I will be out of the office starting November 19, 2001 and will not return
until November 26, 2001.
I will respond to your notices upon my return. For concerns with Cooper
Cameron, please see William Sherrill/Lexington
Nick Saund
Unix Sybase Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is
addressed and is not intended to be relied upon by any person
without subsequent written confirmation of its
If you do a Q VOLUME, you can see how much data is written on a tape.
If you use 10GB tapes, and there is more GB's written, you can assume that
there is hardware compression.
Regards,
Maurice van 't Loo
The Netherlands
- Original Message -
From: Farren Minns [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,all
My customer have a HP LTO library sure store 2/20 connected with IBM AIX.
They want to use TSM Manage it. But we can't see the device name in smitty
and there is no device file under /dev or /etc dir. But HP engineer said
they had configed the library well. How to connect with it is TSM's
Hi Maurice
Are we talking about the estimated capacity being over 10GB (I do have
quite a lot of volumes in this state).
Thanks very much for your help
Regards
Farren Minns
Maurice van 't Loo [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 19/11/2001
11:17:13
Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor
Hi *SM'ers
Using TSM 4.1.3.0 on an AIX 4.3.3 system, I'm facing a little license
problem : I recently found that our server was not in compliance with
licensing terms, and then decided to remove some nodes that where not
in use anymore. I deleted the filespaces that where associated with this
Thanks for the response.
I plan to submit a requirement Share to make this work. I will explain why.
Coming from a mainframe background, we do not change configuration
parameters on the fly to direct software. We typically use command
overrides. So the requirement would be for the client node
Hi,
I noticed this kind of behaviour with 4.2.1.6 when TSM had leaked enough
memory to fill the system completely. Stopping and starting the TSM server
solved my problem at that time.
Hi *SM'ers
Using TSM 4.1.3.0 on an AIX 4.3.3 system, I'm facing a little license
problem: I recently
Hello again TSMers
I have some another questions, this time regarding collocation.
At present we are backing up 21 client nodes and have a backup pool made up
of DISKPOOL and TAPEPOOL. Then we have our off-site volumes, imaginatively
entitled COPYPOOL. I am thinking that we do not necessarily
If oslevel returns lower level this means that not all filesets are
upgraded. And if oslevel returns 4.3.1 that means at least one fileset is
still at 4.3.1.
Check with 'oslevel -l 4.3.3.0' to see which filesets still need to be
upgraded. Or use instfix for something like :
instfix -icvk
Hello and thanks!
I only have hands-on knowledge with DLT and DAT (on TSM)
and the differencies are immense.
Restore from an aged file system (this means: files having been changed
often
and backuped daily for months)
from DLT is as slow as 2 Gb per hour,
restore from DAT is about 6 GB per
Fellow TSMers
I have a question regarding compression and 3590 drives. I must apologise
that I am not the most technically minded person, so responses in laymen's
terms are most appreciated.
Set-up
TSM 3.7.3.8 Server running on a Solaris 7 box
Attached to an IBM 3494 library with two 3590
Look at the format of the device class for the drives.
If you let it default to DRIVE it will use all available hardware
compression...
I always tell clients to use compression and I also have the drives set to
use compression.
tsm: TSMSRV10q dev f=d
Device Class Name: 3590E1A
Estimated capacity is estimated. You can define it is 1 MB or 2000 GB. It
is just a prediction. When data is actually written and tape end reached
TSM changes this value to actual capacity.
So do not look to volumes in Filling state, look on to Full ones.
Or you can check (and change but be
Farren,
1. Collocation is made to speed up the restores. So it is a really good
idea.
2. You can define two primary pools, lets name them COLLPOOL and NOCOLLPOOL
over the same device class. Then clients you want to collocate send their
data to the former and the others to the latter. Later you
At 11:34 AM 11/19/2001 +, you wrote:
Hello again TSMers
I have some another questions, this time regarding collocation.
At present we are backing up 21 client nodes and have a backup pool made up
of DISKPOOL and TAPEPOOL. Then we have our off-site volumes, imaginatively
entitled COPYPOOL. I
Yes, TDP for Apps products do not need too much B/A client. But they
desperately need the API client which comes only with B/A client. I do not
know will those clients be separated someday or not. And for now I think
about them as a one whole client (with TDP as a plug-in).
I presume that Query
You need to install Atape driver. It will suport the library and define
file in /dev for you. Afterwards TSM will take care for it.
Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant
P.S. And please write some subject on your posts
Zlatko
Lei L Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 19.11.2001 10:40:06
Please respond to
No...
The Atape-driver is only used forthe IBM-devices.
All other scsi-devices, libraries an drives, use the tsm-driver.
You find it in smit under devices, Tivoli Storage Manager Devices,
The device-types are
ADSM-SCSI-MT scsi Tivoli Storage Manager Tape Drive and
ADSM-SCSI-LB scsi Tivoli
Seay,
is -selective backup not doing exactly what you want to achieve with
mode=absolute ?
best regards
Juraj Salak
-Original Message-
From: Seay, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 6:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Future Share Requirement: W2K 4.2.1
I will be out of the office starting November 19, 2001 and will not return
until November 26, 2001.
I am away from the office on education, returning Monday November 26. I
will have limited access to email during this period. Pls refer urgent
matters to my manager Paul Phillips.
As a former customer and MVS storage administrator myself, I certainly
wouldn't want my users modifying SMS policies, either directly or
indirectly. In the same fashion, I wouldn't want them modifying my TSM
policies. Allowing users to specify -mode=absolute from the client is
effectively doing
Hi
Ok, well thanks to everyone for the info you have given me, but I do still
have one burning question.
As we have just one copypool, Is it really necessary to collocate it? We
have a reuse delay period of 5 days, so as we send about 25 off a day, we
end up with loads of pending volumes, but
I would like to install the latest Atape and Atldd device drivers. Is it
necessary
to delete the library definition along with the drive definitions? Here is
what
support recommended and I would like to hear what others have done.
delete drive definitions
delete library definition
delete drive
I think you are getting the wrong idea on delete definitions !
Delete them from AIX, not TSM !
Just stop TSM
sure go ahead delete your rmt# lmcp# definitions.
I think the install will kill the /etc/lmcpd deamon
install your code
run cfgmgr
you will probably notice all devices come back
hi,
Has anyone seen the following behviour with their sbtio.log under Solaris
and TDP for Oracle V2.2. I cant find anything on Tivoli's Knowledge
base..
Any hints/tip are welcome
the sbtio.log is according to the RMAN documentation the 3rd Party
media management log file, and contains
Does anyone know of any reporting tools that works well with TSM. I know
Tivoli has a Decision Support module for TSM but the price is pretty high.
We don't have the entire Tivoli Framework enviornment implemented so I don't
think it would be best used here. We just use TSM and I'm looking for
Thanks
-Original Message-
From: Cook, Dwight E (SAIC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 12:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATAPE/ATLDD device driver install question
I think you are getting the wrong idea on delete definitions !
Delete them from AIX,
-Original Message-
From: Magura, Curtis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 9:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 4.2.1.7 Server and DRM
We are failing on the DRM license which we really did purchase.
Don't seem to have the DRM.lic file to correct this. We
Hi all TSMers. I just wanted to know if anyone of you have done an install
of TDPSQL 2.2 on a SQL server 6.5. I knew in the documentation said only SQL
7.0 or SQL 2000 is supported. But, I like the new feature of TDPSQL 2.2
instead of the 1.1. I have problem bringing up my SQL DB in the SQL
Lei,
If you have the IBM Atape.driver installed, it will create an /rmtx device
for each drive in the library. TSM cannot use that device.
Instead you have to go into smit/smitty and define a Tivoli Storage Manager
device / library first. That will assign an lbx device to the library
Curt,
That is interesting because when I installed 4.2.1.6 the DRM.lic file
disappeared on me. We went back to the cd for 4.2.0 and copied the DRM.lic
file from there. Not sure why the file disappears but it did for us also.
Jim Sporer
At 09:51 AM 11/19/2001 -0500, you wrote:
Installed the
Configuration of this SQL box:
NT4.0 SP6a
SQL version 6.5.201
B/A client 4.2.0 installed
Any help and suggestion will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in
advance.
Kien,
If you plan to run on SQL Server 6.5 you do not have a choice.
You must use TDP for SQL version 1.1. There are certain
NO. I don't think so. The offsite pool should not be collocated unless
you have a service level agreement that says a file that's backed up has
its copy sent offsite withing 12-24 hours. But if you need to do that
then why isn't the tape drive remotely IN the offsite vault(like a
Hello,
From a tsm server 4.1, I am trying to obtain a list of hsm recalls from a
particular client. What table/select statement can I use to gather this
information. Querying the activity log, does not specify which sessions are
hsm recall sessions.
Thanks for the help,
JA
Got TSM 4.2 Server running on AIX 4.3.3 on an RS6000 (IBM H80).
Can you backup a mainframe to an AIX TSM Server?
Gerald Wichmann
System Engineer
StorageLink
408-844-8893 (v)
408-844-9801 (f)
Yes, But the only thing, (in our environment), that makes sense to backup
from the mainframe using TSM is Unix System Services HFS.
Matt
-Original Message-
From: Gerald Wichmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 1:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mainframe
Did the trick.
Thanks!
Curt Magura
Lockheed Martin EIS
Gaithersburg, Md.
301-240-6305
-Original Message-
From: Richard Cowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 12:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 4.2.1.7 Server and DRM
-Original Message-
I believe the only thing that TSM can backup on a mainframe is the USS
client - Unix System Services. This includes both the file system data
as well as the Lotus Domino databases.
--
Joshua S. Bassi
Independent IT Consultant
IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark
Tivoli Certified Consultant-
What is the benefit of using reclamation on the offsite copy tape pool?
How is this possible if the tapes are offsite?
Expiration makes sense, but reclamation?
Marc Levitan
Storage Manager
PFPC Global Fund Services
I am currently in the state of my TSM Server is locked. I can do all
commands but things like
q dr
q libv
q library
I only have one lmcpd running and I have another tsm server on the same box
that is not having any problems. Any suggestions?
Becky
-Original Message-
From: Gabriel
ServerGraph has possibilities.
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William Mansfield
Senior Consultant
Solution Technology, Inc
630 718 4238
Dearman,
Richard To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
rdearm1@UIC.cc:
Backing up an MSSQL DB with the TDP for MSSQL v2.1.. I've read through
the users guide and didn't see anything specific on how to handle
backing up the master database other then one section that simple states
that it's important to do so. It also said when to do it and lists a set
of commands
There's also a new guy on the market. Last week they sent out an
announcement on this list. They are http://www.tsmmanager.com. Looks
promising.
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Bill Mansfield
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 1:10 PM
hi,
ive been lurking for a while and can finally contribute.
1) the updated directions on the IBM LTO web site are very clear and straight forward,
with lots of screen shots.
http://ssddom02.storage.ibm.com/tape/lto/faqs/ntupdt3583fmr.html
Could log in
I could admin wise do everything but something with the tape drives, volumes
or library. A show deadlock shows no deadlocks. I tried canceling
processes and sessions but they wouldn't end. My only theory is that I do a
force drives on once a day and I think every so often it just
Offsite reclamation makes a lot of sense, for the same reasons that you reclaim
primary pools - to reduce slack, save on tape usage. Remember that offsite tapes are
*copy* storage pools, the tapes don't need to be onsite because the TSM database knows
exactly where each price of data is and it
Can anyone suggest a place to look when I get a message: library offline to
host.
I've already recycled lmcpd. I checked my lan host options and they haven't
changed.
When I attempt to communicate with the 3494 library via MTLIB commands from
my sun server I get this message.
We made a microcode
Hi all,
Anyone using Tivoli Decision Support and how do you like it?
-Original Message-
From: Dearman, Richard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 8:57 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Reporting Statistics
Does anyone know of any reporting tools that
How should one handle the master DB? Should we just do daily fulls to be
safe?
Also how do you handle your differential backups? Note the command in my
sqldiff.cmd file says to basically backup all DB's (i.e. *).. Do you go
and list each DB separately or somehow change dsm.opt so it
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:45:18 +0200, it was written:
I wrote a script to make a Database Snapshot (with wait=yes) and a checkout
of this tape. My problem is the command checkout run before the tape is
dismount. Is it a delay command I can use in my script or an other idea
Why don't you
Can you ping the library from that server? Also, have you checked the
library manager log? You need to go into service mode, and then it's one of
the menu choices. Can't remember which one and I'm at home so I can't check
right now. The LM will do a reverse name lookup on the IP address and if it
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:33:25 +0200, it was written:
Yes, TDP for Apps products do not need too much B/A client. But they
desperately need the API client which comes only with B/A client.
They also need the b/a client for the scheduler service setup, unless
you're backing up the SQL server
I'm looking for a script or method to expire onbar logs. If you have one,
would you please share it.
Back in January 1999, Christoph Martin shared a routine with the adsm list
which would expire a file. I wrapped his routine in a perl script which
selected the old log file. This worked great
I tried to find the statement where a selective was not the same as an
incremental absolute but could not find it (thought I saw something like
that). So it looks like the mechanism is to setup for modified and when you
need a full backup use a selective specifying the entire client file system.
Would the MOUNTRetention for his DEVClass be what's happening here? The BA
DB command completes, but TSM keeps the tape mounted for MOUNTR minutes. The
checkout won't work if the tape is mounted. Maybe, like was suggested
previously, the script could schedule the checkout command for NOW+MOUNTR
What level of the ATLDD code are you running?
-Original Message-
From: William Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 5:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Library offline to host
Can you ping the library from that server? Also, have you checked the
The ATLDD and the ATAPE drivers are two entirely separate installs. You can
change one without changing the other.
-Original Message-
From: Jolley, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 11:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ATAPE/ATLDD device driver install
I found it in the summary table - where ACTIVITY=RECALL
Thanks,
JA
-- Forwarded Message
From: Jonathan Aberle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:04:12 -0800
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Hsm recalls
Hello,
From a tsm server 4.1, I am trying to obtain a list of hsm recalls from
Anyone know what the latest and greatest level of MC there is for 3590 tape
drives using AIX 4.3.3 ?
You got to love the way IBM changes things, there is a new way to download
fixes/apars/ml(s) .
Don't delete the cache in your browser
Gabriel C. Wiley
ADSM/TSM Administrator
AIX Support
I know the FTP site, unfortunatly from the customer site I am unable to
access it (dial-up).
I can get there from my desk.
There is a site (can't remember the name, cause I have not slept in a few
days) www.techsupport.services.ibm.com or something like that, that's
what I was thinking of.
I will be out of the office starting 11/19/2001 and will not return until
11/26/2001.
If your message is urgent please contact Mike Schuster at ext. 1754.
Otherwise I will contact you when I return on Monday November 26, 2001.
Thank You
Hi Tsm'ers
Here is my problem.
by looking at below statistics, i suppose 44.81 GB is backedup to TSM
server.
11/20/01 13:34:03 ANE4952I (Session: 2190, Node: ADSMSRV1.SG.IBM.COM)
Total
number of objects inspected:1,956
11/20/01 13:34:03 ANE4954I (Session: 2190,
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