Re: Mac OSX 5.1.5.1 client dropping out
Many thanks for that info Greg, i'll give it a whirl. All the best Farren Minns Solaris System Admin / Oracle DBA IT - Hosting Services John Wiley Sons, Ltd. The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ. Tel: +44 (0) 1243 770406 Fax: +44 (0) 1243 775878 |+---+| || Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED]|| || Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor || || Manager| To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | || [EMAIL PROTECTED] | cc: | || | Subject: Re: Mac OSX | || 15/11/2004 18:06| 5.1.5.1 client dropping out | || Please respond to ADSM:|| || Dist Stor Manager || |+---+| Hi, I had trouble with the 5.1.x versions of the client as well running on OS X 10.x.x. Upgrade to 5.2.3 and see if the issues still exist. Also the 5.2.3 client for OS X has CAD (Client Acceptor Daemon) which can be set up to start at boot time! I use CAD to manage the scheduler on all of our OS X machines. Since moving to CAD I no longer have any scheduler issues with daily backups. Not to say that the 5.2.3 client for OS X is on par with other platforms... but it is much more stable than any previous release. Regards, Greg On Nov 12, 2004, at 6:25 AM, Farren Minns wrote: Hi all I'm having a problem with one of our Mac servers (with 5.1.5.1 client), in that when ever I try and do a restore, it gets a bit of the way through and then just freezes. When I look at the server activity log it says that there was no communication from the client for 60 seconds. Any ideas. The backups are working fine (well, when I say fine, I have to kill and restart the scheduler every single day! but part from that it's OK :) Many thanks Farren Minns Solaris System Admin / Oracle DBA IT - Hosting Services John Wiley Sons, Ltd
ANS1950E Backup via Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy failed
Hi, I am looking for the reason for getting this message in the error.log: 11/16/2004 09:23:17 CreateSnapshotSet(): pAsync-QueryStatus() returns hr=E_OUTOFMEMORY 11/16/2004 09:23:29 ANS1999E Incremental processing of '\\clusternode3\c$' stopped. 11/16/2004 09:23:29 ANS1950E Backup via Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy failed. See error log for more detail. I have 4 cluster Win2003 cluster nodes configured with the same dsm.opt and client version. Only one of them gives this message. All of them have the same amount of CPU power and memory. The one failing is the least used. One other thing, after a reboot the first back up will run fine. All thereafter fail. Any ideas? Regards, Karel Clientlevel 5.2.3.4 Serverlevel 5.2.3.4
Unexpected error ?
hi all since upgrading to 5.2.3.0 this shows up every night 2004-11-15 16:23 anyone seen this before ? i suspect it has sometzhing to do with expiration process coz it has small session number , all other processes from that time had proc number around 33000 expiration lasts for 7 hours no other related messages in actlog can be found .. ANR0106E imarqry.c(4996): 2 fetching row in table Archive.Objects. (SESSION: 8488, PROCESS: 1773)
Re: ANS1950E Backup via Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy failed
On Nov 16, 2004, at 3:31 AM, Bos, Karel wrote: I am looking for the reason for getting this message in the error.log: 11/16/2004 09:23:17 CreateSnapshotSet(): pAsync-QueryStatus() returns hr=E_OUTOFMEMORY 11/16/2004 09:23:29 ANS1999E Incremental processing of '\\clusternode3\c$' stopped. 11/16/2004 09:23:29 ANS1950E Backup via Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy failed. See error log for more detail. I have 4 cluster Win2003 cluster nodes configured with the same dsm.opt and client version. Only one of them gives this message. All of them have the same amount of CPU power and memory. The one failing is the least used. One other thing, after a reboot the first back up will run fine. All thereafter fail. Well, you have run out of virtual memory in that system, either because of outright exhaustion or memory fragmentation such that a standard block of memory cannot be allocated from the heap. Windows Service Packs sometimes fix memory management problems. Boosting the heap size in the Registry may be an approach, but I would not go there until other things have been examined. Use the Task Manager or like facility to see what's eating memory. If you are running backups via the Scheduler, instead consider using the Client Acceptor Service such that memory is not tied up. my $0.02 Richard Sims
Re: using JBOD as a copy pool?
Mike, Why not have the JBOD pool between your DASD pool and tape, then cache it? If it's big enough to hold 3 days worth of data, you're set. -- JBOD -- Tape Primary Pool / | | Primary Pool --- | | \ | | -- Tape Copy Pool Backups come to Primary pool, your fast DASD. It is then migrated to the JBOD pool, where it is cached when it migrates to your Tape Primary Pool. All three pools are backed up to the Tape Copy Pool. If the JBOD pool is big enough to hold 3 days worth of data, and a restore comes in, the data will be there to restore. If the data has been flushed from the cache, it will be on tape, so at least it's there. And by backing up all three pools, you have solid coverage for any issues. Nick Cassimatis [EMAIL PROTECTED] He who laughs last has a good backup.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V5.3
Hi TSM-ers, IBM has posted the following presentation on the web describing product features that are planned for delivery in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) V5.3 http://www-5.ibm.com/at/events/tsm/pdf/Poschke-TSM-V5_3-Update.pdf Kind regards Thomas Rupp
Re: copygroups
thanks Wanda for you help! - Original Message - From: Prather, Wanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, November 15, 2004 2:54 pm Subject: Re: copygroups Not right. Your Sequential Access Storage pool should be LTOPOOL. RMTPOOL should be defined as a COPY pool, not a PRIMARY pool. IN the GUI, go to Object View - Server Storage - Storage Pools - Copy pools. Define it there. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 2:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: copygroups Wanda, I we have that set up already do I need to add something else? (see below) Thanks Storage Pool Name Description LTOPOOL LTO Tape Storage Pool RMTPOOL Pool for remote tapes Sequential Access Storage Pools : RMTPOOL Storage Pool Name RMTPOOL Storage Pool Type PRIMARY Device Class Name RMTCLASS Estimated Capacity (MB) 0.0 Pct Util 0.0 Pct Migr 0.0 Pct Logical 100.0 High Mig Pct 90 Low Mig Pct 70 Migration Processes 1 Next Storage Pool - Maximum Size Threshold - Access READWRITE Description Pool for remote tapes Overflow Location - Cache Migrated Files? - Collocate? YES Reclamation Threshold 25 Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed 200 Delay Period for Volume Reuse 0 Migration in Progress? NO Amount Migrated (MB) 0.0 Elapsed Migration Time (seconds) 0 Reclamation in Progress? NO Volume Being Migrated/Reclaimed - Last Update Date/Time 2004-09-08 09:11:15.00 Last Update by (administrator) 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 Prather, Wanda wrote: No, you are talking about COPY POOLS, not COPY GROUPS. Your SEQUENTIAL STORAGE POOL is defined with a DEVCLASS. The DEVCLASS points to the library, LTO_LIB. You will need a separate DEVCLASS defined that points to the second library, RMTTP_LTO. Then create your COPY POOL pointing to that DEVCLASS. Then in your SEQUENTIAL STORAGE POOL, add the COPYPOOL name. Then anytime something gets written to the sequential storage pool, it will get written to the copy pool, and the copy pool will be in the second library. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: copygroups We want to send a copy of a tape to the 2nd Library while writing to the first one at the same time. (duel tape write) Prather, Wanda wrote: TSM copy groups are the rule sets that determine how many versions of files are to be kept. What do you mean by copy groups? What are you trying to accomplish? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 9:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: copygroups I would like to put copy groups on our 2 Library It is already defined in aix, Would this work if I just point copy destination to rmttP_lto Tape Paths Source Name Source Type Destination Name Destination Type Library TSM SERVER LTO_LIB LIBRARY TSM SERVER RMT1 DRIVE LTO_LIB TSM SERVER RMT2 DRIVE LTO_LIB TSM SERVER RMT3 DRIVE LTO_LIB TSM SERVER RMT4 DRIVE LTO_LIB TSM SERVER RMTTP_LTO LIBRARY TSM SERVER RMT5 DRIVE RMT_LTO TSM SERVER RMT6 DRIVE RMT_LTO TSM SERVER RMT7 DRIVE RMT_LTO TSM SERVER RMT8 DRIVE RMT_LTO Thanks in advance! TSM version 5.2.3.4 AIX 5.2
query bulk i/o
Has this been resolved yet, in any version? There are a few posts about this issue but I can't seem to find resolution. My basic problem is that I want to write a script that removes export tapes but I don't want it to run if the bulk I/O is full. Funny, I can checkin tapes search=bulk so I know TSM knows the meaning of bulk, why can't I query bulk? I also struggle with daily DRM moves that will sometimes go over my allotted 10 I/O and leave tapes for me to find in the system, joy, joy. Nice add-on for untilfull, but not a viable solution. I just want a way to see if any tapes are in the bulk I/O, is that too much to ask??? TSM Server 5.1.6.3 Windows 2K (this means I don't have tapeutil, AIX guys) IBM 3584 Library Thanks, Mark Bertrand
Re: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V5.3
nice, thanks - Original Message - From: Thomas Rupp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:53 PM Subject: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V5.3 Hi TSM-ers, IBM has posted the following presentation on the web describing product features that are planned for delivery in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) V5.3 http://www-5.ibm.com/at/events/tsm/pdf/Poschke-TSM-V5_3-Update.pdf Kind regards Thomas Rupp
Re: File/Directory information for backups
Or just a QUERY BACKUP {filespacename}\directorypath -INA -SUBDIR=YES will
give you a nice list, too. You can then redirect this to a file and
maniplulate it all you want. Using the line command you can also start it
with the -VIRTUALNODENAME= and get this information from any nodename you
want. Will even give you backup information for TDP agent nodenames. The
format of the entrie names is dependant on the TDP agent and might not mean
much, but you'll still get dates.
Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Stapleton, Mark
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 12:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: File/Directory information for backups
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Jones, Eric J
Is there an easy way which does not take to long to find out
1: What dates a certain file was backed up on a particular
machine and the location of the file for each of the backups
in case the location of the file changed.
2: What dates a particular directory with the files listed
was backed up on a machine.
3: All the directories/files that have been backed up on a
particular machine.
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Stapleton, Mark
Yes. Run the client GUI on the machine(s) in question, select
Restore, be sure that View Active and Inactive Files is
selected, and browse for the file(s) in question. (You
probably can't get the backup date for a particular directory,
but you can certain obtain the file listings.
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Jones, Eric J
On the UNIX machines we do not have any GUI so it would need
to be command line.
You can do the same thing with the command line, although it's not
nearly as handy:
dsmc restore /* -subdir=yes -ina -pick
This will create a scrollable list that contains much of the information
you're looking for. You can, of course, be more selective with the file
designator so that you don't have to scroll through hundreds of screens
to get the information you're after.
--
Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Berbee Information Networks
Office 262.521.5627
Re: Don't write media
Look up the ASC/ASCQ values in the TSM Mesages manual, Appendix C. For the ASC=15, ASCQ=01 Mechanical Positioning Error. You might want to see if the library itself if flagging any error messages. If TSM can't mount a volume, it will mark that volume as unavailable, or if it's a Scratch volume, it will make it Private to prevent a reoccurance of the error. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of nghiatd Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 7:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Don't write media Dear all, I install TSM 5.2 on Windows2K. Backup server : xSeries 250 8665-81Y External Storage : HP surestore optical 220mr I have setuped ang configured succesfully. But when I backup to optical disk. I got error message: 11/15/2004 15:28:15 ANR0406I Session 43 started for node BACKUP (WinNT) (Tcp/Ip backup(1115)). 11/15/2004 15:29:07 ANR8337I OPTICAL volume VOL002 mounted in drive OP4.0.0.2 (op4.0.0.2). 11/15/2004 15:29:07 ANR1340I Scratch volume VOL002 is now defined in storage pool OPTPOOL1. 11/15/2004 15:31:30 ANR0407I Session 126 started for administrator ADMIN (WinNT) (Tcp/Ip backup(1204)). 11/15/2004 15:33:20 ANR8302E I/O error on drive OP4.0.0.2 (op4.0.0.2) (OP=WRITE, Error Number=2, CC=205, KEY=FF, ASC=FF, ASCQ=FF, SENSE=**NONE**, Description=SCSI adapter failure). Refer to Appendix D in the 'Messages' manual for recommended action. 11/15/2004 15:34:10 ANR8943E Hardware or media error on library LB3.0.0.2 (OP=8401C058, CC=304, KEY=04, ASC=15, ASCQ=01, SENSE=70.00.04.00.00.00.00.46.00.00.00.00.15.01.00.00.00- .00.A4.B8.14.01.00.C0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.9- 0.00.01.80.00.01.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.- 00.00.90.00.00.0D.B3.00.00.0D.B3.00.00.34.BD.00.00.34.B2- .00.00.00.00.00., Description=Changer failure). Refer to Appendix D in the 'Messages' manual for recommended action. 11/15/2004 15:34:10 ANRD asalloc.c(7693): ThreadId39 Error 30 accessing volume VOL002(4), side 1. 11/15/2004 15:34:10 ANR1411W Access mode for volume VOL002 now set to read-only due to write error. 11/15/2004 15:34:10 ANR0523W Transaction failed for session 125 for node BACKUP (WinNT) - error on output storage device. 11/15/2004 15:34:10 ANR0403I Session 125 ended for node BACKUP (WinNT). Have anyone met this error ?
Re: File/Directory information for backups
Thanks. The suggestions from everyone was just what I was looking for.
Thanks again
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Bill Boyer
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:45 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: File/Directory information for backups
Or just a QUERY BACKUP {filespacename}\directorypath -INA -SUBDIR=YES
will
give you a nice list, too. You can then redirect this to a file and
maniplulate it all you want. Using the line command you can also start
it
with the -VIRTUALNODENAME= and get this information from any nodename
you
want. Will even give you backup information for TDP agent nodenames. The
format of the entrie names is dependant on the TDP agent and might not
mean
much, but you'll still get dates.
Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Stapleton, Mark
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 12:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: File/Directory information for backups
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Jones, Eric J
Is there an easy way which does not take to long to find out
1: What dates a certain file was backed up on a particular
machine and the location of the file for each of the backups
in case the location of the file changed.
2: What dates a particular directory with the files listed
was backed up on a machine.
3: All the directories/files that have been backed up on a
particular machine.
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Stapleton, Mark
Yes. Run the client GUI on the machine(s) in question, select
Restore, be sure that View Active and Inactive Files is
selected, and browse for the file(s) in question. (You
probably can't get the backup date for a particular directory,
but you can certain obtain the file listings.
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Jones, Eric J
On the UNIX machines we do not have any GUI so it would need
to be command line.
You can do the same thing with the command line, although it's not
nearly as handy:
dsmc restore /* -subdir=yes -ina -pick
This will create a scrollable list that contains much of the information
you're looking for. You can, of course, be more selective with the file
designator so that you don't have to scroll through hundreds of screens
to get the information you're after.
--
Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Berbee Information Networks
Office 262.521.5627
backup on LTO1 volumes
Hi, We have a 3583TL Library and have both LTO2 and LTO1 tapes. We want to use our LTO2 tapes for onsite backups. The LTO1 tapes only for offsite backups. There are two storage pools we want to have on an offsite copy, one on tape and one on disk. I take a daily copy storage pool of those two storage pools. Sometimes we have both LTO2 and LTO1 scratch volumes in the library (the copy storage pool and the other tape storage pool are in the same library). I want to avoid that TSM takes an LTO2 scratch volume to add to the copy storage pool. Is there a way to automatically 'disable' those scratch LTO2 volumes so that is only takes LTO1 scratch volumes to make the copy storage pool? I don't want to check out all the LTO2 volumes each day... Thanks for your help!
howto get more mountpoints
Aloha, for some time now, i have made backupsets, which worked nearly fine. At the beginning of this week i had to restart the server and the tape library. When i try to generate a backupset, i get this error message: GENERATE BACKUPSET: Error encountered in accessing data storage - insufficient number of mount points available for removable media. The library that is in use: 4560SLX TSMServerSoftware: 5.2.2.5 how can i change this back, what has gone wrong ? how can i still complete my task ? wih regrads Mark Strasheim -- definitiv! business applications GmbH Co. KG Fresnostrasse 14 - 18 · DE-48159 Münster Tel. +49 (0) 251 21092 - 23 · Fax +49 (0) 251 21092 - 29 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] · http://www.definitiv-ba.de/ http://www.definitiv-ba.de --
Re: backup on LTO1 volumes
On Nov 16, 2004, at 10:14 AM, Tim Piqueur wrote: ... Is there a way to automatically 'disable' those scratch LTO2 volumes so that is only takes LTO1 scratch volumes to make the copy storage pool? Tim - The conventional way to accomplish this, without subdividing the library, is to perform Define Volume to assign LTO1 tapes to the offsite pool. Volumes defined to a storage pool are used before scratches. Richard Sims
Re: backup on LTO1 volumes
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Re: howto get more mountpoints
Hi, I just had that problem this morning with my IBM3583 library I did the command Q DRIVE .. and all drives were on-line .. Then I went in the WEB TSM ADMIN GUI - object view , server storage , tape path - then select each drive and look if the ONLINE = yes .. if not go in the drop donw menu and select UPDATE DRIVE PATH ... online=yes Good luck Luc Mark Strasheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-11-16 10:16 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:howto get more mountpoints Aloha, for some time now, i have made backupsets, which worked nearly fine. At the beginning of this week i had to restart the server and the tape library. When i try to generate a backupset, i get this error message: GENERATE BACKUPSET: Error encountered in accessing data storage - insufficient number of mount points available for removable media. The library that is in use: 4560SLX TSMServerSoftware: 5.2.2.5 how can i change this back, what has gone wrong ? how can i still complete my task ? wih regrads Mark Strasheim -- definitiv! business applications GmbH Co. KG Fresnostrasse 14 - 18 · DE-48159 Münster Tel. +49 (0) 251 21092 - 23 · Fax +49 (0) 251 21092 - 29 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] · http://www.definitiv-ba.de/ http://www.definitiv-ba.de --
Re: Win 2003 and open file backups
Right now there is no TSM solution for open file backups. You can look to 3rd-party vendors to provide support for open files in conjunction with backup products such as TSM. For example, St. Bernard Software's Open File Manager product (http://www.stbernard.com). Caveat: This should not be taken as an official endorsement of the product, I am just letting you know of its existence. Other users on this forum may have alternative solutions. IBM is currently working on open file support for Windows 2003, but I would not expect it before some time in 2005. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/15/2004 10:39:49: GREAT ... ! Then In general, how do we go about taking open file backups? Kindly shed some knowledge upon me in this regard! Kind Regards, Sandra Andrew Raibeck wrote: Sandra, In general, whenever you are having a problem and need to ask the group for help, you need to provide more substantial detail than just a vague symptom (... on Win 2003 it won't backup open files and snapshot fails ...). This is the same as calling your automobile repair shop and saying, My car won't start. and expecting a good answer to your problem. Your automobile mechanic needs a lot more information in order to diagnose the trouble with your car. Likewise for any software or hardware problems you may have. For TSM, here is a starter checklist for information you can provide: - A *specific* description of what operation you are trying to do (i.e. I am trying to run a manual backup of my C: and D: drives using the dsmc command line interface). - *complete* output showing the results you are getting (console output, dsmsched.log for scheduled operations, dsmerror.log, GUI screenshots, etc.). - Configuration information including TSM client and server operating system levels and TSM software versions. - Client options files for client problems (dsm.opt, dsm.sys, client option set) - For client problems, if you are using TSM 5.2, resulting dsminfo.txt file from the command dsmc query systeminfo. - Server options and settings for server problems (output from QUERY OPTION and QUERY STATUS; QUERY LOG F=D and QUERY LOGVOLUME F=D for recovery log problems; QUERY DB F=D and QUERY DBVOLUME F=D for database problems, etc.) - If the client was interacting with the server when the problem occurred, QUERY ACTLOG output for the timeframe from when the client activity started through the time it ended. There are other items as well, but this is just a basic checklist. Not all problems require all of the information, but the list serves to show you all the places you can check for the source of the problem. Now with all of that said: Open File Support is not supported on Windows 2003. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/15/2004 00:16:52: Sorry ... TSM Server 5.2.2.5 on windows 2000 and client 5.2.2.0 on windows 2003. Kind Regards, Sandra Stapleton, Mark wrote: From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sandra I have taken backups on win 2000 and it worked fine with open file support, but on Win 2003 it won't backup open files and snapshot fails. I have 2 partitions to backup and so i m using include.fs option to specify snapshotcachelocation. This option is working great on win2000 but there seem to be something missing on this win2003 machine. More details needed. Please *always* include your current TSM server and client levels when asking questions. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Berbee Information Networks Office 262.521.5627
stable server version?
Yo, tsm: Xq stat Session established with server X: Windows Server Version 5, Release 1, Level 6.5 Server date/time: 11/16/2004 09:31:37 Last access: 11/16/2004 09:11:52 I want to upgrade this Thanksgiving due to a single ANR0104E imutil.c error when a client tries to backup or delete a filespace. Previous posts suggest that upgrading the server ought to fix the problem, as well as get us up to date, which I ought to have done a while ago. What is the most stable version for Win2K? Is that 5.1.9.0? Can I go directly from 5.1.6.5 to 5.1.9.0? I read a post that 5.1.7.0 is the most stable, but maybe that post is old? What's the deal with 5.2? Can I upgrade to 5.2 or would that involve a complete reinstall? Don't want the latest, I want the stablest. Thanks, Alex --- --- Alex Lazarevich | Systems Administrator | Imaging Technology Group Beckman Institute | University of Illinois | www.itg.uiuc.edu --- ---
Re: backup on LTO1 volumes
Thanks! This was the command I was looking for -Original Message- From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 16 november 2004 16:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: backup on LTO1 volumes On Nov 16, 2004, at 10:14 AM, Tim Piqueur wrote: ... Is there a way to automatically 'disable' those scratch LTO2 volumes so that is only takes LTO1 scratch volumes to make the copy storage pool? Tim - The conventional way to accomplish this, without subdividing the library, is to perform Define Volume to assign LTO1 tapes to the offsite pool. Volumes defined to a storage pool are used before scratches. Richard Sims
client option sets
I am implementing client optionset's on my server at this time and I ran an incremental backup yesterday evening after assigning a node to a client optionset but the include/exclude's that I specified were ignored. Do I have to restart my node's client or sched in order for such a change to take affect. I am pretty sure the syntax is correct because they worked fine when used in a local dsm.opt incl/excl file. I could always just restart the services on the windows 2000 client but I wanted to run it by the list to make sure that everything else looked fine instead of waiting for my backups to run again. R. (necessary information below) Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 22 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat.LOG Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 23 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 24 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\usrclass.dat.LOG Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 25 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\usrclass.dat 11/15/2004 19:12:19 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:20 ANS1898I * Processed 5,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:22 ANS1898I * Processed 6,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:23 ANS1898I * Processed 6,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:24 ANS1898I * Processed 7,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 344,064 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\NTUSER.DAT [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\NTUSER.DAT.LOG [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 8,192 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat.LOG [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:26 ANS1898I * Processed 7,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:27 ANS1898I * Processed 8,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 2 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 3 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 4 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 ANS1228E Sending of object '\\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT' failed 11/15/2004 19:12:28 ANS4987E Error processing '\\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT': the object is in use by another process 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 2 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 3 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 4 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Normal File--16,384 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\Cookies\index.dat [Sent]
Re: client option sets
On our windows clients here, I found that I needed to enclose all incl/exl commands in the cloptset with single quotes. Didn't have to for netware,vms, or tru64, but for some reason the windows clients wanted them. I'm not 100% sure if cloptset changes need to be followed by a restart of the client services, but I've always done it just to be safe. Troy Frank Network Services University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation 608.829.5384 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/16/2004 12:04:57 PM I am implementing client optionset's on my server at this time and I ran an incremental backup yesterday evening after assigning a node to a client optionset but the include/exclude's that I specified were ignored. Do I have to restart my node's client or sched in order for such a change to take affect. I am pretty sure the syntax is correct because they worked fine when used in a local dsm.opt incl/excl file. I could always just restart the services on the windows 2000 client but I wanted to run it by the list to make sure that everything else looked fine instead of waiting for my backups to run again. R. (necessary information below) Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 22 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat.LOG Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 23 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 24 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\usrclass.dat.LOG Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 25 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\usrclass.dat 11/15/2004 19:12:19 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:20 ANS1898I * Processed 5,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:22 ANS1898I * Processed 6,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:23 ANS1898I * Processed 6,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:24 ANS1898I * Processed 7,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 344,064 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\NTUSER.DAT [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\NTUSER.DAT.LOG [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 8,192 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat.LOG [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:26 ANS1898I * Processed 7,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:27 ANS1898I * Processed 8,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 2 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 3 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 4 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 ANS1228E Sending of object ' \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT' failed 11/15/2004 19:12:28 ANS4987E Error processing ' \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT': the object is in use by another process 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 2 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 3 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 4 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Normal File-- 16,384 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\Cookies\index.dat [Sent] Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
Re: client option sets
Agreed; here is what my DEFINE command looks like for a windows Exclude: define clientopt win2kserver inclexcl exclude *:\...\netscape*\...\cache\*seq=130 You don't have to restart the client service. You can also check it without waiting for your overnight backups: On the client machine, start the command line version of the client Enter: Q incl You will see a list of all the effective excludes; if a line is tagged server, the exclude was pushed from the server via cloptset; if it says dsm.opt, it came from the dsm.opt file. One warning: the output from q incl displays incl/exl sorted as they will match from top down, not bottpm up like the dsm.opt file (go figure...) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Frank Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: client option sets On our windows clients here, I found that I needed to enclose all incl/exl commands in the cloptset with single quotes. Didn't have to for netware,vms, or tru64, but for some reason the windows clients wanted them. I'm not 100% sure if cloptset changes need to be followed by a restart of the client services, but I've always done it just to be safe. Troy Frank Network Services University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation 608.829.5384 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/16/2004 12:04:57 PM I am implementing client optionset's on my server at this time and I ran an incremental backup yesterday evening after assigning a node to a client optionset but the include/exclude's that I specified were ignored. Do I have to restart my node's client or sched in order for such a change to take affect. I am pretty sure the syntax is correct because they worked fine when used in a local dsm.opt incl/excl file. I could always just restart the services on the windows 2000 client but I wanted to run it by the list to make sure that everything else looked fine instead of waiting for my backups to run again. R. (necessary information below) Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 22 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat.LOG Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 23 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 24 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\usrclass.dat.LOG Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 25 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\usrclass.dat 11/15/2004 19:12:19 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:20 ANS1898I * Processed 5,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:22 ANS1898I * Processed 6,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:23 ANS1898I * Processed 6,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:24 ANS1898I * Processed 7,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 344,064 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\NTUSER.DAT [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\NTUSER.DAT.LOG [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 8,192 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat.LOG [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:26 ANS1898I * Processed 7,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:27 ANS1898I * Processed 8,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 2 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 3 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 4 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 ANS1228E Sending of object ' \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT' failed 11/15/2004 19:12:28 ANS4987E Error processing ' \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT': the object is in use by another process 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 2 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 3 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 4 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG **
Re: client option sets
Include your file specification in double quotes, since it contains spaces. Guillaume -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CORP Rick Willmore Sent: November 16, 2004 13:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: client option sets I am implementing client optionset's on my server at this time and I ran an incremental backup yesterday evening after assigning a node to a client optionset but the include/exclude's that I specified were ignored. Do I have to restart my node's client or sched in order for such a change to take affect. I am pretty sure the syntax is correct because they worked fine when used in a local dsm.opt incl/excl file. I could always just restart the services on the windows 2000 client but I wanted to run it by the list to make sure that everything else looked fine instead of waiting for my backups to run again. R. (necessary information below) Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 22 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat.LOG Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 23 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 24 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\usrclass.dat.LOG Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 25 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\usrclass.dat 11/15/2004 19:12:19 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:20 ANS1898I * Processed 5,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:22 ANS1898I * Processed 6,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:23 ANS1898I * Processed 6,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:24 ANS1898I * Processed 7,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 344,064 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\NTUSER.DAT [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\NTUSER.DAT.LOG [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 8,192 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat.LOG [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:26 ANS1898I * Processed 7,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:27 ANS1898I * Processed 8,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 2 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 3 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 4 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 ANS1228E Sending of object '\\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT' failed 11/15/2004 19:12:28 ANS4987E Error processing '\\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT': the object is in use by another process 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 2 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 3 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 4 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\ntuser.dat.LOG ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Normal File--16,384 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\Cookies\index.dat [Sent]
Re: client option sets
I will go ahead and change all my lines in the client optionset I created to quote around each one (ALL 35 of them) but I did a check on the server per wanda (q incl) and I noticed that the Documents and settings exclusion looks like a match before I ever quoted anything. R. Incl All *\...\*.* Server Incl All *\...\*Server Incl SystemObject ALLServer Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\NtmsData\...\* Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv\metabase.xml Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv\metabase.bin Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv\mbschema.xml Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\System32\DTCLog\MSDTC.LOG Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\system.log Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\system.alt Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\system Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\software.log Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\software Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\security.log Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\security Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\sam.log Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\sam Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\default.log Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\system32\config\default Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\schedlgu.txt Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\registration\*.clbOperating System Excl All C:\WINNT\netlogon.chg Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\debug\* Operating System Excl All C:\WINNT\csc\...\* Operating System Excl All C:\DOCUME~1\RWILLM~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\...\* Operating System Excl All C:\Documents and Settings\rwillmore\...\index.dat Operating Syste m Excl All C:\adsm.sys\...\* Operating System Excl All *\Pagefile.sys Operating System Excl All *\hiberfil.sys Operating System Excl All *\...\*.crmlog Operating System No DFS include/exclude statements defined. tsm -Original Message- From: CORP Rick Willmore Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:05 AM To: 'ADSM: Dist Stor Manager' Subject: client option sets I am implementing client optionset's on my server at this time and I ran an incremental backup yesterday evening after assigning a node to a client optionset but the include/exclude's that I specified were ignored. Do I have to restart my node's client or sched in order for such a change to take affect. I am pretty sure the syntax is correct because they worked fine when used in a local dsm.opt incl/excl file. I could always just restart the services on the windows 2000 client but I wanted to run it by the list to make sure that everything else looked fine instead of waiting for my backups to run again. R. (necessary information below) Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 22 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat.LOG Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 23 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 24 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\usrclass.dat.LOG Option: INCLEXCL Sequence number: 25 Override: No Option Value: exclude *:\documents and settings\...\usrclass.dat 11/15/2004 19:12:19 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:20 ANS1898I * Processed 5,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:22 ANS1898I * Processed 6,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:23 ANS1898I * Processed 6,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:24 ANS1898I * Processed 7,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 344,064 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\NTUSER.DAT [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\NTUSER.DAT.LOG [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 8,192 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:25 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,024 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\appsdev\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat.LOG [Sent] 11/15/2004 19:12:26 ANS1898I * Processed 7,500 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:27 ANS1898I * Processed 8,000 files * 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 270,336 \\zinc\c$\Documents and Settings\backupexec.CORP\NTUSER.DAT ** Unsuccessful ** 11/15/2004 19:12:28 Retry # 2
schedule failing to start on client
We've got a 5.2.2.2 server, and the client in question is a Netware 5.1sp7 box running tsmclient 5.2.2.3. The dsmcad service is loaded and running, but when it tries to wake up and run its 9pm schedule, it fails. This is the message I get in dsmerror.log ... 11/16/2004 11:31:57 UseExternalTimer: Unable to read timer file '_T-2.TMP', errno=4, error:Bad file number 11/16/2004 11:31:59 ANS1977E Dsmcad schedule invocation was unsuccessful - will try again. This is the message I see in dsmched.log ... 11/16/2004 07:51:11 The Scheduler is under the control of the TSM Scheduler Daemon The dsmwebcl.log shows this... Executing scheduled command now. ANS1977E Dsmcad schedule invocation was unsuccessful - will try again. in 10 minutes. So far I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the tsm client, but that didn't seem to fix it. Troy Frank Network Services University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation 608.829.5384 Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
Server memory leak with -ifnewer
We recently had a problem restoring from a 5.1.7.2 server under z/OS to a 5.1.5.0 client under HP-UX. We had to restore about 3.5 million files. The restore ended when a disk failure knocked out the file system containing the mount point for the file system we were restoring. We had restored about 3.0 million files at that point. The restore was supposed to be restartable, but was terminated completely when the I/O error occurred. We started a new restore with the -ifnewer option, which we hoped would be a relatively cheap way of skipping over the files already restored. The new restore performed very poorly, and we eventually discovered that a 'show memu SHORT' command (a memory management diagnostic peculiar to the z/OS implementation of TSM) reported FreeHeld larger than MaxQuickFree. At first we thought this was the cumulative result of multiple restores and other server activity. We suspended the restore, bounced the TSM server to clean up memory management, and restarted the restore. Even with no other significant activity on the server we saw FreeHeld climbing steadily and exceeding MaxQuickFree about an hour after restarting the restore. At that point we gave up on the -ifnewer option and restored all 3.5 million files. Is the apparent memory leak a known problem with the -ifnewer option?
Error writing registry password
We have a Windows NT client running 5.1.7.0 client code that cannot perform scheduled backups. As far as I can tell, the underlying problem is that all attempts to write the encrypted password to the registry have failed. Attempts to create or update the scheduler service generate messages about errors storing the password. When the service is started it stops almost immediately, reporting error 1067. A manually triggered backup prompts for a password and writes the following to the client error log: WritePswdToRegistry(): RegCreatePathEx(): Win32 RC=2 along with a number of similar messages about problems reading the password. The system administrator for the client has tried all of the following: Removing and reinstalling the service Verifying permissions on files and registry keys Using different administrator IDs Using different TSM passwords Removing the client software, removing all registry keys that appeared to be related to TSM, and reinstalling the software None of these have resolved the problem. Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? Failing that, does anyone know what registry key the password is stored in? Knowing that would enable us to undertake a more focused search for problems with registry permissions.
Re: client option sets
On Nov 16, 2004, at 1:48 PM, CORP Rick Willmore wrote: I will go ahead and change all my lines in the client optionset I created to quote around each one (ALL 35 of them) but I did a check on the server per wanda (q incl) and I noticed that the Documents and settings exclusion looks like a match before I ever quoted anything. Rick - Your clientopts do specify Override: No which may be a contributing factor. Always do 'dsmc q inclexcl' as Wanda suggests, on a participating client to compile the Include-Excludes to assure that you are getting the combinatorial result you expect, before backups run. Richard Sims
Re: schedule failing to start on client
On Nov 16, 2004, at 1:21 PM, Troy Frank wrote: ... 11/16/2004 11:31:57 UseExternalTimer: Unable to read timer file '_T-2.TMP', errno=4, error:Bad file number ... Troy - I would expect that to be a permissions issue. Richard Sims
Re: Error writing registry password
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM\ADSM\CurrentVersion\BackupClient\Nodes then under that is the NODENAME. Under the nodename is the TSM server name. That has the encrypted password in it. Searching Microsoft, there is no hit for the RegCreatePathEx() API function. and the Win32 return code 2 is The system cannot find the file specified. . Any errors in the event log for that server? Searching IBM only gives APAR IC30896 that has to do with more that 50 TSM services being installed using DSMCUTIL. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thomas Denier Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Error writing registry password We have a Windows NT client running 5.1.7.0 client code that cannot perform scheduled backups. As far as I can tell, the underlying problem is that all attempts to write the encrypted password to the registry have failed. Attempts to create or update the scheduler service generate messages about errors storing the password. When the service is started it stops almost immediately, reporting error 1067. A manually triggered backup prompts for a password and writes the following to the client error log: WritePswdToRegistry(): RegCreatePathEx(): Win32 RC=2 along with a number of similar messages about problems reading the password. The system administrator for the client has tried all of the following: Removing and reinstalling the service Verifying permissions on files and registry keys Using different administrator IDs Using different TSM passwords Removing the client software, removing all registry keys that appeared to be related to TSM, and reinstalling the software None of these have resolved the problem. Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? Failing that, does anyone know what registry key the password is stored in? Knowing that would enable us to undertake a more focused search for problems with registry permissions.
Re: Error writing registry password
The node passwords are encrypted into subkey HKLM\SOFTWARE\IBM\ADSM\CurrentVersion\Nodes\nodename\servername where nodename is the name of the node, and servername is the TSM server name (as shown by the admin QUERY STATUS command). The I would try the following: 1) Make sure you're logged in as a local administrator. 2) Clean out the nodename subkey in the registry. 3) Set PASSWORDACCESS PROMPT in the options file. 4) Start the client. When prompted for the password, make sure you can connect, then quit. 5) Change PASSWORDACCESS back to GENERATE. 6) Start the client. Enter the password when prompted, then quit. Does it work? Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 11:49:44: We have a Windows NT client running 5.1.7.0 client code that cannot perform scheduled backups. As far as I can tell, the underlying problem is that all attempts to write the encrypted password to the registry have failed. Attempts to create or update the scheduler service generate messages about errors storing the password. When the service is started it stops almost immediately, reporting error 1067. A manually triggered backup prompts for a password and writes the following to the client error log: WritePswdToRegistry(): RegCreatePathEx(): Win32 RC=2 along with a number of similar messages about problems reading the password. The system administrator for the client has tried all of the following: Removing and reinstalling the service Verifying permissions on files and registry keys Using different administrator IDs Using different TSM passwords Removing the client software, removing all registry keys that appeared to be related to TSM, and reinstalling the software None of these have resolved the problem. Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? Failing that, does anyone know what registry key the password is stored in? Knowing that would enable us to undertake a more focused search for problems with registry permissions.
Re: query bulk i/o
I hate it when that happens (I consider it a major failing of DRM). 1) use Autovault instead, you tell it the max number of tapes to eject and it won't go over. (It can't tell, however, if some of your 10 slots are already full before it starts, it just counts to 10). 2) Write your own script (host language, not TSM) that does a Q DRMEDIA, parses the results and ejects 10 tapes at a time (what are you using now for scripting, perl?) 3) out of curiosity, if you don't have tapeutil, do you have mtlib? You must have something installed with the LTO drivers? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Bertrand Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: query bulk i/o Has this been resolved yet, in any version? There are a few posts about this issue but I can't seem to find resolution. My basic problem is that I want to write a script that removes export tapes but I don't want it to run if the bulk I/O is full. Funny, I can checkin tapes search=bulk so I know TSM knows the meaning of bulk, why can't I query bulk? I also struggle with daily DRM moves that will sometimes go over my allotted 10 I/O and leave tapes for me to find in the system, joy, joy. Nice add-on for untilfull, but not a viable solution. I just want a way to see if any tapes are in the bulk I/O, is that too much to ask??? TSM Server 5.1.6.3 Windows 2K (this means I don't have tapeutil, AIX guys) IBM 3584 Library Thanks, Mark Bertrand
tape migration
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Re: schedule failing to start on client
The client is running as an admin-equivalent user, so rights shouldn't be an issue. I did look around for the _T-2.TMP file, and it wasn't anywhere on the sys: volume. So it appears that the b/a client is looking for a file that doesn't exist. I'm just not sure why it's looking for the file, or how I could just get it to create/use a new one. Troy Frank Network Services University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation 608.829.5384 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/16/2004 1:32:46 PM On Nov 16, 2004, at 1:21 PM, Troy Frank wrote: ... 11/16/2004 11:31:57 UseExternalTimer: Unable to read timer file '_T-2.TMP', errno=4, error:Bad file number ... Troy - I would expect that to be a permissions issue. Richard Sims Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
Re: query bulk i/o
No, we don't have autovault or mtlib. I do however have NTutil, but not really sure how to use it for this. I know that I used it in the past for troubleshooting old 3583 library issues. Seems like overkill for this, more of an IBM hardware troubleshooting tool. I only used it under the guidance of IBM support. I am only using command line for my scripts, tying dsmadmc commands together with text outputs and a few Unix for dos tools for the text manipulation like getting rid of the header information from the text file of my tapes to export list. Yes, I saw your post a year or two back on this subject. I had hoped that someone had a fix or work around or would direct me to upgrade if it was a new feature. Your tip to script a 10 count checkout is workable. I could do that but I am lazy, I want to know if any tapes are already in bulk before I start without having to physically/manually check the bulk I/O. I really don't think it's too much to ask for. OK since I haven't really been bombarded with responses I guess we can write this one up for a future request for TSM 10.0, if I only knew where to send those :) Thanks again Wanda I always appreciate it. Mark Bertrand -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o I hate it when that happens (I consider it a major failing of DRM). 1) use Autovault instead, you tell it the max number of tapes to eject and it won't go over. (It can't tell, however, if some of your 10 slots are already full before it starts, it just counts to 10). 2) Write your own script (host language, not TSM) that does a Q DRMEDIA, parses the results and ejects 10 tapes at a time (what are you using now for scripting, perl?) 3) out of curiosity, if you don't have tapeutil, do you have mtlib? You must have something installed with the LTO drivers? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Bertrand Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: query bulk i/o Has this been resolved yet, in any version? There are a few posts about this issue but I can't seem to find resolution. My basic problem is that I want to write a script that removes export tapes but I don't want it to run if the bulk I/O is full. Funny, I can checkin tapes search=bulk so I know TSM knows the meaning of bulk, why can't I query bulk? I also struggle with daily DRM moves that will sometimes go over my allotted 10 I/O and leave tapes for me to find in the system, joy, joy. Nice add-on for untilfull, but not a viable solution. I just want a way to see if any tapes are in the bulk I/O, is that too much to ask??? TSM Server 5.1.6.3 Windows 2K (this means I don't have tapeutil, AIX guys) IBM 3584 Library Thanks, Mark Bertrand
Re: schedule failing to start on client
I'd try running the scheduler in classic mode first (rather than dsmcad), see if you get a better idea of what the problem is. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Frank Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 2:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: schedule failing to start on client The client is running as an admin-equivalent user, so rights shouldn't be an issue. I did look around for the _T-2.TMP file, and it wasn't anywhere on the sys: volume. So it appears that the b/a client is looking for a file that doesn't exist. I'm just not sure why it's looking for the file, or how I could just get it to create/use a new one. Troy Frank Network Services University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation 608.829.5384 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/16/2004 1:32:46 PM On Nov 16, 2004, at 1:21 PM, Troy Frank wrote: ... 11/16/2004 11:31:57 UseExternalTimer: Unable to read timer file '_T-2.TMP', errno=4, error:Bad file number ... Troy - I would expect that to be a permissions issue. Richard Sims Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
Re: schedule failing to start on client
Try turning off St. Bernard's OFM before starting dsmcad (if you are using OFM). Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 11:21:01: We've got a 5.2.2.2 server, and the client in question is a Netware 5.1sp7 box running tsmclient 5.2.2.3. The dsmcad service is loaded and running, but when it tries to wake up and run its 9pm schedule, it fails. This is the message I get in dsmerror.log ... 11/16/2004 11:31:57 UseExternalTimer: Unable to read timer file '_T-2.TMP', errno=4, error:Bad file number 11/16/2004 11:31:59 ANS1977E Dsmcad schedule invocation was unsuccessful - will try again. This is the message I see in dsmched.log ... 11/16/2004 07:51:11 The Scheduler is under the control of the TSM Scheduler Daemon The dsmwebcl.log shows this... Executing scheduled command now. ANS1977E Dsmcad schedule invocation was unsuccessful - will try again. in 10 minutes. So far I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the tsm client, but that didn't seem to fix it. Troy Frank Network Services University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation 608.829.5384 Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
Re: using JBOD as a copy pool?
At 07:01 PM 11/15/2004, Mike wrote: Is there someway to create a priority or hierarchy of restoration methods such that the JBOD is checked first for the files, then the tape pools are checked? If I understand your question correctly, the answer is no. When data is restored, it always comes from the primary storage pool. The copy storage pools are only there in case volumes in the primary pool(s) need to be recovered. Putting the copy pool on JBOD to enhance performance is not going to help you. You really need to look at enhancing the performance of your primary pool(s). -- Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 719 Rhodes Hall, Cornell UniversityFx: 607-255-8521 Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: query bulk i/o
The only way I can think of to do that, is to query the particular slot numbers that make up YOUR I/O door. You can only do that with something that you can issue the appropriate SCSI commands with, like mtlib or lbtest, and you have to have a version of it you can run in background mode and parse the output, etc. Non-trivial, and definitely not something you can do without a lot of host language scripting. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Bertrand Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o No, we don't have autovault or mtlib. I do however have NTutil, but not really sure how to use it for this. I know that I used it in the past for troubleshooting old 3583 library issues. Seems like overkill for this, more of an IBM hardware troubleshooting tool. I only used it under the guidance of IBM support. I am only using command line for my scripts, tying dsmadmc commands together with text outputs and a few Unix for dos tools for the text manipulation like getting rid of the header information from the text file of my tapes to export list. Yes, I saw your post a year or two back on this subject. I had hoped that someone had a fix or work around or would direct me to upgrade if it was a new feature. Your tip to script a 10 count checkout is workable. I could do that but I am lazy, I want to know if any tapes are already in bulk before I start without having to physically/manually check the bulk I/O. I really don't think it's too much to ask for. OK since I haven't really been bombarded with responses I guess we can write this one up for a future request for TSM 10.0, if I only knew where to send those :) Thanks again Wanda I always appreciate it. Mark Bertrand -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o I hate it when that happens (I consider it a major failing of DRM). 1) use Autovault instead, you tell it the max number of tapes to eject and it won't go over. (It can't tell, however, if some of your 10 slots are already full before it starts, it just counts to 10). 2) Write your own script (host language, not TSM) that does a Q DRMEDIA, parses the results and ejects 10 tapes at a time (what are you using now for scripting, perl?) 3) out of curiosity, if you don't have tapeutil, do you have mtlib? You must have something installed with the LTO drivers? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Bertrand Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: query bulk i/o Has this been resolved yet, in any version? There are a few posts about this issue but I can't seem to find resolution. My basic problem is that I want to write a script that removes export tapes but I don't want it to run if the bulk I/O is full. Funny, I can checkin tapes search=bulk so I know TSM knows the meaning of bulk, why can't I query bulk? I also struggle with daily DRM moves that will sometimes go over my allotted 10 I/O and leave tapes for me to find in the system, joy, joy. Nice add-on for untilfull, but not a viable solution. I just want a way to see if any tapes are in the bulk I/O, is that too much to ask??? TSM Server 5.1.6.3 Windows 2K (this means I don't have tapeutil, AIX guys) IBM 3584 Library Thanks, Mark Bertrand
Re: client option sets
In TSM V5.3 (will be GA next month ?) there is a:
Preview command displays files that would be included, exclude, or both
---Preview--Backup|Archive--filespec--filter--{All/incl/excl}---filename--console--{yes/no,
traverse}---
Hoa.
Richard Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
11/16/2004 01:29 PM
Please respond to
ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
To
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cc
Subject
Re: client option sets
On Nov 16, 2004, at 1:48 PM, CORP Rick Willmore wrote:
I will go ahead and change all my lines in the client optionset I
created to quote around each one (ALL 35 of them) but I did a check on
the server per wanda (q incl) and I noticed that the Documents and
settings exclusion looks like a match before I ever quoted anything.
Rick - Your clientopts do specify Override: No
which may be a contributing factor. Always do 'dsmc q inclexcl'
as
Wanda suggests, on a participating client to compile the
Include-Excludes
to assure that you are getting the combinatorial result you expect,
before
backups run.
Richard Sims
Re: schedule failing to start on client
For anyone that was curious, Andy's ofm suggestion seems to have taken care of it. The ofm does load after sms/dsmcad in the autoexec.ncf, so I'm not sure why this was a problem, but it apparently was. I unloaded dsmcad, ofm, and sms, then reloaded sms, dsmcad, and ofm, in that order. It seems to be working now. Troy Frank Network Services University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation 608.829.5384 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/16/2004 2:08:12 PM Try turning off St. Bernard's OFM before starting dsmcad (if you are using OFM). Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 11:21:01: We've got a 5.2.2.2 server, and the client in question is a Netware 5.1sp7 box running tsmclient 5.2.2.3. The dsmcad service is loaded and running, but when it tries to wake up and run its 9pm schedule, it fails. This is the message I get in dsmerror.log ... 11/16/2004 11:31:57 UseExternalTimer: Unable to read timer file '_T-2.TMP', errno=4, error:Bad file number 11/16/2004 11:31:59 ANS1977E Dsmcad schedule invocation was unsuccessful - will try again. This is the message I see in dsmched.log ... 11/16/2004 07:51:11 The Scheduler is under the control of the TSM Scheduler Daemon The dsmwebcl.log shows this... Executing scheduled command now. ANS1977E Dsmcad schedule invocation was unsuccessful - will try again. in 10 minutes. So far I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the tsm client, but that didn't seem to fix it. Troy Frank Network Services University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation 608.829.5384 Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
Re: query bulk i/o
Now I just realized how much I value tapeutil command for AIX. I use this command almost daily to see if there are any tapes loaded in the i/o door. tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory. I am not familiar with ntutil command other than PD drive issue; however, here's the link for Installation and User's Guide which might be helpful. If anyone can come up with a single command in ntutil that will provide similar as tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory this would be awesome. Not sure if this is possible or not. ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Doc/IBM_ultrium_tape_IUG.pdf Sung Y. Lee Prather, Wanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] UAPL.EDU To Sent by: ADSM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dist Stor cc Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU Re: query bulk i/o 11/16/2004 03:18 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU The only way I can think of to do that, is to query the particular slot numbers that make up YOUR I/O door. You can only do that with something that you can issue the appropriate SCSI commands with, like mtlib or lbtest, and you have to have a version of it you can run in background mode and parse the output, etc. Non-trivial, and definitely not something you can do without a lot of host language scripting. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Bertrand Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o No, we don't have autovault or mtlib. I do however have NTutil, but not really sure how to use it for this. I know that I used it in the past for troubleshooting old 3583 library issues. Seems like overkill for this, more of an IBM hardware troubleshooting tool. I only used it under the guidance of IBM support. I am only using command line for my scripts, tying dsmadmc commands together with text outputs and a few Unix for dos tools for the text manipulation like getting rid of the header information from the text file of my tapes to export list. Yes, I saw your post a year or two back on this subject. I had hoped that someone had a fix or work around or would direct me to upgrade if it was a new feature. Your tip to script a 10 count checkout is workable. I could do that but I am lazy, I want to know if any tapes are already in bulk before I start without having to physically/manually check the bulk I/O. I really don't think it's too much to ask for. OK since I haven't really been bombarded with responses I guess we can write this one up for a future request for TSM 10.0, if I only knew where to send those :) Thanks again Wanda I always appreciate it. Mark Bertrand -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o I hate it when that happens (I consider it a major failing of DRM). 1) use Autovault instead, you tell it the max number of tapes to eject and it won't go over. (It can't tell, however, if some of your 10 slots are already full before it starts, it just counts to 10). 2) Write your own script (host language, not TSM) that does a Q DRMEDIA, parses the results and ejects 10 tapes at a time (what are you using now for scripting, perl?) 3) out of curiosity, if you don't have tapeutil, do you have mtlib? You must have something installed with the LTO drivers? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Bertrand Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: query bulk i/o Has this been resolved yet, in any version? There are a few
Re: schedule failing to start on client
From what I can gather, this might be a problem related to file indexing with OFM, and St. Bernard is aware of it. You can contact their support for more info. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 13:38:18: For anyone that was curious, Andy's ofm suggestion seems to have taken care of it. The ofm does load after sms/dsmcad in the autoexec.ncf, so I'm not sure why this was a problem, but it apparently was. I unloaded dsmcad, ofm, and sms, then reloaded sms, dsmcad, and ofm, in that order. It seems to be working now. Troy Frank Network Services University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation 608.829.5384 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/16/2004 2:08:12 PM Try turning off St. Bernard's OFM before starting dsmcad (if you are using OFM). Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 11:21:01: We've got a 5.2.2.2 server, and the client in question is a Netware 5.1sp7 box running tsmclient 5.2.2.3. The dsmcad service is loaded and running, but when it tries to wake up and run its 9pm schedule, it fails. This is the message I get in dsmerror.log ... 11/16/2004 11:31:57 UseExternalTimer: Unable to read timer file '_T-2.TMP', errno=4, error:Bad file number 11/16/2004 11:31:59 ANS1977E Dsmcad schedule invocation was unsuccessful - will try again. This is the message I see in dsmched.log ... 11/16/2004 07:51:11 The Scheduler is under the control of the TSM Scheduler Daemon The dsmwebcl.log shows this... Executing scheduled command now. ANS1977E Dsmcad schedule invocation was unsuccessful - will try again. in 10 minutes. So far I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the tsm client, but that didn't seem to fix it. Troy Frank Network Services University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation 608.829.5384 Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
ANS1005E TCP/IP read error on socket = 4, errno = 73, reason: 'Connection reset by peer'
Hi, Server AIX 5.1, TSM 5.2.3 Client AIX 5.1, TSM 5.1.6 (several different machines) We've been experiencing a number of client errors, which seem to be related to tape mounts taking too long. It appears that tape mounts taking longer than 15 minutes produce the error, but waits less than 15 minutes don't. The server activity log doesn't seem to recognize a problem, other than terminating the lost session IdleTimeOut minutes after the client considers the session lost. The backup recovers successfully, but the errors are irritating. The client isn't behind a firewall, so that doesn't appear to be the problem. Any ideas on why a mount would timeout after 15 minutes? Is there a client parameter that I'm missing? dsmerror.log: 11/16/04 03:06:56 ANS1005E TCP/IP read error on socket = 4, errno = 73, reason: 'Connection reset by peer'. 11/16/04 03:06:57 ANS1809W Session is lost; initializing session reopen procedure. 11/16/04 03:06:57 ANS1809W Session is lost; initializing session reopen procedure. 11/16/04 03:07:12 ANS1810E TSM session has been reestablished. dsmsched.log: 11/16/04 02:34:03 Normal File-- 1,048,584,192 /ess36/oracle/BNRD096/bnrd096.fgbtrnd_key_index ** Unsuccessful ** 11/16/04 02:34:03 ANS1114I Waiting for mount of offline media. 11/16/04 03:06:57 Retry # 1 Normal File-- 1,048,584,192 /ess36/oracle/BNRD096/bnrd096.fgbtrnd_key_index [Sent] 11/16/04 03:06:57 ANS1809W Session is lost; initializing session reopen procedure. 11/16/04 03:06:57 Successful incremental backup of '/ess36' Chet Osborn Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Re: query bulk i/o
Hm. I've got an lbtest in c:/program files/tivoli/tsm/device, works on my 3583. I can get back the inventory, inc. status of the I/O ports. Not bored enough to try parsing the output, though - maybe if Mark reallly wants it he'll work on it for us! ;) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sung Y Lee Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 4:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o Now I just realized how much I value tapeutil command for AIX. I use this command almost daily to see if there are any tapes loaded in the i/o door. tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory. I am not familiar with ntutil command other than PD drive issue; however, here's the link for Installation and User's Guide which might be helpful. If anyone can come up with a single command in ntutil that will provide similar as tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory this would be awesome. Not sure if this is possible or not. ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Doc/IBM_ultrium_tape_IUG.pdf Sung Y. Lee Prather, Wanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] UAPL.EDU To Sent by: ADSM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dist Stor cc Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU Re: query bulk i/o 11/16/2004 03:18 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU The only way I can think of to do that, is to query the particular slot numbers that make up YOUR I/O door. You can only do that with something that you can issue the appropriate SCSI commands with, like mtlib or lbtest, and you have to have a version of it you can run in background mode and parse the output, etc. Non-trivial, and definitely not something you can do without a lot of host language scripting. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Bertrand Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o No, we don't have autovault or mtlib. I do however have NTutil, but not really sure how to use it for this. I know that I used it in the past for troubleshooting old 3583 library issues. Seems like overkill for this, more of an IBM hardware troubleshooting tool. I only used it under the guidance of IBM support. I am only using command line for my scripts, tying dsmadmc commands together with text outputs and a few Unix for dos tools for the text manipulation like getting rid of the header information from the text file of my tapes to export list. Yes, I saw your post a year or two back on this subject. I had hoped that someone had a fix or work around or would direct me to upgrade if it was a new feature. Your tip to script a 10 count checkout is workable. I could do that but I am lazy, I want to know if any tapes are already in bulk before I start without having to physically/manually check the bulk I/O. I really don't think it's too much to ask for. OK since I haven't really been bombarded with responses I guess we can write this one up for a future request for TSM 10.0, if I only knew where to send those :) Thanks again Wanda I always appreciate it. Mark Bertrand -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o I hate it when that happens (I consider it a major failing of DRM). 1) use Autovault instead, you tell it the max number of tapes to eject and it won't go over. (It can't tell, however, if some of your 10 slots are already full before it starts, it just counts to 10). 2) Write your own script (host language, not TSM) that does a Q DRMEDIA, parses the results and ejects 10 tapes at a time (what are you using now for scripting, perl?) 3) out of curiosity, if you don't have tapeutil, do you have
Re: Win 2003 and open file backups
Backup Archive Client Installation and User Guide for windows: Version 5 Release 2 *** For Windows Server 2003: When support for open file support is not configured, because an open file may change, it is likely that any backup of an open file will not correctly reflect the contents of the file at a given time. If certain files are not backed up because they are open and they change when you try to back them up or when the backup schedule starts, consider the following points: v If the file is unimportant or can be easily rebuilt (a temporary file for example), you might not care if the file is backed up, and might choose to exclude it. v If the file is important: Ensure the file is closed before backing it up. If backups are run according to a schedule, use the preschedulecmd option to enter a command that closes the file. For example, if the open file is a database, issue a command to close the database. You can use the postschedulecmd option to restart the application that uses the file after the backup completes. If you are not using a schedule for the backup, close the application that uses the file before you start the backup. Tivoli Storage Manager can back up the file even if it is open and changes during the backup. This is only useful if the file will be usable even if it changes during backup. To back up these files, assign a management class with dynamic or shared dynamic serialization. See Selecting a management class for files on page 125 for information about assigning management classes, and see Displaying information about management classes and copy groups on page 121 for information to determine which management classes are available to you. Note: If the LVSA is not installed or in use: While Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to back up open files, this is not always possible. Some files are open exclusively for the application that opened them. If Tivoli Storage Manager encounters such a file, it cannot read it for backup purposes. If you are aware of such file types in your environment, you should exclude them from backup to avoid seeing error messages in the log file. \ Another one from same document: Support for Microsoft Volume Shadowcopy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2003 Tivoli Storage Manager supports the Microsoft Volume Shadowcopy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2003. Tivoli Storage Manager uses VSS to back up all Windows Server 2003 system state components as a single object, to provide a consistent point-in-time snapshot of the system state. System services components can be backed up individually. See Backing up Windows Server 2003 system state and system services on page 58 for more information. ** Another excerpt: Volume Shadowcopy Service. An integral part of the Windows Server 2003 operating system that allows you to create shadow copy backups of volumes, exact copies of files, including all open files. Shadow copy backups ensure the following: v Applications can continue to write data to the volume during a backup. v Files that are open are no longer omitted during a backup. v Backups can be performed at any time, without locking out users. ** So with these excerpts from client version 5.2, there is support for system state and services backup along with ASR. No where is it written that open files will be backed up. BUT, yes if TSM client supports VSS which it says it does, then there should not be a problem with open file backup. Can someone corect me or enlighten me from latest versions documentation? Kind Regards, Sandra Andrew Raibeck wrote: Right now there is no TSM solution for open file backups. You can look to 3rd-party vendors to provide support for open files in conjunction with backup products such as TSM. For example, St. Bernard Software's Open File Manager product (http://www.stbernard.com). Caveat: This should not be taken as an official endorsement of the product, I am just letting you know of its existence. Other users on this forum may have alternative solutions. IBM is currently working on open file support for Windows 2003, but I would not expect it before some time in 2005. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/15/2004 10:39:49: GREAT ... ! Then In general, how do we go about taking open file backups? Kindly shed some knowledge upon me in this regard! Kind Regards, Sandra Andrew Raibeck wrote: Sandra, In general, whenever you are having a problem and need to ask the group for help, you
Re: Win 2003 and open file backups
The context may not be entirely clear, but the first excerpt refers to Windows 2003 built-in open file support, not TSM's open file support, which is enabled via the tsm Logical Volume Snapshot Agent (LVSA). If you look at the summary of changes near the beginning of the manual, you'll see: Open file support for backup and archive operations on Windows 2000 and Windows XP If the Logical Volume Snapshot Agent (LVSA) is installed and configured for open file support via the setup wizard, by default, Tivoli Storage Manager performs a snapshot backup or archive of files that are open (or locked) by other applications. The snapshot allows the backup or archive to be taken from a point-in-time copy that matches the file system at the time the snapshot is taken. Subsequent changes to the file system are not included in the backup or archive operation. You can use the include.fs option to specify whether a drive uses open file support. See ?Open file support for backup operations (Windows 2000, XP)? on page 61 and ?Open file support for archive operations (Windows 2000, XP)? on page 124 for more information. Notice that this is specific to Windows 2000 and XP, not 2003. TSM 5.1 and earlier uses legacy Windows APIs for backing up system state components on W2K, XP, and W2K+3. Starting with version 5.2, TSM uses VSS *only* for backing up the Windows 2003 system state/services components (legacy APIs still used for W2K and XP), as the second excerpt you quoted shows. The last excerpt looks like a glossary definition indicating what VSS is. It does not make any statement about TSM support for VSS. In sum: TSM's open file support (via LVSA) is available for Windows 2000 and XP. Use of LVSA is not yet supported on Windows 2003. Neither does TSM use Windows VSS facitlities to back up regular files. We fully understand the need to provide support for open files on Windows 2003, and development for this is currently in progress. (I have to add the caveat that this is not a formal announcement. But I mention it to indicate our direction.) Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 15:59:02: Backup Archive Client Installation and User Guide for windows: Version 5 Release 2 *** For Windows Server 2003: When support for open file support is not configured, because an open file may change, it is likely that any backup of an open file will not correctly reflect the contents of the file at a given time. If certain files are not backed up because they are open and they change when you try to back them up or when the backup schedule starts, consider the following points: v If the file is unimportant or can be easily rebuilt (a temporary file for example), you might not care if the file is backed up, and might choose to exclude it. v If the file is important: ? Ensure the file is closed before backing it up. If backups are run according to a schedule, use the preschedulecmd option to enter a command that closes the file. For example, if the open file is a database, issue a command to close the database. You can use the postschedulecmd option to restart the application that uses the file after the backup completes. If you are not using a schedule for the backup, close the application that uses the file before you start the backup. ? Tivoli Storage Manager can back up the file even if it is open and changes during the backup. This is only useful if the file will be usable even if it changes during backup. To back up these files, assign a management class with dynamic or shared dynamic serialization. See ?Selecting a management class for files? on page 125 for information about assigning management classes, and see ?Displaying information about management classes and copy groups? on page 121 for information to determine which management classes are available to you. Note: If the LVSA is not installed or in use: While Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to back up open files, this is not always possible. Some files are open exclusively for the application that opened them. If Tivoli Storage Manager encounters such a file, it cannot read it for backup purposes. If you are aware of such file types in your environment, you should exclude them from backup to avoid seeing error messages in the log file. \ Another one from same document: Support for Microsoft Volume Shadowcopy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2003 Tivoli Storage Manager supports the Microsoft Volume Shadowcopy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2003. Tivoli Storage Manager uses
Re: ANS1005E TCP/IP read error on socket = 4, errno = 73, reason: 'Connection reset by peer'
... ANS1809W Session is lost; ... Chet - This is most commonly caused by preemption, where client scheduling is too clumped rather than spread out over the day, and a higher priority task (e.g., Restore) needs a drive when they are all in use by lower priority tasks (e.g., Backup). Check the server Activity Log. Richard Sims
LOCKCYCLE02 error
My tsm server 5.2.3.4 crashed tonight. In the dsmserv.err log I find ANR7837S Internal error LOCKCYCLE02 detected. Any ideas. I can't get into the IBM/Tivoli ESR site tonight so I'll report via that route tomorrow. A web search of the support site only found v4 hits. So meanwhile if anyone has suggestions . . . I'm running TSM 5.2.3.4 64 bit mode on AIX 5.1 ML7 with a 3494 library with 3590E drives. David
Re: query bulk i/o (answered)
As always you never fail!!! That's it!! I knew there was another tool that I was missing and that must be it. I am going to start work on the script in the morning. I knew there were two tools and ntutil was an overkill. Thanks again Wanda, I will post the script when complete for review. Mark Bertrand -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 4:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o Hm. I've got an lbtest in c:/program files/tivoli/tsm/device, works on my 3583. I can get back the inventory, inc. status of the I/O ports. Not bored enough to try parsing the output, though - maybe if Mark reallly wants it he'll work on it for us! ;) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sung Y Lee Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 4:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o Now I just realized how much I value tapeutil command for AIX. I use this command almost daily to see if there are any tapes loaded in the i/o door. tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory. I am not familiar with ntutil command other than PD drive issue; however, here's the link for Installation and User's Guide which might be helpful. If anyone can come up with a single command in ntutil that will provide similar as tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory this would be awesome. Not sure if this is possible or not. ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Doc/IBM_ultrium_tape_IUG.pdf Sung Y. Lee Prather, Wanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] UAPL.EDU To Sent by: ADSM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dist Stor cc Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU Re: query bulk i/o 11/16/2004 03:18 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU The only way I can think of to do that, is to query the particular slot numbers that make up YOUR I/O door. You can only do that with something that you can issue the appropriate SCSI commands with, like mtlib or lbtest, and you have to have a version of it you can run in background mode and parse the output, etc. Non-trivial, and definitely not something you can do without a lot of host language scripting. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Bertrand Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o No, we don't have autovault or mtlib. I do however have NTutil, but not really sure how to use it for this. I know that I used it in the past for troubleshooting old 3583 library issues. Seems like overkill for this, more of an IBM hardware troubleshooting tool. I only used it under the guidance of IBM support. I am only using command line for my scripts, tying dsmadmc commands together with text outputs and a few Unix for dos tools for the text manipulation like getting rid of the header information from the text file of my tapes to export list. Yes, I saw your post a year or two back on this subject. I had hoped that someone had a fix or work around or would direct me to upgrade if it was a new feature. Your tip to script a 10 count checkout is workable. I could do that but I am lazy, I want to know if any tapes are already in bulk before I start without having to physically/manually check the bulk I/O. I really don't think it's too much to ask for. OK since I haven't really been bombarded with responses I guess we can write this one up for a future request for TSM 10.0, if I only knew where to send those :) Thanks again Wanda I always appreciate it. Mark Bertrand -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: query bulk i/o I hate it when that happens (I consider it a major failing of DRM). 1) use Autovault instead, you tell it the max number of tapes to eject and it won't go over. (It can't tell, however, if some of your 10 slots are already full before it starts, it just counts to 10). 2) Write your own script (host language, not TSM) that does a Q DRMEDIA, parses the results and ejects 10 tapes at a time (what are you using now for scripting, perl?) 3) out of curiosity, if you don't have tapeutil, do you have mtlib? You must have something installed with the LTO drivers? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Bertrand Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: query bulk i/o Has this been resolved yet, in any version? There are a few posts about this issue but I can't seem to find resolution. My basic problem is that I want to write a script that removes export tapes but I don't want it to run if
Re: LOCKCYCLE02 error
Likely suspect: IC43445: ABSTRACT: TSM SERVER ABENDS WITH ANR7837S INTERNAL ERROR LOCKCYCLE02 DETECTED ERROR DESCRIPTION: The TSM Server can crash with a LOCKCYCLE02 assertion failure. The assertion failure occurs as a result of a lock request being aborted which would occur from the resource monitor. The crash will only occur if more than 1 resource was waiting on a particular lock and 2 of those resources have been aborted due to resourcetimeout. Customer/L2 Diagnostics: The traceback for this problem will be the following: pkAbort pkLogicAbort CheckLockCycles TmFindDeadlock TmDeadlockDetector StartThread The dsmserv.err will report the following error messages: ANR7838S Server operation terminated. ANR7837S Internal error LOCKCYCLE02 detected. In the activity log just prior to the crash, you will most likely see at least 2 occurrances of the following message: ANR0538I A resource waiter has been aborted. Platforms affected: All 5.2.3.4 ITSM Servers Initial Impact: High Additional Keywords: Assert resource wait admres deadlock locking lockholder core dump logicabort MSGANR7837S LOCAL FIX: 1) Back-level the TSM Server to 5.2.3.3 or prior 2) Increasing the resourcetimeout may or may not provide relief depending on how long the resources have to wait. Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 20:56:45: My tsm server 5.2.3.4 crashed tonight. In the dsmserv.err log I find ANR7837S Internal error LOCKCYCLE02 detected. Any ideas. I can't get into the IBM/Tivoli ESR site tonight so I'll report via that route tomorrow. A web search of the support site only found v4 hits. So meanwhile if anyone has suggestions . . . I'm running TSM 5.2.3.4 64 bit mode on AIX 5.1 ML7 with a 3494 library with 3590E drives. David
TSM server 5.2.3.4 removed from ftp site
Could someone from TSM development please comment why the 5.2.3.4 servers have been removed from the ftp site. The 5.2.3.4 storage agents are still there. I have several customers running on 5.2.3.4 servers - are they exposed to problems? Joerg Pohlmann 604-535-0452
Re: TSM server 5.2.3.4 removed from ftp site
See my recent post (almost concurrent with your question) re: the LOCKCYCLE02 problem. Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 21:15:10: Could someone from TSM development please comment why the 5.2.3.4 servers have been removed from the ftp site. The 5.2.3.4 storage agents are still there. I have several customers running on 5.2.3.4 servers - are they exposed to problems? Joerg Pohlmann 604-535-0452
Re: TSM server 5.2.3.4 removed from ftp site
Thanks Andy. Do you have an ETA for 5.2.3.5 on the ftp site? Joerg Pohlmann 604-535-0452 Andrew Raibeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-11-16 20:18 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Re: TSM server 5.2.3.4 removed from ftp site See my recent post (almost concurrent with your question) re: the LOCKCYCLE02 problem. Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 21:15:10: Could someone from TSM development please comment why the 5.2.3.4 servers have been removed from the ftp site. The 5.2.3.4 storage agents are still there. I have several customers running on 5.2.3.4 servers - are they exposed to problems? Joerg Pohlmann 604-535-0452
Re: TSM server 5.2.3.4 removed from ftp site
I have heard next week, November 22, but I can not make a formal promise that will be the date. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 21:47:28: Thanks Andy. Do you have an ETA for 5.2.3.5 on the ftp site? Joerg Pohlmann 604-535-0452 Andrew Raibeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-11-16 20:18 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Re: TSM server 5.2.3.4 removed from ftp site See my recent post (almost concurrent with your question) re: the LOCKCYCLE02 problem. Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 21:15:10: Could someone from TSM development please comment why the 5.2.3.4 servers have been removed from the ftp site. The 5.2.3.4 storage agents are still there. I have several customers running on 5.2.3.4 servers - are they exposed to problems? Joerg Pohlmann 604-535-0452
Re: TSM Job Available
We have a long project that will require travel It will be more of a professional services person going from project to project. TSM is the main focus, being able to dig into the product.zoning, data protection, etc. This is a consulting position, so please get back to me on your interest and rate. Best Regards, * Suzanne Riddell Apex Solutions, Inc. 303 216 9491...office 303 809 4914...cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.apexsolutions.com
Re: Win 2003 and open file backups
Great .. Thanks alot Andrew. !! Regards, Sandra Andrew Raibeck wrote: The context may not be entirely clear, but the first excerpt refers to Windows 2003 built-in open file support, not TSM's open file support, which is enabled via the tsm Logical Volume Snapshot Agent (LVSA). If you look at the summary of changes near the beginning of the manual, you'll see: Open file support for backup and archive operations on Windows 2000 and Windows XP If the Logical Volume Snapshot Agent (LVSA) is installed and configured for open file support via the setup wizard, by default, Tivoli Storage Manager performs a snapshot backup or archive of files that are open (or locked) by other applications. The snapshot allows the backup or archive to be taken from a point-in-time copy that matches the file system at the time the snapshot is taken. Subsequent changes to the file system are not included in the backup or archive operation. You can use the include.fs option to specify whether a drive uses open file support. See ?Open file support for backup operations (Windows 2000, XP)? on page 61 and ?Open file support for archive operations (Windows 2000, XP)? on page 124 for more information. Notice that this is specific to Windows 2000 and XP, not 2003. TSM 5.1 and earlier uses legacy Windows APIs for backing up system state components on W2K, XP, and W2K+3. Starting with version 5.2, TSM uses VSS *only* for backing up the Windows 2003 system state/services components (legacy APIs still used for W2K and XP), as the second excerpt you quoted shows. The last excerpt looks like a glossary definition indicating what VSS is. It does not make any statement about TSM support for VSS. In sum: TSM's open file support (via LVSA) is available for Windows 2000 and XP. Use of LVSA is not yet supported on Windows 2003. Neither does TSM use Windows VSS facitlities to back up regular files. We fully understand the need to provide support for open files on Windows 2003, and development for this is currently in progress. (I have to add the caveat that this is not a formal announcement. But I mention it to indicate our direction.) Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/16/2004 15:59:02: Backup Archive Client Installation and User Guide for windows: Version 5 Release 2 *** For Windows Server 2003: When support for open file support is not configured, because an open file may change, it is likely that any backup of an open file will not correctly reflect the contents of the file at a given time. If certain files are not backed up because they are open and they change when you try to back them up or when the backup schedule starts, consider the following points: v If the file is unimportant or can be easily rebuilt (a temporary file for example), you might not care if the file is backed up, and might choose to exclude it. v If the file is important: ? Ensure the file is closed before backing it up. If backups are run according to a schedule, use the preschedulecmd option to enter a command that closes the file. For example, if the open file is a database, issue a command to close the database. You can use the postschedulecmd option to restart the application that uses the file after the backup completes. If you are not using a schedule for the backup, close the application that uses the file before you start the backup. ? Tivoli Storage Manager can back up the file even if it is open and changes during the backup. This is only useful if the file will be usable even if it changes during backup. To back up these files, assign a management class with dynamic or shared dynamic serialization. See ?Selecting a management class for files? on page 125 for information about assigning management classes, and see ?Displaying information about management classes and copy groups? on page 121 for information to determine which management classes are available to you. Note: If the LVSA is not installed or in use: While Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to back up open files, this is not always possible. Some files are open exclusively for the application that opened them. If Tivoli Storage Manager encounters such a file, it cannot read it for backup purposes. If you are aware of such file types in your environment, you should exclude them from backup to avoid seeing error messages in the log file. \ Another one from same document: Support for Microsoft Volume Shadowcopy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2003
TDP for Exchange and B/A client exclude list
Dear All, Can someone enlighten me on which folders should I exclude from being backedup using BA client 5.2.2 while I am taking backups of Exchange server 2000 using TDP for Exchange 5.2.2. My TSM Server is on windows 2000 and version is 5.2.2.5 and am going to upgrade to 5.2.3. Should I exclude entire directory of storage group files and transaction log files entire directory? My aim is to backup the rest of the system using TSM BA client and use TDP exchange to backup exchange and while restoring.. I will restore entire system from BA client which will include Exchange configuration and TDP exchange willl restore storage group and public folders if backed up. Thanking you in advance ,... !! Sandra!
