SAP Timeout
Hi All I run TSM Server 5.1.5 on Windows 2000 and SAP/R3 on Tru64/UNix using the TSM SAP TDP. I wish to know if there is a timeout value that can used to cancel a backup if not completed within a specified time. I schedule the backups then using a script begin the backups, which in turn perform all the needed steps to backup my databases. However if there is a storage shortage or some other error that causes the TDP to wait for the TSM Server, I would like to be able to timeout the script and fail the schedule. Otherwise the operators have to manually cancel each session as it starts up and only when there are no more sessions will the script end and return a failure code. Kind Regards LAWRIE SCOTT For: Persetel/Q Vector KZN E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AIT3 vs LTO
Hi all, we plan to set up an archiving-system with TSM. Does anybody can give me some pros or cons for AIT3 versus LTO. Can anybody tell me something about his experience with EDIC Scala 100 and IBM 3583. Thanks for any help Chris Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG IT Department Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AIT3 vs LTO
Hi Chris, I can give you my opinion only, and I'll tell you - I have a lot more experience with LTO than AIT3, and find LTO very good. Especially good capacity, and fast data transfer. Downside to LTO is perhaps cost of drives and tapes. (I don't know the cost of AIT drives/tapes.) As for ADIC Scalar 100, and IBM3583 - they're the same library, with different firmware, and different front panels. They are basically the very same library. Both libraries are, in my experience, very stable, and a good choice for a medium sized library, and very scalable. One thing to watch out for with TSM and these libs; If you're checking in/out tapes regularly to/from the library - buy the 12 slot I/O station version (you'll get tired of checking tapes out, one by one). There are a few things to be aware of with drivers etc. on the windows-platform, but nothing that can't be done in 30 min. Well, that's my view on it - hope it helps. Rgds Geirr G. Halvorsen -Original Message- From: Christoph Pilgram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28. januar 2003 11:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AIT3 vs LTO Hi all, we plan to set up an archiving-system with TSM. Does anybody can give me some pros or cons for AIT3 versus LTO. Can anybody tell me something about his experience with EDIC Scala 100 and IBM 3583. Thanks for any help Chris Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG IT Department Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Syntax/structure for dsmserv.idl
Hi All, I wonder if anyone has some documentation/information on how to write a custom dsmserv.idl (or altering the default). This way it should be possible to make some serious customizations to the web-interface, which I would really like to do. Can someone point me in the right direction for finding this info? I'll be grateful for any help. Rgds Geirr G. Halvorsen
DISK STGPOOL
What is the procedure to increase the size of the DISK pool. If I have a DISK POOL which is 2GB and if I want to doubel waht exactly do I need to do ? CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify AMCOR immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of AMCOR.
Re: 3590 Partitioning
I hadn't thought of that but in looking at my old GC35-0154-02 IBM SCSI Tape Drive, Medium Changer, Library Device Drivers (installation user's guide) I do see where the write option of tapeutil allows you to write a file. # backup ~myfile.tar~ to tape tapeutil -f/dev/rmt0 write -s myfile.tar can then read with # restore ~myfile.tar~ from tape tapeutil -f/dev/rmt0 read -d myfile.tar all sorts of useful stuff around chapter 10 (tape subcommands on pages 89-92) which is where the above examples came from. Dang-it Steve, now I'm going to have to play around with creating a tape validation script since I see the wtest rtest commands... oh well, this old dog might as well learn a new trick or two... Dwight -Original Message- From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 5:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3590 Partitioning HI All, This is a 3590 question rather than TSM as such, but this is the best forum for it. I need to take system images of several AIX boxes each week to SAN Attached 3590E drives in my 3494. It seems like overkill to devote a whole 3590 tape to each image as they will only be a few gig each. I stumbled across some doc which implies that a 3590 tape can be partitioned into smaller segments which can then be used independently. (see items 36 and 38 on the tapeutil menu). However, this is old doc, and I assume the feature is from the early days of 3590 when 10GB was an enormous amount of storage. Has anyone used this partitioning feature? in what circumstances? Are there any gotchas? Thanks Steve Harris AIX and TSM 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: DISK STGPOOL
You can find how to prepare disk vol on page 182 in TSM admin guide. Gus [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/03 07:32AM What is the procedure to increase the size of the DISK pool. If I have a DISK POOL which is 2GB and if I want to doubel waht exactly do I need to do ? CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify AMCOR immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of AMCOR.
VERY HIGH %SYS CPU
Hi, The CPU usage (%sys) is extremely high, like 80 - 90%, on the TSM server (Sun V880 running TSM v5.1.5) during the backup window. Particularly when TDP R3 clients are attempting their SAP backups via backint / brbackup and as such the throughput is extremely poor (9MB/s direct to disk cache via gigabit network). The culprit for the high cpu usage is dsmserv and seems to be eating system resources at the expense of I/O and user. So bascially I'm looking for recommendations, best practices or experience of the TDP R3 agent to try and resolve this issue. BufPoolsize = 512000 LogPoolsize = 8192 MaxSession = 200 TxnGroupMax = 256 SelfTuneBUFPools = No Any ideas welcome... Thanks Sean
LTO-2 Announcement by IBM
Got this from a co-worker... The LTO2 version of the 3584 has been announced - Planned Availability Date is Valentine's Day: http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usaletsparms=H_103-004 Bill Boyer Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield. - ??
Re: TSM v4.2 end of support
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nate Norrgard Just a reminder for those of you that may not have been aware; TSM V4.2 will no longer be supported by Tivoli as of 4/15/03. Those requiring support must upgrade to 5.1 If I can be of any assistance in these processes please just let me know. It'd be really nice if you'd indicate in your header when your posts contain advertising. :o) Thanks. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Certified TSM consultant Certified AIX system engineer MCSE
Re: DB2 configuration and backup
Thanks for the replies. We have worked this out. The error code was looking for a library file (libadsm.a) which had been moved from /home/sqllib/adsm. We put the file back and the backups worked great. We figured this out by looking at the paths on another client that had db2 installed. Thanks again, Nettie Kinison
Re: 3590 Partitioning
Steve, a more important question (assuming these are mksysb or sysback images) -- can you boot and restore from these partitions? At D/R, will you have a good way to tell (a) which tape has the backups, and (b) which partition is system X? I feel your pain on using an entire tape for a couple of gig -- to the point that all my AIX systems now have an internal 4 mm DDS drive used ONLY for mksysb. Even at $2500 (US) per system, I didn't have much trouble selling this to management. We have a 3584 with LTO drives for the TSM library (and no SAN yet, but it is on the way this year). Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -Original Message- From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 6:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3590 Partitioning HI All, This is a 3590 question rather than TSM as such, but this is the best forum for it. I need to take system images of several AIX boxes each week to SAN Attached 3590E drives in my 3494. It seems like overkill to devote a whole 3590 tape to each image as they will only be a few gig each. I stumbled across some doc which implies that a 3590 tape can be partitioned into smaller segments which can then be used independently. (see items 36 and 38 on the tapeutil menu). However, this is old doc, and I assume the feature is from the early days of 3590 when 10GB was an enormous amount of storage. Has anyone used this partitioning feature? in what circumstances? Are there any gotchas? Thanks Steve Harris AIX and TSM 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: 3590 Partitioning
Is it even possible to boot from a fibre-attached tape drive? At DR tests with a HPUX servers, it wasn't possible to use the Ignite tape in fibre-attached tape drive. A SCSI-attached drive was required to boot from. Kurt -Original Message- From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 6:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3590 Partitioning HI All, This is a 3590 question rather than TSM as such, but this is the best forum for it. I need to take system images of several AIX boxes each week to SAN Attached 3590E drives in my 3494. It seems like overkill to devote a whole 3590 tape to each image as they will only be a few gig each. I stumbled across some doc which implies that a 3590 tape can be partitioned into smaller segments which can then be used independently. (see items 36 and 38 on the tapeutil menu). However, this is old doc, and I assume the feature is from the early days of 3590 when 10GB was an enormous amount of storage. Has anyone used this partitioning feature? in what circumstances? Are there any gotchas? Thanks Steve Harris AIX and TSM 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. **
Help Restoring a Filesystem
Hi all; Environment: AIX 433 ML10 TSM 415 We just went through migrating all of our data from one EMC SYMM to a newer SYMM and I inadvertantly copied one 50GB filesystem onto 1 old disk and 1 new disk...so you can guess what happened when we shutdown the old SYMM. ...my bad Anyway, I [forced] varyon'd the volume group, renamed the old filesystem: /old/c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro I created a new volume group and a filesystem: /c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro However, when I do a q occ from within Tivoli - I do see my 50GB filesystem out there: C2F1N5EX Bkup /c2f1n5i- 3590EPOOL 206 53,420.48 53,420.48 n/u07/crcpro But when I try to restore the /c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro filesystem either through the dsm-GUI or the dsmc-CLI -- it says that there is nothing in it. ??? I went through a dry run yestereday (prior to creating the new filesystem) and everything looked good. So I'm not sure how to get this data restored at this point - can anyone assist me? Thank you; Theresa
Little help from the select statement wizzies...
I have a need to find any data still in existance from 7/12/2002 back to 01/11/2002 and on what volumes it resides. I realise the only way I'm going to find this is by select but havn't really played with them much at all, would anyone have any idea of how to do this? Thanks in advance. .Rikk Equitas Limited, 33 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8LL, UK NOTICE: This message is intended only for use by the named addressee and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete the message and any attachments accompanying it immediately. Equitas reserve the right to monitor and/or record emails, (including the contents thereof) sent and received via its network for any lawful business purpose to the extent permitted by applicable law Registered in England: Registered no. 3173352 Registered address above
Re: Help Restoring a Filesystem
Hi Mike - thanks for the response!
Yes, a backup run at 2:30 this morning - and I just checked and it would appear the
filesystem I want to restore is inactive:
Size Backup DateMgmt Class A/I File
----- ---
512 01/28/03 02:47:05STANDARDA /c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro/
512 01/28/03 02:47:05STANDARDA /c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro/l
ost+found
4,096 12/23/02 02:41:18STANDARDI /c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro/
512 11/03/02 08:14:26STANDARDI /c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro/l
ost+found
Any idea how I can restore the filesystem from 12/23?
I ran this command:
q ba -pitdate=12/23/02 {/c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro}/* -ina
And it came back with:
Size Backup DateMgmt Class A/I File
----- ---
512 11/03/02 08:14:26STANDARDI /c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro/l
ost+found
4,096 12/23/02 02:41:18STANDARDI /c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro/
So I don't know if it will work???
Thanks for the help;
Theresa
Mike Hedden [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/03 09:42AM
Theresa,
Did you by any chance run a backup after your dry run - maybe TSM marked all
the files inactive if the scheduler ran and saw no files in the file system
Mike
Re: Help Restoring a Filesystem
q ba -pitdate=12/23/02 {/c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro}/* -ina
Shell expansion...quoting...
Move TSM to new server
Hi, What is the easiest way to move TSM to another server? I need a step-by-step process. We want to move the DB to another server then attach the library. I tried a database restore and received this error message, we attempting to start TSM: ANRD pkthread.c(791): ThreadId0 Run-time assertion failed: CmpLsn( *pageLsnP, hdrP-updtLsn ) != LESSTHAN, Thread 0, File dblog.c, Line 1061. The server names are not the same, but the TSM version is. The location for the db and recovery log is in a different location. Information: Both servers are: Windows 2000 AS TSM 5.1.5.1 DB is 1.1GB Thanks JET
SAP R/3
Hello TSMers; I have an interview tomorrow were one of the requirements is to maintain TDP (Tivoli Data Protection for R/3). Does anyone have a link to a good documentation? Thanks and regards; Hussein A. Irwin Toy LTD. Canada 416-533-3521 x4537
TSM server on Linux w/3494-3590
We are investigating the issue of moving TSM off AIX to a Linux system, purely due to the cost of AIX hardware (lets face itwhen it costs me $5000 for a drawer of used SSA drives just to get me 130GB of raided disk when I can get complete multi-processor x86 boxes with 300GB of raided disk for the same cost, you have to investigate !) The only issue is the fiber-channel/SAN connectivity to the shared 3494 ATL (primarily used by our z/OS systems) using 3590 E1A drives. Can this be accomplished with an x86 box ? How many folks are using the fairly new Linux version of TSM ? How is it running ?Issues ?
audit volume fix=no -- object needs updating?
TSM 4.2.2.12 AIX 4.3.3 Just ran an audit volume on a tape, and it came back with a ton of these: 01/27/03 17:07:24 ANR2337W Need to reset header size for object .2357410, verb type (8f), from (0) to (224). 01/27/03 17:07:24 ANR4131W Audit Volume found incorrect object information for volume volume: Node client, Type Backup (Active), File space fs, fsId 29, File name filename. The error message description for ANR4131W is a bit vague, just says that the object information for the specified file is found to be in error. Ok There is no error information in TSM Messages for ANR2337W - is on the Messages Not Appearing in This Publication section. The summary for the Audit Volume process said: 01/27/03 17:46:59 ANR4133I Audit volume process ended for volume volume; 52908 files inspected, 0 damaged files found and marked as damaged, 35384 objects need updating. 01/27/03 17:46:59 ANR0987I Process 1426 for AUDIT VOLUME (INSPECT ONLY) running in the BACKGROUND processed 52908 items with a completion state of SUCCESS at 17:46:59. All files listed are for a client that no longer exists. Just how do I update these objects, as the summary says I need to? I thought AUDIT VOLUME FIX=YES (and FIX=NO, for that matter) marks files as damaged in the database. The audit volume I ran found no damaged files, so how could an audit volume with FIX=YES be any different? I wonder if running another incremental backup would help (I can't, by the way, since the machine won't boot up) since at least half of the files listed with an ANR4131W are active files that really should be marked as inactive so they can eventually expire. Any ideas? Thanks, M __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fix?
In 4.2.3.0, after the session count gets to 65K, the session number can no longer be stored in the summary table resulting in an ANRD message. (Can anyone say maxint?) I'm pretty sure a fix is out... I hope.
TDP for SQL/upgrade not working.
I've upgraded to TDP for SQL 5.1 and backups have now quit working. There are some invalid options messages when running the SQL.cmd file. The link below does not have a version 5 manual listed. Can anyone point me to one so I can figure out what line here is causing the proplem. Link: http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TD_PROD_LIST. html http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TD_PROD_LIST .html I've tried working this blind but with no success. set sql_dir=C:\IBM\ADSM\TDPSql C: cd C:\IBM\ADSM\TDPSql tdpsql backup * full /sqluser=adsm_user /sqlpwd=adsm /logfile=c:\Logs\sqlfull.log /tsmoptfile=dsm.opt 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: Little help from the select statement wizzies...
This will get you backups still in existence between those dates SELECT HL_NAME,LL_NAME FROM BACKUPS - WHERE NODE_NAME='YOURNODE' - AND BACKUP_DATE BETWEEN '2002-11-01' AND '2002-12-07' Cahill, Ricky [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/28/2003 03:23:39 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: John Naylor/HAV/SSE) Subject: Little help from the select statement wizzies... I have a need to find any data still in existance from 7/12/2002 back to 01/11/2002 and on what volumes it resides. I realise the only way I'm going to find this is by select but havn't really played with them much at all, would anyone have any idea of how to do this? Thanks in advance. .Rikk Equitas Limited, 33 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8LL, UK NOTICE: This message is intended only for use by the named addressee and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete the message and any attachments accompanying it immediately. Equitas reserve the right to monitor and/or record emails, (including the contents thereof) sent and received via its network for any lawful business purpose to the extent permitted by applicable law Registered in England: Registered no. 3173352 Registered address above ** The information in this E-Mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It may not represent the views of Scottish and Southern Energy plc. It is intended solely for the addressees. Access to this E-Mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any unauthorised recipient should advise the sender immediately of the error in transmission. Scottish Hydro-Electric, Southern Electric, SWALEC and S+S are trading names of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group. **
Re: TDP for SQL/upgrade not working.
Geoff, Could it be: /sqlpwd=adsm should be: /SQLPassword=adsm or... it could be that the new TSM API removed some of the old communications options.. which means you may have to remove the old options out of the DSM.OPT file. Here is the syntax: TDPSQLC Backup *|dbname[,dbname,...] [Full] [/BUFFers=numbuffers] default: 3(or cfg value) [/BUFFERSIze=buffersizeinkb] default: 1024 (or cfg value) [/CONFIGfile=configfilename] default: tdpsql.cfg [/LOGFile=logfilename] default: tdpsql.log (or cfg value) [/LOGPrune=numdays|No] default: 60 (or cfg value) [/MOUNTWait=Yes|No]default: Yes (or cfg value) [/Quiet] [/SQLAUTHentication=INTegrated|SQLuserid] default: INTegrated (or cfg value) [/SQLBUFFers=numsqlbuffers]default: 0(or cfg value) [/SQLBUFFERSIze=sqlbuffersizeinkb] default: 1024 (or cfg value) [/SQLPassword=sqlpasswordname] default: [/SQLSERVer=sqlservername] default: local computer name (or cfg value) [/SQLUSer=sqlusername] default: sa [/STRIPes=numstripes] default: 1(or cfg value) [/TSMNODe=tsmnodename] default: dsm.opt value [/TSMOPTFile=dsmoptfilename] default: dsm.opt [/TSMPassword=tsmpassword] default: dsm.opt value Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Never cut what can be untied. - Commit yourself to constant improvement. == I've upgraded to TDP for SQL 5.1 and backups have now quit working. There are some invalid options messages when running the SQL.cmd file. The link below does not have a version 5 manual listed. Can anyone point me to one so I can figure out what line here is causing the proplem. tdpsql backup * full /sqluser=adsm_user /sqlpwd=adsm /logfile=c:\Logs\sqlfull.log /tsmoptfile=dsm.opt
Re: audit volume fix=no -- object needs updating?
Try exporting the data then if that is successful delete the filespaces. In the unlikely event that you actually need to get back any of the data import it. Michelle DeVault [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/28/2003 04:12:04 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: John Naylor/HAV/SSE) Subject: audit volume fix=no -- object needs updating? TSM 4.2.2.12 AIX 4.3.3 Just ran an audit volume on a tape, and it came back with a ton of these: 01/27/03 17:07:24 ANR2337W Need to reset header size for object .2357410, verb type (8f), from (0) to (224). 01/27/03 17:07:24 ANR4131W Audit Volume found incorrect object information for volume volume: Node client, Type Backup (Active), File space fs, fsId 29, File name filename. The error message description for ANR4131W is a bit vague, just says that the object information for the specified file is found to be in error. Ok There is no error information in TSM Messages for ANR2337W - is on the Messages Not Appearing in This Publication section. The summary for the Audit Volume process said: 01/27/03 17:46:59 ANR4133I Audit volume process ended for volume volume; 52908 files inspected, 0 damaged files found and marked as damaged, 35384 objects need updating. 01/27/03 17:46:59 ANR0987I Process 1426 for AUDIT VOLUME (INSPECT ONLY) running in the BACKGROUND processed 52908 items with a completion state of SUCCESS at 17:46:59. All files listed are for a client that no longer exists. Just how do I update these objects, as the summary says I need to? I thought AUDIT VOLUME FIX=YES (and FIX=NO, for that matter) marks files as damaged in the database. The audit volume I ran found no damaged files, so how could an audit volume with FIX=YES be any different? I wonder if running another incremental backup would help (I can't, by the way, since the machine won't boot up) since at least half of the files listed with an ANR4131W are active files that really should be marked as inactive so they can eventually expire. Any ideas? Thanks, M __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ** The information in this E-Mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It may not represent the views of Scottish and Southern Energy plc. It is intended solely for the addressees. Access to this E-Mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any unauthorised recipient should advise the sender immediately of the error in transmission. Scottish Hydro-Electric, Southern Electric, SWALEC and S+S are trading names of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group. **
Re: 3494 and dsmserv restore db
If you have the 3494 mtlib code installed for Windows you can issue this command and not even go to the library. The command is: mtlib -l [library] -m -x [device serial] -V [volume number] After TSM is done with the tape it will unload it but not put it away. mtlib -l [library] -d -x [device serial] I do this all the time when a tape gets left in a drive for some unknown reason. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Northrop Grumman Information Technology 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3494 and dsmserv restore db As a matter of fact, I had to do this last Friday to restore a Windows TSM server. I did exactly as described below in the support item Lloyd posted. You edit a copy of your devconfig file as below. Then when you run dsmserv restore db, the first thing you get is a MOUNT message. Put your 3494 in PAUSE, open the door, throw the tape in the drive requested in the MOUNT message. After the restore is done, remember to take the tape OUT of the drive. Put back your original devconfig file and restart the server. It was much less painful than I expected! -Original Message- From: Lloyd Dieter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3494 and dsmserv restore db Steve, Attached (at the end) is a snippet from a howto on IBM's support site that you may want to look over... -Lloyd On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:04:43 -0500 Steve Roder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, According to the doc., dsmserv restore db only supports manual and scsi libraries. Has anyone on this list restored a db via a 3590 drive inside a 3494? Since the 3494 is not libtype=scsi, I am thinking that I will have to put my 3494 into pause or manual mode, and fake TSM into thinking the 3590 is standalone, and then manually insert the dbbackup volume into the correct drive. Has anyone done this? Thanks, Steve Roder, University at Buffalo HOD Service Coordinator VM Systems Programmer UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX) TSM/ADSM Administrator ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564) Problem One may need to temporarily configure your 3494 library as manual in order to perform a database restore. The following provides instruction on how to change your devconfig file to do so. Solution First, make a copy of your devconfig.out file and rename it. Do this so that after the DB restore completes you can just rename the file back to devconfig.out without having to re-write anything. Next, open the current devconfig.out file in a text editor. All but four lines will need to be moved. Below is an example of the edited devconfig file: /* Device Configuration */ DEFINE DEVCLASS 3494CLASS DEVTYPE=3590 LIBRARY=3494LIB SET SERVERNAME SERVERNAME DEFINE LIBRARY 3494LIB LIBTYPE=manual DEFINE DRIVE 3494LIB DRIVE1 DEVICE=/dev/rmt/tsm_drive1 For TSM Version 5.1 and higher, edit as follows: /* Device Configuration */ DEFINE DEVCLASS 3494CLASS DEVTYPE=3590 LIBRARY=3494LIB SET SERVERNAME SERVERNAME DEFINE LIBRARY 3494LIB LIBTYPE=manual DEFINE DRIVE 3494LIB DRIVE1 DEFINE PATH SERVERNAME DRIVE1 SRCType=server DESTType=drive LIBR=3494LIB DEVICE=/dev/rmt/tsm_drive1 ONLINE=YES Save the file and issue your restore syntax. One will then be prompted to mount the volume. After acknowledging the mount, the resore should run to completion. When the restore has completed, discard the edited devconfig file and replace it with the old one. Assuming the restore was successful, the server will start up and reference the proper devconfig file. -- - Lloyd Dieter- Senior Technology Consultant Registered Linux User 285528 Synergy, Inc. http://www.synergyinc.cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Main:585-389-1260fax:585-389-1267 -
Re: Backup fails when files fail
Andy, Glad you're on this discussion. I work for IBM and my colleagues and I were told months ago from level2 TSM support that reporting a backup as failed (in the TSM activity) as a result of an rc=4 (files open or not found) was a bug in 4.2.x and would be fixed. Andrew Raibeck wrote: You don't qualify what you mean by failed, but if you simply mean that the return code from dsmc was 4, then this is a new 5.1 feature, not a bug. See the Automating Tasks chapter in the 5.1 client manual for information on return codes from the command line client and their meanings. If you have any other questions on this, let me know. 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. Thomas Denier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/27/2003 14:47 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Backup fails when files fail We have an HP-UX TSM client running 5.1.1.0 code. It connects to a 4.2.3.3 server running under OS/390. A 'dsmc incremental' command on the HP-UX system failed with an exit status of 4, apparently because three files failed with ANS1228E and ANS4045E (file not found) messages. I remember reading about this kind of behavior in Version 4 clients. Has Tivoli managed to resurrect this bug in Version 5?
Restoring files off one server to another
Hello Fellow TSMr's I have a server which has died and we were thinking if it were possible to take selected files that were backed up from this dead server and puting them onto another server of the same brand. Is this possible and if so, where can I find the info that will tell me how it's done? Hope Zaleski Network Assistant/Faculty-Staff Support Coordinator Carthage College Kenosha Wisconsin 262-551-5748
need to see all output from Q INCLEXCL command
I am trying to run the Q INCLEXCL command from a windows client. However the response rolls off the screen so that I cannot see it all. I tried using the to redirect the output to a file like I do for my admin commands, but that does not work. I also scanned the doc and saw the options SCROLLPrompt and SCROLLLines. These options are documented as not being allowed with the Q INCLEXCL command, so I added the options to my dsm.opt file. Even though these options have an effect on other commands I enter, they do not have any effect on the Q INCLEXCL. So does anyone have any suggestions on how I can see all my output from this command?
Re: Backup fails when files fail
From previous discussion threads, and per TSM level 2 support, I was under the impression that reporting a failed backup as a result of a an rc=4 was a bug that tivoli was going to repair... The phrase failed backup has been used too loosely with this thread... always a problem in a technical formum. The original posting suggested that the backup completed, with a few files being unprocessable. The return code 4 thus agrees with the documentation in the Automating Tasks chapter of the B/A Clients manual. Richard Sims, BU
Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fix?
what platform ? when did it break ? I'm at 4.2.2.0 on AIX and I get into the millions on a regular basis...even 10's of millions as I seem to remember. Sess Number --- 1,354,1 76 1,365,0 47 1,369,9 14 Dwight -Original Message- From: Jolliff, Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fix? In 4.2.3.0, after the session count gets to 65K, the session number can no longer be stored in the summary table resulting in an ANRD message. (Can anyone say maxint?) I'm pretty sure a fix is out... I hope.
Re: DISK STGPOOL
Make sue you have disk space available by using df -k Go to the directory where you would like to create the disk volume. just to checkavailable disk sapce, if you are sure you can skip this and go to the tsm , Read Command define volume if you would like have complete understadning Otherwise the below process will work just fine, in example below I have created a testvol of 7 MB , if you wants 7GB then enter 700 . Good Luck tsm: AIX_ADSM_SERVER tsm: AIX_ADSM_SERVERdefine vol backup_dasdpool /lv22_23_24_25/testvol formatsiz=7 access=readw ANR2491I Volume Creation Process starting for /lv22_23_24_25/testvol, Process Id 2360. tsm: AIX_ADSM_SERVERq vol /lv22_23_24_25/testvol Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status (MB) --- -- - - /lv22_23_24_25/testvol BACKUP_DAS- DISK 7.0 0.1 On-Line DPOOL - Original Message - From: Ruksana Siddiqui [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 7:32 AM Subject: DISK STGPOOL What is the procedure to increase the size of the DISK pool. If I have a DISK POOL which is 2GB and if I want to doubel waht exactly do I need to do ? CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify AMCOR immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of AMCOR.
Re: Backup fails when files fail
From previous discussion threads, and per TSM level 2 support, I was under the impression that reporting a failed backup as a result of a an rc=4 was a bug that tivoli was going to repair... Seay, Paul wrote: Consistent return codes was a Share requirement for years so that production processes could actually be coded and have a determinable consistent result. You may not like the implementation, but it is what was asked for. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Northrop Grumman Information Technology 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup fails when files fail We have an HP-UX TSM client running 5.1.1.0 code. It connects to a 4.2.3.3 server running under OS/390. A 'dsmc incremental' command on the HP-UX system failed with an exit status of 4, apparently because three files failed with ANS1228E and ANS4045E (file not found) messages. I remember reading about this kind of behavior in Version 4 clients. Has Tivoli managed to resurrect this bug in Version 5? Give IBM (formerly Tivoli) some credit here... Customers have been clamoring for years for useful return codes, and this is an example of how they can be useful. Acting on the return codes is optional, after all. Richard Sims, BU
Re: SAP R/3
http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/DataProtectio nforR33.2.11.html - Original Message - From: Hussein Abdirahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:07 AM Subject: SAP R/3 Hello TSMers; I have an interview tomorrow were one of the requirements is to maintain TDP (Tivoli Data Protection for R/3). Does anyone have a link to a good documentation? Thanks and regards; Hussein A. Irwin Toy LTD. Canada 416-533-3521 x4537
Re: Backup fails when files fail
From previous discussion threads, and per TSM level 2 support, I was under the impression that reporting a failed backup as a result of a an rc=4 was a bug that tivoli was going to repair... No. There are two things going on here: (1) the RC 4, and (2) the failed status. They are not necessarily one and the same. The bug that existed in the 4.2.1.0 client (APAR IC31844) was that if one or more files were skipped during backup (and assuming that everything else was alright), the backup was flagged as failed with a return code of 4. This was incorrect behavior. The correct behavior was that the backup should have been flagged as complete with a return code of 0. Up until 5.1 (with the exception of 4.2.1.0) that is how ADSM/TSM always worked. Starting with version 5.1, we deliberately changed the behavior such that a backup that completes with skipped files (but no other warnings or errors), will be flagged as complete with return code 4. This is not the same as IC31844 that I mentioned above where the status was failed. Prior to 5.1, the return codes from dsmc were not documented, nor were they consistent or predictable in some situations. Version 5.1 addresses that by providing several return codes that are issued by dsmc and the scheduler so that you can more readily assess the relative success or failure of the operation. This fulfilled a long-standing customer requirement. The RC 4 for skipped files fulfills another related requirement to provide a means of distinguishing between complete backups with no skipped files and complete backups with one or more skipped files. As I mentioned yesterday in my prior post on this subject, the client manual documents this behavior in the Automating Tasks chapter. 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. Bernard Rosenbloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 10:24 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Backup fails when files fail From previous discussion threads, and per TSM level 2 support, I was under the impression that reporting a failed backup as a result of a an rc=4 was a bug that tivoli was going to repair... Seay, Paul wrote: Consistent return codes was a Share requirement for years so that production processes could actually be coded and have a determinable consistent result. You may not like the implementation, but it is what was asked for. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Northrop Grumman Information Technology 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup fails when files fail We have an HP-UX TSM client running 5.1.1.0 code. It connects to a 4.2.3.3 server running under OS/390. A 'dsmc incremental' command on the HP-UX system failed with an exit status of 4, apparently because three files failed with ANS1228E and ANS4045E (file not found) messages. I remember reading about this kind of behavior in Version 4 clients. Has Tivoli managed to resurrect this bug in Version 5? Give IBM (formerly Tivoli) some credit here... Customers have been clamoring for years for useful return codes, and this is an example of how they can be useful. Acting on the return codes is optional, after all. Richard Sims, BU
Windows 2000 Client
Has anyone tried the new version yet 5.1.5.9 ?? Greg
Re: need to see all output from Q INCLEXCL command
You can try redirecting the output to a file, i.e.: dsmc q inclexcl q.txt 21 Alternatively, if this is Windows NT/2000/XP, you can set your OS prompt's screen buffer size to a larger number of lines so that you can scroll back through the output. I always set mine to (the largest value). 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. Barbara Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 10:34 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:need to see all output from Q INCLEXCL command I am trying to run the Q INCLEXCL command from a windows client. However the response rolls off the screen so that I cannot see it all. I tried using the to redirect the output to a file like I do for my admin commands, but that does not work. I also scanned the doc and saw the options SCROLLPrompt and SCROLLLines. These options are documented as not being allowed with the Q INCLEXCL command, so I added the options to my dsm.opt file. Even though these options have an effect on other commands I enter, they do not have any effect on the Q INCLEXCL. So does anyone have any suggestions on how I can see all my output from this command?
TSM v.4.2.3.2 server on AIX
Last week, I installed the TSM v4.2.3.2 server patch on a AIX 4.3.3 ML10 box with 2 GB RAM, a 100 GB TSM Database, with 10 GB of logspace. Come this morning, it core dumped with a useless truncated core file and no real messages in the errpt, activity log, or dsmserv.err file. TSM support gave me no real things to follow up with other then watch and see if it happens again. We did note that TSM v.4.2.3.3 server patch was released on Friday though. Does anybody know if there are any problems of mysterious or unexplained crashing that existed within the 4.2.3.2 code set? Thanks, David N. Reiss TSM Support Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 407-736-3912
Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fi x?
Not sure when it cropped up, but I'm on 4.2.3.0 on Solaris and AIX and we have to recycle the server before 65k session count or we get hundreds of D's per hour. There is also another issue with the summary table where certain client versions can't update the summary table on certain fields which produces D's also. 01/28/03 11:26:29 ANRD smnode.c(18972): ThreadId40 Session exiting has no affinityId cluster 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Context report 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Thread AcceptorThread (33) is a parent thread related to: 40 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating TM Context Report: (struct=tmTxnDesc) (slots=256) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating Database Transaction Table Context: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating SM Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no sessions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating AS Vol Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No mounted (or mount in progress) volumes. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating ssSession Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No storage service sessions active. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating ssOpenSeg Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No storage service segments found. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating BF Copy Control Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No global copy control blocks. 01/28/03 11:26:29 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) SessionThread : ANRD calling thread 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating TM Context Report: (struct=tmTxnDesc) (slots=256) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating Database Transaction Table Context: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating SM Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Session 66145:Type=Node, Id=DLEAG 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Platform=SUN SOLARIS, NodeId=210, Owner=oracle 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) SessType=4, Index=6, TermReason=0 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) RecvWaitTime=0.000 (samples=0) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Backup Objects ( bytes ) Inserted: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Backup Objects ( bytes ) Restored: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Archive Objects ( bytes ) Inserted: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Archive Objects ( bytes ) Retrieved: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Last Verb ( SignOff ), Last Verb State ( Recv ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating AS Vol Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) No mounted (or mount in progress) volumes. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating ssSession Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) No storage service sessions active. 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) Generating ssOpenSeg Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) No storage service segments found. 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) Generating BF Copy Control Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) No global copy control blocks. 01/28/03 11:26:30 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) End Context report -Original Message- From: Cook, Dwight E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fix? what platform ? when did it break ? I'm at 4.2.2.0 on AIX and I get into the millions on a regular basis...even 10's of millions as I seem to remember. Sess Number --- 1,354,1 76 1,365,0 47 1,369,9 14 Dwight -Original Message- From: Jolliff, Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fix? In 4.2.3.0, after the session count gets to 65K, the session number can no longer be stored in the summary table resulting in an ANRD message. (Can anyone say maxint?) I'm pretty sure a fix is out... I hope.
Re: Backup fails when files fail
HI, I have Server 5.1.6 with most clients still at 4.2.x - and I still get the failed status, even when other files have backed up: -+ | (Backed Up Today) | (Stored on Server) | | Node| StatusElapsed Bytes(MB) | Files Data | Last Acc | +---+-+--| ADSMSRVR| Failed00:05:40 35.85 | 1521944088 MB | 1 | CWS01 | MissedN/A N/A | 22922246416 MB | 2| ORSRVR | MissedN/A N/A | 26809449184 MB | 2| RX | Failed00:00:26 3.32 | 1084714557 MB | 1 | RXSRVR | NoData08:35:38 .0492 | 1013031398 MB | 1| UTILSRVR| NoData04:07:25 .0411 | 1317040 15466 MB | 1 | -+ You can see that for my adsmsrvr - the status is failed - but 35 mb backed up. It is not the behavior I like - but I put the patch on when my server was at 4.2 and it still occurred. I had talked to level 2 support at the time and was told it was a requested feature - that admins had requested to know when a file failed to back up. I would love a solution to this - as my boss questions the failures all of the time. Jane Bassett Health Care -Original Message- From: Bernard Rosenbloom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup fails when files fail Andy, Glad you're on this discussion. I work for IBM and my colleagues and I were told months ago from level2 TSM support that reporting a backup as failed (in the TSM activity) as a result of an rc=4 (files open or not found) was a bug in 4.2.x and would be fixed. Andrew Raibeck wrote: You don't qualify what you mean by failed, but if you simply mean that the return code from dsmc was 4, then this is a new 5.1 feature, not a bug. See the Automating Tasks chapter in the 5.1 client manual for information on return codes from the command line client and their meanings. If you have any other questions on this, let me know. 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. Thomas Denier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/27/2003 14:47 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Backup fails when files fail We have an HP-UX TSM client running 5.1.1.0 code. It connects to a 4.2.3.3 server running under OS/390. A 'dsmc incremental' command on the HP-UX system failed with an exit status of 4, apparently because three files failed with ANS1228E and ANS4045E (file not found) messages. I remember reading about this kind of behavior in Version 4 clients. Has Tivoli managed to resurrect this bug in Version 5?
Re: Restoring files off one server to another
OK, is the server a client of a tsm server or is it the actual tsm server ? if it is just a different client node, just do a dsmc -virtualnode=other_name and you may (if you know the other nodes password into the tsm server) restore its backups to your current client box. Dwight -Original Message- From: Hope Zaleski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Restoring files off one server to another Hello Fellow TSMr's I have a server which has died and we were thinking if it were possible to take selected files that were backed up from this dead server and puting them onto another server of the same brand. Is this possible and if so, where can I find the info that will tell me how it's done? Hope Zaleski Network Assistant/Faculty-Staff Support Coordinator Carthage College Kenosha Wisconsin 262-551-5748
Re: Windows 2000 Client
I just installed this morning. Have not finished testing yet. Will let you know if I find anything good or bad! -- Bruce Kamp Midrange Systems Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: (954) 987-2020 x4597 F: (954) 985-1404 --- -Original Message- From: Heinz, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Windows 2000 Client Has anyone tried the new version yet 5.1.5.9 ?? Greg
Re: Help Restoring a Filesystem
Hi All;
AIX433 ML10
TSM 415
IBM 3494
I just got off the phone with TSM support and it would appear that I
have to restore my datbase back to the way it was yesterday afternoon
(due to this mornings [empty] filesystem backup). We have a 3494 w/
2-3590E drives - I have never done this before are there any gotcha's
I should be made aware of?
Here are the steps I have:
1) halt tsm server
2) cd /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin
3) dsmserv restore db dev=3590eclass vol=1/27/03_dbback_vol
commit=yes
Anything else?
Thanks agian;
Theresa
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/03 09:51AM
q ba -pitdate=12/23/02 {/c2f1n5in/u07/crcpro}/* -ina
Shell expansion...quoting...
Tape will not write
I have been having picker problems with my library (IBM 3581) and have had to replace it. The old library set the current copy group tapes within the library to private and access to offsite. I have reversed these settings and the system now loads the tape yet doesn't actually write any information to the tape. When performing a backup stg disk offsite the tape loads but doesn't write. After an hour it performs an idle timeout on the process and unloads the tape. Can anyone tell me why this is? My system is an AIX 5.1 64bit system using TSM 4.2.2.
changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols
Currently running tsm 4.2.1 on solaris 8. Have approx 6gb database split into two volumes, each mirrored. Using standard filesystem based volumes. a few questions. 1. Is the performance increase worth the time and hastle to convert to raw volumes? 2. Can I mix and match? i.e. create a temp volume, delete dbvol1, create a raw volume in its place, then delete the ttemp volume to move the data back? 3. Just how do you specify the raw partition? Tried it before /dev/rdsk/c2t3d0 for example, but no joy. Thanks for any information you have. Gary Lee Senior Operating Systems Analyst Ball State University phone 765-285-1310
Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fix?
I don't work on the TSM server, so take this with the appropriate grain of salt... 1) The summary table problem you are seeing is probably related to APARs IC33840 (server) and IC34693 (client). This is really one problem, but we have two APARs because both client and server needed to be changed to fix this. You'll need server version 4.2.3.2 and client version 5.1.5.2 (or up) to get the fixes. 2) The 65K session count issue is probably APAR IC35151, also fixed in server version 4.2.3.2. 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. Jolliff, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 11:15 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fi x? Not sure when it cropped up, but I'm on 4.2.3.0 on Solaris and AIX and we have to recycle the server before 65k session count or we get hundreds of D's per hour. There is also another issue with the summary table where certain client versions can't update the summary table on certain fields which produces D's also. 01/28/03 11:26:29 ANRD smnode.c(18972): ThreadId40 Session exiting has no affinityId cluster 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Context report 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Thread AcceptorThread (33) is a parent thread related to: 40 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating TM Context Report: (struct=tmTxnDesc) (slots=256) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating Database Transaction Table Context: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating SM Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no sessions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating AS Vol Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No mounted (or mount in progress) volumes. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating ssSession Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No storage service sessions active. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating ssOpenSeg Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No storage service segments found. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating BF Copy Control Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No global copy control blocks. 01/28/03 11:26:29 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) SessionThread : ANRD calling thread 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating TM Context Report: (struct=tmTxnDesc) (slots=256) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating Database Transaction Table Context: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating SM Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Session 66145:Type=Node, Id=DLEAG 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Platform=SUN SOLARIS, NodeId=210, Owner=oracle 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) SessType=4, Index=6, TermReason=0 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) RecvWaitTime=0.000 (samples=0) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Backup Objects ( bytes ) Inserted: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Backup Objects ( bytes ) Restored: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Archive Objects ( bytes ) Inserted: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Archive Objects ( bytes ) Retrieved: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Last Verb ( SignOff ), Last Verb State ( Recv ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating AS Vol Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) No mounted (or mount in progress) volumes. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating ssSession Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) No storage service sessions active. 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) Generating ssOpenSeg Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) No storage service segments found. 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) Generating BF Copy Control Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) No global copy control blocks. 01/28/03 11:26:30 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) End Context report -Original Message- From: Cook, Dwight E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fix? what platform ? when did it break ? I'm at 4.2.2.0 on AIX and I get into the millions on a regular basis...even 10's of millions as I seem to remember. Sess Number --- 1,354,1 76 1,365,0 47 1,369,9 14 Dwight -Original Message- From: Jolliff,
Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fi x?
Thank you, sir. How long has 4.2.3.2 been out? Anyone else have it in production? _Heavy_ production? -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fix? I don't work on the TSM server, so take this with the appropriate grain of salt... 1) The summary table problem you are seeing is probably related to APARs IC33840 (server) and IC34693 (client). This is really one problem, but we have two APARs because both client and server needed to be changed to fix this. You'll need server version 4.2.3.2 and client version 5.1.5.2 (or up) to get the fixes. 2) The 65K session count issue is probably APAR IC35151, also fixed in server version 4.2.3.2. 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. Jolliff, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 11:15 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fi x? Not sure when it cropped up, but I'm on 4.2.3.0 on Solaris and AIX and we have to recycle the server before 65k session count or we get hundreds of D's per hour. There is also another issue with the summary table where certain client versions can't update the summary table on certain fields which produces D's also. 01/28/03 11:26:29 ANRD smnode.c(18972): ThreadId40 Session exiting has no affinityId cluster 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Context report 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Thread AcceptorThread (33) is a parent thread related to: 40 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating TM Context Report: (struct=tmTxnDesc) (slots=256) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating Database Transaction Table Context: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating SM Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no sessions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating AS Vol Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No mounted (or mount in progress) volumes. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating ssSession Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No storage service sessions active. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating ssOpenSeg Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No storage service segments found. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating BF Copy Control Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No global copy control blocks. 01/28/03 11:26:29 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) SessionThread : ANRD calling thread 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating TM Context Report: (struct=tmTxnDesc) (slots=256) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating Database Transaction Table Context: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating SM Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Session 66145:Type=Node, Id=DLEAG 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Platform=SUN SOLARIS, NodeId=210, Owner=oracle 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) SessType=4, Index=6, TermReason=0 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) RecvWaitTime=0.000 (samples=0) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Backup Objects ( bytes ) Inserted: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Backup Objects ( bytes ) Restored: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Archive Objects ( bytes ) Inserted: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Archive Objects ( bytes ) Retrieved: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Last Verb ( SignOff ), Last Verb State ( Recv ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating AS Vol Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) No mounted (or mount in progress) volumes. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating ssSession Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) No storage service sessions active. 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) Generating ssOpenSeg Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) No storage service segments found. 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) Generating BF Copy Control Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) No global copy control blocks. 01/28/03 11:26:30 01/28/03 11:26:30 (40) End Context report -Original Message- From: Cook, Dwight E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: At what level does the
Re: changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols
this is interesting also any procedures on how to do this from the AIX side of the house would be helpful as well. Thanks!. --Justin Richard Bleistein Unix Systems Administrator (Sungard eSourcing) Desk: (856) 866 - 4017 Cell:(856) 912 - 0861 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lee, Gary D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: cc: Dist StorSubject: changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 01/28/2003 02:14 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Currently running tsm 4.2.1 on solaris 8. Have approx 6gb database split into two volumes, each mirrored. Using standard filesystem based volumes. a few questions. 1. Is the performance increase worth the time and hastle to convert to raw volumes? 2. Can I mix and match? i.e. create a temp volume, delete dbvol1, create a raw volume in its place, then delete the ttemp volume to move the data back? 3. Just how do you specify the raw partition? Tried it before /dev/rdsk/c2t3d0 for example, but no joy. Thanks for any information you have. Gary Lee Senior Operating Systems Analyst Ball State University phone 765-285-1310
Re: Windows 2000 Client
yes, since 2 days on 2 clients, René LAMBELET NESTEC SA GLOBE - Global Business Excellence Central Support Center Information Technology Av. Nestlé 55 CH-1800 Vevey (Switzerland) tél +41 (0)21 924 35 43 fax +41 (0)21 703 30 17 local UBS-Nestec, Bussigny mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. -Original Message- From: Heinz, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday,28. January 2003 18:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Windows 2000 Client Has anyone tried the new version yet 5.1.5.9 ?? Greg
Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fi x?
4.2.3.2 came out around December 18, 2002. 4.2.3.3 was just recently made available on January 24, 2003. 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. Jolliff, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 12:31 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fi x? Thank you, sir. How long has 4.2.3.2 been out? Anyone else have it in production? _Heavy_ production? -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fix? I don't work on the TSM server, so take this with the appropriate grain of salt... 1) The summary table problem you are seeing is probably related to APARs IC33840 (server) and IC34693 (client). This is really one problem, but we have two APARs because both client and server needed to be changed to fix this. You'll need server version 4.2.3.2 and client version 5.1.5.2 (or up) to get the fixes. 2) The 65K session count issue is probably APAR IC35151, also fixed in server version 4.2.3.2. 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. Jolliff, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 11:15 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: At what level does the 4.2.x server have the session count fi x? Not sure when it cropped up, but I'm on 4.2.3.0 on Solaris and AIX and we have to recycle the server before 65k session count or we get hundreds of D's per hour. There is also another issue with the summary table where certain client versions can't update the summary table on certain fields which produces D's also. 01/28/03 11:26:29 ANRD smnode.c(18972): ThreadId40 Session exiting has no affinityId cluster 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Context report 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Thread AcceptorThread (33) is a parent thread related to: 40 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating TM Context Report: (struct=tmTxnDesc) (slots=256) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating Database Transaction Table Context: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating SM Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) *** no sessions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating AS Vol Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No mounted (or mount in progress) volumes. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating ssSession Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No storage service sessions active. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating ssOpenSeg Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No storage service segments found. 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) Generating BF Copy Control Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (33) No global copy control blocks. 01/28/03 11:26:29 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) SessionThread : ANRD calling thread 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating TM Context Report: (struct=tmTxnDesc) (slots=256) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating Database Transaction Table Context: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) *** no transactions found *** 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating SM Context Report: 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Session 66145:Type=Node, Id=DLEAG 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Platform=SUN SOLARIS, NodeId=210, Owner=oracle 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) SessType=4, Index=6, TermReason=0 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) RecvWaitTime=0.000 (samples=0) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Backup Objects ( bytes ) Inserted: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Backup Objects ( bytes ) Restored: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Archive Objects ( bytes ) Inserted: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Archive Objects ( bytes ) Retrieved: 0 ( 0.0 ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Last Verb ( SignOff ), Last Verb State ( Recv ) 01/28/03 11:26:29 (40) Generating AS Vol Context Report:
Re: Backup fails when files fail
Hi, I think I might be having the problem because of the level of the client - I just put a client 5.1.58 on one aix J50 - and IY22308 - rebooted - and I get this when I issue a dsmc: root-cws01dsmc Tivoli Storage Manager *** Fixtest, Please see README file for more information *** Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 1, Level 5.8 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2002 All Rights Reserved. Do you know what the *** Fixtest means? I couldn't find anything in the readme. Jane -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup fails when files fail Hi Jane, For the problem nodes, what are the *exact* client versions they are running? If they are at 4.2.1.0, then they will exhibit the bug for skipped files. If you are running something other than 4.2.1.0, then check the dsmched.log and dsmerror.log files. If the backups are being reported as failed, it almost certainly has to be for some other reason. Note: if the client option QUIET is being used, it might not be a bad idea to comment it out so you can get more detail in the dsmsched.log file. Let me know what you find. 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. jane.bamberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 11:17 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Backup fails when files fail HI, I have Server 5.1.6 with most clients still at 4.2.x - and I still get the failed status, even when other files have backed up: -+ | (Backed Up Today) | (Stored on Server) | | Node| StatusElapsed Bytes(MB) | Files Data | Last Acc | +---+-+--| ADSMSRVR| Failed00:05:40 35.85 | 1521944088 MB | 1 | CWS01 | MissedN/A N/A | 22922246416 MB | 2 | ORSRVR | MissedN/A N/A | 26809449184 MB | 2 | RX | Failed00:00:26 3.32 | 1084714557 MB | 1 | RXSRVR | NoData08:35:38 .0492 | 1013031398 MB | 1 | UTILSRVR| NoData04:07:25 .0411 | 1317040 15466 MB | 1 | -+ You can see that for my adsmsrvr - the status is failed - but 35 mb backed up. It is not the behavior I like - but I put the patch on when my server was at 4.2 and it still occurred. I had talked to level 2 support at the time and was told it was a requested feature - that admins had requested to know when a file failed to back up. I would love a solution to this - as my boss questions the failures all of the time. Jane Bassett Health Care -Original Message- From: Bernard Rosenbloom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup fails when files fail Andy, Glad you're on this discussion. I work for IBM and my colleagues and I were told months ago from level2 TSM support that reporting a backup as failed (in the TSM activity) as a result of an rc=4 (files open or not found) was a bug in 4.2.x and would be fixed. Andrew Raibeck wrote: You don't qualify what you mean by failed, but if you simply mean that the return code from dsmc was 4, then this is a new 5.1 feature, not a bug. See the Automating Tasks chapter in the 5.1 client manual for information on return codes from the command line client and their meanings. If you have any other questions on this, let me know. 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. Thomas Denier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/27/2003 14:47 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Backup fails when files fail We have an HP-UX TSM client running 5.1.1.0 code. It connects to a 4.2.3.3 server running under OS/390. A 'dsmc incremental' command on the HP-UX system failed with an exit status of 4, apparently because three files failed with ANS1228E and ANS4045E (file not found) messages. I remember reading
Re: changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols
From the AIX side: 1. AIX: mklv LVNAME (after adding hdisks and volume groups if necessary, use smit if necessary) 2. TSM: def dbvol /dev/rLVNAME (repeat #1 #2 as needed, until enough extendable space exists to match allocated space on volume in #3) 3. TSM: del dbvol /path/volname And modify as appropriate for db mirror volumes. Alex Paschal Storage Administrator Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -Original Message- From: Justin Bleistein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols this is interesting also any procedures on how to do this from the AIX side of the house would be helpful as well. Thanks!. --Justin Richard Bleistein Unix Systems Administrator (Sungard eSourcing) Desk: (856) 866 - 4017 Cell:(856) 912 - 0861 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lee, Gary D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: cc: Dist StorSubject: changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 01/28/2003 02:14 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Currently running tsm 4.2.1 on solaris 8. Have approx 6gb database split into two volumes, each mirrored. Using standard filesystem based volumes. a few questions. 1. Is the performance increase worth the time and hastle to convert to raw volumes? 2. Can I mix and match? i.e. create a temp volume, delete dbvol1, create a raw volume in its place, then delete the ttemp volume to move the data back? 3. Just how do you specify the raw partition? Tried it before /dev/rdsk/c2t3d0 for example, but no joy. Thanks for any information you have. Gary Lee Senior Operating Systems Analyst Ball State University phone 765-285-1310
Re: audit volume fix=no -- object needs updating?
I really don't want to go to that much trouble to preserve this data. I've sifted through the error messages, and I doubt that I'll ever need to restore any of it. I did, however, do a test restore of one of the files that errored, and it restored ok. So I'm still a little fuzzy on just what the problem is with these files, and just what needs updating. --- John Naylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try exporting the data then if that is successful delete the filespaces. In the unlikely event that you actually need to get back any of the data import it. Michelle DeVault [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/28/2003 04:12:04 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: John Naylor/HAV/SSE) Subject: audit volume fix=no -- object needs updating? TSM 4.2.2.12 AIX 4.3.3 Just ran an audit volume on a tape, and it came back with a ton of these: 01/27/03 17:07:24 ANR2337W Need to reset header size for object .2357410, verb type (8f), from (0) to (224). 01/27/03 17:07:24 ANR4131W Audit Volume found incorrect object information for volume volume: Node client, Type Backup (Active), File space fs, fsId 29, File name filename. The error message description for ANR4131W is a bit vague, just says that the object information for the specified file is found to be in error. Ok There is no error information in TSM Messages for ANR2337W - is on the Messages Not Appearing in This Publication section. The summary for the Audit Volume process said: 01/27/03 17:46:59 ANR4133I Audit volume process ended for volume volume; 52908 files inspected, 0 damaged files found and marked as damaged, 35384 objects need updating. 01/27/03 17:46:59 ANR0987I Process 1426 for AUDIT VOLUME (INSPECT ONLY) running in the BACKGROUND processed 52908 items with a completion state of SUCCESS at 17:46:59. All files listed are for a client that no longer exists. Just how do I update these objects, as the summary says I need to? I thought AUDIT VOLUME FIX=YES (and FIX=NO, for that matter) marks files as damaged in the database. The audit volume I ran found no damaged files, so how could an audit volume with FIX=YES be any different? I wonder if running another incremental backup would help (I can't, by the way, since the machine won't boot up) since at least half of the files listed with an ANR4131W are active files that really should be marked as inactive so they can eventually expire. Any ideas? Thanks, M __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ** The information in this E-Mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It may not represent the views of Scottish and Southern Energy plc. It is intended solely for the addressees. Access to this E-Mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any unauthorised recipient should advise the sender immediately of the error in transmission. Scottish Hydro-Electric, Southern Electric, SWALEC and S+S are trading names of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group. ** __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
Re: Backup fails when files fail
Fixtest (synonymous with patch) indicates that the code has not been fully tested. If your TSM version has a nonzero value in the 4th part of the version number (i.e. the '8' in '5.1.5.8') then it is a fixtest (or patch). The parts of the version number are as follows: 5 - Version number 1 - Release number 5 - PTF level 8 - Fixtest/patch level Major TSM releases will have new version and/or release numbers, i.e. 4.2, 5.1, etc. The first set of code for a release will have '0' for the PTF and fixtest/patch levels. Between releases, we issue scheduled maintenance in the form of a PTF, i.e. 5.1.1.0 and 5.1.5.0 are PTFs for the 5.1 release. Major releases and PTFs go through our full testing processes. Between PTFs, we issue fixtests to address high impact problems found between PTFs that can not wait until the next formal PTF or release. These usually under very little regression testing. In general, it is good practice to test out any new software on noncritical systems before rolling out to production. This is especially true for fixtests due to the limited testing that they receive. The *** Fixtest is just an eye-catch to let you know that you are indeed running a fixtest (which has had very little testing). 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. jane.bamberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 12:57 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Backup fails when files fail Hi, I think I might be having the problem because of the level of the client - I just put a client 5.1.58 on one aix J50 - and IY22308 - rebooted - and I get this when I issue a dsmc: root-cws01dsmc Tivoli Storage Manager *** Fixtest, Please see README file for more information *** Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 1, Level 5.8 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2002 All Rights Reserved. Do you know what the *** Fixtest means? I couldn't find anything in the readme. Jane -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup fails when files fail Hi Jane, For the problem nodes, what are the *exact* client versions they are running? If they are at 4.2.1.0, then they will exhibit the bug for skipped files. If you are running something other than 4.2.1.0, then check the dsmched.log and dsmerror.log files. If the backups are being reported as failed, it almost certainly has to be for some other reason. Note: if the client option QUIET is being used, it might not be a bad idea to comment it out so you can get more detail in the dsmsched.log file. Let me know what you find. 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. jane.bamberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 11:17 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Backup fails when files fail HI, I have Server 5.1.6 with most clients still at 4.2.x - and I still get the failed status, even when other files have backed up: -+ | (Backed Up Today) | (Stored on Server) | | Node| StatusElapsed Bytes(MB) | Files Data | Last Acc | +---+-+--| ADSMSRVR| Failed00:05:40 35.85 | 1521944088 MB | 1 | CWS01 | MissedN/A N/A | 22922246416 MB | 2 | ORSRVR | MissedN/A N/A | 26809449184 MB | 2 | RX | Failed00:00:26 3.32 | 1084714557 MB | 1 | RXSRVR | NoData08:35:38 .0492 | 1013031398 MB | 1 | UTILSRVR| NoData04:07:25 .0411 | 1317040 15466 MB | 1 | -+ You can see that for my adsmsrvr - the status is failed - but 35 mb backed up. It is not the behavior I like - but I put the patch on when my server was at 4.2 and it still occurred. I had talked to level 2 support at the time and was told it was a requested feature - that admins had requested to know when a file failed to
Re: 4.2.3.2 and .3 Solaris server patches.
You can find TSM PTFs and patches on FTP site ftp.software.ibm.com. Go to directory storage/tivoli-storage-management. Take the maintenance directory for PTFs or the patches directory for fixtests (4.2.3.2 is a fixtest). From there, you should be able to navigate to the desired code. 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. Jolliff, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 13:19 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:4.2.3.2 and .3 Solaris server patches. I'm sorry, I have had a long day, and I just can't handle the thought of dealing with that support web site again. Anyone have a mirror of the ftp server or a direct link to the server so I can bypass the web site? I thought I saw one in an earlier message, but I couldn't find it searching at the adsm.org website.
v4.2 server and solaris
Just checked the ftp site, and 4.2.3.0 is the latest I can find. Any idea on when this 4.2.3.2 will be made available for us sun users? Gary Lee Senior Operating Systems Analyst Ball State University phone 765-285-1310
Re: Backup fails when files fail
Thanks - I have this on three non-production systems - so we will see how it goes - Hopefully it will solve all the error messages I keep getting on the clients. (see below) Even with a clean backup - I get the error: ANS1301E Server detected system error - and then a failed status. +11 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects inspected: 79,781 +12 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects backed up: 75 +13 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects updated: 0 +14 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects rebound: 0 +15 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects deleted: 0 +16 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects expired: 5 +17 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects failed: 0 +18 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of bytes transferred:35.85 MB +19 01/28/03 00:19:48 Data transfer time:1.38 sec +20 01/28/03 00:19:48 Network data transfer rate:26,590.52 KB/sec +21 01/28/03 00:19:48 Aggregate data transfer rate:107.68 KB/sec +22 01/28/03 00:19:48 Objects compressed by:0% +23 01/28/03 00:19:48 Elapsed processing time: 00:05:40 +24 01/28/03 00:19:48 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END +25 01/28/03 00:19:49 ANS1301E Server detected system error +26 +27 01/28/03 00:19:49 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT END ADSMSRVR-INCR 01/28/03 00:00:00 +28 01/28/03 00:19:49 +29 Executing Operating System command or script: +30 /usr/local/scripts/backup/process-logs.sh +31 01/28/03 00:19:52 Finished command. Return code is: +32 0 +33 01/28/03 00:19:53 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ADSMSRVR-INCR' failed. Re turn code = 4. Jane -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup fails when files fail Fixtest (synonymous with patch) indicates that the code has not been fully tested. If your TSM version has a nonzero value in the 4th part of the version number (i.e. the '8' in '5.1.5.8') then it is a fixtest (or patch). The parts of the version number are as follows: 5 - Version number 1 - Release number 5 - PTF level 8 - Fixtest/patch level Major TSM releases will have new version and/or release numbers, i.e. 4.2, 5.1, etc. The first set of code for a release will have '0' for the PTF and fixtest/patch levels. Between releases, we issue scheduled maintenance in the form of a PTF, i.e. 5.1.1.0 and 5.1.5.0 are PTFs for the 5.1 release. Major releases and PTFs go through our full testing processes. Between PTFs, we issue fixtests to address high impact problems found between PTFs that can not wait until the next formal PTF or release. These usually under very little regression testing. In general, it is good practice to test out any new software on noncritical systems before rolling out to production. This is especially true for fixtests due to the limited testing that they receive. The *** Fixtest is just an eye-catch to let you know that you are indeed running a fixtest (which has had very little testing). 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. jane.bamberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 12:57 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Backup fails when files fail Hi, I think I might be having the problem because of the level of the client - I just put a client 5.1.58 on one aix J50 - and IY22308 - rebooted - and I get this when I issue a dsmc: root-cws01dsmc Tivoli Storage Manager *** Fixtest, Please see README file for more information *** Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 1, Level 5.8 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2002 All Rights Reserved. Do you know what the *** Fixtest means? I couldn't find anything in the readme. Jane -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup fails when files fail Hi Jane, For the problem nodes, what are the *exact* client versions they are running? If they are at 4.2.1.0, then they will exhibit the bug for skipped files. If you are running something other than 4.2.1.0, then check the dsmched.log and dsmerror.log files. If the backups are being reported as failed, it almost certainly has to be for some other reason. Note: if the client option QUIET is being used, it might not be a bad idea to comment it out so you can get more detail in the dsmsched.log file. Let me know what
Re: 4.2.3.2 and .3 Solaris server patches.
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/server/ Solaris/4.2.3.3 David N. Reiss TSM Support Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 407-736-3912 -Original Message- From: Jolliff, Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 4.2.3.2 and .3 Solaris server patches. I'm sorry, I have had a long day, and I just can't handle the thought of dealing with that support web site again. Anyone have a mirror of the ftp server or a direct link to the server so I can bypass the web site? I thought I saw one in an earlier message, but I couldn't find it searching at the adsm.org website.
Re: v4.2 server and solaris
It's out there. You need to go down the storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches directory to find it. 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. Lee, Gary D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 13:34 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:v4.2 server and solaris Just checked the ftp site, and 4.2.3.0 is the latest I can find. Any idea on when this 4.2.3.2 will be made available for us sun users? Gary Lee Senior Operating Systems Analyst Ball State University phone 765-285-1310
Re: TSM v.4.2.3.2 server on AIX
We installed the TSM 4.2.3.2 patches on TSM 4.2.3.0 and AIX 5.1 last Wednesday. Since then, about every 18 hours, we core dump and TSM goes down. (Makes for nasty beeps and telephone calls in the night not to mention ticked off ADMINs with applications that don't get backed up.) TSM support has suggested that the 4.2.3.3 patch will solve our problem. We're installing tomorrow morning and will find out! 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: Reiss David IT751 (ext-CDI) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM v.4.2.3.2 server on AIX Last week, I installed the TSM v4.2.3.2 server patch on a AIX 4.3.3 ML10 box with 2 GB RAM, a 100 GB TSM Database, with 10 GB of logspace. Come this morning, it core dumped with a useless truncated core file and no real messages in the errpt, activity log, or dsmserv.err file. TSM support gave me no real things to follow up with other then watch and see if it happens again. We did note that TSM v.4.2.3.3 server patch was released on Friday though. Does anybody know if there are any problems of mysterious or unexplained crashing that existed within the 4.2.3.2 code set? Thanks, David N. Reiss TSM Support Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 407-736-3912 ** 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: changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols
cool thanks!. --Justin Richard Bleistein Unix Systems Administrator (Sungard eSourcing) Desk: (856) 866 - 4017 Cell:(856) 912 - 0861 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alex Paschal AlexPaschal@FREIGHTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TLINER.COMcc: Sent by: ADSM:Subject: Re: changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] DU 01/28/2003 03:07 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager From the AIX side: 1. AIX: mklv LVNAME (after adding hdisks and volume groups if necessary, use smit if necessary) 2. TSM: def dbvol /dev/rLVNAME (repeat #1 #2 as needed, until enough extendable space exists to match allocated space on volume in #3) 3. TSM: del dbvol /path/volname And modify as appropriate for db mirror volumes. Alex Paschal Storage Administrator Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -Original Message- From: Justin Bleistein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols this is interesting also any procedures on how to do this from the AIX side of the house would be helpful as well. Thanks!. --Justin Richard Bleistein Unix Systems Administrator (Sungard eSourcing) Desk: (856) 866 - 4017 Cell:(856) 912 - 0861 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lee, Gary D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: cc: Dist StorSubject: changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 01/28/2003 02:14 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Currently running tsm 4.2.1 on solaris 8. Have approx 6gb database split into two volumes, each mirrored. Using standard filesystem based volumes. a few questions. 1. Is the performance increase worth the time and hastle to convert to raw volumes? 2. Can I mix and match? i.e. create a temp volume, delete dbvol1, create a raw volume in its place, then delete the ttemp volume to move the data back? 3. Just how do you specify the raw partition? Tried it before /dev/rdsk/c2t3d0 for example, but no joy. Thanks for any information you have. Gary Lee Senior Operating Systems Analyst Ball State University phone 765-285-1310
Re: Backup fails when files fail
Are there any other error messages in the dsmsched.log file between the time the backup started and the ending statistics? Any in the dsmerror.log file? How about in the server activity log? 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. jane.bamberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 13:35 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Backup fails when files fail Thanks - I have this on three non-production systems - so we will see how it goes - Hopefully it will solve all the error messages I keep getting on the clients. (see below) Even with a clean backup - I get the error: ANS1301E Server detected system error - and then a failed status. +11 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects inspected: 79,781 +12 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects backed up: 75 +13 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects updated: 0 +14 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects rebound: 0 +15 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects deleted: 0 +16 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects expired: 5 +17 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects failed: 0 +18 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of bytes transferred:35.85 MB +19 01/28/03 00:19:48 Data transfer time:1.38 sec +20 01/28/03 00:19:48 Network data transfer rate:26,590.52 KB/sec +21 01/28/03 00:19:48 Aggregate data transfer rate:107.68 KB/sec +22 01/28/03 00:19:48 Objects compressed by:0% +23 01/28/03 00:19:48 Elapsed processing time: 00:05:40 +24 01/28/03 00:19:48 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END +25 01/28/03 00:19:49 ANS1301E Server detected system error +26 +27 01/28/03 00:19:49 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT END ADSMSRVR-INCR 01/28/03 00:00:00 +28 01/28/03 00:19:49 +29 Executing Operating System command or script: +30 /usr/local/scripts/backup/process-logs.sh +31 01/28/03 00:19:52 Finished command. Return code is: +32 0 +33 01/28/03 00:19:53 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ADSMSRVR-INCR' failed. Re turn code = 4. Jane
where is EOS info located?
How do I find out what the end of service dates are for particular TSM client, server, and TDP releases? I've registered on the IBM site, and have gone there, but I have not been able to find this info. Where should I be looking?
Problems with Server 5.1.5.4 - Mount Points and Messages??
Environment: TSM Server 5.1.5.4 running over AIX 4.3.3 ML10 3494 library with (4) 3590-E1A drives The TSM server was upgraded a couple weeks ago as follows: 4.1.0.0 (where it ran rather happily for 20+ months!) - 5.1.0.0 (from CD) - 5.1.5.0 (from Web) - 5.1.5.4 (from Web). atldd, Atape and machine microcode were brought up to current release levels at the same time. Two problems I've observed: 1) While migrating my main disk pool to tape daily, I use four processes (matching the number of drives). This runs several hours every afternoon. If, during this time, a user attempts a restore that needs to come from tape, I see the pre-emption message, one of the migration processes cancels, but then it almost immediately starts a new migration process and picks up where it left off, and the restore session never gets a shot at the tape drive. I've had to manually intervene, either by manually cancelling multiple of the migrations, or by lowering the MIGPRO parameter to 3, cancelling a migration, then resetting MIGPRO to 4 once the restore had acquired the tape drive. 2) If I do a query process, the message formatting seems to be fouled up for migrations, space reclamations and the like. Example: 1,051 Migration Disk Storage Pool BLAHBLAH, Moved Files: 1483, Moved Bytes: 52,946,034,688, Unreadable files: 0, Unreadable Bytes: 0. Current Physical File: (bytes): 6,292,234,240~Current output volume: A01046.\ I never seem to have much luck searching the APAR database, even when I can get to it. It seemed as though there was something there about corrupted output, but it only referred to help text. Any words of wisdom on either problem? Regards, Steven Steven Chaba Lead Analyst, Distributed Systems Technical Support Rochester Gas Electric Corporation +01 585.771.2137 voice
Re: 3494 and dsmserv restore db
Thanks to all the responded to this. I am right now running a dry run of the dsmserver restore db, to migrate my TSM db from a 7025-F50 to a 7026-6H1. Once atldd/Atape are installed, and the Library Manager Control Point is configured, dsmserv can talk to the 3494, and mount my db tape. I did have to remove some stuff from devconfig, as I don't think it liked the server to server stuff much, but I did not have to define the 3494 as a manual library, which would disrupt the other three systems sharing it. Thanks again. On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Seay, Paul wrote: If you have the 3494 mtlib code installed for Windows you can issue this command and not even go to the library. The command is: mtlib -l [library] -m -x [device serial] -V [volume number] After TSM is done with the tape it will unload it but not put it away. mtlib -l [library] -d -x [device serial] I do this all the time when a tape gets left in a drive for some unknown reason. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Northrop Grumman Information Technology 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3494 and dsmserv restore db As a matter of fact, I had to do this last Friday to restore a Windows TSM server. I did exactly as described below in the support item Lloyd posted. You edit a copy of your devconfig file as below. Then when you run dsmserv restore db, the first thing you get is a MOUNT message. Put your 3494 in PAUSE, open the door, throw the tape in the drive requested in the MOUNT message. After the restore is done, remember to take the tape OUT of the drive. Put back your original devconfig file and restart the server. It was much less painful than I expected! -Original Message- From: Lloyd Dieter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3494 and dsmserv restore db Steve, Attached (at the end) is a snippet from a howto on IBM's support site that you may want to look over... -Lloyd On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:04:43 -0500 Steve Roder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, According to the doc., dsmserv restore db only supports manual and scsi libraries. Has anyone on this list restored a db via a 3590 drive inside a 3494? Since the 3494 is not libtype=scsi, I am thinking that I will have to put my 3494 into pause or manual mode, and fake TSM into thinking the 3590 is standalone, and then manually insert the dbbackup volume into the correct drive. Has anyone done this? Thanks, Steve Roder, University at Buffalo HOD Service Coordinator VM Systems Programmer UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX) TSM/ADSM Administrator ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564) Problem One may need to temporarily configure your 3494 library as manual in order to perform a database restore. The following provides instruction on how to change your devconfig file to do so. Solution First, make a copy of your devconfig.out file and rename it. Do this so that after the DB restore completes you can just rename the file back to devconfig.out without having to re-write anything. Next, open the current devconfig.out file in a text editor. All but four lines will need to be moved. Below is an example of the edited devconfig file: /* Device Configuration */ DEFINE DEVCLASS 3494CLASS DEVTYPE=3590 LIBRARY=3494LIB SET SERVERNAME SERVERNAME DEFINE LIBRARY 3494LIB LIBTYPE=manual DEFINE DRIVE 3494LIB DRIVE1 DEVICE=/dev/rmt/tsm_drive1 For TSM Version 5.1 and higher, edit as follows: /* Device Configuration */ DEFINE DEVCLASS 3494CLASS DEVTYPE=3590 LIBRARY=3494LIB SET SERVERNAME SERVERNAME DEFINE LIBRARY 3494LIB LIBTYPE=manual DEFINE DRIVE 3494LIB DRIVE1 DEFINE PATH SERVERNAME DRIVE1 SRCType=server DESTType=drive LIBR=3494LIB DEVICE=/dev/rmt/tsm_drive1 ONLINE=YES Save the file and issue your restore syntax. One will then be prompted to mount the volume. After acknowledging the mount, the resore should run to completion. When the restore has completed, discard the edited devconfig file and replace it with the old one. Assuming the restore was successful, the server will start up and reference the proper devconfig file. -- - Lloyd Dieter- Senior Technology Consultant Registered Linux User 285528 Synergy, Inc. http://www.synergyinc.cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Main:585-389-1260fax:585-389-1267 - Steve Roder, University at Buffalo HOD Service Coordinator VM Systems Programmer UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX) TSM/ADSM Administrator ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564)
Re: Backup fails when files fail
Hi, There are just the same errors as is in the dsmsched.log. The error means that I am trying to back up a file that is explicitly excluded - and on 2 of the servers I do not even have an inclexcl file. I am doing an auditdb diskstorage tomorrow morning to fix another problem - so maybe this is related. Jane -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 4:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup fails when files fail Are there any other error messages in the dsmsched.log file between the time the backup started and the ending statistics? Any in the dsmerror.log file? How about in the server activity log? 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. jane.bamberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 13:35 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Backup fails when files fail Thanks - I have this on three non-production systems - so we will see how it goes - Hopefully it will solve all the error messages I keep getting on the clients. (see below) Even with a clean backup - I get the error: ANS1301E Server detected system error - and then a failed status. +11 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects inspected: 79,781 +12 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects backed up: 75 +13 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects updated: 0 +14 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects rebound: 0 +15 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects deleted: 0 +16 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects expired: 5 +17 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of objects failed: 0 +18 01/28/03 00:19:48 Total number of bytes transferred:35.85 MB +19 01/28/03 00:19:48 Data transfer time:1.38 sec +20 01/28/03 00:19:48 Network data transfer rate:26,590.52 KB/sec +21 01/28/03 00:19:48 Aggregate data transfer rate:107.68 KB/sec +22 01/28/03 00:19:48 Objects compressed by:0% +23 01/28/03 00:19:48 Elapsed processing time: 00:05:40 +24 01/28/03 00:19:48 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END +25 01/28/03 00:19:49 ANS1301E Server detected system error +26 +27 01/28/03 00:19:49 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT END ADSMSRVR-INCR 01/28/03 00:00:00 +28 01/28/03 00:19:49 +29 Executing Operating System command or script: +30 /usr/local/scripts/backup/process-logs.sh +31 01/28/03 00:19:52 Finished command. Return code is: +32 0 +33 01/28/03 00:19:53 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ADSMSRVR-INCR' failed. Re turn code = 4. Jane
Re: VERY HIGH %SYS CPU
On Wednesday, Jan 29, 2003, at 00:11 Australia/Sydney, Broderick, Sean wrote: Hi, The CPU usage (%sys) is extremely high, like 80 - 90%, on the TSM server (Sun V880 running TSM v5.1.5) during the backup window. Particularly when TDP R3 clients are attempting their SAP backups via backint / brbackup and as such the throughput is extremely poor (9MB/s direct to disk cache via gigabit network). How are your disk stgpool volumes configured? Is the system paging? How much RAM do you have? Any errors on your network interfaces? How fast does an ftp run? Since the vast majority of the work done by dsmserv during backups is I/O, a high sys% CPU is to be expected. OTOH, our Sun TSM servers can hit 9 MB/s on 100 Mb ethernet, with much older hardware. Cheers, -- Paul Ripke Unix/OpenVMS/DBA 101 reasons why you can't find your Sysadmin: 68: It's 9AM. He/She is not working that late. -- Koos van den Hout
Re: changing from standard filesystem to raw db vols
On Wednesday, Jan 29, 2003, at 06:14 Australia/Sydney, Lee, Gary D. wrote: Currently running tsm 4.2.1 on solaris 8. Have approx 6gb database split into two volumes, each mirrored. Using standard filesystem based volumes. a few questions. 1. Is the performance increase worth the time and hastle to convert to raw volumes? IMHO, yes. 2. Can I mix and match? i.e. create a temp volume, delete dbvol1, create a raw volume in its place, then delete the ttemp volume to move the data back? Yes - been there, done that. 3. Just how do you specify the raw partition? Tried it before /dev/rdsk/c2t3d0 for example, but no joy. You may want to create a disk slice that starts a small way into the disk so that TSM doesn't try to write over the disklabel. 32-64k should be enough. On both the Sun TSM servers I manage, all dbvols, logvols and disk stgpool volumes are Veritas Volume Manager logical volumes, a mix of stripes, concatenation and RAID5 volumes. The RAID5 stgpool volumes are split over two FC-AL loops, and can sustain sequential I/O at around 120 MB/s - tested outside of TSM. The one big advantage I see in going this way, is that all I/O bypasses the Solaris buffer cache, which results in a performance gain and frees up RAM for other purposes - in my case, we've devoted more RAM to TSM. Cheers, -- Paul Ripke Unix/OpenVMS/DBA 101 reasons why you can't find your Sysadmin: 68: It's 9AM. He/She is not working that late. -- Koos van den Hout
Re: where is EOS info located?
How do I find out what the end of service dates are for particular TSM client, server, and TDP releases? 'tis on the IBM web site: http://www-3.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/eos.html Richard Sims, BU
Re: VERY HIGH %SYS CPU
Check your default IP packet sizes and IP performance implementation. The more packets you have the more overhead to process them. We do not have a SUN TSM server, but we run SAN Storage agents and Clients on SUN. Also, check your TDP for SAP implementation and make sure you are using the most optimal for you environment. I would expect you have some artificial cause of this as mentioned below. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Northrop Grumman Information Technology 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Paul Ripke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VERY HIGH %SYS CPU On Wednesday, Jan 29, 2003, at 00:11 Australia/Sydney, Broderick, Sean wrote: Hi, The CPU usage (%sys) is extremely high, like 80 - 90%, on the TSM server (Sun V880 running TSM v5.1.5) during the backup window. Particularly when TDP R3 clients are attempting their SAP backups via backint / brbackup and as such the throughput is extremely poor (9MB/s direct to disk cache via gigabit network). How are your disk stgpool volumes configured? Is the system paging? How much RAM do you have? Any errors on your network interfaces? How fast does an ftp run? Since the vast majority of the work done by dsmserv during backups is I/O, a high sys% CPU is to be expected. OTOH, our Sun TSM servers can hit 9 MB/s on 100 Mb ethernet, with much older hardware. Cheers, -- Paul Ripke Unix/OpenVMS/DBA 101 reasons why you can't find your Sysadmin: 68: It's 9AM. He/She is not working that late. -- Koos van den Hout
Re: Backup fails when files fail
Thanks for the clarification Andrew Raibeck wrote: From previous discussion threads, and per TSM level 2 support, I was under the impression that reporting a failed backup as a result of a an rc=4 was a bug that tivoli was going to repair... No. There are two things going on here: (1) the RC 4, and (2) the failed status. They are not necessarily one and the same. The bug that existed in the 4.2.1.0 client (APAR IC31844) was that if one or more files were skipped during backup (and assuming that everything else was alright), the backup was flagged as failed with a return code of 4. This was incorrect behavior. The correct behavior was that the backup should have been flagged as complete with a return code of 0. Up until 5.1 (with the exception of 4.2.1.0) that is how ADSM/TSM always worked. Starting with version 5.1, we deliberately changed the behavior such that a backup that completes with skipped files (but no other warnings or errors), will be flagged as complete with return code 4. This is not the same as IC31844 that I mentioned above where the status was failed. Prior to 5.1, the return codes from dsmc were not documented, nor were they consistent or predictable in some situations. Version 5.1 addresses that by providing several return codes that are issued by dsmc and the scheduler so that you can more readily assess the relative success or failure of the operation. This fulfilled a long-standing customer requirement. The RC 4 for skipped files fulfills another related requirement to provide a means of distinguishing between complete backups with no skipped files and complete backups with one or more skipped files. As I mentioned yesterday in my prior post on this subject, the client manual documents this behavior in the Automating Tasks chapter. 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. Bernard Rosenbloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/2003 10:24 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Backup fails when files fail From previous discussion threads, and per TSM level 2 support, I was under the impression that reporting a failed backup as a result of a an rc=4 was a bug that tivoli was going to repair... Seay, Paul wrote: Consistent return codes was a Share requirement for years so that production processes could actually be coded and have a determinable consistent result. You may not like the implementation, but it is what was asked for. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Northrop Grumman Information Technology 757-688-8180 -Original Message- From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup fails when files fail We have an HP-UX TSM client running 5.1.1.0 code. It connects to a 4.2.3.3 server running under OS/390. A 'dsmc incremental' command on the HP-UX system failed with an exit status of 4, apparently because three files failed with ANS1228E and ANS4045E (file not found) messages. I remember reading about this kind of behavior in Version 4 clients. Has Tivoli managed to resurrect this bug in Version 5? Give IBM (formerly Tivoli) some credit here... Customers have been clamoring for years for useful return codes, and this is an example of how they can be useful. Acting on the return codes is optional, after all. Richard Sims, BU
Migration Processes Issue
Hi Guys, I have TSM server 5.1.5 and IBM tape library 3494 with 2 tape drives. I have a problem with the number of migration proccess. Every time I change the value to 2, the value will be returned to 1 later. Could any one help me to solve this Issue? this is the information of the DISK POOL: Storage Pool Name BACKUPPOOL Storage Pool Type PRIMARY Device Class Name DISK Estimated Capacity (MB) 40130.7 Pct Util 15.0 Pct Migr 15.0 Pct Logical 100.0 High Mig Pct 60 Low Mig Pct 0 Migration Processes 2 Next Storage Pool AUTOPOOL Maximum Size Threshold - Access READWRITE Description - Overflow Location - Cache Migrated Files? NO Collocate? - Reclamation Threshold - Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed - Delay Period for Volume Reuse - Migration in Progress? No Amount Migrated (MB) - Elapsed Migration Time (seconds) 20422 Reclamation in Progress? - Volume Being Migrated/Reclaimed - Last Update Date/Time 2003-01-29 08:42:26.00 Last Update by (administrator) AZIZ Reclaim Storage Pool - Migration Delay 0 Migration Continue YES Storage Pool Data Format Native Copy Storage Pool(s) - Continue Copy on Error? - CRC Data NO thanks
Re: Migration Processes Issue
Hi Abdulaziz , Do you have another Admin schedule that does updates to your storage pool? ( Like a lower or raising the migration threshold to start/stop migration.) If so, check that its not updating more than just the its respective value. It might be updating the MIGRATION PROCESSES field as well. Chris -Original Message- From: Abdulaziz Almuammar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Migration Processes Issue Hi Guys, I have TSM server 5.1.5 and IBM tape library 3494 with 2 tape drives. I have a problem with the number of migration proccess. Every time I change the value to 2, the value will be returned to 1 later. Could any one help me to solve this Issue? this is the information of the DISK POOL: Storage Pool Name BACKUPPOOL Storage Pool Type PRIMARY Device Class Name DISK Estimated Capacity (MB) 40130.7 Pct Util 15.0 Pct Migr 15.0 Pct Logical 100.0 High Mig Pct 60 Low Mig Pct 0 Migration Processes 2 Next Storage Pool AUTOPOOL Maximum Size Threshold - Access READWRITE Description - Overflow Location - Cache Migrated Files? NO Collocate? - Reclamation Threshold - Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed - Delay Period for Volume Reuse - Migration in Progress? No Amount Migrated (MB) - Elapsed Migration Time (seconds) 20422 Reclamation in Progress? - Volume Being Migrated/Reclaimed - Last Update Date/Time 2003-01-29 08:42:26.00 Last Update by (administrator) AZIZ Reclaim Storage Pool - Migration Delay 0 Migration Continue YES Storage Pool Data Format Native Copy Storage Pool(s) - Continue Copy on Error? - CRC Data NO thanks
Re: LTO-2 Announcement by IBM
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Got this from a co-worker... The LTO2 version of the 3584 has been announced - Planned Availability Date is Valentine's Day: http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usaletsparms=H_103-004 Yeah, baby! More than twice the throughput (LTO1--15MB/sec, LTO2--35MB/sec), and twice the capacity (LTO1--100/200GB, LTO2--200/400GB). -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
