regarding 3: 1- sandiscovery should help resolve this 2- to avoid sandiscovery I've created a shell script to rename the tape devices based on serial or wwpn so each drive has the same name on every server.
On 6 jun. 2012, at 19:12, Alex Paschal wrote: > Hi, Geoff. Congrats. Let's see if we can get you hitting the ground running. > > Because I'm often on customer computers without access to the Internet from > my own laptop, I Google: > tivoli storage manager 6.3 information center > I take the first option, and when the infocenter comes up, I click "Printable > PDF documentation" and download the pdfs to the customer's workstation. I > use Firefox with DownloadThemAll to make it a pretty fast and easy process. > > For the support site, I google: tivoli storage manager support portal > > Maintenance and Patches are at: ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com > Tivoli Storage > Management > > Library manager/client is pretty easy. Here's the recipe. > 1) Configure server-to-server communications > 2) Define library on library manager > a) define library lib1 libtype=scsi shared=yes > b) define path server1 lib1 as usual > c) define drive/path for all drives as usual > e) label/checkin libvol > 3) Look at the serial numbers or wwpns of the drives (q drive f=d) > 4) Configure each library client (e.g. server2) > a) define library lib1 libtype=shared primarylibmanager=server1 > b) figure out which drives go with which rmts based on #3 > c) Log into server1, issue a bunch of "define path" statements for server2 > d) Test > > Some notes: > On libmgr (server1), q libvol f=d, observe "owner" information > update libvol A12345L5 owner=server2 (might be necessary some day) > With libraries with many drives (VTLs) or clients, #3, #4b, and #4c are best > scripted. > > Once upon a time, running audit library from a library client would wipe out > all the owner information for all the libvols owned by other library clients. > I don't know if that's been fixed. Since then, I've just created scripts to > simply "update libvol" the owner information for all the appropriate libvols > if it was ever necessary. > > Good luck! > Alex > > > On 6/6/2012 7:13 AM, Geoff Gill wrote: >> Hello, >> While I've interviewed for numerous positions the past 2 years, up until now >> I had been passed over for someone with "more recent experience". So giving >> up a 5 day a week zamboni job with little pay and 5am start times was >> actually hard to do when I got the call, believe it or not. It was also >> difficult leaving because the CHL team just added 4 retired NHL players as >> owners/coaches/team advisers, and a new coach, which means this team is >> going to be even more competitive in the future. Craig Ludwig, Richard >> Matvichuk (Assistant coach), Ed Belfour and Mike Modano, Along with current >> owner Steve Duchesne, will bring real talent to the team, which is the very >> reason I would prefer to be at the rink every day instead of sitting at >> home. >> Anyway, I have just been given a 6 month engagement to help with TSM at a >> local site here in Dallas. I get to work from home but currently do not have >> a laptop or access to the environment. While waiting I've been asked to >> brush up on TSM DB restores, which I have done on 5.5, and TSM Library >> Manager/Lib Client configuration, which I am not familiar with, so I'm >> looking for the current IBM document storage site, while looking for >> responses I'll certainly look myself but wanted to try to make contact with >> those of you familiar with the Library Manager. I don't have information as >> to the version(s) of TSM I'll be dealing with but as I recall the site, as >> it used to be configured, allowed you to select quite easily. And while I've >> kept most of my notes from the past I don't have links to those places I >> used to get information. Again, since I have never worked with the TSM >> Library Manager/Lib Client config it's going to be from scratch learning. >> Currently I only receive a single ADSM-L daily email, so I will probably >> change that to get a more real time response update to questions I might >> post. >> >> >> Please feel free to send me info or questions directly, email below, off >> topic hockey questions are always welcome. I know Richard is quite close to >> some great hockey, he most certainly knows his TSM though, which is what >> this list is for obviously. >> >> >> Thank You for any info you can send my way >> Geoff Gill >> [email protected] >> >> -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, Remco Post [email protected] +31 6 248 21 622
