Re: Restore TSM DB without instance directory

2017-11-24 Thread Roger Deschner
the database backup. They're that important. BTW I have tried doing database backups via server-to-server, but I found that it was slower and less flexible, so I do not recommend that. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed

Re: 7.1.8/8.1.3 Security Upgrade Install Issues

2017-10-07 Thread Roger Deschner
.1.8/8.1.3 as though it was just a patch. It's a major upgrade, requiring major research and planning, with the threat of an exploit constantly hanging over our heads. I really wish this had been handled differently. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I h

7.1.8/8.1.3 Security Upgrade Install Issues

2017-10-05 Thread Roger Deschner
ches quickly for all published security issues. (Like Equifax didn't do for Apache.) I'm trying to figure this out fast, because we're doing it this coming weekend. I'm sure there are parts of this I don't understand. I'm trying to figure out how ugly it's going to be. Roger Deschner University of

Tivoli Monitoring/Cognos for Spectrum Protect 8.1?

2017-09-07 Thread Roger Deschner
tion about this. Either I'm missing something obvious, or there really is not much happening here. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: How to backup Billions of files ??

2017-03-22 Thread Roger Deschner
. The answer there is ISP image backups. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Mon, 20 Mar 2017, Harris, Steven wrote: >Bo > >The problem with small files is that the TSM datab

Re: delete volume

2017-03-22 Thread Roger Deschner
al tapes. DELETE VOL DISCARDDATA=YES and it has always gone into Pending status. Sounds like a defect. Preserve the ACTLOG and call IBM support. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Tue, 21 Mar

Re: LTO4 Tape Recovery

2017-03-09 Thread Roger Deschner
. Go to www.indexengines.com and click on "Partners and Resources" for companies that can do this as a service. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Fri, 10 Mar 2017,

Restoring Mac HFS files to CIFS

2017-02-07 Thread Roger Deschner
, and then using Unix cp to copy it to CIFS. That would be a double copy of 4 TB / 900,000 files. It's already going to take a while to restore this, and I don't want to double my time to do this. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind

Re: Move Data from STG pool directory to another one.

2017-02-06 Thread Roger Deschner
Wouldn't ordinary migration work for this? UPDATE STGPOOL stg1 HI=1 LO=0 NEXTSTGPOOL=stg2 Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Sun, 5 Feb 2017, rou...@univ.haifa.ac.il wrote

TSM Server on CentOS Linux

2017-01-19 Thread Roger Deschner
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".) Roge

Re: Documentation IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1 PDF Bundle

2016-12-28 Thread Roger Deschner
c:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM. Whew! That will make ISP v8.1 deployment MUCH easier! Thank you to whoever in IBM insisted that it not change. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Tue, 27

Re: Upgrading servers from 6.3 to 7.1

2016-09-19 Thread Roger Deschner
not sure is possible. It gets trickier when you have multiple TSM servers on a single OS image, one of which is a Library Manager. This is my configuration. (It seemed like a good idea at the time...) Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my

Re: Windows Client Upgrades

2016-08-18 Thread Roger Deschner
after the upgrade, so that they are guaranteed to be running on the new version, and you shouldn't have to reboot. This actually makes sense. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Thu

Re: autodeploy of 7.1.6 client updates fails

2016-06-30 Thread Roger Deschner
of InstallShield with TSM. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Wed, 29 Jun 2016, Erwann SIMON wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm trying to deploy 7.1.6 client updates on Linux and Wind

Re: trouble with db backups inside scripts

2016-06-24 Thread Roger Deschner
process that triggers the script the one you intended? It could be an issue with the ID you use to run the maintenance script, an issue that is circumvented when you log into dsmadmc and manually type a BACKUP DB command. Just some random ideas. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago

Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site

2016-06-07 Thread Roger Deschner
ollection of content to the winds in the form of thousands of online web pages. Again, thnaks Andy! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Andrew Raibeck wrote: >I

Re: EoS for TSM 6.3

2016-05-03 Thread Roger Deschner
IBM introduced this confusion back with v6.4. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Mon, 2 May 2016, Del Hoobler wrote: >As you may or may not have seen, EOS (end of supp

Re: SQL QUERY FOR AMOUNT OF ACTIVE VS INACTIVE DATA

2016-04-29 Thread Roger Deschner
han what I do to arrive at the same number. Thanks, Maurice van 't Loo! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Thu, 28 Apr 2016, Maurice van 't Loo wrote: >Hello Gary, > >Ju

Re: SP 7.1.5 and tape preemption

2016-04-17 Thread Roger Deschner
There seems to be a more overall issue with preemption not happening when it should in Whatchamacallit 7.1.*. A few days ago, there was a posting here that Client Restore was not preempting BACKUP STGPOOL. DBB _must_ be able to preempt anything else, in order to prevent a log fillup crash. Roger

Re: Preempt

2016-04-09 Thread Roger Deschner
ding. This is a very specific case where the Administrator's Guide manual is very much superior to the online web-based doc which sort-of contains the same information. Keep and update the Administrator's Guide! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I h

Migration should preempt reclamation

2016-02-17 Thread Roger Deschner
". 10 hits none of which were the answer. So I went to the PDF of the old Administrator's Guide and found it right away. We need that book! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2016-02-03 Thread Roger Deschner
as existing customers seek to utilize features they haven't used before, and as new customers explore the incredible depth of features in the product. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Wed

TSM Encryption security gap?

2016-01-07 Thread Roger Deschner
and PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE are in effect. Am I understanding this correctly? Is there something I am missing here? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-16 Thread Roger Deschner
ntial to the product. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Tue, 15 Dec 2015, J. Pohlmann wrote: >Hi Clare. The Admin Guide provided a one-stop shopping approach to all >functional

Re: tsm client 7.1.3.1 and windows 10

2015-12-14 Thread Roger Deschner
wg21197133 Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Fri, 11 Dec 2015, Sami Ahomaa wrote: >Hi, > >Have you tried schedmode=polling? >Another thing you could do is take all p

Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-11 Thread Roger Deschner
to rebuild my collection from scratch all over again. Despite the fact that it had become fairly large, I humbly ask that the Administrator's Guide be published again, as a single PDF, in v7.1.4. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my m

Re: Retore the database TSM V6 with "DB2

2015-10-14 Thread Roger Deschner
4. Many of us have had to do this, and it works. It is going to be very difficult or impossible to do this restore using DB2 commands, because this is not really a DB2 backup. It has to be restored in a particular way to restore a TSM server that will run. I would suggest calling IBM Support f

Re: Client for Windows 10

2015-09-27 Thread Roger Deschner
restrictions as noted for Windows 8.1. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Wed, 23 Sep 2015, J. Pohlmann wrote: >I haven't seen a support statement. Here is my experience (sample of 1 -

Client for Windows 10

2015-09-23 Thread Roger Deschner
eager for relief, this is starting to come fast. When might we see a client version that supports Windows 10? What have others experienced backing up AND RESTORING Windows 10 with a TSM client? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind

MS Patch 3092627 fixes hang in TSM Windows Client

2015-09-08 Thread Roger Deschner
3076895. The fixing patch, 3092627, is included in today's "2nd Tuesday" updates. For more information, see the Microsoft description at: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3092627 Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu "The only problem with

Miscalculation of Estimated Capacity for DEVCLASS=FILE

2015-03-16 Thread Roger Deschner
thresholds to be difficult. So, what's going wrong here? How can I make the Estimated Capacity of a FILE storage pool match reality? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Ransomware deleted TSM backups from node

2015-01-30 Thread Roger Deschner
planning to change all TSM client nodes to BACKDEL=NO ARCHDEL=NO to prevent a hacker from deleting backups. Anybody got a better idea? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu === ALL YUOR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!! ===

Re: req: tsm db backup completed with failure and taking all scratch tapes fro DB BC

2015-01-27 Thread Roger Deschner
tapes that can be replaced with good new ones. Just be careful here, not to free a tape with needed data on it. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Srikanth Kola23

Re: Drive preference in a mixed-media library sharing environment

2014-12-10 Thread Roger Deschner
can read all about what I went through, and the good, helpful recommendations from others on this list, by searching the ADSM-L archives for UN-mixing LTO-4 and LTO-5. Thanks again to Remco Post and Wanda Prather for their help back then in 2012! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago

Archive Log Overflow never empties

2014-11-24 Thread Roger Deschner
been many dozens of full backups. Any idea how I can get the Archive Overflow Log to empty out? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu == You will finish your project ahead of schedule. === = (Best fortune-cookie fortune ever.) ==

Re: Strange tcp_address value

2014-11-06 Thread Roger Deschner
use GUIDs, not IP addresses. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Anjaneyulu Pentyala wrote: Please check the /etc/host entry on your tsm server. /etc/host entry

Re: Restore of drives containing multi-millions of files

2014-09-15 Thread Roger Deschner
heavily that it was taking days. We encountered this with a 32-bit Solaris client and 18,000,000 files, that ultimately had to be restored in parts. 64-bit clients do not have this limitation. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind

Re: recamation process fails, no indication why

2014-09-02 Thread Roger Deschner
cancelled by preemption for a higher-priority process, such as database backup or client restore using the same tape drive. Another frequent cause is media or drive errors. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up

Re: Restoration Issue in TSM 5.5...

2014-06-09 Thread Roger Deschner
in a reasonable amount of time is MOVE NODEDATA to an online storage pool. This applies to all releases of TSM, Server v5.5 or later. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Tue, 10 Jun 2014

Re: Bandwidth

2014-05-16 Thread Roger Deschner
time you remove a bottleneck, you just expose another one - which could actually be the network. If you can't back up as much as you want, look at the whole system, not just the network. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu On Thu, 15 May 2014, Tom Taylor wrote

Re: Moving the TSM DB2 database (AIX)

2014-03-22 Thread Roger Deschner
the hill and through the woods. Sounds like it will be a lot better than with V5. My only experience has been the V5 to V6 conversion. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Fri, 21 Mar

Moving the TSM DB2 database (AIX)

2014-03-20 Thread Roger Deschner
is doing the mirroring, is there anything wrong with moving a TSM DB2 database by this method? Anybody done this and had problems? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: Bad tape question

2014-01-29 Thread Roger Deschner
moved off, discard the tape. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Wed, 29 Jan 2014, mik wrote: Hi people, I have a question, i have a bad tape with 5 file on i do an audit fix=yes

Re: Who might be running multiple V6 TSM instances on the same LPAR/system???

2014-01-14 Thread Roger Deschner
!) A V5 to V6 upgrade is a couple of days of downtime and very hard work, but then you're done. This decision to upgrade instead of moving nodes, is why we now have multiple instances. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind

Re: running two distinct tsm client instances pointing to two different servers on windows box

2014-01-08 Thread Roger Deschner
/exclude to make sure each one is backing up only the data you want it to back up. It's easy to make a mistake and either back up some data twice, or never. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere

Re: Export node bad tape

2014-01-04 Thread Roger Deschner
, but it works and then you're done. We now have a v6.2.5 TSM server with the Server Installation Date/Time in 1999. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, mik wrote: Hi

Re: ANR8944E and move data

2013-12-16 Thread Roger Deschner
a drive that can read this worn-out tape, make sure it uses that same drive for MOVE DATA. AUDIT VOL with FIX=NO is a crucial tool if you've got a flaky drive. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere

Re: Recover Archived Data from Tapes without Catalog

2013-12-12 Thread Roger Deschner
in forensic exploration such as legal e-discovery. These machines are not cheap - repairing your broken Solaris machine would likely cost less, take less time and effort, and give better results. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind

Patch this TSM Server vulnerability now

2013-12-04 Thread Roger Deschner
the vulnerability, and also for announcing it after the Thanksgiving holiday rather than before. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: Help on q nodedata

2013-10-31 Thread Roger Deschner
it had succeeded before moving all of the data. Perhaps a restore or reclamation underway? Beware that it likely has to un-dedup the data as a part of the MOVE NODEDATA process. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up

Mac OSX 10.9 Mavericks in TSM Backup?

2013-10-29 Thread Roger Deschner
backing up (and of course also restoring) OSX 10.9 Mavericks with TSM? Is something about to come, such as a clarification when TSM 7.1 is GA in a couple of days? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape

Re: TSM v5-v6 upgrade - permissions of raw disk pool vols

2013-09-20 Thread Roger Deschner
, but it sure is a good idea! And it's a much better idea than 'chmod 666' suggested in that IBM document. The sign of the devil should be a warning of data loss if you use it, especially with multiple TSM instances. (And I'm not just being irrationally hexakosioihexekontahexaphobic.) Roger Deschner

Re: strange tape handling

2013-09-20 Thread Roger Deschner
. Another reason we use scratch FILE volumes, not preallocated ones. A 1% full scratch FILE volume only takes up 1% of the space, whereas a 1% full preallocated volume (like a tape) takes up 100% of the space. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have

Migration tape mount thrashing despite collocation

2013-08-05 Thread Roger Deschner
to 25gb. Would making that larger help? I'm not sure it would, since the random-access stgpool acted mostly the same way. This is TSM 6.2 on AIX, with LTO-4 and LTO-5 tape. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up

Re: Windows client memory leak

2013-07-27 Thread Roger Deschner
The problem should go away if you use the Client Acceptor Daemon. The scheduler client program is notorious for memory leaks at various release levels. With the CAD, dsmsched terminates after each backup, releasing all its memory. We now use the CAD on all Windows client machines. Roger Deschner

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-08 Thread Roger Deschner
command. For instance, search on the volume name of a tape that you know got marked unavailable during that time period. You could also search on UNAVAILABLE. The error messages giving the reasons are in the ACTLOG, though finding them may take some searching. Roger Deschner University

Re: Clients using DHCP vs Fixed IP addresses

2013-05-25 Thread Roger Deschner
methods to detect two+ machines backing up to one nodename, specifically if the GUID changes repeatedly. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu === Klein bottle for rent -- inquire within. === On Fri, 24 May 2013, Karel Bos wrote: Hi

Re: Library manager question

2013-04-21 Thread Roger Deschner
had a strong feeling like I was the proverbial restaurant waiter who pulls the tablecloth out without disturbing the place setting. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu No one may throw an old computer across the street at their neighbor. -- city ordinance

Re: TSM 6.3.3

2013-03-27 Thread Roger Deschner
and somewhat excruciating TSM upgrade process look like a walk in the park. Instead I will just have to change one DNS definition after the upgrade is done. In summary, do the upgrade. I think it will be easier for you. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have

Second full DB backup triggered while first was still underway

2013-03-22 Thread Roger Deschner
was a pointless duplicate, and may possibly be corrupted. It appears there is a window where the trigger does not know that a full DB backup has just been run. TSM Server 6.2.2.30 on AIX 5.3. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind

Re: Second full DB backup triggered while first was still underway

2013-03-22 Thread Roger Deschner
guess I'm lucky it only happened twice. Thanks Wanda and Skylar, it looks like we need to go to 6.2.5 soon. And also increase the size of the main Archive Log because 3,000,000 small files can happen again. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost

Re: upgrae from 5.5.4 to 6.2.4

2013-02-28 Thread Roger Deschner
-upgraded 6.2.3 system has issues that appear to be fixed in 6.2.5. Prepare yourself for it physically. Be rested. Stock the fridge at work with sandwiches and soda. This is a marathon. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed

Re: Versions for Web Client security hole

2013-02-06 Thread Roger Deschner
larger number of clients to individually remediate. Our clients are mostly 5.5 or 6.2. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu Academic Computing Communications Center ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Tue

Versions for Web Client security hole

2013-02-04 Thread Roger Deschner
question, are client versions 5.5, 6.1, or 6.2 vulnerable to this security issue? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu Academic Computing Communications Center ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: issue with lto devclass and mount limits

2013-01-10 Thread Roger Deschner
drivename f=d (serial num should have changed) Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Huebner, Andy wrote: You probably already checked, but I would also check to make

Re: Happy Holiday TSM Server upgrade V5 to V6

2012-12-26 Thread Roger Deschner
and is doing OK on TSM6. Comparing the two methods, I can recommend this in-place upgrade if you have a large number of clients. You don't have to change anything on the clients, of which this server has about 1,000. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu

Re: How to schedule new task in case of previous one completed

2012-12-24 Thread Roger Deschner
. Crude, but it works. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu === Beware of Geeks bearing grifts. On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Nick Laflamme wrote: On Dec 24, 2012, at 12:31 PM, nkir tsm-fo...@backupcentral.com wrote: Thank you! I

Happy Holiday TSM Server upgrade V5 to V6

2012-12-22 Thread Roger Deschner
this server down for several days. No huge problems yet; just wondering how many others out there are doing the same thing right now? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu = While it may be true that a watched pot never boils, the one = you don't keep an eye

Re: Stable Version of TSM 6

2012-12-01 Thread Roger Deschner
. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu Academic Computing Communications Center ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Sat, 1 Dec 2012, Welton, Charles wrote: Hello: I have a few questions about TSM 6. # 1

Re: AUDIT VOL with WAIT=YES ?

2012-11-08 Thread Roger Deschner
solution - a sleep loop querying processes after starting the AUDIT command. The improvement I added was to get the actual results via Q ACTLOG after it was finished. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape

AUDIT VOL with WAIT=YES ?

2012-11-06 Thread Roger Deschner
at a time. I could have set up this storage pool with preallocated files instead of letting the operating system allocate and remove scratch volume files, but dsmfmt on 55TB of space to prepare the fixed volume files would take a very long time, like about a CPU-year. Roger Deschner University

Re: consolidating file type primary pools

2012-10-23 Thread Roger Deschner
for reclamaiton. Certainly the lazy way to move this kind of data, reducing the need for MOVE DATA processes. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Tue, 23 Oct 2012, Shawn Drew wrote: Yes, just

Re: Nodes per TSM server

2012-10-11 Thread Roger Deschner
. The maximum practical database size is much larger on V6 than on V5. Consolidating several V5 servers onto a single V6 server is good. Also, the largest TSM servers are predominantly on AIX systems, not Windows or Linux. The AIX platform scales better than others. See the poll on adsm.org. Roger Deschner

Re: unaccounted for volumes

2012-10-06 Thread Roger Deschner
Gary Lee just did. Make sure you get it right. Cheers! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu Help stamp out and abolish redundancy. On Fri, 5 Oct 2012, Bob Levad wrote: The most obvious reasons would be a tape operator running

Re: Slow backup

2012-08-07 Thread Roger Deschner
the thing you are backing up, is Virtual Mount Points. The idea is to keep the file count in each Virtual Mount Point low enough that the client can work efficiently. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu Academic Computing Communications Center

TSM on Windows 8 and Mac Mountain Lion

2012-08-03 Thread Roger Deschner
We're starting to see people on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and we will very soon start having people on Windows 8. What is the status of these two newest OSs as TSM client systems? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu Academic Computing

Re: Do you perform Windows SYSTEMSTATE backups?

2012-07-25 Thread Roger Deschner
node restore. OTOH if the node is a server, we have started to back up the System State to our new V6.2.3 server using V6.2.4+ clients. We continue to absolutely forbid System State backups on our old V5.5 servers. They simply cannot handle it. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago

Re: how to restore files from TSM backup tapes w/o TSM db

2012-07-21 Thread Roger Deschner
It won't be cheap, but an Index Engines machine can do this. We have one that we use for e-discovery. It can actually read TSM backup tapes without a TSM DB. http://www.indexengines.com/ Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu Walking on water and developing

Re: UN-mixing LTO-4 and LTO-5

2012-06-13 Thread Roger Deschner
, and the LTO consortium website. It doesn't. This list remains a priceless resource, to which I try to give back. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu On Wed, 13 Jun 2012, Prather, Wanda wrote: Hi Roger, I've done this many times (creating 2 logical libraries in 1

UN-mixing LTO-4 and LTO-5

2012-06-12 Thread Roger Deschner
the hardware library partitioning feature, which has its own set of hassles. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu NO OVERNIGHT CAMPING AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN OPERATION --sign, I-70 rest area, Parachute, Colorado ===

Re: UN-mixing LTO-4 and LTO-5

2012-06-12 Thread Roger Deschner
On the LTO4 devclass it is ULTRIUM4C. On the LTO5 devclass it is ULTRIUM5C. Q DRIVE shows that the LTO-5 drives can both read and write the format ULTRIUM4C. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu On Tue, 12 Jun 2012, Remco Post wrote: check the format

Re: UN-mixing LTO-4 and LTO-5

2012-06-12 Thread Roger Deschner
TSM server? This configuration of two logical library definitions for one physical library would appear to have some risks. Or is it safe? Are there any other problems I should expect with this kind of configuration? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu

Re: There are not enough scratch volumes available

2012-06-02 Thread Roger Deschner
elimination of collocation as the library fills, but it keeps the lights on until the library can be expanded. I tweak MAXSCRATCH frequently. With some effort, full library situations can be managed. I've been doing it for quite a while due to delays in approving upgrades. Roger Deschner

Re: server to server dbbackup

2012-05-01 Thread Roger Deschner
in the campus cloud. Plus each server does its normal file backup as an ordinary TSM client to a TSM server at the other site. It all works fine. The documentation in the TSM Administrator's Guide is pretty good on this topic. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I

Re: Objects Assigned vs. Your Database.

2012-04-16 Thread Roger Deschner
that systemstate and systemobject were aliases to one another on the DOMAIN statement, because I have to constantly watch for people who upgrade from Win XP (which has System Object) to Win 7 (which has System State), and change their cloptset.) Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog

Controling FILLING tapes at end of Migration

2012-03-12 Thread Roger Deschner
looking for any obvious ways to get more data onto the same number of tapes. Ideally, I'd like there to be only one FILLING tape per collocation group. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu Academic Computing Communications Center ==I have not lost

Re: TSM in AIX WPARS

2012-01-25 Thread Roger Deschner
, however CPU cycles may not be an issue on that new P7 machine. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Steve Harris wrote: Hi All I'm involved in a consolidation

Re: Drive and Path Definition

2012-01-18 Thread Roger Deschner
. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu == You will finish your project ahead of schedule. === = (Best fortune-cookie fortune ever.) == On Wed, 18 Jan 2012, David Bronder wrote: Richard Rhodes wrote: In the past

Re: TSM Migration Related

2011-12-06 Thread Roger Deschner
of 6.3.0, for better supported working with existing V5 servers. V6.3 with V5.5 is not supported. However V6.2.3 does support working with V5.5, and it will be supported for a while. You could do this migration first to V6.2.3, and then upgrade to the very latest version later easily. Roger

Mac OSX 10.7 Lion backup to V5.5 server

2011-11-29 Thread Roger Deschner
running V6.3 clients on a V5.5 server? Is this something we need to actively prevent? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu Academic Computing Communications Center ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: delete filespace and LOGMODE NORMAL

2011-11-22 Thread Roger Deschner
below. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu == You will finish your project ahead of schedule. === = (Best fortune-cookie fortune ever.) == On Tue, 22 Nov 2011, Sascha Askani wrote: Am 22.11.2011 12:27, schrieb

Re: Migrating from AIX to Linux (again)

2011-11-17 Thread Roger Deschner
a central NAS/SAN infrastructure, and we do this. TSM does not fit this model without a LOT of additional management effort. TSM needs fewer, larger, faster computers, which is also cheaper in terms of environmentals such as power, cooling, and floor space. Roger Deschner University of Illinois

Re: TSM v63 is out there to download from the Passport Advantage page

2011-10-22 Thread Roger Deschner
with V5.5 would help a LOT, at least for some limited pain areas, such as Library Manager configurations, and an Apple Mac client that can run on OSX 10.7 Lion with a V5.5 server. P.S. No documentation yet. The V6.3 infocenter is a broken link. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago

Re: Label volumes in a scsi library?

2011-10-12 Thread Roger Deschner
and useful program with a not-too-friendly user interface. However, with lbtest you're talking directly to the device driver, without TSM getting in between. Another program whose output you want to somehow save in a file for more contemplative examination. I save lbtest output via my SSH client. Roger

Re: Recovering orphaned tape from Library Server

2011-10-11 Thread Roger Deschner
That AUDIT LIBRARY on the library client system worked! Thank you. This is a hint to file away, as I'm sure this will come up again as we expand our use of TSM library sharing. It would not have occurred to me to try that, although it's the first thing the doc for AUDIT LIBRARY says. Roger

Recovering orphaned tape from Library Server

2011-10-06 Thread Roger Deschner
file. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: Getting unix permissions back from TSM

2011-09-17 Thread Roger Deschner
restore. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Fri, 16 Sep 2011, Strand, Neil B. wrote: You might want to look into the AIX commands: lppchk and/or tcbck Thank you, Neil Strand Storage

Re: Comment about the TSM gui from a IBM conference

2011-09-07 Thread Roger Deschner
; THAT was the product that raised the bar for performance expectations for TSM client programs - TSM v5.5 dsmmfc, not XIV. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Richard

Active Log Mirror in 6.2?

2011-07-08 Thread Roger Deschner
the best way. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu == History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme. -- Mark Twain ==

Re: Deduplication and Collocation

2011-06-22 Thread Roger Deschner
that deduped data CAN exist in random access DEVCLASS DISK stgpools if client-side dedupe is being used? I sure hope so, because that's what we're planning to do. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu == You will finish your project ahead of schedule

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