Hi TSMers,
Please could you assist me, the linux backup that is being run by using a
script file with the command:-
dsmc backup sel and in the dsm.sys file the include options have been set to
include / /boot /usr and the copy mode is set to absolute to enable full
backups always. I've checked
Hello
I will be installing DiskXtender 2000 on Friday, does anyone have some tips
and hints of what to think of. I have been testing the product for a month
and it works good, but now when we put it in production I want to be sure I
get it right the first time.
Regards
Niklas Lundström
Hi david,
We have encountered the same problem but this can be overcome. What we have
set up is an (asp) server that shows us all the data you need for managing
your TSM server in a webpage.
The trick is that the datestamps you use in your select have to be explicit!
and leave out the uncertain
Hi,
Does anyone who has experience with AS400 TSM clients that are connected
through a Gb ethernet link to a RS6000 TSM server want to share with me his
backup performance statistics.
At the moment we are still in a test phase but we have only managed to get 6
GB an hour. The problem is that the
Hello,
I use TSM 5.1 on AIX4.3.3 with a 3494 with four 3590E drives.
There's a strange behaviour when using the label libvol command.
The command is used like this:
label libvol 3494lib search=yes checkin=scratch devt=3590
volrange=031000,031001
The command returns successfully, but nothing
On donderdag, september 5, 2002, at 07:57 , Crawford, Lindy wrote:
Hi TSMers,
Please could you assist me, the linux backup that is being run by
using a
script file with the command:-
dsmc backup sel and in the dsm.sys file the include options have been
set to
include / /boot /usr and
On donderdag, september 5, 2002, at 11:49 , Mario Strehlow wrote:
Hello,
I use TSM 5.1 on AIX4.3.3 with a 3494 with four 3590E drives.
There's a strange behaviour when using the label libvol command.
The command is used like this:
label libvol 3494lib search=yes checkin=scratch devt=3590
I have the same experience on MVS server, during last attempt to UNLOAD DB
to tape devclass process stop messaging after 1,5 hour at 50 milions items
(20GB database 80% utilized) and next three hours nothing was reported (but
still consumed some procesor time). We was shuting down the process in
On 03-Sep-02 Bob Booth - UIUC wrote:
I asked the same question several weeks ago. I have not yet called
ITSM support on the issue, however, I was able to hack the install script
and Solaris 9 seems to work with no problems (so far).
I will let the list know what support tells me about
Morning, Bo!
TSM Server Version for OS/390 is 5.1.1 located at:
http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/servers.html#os390
The patch level is 5.1.0.2 located at
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/serv
er/MVS/
Regards,
Demetrius Malbrough
AIX Storage
This is a real catch-22
BIG virtual volumes means less tsm data base space tied up tracking tons of
little virtual volumes (and files on the remote server) BUT big virtual
volumes also means lots of data transfered over the network during
reclamation (sigh)
Also remember, a virtual volume is
that link doesnt work
Joseph Dawes
I/T Infrasctructure - Unix Technical Support
Chubb Son, a Division of Federal Insurance Company
15 MountainView Road
Warren,New Jersey 07059
Office:908.903.3890
Mark Stapleton
stapleto@BERBEE.To:
Yes it does. It's 2-lines you need to paste together. The redpiece is
Disaster Recovery Strategies With TSM SG24-6844. You can search for it at
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com.
Bill
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Joseph Dawes
Sent:
I sent this yesterday but never received a confirmation that it was posted
and I never saw it on the adsmlist, so I'm reposting it again. I apologize
if anyone receives two copies of this.
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 10:01:12 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Diana Noble [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
Geirr,
When I looked at permissions for IBM using regedt32 Administors only had
READ
Changing it FULL CONTROL then removing TSM services reinstalling did
the trick.
Thankyou for pointing me in the right direction.
Bill Dourado
Halvorsen
Geirr
But no Novell BMR!
Orville L. Lantto
Datatrend Technologies, Inc. (http://www.datatrend.com)
IBM Premier Business Partner
121 Cheshire Lane, Suite 700
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Stapleton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We are thinking about upgrading our AIX TSM v4.1 server to v5.1 and
skipping version 4.2.
My questions are:
Has anyone else done this?
How stable is v5.1
Any gotchas that we need to watch out for?
Thanks for any information you can provide!!
Michael Moore
VF Services Inc.
121 Smith Street
We've been running for about a month at 5.1.1. Only issue we have
encountered was with Windows 2000 and doing archives using alternate
management classes. Other than that, it's worked great.
Steve Argersinger
Ruan Transportation
-Original Message-
From: Michael Moore [mailto:[EMAIL
What patch level of 5.1 are you running?
I have hesitated going to 5.1 after hearing some of the stories on this list
about 3494 problems, and resource manager timeouts.
thanks,
Bob Booth
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:23:56AM -0400, William Rosette wrote:
We went from 4.1 to 5.1 and enjoyed
Hello,
I have hesitated going to 5.1 after hearing some of the stories
on this list
about 3494 problems, and resource manager timeouts.
at least the problem with expiration hangs is solved with IC34292. It is in
5.1.1.4.
Best regards
Gerhard
---
Gerhard Rentschleremail:[EMAIL
I saw this topic out on ADSM, and I could not locate any type of functional
resolution ...
What is everyone using to calculate the wall time of your tape drive
utilization?
I think it is for all NDMP compatible filers. Yes NetApp was a big
driver in the development of the standard, but I think it is supposed
to be 'standard' :)
-Original Message-
From: Joshua Bassi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:44 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I forgot to address your question about GroupHandler.
GroupHandler is a TSM verb (an element of the language that TSM
components use to communicate with each other) used to relate a number of
different objects so that they are handled as a single logical group on
the server.
A protocol error
Thanks, folks. TSM just confirmed that any NAS with NDMP will be able to
use TDP for NDMP as Jack said. I guess Tivoli makes us spend more $$! I
wonder who should administer this NAS box after configured with TSM with
library. Any expertise about whose responsibilty it would be? Thanks for
help.
Mephi,
Thank you very much for your help.
Regards,
Jose Antonio.
From: mephi (???) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TSM vs BRIGHTSTOR
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 13:20:44 +0800
I don't have documents, but you may take these
TSM Server AIX5
TSM Version 5.1.1.3
Library 3494
I have a volume that somehow keeps going to unavailable. This morning I
tried to run an audit on it and here is the output, the volume was readwrite
in the first place. I put it back in readwrite and ran again with a fix=yes
and it ran. Problem is
At our last two general meetings, I posed the question Who has a recovery
plan? Now I think the question is more basic, Who has tested restoring
files on their own systems? We have verified on our test machines that
the backup/restore functions work on our supported platforms, but unless
local
Hello all,
I'm afraid I already know the answer to this question, but since I'm a
novice with the TDP for Exchange product, here goes...
One of my clients wants to start using TDP for Exchange, and has asked for
an archiving capability for weekly, monthly, and yearly snapshots as well
as the
Why don't you use the export node function to move the exchange data out
of the library and retain your data as your business requires it.
--
Joshua S. Bassi
IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark
Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM
eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP
AIX, HACMP, Storage,
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:56:21AM -0700, Michelle DeVault wrote:
I think I know the answer to this question, but I'm
gonna ask it anyway.
I've got a couple of orphaned tapes at our off-site
facility. They don't show up in TSM at all (q volume,
q drmedia, q volhist). I'm assuming that
Say, NDMP is great for what it is good for, but not all tools that look like
a screw driver is the correct tool for the job (excuse my analogies :) ...
USE CIFS or NFS if it makes sense in your environment! If you have some of
the little 'SNAP' file server or such things scattered about. NDMP
I saw that some of you have already snuck in and seen this. A new draft
redbook (aka redpiece) is up on theRedbooks website, entitled Disaster
Recovery Strategies with Tivoli Storage Management, SG24-6844. Search on
SG24-6844 at www.ibm.com/redbooks, or go directly to
ServerGraph has some capability of doing this.
Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon Inc.
757-688-8180
-Original Message-
From: Jolliff, Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 3494 Utilization
I saw this
TSM Server 4.2.1.15 on Windows 2000
TSM all NT clients at 4.2.1.32
Clients are setup for Managedservices webclient schedule
Our clients are setup for Managedservices webclient schedule. The
scheduler is set to manual so the Managed Services starts it at the
appropriate time.
Intermittently,
Hello TSM gurus (thanks in advance for responding)
Thanks for al the people who did send me with comments on how to go about
doing data integrity tests for offsite media.
I have a test-plan below, Please help me if I am doing this the right way
and I understand it correctly
1. Set up a test
Actually it is 5.1.5 which is a maintenance release that can include new
functionality. The projected release date is early October. Rumor October
8th, and rumor, if you enter the beta you can have 5.1.5 right now. There
is a lot of stuff in 5.1.5 including automated rudimentary support for
There is a way the pools can get out of sync by brute force. If someone does
a DELETE VOLUME DISCARDDATA=NO on the primary volumes after they were
created or the primary tape became destroyed then the primary tape does not
exist to do the reclamation.
Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Thank you very much!
Another question, How do you have the offsite weekly backup media?
-Original Message-
From: Joshua Bassi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 1:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: About Backupset
No, only 1 clients data can be stored
Hi everyone!
I know that I have asked questions about his before, but I am now looking
for individuals that have done this conversion and what
experiences/opinions you may have on this topic. I was wondering if anyone
has gone from 3590 Magstar tape cartidges to LTO or 9840B or 9940A? If so,
First, I recommend using the 5.1.1.1 or 4.2.2.0 ODBC driver.
A simple example of using Excel with the TSM ODBC driver:
0) Install the TSM ODBC driver and define a data source. If you are
unfamiliar with installing and configuring the ODBC driver, you should
review the README file that
Right. That makes sense. The problem is that some tapes have slipped
through the cracks and I need to get the data back on the onsite tapes.
This function has been working for the past 2 years and recently popped
up.
Steve Hicks
CIS System Infrastructure Lead /
AIX Administrator
Knoxville
On woensdag, september 4, 2002, at 03:13 , Joni Moyer wrote:
Hi everyone!
I know that I have asked questions about his before, but I am now
looking
for individuals that have done this conversion and what
experiences/opinions you may have on this topic. I was wondering if
anyone
has gone
Hi Everyone -
We have a Windows 2000 Active Directory client running TSM 5.1 which has
started receiving the following message in the activity log:
ANR0444W Protocol error on session 11716 for node DCITCS (WinNT) -
out-of-sequence verb (type GroupHandler) received.
ANR0484W Session 11716 for
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/evaluation/sysreqs/default
.asp
Microsoft suggests 650 MB of free disk space. You can do a typical install
with around 400MB free...
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From: Large, Matthew [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Hello all
I am working with z/os 1.1 on a 9672-x57 with TSM 5.1.1.4. Our
capacity planner gave me some CPU usage over time reports that show TSM uses
more and more and more CPU the longer it has a process running. IN
particular, I will refer to my easy to observe and control morning
Is there such a thing as a TSM client for MPE 5.5 that wouls work with a
TSM server 5.x?
Thanks,
Etienne Brodeur
Running a Domino incremental we see TONS of long waits
Waiting for TSM
server
???
when a selective (full) runs we see very few and those are very very
short...
I saw Del's reply but this is way beyond any sort of normal waiting...
Two quick (and probably obvious) points:
- You can do multiple simultaneous reclamations if you have multiple
storage pools. Long on tape drives? Create another domain ( storage
pool(s)) and split your nodes between them.
- MOVE DATA (tape to tape, or tape back to disk) allows multiple
I'm writing a nice little mess that will query the TSM database and
produce pretty reports (custom HTML generation, lots of fun, woo). My
problem comes from the events listing. I can ask for events using the
query command in such a way as to generate yesterday-at-10pm to
today-at-8am fairly
I don't have documents, but you may take these idea into consider:
advantages:
1. TSM is 'Full Automatic backup product in proper planning.
Brightstor is helf automatic in this way.
2. Brightstor doesn't have aix agent.
3. The requirements of brightstor is higher(CPU,RAM,etc).
4. TSM's
Hi all,
we experienced a TSM Server 4.2 installation on NT4SP6
server (IE 5.5).
When running setup.exe, dialog boxes prompt our
administrator about installation path, installation
type, etc. then clic Finish button.
A Dr Watson appears and installation procedure stops.
After investigations on
Generally when your specification is a directory, you will want to end it
with a / so
dsmc archive -subdir=yes /oracle/dev/ /oracle/tst/
would get you there...
Dwight
-Original Message-
From: Gordillo, Silvio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002
Wow.
Can you create a linked server from SQL Server to TSM database(in a supported way)?
Thanks,
yi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/04/02 10:03AM
First, I recommend using the 5.1.1.1 or 4.2.2.0 ODBC driver.
A simple example of using Excel with the TSM ODBC driver:
0) Install the TSM ODBC driver and
Hi TSM' ers
Environment: W2k Domino Server
AIX 4.3.3. Tsm 5.1.1 Server
Baclient 4.2.1.20
TDP 1.1.2.0
We changed the TSM server for our Domino test machine which had the above client
versions from a 4.3.3 AIX TSM
Can anybody tell me which level TSM OS/390 server is ???
and which PTF's I must have to download.
Regards,
Bo Nielsen
COOP Danmark a/s Phone: +45 4386 4671
Roskildevej 65 Fax: +45 4386 4990
DK-2620
Hi *
I am on AIX 4.3.3 ML 09 with TSM 5.1.1.4. The Library is an 3584 LTO Ultrium with 8
drives at the moment. Because of some special reason we need a second TSM Server on
our Backupserver.
On the Library Manager:
We have already a working installation of the Lanless-Backup Feature.
Diana,
Off-hand, I do not know what this problem is.
Are there any other messages in the activity log that could signal a
problem around the time this problem occurs?
Is there anything in the dsmerror.log file that coincides with the time
this problem occurs?
What else is in the dsmsched.log
I think I know the answer to this question, but I'm
gonna ask it anyway.
I've got a couple of orphaned tapes at our off-site
facility. They don't show up in TSM at all (q volume,
q drmedia, q volhist). I'm assuming that they are old
database tapes that got deleted from the volhistory
before
Even if something has gone awry there is no way to fix it now, but you can
read the tape and dump it if you have a utility for your tape drive to read
and dump a tape.
If you have Magstar or IBM LTO (I think it is available for IBM LTO), they
provide a utility to dump blocks of data off the
In addition to backing up using the NDMP interface you can backup the
standard client backup way through a share. However, the functionality to
be able to restore files from the image is coming. I think within a year.
This was discussed in San Francisco at the SHARE meeting a couple of weeks
Henry,
Sorry for the delay in the response.
ABC is our product so I know of what I speak (more or less).
It turns out that API clients do not have the ability to provide this
summary information back to the server. We have the information (as you
know if you have looked at the logs on the
Not sure what Wayne was saying but this is from TSM 4.2.1 and maybe lower,
just do not remember when reconstruct was introduced.
-MOVe Data--volume_name--+---+
'-STGpool--=--pool_name-'
.-RECONStruct--=--No--.
In the conditions portion specify:
where date(actual_start)=date(current_timestamp - 1 days) and
hour(actual_start)=22 and (timestamp(date(current_timestamp))+8
hoursactual_start)
This should give you the limit you are looking for. There may be a better
way to skin the cat, but I
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