You might be right about the size of that file, what about this one, same
way failing while I have enough scratch tapes available.
I did try it again same day it went through with no problem. Note: this
client is AIX 3 4 004000284C00
First Attempt
Executing scheduled command now.
04/04/01
Hi everyone,
We will be upgrading informix from Version 7.2.3 to V 7.3.1 UC6 AND we have
ADSM v3.1.2.20 running on this box and onbar backs up the database.Is the
older version which is 7.2.3 compatible with ADSM v3.1.20.
Regards
Mpho
"This message may contain information which is
I've only just started to follow this discussion and I haven't read any of
the previous replies. However I had the same problem about a year ago -
when backing up tar and .Z files.
I think the client backup session sends an estimate of the space required
in a server storage pool. If you are
Knows anyone this problem with DLT8000 and TSM 4.1.3.0 under NT?
To label a tape works fine.
When TSM try to write data on the tape a undefined write error occurs
without any sense keys .
With the DLT7000 drives we have no problems.
Environment:
NT 4.0 SP5
TSM 4.1.3.0
Drive firmware:
STK
Hello,
is this a Compaq server?
I know there are problems with the standard NT SCSI adapter drivers and
DLT8000 drives. We observed this problems especially with Compaq servers
when the Compaq SCSI Controller drivers from the SSD was NOT used. The
standard NT SCSI drivers seem to have problems
What is the maxscratch value set to on your storage pool? If you do a "q
stg poolname f=d" (also where to see the Maximum Scratch Volumes) is the
Pct Migr value reading 100.0? If so, you're using all the scratch tapes
you're allowing for that pool. "upd stg poolname maxscratch=X" will fix
Not mentioned in your post but with DLT8000 drives you must use DLT type IV
or better cartridges.
Jack Palmadesso
-Original Message-
From: Michael Hack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 8:28 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DLT 8000 / TSM problem
Knows anyone
Peter logon to your aix system as user db2 or user who is owner the db2 backups
and then run command :
db2adutl query full
you will show list of your db2backups
then run command
db2adutl delete full older than XX days.
your db2 backups will not expire until you dont run this command
Hello Dirk,
at customer side there is an Compaq server.
But I test it with an Siemens server and a Adaptec 29160 controller and I
had the same problem.
Hello Jack,
we use original Quantum IV tapes.
Has anybody installed DLT8000 drives with TSM 4.1.3.0 under NT and the
system works?
Thanks.
That will mark the DB2 backups inactive. Now the management class rules
will dictate how long you keep the files in TSM - if retain last is 90
days, you'll have the backups for 90 days.
My DB2 backups go to a special management class, which has the retain last
set to 0 days, so TSM will delete
Ok, over the years I've had disk failures that have left disks defined in
storage pools that I can't get rid of !
Anyone know of a sure fire way to purge these volumes from TSM ? ? ?
basic problem is they are offline because they physically don't exist
anymore, if I try to recreate them they
Hi Gurus,
Just because I wanted to put all the queries on backup verions and
deletion at rest, I have drafted following Statements.
Would appreciate all yours commnents.
I have a Backup Copy Group parameters with the following values.
COPYGROUP_NAME: STANDARD
What happens if you run an AUDIT vol?
-Original Message-
From: Cook, Dwight E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 9:19 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Anyone know a debug way of deleting a disk volume...?
Ok, over the years I've had disk failures that have left
Steffan,
A full db backup takes about 8 hours. I have a 9672-ra6 processor (80 mips),
escon channels to 9840 stk drives. The db is on an STK SVA disk subsystem.
I tested a restore when the db was 80 GB, going to another empty instance
of tsm. It took about 24 hrs. which includes anrfmt jobs
Dwight,
I had a lot of rc 13's on disk volumes when I was moving the diskpool from
one disk subsystem to another. RESTORE VOLUME worked on each of the
problem volumes. It restored some data in each case and then deleted the
volume. To restore a diskpool volume the volume must be varied
Hello Michael,
which drivers do you use in the systems, NT or manufacturer? And which date
do the drivers have? I would suggest to update your test system to the
latest driver version for the adapter. You can get it from
Additional info... a "restore vol blah preview=yes" did provide the
following info...
04/04/01 09:13:46 ANRD dfqry.c(594): Missing row for bitfile
0.10347701.
and I believe with other commands in my hidden book of things I'll deny
until the day I die, I can be dangerous clear this up
Nice try, I hadn't thought of that... but I don't copy the diskpools... but
I ran the command against them anyway and it worked BUT it states there are
files that can't be restored and then I still get a rc 13 on del vol xxx
discard=yes :-(
Dwight
-Original Message-
From: Bill Colwell
Hi Mahesh,
Mahesh Babbar wrote:
3. A file backed up and not changed is called an ACTIVE version and
remain there in the backup system FOREVER.
... would keep in mind that a file could also change from
ACTIVE to INACTIVE without removing or changing the file
but with a change of an
One other item I forgot to mention: I laid out different logical volumes for my
disk pools, with different sizes and such on the new server. The test copy of
the database didn't seem too happy with that, even though they had the same
names, so before I did the final move of the database and logs,
says the volume is offline :-(
-Original Message-
From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 8:41 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Anyone know a debug way of deleting a disk volume...?
What happens if you run an AUDIT vol?
-Original
We are still on ADSM V3, using backint to backup SAP environment on Solaris
machines. Our ADSM servers are AIX 4.3.2 and 4.3.3.
1) I was once able to do this command: mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -f /dev/rmt0 -qD
to query the drive but after upgrading some hardware and microcode on the
3494 that command
Hello,
Previously reported Restore failure when tapes not mounted with TSM
4.1.2 Client running with MacOS9.1 has been solved with the TSM
4.1.2.15 patch which can be found at :
ftp://ftp.wu-wien.ac.at/pub/tsm/patches/client/v4r1/Mac/v412/
--
Louis Giannone
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I agree !
I've moved environments all around and unless you can detatch the disks and
put them on the new environment and import the volume group (which would be
hard on NT :-/ ) You are best off in doing just that... clear the volumes,
delete them, then add in new ones in your new environment.
Peter,
Another thing to think about is how often your database is backed up fully,
versus the logs being archived. We only back up the dbs fully once per week,
and logs are applied to get to a particular point in time. Because of this,
we use :
vere = 2
verd = 0
I would simplify the discussion. With what you have set up, you can
guarantee to your users that you will be able to get any file back up to
seven days. That is, if a file changes everyday, you can get the most
recent seven changes. If the file stops changing, you might be able to get
a file
Is there a way to refresh the schedule manually (console command?) or a
setting to change to make the refresh shorter than 6 hours?
TIA
Patrick
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I have a question for all of the *SM/Network experts
out there. We have a central office that we just
started using TSM at. We also have several remote
offices that are connected to central office via
dedicated lines. Theses sites currently are running
their own backups via NTBackup. We are
Does "query stgpool stg pool name" or
"query volume tsm disk volume" shows "PCT Util" greater than 0.0?
If it is, then you have to find out files on volumes and delete these files.
Use "query content disk vol name". Once PCT Util is zero, you should able
to delete volumes and stg pools. To
This wonderfull option COMPRESSALWAYS does not work with 3.1 clients...
-Message d'origine-
De : Richard Bates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Envoy : mercredi 4 avril 2001 11:55
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Objet : Re: Big file is failing on HP-UX
I've only just started to follow this
Patrick:
Set QuerySchedPeriod xx ( used for polling mode clients) will establish the
time
interval between Server and client schedule refreshing.
xx is in hours
John Stephens
www.Storserver.com
www.Storsol.com
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor
Hi Mike,
Are you sure you are using the TSM DLT driver and not NT/Win2K one ?
Your DLT8k firmware must be upgraded, see TSM 4.1.3 README.DEV file
It has been tested w/ v22
Drive :Quantum DLT8000 F/W : 022B
Rv
-Message d'origine-
De : Michael Hack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Hi everyone!
I have a problem with the implementation of a Oracle 8.1.7 backup with
RMAN. I get connect to the ADSM Server (3.1.2.16) twice with enrties
in the api errorlog that the MC spezified in the inclexcl file could not be
found.
I fixed the mistake and restart the RMAN script. Now I get
Hi, *SMers
Does anyone have any experiences, best practices, etc.
they'd like to share about long-term retention (archiving) of
vital records. What to do to support expeditious retrieve?
If you can point me to any references or URLs that would
also be greatly appreciated.
Ray Dmochowski
adsm upd sched domain_name sched_name startd=today startt=now dur=20
duru=m pri=1 ...
startd(ate)
startt(ime)
dur(ation)
duru(nits) = m(inutes)
pri(ority)
adsm help upd sched (TSM HELP IS GREAT, DO NOT HESISTATE TO USE IT)
rv
-Message d'origine-
De : Patrick Sheehan [mailto:[EMAIL
We are going to start backing up our MS exchange servers. I would
prefer to use the TDP for M/S exchange. Our exchange NT people would
prefer Veritas because it does mailbox or brick level backups. They would
use the VERITAS to TSM interface to store the backups on our TSM server. Is
Client compression would be very helpful...
How big are the boxes ? ? ?
and a full restore would take time but the data would be there.
I've backed up NT boxes from Atlanta GA into Tulsa OK (I'm pretty sure the
nodes are still registered...)
they run fine but my network speeds are a little
We will be doing an update to our tape drives around the end of the
month. I've looked over the older messages concerning this and all I saw was
a dilemma about microcode levels. The messages were dated the last part of
1999, so I would image that the microcode has been updated since
Works for us We back up 20-25 small NT based nodes scattered around the
Washington D.C. area to a larger site in Gaithersburg Md. They are all T1
connections. We run with client compression on and overall average about 1
GB per hour on a single T1. Again not something you would want to do for
When you do the test, open an administrative client in console to the TSM
server (dsmadmc -consolemode) so that you can see which node is connecting
and any error messages the TSM server may be reporting.
Also change your rman script environment variables to include DSMO_DEBUG=49.
This will
The boxes range in size for 1G to 45G. But, the
amount of daily change is small. I really like the
idea of having the data here. That way, if we need to
we can rebuild the box here and take it to the remote site.
--David Nash
Systems Administrator
The GSI Group
- Original Message
*SMers,
Does anyone know of a way to determine the size of a particular table that
resides in the TSM DB?
TSM 3.7.3.6
AIX 4.3.2
Regards,
Sean M. English
Distributed Storage Management/TSM
IBM Global Services
Service Delivery Center-South, Charlotte, NC
External: (704)594-2232
Not true we have a mix of both "J" and "K" tapes in the same 3494. Not a
problem. Both will coexist just fine.
Curt Magura
Lockheed Martin EIS
Gaithersburg, Md.
301-240-6305
-Original Message-
From: Tyree, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:38 PM
To:
Most of my remote sites are T1, but I do have 3 that are 256K lines. I do
use client compression, but my remote clients are fairly newer hardware so
they can handle the extra load. You will have to run some tests to see
what is faster, dependent on your particular hardware. One thing to note
Now the question, we have been told that the new drives will read
and write to our current "J" tapes just fine. They will read the 128 tracks
256 tracks. As we cycle in the older tapes in for reclaiming they all become
256 track at some point. We generally have about 5-6 tapes a day go
Quoting Alexander Prishchepow [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hello All.
Here is next simple question.
For some reason I've got a few FileSpaces with empty Names.
So SELECT like:
select node_name, 'A' || filespace_name || 'A' as A from
adsm.filespaces
where filespace_name = ''
returns:
NODE_NAME
As Dwight mentioned, the problem isn't backup it's restore. As long as you
have some plan in place for the big restore you should be OK. Onesy twosy
file restores will be fine, but what happens if you lose the entire disk?
The best plan for that is to rebuild the disk at the central site and
Ditto. No problem with J's K's together.
And the 3590E's read and write the J's just fine.
-Original Message-
From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 1:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 3590-B1A to 3590-E1A
Now the question, we have
We do it for some small machines. It works. The answer is, of course "it
depends on your situation."
These are small machines that aren't terribly critical - if we lost one, we
could take 24 hours to rebuild it and the users would still be happy (give
that their other choice is to have to
ADSM V3,1,0.6
AIX 4.3.2.0
STK-9710 with DLT7000 drives
Problem:
Trying to restore an oracle db backup that was backed up via SQL-BACTRACK.
Some of the files restore quickly. Others mount a tape and seem to hang at
about 61.1k
Sess State changes from Run to IdleW. When in Stat of Run the
We do this also with over 150 sites. Normal file restores are not a problem
but if the box fails or corrupts itself then we rebuild a box here and let
them run over the WAN until we can ship it out over the weekend. For boxes
coming in over the wan I have a client option set that makes sure
With regards to reading and writing on old tapes:
If you are using collocation then it is important to make all your current
tapes in the collocated pool read only. You will NOT be able to write to
tapes which have been written in 128 track format. I believe that if you
attempt to write to
SQL-Backtrack have some issues to restore from different AIX levels. Are u
doing physical restore or logical extraction? You can monitor restore
process with "dtwatch" at client side. Check ocatalog directory, if it's not
in sync with ADSM, restore causes problems. For more correct analysis
Hello,
We are using RMAN to backup database and archivelog. The database can be
deleted by 'change ... delete' command but I cannot find a command to delete
the archivelog. Any idea?
Thanks!
Best regards,
Phillip Guan
Yikes -
Installing 4.1.2.12 on a Win2K machine, when we click the INSTALL button in
the wizard, a box pops up with:
!Internal Error 2755,1632,\\pathname\Tivoli Storage Manager Client.msi
We have installed 4.1.2.12 on other WIn2K machines with no problem.
Not being a Windows Wizard myself, I
I run my backups at night around 10:30pm. I have around 50 servers doing
incrementals concurrently at this time. I noticed that about half are
experiencing MEDIAW when I do a "q session". They seem to be waitng to for
a tape to load in my library for them to write to but the storage pool that
Will the 3590E write to the J's as 256 tracks?
-Original Message-
From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 2:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 3590-B1A to 3590-E1A
Ditto. No problem with J's K's together.
And the 3590E's read and write the
My question is, if they are suppose to be going to
disk storage pool first and it isn't full then why are they waiting for
tape.
Richard - This is probably due to a large file which will not fit into
the space remaining in the disk storage pool such that it
must go into the next
You probably are not initiating your migration processes early enough...
might have to take it down to about 80%
also if you clients run with client compression, they preallocate based on
allocate size and then release any unused portions after the transfer is
complete... in other words, if you
I have been seeing high memory utilization and high disk busy problems on
the disks that my database sits on when I do backups. I'm running AIX
4.3.3 with in a H70 with 2 cpu's and 1gb of memory. I was thinking of
moving my tsm database to a RAID 0+1 setup from a RAID5 setup to see if I
gain
Yes.
So if you upgrade your drives from B's to E's, you get double the data on
the tape (10 GB native at 128 tr, 20 GB native at 256 tr.)
If you upgrade your cartridges from J's to K's and write on them with the
3590E's at 256 tr, you get twice as much tape in the cartridges, so it
doubles
Also check your maximum filesize for the storage pool. If the clients
contain a file that exceeds the maximum file size then the data will go to
the next storage pool which is probably tape.
Jim Sporer
At 03:51 PM 4/4/2001 -0400, you wrote:
Do a "q stg" when this happens and see what the "Pct
The most important issue to my way of thinking is the format with which you
archive. I believe that it makes no sense to archive data in its native
format. For instance, in the case of a database, archiving the database
itself, that is the binary images, makes no sense. How will you read that
John,
Thanks your reply.
I check in the volumes as status=private. It stated completed success at
Actlog. When I q vol Volume_name f=d, I get "ANR2034E QUERY VOLUME: No
match found using this criteria." When I q libv, volume_name shows up
with private status. Error in q content
Hi,
it is impossible for anyone to guess what might work better in your situation,
however, if you are seeing a high disk busy % (%tm_act is high, close to 100), the
amount being transferred is low (maybe 1 or 2 MB's per second for reads) then RAID 10
will be fast than RAID 5. (RAID 5 writes
To confirm that they are waiting on tape do a "q ses f=d"
Regards
Alex.
-Original Message-
From: Dearman, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 8:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MediaW problem
I run my backups at night around 10:30pm. I have around
Thanks, This is a great article. I have been going round and round
with my NT group here. They keep insisting that they need to run weekly
archives of 40 - 80GB systems every week over a 100mb ethernet network. I
am almost at point where I will have to split the server our current data
Greetings...
I'm backing up the SYSTEM OBJECT on Win2k Server and TSM 4.1.2 and it fails
with this message:
"ANS4042E Object name SYSTEM OBJECT contains one or more unrecognised
characters and is not valid."
To see exactly where in the SYSTEM OBJECT backup the failure occurs, I ran
the pieces
Exclusively assigned files can not be backed up.
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Mahesh Babbar wrote:
Hi Gurus,
Just because I wanted to put all the queries on backup verions and
deletion at rest, I have drafted following Statements.
Would appreciate all yours commnents.
I
Hi All,
I'm attempting to move TSM from being a point backup solution for a particular
application to an enterprise solution, in an environment where the customer is king
(and thinks he knows it all).
As most application owners are used to individual tape dumps, I'm getting a lot of
requests
Hello,
i've got TSM 3.7.4 and AIX 4.3.3
whet i do q v i've got a full list of volumes,
many tapes are used only in few %, but are marked as full
...
A001 LIDOPRODLIDO2CLASS 18,536.8 6.4 Full
A009 LIDOPRODLIDO2CLASS 17,461.8 6.6
I will be out of the office from 05/04/2001 until 23/04/2001.
In my absence anyTSM queries should be addressed to ADSM_ADMIN.
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Tomas:
I just completed a hardware and software upgrade over the weekend.
My old environment: RS/6000 H-50 quad processor, 1 Gb memory, running AIX 4.2.1,
and ADSM 3.1.1.5. ADSM was sharing this box with a number of applications and a
Sybase replication server.
My new environment: RS/6000 H-70
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