Dear Theresa I can answer a few questions of yours.
First of all I would recommend you to read this Redbook. "Tivoli Storage Manager Concepts". for your questions. 1) I think the dsmsched.log has been set to overwrite itself? - I would like it to append the data and then set the retention to keep 2 weeks worth of data - how do I do this? That's done in the dsm.sys - right? Yes this is done in dsm.sys file. on HP-UX,AIX,SUN,LINUX . The line is SCHEDLOGRETENTION 14,D ERRORLOGRETENTION 14,D This line is in dsm.opt in windows 2) I'm seeing this message inplace of a "backup completed sucessfully" message a lot of times, but not all the time...anyone have any ideas why - or how I can get rid of it? << Message number 2507 not available for language EN_US >> I'm not sure what your problem is here? you need to explain better. 3) I have a couple of backups that appear to complete just fine (no failed files), however when I do a 'q event' it shows the schedule as "FAILED" - I can't figure out if I have a good backup or not? Any ideas? This is sometimes due to client errors. I would recommend reinstalling your client and installing the latest fixes in the client. you can get them here. ftp://service.bouler.ibm.com 4) Anyone know what this message means? Anything I need to worry about? I ask because it only seems to appear when #3 happens. This is nothing to worry about, this tells you only that the tape has been idle for 3min in your drive, and your server settings is configured to dismount all volumes that have been idle for 3 minutes. If this is the cause of your errors in 3 then there is some other message before this one that tells you more. Hope this helps. :) Kvedja/Regards Petur Eythorsson Taeknimadur/Technician IBM Certified Specialist - AIX Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Professional Microsoft Certified System Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nyherji Hf Simi TEL: +354-569-7700 Borgartun 37 105 Iceland URL: http://www.nyherji.is -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Theresa Sarver Sent: 22. juli 2002 22:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question on Backups Hello All; I've just been put in charge of administering Tivoli Storage Managers, and I have a couple of quick questions as to what I'm seeing in one particular environment. Environment: SP Model 9076 (1 Frame w/ 7 nodes) AIX 4.3.3 ML8 P.S.S.P 3.2 ptfset 8 TSM 4.1.5 1) I think the dsmsched.log has been set to overwrite itself? - I would like it to append the data and then set the retention to keep 2 weeks worth of data - how do I do this? That's done in the dsm.sys - right? 2) I'm seeing this message inplace of a "backup completed sucessfully" message a lot of times, but not all the time...anyone have any ideas why - or how I can get rid of it? << Message number 2507 not available for language EN_US >> 3) I have a couple of backups that appear to complete just fine (no failed files), however when I do a 'q event' it shows the schedule as "FAILED" - I can't figure out if I have a good backup or not? Any ideas? 4) Anyone know what this message means? Anything I need to worry about? I ask because it only seems to appear when #3 happens. 07/22/02 03:48:19 ANR8325I Dismounting volume I00013 - 3 minute mount retention expired. Thank you all in advance for your time; Theresa
