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On 1/29/08, Howard Coles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You should also look into Servergraph, which can send email alerts when > things like this go wrong. I have benefited from those messages on more > than one occasion. A problem we had recently with a few drives was that > they would just lock up. The Library would think they were busy, but no > data would go in or out, and eventually TSM would time out on the drive. > > > > See Ya' > Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Stephen Mackereth > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] What to use for TSM monitoring/alerting > > Hi Nicholas, > > The 3584 can send snmp traps, this is configured via the specialist gui. > I wrote a few scripts to query TSM, ie number of drives offline, number > of paths offline > > Regards, > > Stephen. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Nicholas Rodolfich > Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 7:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADSM-L] What to use for TSM monitoring/alerting > > Hello All, > > Thanks for your help!! > > We are running TSM 5.3.4 with a IBM 3584 library. Our library has not > exactly been the Pinnacle of MTBF. All the drives have been replaced, > some more than once and the medium changer has been replaced twice. All > of this since April 2007. > > The medium changer died this past Friday night and no one caught it > until the next day. Our DBA has made a big stink about monitoring TSM > and alerting when something is wrong. The DBA and another admin think > they can write some code to do this "alerting" on the 8493E message in > the activity log. > > My question is: What tools are you folks using to monitor TSM and alert > you to any problems. > > Nicholas > > > IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message and any included attachments are from > East Jefferson General Hospital, and is intended only for the > addressee(s), and may include Protected Health (PHI) or other > confidential information. If you are the intended recipient, you are > obligated to maintain it in a secure and confidential manner and > re-disclosure without additional consent or as > permitted by law is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > use > of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please > promptly reply to the sender by email and delete this message from your > computer. East Jefferson General Hospital greatly appreciates your > cooperation. >
