Upgrade Problems From L18 to L32 Library?..

Hi Chaps, We may be upgrading our L18 library soon to an L32. I was just wondering what problems I might expect to come across - and also any ideas on how to transfer the tapes over, etc...Do I have to check them out, or can I just remove them physically, put them into the new library and run

Re: How to assign management class to an archive backup

Yap, it can specify this option from the archive schedule, select Operations and add it to the overriding client options. Zosi Noriega -Original Message- From: James Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 8:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to

AW: urgent: TSM restore problems - ANS1026E (RC136)

Hi, we had the same problem in our environment restoring large files. The problem was a buffer overflow in TCPIP (MVS) happening every max sequencenumber. Instead of beginning with zero again the tcp session dropped. Regards Stefan Holzwarth -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Van

BAckup eventlog with schedule

Hi, i wonder if its possible to backup the nt eventlog with an schedule. Who konws more about that. Thank you Stefan Holzwarth -- Stefan Holzwarth ADAC e.V. (Rechenzentrum, Produktionsplanung und Organisation) Am

Re: tsm, os/390 and rmm

Hi Gary, We are running TSM 3.7.4 on OS/390 2.10 with RMM and haven't had any major issues. Our tape media is Storage Teks 9840's and our biggest issue is with the Storage Tek HSC and RMM software. HSC has a setting that won't allow tapes to be used if they have a certain number of temporary

Re: Quick 3590 question

Each 3590 drive has 2 ports. Sean McNamara Senior Analyst PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 955 Jefferson Ave Norristown, PA 19403 (610)666-4206 (610)666-4285 (fax) -Original Message- From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: version 3 to version 4 help

I don't know if it will work but I was told it was not officially supported by the consultant I had here from IBM Global services. I did not want to take the chance. It only added a day to upgrade to 3.7 I stayed at 3.7 server until I had all clients upgraded to 4.1 then finished upgrade to

Re: Quick 3590 question

But you are only required to use one. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/02/01 08:40AM Each 3590 drive has 2 ports. Sean McNamara Senior Analyst PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 955 Jefferson Ave Norristown, PA 19403 (610)666-4206 (610)666-4285 (fax) -Original Message- From: Steve Harris

AW: LTO Tape Drive Performance

Thanks! Interesting reading, however, with limited usablility scope. This tests vere optimised highest throughputs / streaming (fair over all technologies, but for this single task only), while many of us will cope with lower throughputs because of sets of smaller files, network limitations

Re: version 3 to version 4 help

Does this mean works, but is not officially supported ? I was under the impression that the older clients still work with newer server code. It may or may not work, and the probability diminishes as new maintenance levels appear. Level compatibilities are formally documented in chapter 1 of the

Re: tsm, os/390 and rmm

We just started using RMM at Easter. Converted over from TLMS. Here's the VRS definitions I use for my TSM tapes, both on and off-site. I basically defined them like DFHSM tapes. There's a chapter in the RMM Installation and Configuration manual on running RMM with DFHSM. The only change the TSM

AW: Immediate client actions

Schedule Randomization Percentage affects Immediate Client Actions as well, I believe regards Juraj Salak -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Marc D. Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet am: Montag, 30. April 2001 21:54 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Immediate client actions Hello

AW: Ramifications of Delete Volume as pertains to next backup cyc le.

Yes, you are right, the files will be backed up as if they vere new on the client. Besides, under circumstances you are not right with the premise with no chance of recovery. If the volume deleted belongs to a primary pool and had been backed up by the meands of backup storage pool, than you can

Schedule Randomization Question

I would like to hear some experiences others have had regarding setting schedule randomization and maximum schedule sessions. What I am looking for is the best compromise for best efficiency. We currently are running a 6 hour wide start window for our nightly backups with a maximum schedule

1 client 2 servers 1 PROBLEM - ANS1079E [URGENT]

Hi all, In my NT client/server TSM 4.1 environment I need to backup a client (eg. LONDT0339) to one server... which works fine... and Archive to a 2nd server from the same client (eg. known as LONDT0339A for 2nd server purposes). I have fought with this for days and MUST achieve this TODAY...

Re: 1 client 2 servers 1 PROBLEM - ANS1079E [URGENT]

What command causes this error? I mean, can you do the archive manually? If so, I guess it's a problem with a schedule parameter, right? Just need a little more context... -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of MORGAN TONY Sent:

Re: AW: Ramifications of Delete Volume as pertains to next backup cyc le.

Besides, under circumstances you are not right with the premise with no chance of recovery. If the volume deleted belongs to a primary pool and had been backed up by the meands of backup storage pool, than you can restore the files. Juraj - That's not true: deletion of a primary storage pool

AW: AW: DSM.OPT override question.

Hi Andy, you are quite right, one should never ignore vendors backup requirements, I agree with you this vere a bad idea. Maybe having been misunderstood, I will repeat myself: In addition to your statements I still propose to speak about restore requirements inspite of backup requirements

Re: Presentations

Hi, Jim. Did you ever get a chance to look at Servergraph? What did you think? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Taylor Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Presentations Hello fellow *SMers I

Re: 1 client 2 servers 1 PROBLEM - ANS1079E [URGENT]

--- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT BEGIN TEST_MONTHLY_ARCHIVE 02-05-2001 13:40:00 02-05-2001 14:08:13 ANS1079E No file specification entered Tony - From my notes at http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts: ANS1079E No file specification entered. In creating a client schedule to Archive files, you

Re: 1 client 2 servers 1 PROBLEM - ANS1079E [URGENT]

Hi! I don't think the archive reads the dsm.opt, you have to specify the files you want archived within the schedule command. The message means that you have not identified what files you want archived. Brenda -Original Message- From: MORGAN TONY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: Upgrade Problems From L18 to L32 Library?..

I guess you mean an IBM 3575 library? We upgraded a 3575-L24 to L32 about 6 months ago. You are actually getting new library but is similar. Notes from this, it's pretty simple. 1. Halt *SM server so it can be restarted when new library is ready and pick up new slots/configuration. Make

TSM 4.1 solaris dsmc gives syntax error ?

Hello, I am trying to write some bare metal solaris restore instructions. With our old ADSM/TSM 3.x clients we were able to simply boot off the solaris install cd, and ftp the dsmc and en_US directory over (vs having to install solaris and ADSM fully)... and then launch the dsmc command

Re: TSM 4.1 solaris dsmc gives syntax error ?

Hi Keith Try to add the DSM_CONFIG env var pointing at your dsm.opt file rv -Message d'origine- De : Keith Kwiatek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 2 mai 2001 19:08 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : TSM 4.1 solaris dsmc gives syntax error ? Hello, I am trying to

Re: LTO performance - Update

Hi Hoa Below again a posting from a few weeks ago - with the microcode - infos LTO Microcode - Perf Improvement From: arhoads [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 06:10:46 -0800 I'm posting this to the ADSM-L list so that anyone to whom it applies can gain the

DLT Clean problem (2)

I'm sorry, 1st mail had wrong library version: *) Storagetek 9740 with V2.00.02 Thanks, Justino miguel Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original mail: (See attached file: dlt_clean_1.txt) dlt_clean_1.txt

DLT Clean problem

Hi all, I was wondering if some of you has had the following problem: --What we have: *) Storagetek 9740 with V1? *) 5 DLT7000 Drives with V115 *) Sun Solaris 2.6 runing TSM V4.1.2.0 *) Autoclean is disabled on the library *) TSM as cleaning frequency on all drives configure to

Network Appliance

Is anyone familiar with Network Appliance products and can TSM back them up directly or any other way? Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (888) 997-9614

Re: DLT Clean problem

Hi Justino, Why don't you use the library autoclean functionality, it's simpler and moreover it won't use one slot in your 9740 as the cleaning slot is not visible for TSM ? rv -Message d'origine- De : Justino Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 2 mai 2001 16:41 À :

Re: DLT Clean problem

First the cleaning tape has to be kept in its slot ,only one slot is allowed though its written two in robot lib.Pl look at ROBOT TAPE LIB ,OPEN DOOR AND SEE THE LABEL.NOT NOTES.To locate the cell. I had the problem that it did not pick from the cell. Its 9710 tape lib.Sould be of same type urs

Re: DLT Clean problem

I believe with the STK 9740 you are supposed autoclean on the 9740 itself and NOT throught *SM. In general libraries that have autoclean capability should have it enabled and not use *SM for cleaning. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL

TSM client for SCO Open Server Release 5.0.6

Is anyone using TSM to back up a Sco Open Server Release 5.0.6 client? I checked the ftp site but could only find a SCO Unixware 7 client. Where can I get the client? Thanks, Kim McCubbin Server Support Specialist Publishers Printing 100 Frank E. Simon Ave. Shepherdsville, KY 40165 Phone:

Re: I am in deep trouble.Can any one out there can suggest me what should I do.

Balanand, You're not in deep trouble. You're not even in any trouble at all. Suggestions: 1 - Relax 2 - Let the reclamation process complete. q vol, your sql queries, etc... aren't showing a change because the reclamation transaction has not completed. From a high-level point of view - TSM

Re: TSM client for SCO Open Server Release 5.0.6

We are using 3.1.0.8 (ADSM) to back up our 5.0.5 system to our 4.1.2 Server. That is the newest one I could find. If there is a newer version I would definitely be interested in that also. Roger C Cook Systems/Backup Administrator RCG Information Services -Original Message- From:

Re: TSM client for SCO Open Server Release 5.0.6

Hi Kim, it works fine but you will have to use the old ADSM v2 or v3.1 client ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/adsm/fixes/v2r1/sco/ ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/adsm/fixes/v3r1/sco/ -Message d'origine- De : Kim McCubbin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 2 mai 2001 17:38 À :

3494 checkin command

Anyone know the command on a 3494 library to checkin volumes using the barcode only. I added 300 new tape to my library and it wants to mount each one instead of just using the barcode. What is the typical command you guys use to check in new scratch tape on a 3494. Thanks

Re: 3494 checkin command

use the checklabel=no option Robert Burton Open System Storage Analyst Royal Bank of Canada 315 Front St West Toronto, On, M5V 3A4 416-348-3849 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dearman, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 12:44 PM To:

Re: 3494 checkin command

checkin libv LIBRARYNAME TAPENUMBER status=scratch devtype=3590 -Original Message- From: Dearman, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 12:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3494 checkin command Anyone know the command on a 3494 library to checkin volumes

Re: 3494 checkin command

checkin libv 3494lib1 search=yes status=scratch devtype=3590 Dearman, Richard To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rdearm1@UIC.cc: (bcc: MUSTAFA BAYTAR/ATIM/ICECEK) EDU Subject:

Re: 3494 checkin command

checkin libv libname search=yes volrange=1stvol,lastvol stat=scr ckeckl=barcode [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/02/01 12:43PM Anyone know the command on a 3494 library to checkin volumes using the barcode only. I added 300 new tape to my library and it wants to mount each one instead of just using the

Re: Network Appliance

We recently brought in a Network Appliance, so we are new to this. Since you can't install any software on the Network Appliance, a direct TSM backup is out of the question. Our intention is to run a TSM command schedule from another server to perform the TSM backup. The TSM command schedule

TXNBytelimit increased (was Re: LTO Tape Drive Performance)

I read the performance report (url below); the performance of 3590's is impressive, but I am stuck with 9840's. But this post isn't about tapes. What caught my eye was this note in the document: Note: One of TSM's tuning parameters, transaction bytes (TXNbyte), is set at 2 GB for the purposes

Re: TSM 4.1 solaris dsmc gives syntax error ?

Quoting Keith Kwiatek [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks.I tried it (as well as DSM_DIR), but to no avail.I did a truss ./dsmc and it seems to complain about not finding /usr/platform/SUNW,SPARCstation-20/lib/libc_psr.so.1 From what you know should this be working? Or is it possible that

Re: Is there an FTP site to get newest MS-XCHANGE API?

Matt, Do you mean the TDP for Exchange product? (It is not an API, it is a full product.) If so, version 2.2 was just released at the end of March. It supports Exchange 2000 and utilizes full policy management. It is a new version and must be purchased. It is not downloadable from the web. If

Re: TXNBytelimit increased (was Re: LTO Tape Drive Performance)

I always thought that 25600 was the limit for txnbyte I looked in the 3.7 unix client manual on the tivoli web site and the limit is 25600. Then I looked in the same manual for 4.1 and sure enough, the limit is 2097152 (= 2 gig). So I have some questions for Tivoli. Did you annonce this

Tivoli soft. dist. and TSM

Is anyone using Tivoli Software Distribution to send out the TSM client code??

DISK reclamation?

TSM 4.1.3.2 (I think... 4.1 plus whatever patch they put on their site last week) on AIX 4.3.3. Firstly, is there a FAQ associated with this list? I have a feeling this question may have come up before... How do DISK volumes reclaim unused space? On a tape, since you cannot

Re: Building the DRM Characteristics - How to dynamically create them

Pete, I too have toyed with this concept but never really come up with anything concrete. The winmsd command will extract a lot of information to a text file. This would be nice to import into the DRM feature of TSM, but how? If we can find a way to pump the output of winmsd into DRM via pre

Re: 3494 checkin command

DING! larry's got the correct form (correct syntact to checkl instead of ckeckl) but add devt=3590 I know because we use it ... we don't have an operator i/o station so we open the door and shove scratches into the available slots (less n where n=tapes in drives) but only in

restore errors

Anyone know what causes this? and if anything can be done to restore the client data? 05/02/01 13:31:59 ANS4032E Error processing '/temp/joeogden/mainmatch.f': file is not compressed. 05/02/01 13:31:59 ANS4032E Error processing '/temp/joeogden/mainmatch.f': file is not compressed.

Re: 3494 checkin command

CHECKIN LIBV LIB_NAME BARCODE_NAME STATUS=SCRATCH. -Original Message- From: Dearman, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3494 checkin command Anyone know the command on a 3494 library to checkin volumes using the

Re: restore errors

Are you sure you are trying to restore the file with the same level of client code that backed it up? -Original Message- From: Steven P Roder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 5:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: restore errors Anyone know what causes this?

Re: Building the DRM Characteristics - How to dynamically createthem

John The method to enter the information is pretty much under control, my problem is how to get the specific info required automatically. The method to get the info into the database will go something like this. 1) A script, BAT file (what ever is suitable) is run to generate the

Re: Building the DRM Characteristics - How to dynamically createthem

You guys ought to work this up to complete snuff and then attend the TSM Symposia in Oxford and present it! You can even run it on the demo systems we'll have there. This is the kind of useful stuff we can use. See the website URL that Sheelagh has posted about the conference. Kelly J. Lipp

TSM Advanced Course, Oxford England, September 2001

Yes, this is somewhat blatant advertising, but perhaps more useful than annoying: We are contemplating holding our TSM Advanced class reasonably coincident with the TSM Symposium being held at Oxford in September. However, in order to make this work, we need at least eight paying customers to

recreate bitvectors

Has anyone run the special recreate bitvectors introduced in a patch recently? I have fruitlessly watch my system for 4 days waiting for the process to end but nothing seems to be happening(system has been sitting at idle) If so, how long did it take? how big was your database? etc... Suad --

Re: Quick 3590 question

Hi Steve We just had two new 3590E with fibre channel installed and two older 3590s upgraded to E model with fibre channel attachment and all of our drives have two ports each. We are only using one of them on each drive currently, though. Regards Peter

Re: Disaster Recovery Plan

Rosetti, Bill wrote: I am using TSM 4.1.1 with Disaster Recovery. I have DR generating local plans (writing them to a file on an NFS mounted file system). I have two questions. 1. I have entered both the TSM server and node information in the DR module and established all the

Re: Win2k and IBM LTO 3584 Cluster

Jane Doe wrote: I want to setup a TSM 4.1.3 Cluster running on 2 Win2k SP1 boxes. How could I setup the scsi cables from the 2 boxes to the 3584 with 2 3580 drives so that I could have redundat paths from the 2 servers. In other words can you twintail the 3580 drives and have a scsi cable

Re: 500GB Backup

Dearman, Richard wrote: 9000 kB/s is only 9mb per second. Over a 100meg ethernet LAN. That doesn't sound to god to me. If you compare bytes to bytes, and bits to bits, you're getting 1200 megabits per minute on a system that has a *theoretical* throughput of 6000 megabits per minute. That's

Re: 500GB Backup

From: Dearman, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Why would I send the data to tape first writing to disk is faster. Burton, Robert wrote: Tape direct is a heck of a lot faster than disk Let's qualify that a bit. Since the major bottleneck in tape operations are file openings and file

TDP for Exchange 2.2 and storage group problem

I'm trying to install and configure the new TDP for Exchange 2.2 agent for a prospective customer. After getting the client to at least run, which was not a trivial exercise, we've run into a brick wall. We can't drill down the left-hand pane's tree past the 'Information Store' entry; in other

3570 - tape library

Hi, Currently we have ADSM which is using magstar 3570C as backup device. This device has two derives rmt3.smc and rmt4.smc. Both of those drives are assigned to 3570CLIB automated library. We have another 3570B magstar with another two drives [rmt1.smc, rmt2.smc] which are assigned to

TSM client on Silicon IRIX

Hi all ! Situation: Our customer wants to backup a few Silicon IRIX workstations, he has 5.3, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.5 versions of Silicon IRIX. In TSM client 4.1 requirements is specified Silicon IRIX 6.5 Question: Does it mean, that older versions of IRIX are not supported? Can I backup IRIX versions