I rebuild my servers bare bones to the Patch level of the crashed server. Patch Level is VERY important since a lot of the system files are on the DOS partition and not backed up by TSM. Then restore ALL volumes. You will need the NREPAIR utility to recreate your encryption keys. It can be downloaded at http://support.novell.com/ <http://support.novell.com/> . You will have to search for it I think the current version is NREPAIR3.EXE. Instructions are included with the download. It is fairly simple. The next step is tricky since you must restore NDS references back to the server. Search Novell's web site for the "DSMAINT -PSE" instructions. NetWare 5.1 does not have DSMAINT. I don't know if a similar function has been added with NW51SP3 but it is does not work with SP2. We are just beginning to look at SP3 deployment You have to have a 4.x server to put in your tree until Novell ports this function into 5.1. I would not recommend TSM to anyone running a NetWare shop. TSM's support for NetWare is nonexistent. The Tivoli client has made our servers VERY UNSTABLE. At least the memory leaks in Arcserve never ABENDED the servers. They do not know how their client works. I believe they outsourced it to another company and forgot how to contact them or did not buy maintenance. But we do pay them dearly for what little we get. It is a memory hog. Expect to be adding large amounts of memory to your server so it will back up and restore file in an expectable time frame. (Directory Cache Buffers are the needed resource.) You are right, it is very finicky about its TSAs. You will have to change them. You can not use the SP2 or SP3 TSAs. Download TSA5UP7.EXE or you will not be able to get consistent backups. I have no faith in the Tivoli company. They burned that bridge with me at the very beginning of our relationship. We bought ADSM from IBM and things were fine. TSM is a nightmare.
__________________________________________________ Lester Sisk Carolinas HealthCare System Information Services - Server Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Herfried Abel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 10:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: novell 5.1 bmr question - expert needed ! Hi again, we are thinking about a good way to restore our Novell 5.1 Servers in case of a complete system loss. Up to now our Novell admins uses CA ARCSERV to backup the servers. In addition TSM clients are set up on all machines and all volumes are backed up daily ( incremental forever ). They say that there is nothing like a "mksysb" on the novell side and they need a tool like ARCSERV to recreate the server. So what they do now is : 1) recreate and restore server with ARCSERV 2) restore user files to last available version with TSM We now face two problems : 1) Complete recreation takes a very long time as there are - let me say - 2 complete restores involved. 2) As ARCSERV also uses the same *NLMs as TSM does , we are always upgrading, downgrading, comparing Versions .......... Is there a way to use more of TSM ( best would be TSM backup only ) to restore a Novell 5.1 server from scratch ? Are there other, stable "system backup tools" for Novell, that dont effect TSM client requirements ? Any hints are welcome Thanks herfried **************************************************************************** The information contained in this transmission, which may be confidential and proprietary, is only for the intended recipients. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify me immediately by telephone or electronic mail and confirm that you deleted this transmission and the reply from your electronic mail system. **************************************************************************** *********************************************************************** This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information it contains. Thank you.
