Re: Poor Performance
Hi all Thanx for all the replies some of the tricks have helped a bit. However the TCPWindowsSize of 16 is set as CISCO has a limitation of TCPwindowsize of 16 and whenever we increase it to 63 the server then begins to timeout server requests and no backups happen. Lawrie Scott For: Persetel / Q Vector KZN Company Registration Number: 1993/003683/07 Tel: +27 (0) 31 5609222 Fax: +27 (0) 31 5609495 Cell: +27 (0) 835568488 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:lawries;comparexafrica.co.za Notice: This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee. If any have received this message in error, please notify Lawrie Scott at Comparex Africa (Pty) Ltd immediately, telephone number +27 (0) 31 5609222. Any unauthorised use, alteration or dissemination is prohibited. Comparex Africa (Pty) Ltd accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss whether it be direct, indirect or consequential, arising from information made available and actions resulting there from.
configuring TSM to handle Sql Server Agent jobs in a cluster
If you are running Sql Server Agent initiated jobs from a Microsoft cluster which calls dsmc, would you mind sharing you configuration? The dba's runs a job which dumps a cluster database to a local drive. It then run a dsmc command. The dsmc hangs and has to be killed using task manager. At this point, the encripted password in the registry for both the localhost and for the cluster-named host are removed.
Re: performace figure Gigabit network
Dear Marc, I am runnin w2k dual p4 1GB mem 3583 scsi based. The network is GB. Right now I am tunning tcpwindows size buffpoolsize txnbytelimit movetresh movesize txngroupmax The filesystem is filed with small files from 256kb to 15 mb. The higest performance figure was: 2.126.68 network 886,00 aggregate FTP does 20 MB a sec ??? So maybe my LTO is performing lousy ( give me magstar any day for small files ) Any sugestions ? Best Regards, Koen Willems From: Mark Stapleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: performace figure Gigabit network Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:29:51 -0600 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L;VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of Koen Willems Can anybody give me an performance figure on restores speeds of a w2k user directory with lots of small files on a Gigabit ethernet work. I am tunnin resores and want to know wich performance is to be expected on gigabit... W2k + LTO + GB As with any performance question, it entirely depends upon the file and network environment. There are so many variables that asking a generic how fast should it be? is rather a pointless pursuit. Instead, follow good practices all around. Tune your server OS to optimum file I/O, clear your network of bottlenecks with best practice standards, and schedule TSM activities to even out the load as much as possible. If you're buying a new server for TSM, buy one with decent memory and CPU resources. If you don't do these things (or don't know how), no amount of fiddling with TSM is going to give you quality throughput speeds. The #1 reason (in my experience) for poor throughput in TSM is bad and/or poorly maintained networks. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Certified TSM consultant Certified AIX system engineer MCSE _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
Re: performace figure Gigabit network
Go to a disk staging area 1st - then stream at good speed to your LTO... Cheers Christo = Dear Marc, I am runnin w2k dual p4 1GB mem 3583 scsi based. The network is GB. Right now I am tunning tcpwindows size buffpoolsize txnbytelimit movetresh movesize txngroupmax The filesystem is filed with small files from 256kb to 15 mb. The higest performance figure was: 2.126.68 network 886,00 aggregate FTP does 20 MB a sec ??? So maybe my LTO is performing lousy ( give me magstar any day for small files ) Any sugestions ? Best Regards, Koen Willems From: Mark Stapleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: performace figure Gigabit network Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:29:51 -0600 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L;VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of Koen Willems Can anybody give me an performance figure on restores speeds of a w2k user directory with lots of small files on a Gigabit ethernet work. I am tunnin resores and want to know wich performance is to be expected on gigabit... W2k + LTO + GB As with any performance question, it entirely depends upon the file and network environment. There are so many variables that asking a generic how fast should it be? is rather a pointless pursuit. Instead, follow good practices all around. Tune your server OS to optimum file I/O, clear your network of bottlenecks with best practice standards, and schedule TSM activities to even out the load as much as possible. If you're buying a new server for TSM, buy one with decent memory and CPU resources. If you don't do these things (or don't know how), no amount of fiddling with TSM is going to give you quality throughput speeds. The #1 reason (in my experience) for poor throughput in TSM is bad and/or poorly maintained networks. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Certified TSM consultant Certified AIX system engineer MCSE _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus __ The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Absa is liable neither for the proper, complete transmission of the information contained in this communication, nor for any delay in its receipt, nor for the assurance that it is virus-free.
Re: TSM cost cutting measures...
Correct me if I am wrong but I always thought even right now (I)TSM licenses are licensed by physical machines. The license was depending on the size of the box in VBP (TMP-based) and number of processors in EVBP-schemas. And this ought to be for both server and client. If you run several server instances over same box it is up to you. If you have many nodenames or schedulers on a client box - again your decision. The license covers the box, not the OS instances. Thus if you have an RS/6000 SP you are buying Tier 3 VBP license (assuming the SP is = 24 proc) and can run TSM server on whatever number of nodes you want. If you have a mighty Intel box you buy adequate number of EVBP processor licenses and this ought to cover *any* number of instances in it - be they Linux native, Linux in VMWare or Windows in VMWare. You can always ask an IBM/Tivoli rep but better read the Announcement Letter before. I've argued many times with success to IBMers pointing *exact* verbage in an Announcement Letter. This is an official IBM written document which prevales any personal opinion. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Cook, Dwight E [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11.11.2002 19:23 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:TSM cost cutting measures... OK, one would need to verify with Tivoli/IBM but I seem to recall hearing TSM servers being licensed by physical machine. IF that is the case then multiple virtual machines under VMware opens up a whole new world of possibilities as far as cost savings go! AND where you could run multiple windows based servers on virtual machines, you could cut costs even more with multiple virtual Linux servers. just some thoughts Dwight
can tsm write to dvd
Hi guru's! Does anyone know if its possible for tsm to create a storagepool which consists of a dvd writer? If so, do I need any special packages for it and where can i find documentation on it? if not, Is there a trick to make it work anyway? Thnx! mi©helle
JournalDBSize
Guys/Gals, I have a customer who requires me to give an estimate of the space used, however rough, for the JournalDB on a filesystem with about 2 million files, and another with 5 million. I understand the actual size relates to the depth of the directory and the length of the directory/path names, but what kind of figures do you reach if you divide the size of your JournalDB with the number of files you are monitoring?? Enormous thanks in advance. Matthew Matthew Large TSM Infrastructure Engineer Lavington Street Int: 7430 4995 Ext: +44 207 902 4995 --- This e-mail is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you have received it in error please delete it and immediately notify the sender. evolvebank.com is a division of Lloyds TSB Bank plc. Lloyds TSB Bank plc, 71 Lombard Street, London EC3P 3BS. Registered in England, number 2065. Telephone No: 020 7626 1500 Lloyds TSB Scotland plc, Henry Duncan House, 120 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4LH. Registered in Scotland, number 95237. Telephone No: 0131 225 4555 Lloyds TSB Bank plc and Lloyds TSB Scotland plc are regulated by the Financial Services Authority and represent only the Scottish Widows and Lloyds TSB Marketing Group for life assurance, pensions and investment business. Signatories to the Banking Codes. ---
Re: Raid 5 or 0?
Choosing RAID5 is a good solution if you have data heavily accessed in a read mode: in fact in this case you don't face the performance problem of the parity calculation/writing: for example choosing it for the TSM DB it is not a bad idea; furthermore RAID5 is more effective in the usage of the disk space. The RAID 0 is a good choice whenever you want high performances because you can leverage the data spreading on multiple disks and you don't have to calculate any parity: however if you have a problem on a disk you loose all your data because the system cannot re-build these data as no parity exists. Then, if you want good performances without incurring in problems of lost data, it is better to think about RAID10, ie a RAID0 mirrored to another RAID0 array: the performances and security are the highest, but unfortunately the disk space usage too. So RAID10 is a good choice for the heavily written data, like for example the Recovery log in TSM. Hope this helps. Cordiali saluti / Best regards Gianluca Perilli EMEA Support, GlobalResponseTeam Storage e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group Via Sciangai 53, Rome 00144Italy Office : +39.06.59664581 Mobile: +39.335.7840985 Fax: +39.06.59662077 Luke Dahl [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OV cc: Sent by: ADSM: Subject: Raid 5 or 0? Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 11/11/2002 11:07 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Hi, We're considering changing from RAID5 to RAID0. Info: Solaris 5.8 TSM Server 4.2.1.15 Storage array 21 36Gb disks (currently RAID5. Is this a wise move? If we make the change, any recommendations on the stripe setting? Default is 64Kb, but it can be set while we configure... Performance seems quite slow with RAID5 and we have a development box we're going to throw this at. Any thoughts or recommendations are much appreciated. Luke Dahl NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117
Restore of Intel Cluster
We just went through a bare metal restore of a member of an Intel Cluster. We have recently been working through some test cases of restoring Win2K clients and in the testing we have done so far everything has tested out okay. This is the first time we needed to do this on a member of a cluster. The bad part is this is the real deal not a testShame on us! The basic restore worked just fine and the machine is back up. The problem that we are having is that the machine can't rejoin the cluster. If there is anything regarding any additional steps in the TSM manuals sure can't find it! Can anyone point us to any additional steps regarding getting this machine to re-join the cluster? Client Win2K Advanced Server TSM Client 5.1.1 TSM Server 5.1.1.1 (AIX 4.3.3) Curt Magura Lockheed Martin EIS Orlando, Fla. 321-235-1203
Upgrade Server 4.1.4 - 4.2.3
Hi all I have to upgrade my TSM-Servers (AIX 4.3.3) from V 4.1.4 to 4.2.3. In the readme for 4.2.3 is written under TSM Server Upgrade issues for version 4.2.0.0 that if you upgrade from 4.1.x.x you have to uninstall the current version. For me its not clear if this chapter belongs to all operating systems. So do I have to uninstall all modules of V 4.1.4 from my AIX server before installing ? Do I have to start the TSM-Server-Software before installing V4.2.3 on top of 4.2.1, or can I just install 4.2.1 and 4.2.3 immediately afterwards (with no start of dsmserv) ? When will the database be upgraded ? If anybody has experience on this, let me know Thanks Chris
AW: can tsm write to dvd
Hi Michelle, yes it works. But only by using w2k or winnt. The tool what you neet is the Roxio easy cd creator an the element is: DirectCD. To use, thats very easy. Define a file device class for the tool and ready. The only problem is you can't define a changer!! regards norbert P.S: There was a document wroten from Richard Sims http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts -Urspr|ngliche Nachricht- Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L;VM.MARIST.EDU]Im Auftrag von Michelle Wiedeman Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. November 2002 12:18 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: can tsm write to dvd Hi guru's! Does anyone know if its possible for tsm to create a storagepool which consists of a dvd writer? If so, do I need any special packages for it and where can i find documentation on it? if not, Is there a trick to make it work anyway? Thnx! mi)helle
Tape History....
Is there a nice easy way to tell where a tape has been? I'm experiencing about a 15-20% failure rate, over time, in tapes in my 3584 LTO (Ultrium, not DLT). The tapes that are failing are from varied vendors, but all are non-IBM tapes. I'm afraid that one of the drives is potentially causing physical harm (tapes sent off for analysis have shown, in some cases, damage after 150ft) but I don't want to have IBM just replace everthing without having an idea of what I'm after. What could I do to gather that information? I could run a nightly script watching tape activity, of course, and keep that data, but I'm wondering if Tivoli keeps that conveniently. David Stabler, CATE/AIX, CNCE Senior Systems Analyst
Re: Tape History....
You can look in the volume history file to see the storage pool usage of the volume. For the tape mount activity, look in the SUMMARY table. For non zOS platforms, there is an entry for a TAPEMOUNT that shows the drive and volser. But that is only as good as your SET SUMMARYRETENTION. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L;VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of David Stabler Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tape History Is there a nice easy way to tell where a tape has been? I'm experiencing about a 15-20% failure rate, over time, in tapes in my 3584 LTO (Ultrium, not DLT). The tapes that are failing are from varied vendors, but all are non-IBM tapes. I'm afraid that one of the drives is potentially causing physical harm (tapes sent off for analysis have shown, in some cases, damage after 150ft) but I don't want to have IBM just replace everthing without having an idea of what I'm after. What could I do to gather that information? I could run a nightly script watching tape activity, of course, and keep that data, but I'm wondering if Tivoli keeps that conveniently. David Stabler, CATE/AIX, CNCE Senior Systems Analyst
Re: restore to diff. client
From Mark Stapleton: As far as I know, cross-platform restores are possible among similar plattforms, like ( Win*, OS2)or (all unixes) and only does not work between those groups, e.g. win-unix. Nope, sure can't. I can't restore a file from a JFS filesystem (AIX) to a QFS (Sun) filesystem. Unfortunately we're just single vendor, so I can't test this, but is it because of the big endian versus little endian data storage scheme? I doubt it's the filesystem method selected, because the structure of the filesystem is OS dependent and Tivoli really just backs up directory entry information and files (with associated access detail). If you have the ability to test it, try restoring a small file, and when you look at it and it is garbage, run the UNIX command dd if=infile of=outfile conv=swab and then check the outfile (swab means swap a for b, that is, big to little or little to big in byte order). Now, this only works for small files, that is, files where you have room to run the conversion, but if this is a critical file and you have space, it might be a way to get at the data. Can you let us know? -drs- David Stabler, CATE/AIX, CNCE Senior Systems Analyst
RES: Tape History....
David, I think you could easily work with SELECT * FROM SUMMARY WHERE ACTIVITY='TAPE MOUNT' You can see in the results in which drive your tapes got mounted. If you have a high number of mounts, maybe it should be better to limit the select to a specific date/time, or specific volumes, to avoid a large number of result being displayed. -- Paul Gondim van Dongen Engenheiro de Sistemas MCSE Tivoli Certified Consultant - Storage Manager VANguard - Value Added Network guardians http://www.vanguard-it.com.br Fone: 55 81 3225-0353 -Mensagem original- De: David Stabler [mailto:dstabler;MORRISONHOMES.COM] Enviada em: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:03 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assunto: Tape History Is there a nice easy way to tell where a tape has been? I'm experiencing about a 15-20% failure rate, over time, in tapes in my 3584 LTO (Ultrium, not DLT). The tapes that are failing are from varied vendors, but all are non-IBM tapes. I'm afraid that one of the drives is potentially causing physical harm (tapes sent off for analysis have shown, in some cases, damage after 150ft) but I don't want to have IBM just replace everthing without having an idea of what I'm after. What could I do to gather that information? I could run a nightly script watching tape activity, of course, and keep that data, but I'm wondering if Tivoli keeps that conveniently. David Stabler, CATE/AIX, CNCE Senior Systems Analyst
dsmcad error
For all you Netware users out there (don't all jump at once, please), I'm getting the following error when loading dsmcad with the managedservices schedule webclient option enabled ANS1107E Invalid option/value: '-nwipcport=49612' This is the latest and greatest 5.1.5.1 NW client. Problem is I can't find any reference to this option anywhere in the config or documentation. If I run the scheduler with the old dsmc sched command no error. Any clues? thanks, -- Jim Kirkman AIS - Systems UNC-Chapel Hill 966-5884
Re: Raid 5 or 0?
How about Raid0+1 . That is performance and availability. Balanand Pinni SBC Services Inc. Work:314-206-5911 Pager:1-800-451-6897 Email ID :[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] e.mail pager -Original Message- From: Gianluca Perilli [mailto:Gianluca_Perilli;IT.IBM.COM] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Raid 5 or 0? Choosing RAID5 is a good solution if you have data heavily accessed in a read mode: in fact in this case you don't face the performance problem of the parity calculation/writing: for example choosing it for the TSM DB it is not a bad idea; furthermore RAID5 is more effective in the usage of the disk space. The RAID 0 is a good choice whenever you want high performances because you can leverage the data spreading on multiple disks and you don't have to calculate any parity: however if you have a problem on a disk you loose all your data because the system cannot re-build these data as no parity exists. Then, if you want good performances without incurring in problems of lost data, it is better to think about RAID10, ie a RAID0 mirrored to another RAID0 array: the performances and security are the highest, but unfortunately the disk space usage too. So RAID10 is a good choice for the heavily written data, like for example the Recovery log in TSM. Hope this helps. Cordiali saluti / Best regards Gianluca Perilli EMEA Support, GlobalResponseTeam Storage e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group Via Sciangai 53, Rome 00144Italy Office : +39.06.59664581 Mobile: +39.335.7840985 Fax: +39.06.59662077 Luke Dahl [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OV cc: Sent by: ADSM: Subject: Raid 5 or 0? Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 11/11/2002 11:07 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Hi, We're considering changing from RAID5 to RAID0. Info: Solaris 5.8 TSM Server 4.2.1.15 Storage array 21 36Gb disks (currently RAID5. Is this a wise move? If we make the change, any recommendations on the stripe setting? Default is 64Kb, but it can be set while we configure... Performance seems quite slow with RAID5 and we have a development box we're going to throw this at. Any thoughts or recommendations are much appreciated. Luke Dahl NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117
WEB client SGI works bad
Hi all, TSM SGI client v 4.2.2.7 on SGI v6.5 WEB client on this node don't show folder (or volume) /usr and its content. Other directories and volumes are OK. Any suggestions about this issue? Tomas Hrouda Storage Specialist HTD s.r.o. Praha CZECH REPUBLIC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cleanup for APAR IC32075
The procedures are undocumented and should be done only with the assistance of support. What kind of run-around are you getting? It certainly should NOT be because the problem client happens to be running 4.1, as the version number is immaterial. I called support Thursday afternoon and was told that someone would be calling back shortly. No one called in the several remaining hours of my workday. When I arrived Friday I found a voice mail message from a support person giving his direct number and asking me to call him there. I called, got his voice mail, and left a message requesting him to call back. He never called on Friday. I left another message Monday morning. When he had not called by mid-afternoon I called the main support number and was informed that I had not gotten a response because I had not called the main number to requeue after I get the message on Friday morning. In short, IBM gave me explicit instructions to do one thing and then blamed subsequent delays on my failure to do a completely different thing. I finally made contact with a support person this morning and got the problem fixed.
Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems
3580 Ultrim LTO drives -Original Message- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:seay_pd;NAPTHEON.COM] Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems What kind of drives are these? Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Poland, Neil [mailto:Neil.Poland;ACS-INC.COM] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Storage Agent tape drive problems I have the Storage Agent running on two seperate servers. They are the same level 4.2.20 and are configured the same. One of them is working great but the other is having problems mounting tapes. It will attempt to mount a tape and if a drive is not available it will generate a server media mount not possible error and go on to another file to back up. The activity log shows unable to open drive /dev/rmt*. Did I miss something in the configuration? Thanks!
Re: TSM Client server and data migration
What is optimal for DB size depends on your hardware, your platform, your load. and your response requirements. When you see comments about an optimal size, what you are really seeing is comments about people's experience with a certain combination of hardware, platform, and load. If your DB is 100GB and you get acceptable throughput for DB-intensive operations like EXPIRATION processing, and acceptable response time for restores, then it's not too big. If your DB is 20 GB and your hardware config won't give you acceptable throughput or restore times, then even 20 GB is too big. Wanda Prather The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab 443-778-8769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think - Scott Adams/Dilbert -Original Message- From: bizzorg [mailto:i.hunley;ATTBI.COM] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 9:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM Client server and data migration I'm hearing that 20GB is the optimal size for a TSM database. I've also heard that 40GB is the optimal size. Is either number correct? What is the correct optimal TSM database size? The TSM servers, with the exception of one, are running at fix test 4.2.2.12 on z/OS 1.2. We are moving client servers from a TSM with a 100+ GB database to TSM servers with 20GB databases. There is data on the older TSM server that was backed up by TSM 4.1.x. When we worked with IBM on a previous problem, it was suggested by IBM that we run a CLEANUP process against the 4.1.x data. CLEANUP is a long running process and all sessions must be disabled while running cleanup. Because of this, CLEANUP cannot run on production TSM servers. We've run reports against the older TSM and discovered 4.88TB of file spaces we think we can delete. The list of file spaces has been distributed for written approval. Here's my plan of action... 1.) Complete the client server migration. 2.) Obtain written approval to delete the old backup file spaces(CYA). 3.) Delete the file spaces. 4.) Run the CLEANUP process on the decommissioned TSM. 5.) EXPORT the data from the decommissioned TSM. 6.) IMPORT the data to the new TSM servers. It just doesn't make sense to me to run the CLEANUP process against file spaces that could be deleted. It also seems unwise to me to EXPORT/IMPORT data that could be deleted, but believe it or not, someone here wants to do just that. I'm looking for Pros and Cons. After all, it's possible that my plan is the one that doesn't make sense and I just can't see it.
Re: Space reclamation of offsite copy pool takes forever
Are you running with colocation enabled anywhere? For best reclaim performance, I have found that having colocation enabled=yes on both onsite and offsite pools works the best. Why? Reduction of tape mounts. Cost? Need more tapes, especially in offsite pool. Per pool: Keep in mind that onsite reclamation is 1 process PER tape: find a tape needing reclaim-mount tape-relocate data-dismount. Offsite reclamation is 1 process for ALL tapes: find all tapes needing reclaim-select tape x(these appear to be done in age order)-figure out where all local copies of data are stored-until x is finished(mount onsite tape-relocate data-dismount onsite-next local tape)-next tape x (offiste tape) So it's concievable and likely that one onsite tape could be mounted several times because some of it's files are on multiple offsite tapes. Al Brazner, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/11/02 05:44 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Space reclamation of offsite copy pool takes forever Reclamation of our offsite copy pool is taking forever. Right now, we have 200+ volumes in that pool. Normally, threshold is set at 60% and I get maybe 8 or 9 volumes returned after processing for 7 hours (on beefy AIX, with TSM at 5.1.5). Lately I've tried setting the threshold at 99, then 98, then 97, etc., but I don't see much improvement in overall freeing up of tapes. It appears that most of the time is taken up with mounting input volumes. Even though we have a 3494, I'd say 80% of the time is spent waiting for tape mounts. Is there any way to get space reclamation to free up offsite tapes faster? Note, for my onsite tape pool, I do not see this problem (e.g., I can easily free up 30 tapes in 5 hours or less). Bob Brazner Johnson Controls, Inc. (414) 524-2570
Where did the online manuals go?
Hello, Does anybody know where the online manuals are? They used to be at http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TD_PROD_LIST.html #S but that link is dead now. There is a notice on the Tivoli site telling me that the manuals have been moved: http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/info_center/redirect _info.html And after a few seconds it re-directs me to the dead link above! I've tried the new (IBM) support site, but it seems that registration is required to access it. We used to give our customers the URL to the manuals so they could solve most of their own problems. Since we can't expect our customers to register on the IBM site our only alternative would be to maintain a repository of manuals on our own website. Keeping such a repository up to date would be very time consuming. Regards, Alexander --- Alexander Verkooijen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Systems Programmer SARA High Performance Computing
Re: restore to diff. client
thnx everyone!!! tried it and it worked!!! (it was a aix to aix restore btw...so sorry but no testresults for crossplatform) michelle -Original Message- From: David Stabler [mailto:dstabler;MORRISONHOMES.COM] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 3:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: restore to diff. client From Mark Stapleton: As far as I know, cross-platform restores are possible among similar plattforms, like ( Win*, OS2)or (all unixes) and only does not work between those groups, e.g. win-unix. Nope, sure can't. I can't restore a file from a JFS filesystem (AIX) to a QFS (Sun) filesystem. Unfortunately we're just single vendor, so I can't test this, but is it because of the big endian versus little endian data storage scheme? I doubt it's the filesystem method selected, because the structure of the filesystem is OS dependent and Tivoli really just backs up directory entry information and files (with associated access detail). If you have the ability to test it, try restoring a small file, and when you look at it and it is garbage, run the UNIX command dd if=infile of=outfile conv=swab and then check the outfile (swab means swap a for b, that is, big to little or little to big in byte order). Now, this only works for small files, that is, files where you have room to run the conversion, but if this is a critical file and you have space, it might be a way to get at the data. Can you let us know? -drs- David Stabler, CATE/AIX, CNCE Senior Systems Analyst
Re: Upgrade Server 4.1.4 - 4.2.3
Smitty update_all |-+--- | | Christoph Pilgram | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | ELHEIM.COM | | | Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | | | | | | 11/12/2002 04:43 AM | | | Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor | | | Manager| | | | |-+--- --| | | |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |cc: | |Subject: Upgrade Server 4.1.4 - 4.2.3 | --| Hi all I have to upgrade my TSM-Servers (AIX 4.3.3) from V 4.1.4 to 4.2.3. In the readme for 4.2.3 is written under TSM Server Upgrade issues for version 4.2.0.0 that if you upgrade from 4.1.x.x you have to uninstall the current version. For me its not clear if this chapter belongs to all operating systems. So do I have to uninstall all modules of V 4.1.4 from my AIX server before installing ? Do I have to start the TSM-Server-Software before installing V4.2.3 on top of 4.2.1, or can I just install 4.2.1 and 4.2.3 immediately afterwards (with no start of dsmserv) ? When will the database be upgraded ? If anybody has experience on this, let me know Thanks Chris
anr9999 Message on 5.1.5.1
Good morning! Has anyone seen this message before? 11/12/02 01:04:48 AM ANRD smnode.c(19810): ThreadId17 Session exiting has no affinityId cluster We are running on Solaris 8, TSM 5.1.5.1 - I have called it into support but seeing as I have to wait for a response, I thought I would check with the listserv. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Brenda
Re: Where did the online manuals go?
Hmm, that link still works for me... http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TD_PROD_LIST. html Perhaps a hiccup in a proxy server or some other internet anomaly? Ben -Original Message- From: Alexander Verkooijen [mailto:alexander;sara.nl] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Where did the online manuals go? Hello, Does anybody know where the online manuals are? They used to be at http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TD_PROD_LIST. html #S but that link is dead now. There is a notice on the Tivoli site telling me that the manuals have been moved: http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/info_center/redi rect _info.html And after a few seconds it re-directs me to the dead link above! I've tried the new (IBM) support site, but it seems that registration is required to access it. We used to give our customers the URL to the manuals so they could solve most of their own problems. Since we can't expect our customers to register on the IBM site our only alternative would be to maintain a repository of manuals on our own website. Keeping such a repository up to date would be very time consuming. Regards, Alexander --- Alexander Verkooijen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Systems Programmer SARA High Performance Computing
Re: Where did the online manuals go?
http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TD_PROD_LIST. html just worked for me but it wasn't working at about 10:00 CDT Dwight E. Cook Software Application Engineer III Science Applications International Corporation 509 S. Boston Ave. Suite 220 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4606 Office (918) 732-7109 -Original Message- From: Alexander Verkooijen [mailto:alexander;sara.nl] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Where did the online manuals go? Hello, Does anybody know where the online manuals are? They used to be at http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TD_PROD_LIST. html #S but that link is dead now. There is a notice on the Tivoli site telling me that the manuals have been moved: http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/info_center/redi rect _info.html And after a few seconds it re-directs me to the dead link above! I've tried the new (IBM) support site, but it seems that registration is required to access it. We used to give our customers the URL to the manuals so they could solve most of their own problems. Since we can't expect our customers to register on the IBM site our only alternative would be to maintain a repository of manuals on our own website. Keeping such a repository up to date would be very time consuming. Regards, Alexander --- Alexander Verkooijen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Systems Programmer SARA High Performance Computing
Tivoli Manuals on IBM.com
Here is the link to the manuals on IBM.com http://submit.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/tdprodlist.html
Upgrade to 5.1.1.6
I just upgraded to TSM 5.1.1.6 on AIX 4.3.3 from TSM 4.1.4.5. Where can I find the documentation on how to setup a management class for system objects how to associate the system objects to it? Thanks, -- Bruce Kamp Midrange Systems Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:bkamp;mhs.net P: (954) 987-2020 x4597 F: (954) 985-1404 ---
Tivoli.com continues to be posted on Tivoli.com
http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TD_PROD_LIST.html Luis Nevarez Manager, WW Support Programs, Tivoli Software 512-286-3582 Direct Line 966-3582 Tie Line 512-970-5152 Cell ***Please notice New Phone and Tie Line Number*** [EMAIL PROTECTED] Luis Nevarez/Austin/IBM@IBMUS People who get ahead are those who prove they can get things done - David Kearns
Tivoli Manual are now on IBM.com
The Tivoli manuals are now listed under Library on the left Nav bar.. These manuals are still available for free to Tivoli users. http://submit.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/tdprodlist.html
Seeking 3.7.5 - 5.1 upgrade advice..
Hello, I would really appreciate some advice on how to proceed with an upgrade we are planning. Currently, we are running TSM version 3.7.5 on an Ultra 10/Solaris 7 Our plans are to upgrade to 5.1.x on a Sun Ultra Enterprise 2/Solaris 8. I am currently trying to figure out if it would be easier to upgrade the current 3.7.5 server to 5.1 which will automatically convert everything to 5.1 and then move the newly converted database and other needed files to the new server which would have 5.1 already installed and running on it. Or, would it be easier to restore the 3.7.5 database from tape to the newly configured 5.1 server and run an UPGRADEDB command to bring the database up to the current level? If the second path is the best, does the database have to have the same physical path on the disk as the first server? And are the registered nodes, users, volumes and automated commands stored in a file which can be easily transferred to the new machine? Thank you for any help you can give. -john _ John N. Stacey Jr. * Information Technology Euro RSCG MVBMS Partners * 350 Hudson St. * New York, NY 10014 Ph. 212.886.4369 * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Seeking 3.7.5 - 5.1 upgrade advice..
Restoring an old data base (3.7.5) to a new level of the server (5.1) SHOULD work but it isn't guaranteed. That is, Tivoli doesn't test that process, and if it doesn't work, they probably won't fix it. And you will be going up SEVERAL levels of code. So unless you can find someone else who has done it going from 3.7 to 5.1, on Solaris, I recommend you stick with plan A, and upgrade in place. If you have problems with that, Tivoli support will be able to help you. Then you can move the DB to your new server. -Original Message- From: John N. Stacey Jr [mailto:john.stacey;EURORSCG.COM] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Seeking 3.7.5 - 5.1 upgrade advice.. Hello, I would really appreciate some advice on how to proceed with an upgrade we are planning. Currently, we are running TSM version 3.7.5 on an Ultra 10/Solaris 7 Our plans are to upgrade to 5.1.x on a Sun Ultra Enterprise 2/Solaris 8. I am currently trying to figure out if it would be easier to upgrade the current 3.7.5 server to 5.1 which will automatically convert everything to 5.1 and then move the newly converted database and other needed files to the new server which would have 5.1 already installed and running on it. Or, would it be easier to restore the 3.7.5 database from tape to the newly configured 5.1 server and run an UPGRADEDB command to bring the database up to the current level? If the second path is the best, does the database have to have the same physical path on the disk as the first server? And are the registered nodes, users, volumes and automated commands stored in a file which can be easily transferred to the new machine? Thank you for any help you can give. -john _ John N. Stacey Jr. * Information Technology Euro RSCG MVBMS Partners * 350 Hudson St. * New York, NY 10014 Ph. 212.886.4369 * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Seeking 3.7.5 - 5.1 upgrade advice..
I would really appreciate some advice on how to proceed with an upgrade we are planning. Currently, we are running TSM version 3.7.5 on an Ultra 10/Solaris 7 Our plans are to upgrade to 5.1.x on a Sun Ultra Enterprise 2/Solaris 8. I am currently trying to figure out if it would be easier to upgrade the current 3.7.5 server to 5.1 which will automatically convert everything to 5.1 and then move the newly converted database and other needed files to the new server which would have 5.1 already installed and running on it. Or, would it be easier to restore the 3.7.5 database from tape to the newly configured 5.1 server and run an UPGRADEDB command to bring the database up to the current level? If the second path is the best, does the database have to have the same physical path on the disk as the first server? No, as long as the aggregate size of the installed database volumes on the new system is sufficient. And are the registered nodes, users, volumes and automated commands stored in a file which can be easily transferred to the new machine? Registered nodes and administrative users are stored in the TSM database. Information on volumes is also stored in the database. However, a TSM server can and should be configured to save some of the volume information to one or more flat files whenever the information is updated. Copying the flat file involved to the new system will make the database restore much easier. The path to the flat file is given in the server options file. A similar situation prevails for device definitions. However, you will probably not be able to simply copy the flat file of device definitions to the new system; you will probably need to edit the file to reflect the configuration differences between the two systems. Automated commands may or may not be in the database, depending on the exact mechanism used. Scripts and administrative schedules are in the database, but macros are not. After the database restore is done you may need to do some clean-up. If the disk storage pool volumes are different you will need to delete the old ones and define the new ones. If tape libraries and drives are different you will need to update the library and drive definitions. You should probably look at the discussion of server disaster recovery in the Administrator's Guide. Server disaster recovery is essentially an urgent migration to new hardware.
Re: Seeking 3.7.5 -gt; 5.1 upgrade advice..
TSM'er I agree with Wanda. Stick with plan A. When migrating from TSM 3.7.X to 5.1.X, the data base should be upgrade during the migration. When you try to start the dsmserv process and you recieve an error message complaining about the database, then issue the dsmserv upgradedb command. You can be kind of pro-active, you can issue dsmserv upgradedb and then start the dsmserv process. I have not experience any problems issuing dsmserv upgradedb when the data base is already upgraded. Unless I am one of the semi- lucky one. When I migrated from 3.7 to 4.2, one server the database got upgrade but for some restange reason another server I had to issue the dsmserv upgradedb commmand after there was a message complaining about the database. A good hint, before you start the upgrade. Make sure that you have a current backup of the TSM server, backup the volhist, and the devconfig. I would also backup the dsmserv.opt file, if you would have to start from scratch you would not have to try to remember what was set in the dsmserv.opt file. Speaking about Tivoli support, in the US. Have anyone call Tivoli support since June 2002? There was an e-mail or a notice that due to the call volume that they are experiencing that the tech's are calling the customer back. Basicly, you've got some waiting time. Sais Get your own 800 number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag On, Prather, Wanda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Restoring an old data base (3.7.5) to a new level of the server (5.1) SHOULD work but it isn't guaranteed. That is, Tivoli doesn't test that process, and if it doesn't work, they probably won't fix it. And you will be going up SEVERAL levels of code. So unless you can find someone else who has done it going from 3.7 to 5.1, on Solaris, I recommend you stick with plan A, and upgrade in place. If you have problems with that, Tivoli support will be able to help you. Then you can move the DB to your new server.
Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems
The device names are actually /dev/rmt4, /dev/rmt5, /dev/rmt6, and /dev/rmt7 and I get the error for every one that is already busy when the Storage agent connects and starts it's backups. -Original Message- From: Kent Monthei [mailto:Kent.J.Monthei;GSK.COM] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems /dev/rmt* is a not a valid device name. Poland, Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12-Nov-2002 10:33 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L cc: Subject:Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems 3580 Ultrim LTO drives -Original Message- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:seay_pd;NAPTHEON.COM] Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems What kind of drives are these? Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Poland, Neil [mailto:Neil.Poland;ACS-INC.COM] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Storage Agent tape drive problems I have the Storage Agent running on two seperate servers. They are the same level 4.2.20 and are configured the same. One of them is working great but the other is having problems mounting tapes. It will attempt to mount a tape and if a drive is not available it will generate a server media mount not possible error and go on to another file to back up. The activity log shows unable to open drive /dev/rmt*. Did I miss something in the configuration? Thanks!
Re: Upgrade Server 4.1.4 -gt; 4.2.3
Chris, I know on the Windows platform that you have to uninstall the previous version of ADSM/TSM and then install TSM 4.2.X . Once the installation is done, restore the data base. If you do not remove the old version and you migrate to 4.2.x you get this strange message. Sorry, I did not write down the message. I ended up uninstalling TSM. Then install TSM 4.2 and restore the data base. My brain seem to have a memory leak. I can't remember if we uninstall TSM and then did a fresh install of 4.2 on AIX. I would check the readme file. Sias Dealy Get your own 800 number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag On, Ricardo Ribeiro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Smitty update_all |-+--- | | Christoph Pilgram | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | ELHEIM.COM | | | Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | | | | | | 11/12/2002 04:43 AM | | | Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor | | | Manager| | | | |-+--- --- ---| | | |To: ADSM- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | |Subject: Upgrade Server 4.1.4 - 4.2.3| --- ---| Hi all I have to upgrade my TSM-Servers (AIX 4.3.3) from V 4.1.4 to 4.2.3. In the readme for 4.2.3 is written under TSM Server Upgrade issues for version 4.2.0.0 that if you upgrade from 4.1.x.x you have to uninstall the current version. For me its not clear if this chapter belongs to all operating systems. So do I have to uninstall all modules of V 4.1.4 from my AIX server before installing ? Do I have to start the TSM-Server-Software before installing V4.2.3 on top of 4.2.1, or can I just install 4.2.1 and 4.2.3 immediately afterwards (with no start of dsmserv) ? When will the database be upgraded ? If anybody has experience on this, let me know Thanks Chris
Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems
...it sounds like you rebooted something and it caused the paths to be lost between the tape library and the library controller. Because of this, tape drives go in a lost state due to the unknown paths. Sounds like you need to reconfigure the paths for your drives... -mdh -Original Message- From: Poland, Neil [mailto:Neil.Poland;ACS-INC.COM] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems The device names are actually /dev/rmt4, /dev/rmt5, /dev/rmt6, and /dev/rmt7 and I get the error for every one that is already busy when the Storage agent connects and starts it's backups. -Original Message- From: Kent Monthei [mailto:Kent.J.Monthei;GSK.COM] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems /dev/rmt* is a not a valid device name. Poland, Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12-Nov-2002 10:33 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L cc: Subject:Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems 3580 Ultrim LTO drives -Original Message- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:seay_pd;NAPTHEON.COM] Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Storage Agent tape drive problems What kind of drives are these? Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Poland, Neil [mailto:Neil.Poland;ACS-INC.COM] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Storage Agent tape drive problems I have the Storage Agent running on two seperate servers. They are the same level 4.2.20 and are configured the same. One of them is working great but the other is having problems mounting tapes. It will attempt to mount a tape and if a drive is not available it will generate a server media mount not possible error and go on to another file to back up. The activity log shows unable to open drive /dev/rmt*. Did I miss something in the configuration? Thanks!
not like underscore
Oh wiseness of wizards of tsm-flavored SQL, how do you match an underscore?
I need to find node names that do not contain an underscore ('_'). I thought
that would be no problem, just select node_name from nodes where node_name
not like '%_%', but that doesn't find anything. A bit more research
revealed that '_' is the single character match, so that expression parsed
out to something like select node_names without any characters. Not what I
wanted at all.
I've played with a couple of things to escape the underscore, but I haven't
found anything that works yet. I thought I remembered reading something
about match and wildcards in this list, but all I can find in the archives
is the mention that underscore is the single character wildcard.
If I can't find an answer fairly quickly I will just dump everything to a
file and parse out the results with perl or something, but I really think
what I need to do could be done easily in SQL if I could just parse out the
underscore.
I thank you in advance for any light you could shed on my difficulty.
- Kai.
WIN2k CLient and schedule status
I have a WIN2K client and although the schedule that I have setup completes, when I do a q eve * * begind=today-1 endd=today begint=11:45 endt=now the status indicates in progress Mehdi Amini LAN/WAN Engineer ValueOptions 12369 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite C Reston, VA 20191 ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by email, delete and destroy this message and its attachments. **
Re: not like underscore
APAR is IC34959 for those interested in monitoring for a fix.
Regards,
Andy
Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i to reply)
The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
Good enough is the enemy of excellence.
Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
11/12/2002 11:36
Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject:Re: not like underscore
You can use ESCAPE 'escape char' at the end of the WHERE clause to make
this work. For example, to use '\' as the escape character:
select node_name from nodes where node_name like '%\_%' escape '\'
Unfortunately I just discovered that this isn't working quite right. I can
use '%Y\_%' to find node names like 'ANDY_RAIBECK', but the '%\_%' pattern
produces no results for me (5.1.5.1 server version).
Oddly enough, this pattern: '%_\_%' does the trick. But that is a
circumvention only, and works only if the node name does not begin with an
underscore.
Sorry, I don't know enough about this problem to describe it better, as I
just discovered it a minute ago.
Regards,
Andy
Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i to reply)
The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
Good enough is the enemy of excellence.
Kai Hintze [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
11/12/2002 11:15
Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject:not like underscore
Oh wiseness of wizards of tsm-flavored SQL, how do you match an
underscore?
I need to find node names that do not contain an underscore ('_'). I
thought
that would be no problem, just select node_name from nodes where
node_name
not like '%_%', but that doesn't find anything. A bit more research
revealed that '_' is the single character match, so that expression parsed
out to something like select node_names without any characters. Not what
I
wanted at all.
I've played with a couple of things to escape the underscore, but I
haven't
found anything that works yet. I thought I remembered reading something
about match and wildcards in this list, but all I can find in the archives
is the mention that underscore is the single character wildcard.
If I can't find an answer fairly quickly I will just dump everything to a
file and parse out the results with perl or something, but I really think
what I need to do could be done easily in SQL if I could just parse out
the
underscore.
I thank you in advance for any light you could shed on my difficulty.
- Kai.
How to write script to automate TSM 5.11
I am attempting to find out how to write scripts for TSM 5.11 in an Win 2k environment to automate the various commands during a backup. Currently, I am using the command line to access the TSM server thru my workstation. What I want to do is write a script for instance, q vol * access=unavailable which an operator could type one command and get results of which vols need to be updated. Then that output file would be the input for the upd vol [volname] access=readwrite. If anyone has written that or knows where I can go to find out that info, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Ron Lochhead
Re: How to write script to automate TSM 5.11
This probably doesn't answer your question but if you want to update ALL volumes that are unavailable just do: Update volume * access=readwrite where access=unavailable. -Original Message- From: Ron Lochhead [mailto:RLochhead;CSE-INSURANCE.COM] Sent: November 12, 2002 2:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to write script to automate TSM 5.11 I am attempting to find out how to write scripts for TSM 5.11 in an Win 2k environment to automate the various commands during a backup. Currently, I am using the command line to access the TSM server thru my workstation. What I want to do is write a script for instance, q vol * access=unavailable which an operator could type one command and get results of which vols need to be updated. Then that output file would be the input for the upd vol [volname] access=readwrite. If anyone has written that or knows where I can go to find out that info, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Ron Lochhead
recovery log mode
We did an upgrade last week and I want to make sure my recovery log is set to rollforward and I can't find it to verify. The only option I see is to set the recovery log mode and when I bring this option up in gui it brings it up with the normal button marked - I've changed it to rollforward but it still brings it up with normal - so I think it's just a command with a default of normal set. Is there a command that I can run that will show me the current mode of the recovery log. AIX 5.1 TSM 4.2.1.9 Thanks
Re: recovery log mode
Do a 'q stat' from command line. The web gui doesnt always update all shown information even if your update is accepted by the system/server. //Henrik Mire, Nona MireN@LOURDETo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SRMC.COMcc: (bcc: Henrik Wahlstedt) Sent by: Subject: recovery log mode ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU 2002-11-12 22:30 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager We did an upgrade last week and I want to make sure my recovery log is set to rollforward and I can't find it to verify. The only option I see is to set the recovery log mode and when I bring this option up in gui it brings it up with the normal button marked - I've changed it to rollforward but it still brings it up with normal - so I think it's just a command with a default of normal set. Is there a command that I can run that will show me the current mode of the recovery log. AIX 5.1 TSM 4.2.1.9 Thanks --- The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination of the information or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message. Thank you.
Re: recovery log mode
Q status will show the logmode. -Original Message- From: Mire, Nona [mailto:MireN;LOURDESRMC.COM] Sent: November 12, 2002 3:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: recovery log mode We did an upgrade last week and I want to make sure my recovery log is set to rollforward and I can't find it to verify. The only option I see is to set the recovery log mode and when I bring this option up in gui it brings it up with the normal button marked - I've changed it to rollforward but it still brings it up with normal - so I think it's just a command with a default of normal set. Is there a command that I can run that will show me the current mode of the recovery log. AIX 5.1 TSM 4.2.1.9 Thanks
Re: How to write script to automate TSM 5.11
You can do a upd vol * acc=readw whereacc=unavail or upd vol * acc=readw whereacc=reado Dwight E. Cook Software Application Engineer III Science Applications International Corporation 509 S. Boston Ave. Suite 220 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4606 Office (918) 732-7109 -Original Message- From: Ron Lochhead [mailto:RLochhead;CSE-INSURANCE.COM] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to write script to automate TSM 5.11 I am attempting to find out how to write scripts for TSM 5.11 in an Win 2k environment to automate the various commands during a backup. Currently, I am using the command line to access the TSM server thru my workstation. What I want to do is write a script for instance, q vol * access=unavailable which an operator could type one command and get results of which vols need to be updated. Then that output file would be the input for the upd vol [volname] access=readwrite. If anyone has written that or knows where I can go to find out that info, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Ron Lochhead
Re: Journaling
Geoff, Clients: NT4 SP6 and Win2k SP2/3 - TSM client 5.1.1.0 TSM Server: Win2k SP3 - V5.1.1.0 FWIW, we currently have 3 servers that fit within Zlatko's #4 category. Between all the servers there is about 4+ million files and about 1TB of data on an HP disk array. Journaling is on and works great. We average about 1-5% changed files each night and backups typically take about 15-45 minutes for all 3 servers! And I believe Zlatko is correct on his categorizing. Windows sees disk of type #1,2,3,45 as local. (#5 is a bit of a special case however...) It cannot tell the difference between a DASD SCSI/RAID disk, and a SAN-attached FC array. Windows speaks SCSI to the SAN disks the same as it does to DASD's and the HBA simply handles the FC encapsulation and transport (since FC really just does exactly that: encapsulates the SCSI commands). OS has/needs no knowledge of it. I would call up support again, as it SHOULD work. My two bits... Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst ID Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Gill, Geoffrey L. [mailto:GEOFFREY.L.GILL;SAIC.COM] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 6:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Journaling I agree, and would like for Geoff to reply about what he sees, relative to the GUI window (one clear indicator). Do his SAN drives appear under the Local branch or Network? (I noticed at my old 4.2 level, my locally-defined shares were listed under Network --- \\server\uploads was there, it even had the local path in parenthesis, on the c$ drive.) Using Terminal services on the system I see the disk in question listed with the rest of the disks under Local in the GUI; however I also see it under Network. When I expand the tree I can see everything in both. The drive letter also matches. Disk management shows it as a Dynamic disk. This is at the latest client level in case I forget to say that. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154
Re: recovery log mode
type q sys from the gui command line... Mire, Nona MireN@LOURDESRM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] C.COM cc: Sent by: ADSM: Subject: recovery log mode Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] T.EDU 11/12/2002 02:30 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager We did an upgrade last week and I want to make sure my recovery log is set to rollforward and I can't find it to verify. The only option I see is to set the recovery log mode and when I bring this option up in gui it brings it up with the normal button marked - I've changed it to rollforward but it still brings it up with normal - so I think it's just a command with a default of normal set. Is there a command that I can run that will show me the current mode of the recovery log. AIX 5.1 TSM 4.2.1.9 Thanks
Re: not like underscore
Unfortunately getting the node names is only the first part. Where I am
really heading is something like:
select node_name, sum(capacity) as MB available, sum(capacity * pct_util /
100) as MB used from filespaces where (cast(days(current_date) -
days(backup_end)) as integer 5) and node_name not like '%_%' group by
node_name
But first I have to find out how to exclude node names with underscores.
- Kai.
-Original Message-
From: Cook, Dwight E
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: 11/12/02 11:47 AM
Subject: RE: not like underscore
Well,
q node *_*
works...???
Dwight
-Original Message-
From: Kai Hintze [mailto:kai.hintze;ALBERTSONS.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: not like underscore
Oh wiseness of wizards of tsm-flavored SQL, how do you match an
underscore?
I need to find node names that do not contain an underscore ('_'). I
thought
that would be no problem, just select node_name from nodes where
node_name
not like '%_%', but that doesn't find anything. A bit more research
revealed that '_' is the single character match, so that expression
parsed
out to something like select node_names without any characters. Not
what I
wanted at all.
I've played with a couple of things to escape the underscore, but I
haven't
found anything that works yet. I thought I remembered reading something
about match and wildcards in this list, but all I can find in the
archives
is the mention that underscore is the single character wildcard.
If I can't find an answer fairly quickly I will just dump everything to
a
file and parse out the results with perl or something, but I really
think
what I need to do could be done easily in SQL if I could just parse out
the
underscore.
I thank you in advance for any light you could shed on my difficulty.
- Kai.
Re: Journaling
This journaling thing, when working, is definitely a help. I must say though that in this specific case it has been mighty strange. I set this up back in October and it did not kick in on this SAN disk with the 4+ million files right away. But there was an entry on 11/2 that pointed to a completion, I could tell from the amount of files inspected and the entry using journal on g$. Then all of a sudden for about a week it stopped. I called support, sent all the files and was told it doesn't work with SAN attached storage. After some emails from all of you I decided to re-open this ticket, which I did. In the mean time I've been looking at the logs and for the past 2 backups it's now working again. Don't ask me how. I'm going to respond to support accordingly when they call me, and send them all the files I have, again. I'd like to see if they can find a reason for the 6 day break if possible. I'd also like to know, when in the log I sent them it clearly shows it was working on the 2nd, why they'd tell me it's not supported on SAN attached disk. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154 -Original Message- From: Chris Murphy [mailto:cmurphy;IDL.STATE.ID.US] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 1:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Journaling Geoff, Clients: NT4 SP6 and Win2k SP2/3 - TSM client 5.1.1.0 TSM Server: Win2k SP3 - V5.1.1.0 FWIW, we currently have 3 servers that fit within Zlatko's #4 category. Between all the servers there is about 4+ million files and about 1TB of data on an HP disk array. Journaling is on and works great. We average about 1-5% changed files each night and backups typically take about 15-45 minutes for all 3 servers! And I believe Zlatko is correct on his categorizing. Windows sees disk of type #1,2,3,45 as local. (#5 is a bit of a special case however...) It cannot tell the difference between a DASD SCSI/RAID disk, and a SAN-attached FC array. Windows speaks SCSI to the SAN disks the same as it does to DASD's and the HBA simply handles the FC encapsulation and transport (since FC really just does exactly that: encapsulates the SCSI commands). OS has/needs no knowledge of it. I would call up support again, as it SHOULD work. My two bits... Chris Murphy IT Network Analyst ID Dept. of Lands Office: (208) 334-0293 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: YAPC.
= On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 22:17:43 -0600, DFrance [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: So, Allen -- what is it you do that accomplishes the (virtual) filespace configuration... on NT/Win2K? I'm doing it on AIX, but I think it's cross-platform: virtualmountpoint /an/interesting/path - Allen S. Rout
Re: Where did the online manuals go?
The manual website has been unavailable recently... If you can't access it you can always try the archive link. This will allow some limited access to 4.2 manuals, which may be better than nothing. I have given this link out before because its kind of neat to be able to access the archives of tivoli.com. http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.tivoli.com Sam - Original Message - From: Cook, Dwight E [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:23 AM Subject: Re: Where did the online manuals go? http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TD_PROD_LIST. html just worked for me but it wasn't working at about 10:00 CDT Dwight E. Cook Software Application Engineer III Science Applications International Corporation 509 S. Boston Ave. Suite 220 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4606 Office (918) 732-7109 -Original Message- From: Alexander Verkooijen [mailto:alexander;sara.nl] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Where did the online manuals go? Hello, Does anybody know where the online manuals are? They used to be at http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TD_PROD_LIST. html #S but that link is dead now. There is a notice on the Tivoli site telling me that the manuals have been moved: http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/info_center/redi rect _info.html And after a few seconds it re-directs me to the dead link above! I've tried the new (IBM) support site, but it seems that registration is required to access it. We used to give our customers the URL to the manuals so they could solve most of their own problems. Since we can't expect our customers to register on the IBM site our only alternative would be to maintain a repository of manuals on our own website. Keeping such a repository up to date would be very time consuming. Regards, Alexander --- Alexander Verkooijen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Systems Programmer SARA High Performance Computing
Upstate NY TSM Users Group Meeting Announcement
Announcing the 1st Upstate NY TSM Users Group Meeting to be held at the IBM Syracuse facility 300 South State Street Syracuse, NY 13202 Conference Room #1 on November 20, 2002 1-3pm Agenda to include: Introductions TSM Update SRM presentation and demo Open Discussion and a chance to meet other TSM users. Please confirm your attendence back to Jeff Connor ([EMAIL PROTECTED], 315-428-6096) at National Grid and cc: Ron Neidig at IBM ([EMAIL PROTECTED], 781-895-1360).
Re: Upgrade to 5.1.1.6
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L;VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of Bruce Kamp I just upgraded to TSM 5.1.1.6 on AIX 4.3.3 from TSM 4.1.4.5. Where can I find the documentation on how to setup a management class for system objects how to associate the system objects to it? http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TSMC/GC32-078 8-01/en_US/PDF/GC32-0788-01.PDF Search for include.systemobject -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Certified TSM consultant Certified AIX system engineer MCSE
write protected tapes???? NOT!
I've checked these tapes many times over yet this still happens. Can anyone tell me if a drive might be to blame? This is happening on the test system thankfully. 11/08/02 12:05:03 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01934 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:05:30 ANR8778W Scratch volume U01934 changed to Private Status to prevent re-access. 11/08/02 12:06:17 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01936 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:06:45 ANR8778W Scratch volume U01936 changed to Private Status to prevent re-access. 11/08/02 12:07:33 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01939 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:08:00 ANR8778W Scratch volume U01939 changed to Private Status to prevent re-access. 11/08/02 12:08:10 ANR8308I 001: 3590 volume U01904 is required for use in library 3494LIB; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 16 minutes. 11/08/02 12:08:47 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01916 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:09:17 ANR8778W Scratch volume U01916 changed to Private Status to prevent re-access. It does it to all of them Date/Time Message -- 11/08/02 12:01:19 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01931 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:02:33 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01932 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:03:49 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01933 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:05:03 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01934 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:06:17 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01936 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:07:33 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01939 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:08:47 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01916 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:10:04 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01915 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:11:17 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01913 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:12:32 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01910 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:13:48 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01908 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:15:02 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01907 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:16:16 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01905 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:17:31 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01924 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:18:44 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01923 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:19:58 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01921 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:21:13 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01920 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:22:28 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01919 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:23:43 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01918 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:25:15 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01917 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:26:30 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01903 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:27:44 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01901 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:28:59 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01925 is write protected. 11/08/02 21:06:41 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01938 is write protected. 11/12/02 08:01:13 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01926 is write protected. 11/12/02 08:06:19 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01927 is write protected. 11/12/02 08:08:05 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01928 is write protected. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail:mailto:gillg;saic.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154
Re: restore to diff. client
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L;VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of David Stabler Unfortunately we're just single vendor, so I can't test this, but is it because of the big endian versus little endian data storage scheme? I doubt it's the filesystem method selected, because the structure of the filesystem is OS dependent and Tivoli really just backs up directory entry information and files (with associated access detail). While it would be an interesting test, I don't have the cycles for it right now. What prompts me to state that it's a filesystem thing is that I can't even restore a file from an uncompressed NetWare volume to a compressed NetWare volume (and vice-versa). The difference is that NetWare compression changes the structure of the filesystem of the volume. DOS/Windows end-of-lines contain carriage returns and line-feeds; UNIX files contain line-feeds only, and Mac files contain carriage returns only. (I think that's right.) While these are trivial examples, I'm sure there are more profound differences that make cross-OS-platform restores problematic. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Certified TSM consultant Certified AIX system engineer MCSE
TSA ERRORS WHEN RESTORING FILES WITH NEW CLIENT
I recently installted the new TSM client on several Novell servers and am having trouble restoring files. I receive error (TSA500.NLM 5.5 300) An error occured while the program attempted to write a file. This seems to be happening on the Novell Servers with NSS VolumesHas anyone experienced this problem? Thanks, Laura Booth
Re: TSA ERRORS WHEN RESTORING FILES WITH NEW CLIENT
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L;VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of Laura Booth I recently installted the new TSM client on several Novell servers and am having trouble restoring files. I receive error (TSA500.NLM 5.5 300) An error occured while the program attempted to write a file. This seems to be happening on the Novell Servers with NSS VolumesHas anyone experienced this problem? Here's the deal with NetWare clients for TSM: You need to use the absolute pure-T latest version of the TSA and SMDR modules you can find. Look on the Novell web site for TSA5UP9 (for NetWare 5.1x); I'm not sure what there is for NetWare 6. (You must be using version 5.1.0+ of the TSM client for NetWare 6.) Next time you send a request for help, be sure to mention the OS and level of the TSM server, and the OS and level of the TSM client. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Certified TSM consultant Certified AIX system engineer MCSE
Re: write protected tapes???? NOT!
You didn't mention how many drives in library and if all drives do this, but if you've checked the tapes then yes it can be a drive. Drive has to sense somehow the write protect tabe of the tape. It's just another sensor that can fail like any component. I would try powering off/on library/drive first and see if it clears problem. If not run diags or call for service. David Longo [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/12/02 10:09PM I've checked these tapes many times over yet this still happens. Can anyone tell me if a drive might be to blame? This is happening on the test system thankfully. 11/08/02 12:05:03 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01934 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:05:30 ANR8778W Scratch volume U01934 changed to Private Status to prevent re-access. 11/08/02 12:06:17 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01936 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:06:45 ANR8778W Scratch volume U01936 changed to Private Status to prevent re-access. 11/08/02 12:07:33 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01939 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:08:00 ANR8778W Scratch volume U01939 changed to Private Status to prevent re-access. 11/08/02 12:08:10 ANR8308I 001: 3590 volume U01904 is required for use in library 3494LIB; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 16 minutes. 11/08/02 12:08:47 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01916 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:09:17 ANR8778W Scratch volume U01916 changed to Private Status to prevent re-access. It does it to all of them Date/Time Message -- 11/08/02 12:01:19 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01931 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:02:33 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01932 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:03:49 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01933 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:05:03 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01934 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:06:17 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01936 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:07:33 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01939 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:08:47 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01916 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:10:04 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01915 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:11:17 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01913 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:12:32 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01910 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:13:48 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01908 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:15:02 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01907 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:16:16 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01905 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:17:31 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01924 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:18:44 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01923 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:19:58 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01921 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:21:13 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01920 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:22:28 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01919 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:23:43 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01918 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:25:15 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01917 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:26:30 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01903 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:27:44 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01901 is write protected. 11/08/02 12:28:59 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01925 is write protected. 11/08/02 21:06:41 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01938 is write protected. 11/12/02 08:01:13 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01926 is write protected. 11/12/02 08:06:19 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01927 is write protected. 11/12/02 08:08:05 ANR8463E 3590 volume U01928 is write protected. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail:mailto:gillg;saic.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154 MMS health-first.org made the following annotations on 11/12/2002 11:02:41 PM -- This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. ==
Windows IMAGE backups on NAS or Network drives (was RE: Journaling)
So... does this same constraint apply to the new Windows IMAGE backup?!? In particular, I have a customer with Celera NAS,,, wondering if they could do an image backup (offline or online) of a NAS share from external Win2K box. We already know NDMP is coming real soon, early next year -- not soon enough; their immediate problem is (a) EDM is not working well, (b) they have two servers with very large file spaces -- one's 710 GB (6 million directory-objects, 12 hi-level directories, for department-level separation), the other is about 400 GB (user home directories). I advise them to get their drive-letters under 1 million files/dirs, under 200 GB, and they're doing that, but it will take another 6 months to get there! TIA. Don France Technical Architect -- Tivoli Certified Consultant Tivoli Storage Manager, WinNT/2K, AIX/Unix, OS/390 San Jose, Ca (408) 257-3037 mailto:don_france;ayett.net (change aye to a for replies) Professional Association of Contract Employees (P.A.C.E. -- www.pacepros.com) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L;VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of Pete Tanenhaus Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Journaling By nonlocal I did mean network drives. To be more precise, drives that NT considers to be network drives. To perfectly honest, I'm not all that familiar with SAN and haven't tried to journal a SAN attached device. Journal Based Backup relies on the Win32 api ReadDirectoryChangesW to monitor file system change activity. If this api will work with a SAN attached device (it doesn't with mapped drives), Journal Based Backup will work, if it doesn't it won't. It hasn't been tested so I can neither confirm nor deny that it will/won't work, and of course the official position will be that if it hasn't been tested we don't support it. If you are in a position to try it please post your results on the list, I'd be interested. Implementing Jbb on any type of NAS device would be difficult as NAS boxes only implement (actually simulate might be a better term) a portion of the NT file system and any type of journaling solution would have to work in the context of the file system api support the particular NAS vendor provides, and I seriously doubt (but don't know for sure) that any type change monitor support would be available, and even if were it would probably be specific to the particular NAS box meaning that we potentially would have to implement a different solution each specific NAS filer. Pete Tanenhaus Tivoli Storage Solutions Software Development email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tieline: 320.8778, external: 607.754.4213 Those who refuse to challenge authority are condemned to conform to it -- Forwarded by Pete Tanenhaus/San Jose/IBM on 11/07/2002 03:56 PM --- Whitlow, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 11/07/2002 03:19:47 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Journaling Pete, Thanks for the reply. However, I'm still trying to wrap my head around why this should not work. When you say a non-local filesystem, are you by any chance meaning anything mounted via a connection to a share on another Win32 box? Or maybe via NFS? I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm just having a hard time seeing how the OS sees the distinction between a disk connected via a SCSI HBA vs. a disk on a SAN connected via an FC HBA. An I/O request to either should be exactly the same as far as the O/S and anything else at the application layer is concerned. I'm wondering if maybe we just have a misunderstanding over semantics? Again, appreciate the feedback. I'm just trying to clarify the situation as we have a box or two that would probably benefit from journaling, but the disk on those servers are SAN-Attached. Sincerely, Don Whitlow Quad/Graphics, Inc. Manager - Enterprise Computing [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Pete Tanenhaus [mailto:tanenhau;US.IBM.COM] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Journaling Unfortunately this is beyond our (development's) control. The Microsoft Win32 api used to monitor file system changes does not support non-local file systems. It might be possible to write some sort of file system extension (filter) to implement this type of support but it would be a major development undertaking and would involve a considerable investment of time and resource which I'm not sure management would be willing to consider. Pete Tanenhaus Tivoli Storage Solutions Software Development email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tieline: 320.8778, external: 607.754.4213 Those who refuse to challenge authority are condemned to conform to it -- Forwarded by Pete Tanenhaus/San Jose/IBM on 11/07/2002 02:52 PM --- Whitlow, Don [EMAIL
Re: A success story
Mark Go through the README file once on the web client installation.There you can find pre-requisites for IE and Netscape browsers.You can download JRE from java.sun.com Regards Raghu. Mark D. Rodriguez To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mark@MDRCONScc: ULT.COM Subject: Re: A success story Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU 11/07/2002 10:14 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Mark Stapleton wrote: I just did a new TSM installation for a customer today, using the Windows server version 5.1.5.2, and boy was it slick going in! The IBM 3583 LTO tape library installation, which is where installs usually fall down, went as smooth as silk. When I told the TSM device driver to use Windows 2000/optical support, the library was automatically bound to using the TSM device driver; the drives were left using the Ultrium drivers. It found the element numbers automatically. Sweet! I only have one reservation right now. We set up the web-based client service on several boxes (Windows client version 5.1.5.2). But we couldn't get them to finish loading. When you went to http://client_name:1581, the java app would start to load, but would never finish. We waited a few minutes on each of them, but finally gave up. The regular client GUI works fine. Has anyone run across this? -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Certified TSM consultant Certified AIX system engineer MCSE Mark, Check the version of java on the system that is running the browser you are using to connect to the clients. I believe you need to be at java 1.3.1. I had a similar hang when I was at the wrong java level. -- Regards, Mark D. Rodriguez President MDR Consulting, Inc. === MDR Consulting The very best in Technical Training and Consulting. IBM Advanced Business Partner SAIR Linux and GNU Authorized Center for Education IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert, CATE AIX Support and Performance Tuning, RS6000 SP, TSM/ADSM and Linux Red Hat Certified Engineer, RHCE ===
Re: anr9999 Message on 5.1.5.1
Hello, the same error is in 4.2.3.0. I have an open PMR for this problem. If you turn on context reporting you will get an detailed error message. We experienced this error on our test system. - PMR PMR PMR 08763 TSM: Error in actlog after upgrade Status Open Contact Name Rainer Tammer Last Updated 02/11/11 Severity 3 Created 02/11/02 Branch 070 Country/Region 724 Customer Number nnn APAR Number ___ PMR Contents: +AIXSERV - -L217/ENPSER-P3S3-02/11/02-15:54--CE *** RS/6000 SUPPORT LINE ENTITLED R1S2S3L4 *** Electronic creation by customer tammer *** Please contact customer by PHONE *** *** Problem Details E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Abstract: TSM: Error in actlog after upgrade . Operating System: AIX V4.3 Product Group: ADSM (Adstar Distributed Storage Manager) . Environment: TSM 4.2.3.0 Server on AIX 4.3.3.0 ML10 Windows NT Client 4.2.3.1 Windows NT 4.0 SP6a . Problem: Hello, please have a look ath the following error: Steps: 1. Upgrade TSM Server on AIX from 4.2.2.8 to 4.2.3.0 2. Backup with 4.2.2.0 Client on NT 2. Deinstall TSM 4.2.2.0 Client on NT 3. Install 4.2.3.1 Client on NT 4. Backup System Object 5. See the error in the act log: 11/02/02 13:52:16 ANR1142I Moving data for collocation cluster 5 of 16 on volume 014. 11/02/02 14:00:20 ANE4952I (Session: 135, Node: TAMMER-PPP) Total number of objects inspected: 9 11/02/02 14:00:20 ANE4954I (Session: 135, Node: TAMMER-PPP) Total number of objects backed up: 9 11/02/02 14:00:20 ANE4957I (Session: 135, Node: TAMMER-PPP) Total number of objects deleted: 0 11/02/02 14:00:20 ANE4970I (Session: 135, Node: TAMMER-PPP) Total number of objects expired: 0 11/02/02 14:01:05 ANE4955I (Session: 135, Node: TAMMER-PPP) Total number of objects restored: 6 11/02/02 14:01:08 ANRD smnode.c(18972): ThreadId40 Session exiting has no affinityId cluster 11/02/02 14:01:08 (40) Context report 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Thread AcceptorThread (20) is a parent thread related to: 40 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) Generating TM Context Report: (struct=tmTxnDesc) (slots=256) 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) *** no transactions found *** 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) Generating Database Transaction Table Context: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) Tsn=0:3893866 -- Valid=1, inRollback=0, endNTA=0, State=2, Index=2, LatchCount=0, SavePoint=0, TotLogRecs=0, TotLogBytes=0, UndoLogRecs=0, UndoLogBytes=0, LogReserve=0, PageReserve=0, Elapsed=11 (secs), MinLsn=0.0.0, MaxLsn=0.0.0, LastLsn=0.0.0, UndoNextLsn=0.0.0, logWriter=False, backupTxn=False 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) Open objects: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) name -Filespaces- (sp=0) 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) *** no transactions found *** 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) Generating SM Context Report: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) *** no sessions found *** 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) Generating AS Vol Context Report: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) No mounted (or mount in progress) volumes. 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) Generating ssSession Context Report: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) No storage service sessions active. 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) Generating ssOpenSeg Context Report: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) No storage service segments found. 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) Generating BF Copy Control Context Report: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (20) No global copy control blocks. 11/02/02 14:01:09 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) SessionThread : ANRD calling thread 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Generating TM Context Report: (struct=tmTxnDesc) (slots=256) 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) slot - 106: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Tsn=0:3893866, Resurrected=False, InFlight=True, Distributed=False 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Participants=1, summaryVote=ReadOnly 11/02/02 14:01:09 Participant DB: voteReceived=False, ackReceived=False 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Generating Database Transaction Table Context: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) *** no transactions found *** 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Generating SM Context Report: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Session 135: Type=Node, Id=TAMMER-PPP 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Platform=WinNT, NodeId=9, Owner= 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) SessType=4, Index=1, TermReason=0 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) RecvWaitTime=0.000 (samples=0) 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Backup Objects ( bytes ) Inserted: 0 ( 0.0 ) 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Backup Objects ( bytes ) Restored: 7 (0.1613143 ) 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Archive Objects ( bytes ) Inserted: 0 ( 0.0 ) 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Archive Objects ( bytes ) Retrieved: 0 ( 0.0 ) 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Last Verb ( SignOff ), Last Verb State ( Recv ) 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Generating AS Vol Context Report: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) No mounted (or mount in progress) volumes. 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Generating ssSession Context Report: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) No storage service sessions active. 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Generating ssOpenSeg Context Report: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) No storage service segments found. 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) Generating BF Copy Control Context Report: 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) No global copy control blocks. 11/02/02 14:01:09 11/02/02 14:01:09 (40) End
