Re: Offsite tape challenge
We take the tapes out of the library and set the access to Offsite and the location to Vault. Access of Offsite prevents TSM from trying to mount the tape, and location is a free form text field, so we just call it Vault as the tapes our stored onsite in a Vault. Once a week we take tapes offsite, and bring tapes back. When tapes go offsite the location is changed to Offsite. We use Korn Shell scripts to handle all this, on AIX. If you'd like more information on how we do all this, let me know offline. Ray Baughman Engineering Systems Administrator TSM Administrator National Machinery LLC Phone 419-443-2257 Fax 419-443-2376 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Orin Rehorst Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 4:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Offsite tape challenge Worry...worry...worry...about disasters...terrorists...and recoveries. My bosses worry a lot, me likely not enough. Am storing copy pool offsite once a week. Box of tapes comes here, we update the copy pool, box goes back offsite. What about a daily? They don't want to bring the box back and forth every day...just place dailies in a building next door. But how might you manage that with TSM? Regards, Orin Orin Rehorst Port of Houston Authority (Largest U.S. port in foreign tonnage) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (713)670-2443 Fax: (713)670-2457 TOPAS web site: www.homestead.com/topas/topas.html
Re: Restore of MS Exchange
Yahya, If it is within the same domain, you might have trouble. You also didn't state whether you were running Exchange 5.5 or Exchange 2000. They each have their own issues involved with alternate server restores. Keep in mind there is the /FROMEXCSERVER=servername option to allow TDP for Exchange to query/restore the backups from a different server. The issue becomes more of what the Exchange Server will allow. Please refer to the documentation in the User's Guide for Advanced Restore Procedures. Also, for Exchange 2000, Microsoft has some good information here: www.microsoft.com/Exchange/techinfo/deployment/2000/E2Krecovery.asp Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Never cut what can be untied. - Commit yourself to constant improvement. = We have TDP for MS Exchange Version 2.2. If I rename another WIN2K or NT server to be same as current exchange server, will it be possible to restore Exchange data to this new machine, while the original Exchange server is still running.
Compaq Network Settings
Hi All I have a compaq Proliant 370 with 2 750Mhz CPU's With 2Gig of Memory and 2 1Gigabit Network Cards, teamed with 1 active and the other is a failover standby card. Does anyone have some info on how best to setup these cards for the best performance. I have a number of errors where I get timeouts on these cards and they both show Receive Overruns when this happens. If anyone has an answer on how best to setup these cards I would be really grateful as, I have tried just about everything and the only thing I can get to work is by reducing max sessions to 40 and increasing the network card setting for receiving to the max of 768, also running only one card the other one has been removed. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Offsite tape challenge
BTW: you are having an exposure with this bring-back + back-offsite. While the box is onsite you have no off-site copies and are vulnerable to disaster. TSM is made to handle off-site copies without any need to bring them on-site before new copy is send out. Look again through your procedures. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Orin Rehorst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19.11.2002 23:21 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Offsite tape challenge Worry...worry...worry...about disasters...terrorists...and recoveries. My bosses worry a lot, me likely not enough. Am storing copy pool offsite once a week. Box of tapes comes here, we update the copy pool, box goes back offsite. What about a daily? They don't want to bring the box back and forth every day...just place dailies in a building next door. But how might you manage that with TSM? Regards, Orin Orin Rehorst Port of Houston Authority (Largest U.S. port in foreign tonnage) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (713)670-2443 Fax: (713)670-2457 TOPAS web site: www.homestead.com/topas/topas.html
Re: How do you back up 2 PB of data?
Well... Using realistice daily change rates, real hardware, high performace drives and some tricks, no problem On dinsdag, november 19, 2002, at 06:06 , Dan Foster wrote: 2 PB is 2,048 TB, or 2,097,152 GB. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdamhttp://www.sara.nl High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 8008Fax. +31 20 668 3167 PGP keys at http://home.sara.nl/~remco/keys.asc I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end. -- Douglas Adams
Re: Collocation Compression considerations for a 1TB Oracle Data Warehouse
-- Q1 - We are considering whether to set TSM Client Compression=Yes ... I've installed client with node compression for a customer with 600+ GB Oracle DB backed up off-line. The node was p660-6M1 and result was 10-11 MB/s uncompressed 3-4 MB/s compressed per thread/per processor (RS64-IV@750MHz). Thus you might be unable to stream compressed data for best drive performance. Have in mind after node compression your 10 GB files will shrink to approx. 4GB and diskpool might be sufficient (I would recommend at least to double it). Consider few things: - we already had a problem with nearly full diskpool: for most of the sessions TSM allocates in the pool full file size and after transaction end reservation is reduced. Last sessions see a lot of space allocated, assume their file will not fit and go down the storage hierarchy. - each thread uses only one processor for compression (or it looked to me in this way). To achieve higher performance you need more sessions but more diskpool space. -- Q4 - If we set Collocation=Filespace, can we limit the number of tapes used you can use maxscratch to limit the number of tapes and dynamically change/increase it. However this would not prevent multiple mounts caused by collocation=filespace. The few-nodes approach might be better for DLT/LTO. Have also in mind diskpool to tape migration relieves data scatering in part. -- Q5 - Does backup of 10GB files to a local tape device via Shared Memory require special performance tuning? I would say no and in our case TCP/IP and loopback interface were more than enough. -- What else should we do ... You can do many things and solve the puzzle in many ways. We used diskpool big enough to fit the whole backup after node compression. After the backup data is migrated to DLT and worked fine. This might not be possible in your case. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Kent Monthei [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19.11.2002 19:58 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Collocation Compression considerations for a 1TB Oracle Data Warehouse We need to perform scheduled full/cold backups of a 1TB Oracle database on a Sun Enterprise 1 (E10K) server running Solaris 8 and TSM Server/Client v5.1. The server has a local 30-slot tape library with 4 SCSI DLT7000 drives, and a 32GB diskpool. TSM Shared Memory protocol and both SELFTUNE... settings are enabled. The Oracle database is comprised of very large files (most are 10GB) across 20 filesystem mountpoints (RAID 1+0). We defined 1 TSM Client node with ResourceUtilization=10, collocation disabled, compression disabled and the DevClass Format=DLT35C (DLT7000, hardware compression enabled). The Backup CopyGroup is directed to a Primary TapePool. The DiskPool is 30GB, but is not used for the Oracle DB backup because of the huge filesizes. GOOD - During the first backup we saw 4 active data sessions and 4 mounted tapes at all times. The backup used all 4 drives 100% of the time, and because of hardware compression ultimately used only 4 tapes. NOT SO GOOD - The backup took approx 18.5 hours, which translates to about 13.5 GB/hour per tape drive. We expected to achieve 25GB/hour per drive (based on prior performance with TSM 3.7 on the same hardware). BAD - portions of every filespace (possibly even portions of each 10GB file?) were scattered across all 4 tapes BAD - a subsequent 'BACKUP STGPOOL tapepool copypool' had to decompress then recompress all 1TB of data, took longer than the backup BAD - a subsequent Disaster Recovery test took 30 hours - we couldn't find any 'dsmc' command-line syntax to initiate a multi-threaded restore for multiple filespaces. We had to initiate filespace restores individually and sequentially to avoid tape contention problems (i.e., strong likelihood of concurrent threads or processes requesting data from different locations on the same 4 tapes at the same time) We cannot backup to DiskPool and let Migration manage tape drive utilization, because the individual files are so large (10GB) that they would almost immediately flood the 30GB DiskPool. Q1 - We are considering whether to set TSM Client Compression=Yes and use DevClass Format=DLT35 (instead of DLT35C) to solve the decompress/recompress problem. However, there will then be 4 TSM Client processes performing cpu-intensive data compression plus the TSM Server process, all running concurrently on one server. Will that be too processor-intensive, could the server deliver data fast enough to keep all 4 drives streaming? Q2 - We are also considering whether to set Collocation=Filespace to permit multiple concurrent restores with minimal tape contention. Wouldn't that use 20 or more tapes during a backup instead of just 4, and wouldn't we overrun our library's 30-slot limit just doing the 1st backup, 1st 'BACKUP STGPOOL tapepool copypool' and 1st 'Backup DB' ? Q3 - How
Re: Offsite tape challenge
I ship between 8 and 12 LTO tapes off-site every weekday morning. Once a week we generate a pull list of all off-site tapes in pending or empty status and have them (plust the oldest week's TSM database backups) brought back. This runs to about 40 tapes coming back. I do daily reclaims of some of the off-site tape pools; others are archive pools with a 21 day retention. These I just let die the death and come back after the 21 days. My courier is part of our help-desk staff (a former mainframe computer operator), so we don't need to do the 'sealed box' bit. And our off-site storage is the company hanger at the local airport, about 11 miles away. As of now, I show 95 tapes off-site; 19 are ready to come back (or serve as initial scratch pool at D/R). The process works. We've done a number of successful D/R tests and haven't run into missing/unavailable files in the last three years. Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -Original Message- From: Orin Rehorst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 4:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Offsite tape challenge Worry...worry...worry...about disasters...terrorists...and recoveries. My bosses worry a lot, me likely not enough. Am storing copy pool offsite once a week. Box of tapes comes here, we update the copy pool, box goes back offsite. What about a daily? They don't want to bring the box back and forth every day...just place dailies in a building next door. But how might you manage that with TSM? Regards, Orin Orin Rehorst Port of Houston Authority (Largest U.S. port in foreign tonnage) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (713)670-2443 Fax: (713)670-2457 TOPAS web site: www.homestead.com/topas/topas.html
Re: How do you back up 2 PB of data?
ADIC has some pretty high-end libraries. Their AML/2 library claims a top capacity of over 5PB, 400 drives, and over 7,600 pieces of media. It supports around 20 different media types. When SAIT comes out, that capacity would likely go up significantly higher. At 05:51 PM 11/19/2002 +, Dan Foster wrote: Hot Diggety! Orville Lantto was rumored to have written: A 72 drive, 10 I/O slot 3584 library will hold 2207 cartridges. with 175 GB/cartridge that works out to 6 libraries. Aye, in terms of tape capacity. However, if you have a requirement that it finish an entire full backup in a single day -- say, 20 hours...and you get between 15-30 MB/sec for HW compressed writes with the LTO drives. So we pick a common number that's actually sustainable in real life: 22.5 MB/sec. 22.5 MB/sec * 72,000 seconds (20 hrs) * 72 drives * 6 libraries = 683,438 TB, or about 32.6% of 2 PB. Therefore you need 3 times the original number of 6 libraries, and that's assuming you can keep up this rate constantly for every single second of 20 hours. 18 fully decked out 3584 libraries would be something to behold, I think ;) That'd span 106 frames and 1,296 LTO drives. A single full backup would run about $18M (list price) worth of tapes in that kind of configuration. I'd like to work for a place that can afford it! Even after deep discounting, that's still $8-10M worth of tapes. -Dan -- Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 747 Rhodes Hall, Cornell UniversityFx: 607-255-8521 Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Activity Log
Good Morning TSM'ers, Can someone tell me where the activity log maps to on the AIX side. I would like to expand the duration of the log, but I need to know how much is being utilized currently before I do that. Thanks in advance -kane
Re: Activity Log
The actlog is another table in the TSM DB. Do a q status and Activity Log Retention Period will show how many days you are keeping. I would keep a minimum of 7 days, I keep 30 days. It can be very useful in tracking down problems. To change use set actlogretention. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax:321.434.5509 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/02 09:44AM Good Morning TSM'ers, Can someone tell me where the activity log maps to on the AIX side. I would like to expand the duration of the log, but I need to know how much is being utilized currently before I do that. Thanks in advance -kane MMS health-first.org made the following annotations on 11/20/2002 09:53:23 AM -- 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. ==
Re: Activity Log
Well, you expand the duration of the activity log by issuing command Set ACT 30 This wil keep activoty log for 30 days. To see how long its retained for now, type command Q ST' and look for Activity Log Retention Period: Thanks, Robert Rippy. From: Nelson Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/20/2002 09:44 AMActivity Log Retention Period: Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Activity Log Good Morning TSM'ers, Can someone tell me where the activity log maps to on the AIX side. I would like to expand the duration of the log, but I need to know how much is being utilized currently before I do that. Thanks in advance -kane
Re: Activity Log
If you're concerned about your activity log eating up too much space in your TSM database, don't be. It uses relatively tiny amounts compared to the contents table. But there'e probably no good reason to keep more than 30 days. - Mr. Lindsay Morris Lead Architect, Servergraph www.servergraph.com http://www.servergraph.com 859-253-8000 ofc 425-988-8478 fax -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nelson Kane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 9:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Activity Log Good Morning TSM'ers, Can someone tell me where the activity log maps to on the AIX side. I would like to expand the duration of the log, but I need to know how much is being utilized currently before I do that. Thanks in advance -kane
Re: Activity Log
I think the activity log is normally held inside the TSM database not as a separate file hence increasing the length of time you keep it for will impact on your database volume usage. Regards Tim -Original Message- From: Nelson Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 November 2002 14:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Activity Log Good Morning TSM'ers, Can someone tell me where the activity log maps to on the AIX side. I would like to expand the duration of the log, but I need to know how much is being utilized currently before I do that. Thanks in advance -kane _ This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SchlumbergerSema. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the SchlumbergerSema Helpdesk by telephone on +44 (0) 121 627 5600. _
Server rejected session; result code: 52
Greetings All, Any idea what could cause TSM to error out ? f1n15 /tsg/tsmmore dsmerror.log 19-11-2002 06:00:01 cuSignOnResp: Server rejected session; result code: 52 19-11-2002 06:00:01 sessOpen: Error 52 receiving SignOnResp verb from server 20-11-2002 06:05:15 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/osdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/appdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/rootdir_06112002.Z ' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:29 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/dwetlappdir_051120 02.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:33 ANS1803E Archive processing of '/tsg/*' finished with failur es. Thank You and Best regards. Shekhar Dhotre Midrange Engineer. lend lease Inc , Atlanta - 30346 PH: 1+405-846-7483 FAX:1+404-848-2887 Email :[EMAIL PROTECTED] visit Us at www.lendlease.com This E-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the Individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please immediately notify us .
Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52
Have you checked if your password is still valid? If I am remembering right then 52 notes that your password has expired. regards, Manuel - Original Message - From: shekhar Dhotre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Greetings All, Any idea what could cause TSM to error out ? f1n15 /tsg/tsmmore dsmerror.log 19-11-2002 06:00:01 cuSignOnResp: Server rejected session; result code: 52 19-11-2002 06:00:01 sessOpen: Error 52 receiving SignOnResp verb from server 20-11-2002 06:05:15 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/osdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/appdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/rootdir_06112002.Z ' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:29 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/dwetlappdir_051120 02.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:33 ANS1803E Archive processing of '/tsg/*' finished with failur es. Thank You and Best regards. Shekhar Dhotre Midrange Engineer. lend lease Inc , Atlanta - 30346 PH: 1+405-846-7483 FAX:1+404-848-2887 Email :[EMAIL PROTECTED] visit Us at www.lendlease.com This E-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the Individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please immediately notify us .
Switching Collocation on/off
I have collocation switched on our onsite tapepool at the moment, what are the effects of switching this setting on and off. I'm guessing that when switched off the volumes that are 'filling' will be eventually used to 100%? What will be the effects of then switching collocation back on? Will new volumes only then be used in the library for new backups? Is data from past backups (from un-collocated backups) moved onto new tapes or are only new backups set to collocate? Marc.
Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52
h .. If I start dsmc incr session , TSM won't ask me for password ,it starts backing up . Normal File-- 1,431 /etc/vfs [Sent] Normal File-- 101 /etc/xtab [Sent] Normal File-- 1,310 /etc/xtiso.conf [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/data [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/httpdlite [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/work [Sent] Normal File--62 /etc/IMNSearch/.imnhelp [Sent] ANS1898I * Processed 1,000 files * Total number of objects inspected:1,161 Total number of objects backed up:0 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes transferred: 299.09 KB Data transfer time:0.00 sec Network data transfer rate:93,701.96 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate:220.83 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Elapsed processing time: 00:00:01 f1n15 /tsg/tsm Manuel Schweiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2002 10:29 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Have you checked if your password is still valid? If I am remembering right then 52 notes that your password has expired. regards, Manuel - Original Message - From: shekhar Dhotre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Greetings All, Any idea what could cause TSM to error out ? f1n15 /tsg/tsmmore dsmerror.log 19-11-2002 06:00:01 cuSignOnResp: Server rejected session; result code: 52 19-11-2002 06:00:01 sessOpen: Error 52 receiving SignOnResp verb from server 20-11-2002 06:05:15 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/osdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/appdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/rootdir_06112002.Z ' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:29 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/dwetlappdir_051120 02.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:33 ANS1803E Archive processing of '/tsg/*' finished with failur es. Thank You and Best regards. Shekhar Dhotre Midrange Engineer. lend lease Inc , Atlanta - 30346 PH: 1+405-846-7483 FAX:1+404-848-2887 Email :[EMAIL PROTECTED] visit Us at www.lendlease.com This E-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the Individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please immediately notify us .
Re: Activity Log
Thank you all for the quick response!
Re: Switching Collocation on/off
If collocation is on now, then each tape belongs to a specific server. If you turn it off, then TSM gets the least filling volume first to put data on even if the data belongs to another server. Makes for more efficient use of the tapes but then you could have data from multiple servers on one volume. Could result in many mounts for a restore of a server. If you turn collocation back on, then TSM will use those volumes and make them belong to the last server that had data wrote to them I believe. Then when those volumes get full, it starts with new volumes for each server that it needs and keeps only that servers data on that volume. The tapes that have multiple servers on them do not get moved to other tapes unless you perform a move data on them or move them back to the disk storage pool and then migrate back to tape. Then TSM will collocate properly again. Thanks, Robert Rippy From: Marc Lowers [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/20/2002 10:21 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Switching Collocation on/off I have collocation switched on our onsite tapepool at the moment, what are the effects of switching this setting on and off. I'm guessing that when switched off the volumes that are 'filling' will be eventually used to 100%? What will be the effects of then switching collocation back on? Will new volumes only then be used in the library for new backups? Is data from past backups (from un-collocated backups) moved onto new tapes or are only new backups set to collocate? Marc.
Re: Activity Log
We keep ActLogRetention, EventRetention and SummaryRetention at 37 days. Reason: we generate some monthly reports from those tables. That gives us a 6-7 day window to generate the reports, plus extra time to regenerate them if something is amiss, and to allow for long weekends, vacations, holidays, sick leave There are alternatives - one good recent suggestion was to create an admin schedule to frequently redirect/append the latest output of a 'q actlog' (e.g. hourly, using begintime=-1 enditme=now) to an external file. Then you can shorten ActLogRetention substantially if you need to. Kent Monthei GlaxoSmithKline Mr. Lindsay Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20-Nov-2002 10:00 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L cc: Subject:Re: Activity Log If you're concerned about your activity log eating up too much space in your TSM database, don't be. It uses relatively tiny amounts compared to the contents table. But there'e probably no good reason to keep more than 30 days. - Mr. Lindsay Morris Lead Architect, Servergraph www.servergraph.com http://www.servergraph.com 859-253-8000 ofc 425-988-8478 fax -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nelson Kane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 9:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Activity Log Good Morning TSM'ers, Can someone tell me where the activity log maps to on the AIX side. I would like to expand the duration of the log, but I need to know how much is being utilized currently before I do that. Thanks in advance -kane
Re: Activity Log
thanks!
Backup Request Form
Does anyone have a good sound and understandable Backup Request Form that they use for their users or clients. I need revise the one we are using because it is to complicated for the average user. Thanks, Robert Rippy
Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52
I would look at the number of running scheduled sessions at that time. The message is pointing at a server action (server rejected session), so try the actlog. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: shekhar Dhotre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: woensdag 20 november 2002 16:28 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 h .. If I start dsmc incr session , TSM won't ask me for password ,it starts backing up . Normal File-- 1,431 /etc/vfs [Sent] Normal File-- 101 /etc/xtab [Sent] Normal File-- 1,310 /etc/xtiso.conf [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/data [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/httpdlite [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/work [Sent] Normal File--62 /etc/IMNSearch/.imnhelp [Sent] ANS1898I * Processed 1,000 files * Total number of objects inspected:1,161 Total number of objects backed up:0 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes transferred: 299.09 KB Data transfer time:0.00 sec Network data transfer rate:93,701.96 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate:220.83 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Elapsed processing time: 00:00:01 f1n15 /tsg/tsm Manuel Schweiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2002 10:29 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Have you checked if your password is still valid? If I am remembering right then 52 notes that your password has expired. regards, Manuel - Original Message - From: shekhar Dhotre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Greetings All, Any idea what could cause TSM to error out ? f1n15 /tsg/tsmmore dsmerror.log 19-11-2002 06:00:01 cuSignOnResp: Server rejected session; result code: 52 19-11-2002 06:00:01 sessOpen: Error 52 receiving SignOnResp verb from server 20-11-2002 06:05:15 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/osdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/appdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/rootdir_06112002.Z ' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:29 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/dwetlappdir_051120 02.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:33 ANS1803E Archive processing of '/tsg/*' finished with failur es. Thank You and Best regards. Shekhar Dhotre Midrange Engineer. lend lease Inc , Atlanta - 30346 PH: 1+405-846-7483 FAX:1+404-848-2887 Email :[EMAIL PROTECTED] visit Us at www.lendlease.com This E-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the Individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please immediately notify us .
Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52
Error 52 isn't a password prob. It looks like TSM server didn't respond fast enough to the client and the session was rejected. Try increasing your timeout limit. Could be a lot of stuff hitting the server at that time...aka backups. and the TSM Server is overloaded. Thanks, Robert Rippy. From: shekhar Dhotre [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/20/2002 10:28 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 h .. If I start dsmc incr session , TSM won't ask me for password ,it starts backing up . Normal File-- 1,431 /etc/vfs [Sent] Normal File-- 101 /etc/xtab [Sent] Normal File-- 1,310 /etc/xtiso.conf [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/data [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/httpdlite [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/work [Sent] Normal File--62 /etc/IMNSearch/.imnhelp [Sent] ANS1898I * Processed 1,000 files * Total number of objects inspected:1,161 Total number of objects backed up:0 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes transferred: 299.09 KB Data transfer time:0.00 sec Network data transfer rate:93,701.96 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate:220.83 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Elapsed processing time: 00:00:01 f1n15 /tsg/tsm Manuel Schweiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2002 10:29 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Have you checked if your password is still valid? If I am remembering right then 52 notes that your password has expired. regards, Manuel - Original Message - From: shekhar Dhotre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Greetings All, Any idea what could cause TSM to error out ? f1n15 /tsg/tsmmore dsmerror.log 19-11-2002 06:00:01 cuSignOnResp: Server rejected session; result code: 52 19-11-2002 06:00:01 sessOpen: Error 52 receiving SignOnResp verb from server 20-11-2002 06:05:15 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/osdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/appdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/rootdir_06112002.Z ' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:29 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/dwetlappdir_051120 02.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:33 ANS1803E Archive processing of '/tsg/*' finished with failur es. Thank You and Best regards. Shekhar Dhotre Midrange Engineer. lend lease Inc , Atlanta - 30346 PH: 1+405-846-7483 FAX:1+404-848-2887 Email :[EMAIL PROTECTED] visit Us at www.lendlease.com This E-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the Individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please immediately notify us .
Re: 3590 Tape Drives
Phil, please clarify.did you completely replace the B1A drives with new E1A drives, or did IBM convert your existing B1A's to E1A's with an upgrade kit? James, Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19-Nov-2002 18:10 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L cc: Subject:Re: 3590 Tape Drives I experienced some problems with the B1A drives also, but we caused some of our own problems. We were running them 23 out of 24 hours every day. We cured the problem by going to the E1A and adding more tape drives. The different between the drives is the B1A are 128 track, the E1A are 256 track and the H1A are 384 track drives. You gain one third capacity for every increment you go up on your drives. We current have a total of 30 E1A tape drives between the open systems backup and the MVS systems native drives. Average at the most maybe two calls per year on the same drive different problems never the same. We still have a high percentage use per day. Philip A. James, Systems Software Specialist Software Services Unit Information Technology Services Division / Data Center California Public Employees' Retirement System Phone: (916) 326-3715 Fax: (916) 326-3884 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Martina Sawatzki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3590 Tape Drives Hi, We are working with a 3494 IBM silo with 4 drives - 3590 type B - which is connected to a RS/6000. As we are having lots of hardware problems with these drives we think about changing them to 3590 drives type E. Does anyone have experience with this type of tape drive ? I`m mainly interested in a kind of comparison concerning performance and availibility between the both types B - E. Thanks a lot Martina
Help Urgently needed
When I try to create a scheduler service on a NT4 running TSM Version 4.2.31 I get this error: The procedure Entry Point TSMEnumDependentServiceEnd Could not be located in the Dynamic Link Library TMSUTIL1.DLL Please help Thanks Mehdi Amini LAN/WAN Engineer ValueOptions 12369 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite C Reston, VA 20191 Phone: 703-390-6855 Fax: 703-390-2581 ** 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: Server rejected session; result code: 52
Check ur network on both sides and do ftp to check xfer rate . Else change ttl value for tcp/ip. 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: Robert L. Rippy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 9:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Error 52 isn't a password prob. It looks like TSM server didn't respond fast enough to the client and the session was rejected. Try increasing your timeout limit. Could be a lot of stuff hitting the server at that time...aka backups. and the TSM Server is overloaded. Thanks, Robert Rippy. From: shekhar Dhotre [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/20/2002 10:28 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 h .. If I start dsmc incr session , TSM won't ask me for password ,it starts backing up . Normal File-- 1,431 /etc/vfs [Sent] Normal File-- 101 /etc/xtab [Sent] Normal File-- 1,310 /etc/xtiso.conf [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/data [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/httpdlite [Sent] Directory-- 512 /etc/IMNSearch/work [Sent] Normal File--62 /etc/IMNSearch/.imnhelp [Sent] ANS1898I * Processed 1,000 files * Total number of objects inspected:1,161 Total number of objects backed up:0 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes transferred: 299.09 KB Data transfer time:0.00 sec Network data transfer rate:93,701.96 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate:220.83 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Elapsed processing time: 00:00:01 f1n15 /tsg/tsm Manuel Schweiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2002 10:29 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Have you checked if your password is still valid? If I am remembering right then 52 notes that your password has expired. regards, Manuel - Original Message - From: shekhar Dhotre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Greetings All, Any idea what could cause TSM to error out ? f1n15 /tsg/tsmmore dsmerror.log 19-11-2002 06:00:01 cuSignOnResp: Server rejected session; result code: 52 19-11-2002 06:00:01 sessOpen: Error 52 receiving SignOnResp verb from server 20-11-2002 06:05:15 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/osdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/appdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/rootdir_06112002.Z ' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:29 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/dwetlappdir_051120 02.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:33 ANS1803E Archive processing of '/tsg/*' finished with failur es. Thank You and Best regards. Shekhar Dhotre Midrange Engineer. lend lease Inc , Atlanta - 30346 PH: 1+405-846-7483 FAX:1+404-848-2887 Email :[EMAIL PROTECTED] visit Us at www.lendlease.com This E-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the Individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please immediately notify us .
Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52
Manuel, you are right , actlog shows that password has expired . in dsm.sys file I have passwordaccess=generate . Where is the password parameter? so that I can reset it ? when I add new node in tsm ,I do dsmc on client and enter password for the first time and tsm stores/uses it . ERRORLOGRETENTION 10,D PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE PASSWORDDIR /tsg/tsm/security SCHEDLOGNAME /tsg/tsm/dsmsched.log SCHEDLOGRETENTION 10,D tsm: TSMq actlog begindate=11/19/2002 begintime=06:00:00 endtime=07:40:00 Date/TimeMessage -- 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0406I Session 608 started for node F1N15 (AIX) (Tcp/Ip 192.168.99.15(47241)). 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0425W Session 608 for node F1N15 (AIX) refused - password has expired. 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0403I Session 608 ended for node F1N15 (AIX). 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0406I Session 609 started for node F1N15 (AIX) (Tcp/Ip 192.168.99.15(47242)). 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0403I Session 609 ended for node F1N15 (AIX). 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0406I Session 610 started for node F1N15 (AIX) (Tcp/Ip 192.168.99.15(47243)). 11/19/02 06:00:03 ANR0406I Session 611 started for node F1N15 (AIX) (Tcp/Ip 192.168.99.15(47244)). 11/19/02 06:00:05 ANR0403I Session 611 ended for node F1N15 (AIX). Manuel Schweiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2002 10:29 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Have you checked if your password is still valid? If I am remembering right then 52 notes that your password has expired. regards, Manuel - Original Message - From: shekhar Dhotre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Greetings All, Any idea what could cause TSM to error out ? f1n15 /tsg/tsmmore dsmerror.log 19-11-2002 06:00:01 cuSignOnResp: Server rejected session; result code: 52 19-11-2002 06:00:01 sessOpen: Error 52 receiving SignOnResp verb from server 20-11-2002 06:05:15 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/osdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/appdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/rootdir_06112002.Z ' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:29 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/dwetlappdir_051120 02.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:33 ANS1803E Archive processing of '/tsg/*' finished with failur es. Thank You and Best regards. Shekhar Dhotre Midrange Engineer. lend lease Inc , Atlanta - 30346 PH: 1+405-846-7483 FAX:1+404-848-2887 Email :[EMAIL PROTECTED] visit Us at www.lendlease.com This E-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the Individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please immediately notify us .
Novell bare-metal restore
Greetings, I have a customer with a unique challenge. Maybe it's not, but it seems to be to me because I am not a Novell guy. They are considering implementing TSM in their environment to back up a bunch of Novell servers that are out in remote plants with real slow links, like 256KBs. The servers have sometimes 300-600MB of changed data a night. With decent compression, we may be able to back them up overnight, since they would permit 5pm to 8am as the acceptable backup window. The challenge is when one server is replaced, either because it dies or is replaced with new hardware. The Novell servers have about 40GB of disk space, so there is no way they could restore across the slow link. Our thinking is to restore the server to a server at the central location where the TSM server is, so the restore could be accomplished more quickly, then ship the restored server down to the remote site. My customer's Novell guy says this won't work, because of the way Novell trees work. You can't restore the Novell server at the central site because it won't be part of the Novell tree(?!), and all the file permissions and ownerships will be wrong. Can somebody tell me what resources I should read to understand how to do this, or can share with me your methodology to do a bare-metal restore of a Novell server? I figure that surely by now a method has been derived. Thanks in advance, John Schneider *** * John D. Schneider Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Phone: 636-492-0247 * Lowery Systems, Inc. * 1329 Horan Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are * Fenton, MO 63026 mine and mine alone. ***
Re: Activity Log
We have the FileExit set as a receiver and trim it everyday to datestamped files. The filesize averages between 1 and 2 MB per day. We've got 60 nodes, 5 Storage Agents, 16 drives and too many storage pools.. (another story) You will need to alter the dsmserv.opt file to enable this FileExit Read it up in the manual.. Hope this helps Large Matthew Large TSM Infrastructure Engineer Lavington Street Int: 7430 4995 Ext: +44 207 902 4995 -Original Message- From: Robert L. Rippy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 November 2002 14:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Activity Log Well, you expand the duration of the activity log by issuing command Set ACT 30 This wil keep activoty log for 30 days. To see how long its retained for now, type command Q ST' and look for Activity Log Retention Period: Thanks, Robert Rippy. From: Nelson Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/20/2002 09:44 AMActivity Log Retention Period: Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Activity Log Good Morning TSM'ers, Can someone tell me where the activity log maps to on the AIX side. I would like to expand the duration of the log, but I need to know how much is being utilized currently before I do that. Thanks in advance -kane --- 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: Help Urgently needed
That doesn't look good. I would recommend calling support at this point. -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Amini, Mehdi Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help Urgently needed When I try to create a scheduler service on a NT4 running TSM Version 4.2.31 I get this error: The procedure Entry Point TSMEnumDependentServiceEnd Could not be located in the Dynamic Link Library TMSUTIL1.DLL Please help Thanks Mehdi Amini LAN/WAN Engineer ValueOptions 12369 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite C Reston, VA 20191 Phone: 703-390-6855 Fax: 703-390-2581 ** 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: Help Urgently needed
you might try reloading your client code. Ted W. Qualls UNIX Enterprise Engineering PepsiCo Business Solutions Group 5080 Spectrum Drive Suite 600W Addison, TX 75001 office: 972.376.7809 pgr:800.946.4645 pin 1090913 cell: 469.682.1773 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Joshua Bassi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Help Urgently needed That doesn't look good. I would recommend calling support at this point. -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Amini, Mehdi Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help Urgently needed When I try to create a scheduler service on a NT4 running TSM Version 4.2.31 I get this error: The procedure Entry Point TSMEnumDependentServiceEnd Could not be located in the Dynamic Link Library TMSUTIL1.DLL Please help Thanks Mehdi Amini LAN/WAN Engineer ValueOptions 12369 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite C Reston, VA 20191 Phone: 703-390-6855 Fax: 703-390-2581 ** 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: Collocation Compression considerations for a 1TB Oracle Dat a Warehouse
Have in mind after node compression your 10 GB files will shrink to approx. 4GB and diskpool might be sufficient. We tend to get 90 % compression for a lot of our Oracle data. So 10 GB may shrink to 1 GB. Give it a try to see what compression rate you get.
Re: Help Urgently needed
I would uninstall the client, reboot, then search for any/all occurances
of the TSMUTIL1.DLL. If you find any...DELETE 'em!
Then re-install the client.
Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 14:38, Qualls, Ted W {PBSG} wrote:
you might try reloading your client code.
Ted W. Qualls
UNIX Enterprise Engineering
PepsiCo Business Solutions Group
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Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:44 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help Urgently needed
That doesn't look good. I would recommend calling support at this point.
--
Joshua S. Bassi
IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark
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eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP
AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant
Cell (831) 595-3962
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
Amini, Mehdi
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:27 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help Urgently needed
When I try to create a scheduler service on a NT4 running TSM Version
4.2.31 I get this error:
The procedure Entry Point TSMEnumDependentServiceEnd Could not be
located in the Dynamic Link Library TMSUTIL1.DLL
Please help
Thanks
Mehdi Amini
LAN/WAN Engineer
ValueOptions
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Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-390-6855
Fax: 703-390-2581
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Re: TSM skipping some local drives
We had this happen to us also. A Win-something server worked fine until the TSM client software was upgraded. The E: drive stopped getting backed up. We noticed and IE error when starting things up so the box's admin upgraded IE and the problem went away. I can get more details from our Win/NT admin if you want. Nancy Reeves Technical Support, Wichita State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 316-978-3860 -- David Wentworth wrote: Hello. I have TSM installed on two Windows 2000 servers. One server has TSM 4.1.1 and the other one has 5.1.0.1. Both of them are skipping a local drive. I think Domain all-local is the default. I tried making it explicit but it didn't help. One server (with TSM 4.1.1) has a C: and E: drive. C: gets backed up but not E:. The other server (with TSM 5.1.0.1) has a C:, D: and E: drive. On that on C: and E: get backed up but not D:. The problem only happens with the scheduler service. If I log on as an administrator and run an incremental backup manually all the local drives get backed up. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. Regards, Dave David Wentworth UC Office of the President
tape-to-tape performance
we run a 3494 tape library with 3590 tape drives. after our backup are finished, we run a backup stgpool to a copy pool on about 1.6TB of data. as you can imagine, even with 8 drives this takes some time. are there any server, device or other parameters we can tune to improve the tape-to-tape performance? steve
TDP for Exchange not working
I'm a UNIX guy who just got strapped with backing up Exchange. Installed TDP for Exchange, tried a backup, got this in my actlog. Haven't found a reference to this yet, anyone know what this means? The client says Requested data is offline, but everyone is accessing their mail. Thanks, Neil 11/19/2002 16:27:45 ANRD smnode.c(5323): Error validating inserts for event 14995. 11/19/2002 16:27:45 ANE4991I (Session: 3770, Node: EXCHANGE) TDP MSExchgV2 NT ACN3514 TDP for Microsoft Exchange: Starting backup for server RAPTOR. 11/19/2002 16:27:46 ANE4991I (Session: 3770, Node: EXCHANGE) TDP MSExchgV2 NT ACN3500 TDP for Microsoft Exchange: Starting full backup of Information Store from server RAPTOR. 11/19/2002 16:27:55 ANR2017I Administrator NEIL issued command: QUERY ACTLOG 11/19/2002 16:28:03 ANE4993E (Session: 3770, Node: EXCHANGE) TDP MSExchgV2 NT ACN3502 TDP for Microsoft Exchange: full backup of Information Store from server RAPTOR failed, rc = 418. 11/19/2002 16:28:03 ANE4991I (Session: 3770, Node: EXCHANGE) TDP MSExchgV2 NT ACN3516 TDP for Microsoft Exchange: Backup of server RAPTOR is complete. Total storage groups backed up: 0 Total bytes transferred: 60813364 Elapsed processing time: 17.83 Secs Throughput rate: 3330.98 Kb/Sec -- Neil Dombrowski eBuilt Inc PH: 949-609-4757 Fax: 949-609-0001
dsmc and NFS
Hi All, A few questions pertaining to nfs mounts and using both scheduled backups as well as dsmc incrementals. When using ./dsmc -incr /var/backup/20021120/FullBackup_a.log where the file is on an nfs mounted partition do I need to worry about adding the domain /all-nfs parameter? I would think if I'm specifying the file I needn't worry about it. It would seem like it only pertains to the scheduled backups. Correct? Is it possible to run two TSM clients on Solaris (2.8) with them each having a scheduler daemon running? If so, I'd appreciate any information on it! Luke Dahl NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117
Re: Help Urgently needed
My first guess would be re-install the client code. If you downloaded it from the web, download it again. Good luck! John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support P.O. Box 6927 Data Management 1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390 Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timken.com -Original Message- From: Amini, Mehdi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help Urgently needed Importance: High When I try to create a scheduler service on a NT4 running TSM Version 4.2.31 I get this error: The procedure Entry Point TSMEnumDependentServiceEnd Could not be located in the Dynamic Link Library TMSUTIL1.DLL Please help Thanks Mehdi Amini LAN/WAN Engineer ValueOptions 12369 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite C Reston, VA 20191 Phone: 703-390-6855 Fax: 703-390-2581 ** 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. ** ** This message and any attachments are intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not forward, copy, print, use or disclose this communication to others; also please notify the sender by replying to this message, and then delete it from your system. The Timken Company **
Re: Help Urgently needed
Also might want to check your ~PATH~ and if TSMUTIL1.DLL exists somewhere in that path. Might be it can't find the entry point because it can't find the file to begin with :-O Dwight -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Amini, Mehdi Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help Urgently needed When I try to create a scheduler service on a NT4 running TSM Version 4.2.31 I get this error: The procedure Entry Point TSMEnumDependentServiceEnd Could not be located in the Dynamic Link Library TMSUTIL1.DLL Please help Thanks Mehdi Amini LAN/WAN Engineer ValueOptions 12369 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite C Reston, VA 20191 Phone: 703-390-6855 Fax: 703-390-2581 ** 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: tape-to-tape performance
The storage pool backup that you are doing could be directly affected by the database performance. Is this 1.6TB a lot of small files? On the IO configuration side, how are your tape drives connected, SCSI or FC? I suspect SCSI. If you have more than 2 drives, on a SCSI adapter that is the problem. If they are E-model they really should be 2 per adapter to get descent performance. On a FC scenario you can go up to 4 drives per FC adapter and have very good performance. I have gone has high as 8 per FC adapter, but performance does suffer then. If you are using FC, make sure your FC tape and disk are not on the same adapters on a TSM server. Other applications it is fine, but not this one. If your TSM database is on slow disk that will slow down the copies. It has to create a lot of updates to the database to copy the storage pools. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Conko, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tape-to-tape performance we run a 3494 tape library with 3590 tape drives. after our backup are finished, we run a backup stgpool to a copy pool on about 1.6TB of data. as you can imagine, even with 8 drives this takes some time. are there any server, device or other parameters we can tune to improve the tape-to-tape performance? steve
Re: Poor Performance
my knowledge in Cisco devices also is very far from expert level I so consulted with a colleague. His answer was the same - there is no Cisco device to mess with your TCP stream. You can have a switch (at OSI layer 2) which deals with Ethernet frames, a router forwarding IP packets or L3 switch looking inside Ethernet frames and switching IP packets (at OSI layer 3), some application (HTTP) load-balancers acting as application proxies which multiplex requests to several hosts (at OSI layer 7). You do not have a TSM connection from port 1500 or to port 1500 on Cisco device. You can have a configuration: HostA -- (1 or more) Cisco -- HostB The traffic through these Cisco devices is either Ethernet frames or IP packets. Only HostA and HostB assemble IP packets into TCP stream and only their TCP-window sizes affect the connection. Cisco in the middle can drop frames, drop or fragment IP packets and thus reduce throughput but cannot interfere with TCP stream. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Salak Juraj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15.11.2002 13:38 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Poor Performance Hello, up to my (non-expert) knowledge you can set tcp window size on various cisco devices. The default seems to be 4128, the command to change it is ip tcp window-size 0-65535 I never tried to change it ;) regards Juraj Salak Es gibt tatsächlich auf den Cisco Geräten einen Befehl der die Windowsize betrifft (ip tcp window-size 0-65535), standardmäßig steht dieser Wert auf 4128. Wenn ich das richtig interpretiere würde das bedeuten dass bis zu 4128 -Original Message- From: Zlatko Krastev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 1:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Poor Performance What kind of Cisco is this? I am unaware of any Cisco non-networking device (if we assume iSCSI as half-networking) and networking ones should not mess with your TCP (OSI level 4; they ought to deal with IP - OSI level 3). Even if it really does look inside TCP stream it should not limit you to only 16kB! They ought to support RFC1323 and TCP window larger than 64 kB. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Lawrie Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12.11.2002 10:53 Please respond to Lawrie Scott To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Storage Pool Volume Use/Order
AFAIK volumes are used in round-robin. Only if they are of different sizes small ones can filled and not be used lowering the parallelism. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Andrew Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07.11.2002 19:33 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Storage Pool Volume Use/Order I was told that TSM uses storage pool volumes in the order they are defined. I was wondering if that is true, and if there is any way to verify it? When I query the storage pool volumes, or use select with no ordering, they come out in sorted order, not defined order. Since this is a new server, I could redefine the storage pool volumes with sorted names in the order I want them used, but if behine the scenes it is using them in defined order, that would be fine the way they are. Thanks for any info Andy Carlson|\ _,,,---,,_ Senior Technical Specialist ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ BJC Health Care|,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' St. Louis, Missouri '---''(_/--' `-'\_) Cat Pics: http://andyc.dyndns.org/animal.html
Re: TSM skipping some local drives -- solved
Sias, You were right. Thanks! The scheduler service was logging in as Local System account. I thought that account automatically had permissions to the file system, but apparently not. Yesterday I gave the local System group full control of the drive that wasn't backing up and last night the drive got backed up. It probably doesn't need full control but I thought I'd try that to start. Dave At 07:40 PM 11/19/2002 -0500, Sias Dealy wrote: Dave, Your right that domain all-local is the default. Since you are able to backup the local drive manually but not via the schedul. I would check the permission for the schedule service to see if it have the proper permission to access the local drive. I had a simular issue about a year ago. It turn out that the scheduler service did not have the proper permission to access the local drive. I just gave the scheduler service administrator rights and that worked for me. Sias Get your own 800 number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag On, David Wentworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello. I have TSM installed on two Windows 2000 servers. One server has TSM 4.1.1 and the other one has 5.1.0.1. Both of them are skipping a local drive. I think Domain all-local is the default. I tried making it explicit but it didn't help. One server (with TSM 4.1.1) has a C: and E: drive. C: gets backed up but not E:. The other server (with TSM 5.1.0.1) has a C:, D: and E: drive. On that on C: and E: get backed up but not D:. The problem only happens with the scheduler service. If I log on as an administrator and run an incremental backup manually all the local drives get backed up. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. Regards, Dave David Wentworth UC Office of the President
Re: Database Questions
You can find long discussions on this topic in the list archives. - it is mostly disadvantageous to have more than one or two DB volumes per disk/array - parallelism you create with more volumes results disk heads moving back and forth. You are shooting yourself in the leg. - RAID 5 is definitely not very good for TSM DB and for average or heavy-loaded server might be disastrous for performance. For small servers might be just fine. Your server with 35 GB DB does not fit in second category. - sessions running for hours sounds terrible. What is DB cache hit ratio? Do you have DB volumes on Veritas filesystem?!? Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Luke Dahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07.11.2002 19:47 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Database Questions Does anyone know of any advantage/disadvantage of the file sizes for the database? Is there an advantage to creating many 1Gb .db files over fewer 10Gb .db files? Also, we're running TSM 4.2.1.15 on Solaris 5.8 using raid 5. I've heard performance can be much greater with raid 0. Any truth to that? We're seeing load averages above 10 nearly every day and TSM performance is pretty poor. Our database size is 35Gb and sessions are running for hours (even small incrementals of various workstations). Network bandwidth hasn't peaked over 50% in any 24 hour duration. Any thoughts? Many thanks in advance. Luke Dahl NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117
Re: TDP for Exchange not working
Neil, This sounds like your backups are being directed to tape. You need to indictate that you are willing to wait for tape mounts. Try this command: TDPEXCC SET MOUNTWait=Yes Then issue TDPEXCC QUERY TDP to make sure the setting is set to YES. At that point, retry the backup. If it still fails with the same message, then you will need to look closer at your TSM Server to make sure there are tapes assigned and available to the storagepool that these backups will be directed to. Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Never cut what can be untied. - Commit yourself to constant improvement. I'm a UNIX guy who just got strapped with backing up Exchange. Installed TDP for Exchange, tried a backup, got this in my actlog. Haven't found a reference to this yet, anyone know what this means? The client says Requested data is offline, but everyone is accessing their mail.
Re: Database Questions
I have a 40gb database on RAID5 with no performance issues.. fyi... not sure if you consider this small, average, or heavy. -Original Message- From: Zlatko Krastev/ACIT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Database Questions You can find long discussions on this topic in the list archives. - it is mostly disadvantageous to have more than one or two DB volumes per disk/array - parallelism you create with more volumes results disk heads moving back and forth. You are shooting yourself in the leg. - RAID 5 is definitely not very good for TSM DB and for average or heavy-loaded server might be disastrous for performance. For small servers might be just fine. Your server with 35 GB DB does not fit in second category. - sessions running for hours sounds terrible. What is DB cache hit ratio? Do you have DB volumes on Veritas filesystem?!? Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Luke Dahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07.11.2002 19:47 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Database Questions Does anyone know of any advantage/disadvantage of the file sizes for the database? Is there an advantage to creating many 1Gb .db files over fewer 10Gb .db files? Also, we're running TSM 4.2.1.15 on Solaris 5.8 using raid 5. I've heard performance can be much greater with raid 0. Any truth to that? We're seeing load averages above 10 nearly every day and TSM performance is pretty poor. Our database size is 35Gb and sessions are running for hours (even small incrementals of various workstations). Network bandwidth hasn't peaked over 50% in any 24 hour duration. Any thoughts? Many thanks in advance. Luke Dahl NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117 Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please delete this material immediately.
Re: tape-to-tape performance
Take a look at the movebatchsize, movesizethresh and bufpoolsize. These 3 options have a direct corrolation for tape to tape copy processes. -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Conko, Steven Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tape-to-tape performance we run a 3494 tape library with 3590 tape drives. after our backup are finished, we run a backup stgpool to a copy pool on about 1.6TB of data. as you can imagine, even with 8 drives this takes some time. are there any server, device or other parameters we can tune to improve the tape-to-tape performance? steve
Re: tape-to-tape performance
Is 1.6 TB the amount of must have/critical information ? and is that already compressed ? Knowing each tape mount runs about 90 seconds, any way to reduce tape mounts will speed up copies. If you have collocation on, turning it off ~could~ help... and collocation can/is set on both primary pools and copy pools. Now if the data isn't compressed by the client the data is uncompressed at the drive, moved through the processor as ~full size~ data, then recompressed at the destination drive. If your clients have the horsepower, turn on client compression, that way not so much data is moved across the processor's buss. Don't daisy chain any of your 3590's if they are older scsi. You might be able to reduce your data down if you force the application owners to review their required CRITICAL/MUST HAVE data and send it to isolated pools for copies to take offsite. just some thoughts... Dwight -Original Message- From: Conko, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tape-to-tape performance we run a 3494 tape library with 3590 tape drives. after our backup are finished, we run a backup stgpool to a copy pool on about 1.6TB of data. as you can imagine, even with 8 drives this takes some time. are there any server, device or other parameters we can tune to improve the tape-to-tape performance? steve
Re: 3590 Tape Drives
Actually, there are 2 speeds to be concerned with. Data transfer from the host to the 3590 controller. SCSI, depends on length and type of connection (34 was the top on SCSI E1A). 40 MB/sec on FC E1A advertised, but I have seen higher (FC) 70 MB/sec on FC H1A advertised (FC) Then, compression voodoo happens so less physical bytes are written to tape. Data transfer from the 3590 controller to the tape (referred to as at the head). 9 MB/sec on B models 14.1 MB/Sec on E models Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Bruce Kamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Is there any increase in speed? -Original Message- From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives The H1A drive is a 50% capacity increase over the E1A drive. DriveNative capacity Extended Length Cartridge Capacity 3590-B1A 10GB 20GB 3590-E1A 20GB 40GB 3590-H1A 30GB 60GB These numbers are without hardware compression. I believe throughput of 15MB/SEC applies to all 3590 drives thus far. John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support P.O. Box 6927 Data Management 1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390 Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timken.com -Original Message- From: Bruce Kamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Glad to hear someone is having good luck with the E1A drives. This past year I have had IBM out at LEAST 2 dozen times working on my drives!!! The worst part is they bring used parts. They have had to go back pickup the same part again because the replacement parts have been BAD a bunch of times!! I have seen posts about H1A drives. What is the difference? --- Bruce Kamp Midrange Systems Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: (954) 987-2020 x4597 F: (954) 985-1404 --- -Original Message- From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Martina, I'm surprised to hear you are having 'lots' of hardware problems with 3590 drives. Do you have a maintenance agreement and have you called support when you are experiencing problems? You should! We have a 3494 library with 6 3590-E1A drives in it. These drives are work-horses. We have had two service calls this year. But, you must remember we are backing up 2700+ nodes, are using 700+ extended length cartridges and keep those drives moving data around the clock. As for performance, I have seen transfer rates of 70GB an hour. This is on tape to tape copies of storage pools (You won't see that when migrating disk to tape.). The bottom line is that the 3590 is industrial strength! But, I must admit having no experience with the B drive. John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support P.O. Box 6927 Data Management 1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390 Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timken.com -Original Message- From: Martina Sawatzki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3590 Tape Drives Hi, We are working with a 3494 IBM silo with 4 drives - 3590 type B - which is connected to a RS/6000. As we are having lots of hardware problems with these drives we think about changing them to 3590 drives type E. Does anyone have experience with this type of tape drive ? I`m mainly interested in a kind of comparison concerning performance and availibility between the both types B - E. Thanks a lot Martina ** This message and any attachments are intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not forward, copy, print, use or disclose this communication to others; also please notify the sender by replying to this message, and then delete it from your system. The Timken Company **
Re: tape-to-tape performance
thanks for that insight. i forgot to mention we are running fibre channel and not scsi drives. yes, the data is must have... it is all production data and is being copied for DRM. how much of a performance hit will it take to turn compression on at the client level? -Original Message- From: Cook, Dwight E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: tape-to-tape performance Is 1.6 TB the amount of must have/critical information ? and is that already compressed ? Knowing each tape mount runs about 90 seconds, any way to reduce tape mounts will speed up copies. If you have collocation on, turning it off ~could~ help... and collocation can/is set on both primary pools and copy pools. Now if the data isn't compressed by the client the data is uncompressed at the drive, moved through the processor as ~full size~ data, then recompressed at the destination drive. If your clients have the horsepower, turn on client compression, that way not so much data is moved across the processor's buss. Don't daisy chain any of your 3590's if they are older scsi. You might be able to reduce your data down if you force the application owners to review their required CRITICAL/MUST HAVE data and send it to isolated pools for copies to take offsite. just some thoughts... Dwight -Original Message- From: Conko, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tape-to-tape performance we run a 3494 tape library with 3590 tape drives. after our backup are finished, we run a backup stgpool to a copy pool on about 1.6TB of data. as you can imagine, even with 8 drives this takes some time. are there any server, device or other parameters we can tune to improve the tape-to-tape performance? steve
dsmadmc with options
Hi, TSMers, I'm managing 2 TSM servers on AIX now. When I installed TSM client on my desktop WindowsXP, I could install also command line admin. But, I can only use it for one server. Is there anyway that I can specify 2 different servername or TCPIPaddress for servers so that I can start 'dsmadmc' with option flag for each server? I checked admin documentation and couldn't find dsmadmc command option for this purpose. Thanks for your help as always! Jin Bae Chi (Gus) System Admin/Tivoli Data Center 614-287-5270 614-287-5488 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tivoli Web Admin Secure?
Hi all, it's possible Tivoli web admin works on https? Thanks All Estanislao Sanmartín Rejo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 3590 Tape Drives
Does the H1A use a different tape then the E1A? --- Bruce Kamp Midrange Systems Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: (954) 987-2020 x4597 F: (954) 985-1404 --- -Original Message- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Actually, there are 2 speeds to be concerned with. Data transfer from the host to the 3590 controller. SCSI, depends on length and type of connection (34 was the top on SCSI E1A). 40 MB/sec on FC E1A advertised, but I have seen higher (FC) 70 MB/sec on FC H1A advertised (FC) Then, compression voodoo happens so less physical bytes are written to tape. Data transfer from the 3590 controller to the tape (referred to as at the head). 9 MB/sec on B models 14.1 MB/Sec on E models Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Bruce Kamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Is there any increase in speed? -Original Message- From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives The H1A drive is a 50% capacity increase over the E1A drive. DriveNative capacity Extended Length Cartridge Capacity 3590-B1A 10GB 20GB 3590-E1A 20GB 40GB 3590-H1A 30GB 60GB These numbers are without hardware compression. I believe throughput of 15MB/SEC applies to all 3590 drives thus far. John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support P.O. Box 6927 Data Management 1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390 Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timken.com -Original Message- From: Bruce Kamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Glad to hear someone is having good luck with the E1A drives. This past year I have had IBM out at LEAST 2 dozen times working on my drives!!! The worst part is they bring used parts. They have had to go back pickup the same part again because the replacement parts have been BAD a bunch of times!! I have seen posts about H1A drives. What is the difference? --- Bruce Kamp Midrange Systems Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: (954) 987-2020 x4597 F: (954) 985-1404 --- -Original Message- From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Martina, I'm surprised to hear you are having 'lots' of hardware problems with 3590 drives. Do you have a maintenance agreement and have you called support when you are experiencing problems? You should! We have a 3494 library with 6 3590-E1A drives in it. These drives are work-horses. We have had two service calls this year. But, you must remember we are backing up 2700+ nodes, are using 700+ extended length cartridges and keep those drives moving data around the clock. As for performance, I have seen transfer rates of 70GB an hour. This is on tape to tape copies of storage pools (You won't see that when migrating disk to tape.). The bottom line is that the 3590 is industrial strength! But, I must admit having no experience with the B drive. John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support P.O. Box 6927 Data Management 1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390 Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timken.com -Original Message- From: Martina Sawatzki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3590 Tape Drives Hi, We are working with a 3494 IBM silo with 4 drives - 3590 type B - which is connected to a RS/6000. As we are having lots of hardware problems with these drives we think about changing them to 3590 drives type E. Does anyone have experience with this type of tape drive ? I`m mainly interested in a kind of comparison concerning performance and availibility between the both types B - E. Thanks a lot Martina ** This message and any attachments are intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not forward, copy, print, use or disclose this communication to others; also please notify the sender by replying to
Re: dsmadmc with options
You can launch dsmadmc with the -tcpserveraddress and -tcpport settings to point to a different server, i.e.: dsmadmc -tcps=server2 dsmadmc -tcps=server2 -tcpp=1510 etc. 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. Jin Bae Chi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2002 13:23 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:dsmadmc with options Hi, TSMers, I'm managing 2 TSM servers on AIX now. When I installed TSM client on my desktop WindowsXP, I could install also command line admin. But, I can only use it for one server. Is there anyway that I can specify 2 different servername or TCPIPaddress for servers so that I can start 'dsmadmc' with option flag for each server? I checked admin documentation and couldn't find dsmadmc command option for this purpose. Thanks for your help as always! Jin Bae Chi (Gus) System Admin/Tivoli Data Center 614-287-5270 614-287-5488 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dsmadmc with options
Add another server stanza in dsm.opt: servername other tcpserveraddress other.dns.name.or.ip then you can say dsmadmc -se=other ... - Mr. Lindsay Morris Lead Architect, Servergraph www.servergraph.com http://www.servergraph.com 859-253-8000 ofc 425-988-8478 fax -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jin Bae Chi Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: dsmadmc with options Hi, TSMers, I'm managing 2 TSM servers on AIX now. When I installed TSM client on my desktop WindowsXP, I could install also command line admin. But, I can only use it for one server. Is there anyway that I can specify 2 different servername or TCPIPaddress for servers so that I can start 'dsmadmc' with option flag for each server? I checked admin documentation and couldn't find dsmadmc command option for this purpose. Thanks for your help as always! Jin Bae Chi (Gus) System Admin/Tivoli Data Center 614-287-5270 614-287-5488 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help Urgently needed
Yes, there is almost certainly a mismatch between the executable file (not
sure if this is dsmcutil.exe or dsm.exe) and the tsmutil1.dll file. Check
the modification dates for these files, and see if the timestamps match.
I'll guess that tsmutil1.dll is older. Note: tsmutil1.dll is located in
the c:\winnt\system32 directory. If those timestamps match, then search
your drives as Bill suggests.
Regards,
Andy
Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
Good enough is the enemy of excellence.
Bill Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject:Re: Help Urgently needed
I would uninstall the client, reboot, then search for any/all occurances
of the TSMUTIL1.DLL. If you find any...DELETE 'em!
Then re-install the client.
Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 14:38, Qualls, Ted W {PBSG} wrote:
you might try reloading your client code.
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That doesn't look good. I would recommend calling support at this point.
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When I try to create a scheduler service on a NT4 running TSM Version
4.2.31 I get this error:
The procedure Entry Point TSMEnumDependentServiceEnd Could not be
located in the Dynamic Link Library TMSUTIL1.DLL
Please help
Thanks
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Re: Activity Log
I run a cron job every midnight that dumps the previous day's actlog, status, and a few other interesting figures to a text file. I keep two year's worth. As David said, they are useful in tracking down problems. - Kai. A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. -- George Bernard Shaw -Original Message- From: David Longo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2002 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Activity Log -- Information from the mail header --- Sender: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poster: David Longo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Activity Log -- - The actlog is another table in the TSM DB. Do a q status and Activity Log Retention Period will show how many days you are keeping. I would keep a minimum of 7 days, I keep 30 days. It can be very useful in tracking down problems. To change use set actlogretention. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax:321.434.5509 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/02 09:44AM Good Morning TSM'ers, Can someone tell me where the activity log maps to on the AIX side. I would like to expand the duration of the log, but I need to know how much is being utilized currently before I do that. Thanks in advance -kane MMS health-first.org made the following annotations on 11/20/2002 09:53:23 AM -- 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. ==
Re: dsmadmc with options
Yep, even better than my suggestion! 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. Mr. Lindsay Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2002 13:41 Please respond to lmorris To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: dsmadmc with options Add another server stanza in dsm.opt: servername other tcpserveraddress other.dns.name.or.ip then you can say dsmadmc -se=other ... - Mr. Lindsay Morris Lead Architect, Servergraph www.servergraph.com http://www.servergraph.com 859-253-8000 ofc 425-988-8478 fax -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jin Bae Chi Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: dsmadmc with options Hi, TSMers, I'm managing 2 TSM servers on AIX now. When I installed TSM client on my desktop WindowsXP, I could install also command line admin. But, I can only use it for one server. Is there anyway that I can specify 2 different servername or TCPIPaddress for servers so that I can start 'dsmadmc' with option flag for each server? I checked admin documentation and couldn't find dsmadmc command option for this purpose. Thanks for your help as always! Jin Bae Chi (Gus) System Admin/Tivoli Data Center 614-287-5270 614-287-5488 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backup verification scripts
Is anyone using some sort of script to verify their backups by a byte total? I've got scripts to monitor events and the dsmerror and act logs but still miss files. Some time ago we designed a Bourne shell script to do backup/restore verification for Unix systems, using a verification machine with a like release of the TSM client, plus a shared scratch directory that the verification machine can restore into, which can also be accessed from the local machine being validated. The comparison is effected by doing a find -ls command on both the local filesystem being validated and the restored filesystem and also by generating and comparing checksums for files that match in size, attributes and path. The basic logical outline is something like this: # adsm-verify-backup userhost:/foo/bar (when running on verification host) # # or # # adsm-verify-backup /foo/bar (when running on target host) # # This script does one of two things, depending on which machine it is # running on: # # If it is running on the TSM verification host, then it does a restore # of the requested filesystem from the named node. # # If it is running on the target host, then it does a backup of the # requested filesystem on that node. # # If on local host: # # * set access for verification host to be able to restore from a #file tree on the local host # * do incremental backup with incrbydate option # # * have user run the script on the verification host at this point # # If on verification host: # # * do restore into special local directory # # * collect checksum info for all non-directories in the tree The code has numerous private dependencies, so I would rather not post it, but if you are interested you may email me. Steve Bacher Draper Laboratory Cambridge, MA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 3590 Tape Drives
No, they both can use either the J (standard) or K (extended length) type tapes. -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bruce Kamp Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Does the H1A use a different tape then the E1A? --- Bruce Kamp Midrange Systems Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: (954) 987-2020 x4597 F: (954) 985-1404 --- -Original Message- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Actually, there are 2 speeds to be concerned with. Data transfer from the host to the 3590 controller. SCSI, depends on length and type of connection (34 was the top on SCSI E1A). 40 MB/sec on FC E1A advertised, but I have seen higher (FC) 70 MB/sec on FC H1A advertised (FC) Then, compression voodoo happens so less physical bytes are written to tape. Data transfer from the 3590 controller to the tape (referred to as at the head). 9 MB/sec on B models 14.1 MB/Sec on E models Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Bruce Kamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Is there any increase in speed? -Original Message- From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives The H1A drive is a 50% capacity increase over the E1A drive. DriveNative capacity Extended Length Cartridge Capacity 3590-B1A 10GB 20GB 3590-E1A 20GB 40GB 3590-H1A 30GB 60GB These numbers are without hardware compression. I believe throughput of 15MB/SEC applies to all 3590 drives thus far. John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support P.O. Box 6927 Data Management 1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390 Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timken.com -Original Message- From: Bruce Kamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Glad to hear someone is having good luck with the E1A drives. This past year I have had IBM out at LEAST 2 dozen times working on my drives!!! The worst part is they bring used parts. They have had to go back pickup the same part again because the replacement parts have been BAD a bunch of times!! I have seen posts about H1A drives. What is the difference? --- Bruce Kamp Midrange Systems Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: (954) 987-2020 x4597 F: (954) 985-1404 --- -Original Message- From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Tape Drives Martina, I'm surprised to hear you are having 'lots' of hardware problems with 3590 drives. Do you have a maintenance agreement and have you called support when you are experiencing problems? You should! We have a 3494 library with 6 3590-E1A drives in it. These drives are work-horses. We have had two service calls this year. But, you must remember we are backing up 2700+ nodes, are using 700+ extended length cartridges and keep those drives moving data around the clock. As for performance, I have seen transfer rates of 70GB an hour. This is on tape to tape copies of storage pools (You won't see that when migrating disk to tape.). The bottom line is that the 3590 is industrial strength! But, I must admit having no experience with the B drive. John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support P.O. Box 6927 Data Management 1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390 Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timken.com -Original Message- From: Martina Sawatzki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3590 Tape Drives Hi, We are working with a 3494 IBM silo with 4 drives - 3590 type B - which is connected to a RS/6000. As we are having lots of hardware problems with these drives we think about changing them to 3590 drives type E. Does anyone have experience
Re: dsmc and NFS
Is it possible to run two TSM clients on Solaris (2.8) with them each having a scheduler daemon running? If so, I'd appreciate any information on it! I'm not sure whether 'two TSM clients' means two sets of client code at different levels, or two instances of the scheduler process running the same code. I have set up the latter type of arrangement on HP-UX systems, and I would expect the same method to work on other types of Unix systems. I created a second server stanza in dsm.sys. This consisted of a second servername statement followed by a second set of option statements. I then started one of the scheduler processes using the command line: /usr/bin/dsmc -servername=SYST sched /dev/null 21
Re: Database Questions
Output from q db f=d: Available Space (MB): 50,012 Assigned Capacity (MB): 45,012 Maximum Extension (MB): 5,000 Maximum Reduction (MB): 10,720 Page Size (bytes): 4,096 Total Usable Pages: 11,523,072 Used Pages: 7,574,343 Pct Util: 65.7 Max. Pct Util: 76.2 Physical Volumes: 51 Buffer Pool Pages: 10,500 Total Buffer Requests: 180,673,719 Cache Hit Pct.: 90.08 Cache Wait Pct.: 1.74 Backup in Progress?: Yes Type of Backup In Progress: Full Incrementals Since Last Full: 0 Changed Since Last Backup (MB): 64.07 BufPoolSize42000 I increased the bufpoolsize from 37000 to 42000 a few days ago to bring the ratio up? Will this affect performance on the system (swap usage or paging)? Yes, DB volumes are on Veritas filesystem... I can get you the exact Veritas levels if it would help... Thank you very much, I really appreciate the help! Zlatko Krastev/ACIT wrote: You can find long discussions on this topic in the list archives. - it is mostly disadvantageous to have more than one or two DB volumes per disk/array - parallelism you create with more volumes results disk heads moving back and forth. You are shooting yourself in the leg. - RAID 5 is definitely not very good for TSM DB and for average or heavy-loaded server might be disastrous for performance. For small servers might be just fine. Your server with 35 GB DB does not fit in second category. - sessions running for hours sounds terrible. What is DB cache hit ratio? Do you have DB volumes on Veritas filesystem?!? Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Luke Dahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07.11.2002 19:47 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Database Questions Does anyone know of any advantage/disadvantage of the file sizes for the database? Is there an advantage to creating many 1Gb .db files over fewer 10Gb .db files? Also, we're running TSM 4.2.1.15 on Solaris 5.8 using raid 5. I've heard performance can be much greater with raid 0. Any truth to that? We're seeing load averages above 10 nearly every day and TSM performance is pretty poor. Our database size is 35Gb and sessions are running for hours (even small incrementals of various workstations). Network bandwidth hasn't peaked over 50% in any 24 hour duration. Any thoughts? Many thanks in advance. Luke Dahl NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117
Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52
Shekhar, Normaly that should not happen when you use passwordaccess generate. Try to reset the client password in the admin webinterface. If this still does not work delete the tsm.pwd file (should be locate in /tsg/tsm/security directory as you set it up). Then the client should ask you to reenter the password in any case. Happens to me from time to time on novell clients. regards, Manuel - Original Message - From: shekhar Dhotre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:17 PM Subject: Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Manuel, you are right , actlog shows that password has expired . in dsm.sys file I have passwordaccess=generate . Where is the password parameter? so that I can reset it ? when I add new node in tsm ,I do dsmc on client and enter password for the first time and tsm stores/uses it . ERRORLOGRETENTION 10,D PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE PASSWORDDIR /tsg/tsm/security SCHEDLOGNAME /tsg/tsm/dsmsched.log SCHEDLOGRETENTION 10,D tsm: TSMq actlog begindate=11/19/2002 begintime=06:00:00 endtime=07:40:00 Date/TimeMessage -- 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0406I Session 608 started for node F1N15 (AIX) (Tcp/Ip 192.168.99.15(47241)). 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0425W Session 608 for node F1N15 (AIX) refused - password has expired. 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0403I Session 608 ended for node F1N15 (AIX). 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0406I Session 609 started for node F1N15 (AIX) (Tcp/Ip 192.168.99.15(47242)). 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0403I Session 609 ended for node F1N15 (AIX). 11/19/02 06:00:01 ANR0406I Session 610 started for node F1N15 (AIX) (Tcp/Ip 192.168.99.15(47243)). 11/19/02 06:00:03 ANR0406I Session 611 started for node F1N15 (AIX) (Tcp/Ip 192.168.99.15(47244)). 11/19/02 06:00:05 ANR0403I Session 611 ended for node F1N15 (AIX). Manuel Schweiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2002 10:29 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Have you checked if your password is still valid? If I am remembering right then 52 notes that your password has expired. regards, Manuel - Original Message - From: shekhar Dhotre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Server rejected session; result code: 52 Greetings All, Any idea what could cause TSM to error out ? f1n15 /tsg/tsmmore dsmerror.log 19-11-2002 06:00:01 cuSignOnResp: Server rejected session; result code: 52 19-11-2002 06:00:01 sessOpen: Error 52 receiving SignOnResp verb from server 20-11-2002 06:05:15 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/osdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/appdir_05112002.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:17 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/rootdir_06112002.Z ' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:29 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tsg/tsm/logs/dwetlappdir_051120 02.Z' failed 20-11-2002 06:05:33 ANS1803E Archive processing of '/tsg/*' finished with failur es. Thank You and Best regards. Shekhar Dhotre Midrange Engineer. lend lease Inc , Atlanta - 30346 PH: 1+405-846-7483 FAX:1+404-848-2887 Email :[EMAIL PROTECTED] visit Us at www.lendlease.com This E-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the Individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please immediately notify us .
Re: TSM skipping some local drives -- solved
Dave, It isn't necessary to run the service as an administrator to access the local drive. What usually happens is that the administrator removes the everyone group from NTFS permissions as part of their security setup. If that is done, you must add the system account from the local SAM back into the NTFS permissions. If you're running a domain, you'll have to select the local security context to see that account. Once that is done, any service running as Local System can access the drive / folder / file. Tab Trepagnier TSM Administrator Laitram Corporation David Wentworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2002 11:51 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: TSM skipping some local drives -- solved Sias, You were right. Thanks! The scheduler service was logging in as Local System account. I thought that account automatically had permissions to the file system, but apparently not. Yesterday I gave the local System group full control of the drive that wasn't backing up and last night the drive got backed up. It probably doesn't need full control but I thought I'd try that to start. Dave At 07:40 PM 11/19/2002 -0500, Sias Dealy wrote: Dave, Your right that domain all-local is the default. Since you are able to backup the local drive manually but not via the schedul. I would check the permission for the schedule service to see if it have the proper permission to access the local drive. I had a simular issue about a year ago. It turn out that the scheduler service did not have the proper permission to access the local drive. I just gave the scheduler service administrator rights and that worked for me. Sias Get your own 800 number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag On, David Wentworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello. I have TSM installed on two Windows 2000 servers. One server has TSM 4.1.1 and the other one has 5.1.0.1. Both of them are skipping a local drive. I think Domain all-local is the default. I tried making it explicit but it didn't help. One server (with TSM 4.1.1) has a C: and E: drive. C: gets backed up but not E:. The other server (with TSM 5.1.0.1) has a C:, D: and E: drive. On that on C: and E: get backed up but not D:. The problem only happens with the scheduler service. If I log on as an administrator and run an incremental backup manually all the local drives get backed up. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. Regards, Dave David Wentworth UC Office of the President
Re: Database Questions
Solaris? Which server version? How many database volumes are there defined to TSM? How big are your database volumes? Thanks! Luke Remeta, Mark wrote: I have a 40gb database on RAID5 with no performance issues.. fyi... not sure if you consider this small, average, or heavy. -Original Message- From: Zlatko Krastev/ACIT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Database Questions You can find long discussions on this topic in the list archives. - it is mostly disadvantageous to have more than one or two DB volumes per disk/array - parallelism you create with more volumes results disk heads moving back and forth. You are shooting yourself in the leg. - RAID 5 is definitely not very good for TSM DB and for average or heavy-loaded server might be disastrous for performance. For small servers might be just fine. Your server with 35 GB DB does not fit in second category. - sessions running for hours sounds terrible. What is DB cache hit ratio? Do you have DB volumes on Veritas filesystem?!? Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Luke Dahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07.11.2002 19:47 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Database Questions Does anyone know of any advantage/disadvantage of the file sizes for the database? Is there an advantage to creating many 1Gb .db files over fewer 10Gb .db files? Also, we're running TSM 4.2.1.15 on Solaris 5.8 using raid 5. I've heard performance can be much greater with raid 0. Any truth to that? We're seeing load averages above 10 nearly every day and TSM performance is pretty poor. Our database size is 35Gb and sessions are running for hours (even small incrementals of various workstations). Network bandwidth hasn't peaked over 50% in any 24 hour duration. Any thoughts? Many thanks in advance. Luke Dahl NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117 Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please delete this material immediately.
Re: Database Questions
Your Cache Hit pct is too low, needs to be closer to 99%. I would increase bufpoolsize to 131072, that's 128K and will show as 32,768 Buffer pool pages. That should get you close or there and eliminate the Cache Wait Pct - normally that's zero! Expiration will be most obvious speed improvement. David Longo [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/02 05:24PM Output from q db f=d: Available Space (MB): 50,012 Assigned Capacity (MB): 45,012 Maximum Extension (MB): 5,000 Maximum Reduction (MB): 10,720 Page Size (bytes): 4,096 Total Usable Pages: 11,523,072 Used Pages: 7,574,343 Pct Util: 65.7 Max. Pct Util: 76.2 Physical Volumes: 51 Buffer Pool Pages: 10,500 Total Buffer Requests: 180,673,719 Cache Hit Pct.: 90.08 Cache Wait Pct.: 1.74 Backup in Progress?: Yes Type of Backup In Progress: Full Incrementals Since Last Full: 0 Changed Since Last Backup (MB): 64.07 BufPoolSize42000 I increased the bufpoolsize from 37000 to 42000 a few days ago to bring the ratio up? Will this affect performance on the system (swap usage or paging)? Yes, DB volumes are on Veritas filesystem... I can get you the exact Veritas levels if it would help... Thank you very much, I really appreciate the help! Zlatko Krastev/ACIT wrote: You can find long discussions on this topic in the list archives. - it is mostly disadvantageous to have more than one or two DB volumes per disk/array - parallelism you create with more volumes results disk heads moving back and forth. You are shooting yourself in the leg. - RAID 5 is definitely not very good for TSM DB and for average or heavy-loaded server might be disastrous for performance. For small servers might be just fine. Your server with 35 GB DB does not fit in second category. - sessions running for hours sounds terrible. What is DB cache hit ratio? Do you have DB volumes on Veritas filesystem?!? Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Luke Dahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07.11.2002 19:47 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Database Questions Does anyone know of any advantage/disadvantage of the file sizes for the database? Is there an advantage to creating many 1Gb .db files over fewer 10Gb .db files? Also, we're running TSM 4.2.1.15 on Solaris 5.8 using raid 5. I've heard performance can be much greater with raid 0. Any truth to that? We're seeing load averages above 10 nearly every day and TSM performance is pretty poor. Our database size is 35Gb and sessions are running for hours (even small incrementals of various workstations). Network bandwidth hasn't peaked over 50% in any 24 hour duration. Any thoughts? Many thanks in advance. Luke Dahl NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117 MMS health-first.org made the following annotations on 11/20/2002 07:22:02 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. ==
Re: TDP for Exchange not working
Del, Thank you, Exchange appears to be backing up right now. Strange, though, all my other backups go to the backuppool on my TSM server's disk, and get flushed from there to tape. The Exchange backup is going directly to tape (I can see the tape writing while the backup is going). Is there a setting to make this backup go to the same route, or is the backup direct to tape for some purpose I'm not aware of? Thanks, Neil On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 12:21, Del Hoobler wrote: Neil, This sounds like your backups are being directed to tape. You need to indictate that you are willing to wait for tape mounts. Try this command: TDPEXCC SET MOUNTWait=Yes Then issue TDPEXCC QUERY TDP to make sure the setting is set to YES. At that point, retry the backup. If it still fails with the same message, then you will need to look closer at your TSM Server to make sure there are tapes assigned and available to the storagepool that these backups will be directed to. Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Never cut what can be untied. - Commit yourself to constant improvement. I'm a UNIX guy who just got strapped with backing up Exchange. Installed TDP for Exchange, tried a backup, got this in my actlog. Haven't found a reference to this yet, anyone know what this means? The client says Requested data is offline, but everyone is accessing their mail. -- Neil Dombrowski IS Manager eBuilt Inc PH: 949-609-4757 Fax: 949-609-0001
Subfile file errors
TSMers, I received the following error message in my client's dsmerror.log file last night which makes little sense - has anyone seen this before: 11/21/2002 00:11:12 Invalid subfile recognition token encountered in transaction. Resending transaction using full file backup. If I look at the file which was being backed up at this time, it is an 8mb zip file and has ** Unsuccessful ** at the end of the entry. Does this mean the file was not backed up successfully at all, or just not successfully using subfile backup? I will be monitoring this backup tonight to see if it is a one off problem, or the file itself is corrupt somehow. Regards, -- Graham Trigge Senior Administrator Telstra Enterprise Services Pty Ltd Phone: (02) 9882 5831 Mobile: 0409 654 434 Fax: (02) 9882 5987 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TDP for Exchange not working
I believe the client estimates the size of the backup and if that size exceeds the available size of the initial pool then it tries the next pool in the migration path and so on. -Original Message- From: Neil Dombrowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TDP for Exchange not working Del, Thank you, Exchange appears to be backing up right now. Strange, though, all my other backups go to the backuppool on my TSM server's disk, and get flushed from there to tape. The Exchange backup is going directly to tape (I can see the tape writing while the backup is going). Is there a setting to make this backup go to the same route, or is the backup direct to tape for some purpose I'm not aware of? Thanks, Neil On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 12:21, Del Hoobler wrote: Neil, This sounds like your backups are being directed to tape. You need to indictate that you are willing to wait for tape mounts. Try this command: TDPEXCC SET MOUNTWait=Yes Then issue TDPEXCC QUERY TDP to make sure the setting is set to YES. At that point, retry the backup. If it still fails with the same message, then you will need to look closer at your TSM Server to make sure there are tapes assigned and available to the storagepool that these backups will be directed to. Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Never cut what can be untied. - Commit yourself to constant improvement. I'm a UNIX guy who just got strapped with backing up Exchange. Installed TDP for Exchange, tried a backup, got this in my actlog. Haven't found a reference to this yet, anyone know what this means? The client says Requested data is offline, but everyone is accessing their mail. -- Neil Dombrowski IS Manager eBuilt Inc PH: 949-609-4757 Fax: 949-609-0001 This transmittal may contain confidential information intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this transmittal in error; any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmittal is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply or by telephone (collect at 907-564-1000) and ask to speak with the message sender. In addition, please immediately delete this message and all attachments. Thank you.
Re: TSM skipping some local drives -- solved
Tab, Thanks. That's exactly what happened. I have it working now that I've given System NTFS permissions. Dave At 04:36 PM 11/20/2002 -0600, you wrote: Dave, It isn't necessary to run the service as an administrator to access the local drive. What usually happens is that the administrator removes the everyone group from NTFS permissions as part of their security setup. If that is done, you must add the system account from the local SAM back into the NTFS permissions. If you're running a domain, you'll have to select the local security context to see that account. Once that is done, any service running as Local System can access the drive / folder / file. Tab Trepagnier TSM Administrator Laitram Corporation David Wentworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2002 11:51 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: TSM skipping some local drives -- solved Sias, You were right. Thanks! The scheduler service was logging in as Local System account. I thought that account automatically had permissions to the file system, but apparently not. Yesterday I gave the local System group full control of the drive that wasn't backing up and last night the drive got backed up. It probably doesn't need full control but I thought I'd try that to start. Dave At 07:40 PM 11/19/2002 -0500, Sias Dealy wrote: Dave, Your right that domain all-local is the default. Since you are able to backup the local drive manually but not via the schedul. I would check the permission for the schedule service to see if it have the proper permission to access the local drive. I had a simular issue about a year ago. It turn out that the scheduler service did not have the proper permission to access the local drive. I just gave the scheduler service administrator rights and that worked for me. Sias Get your own 800 number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag On, David Wentworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello. I have TSM installed on two Windows 2000 servers. One server has TSM 4.1.1 and the other one has 5.1.0.1. Both of them are skipping a local drive. I think Domain all-local is the default. I tried making it explicit but it didn't help. One server (with TSM 4.1.1) has a C: and E: drive. C: gets backed up but not E:. The other server (with TSM 5.1.0.1) has a C:, D: and E: drive. On that on C: and E: get backed up but not D:. The problem only happens with the scheduler service. If I log on as an administrator and run an incremental backup manually all the local drives get backed up. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. Regards, Dave David Wentworth UC Office of the President
FW: audit volume
I posted this a few days ago and didn't get a hit. If anyone has anything they could point me to or send me I would appreciate it. Does anyone have, or know where I can get, a better technical write-up than what is detailed by the help audit volume information the TSM server has? I'm looking for a more detailed write-up of exactly what is happening when the tape is mounted and being audited. I have to comply with an audit finding and need specifics. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154
How to move datacentres.
Hi all, I'm moving a couple of apps - SAP/DB2 and an oracle data warehouse - from an RS6000 SP cluster on to a couple of brand spankin' new P690s, and at the same time moving to a new datacentre. It's just across the road but it might as well be on the moon. 1. The SP cluster has a fast internal network, but only 10MBit external. 2. There is a 3494 connected to the TSM server on both sites. 4 drives on old site and 2 drives on new 3. The move is time limited. 4. The SP must not be disturbed for 6 weeks after the move just in case we want to go back. One approach is to back up to TSM, backup the TSM database, remove the tapes needed, bring up TSM at the new site and restore. Ok, but complex and messy, and hard to do in small chunks (for the test migrations along the way). Second approach - export node data, and import to new TSM server then restore. Export/import operations are single threaded and tape to tape therefore slow. The sap DB alone is 350GB, so I can't make this work in a reasonable timeframe (backup/export/transport/import/restore) Third approach - detach a drive from TSM. Run a backup utility on the source machine to either stdout or a named pipe depending on the utility, then read from this across the SP switch to the TSM node with rsh and from there to tape. Testing has revealed that this will work and be both simple and fast- but, I need a utility that is smart enough to recognize end of tape and the 3494 autoloader mode and load the next tape automatically. I've tried the pax and aix backup utilities with no success. Can anyone point me at a utility that can do this or suggest a different approach to the problem? Also I'd love some real world information on how to set up the 3494 autoloader mode and use it from AIX, just to be sure that I've got that bit right. TIA Steve Harris Unix, Backup and Storage Admin Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia ** This e-mail, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this e-mail is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail message and destroy any hard copies produced. **
Re: audit volume
My understanding of the audit volume process is that it doesn't actually read the data on the tape. Instead it reads the checksum information that TSM puts on the tape periodically. This bit me once when I was auditing a disk volume. The audit volume deleted some files out but failed to find some files on disk which were in error. Hope this helps, -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant -ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 6:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: audit volume I posted this a few days ago and didn't get a hit. If anyone has anything they could point me to or send me I would appreciate it. Does anyone have, or know where I can get, a better technical write-up than what is detailed by the help audit volume information the TSM server has? I'm looking for a more detailed write-up of exactly what is happening when the tape is mounted and being audited. I have to comply with an audit finding and need specifics. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154
Re: TDP for Exchange not working
Del, thank you for the information. Turns out my disk storagepool is smaller than the database; that's why it went directly to tape. I don't have much disk space on my TSM server, but it's probably best to send it right to tape. Thanks again, Neil On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 18:54, Del Hoobler wrote: Neil, An Exchange backup consists of one large object that contains the database files and the associated logs. A few things that would force it directly to tape are: 1.) If there is not enough storage space in the disk storagepool to contain the entire backup. 2.) If you have a MAXFILESIZE parameter on the STORAGEPOOL so that backup object that is larger than a certain size, will go directly to tape. 3.) A management class that sends the backups directly to a tape storagepool. Many customers choose number 2 or 3 above for large database backups (like Exchange or SQL) so that their disk pool does not get overloaded for a single database backup. Look into the things above to see if they might be causing this. Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Never cut what can be untied. - Commit yourself to constant improvement. Thank you, Exchange appears to be backing up right now. Strange, though, all my other backups go to the backuppool on my TSM server's disk, and get flushed from there to tape. The Exchange backup is going directly to tape (I can see the tape writing while the backup is going). Is there a setting to make this backup go to the same route, or is the backup direct to tape for some purpose I'm not aware of? -- Neil Dombrowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Session Not Completing
Hi All I have 30 Windows 2000 Servers backing up to a Windows TSM 5.1 Server. One of the servers when scheduled to backup begins its schedule and backup then just sits doing nothing, it never comes back to the server with a status and you have to cancel the session manually then it reports back a ? which is very informative. When you look in the dsmerror and dsmsched logs there is nothing to indicate an error, other than the cancelled session. This seems to happen on only this server and we have tried re-installing the software modifying the dsm.opt file, re-installing the schedule service with no change. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Database Questions
-- Cache Hit Pct.: 90.08 David already pointed this is not good for performance. -- Will this affect performance on the system (swap usage or paging)? You have to verify how your operating system is tuned, how much memory is available to applications, are there other applications, etc, etc. This would be a long story how to squeeze the maximum from your box. But few basic settings may give you 80+ % of the maximum which probably will be much better than your current state. -- Yes, DB volumes are on Veritas filesystem Several people on this list reported performance problems when DB volumes were on Veritas. Switch to raw devices gave them noticeable increase. Others are using VxFS with good performance after some tuning. So you have two options: fine tune your Veritas filesystems or switch to raw devices. If you search through list archives for UFS or VxFS you will find several discussions on this topic. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Luke Dahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 21.11.2002 00:24 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Database Questions Output from q db f=d: Available Space (MB): 50,012 Assigned Capacity (MB): 45,012 Maximum Extension (MB): 5,000 Maximum Reduction (MB): 10,720 Page Size (bytes): 4,096 Total Usable Pages: 11,523,072 Used Pages: 7,574,343 Pct Util: 65.7 Max. Pct Util: 76.2 Physical Volumes: 51 Buffer Pool Pages: 10,500 Total Buffer Requests: 180,673,719 Cache Hit Pct.: 90.08 Cache Wait Pct.: 1.74 Backup in Progress?: Yes Type of Backup In Progress: Full Incrementals Since Last Full: 0 Changed Since Last Backup (MB): 64.07 BufPoolSize42000 I increased the bufpoolsize from 37000 to 42000 a few days ago to bring the ratio up? Will this affect performance on the system (swap usage or paging)? Yes, DB volumes are on Veritas filesystem... I can get you the exact Veritas levels if it would help... Thank you very much, I really appreciate the help! Zlatko Krastev/ACIT wrote: You can find long discussions on this topic in the list archives. - it is mostly disadvantageous to have more than one or two DB volumes per disk/array - parallelism you create with more volumes results disk heads moving back and forth. You are shooting yourself in the leg. - RAID 5 is definitely not very good for TSM DB and for average or heavy-loaded server might be disastrous for performance. For small servers might be just fine. Your server with 35 GB DB does not fit in second category. - sessions running for hours sounds terrible. What is DB cache hit ratio? Do you have DB volumes on Veritas filesystem?!? Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Luke Dahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07.11.2002 19:47 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Database Questions Does anyone know of any advantage/disadvantage of the file sizes for the database? Is there an advantage to creating many 1Gb .db files over fewer 10Gb .db files? Also, we're running TSM 4.2.1.15 on Solaris 5.8 using raid 5. I've heard performance can be much greater with raid 0. Any truth to that? We're seeing load averages above 10 nearly every day and TSM performance is pretty poor. Our database size is 35Gb and sessions are running for hours (even small incrementals of various workstations). Network bandwidth hasn't peaked over 50% in any 24 hour duration. Any thoughts? Many thanks in advance. Luke Dahl NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117
Re: Tivoli Web Admin Secure?
Server web admin interface cannot use directly https, only the web client. Although there is a piece of add-on code called Secure Web Administrator Proxy. It is somewhere in your installation CDs. It allows to manage your TSM server through some web server. Security between the browser and the web proxy server depends on the configuration and easily can be set to use https. Connection from web proxy to TSM server is still insecure and for security reasons they have to be close. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Tani [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20.11.2002 19:47 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Tivoli Web Admin Secure? Hi all, it's possible Tivoli web admin works on https? Thanks All Estanislao Sanmartín Rejo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
