on CentOS Linux

[Ryder, Michael S]

I believe you add a parameter to your call of install.sh

like this

install.sh -g -vmargs "-DBYPASS_TSM_REQ_CHECKS=true"

I haven't tried this in some time... Good luck.

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 4:50 PM, .Maurizio TERUZZI <
maurizio.teru...@bluewin.ch> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I agreed with previuos opinions but my management insist at least for
> the test TSM server on CentOS (or other free distr).
>
> I tryed TSM server version 7.1.x and 8.1.x and I'm facing on the same
> problem because of non-support on both relase verification (Install
> Manager).
>
>
> Anyone can help to go further with this?
>
> * [ERROR] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server 7.1.7.20160907_1803 contains
> validation errors.
>  1. ERROR: The operating system where you are installing the
> product is not supported. For more information, see
> http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr/platforms.html.
>
> Same kind of message for v8.1.x.
>
> Some years ago I changed a parameter to installa a Oracle DB on a
> unsopported distr but I don't remember how I procedes, this works years
> without problems.
>
> Current system:
> lsb_release -a
> LSB Version::core-4.1-ia32:core-4.1-noarch
> Distributor ID: CentOS
> Description:CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)
> Release:7.3.1611
> Codename:   Core
>
>
> Thanks
> Maurizio
>

Re: TSM Server on CentOS Linux

[Ryder, Michael S]

Maurizio

The goal of CentOS is 100% binary support.  It's virtually identical, so
drivers SHOULD work unless they do something strange like look for the
actual RedHat trademark in the OS.

Also, there have been minor differences between same-numbered releases;  I
don't have a list of those, you would have to do a side-by-side comparison,
or do some googling on the version you intend to use, and how it differs
from the Redhat release.


Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:25 AM, .Maurizio TERUZZI <
maurizio.teru...@bluewin.ch> wrote:

> Hello Del,
>
> thanks foy your reponse.
>
> Do you have some ideas or fact were can be a problem between Tapes and
> CentOS (we can maybe give some feedback on that later on).
> My test installation is not yet finalising using tape because of
> availability but It is the roadmap.
>
>
> Grazie
>
>
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>
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>
> Il 20.01.2017 13:02, Del Hoobler ha scritto:
>
>> IBM does not officially support CentOS for the Spectrum Protect server.
>>
>> The experience from the product team is that many of the Linux
>> distributions work and behave with similar support and capabilities for
>> basic functions that the product requires such as memory management,
>> threading, and such. The functional areas where the product team has
>> observed differences or variations are in support of devices, in
>> particular tape, and with regards to optimization and performance.
>>
>> In the event that a Spectrum Protect server were run on a Linux variant
>> like CentOS that IBM does not explicitly test or officially support,
>> problem determination and resolution (in particular if it has to do with
>> operating system behaviors or capabilities) will only be possible using
>> one of the published and supported Linux distributions.
>>
>>
>> Del
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 01/19/2017
>> 07:10:46 PM:
>>
>> From: Roger Deschner 
>>> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
>>> Date: 01/19/2017 07:11 PM
>>> Subject: TSM Server on CentOS Linux
>>> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
>>>
>>> Management here is contemplating having us move our production TSM
>>> servers to the CentOS Linux operating system, which is a free branch of
>>> Red Hat.
>>>
>>> Has anybody done this? What are the support issues with IBM?
>>>
>>> (TSM Client is already supported on CentOS via "Best effort".)
>>>
>>> Roger Deschner  University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu
>>> ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=
>>>
>>>

Re: TDP for Mail v.6.4.1. restore to pst file

[Ryder, Michael S]

Remco

PST files CAN be and have been larger.  In the old days, even though
Microsoft definitely recommended against allowing them to get larger than
2GB (because there were no repair tools) we would regularly see people with
2-4GB PST files.  This is definitely an OUTLOOK version dependent problem.

And Microsoft doesn't make it easy either:

   -
   
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/982577/the-file-size-limits-of-.pst-and-.ost-files-are-larger-in-outlook-2010-and-outlook-2013
   -
   
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/832925/how-to-configure-the-size-limit-for-both-.pst-and-.ost-files-in-outlook
   - https://www.msoutlook.info/question/852

This is what happens when people use Outlook as an email filing and
archival system.  I'm sorry this doesn't confirm or solve the problem, but
I did hope it would shine a light on it, and perhaps prompt for more
technical details from the OP.

Mike

Re: Help with DFS backups

[Ryder, Michael S]

Zoltan

Have you tried explicitly including each DFS share as a mount point?

I've had to do something similar in the past, though I can't remember
exactly whether I used the "DOMAIN" "INCLUDE" or BOTH statements.

Sorry, that's my best effort - though I would like to hear about the
solution you end up with.

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Zoltan Forray  wrote:

> Thanks for the feedback.  I got this info from another source.
>
> Method #1 is exactly what we DON'T want to do.  The DFS process is
> replacing the CIFS process we currently use for backups.  There are going
> to be dozens of "mountpoints", 1-per individual department/group and each
> will be kept as separate/individual nodes so everyone has their own control
> over restores, etc.
>
> Method#2 is also lacking since we will need to backup multiple DFS
> "mountpoints" from 1-"workstation", like we currently do with CIFS.  We
> have 2-Windows 2012 servers whose sole purpose is to run 20-30 TSM backups
> (each), one per CIFS node.
>
> Unfortunately, there aren't an details on how to configure the DFS stuff
> and TSM options to work the same way.  All of our tests have mostly failed
> with the backup backing-up too much (traversing too many subdirectories) or
> not-enough).
>
> Our structure is going to be (and is currently working as such as CIFS
> mounts)
>
> DFS backup server(s)
>
> Department Directory A
>A-Subdir
>A-Subdiretc
>
> Department Directory B
>   B-Subdir.etc
>
> and each "Department" must have their own backups/TSM node/interface
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Rick Adamson 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Zoltan,
> > There's a section in the BA client user guide that talks about the
> options
> > available for backing up Microsoft DFS, perhaps that will help it's a
> > short read. I haven't used it in a few years so would be reluctant to be
> > specific on usage.
> >
> > (from page 180 on the 7.1 version of the BA guide)
> >
> > There are the methods you should use to protect your Microsoft Dfs data:
> > 1. Back up the Dfs link metadata and the actual data at the share
> > target of each
> > link from the workstation hosting the Dfs root. This method
> > simplifies back up
> > and restore by consolidating all of the Tivoli Storage Manager
> > activities on a
> > single workstation. This method has the disadvantage of requiring
> > an
> > additional network transfer during backup to access the data
> > stored at link
> > targets.
> > 2. Back up only the Dfs link metadata that is local to the
> > workstation hosting the
> > Dfs root. Back up the data at the target of each link from the
> > workstation(s)
> > which the data is local too. This method increases back up and
> > restore
> > performance by eliminating the extra network transfer, but
> > requires Tivoli
> > Storage Manager back up and restores to be coordinated among
> > several
> > workstations.
> >
> > Hope this helps..
> >
> > -Rick Adamson
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > Zoltan Forray
> > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 3:44 PM
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Help with DFS backups
> >
> > We were able to determine it was a rights issue on the Isilon system.
> TSM
> > needs root-level access.
> >
> > However, our current problem is how TSM backs things up when using DFS
> > mounts.  Eventhough we specifically say to backup "\\rams.adp.vcu.edu
> \vpa\vp
> > administration\*", the only filesystem TSM sees and registers when it
> backs
> > up is the highest level, that being "\\rams.adp.vcu.edu\vpa" - it
> ignores
> > the "vp administration" sub-directory/folder.
> >
> > Does anyone out there have experience with backing up DFS with TSM?  Is
> > this the way it is going to be?   This is back to each
> > department/group/area wanting total control over backup/restore of their
> > "shares".
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Schneider, Jim  >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Do you have the correct capitalization in the backup command?
> > >
> > > Jim Schneider
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf
> > > Of Zoltan Forray
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 7:54 AM
> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Help with DFS backups
> > >
> > > We are redesigning our storage systems, moving to Isilon and to DFS vs
> > > CIFS.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, we have not been able to get TSM to backup the first
> > > test DFS mount.
> > >
> > > All efforts to run a backup the DFS fail with:
> > >
> > > Incremental backup of volume '\\rams.adp.vcu.edu\vpa\vp
> administration'
> > > ANS1228E Sending of object '\\rams.adp.vcu.edu\vpa\VP Administration'
> > > failed.

Re: protect pool plus replicate node equals poor replication efficiencies

[Ryder, Michael S]

Something doesn't make sense.

You run a backup - node's data is stored in a pool on server A.

Then, you protect pool, and a copy of the de-duped data is sent to the
protect pool storage, also on server A.

Then, you replnode, and a node is replicated to server B.  You are
surprised to find that data is being sent from server A to server B.

Do I have this right so far?

Until you issue the replnode command, how is server B supposed to know
about the data in server A's storage pools?

Don't you still need to copy the data at least once from server A to server
B?  Isn't this normal?

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Stefan Folkerts  wrote:

> Do you have a fast Spectrum Protect database / active log?
> We run 2.4TB of metadata per hour with replication (note, this is not
> actual data, this is metadata representing 2.4TB of data).
> But that system has SSD's and runs in excess of 140.000 IOP/s in Spectrum
> Protect database benchmarks.
> I would think this is very much database (and active log) performance bound
> (on both sides).
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Nixon, Charles D. (David) <
> cdni...@carilionclinic.org> wrote:
>
> > Best I can tell, it is transferring the data over the wire and support
> > stated as much.  We are currently using the replnode for that single node
> > so it's getting the default of 10 sessions and appears to be using all of
> > them, for the four hours or so that it's sending data.
> >
> > I don't have a good way to see server's bandwidth but network IO chart
> > implies that it's not sending a great amount of data but that may be due
> to
> > the 846GB over 4.5 hours.
> >
> > 09/15/16   10:58:08  ANR0327I Replication of node NODENAME completed.
> > Files
> >   current: 70,341. Files replicated: 752 of 752.
> > Files
> >   updated: 602 of 602. Files deleted: 692 of 692.
> > Amount
> >   replicated: 12,487 GB of 12,487 GB. Amount
> > transferred:
> >   846 GB. Elapsed time: 0 Days, 4 Hours, 28
> > Minutes.
> >   (SESSION: 414242, PROCESS: 539)
> > ---
> > David Nixon
> > Storage Engineer II
> > Technology Services Group
> > Carilion Clinic
> > 451 Kimball Ave.
> > Roanoke, VA 24015
> > Phone: 540-224-3903
> > cdni...@carilionclinic.org
> >
> > Our mission: Improve the health of the communities we serve.
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] on behalf of Stefan
> > Folkerts [stefan.folke...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 10:45 AM
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] protect pool plus replicate node equals poor
> > replication efficiencies
> >
> > >Support confirmed that the amount of data replicated in a replnode
> command
> > is the same, regardless of the protect pool command status.
> >
> > I think that this is only in the statistics, not in the actual transfer
> on
> > the wire.
> > the replnode should not transmit actual data if the data was send by the
> > protect storagepool command.
> > Are you running enough (but not to many) parallel processes for the
> > replicate node command so it can perform optimally?
> >
> > I'm using this setup for multiple customers and it worked fine for us so
> > far.
> >
> > http://imgur.com/a/mT6ux
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Nixon, Charles D. (David) <
> > cdni...@carilionclinic.org> wrote:
> >
> > > We opened a ticket related to long replication times in a container
> pool
> > > after replication takes place, and got an answer that 'we can recreate
> > your
> > > problem but it is likely working as designed' even though it's contrary
> > to
> > > documentation.  Any ideas would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > -Two TSM servers at 7.1.5
> > > -Single client going to a single container.  Client backs up 12TB a
> night
> > > and after dedupe/compression, we see a 1TB change rate (approximately).
> > > -Once the backup is complete, we run a protect pool.  It's expected
> that
> > > this process will ship 1TB to the DR site.  -Protect completes
> > successfully.
> > > -a replnode is issued against the node and TSM spends the next 4 hours
> > > replicating data to the DR site
> > >
> > > Support confirmed that the amount of data replicated in a replnode
> > command
> > > is the same, regardless of the protect pool command status.  However,
> the
> > > documentation leads me to be that if you have already protected the
> pool,
> > > the replnode should be a metadata only transfer.
> > >
> > > So while we are able to transfer and complete the processes, it seems
> to
> > > 'cost' us quite a bit in both IO and WAN usage to do so using
> containers,
> > > defeating the point of using containers to reduce replication costs.
> Any
> > > ideas as to what is 

Re: protect pool plus replicate node equals poor replication efficiencies

[Ryder, Michael S]

If you replnode from one server to another... it *has* to send the data
that changed, no?

Best regards,

Mike <http://rbbuswiki.bbg.roche.com/wiki/ryderm_page:start>, x7942
RMD IT Client Services
<http://na.intranet.roche.com/sites/RMD/content/Departments/IT/Pages/default.aspx>

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folke...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> >Do I have this right so far?
>
> No, I think he is under the impression the data is send twice, it looks
> that way a little the way Spectrum Protect reports on the replication
> proces, but it's representing the data..not actually sending it, it is only
> sending metadata of that data.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Ryder, Michael S <
> michael_s.ry...@roche.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Something doesn't make sense.
> >
> > You run a backup - node's data is stored in a pool on server A.
> >
> > Then, you protect pool, and a copy of the de-duped data is sent to the
> > protect pool storage, also on server A.
> >
> > Then, you replnode, and a node is replicated to server B.  You are
> > surprised to find that data is being sent from server A to server B.
> >
> > Do I have this right so far?
> >
> > Until you issue the replnode command, how is server B supposed to know
> > about the data in server A's storage pools?
> >
> > Don't you still need to copy the data at least once from server A to
> server
> > B?  Isn't this normal?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mike, x7942
> > RMD IT Client Services
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Stefan Folkerts <
> > stefan.folke...@gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > Do you have a fast Spectrum Protect database / active log?
> > > We run 2.4TB of metadata per hour with replication (note, this is not
> > > actual data, this is metadata representing 2.4TB of data).
> > > But that system has SSD's and runs in excess of 140.000 IOP/s in
> Spectrum
> > > Protect database benchmarks.
> > > I would think this is very much database (and active log) performance
> > bound
> > > (on both sides).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Nixon, Charles D. (David) <
> > > cdni...@carilionclinic.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Best I can tell, it is transferring the data over the wire and
> support
> > > > stated as much.  We are currently using the replnode for that single
> > node
> > > > so it's getting the default of 10 sessions and appears to be using
> all
> > of
> > > > them, for the four hours or so that it's sending data.
> > > >
> > > > I don't have a good way to see server's bandwidth but network IO
> chart
> > > > implies that it's not sending a great amount of data but that may be
> > due
> > > to
> > > > the 846GB over 4.5 hours.
> > > >
> > > > 09/15/16   10:58:08  ANR0327I Replication of node NODENAME
> > completed.
> > > > Files
> > > >   current: 70,341. Files replicated: 752 of
> > 752.
> > > > Files
> > > >   updated: 602 of 602. Files deleted: 692 of
> > 692.
> > > > Amount
> > > >   replicated: 12,487 GB of 12,487 GB. Amount
> > > > transferred:
> > > >   846 GB. Elapsed time: 0 Days, 4 Hours, 28
> > > > Minutes.
> > > >   (SESSION: 414242, PROCESS: 539)
> > > > ---
> > > > David Nixon
> > > > Storage Engineer II
> > > > Technology Services Group
> > > > Carilion Clinic
> > > > 451 Kimball Ave.
> > > > Roanoke, VA 24015
> > > > Phone: 540-224-3903
> > > > cdni...@carilionclinic.org
> > > >
> > > > Our mission: Improve the health of the communities we serve.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] on behalf of
> > Stefan
> > > > Folkerts [stefan.folke...@gmail.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 10:45 AM
> > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] protect pool plus replicate node equals poor
> > > > replication efficiencies
> > > >
> > > > >Support confirme

Re: protect pool plus replicate node equals poor replication efficiencies

[Ryder, Michael S]

The protected storage pool can be on a different server?

On Thursday, September 15, 2016, Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folke...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Not if you run protect stgpool before you run replnode.
> Than the protect stgpool will send the data and the replnode will transmit
> only metadata of the nodes in that storagepool.
> If you replicate nodes that have data in other storagepools yes, than it
> will replicate that data.
> Replicating metadata also puts data on the line of course but it's not
> backup data, it's backup metadata.
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Ryder, Michael S <
> michael_s.ry...@roche.com <javascript:;>
> > wrote:
>
> > If you replnode from one server to another... it *has* to send the data
> > that changed, no?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mike <http://rbbuswiki.bbg.roche.com/wiki/ryderm_page:start>, x7942
> > RMD IT Client Services
> > <http://na.intranet.roche.com/sites/RMD/content/Departments/
> > IT/Pages/default.aspx>
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Stefan Folkerts <
> > stefan.folke...@gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > >Do I have this right so far?
> > >
> > > No, I think he is under the impression the data is send twice, it looks
> > > that way a little the way Spectrum Protect reports on the replication
> > > proces, but it's representing the data..not actually sending it, it is
> > only
> > > sending metadata of that data.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Ryder, Michael S <
> > > michael_s.ry...@roche.com <javascript:;>
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Something doesn't make sense.
> > > >
> > > > You run a backup - node's data is stored in a pool on server A.
> > > >
> > > > Then, you protect pool, and a copy of the de-duped data is sent to
> the
> > > > protect pool storage, also on server A.
> > > >
> > > > Then, you replnode, and a node is replicated to server B.  You are
> > > > surprised to find that data is being sent from server A to server B.
> > > >
> > > > Do I have this right so far?
> > > >
> > > > Until you issue the replnode command, how is server B supposed to
> know
> > > > about the data in server A's storage pools?
> > > >
> > > > Don't you still need to copy the data at least once from server A to
> > > server
> > > > B?  Isn't this normal?
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Mike, x7942
> > > > RMD IT Client Services
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Stefan Folkerts <
> > > > stefan.folke...@gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Do you have a fast Spectrum Protect database / active log?
> > > > > We run 2.4TB of metadata per hour with replication (note, this is
> not
> > > > > actual data, this is metadata representing 2.4TB of data).
> > > > > But that system has SSD's and runs in excess of 140.000 IOP/s in
> > > Spectrum
> > > > > Protect database benchmarks.
> > > > > I would think this is very much database (and active log)
> performance
> > > > bound
> > > > > (on both sides).
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Nixon, Charles D. (David) <
> > > > > cdni...@carilionclinic.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Best I can tell, it is transferring the data over the wire and
> > > support
> > > > > > stated as much.  We are currently using the replnode for that
> > single
> > > > node
> > > > > > so it's getting the default of 10 sessions and appears to be
> using
> > > all
> > > > of
> > > > > > them, for the four hours or so that it's sending data.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I don't have a good way to see server's bandwidth but network IO
> > > chart
> > > > > > implies that it's not sending a great amount of data but that may
> > be
> > > > due
> > > > > to
> > > > > > the 846GB over 4.5 hours.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 09/15/16   10:58:08  ANR032

Re: protect pool plus replicate node equals poor replication efficiencies

[Ryder, Michael S]

Have you read this?  IBM Spectrum Protect Node Replication
<http://www.empalis.com/fileadmin/templates_empalis/PDFs/Events_2015/TSM_Symp_2015_Nachlese/02_TSM_Symp_2015_Nachlese_Node_Replication.pdf>
from the 2015 TSM Symposium

Take a look at the bottom slide on page 17, there are pointers about
session count, lock contention and other best practices.  The entire
slide-deck is worth reading.

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Nixon, Charles D. (David) <
cdni...@carilionclinic.org> wrote:

> And since replnode takes precedence over a backup (it has a habit of
> killing our TDP sessions), the protect pool can be used to get data offsite
> more frequently with out impacting clients.  The the replnode should be an
> extremely fast process that is thus less likely to impact client sessions.
>
> If I find out anything, I'll be sure to share but it will likely be a
> couple weeks due to travel, coordination, etc.
>
> ---
> David Nixon
> Storage Engineer II
> Technology Services Group
> Carilion Clinic
> 451 Kimball Ave.
> Roanoke, VA 24015
> Phone: 540-224-3903
> cdni...@carilionclinic.org
>
> Our mission: Improve the health of the communities we serve.
>
>
>
> 
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] on behalf of Stefan
> Folkerts [stefan.folke...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 3:17 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] protect pool plus replicate node equals poor
> replication efficiencies
>
> There is a relatively new command called "protect stgpool" that does the
> "replication" of the data part that replication node used to do.
> You only do a replicate node after that to replicate the meta data.
> So you basically split the replicatation of data and meta data into two
> processes and the overal time it takes is shorter because protect stgpool
> is faster in transferring data than the replicate node command was (and is,
> you can still use that for both data and meta data).
>
> On Thursday, 15 September 2016, Ryder, Michael S <
> michael_s.ry...@roche.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The protected storage pool can be on a different server?
> >
> > On Thursday, September 15, 2016, Stefan Folkerts <
> > stefan.folke...@gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Not if you run protect stgpool before you run replnode.
> > > Than the protect stgpool will send the data and the replnode will
> > transmit
> > > only metadata of the nodes in that storagepool.
> > > If you replicate nodes that have data in other storagepools yes, than
> it
> > > will replicate that data.
> > > Replicating metadata also puts data on the line of course but it's not
> > > backup data, it's backup metadata.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Ryder, Michael S <
> > > michael_s.ry...@roche.com <javascript:;> <javascript:;>
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > If you replnode from one server to another... it *has* to send the
> data
> > > > that changed, no?
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Mike <http://rbbuswiki.bbg.roche.com/wiki/ryderm_page:start>, x7942
> > > > RMD IT Client Services
> > > > <http://na.intranet.roche.com/sites/RMD/content/Departments/
> > > > IT/Pages/default.aspx>
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Stefan Folkerts <
> > > > stefan.folke...@gmail.com <javascript:;> <javascript:;>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > >Do I have this right so far?
> > > > >
> > > > > No, I think he is under the impression the data is send twice, it
> > looks
> > > > > that way a little the way Spectrum Protect reports on the
> replication
> > > > > proces, but it's representing the data..not actually sending it, it
> > is
> > > > only
> > > > > sending metadata of that data.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Ryder, Michael S <
> > > > > michael_s.ry...@roche.com <javascript:;> <javascript:;>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Something doesn't make sense.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You run a backup - node's data is stored in a pool on server A.
> > > > > >
> > >

Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions

[Ryder, Michael S]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Rick Adamson 
wrote:

> Again, how hard could it be?



Ha!  Have you ever written any software?

It means that Cristie is spending a *lot *of time in bed with Microsoft
(and Linux as well) to deliver the seamless product needed.  Far more than
IBM is right now.  I can't imagine the cost IBM would charge if this became
part of their ensemble - it'd be easier for us all if they just purchased
Cristie.

Or cheaper by just spending the money on Cristie.

Mike

Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions

[Ryder, Michael S]

Just piping in here to lend support to TBMR - this has come in very
handily, especially for the critical workstations we backup.  Pop in the
boot CD, answer a few prompts, and then off it goes, restoring directly
from TSM/SP back to the local harddrive, along with the functionality to
adjust for differing hardware/chipsets and drive-configuration.

It is *totally awesome* not having to rely on some hand-scripted process,
and like any backup solution, cheap insurance.

When one of those critical workstations fails, we can consistently bring it
back to its identical state within 1-2 hours, with only 10-15 minutes
interaction needed on the front and back end of that process.

Cost of ~$500/client is well worth it, in relation to the total TSM/SP
equation and considering the costs of our downtime.  Of course that has to
be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Best regards,

Mike Ryder, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Rick Adamson 
wrote:

> Whenever I have requested approval for Christie BMR the response was that
> it was way too expensive.
>
> Every time the debate comes up on TSM/SP versus other solutions someone
> always targets this shortcoming. It makes it difficult to argue TSM/SP as a
> world-class enterprise solution when your options to perform a bare metal
> recovery are making a sizable purchase from a third-party, or work thru an
> unnecessarily complicated process.
>
> Seeing as there's a defined process for the offline SS recovery, how
> difficult would it be for IBM to automate the function, have it prompt for
> drivers,  and add the creation to the GUI/CLI ??
>
> Epic fail 
>
> -Rick Adamson
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Tom Alverson
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 10:03 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] ISP 81 Discontinued functions
>
> It looks like that product just gives you the features that are
> automatically included in the Symantec boot recovery disk.
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Del Hoobler  wrote:
>
> > For those that do need more, take a look at Cristie TBMR. IBM resells it:
> >
> >
> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cristie.com_re
> > cover_tbmr_=DgIFaQ=AzgFQeXLLKhxSQaoFCm29A=eqh5PzQPIsPArLoI_uV1mK
> > vhIpcNP1MsClDPSJjFfxw=MaBDnfu3IOl4KU7j66irgUXnzuj2QunRKvAwOKGl57c=
> > YJlfO6xtNBnRSGWsCJCy4UsCvPHpyj734mOlG4yUo-A=
> >
> > From their doc:
> >
> > "TBMR allows you to perform a bare machine recovery of your system
> > direct from a TSM backup. Your critical systems are protected from the
> > consequences of physical damage, human error, or system failure. Users
> > can recover their protected servers to any point in time provided by
> > TSM as well as schedule simulated recoveries. TBMR is re-sold globally
> > by IBM and its channel partners as the recommended system recovery
> solution for TSM.
> > It’s currently available for Windows, Linux, Solaris and AIX operating
> > systems."
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Del
> >
> > 
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 12/14/2016
> > 02:18:03 AM:
> >
> > > From: Stefan Folkerts 
> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > Date: 12/14/2016 02:18 AM
> > > Subject: Re: ISP 81 Discontinued functions Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor
> > > Manager" 
> > >
> > > I'm going to have to agree on this one from Tom, I also find it
> > > strange that IBM doesn't just offer a recovery disk or at least a
> > > good tool so
> > you
> > > only have to pick the correct B/A client and it will create it for you.
> > >
> > > Many of our clients are close to 100% virtualized but we also have
> > around
> > > 15-20% of our customers that will probably never virtualize for
> > > 100%,
> > they
> > > are running very specialized systems that require 100% of the CPU in
> > > the server or are transferring truly huge amounts of data that would
> > > impact
> > the
> > > other VM's if ran in VMware. So they run on physical hosts and have
> > > to
> > deal
> > > with the PE thing that is kind of hard to get over to be honest.
> > >
> > > But yes, I have made those disks and they work but the procedure for
> > using
> > > them isn't very simple so you need a windows administrator that
> > > knows
> > his
> > > stuff. Tt's not a fire and forget kind of procedure even if you have
> > > a working disk.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 11:42 PM, Tom Alverson
> > > 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > The worst part about this is the extremely poor setup IBM has for
> > doing an
> > > > offline restore.  They give you the instructions to create your
> > > > own
> > boot
> > > > disk.  I read it over and could not believe IBM did not have a
> > > > nice pre-made recovery boot disk like Symantec, AVAMAR and Networker
> do.

Re: 3 Generation (GFS) Backup Schedule setup using TSM

[Ryder, Michael S]

What are you backing up to?  tape?  disk?  purpose-built storage like a
Data Domain?

Mike

Best regards,

Mike , x7942
RMD IT Client Services


On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:02 AM, Andreas Landhäußer  wrote:

>
> Hello TSM B/A experts out there,
>
> for a new project there is a Backup/DR requirement for a 3 Generation
> Backup also called Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS).
>
> We cannot rewrite the requirements, they are set!
>
> I have discussed with several colleagues, they suggested a daily
> incremental, 4 or 5x weekly full, and maybe 12x monthly full Backups copies.
>
> In summary 19 copies of data (~500GB) taken, 12 with a retention time of
> one year, four or five with retention time of one month, the inactive daily
> incremental copies have a retention time of 30 days. Active copies NEVER
> expire.
>
> 19 copies of about 0.5 TB, which will probably never be used, is a huge
> overhead, even when we a reducing the monthly backups to two or three
> copies, there are still many never used copies.
>
> In our case, we are going to pay for the storage, since we are using TSM
> VE and Linux VMs as guests, since we do not see a possibility for charging
> the different owners of the VMs.
>
> Does anyone know a better and less expensive solution  for fulfilling this
> requirement with IBM Spectrum Scale Protect
>
> Ciao
>
> Andreas
>
> --
> Andreas Landhäußer  +49 151 12133027 (mobile)
> aland...@gmx.de

Re: TSM 7.1.7 server CPU behavior

[Ryder, Michael S]

You didn't mention the OS.

Have you considered running any diagnostic tools to figure out exactly what
process is causing the extra spikes?  For example, top or collectl (unix),
or perfmon or resource monitor (windows)?

Mike

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Loon, Eric van (ITOPT3) - KLM <
eric-van.l...@klm.com> wrote:

> By the way, it's not a monitoring tool because the spikes disappear right
> after the backup window...
> Kind regards,
> Eric van Loon
> Air France/KLM Storage Engineering
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Stefan Folkerts
> Sent: woensdag 3 mei 2017 10:58
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: TSM 7.1.7 server CPU behavior
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> I only have sar data of last night but I see a load around 40% that breaks
> down to 15% user, 5% system 10-20% iowait and the rest being idle.
> 10% is very low, it must be overpowered or still running a very low load.
>
> Maybe it's a monitoring tool that is hitting the system every 5 minutes,
> do you see entries in the activity log that match the load? do you seen
> more iop/s on the database?
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Loon, Eric van (ITOPT3) - KLM <
> eric-van.l...@klm.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> > We are running a 7.1.7 server with a directory container storagepool
> > (dedup and compression enabled). When we have multiple clients (with
> > client-dedup disabled) backing up to it, we notice a peculiar CPU usage.
> > Overall CPU is about 10%, but we see short peaks to approx. 30% every
> > 5 minutes. Since this server is the only one with container storage
> > pools in our company I cannot compare this behavior to other TSM
> > servers. Is this behavior seen on other servers too?
> > Thanks for any help in advance!
> > Kind regards,
> > Eric van Loon
> > Air France/KLM Storage Engineering
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Re: Influencing order of VM backup.

[Ryder, Michael S]

You can take more control by setting up specific schedules to backup some
VMs first.  You might use VM folders to control that as well.

Do you let VMs backup in parallel with "VMMAXParallel" ?  It defaults to
1...

You can also have multiple jobs running simultaneously.  It's not clear to
me, are you using the "IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data
Protection for VMware"?  If so, in addition you could be running multiple
jobs on multiple datamovers simultaneously.

Enabling #>1 on VMMAXParallel and multiple datamovers helped us to
drastically reduce our backup windows.

Best regards,

Mike

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 6:08 AM, Marc Lanteigne 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  You could configure a new DataMover to handle that VM.
>
>  In the preview, is the order alphabetical?  If so, can you rename the VM?
>
>  Marc...
>
>  Sent from my iPhone using IBM Verse
>
>  On Feb 8, 2018, 11:17:20 PM, steven.har...@btfinancialgroup.com wrote:
>
>  From: steven.har...@btfinancialgroup.com
>  To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
>  Cc:
>  Date: Feb 8, 2018, 11:17:20 PM
>  Subject: [ADSM-L] Influencing order of VM backup.
>
>
>Hi All
>   Thanks for the input on my recent query about 7 Year VM backups.  I'll
> let you know when I decide something.
>   Moving on..
>   TSM Server  7.1.1.300 AIX,  Datamovers and Storage Agents on Redhat,
> writing to Protectier VTL, TSM for VE 7.1.1/2 hybrid.
>   We can't use the VMware plugin because of separation of duties concerns,
> so we edit the DOMAIN.VMFULL lines in the dsm.sys stanzas. VMs have a range
> of different sizes that all back up on the same schedule and we'd prefer
> not to split this up.  The execution order of the VM backups is determined
> by TSM for VE, somehow, and can be seen when a backup vm -preview is run.
>   There are some large VMs that take quite a while to back up, but
> unfortunately run late in the execution order, so we overrun our backup
> window.
>   Changing the order of the VMs in the DOMAIN.VMFULL statement does not
> influence execution order.  Is there any way to make the big ones run first?
>   Thanks
>   Steve
>   Steven Harris
>   TSM Admin/Consultant
>   Canberra Australia
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Re: Any body knows how to backup SMB share ?

[Ryder, Michael S]

Try just using an SMB path...   \\servername\share\

Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services


On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 7:56 AM Genet Begashaw  wrote:

> Thanks Steven  ,
>
> We did map the share drive and run and run using domain id , we still get
> permission denied and not able to see the share drive to select the drive
> to be included
>
> Thank you
>
> Genet Begashaw
> IT Systems Analyst
> 5801 University Research Court,
> University of Maryland’s Division of Information Technology
> College Park, MD 20740
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 4:23 PM Harris, Steven <
> steven.har...@btfinancialgroup.com> wrote:
>
> > Its not hard Genet.
> >
> > Did you search the archives first?
> >
> > The trick is to run  the scheduler under a Windows Domain user id not the
> > usual System id.  You can either permanently map the share or, use a
> > preschedule/postschedule command pair to map it as you need it.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Steven Harris
> > TSM Admin/Consultant
> > Canberra Australia
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > Genet Begashaw
> > Sent: Saturday, 16 February 2019 2:44 AM
> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > Subject: [ADSM-L] Any body knows how to backup SMB share ?
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Genet Begashaw
> >
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Re: IBM Spectrum Protect wiki replaced with new hosting site

[Ryder, Michael S]

This could have been the perfect time to share a link?

Thanks for the update!

Best regards,

Mike , x7942
RMD IT Client Services



On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 4:24 PM Kelly Axup  wrote:

> Just wanted to let everyone know in case you hadn't heard...
>
>  The IBM Spectrum Protect wiki has been replaced with a new hosting site:
>  Supplemental information and resources for the IBM Spectrum Protect
>  product family
>
>  The new site provide links to key documents for the IBM Spectrum Protect
>  product family, including Blueprints for product deployment, white papers
>  for product integration, guidelines for container storage pools, a video
>  library, and answers to frequently asked questions.
>
>  Take care everyone!
>
>
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Green fields....

[Ryder, Michael S]

What is the best way to "reset" a Spectrum Protect 8.1.1?

This one in particular is a replication target which has all kinds of
strange behavior on it and after spending far too many hours trying to
repair it, I just want to ZAP it, blow all its data and nodes away and
start fresh, without having to do any or much configuration at the primary
server.

What's the best/easiest way to clear the DB, clear all the data and nodes,
so I can restart replication to it with a clean slate?

Thanks and Best regards,

Mike
RMD IT Client Services