Hi everybody!
My TSM log-files are getting larger and larger..
So I am about to write a Kix-script that archives my TSM logs.
Are there any problems related to deleting the .log files for TSM?
Is the client-side log files used for anything server-side?
Thanks alot for any input!
--Tor Arne
I tested the last days bare metal recoveries of a Windows 2000 Advanced
Server with Internet Explorer 6 installed on it.
I followed the instructions of the basic Windows 2000 BMR procedere with TSM
- installing a windows 2000 basic system
- configuring Servername and IP address
- installing
In addition, if the new hardware differs from the old one, checkout the
following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q139822
Kindest regards,
Eric van Loon
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
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From: Garrison, Tony
Hi all,
Until now i've worked with tsm only and in this when you create additional
diskvolumes you create a logical volume and point tsm to the /dev/rLV. It
then formats and uses the space assigned.
Now m,y problem is creating additional diskvolumes within adsm 3.1. I,ve
tried doing this the
This shows the empty volumes in the pool.
select stgpool_name, count(*), sum(case when status='EMPTY' then 1 else 0
end) from volumes group by stgpool_name
When I added the join it runs forever as below, it is the select you want
but do not want the performance of.
select volumes.stgpool_name,
Hi Kurt,
I have had a similar problem (maybe the same) with TSM v. 4.2.2 on an IBM
x342, with adaptec 39160 SCSI controller, and LTO library IBM 3584.
In my case it rebooted 1-2 times pr. day. I bugged me alot, but seemingly it
was a problem with the SCSI Controller Driver on w2k.
To fix this I
Hi Everyone!
For one of our customers I have recently upgraded their TSM server (and TSM
device-driver) from v. 4.2.1.7 to 4.2.2.12, because of added support for
multiple modules of library Compaq MSL5026DLX.
Configuration is now:
TSM Server (+dev.driver) v. 4.2.2.12
Library Compaq MSL5025DLX (2
Hi Tor Arne,
if you're talking about the client's logs (dsmsched.log, dsmerror.log) they
are there only for your information. You have th possibility to tune hav
large they become by using the settings SCHEDLOGRETENTION and
ERRORLOGRETENTION in the client options file. More information about
Hello,
We use the following process :
1.. Install system NT with Microsoft CDRom on another disk than C: Then
install the service pack.
2.. Copy boot.ini , which is on C:, in boot.bck .
3.. Install on the same disk TSM client. Customize TSM client with the
same name than the one to
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can you show us what errors you where getting when you where trying to back
up this file.
You need to give us more info,
Have you made sure the file isn´t locked or in use.
Kvedja/Regards
Petur Eythorsson
Taeknimadur/Technician
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX
Tivoli Storage Manager Certified
Hei Geirr !
Thank you very much !
That was exactly what I was looking for!
--Tor Arne
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Fra: Halvorsen Geirr Gulbrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sendt: 18. september 2002 10:10
Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emne: Re: LOG-rotation
Hi Tor Arne,
if you're talking about
test
hi pétur!
thnx for your reply, the message im getting is ANR7864W Unable to write
volume /bfaa1dk3/bf
I created a logical volume and filespace named /bfaa1dk3 which resides on 1
harddisk of 10GB. there is aprox 8672MB freespace. Im using the GUI to
create additional volumes.
Do you have any
Hi Michelle!
Could it be that /bfaa1dk3 is a raw logical volume? If so, don't specify a
filename and specify /dev/rbfaa1dk3.
Just a thought...
Kindest regards,
Eric van Loon
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
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From: Michelle Wiedeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday,
Dear Michelle.
here are some tips for you
make sure you have enough space when you try to create the fylesystem.
df -sk
try not to have more than one disk volume per Paschal volume, due to
performance issues.
What commands are you running,
Is there enough space for the file, and most
Hmm
look at this
ANR7864W (AIX) Unable to write volume file name.
Explanation: The server was attempting to create a file with the indicated
name. The server was able to partially write to the file before running out
of space.
System Action: The server continues processing. The file creation
hi erik,
tried that firtshand, that's the tsm waywith adsm3.1 it apparently
doesnt work that way.
(leuk weer eens wat van je te horen erik! waarschijnlijk weet je niet meer
wie ik ben maar dat maakt niet uit;)
-Original Message-
From: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [mailto:[EMAIL
Adaptec has an updated driver on their site that works great. The default
driver delivered with Win2k has problems with LTO tape. I haven't seen
reboot problems, but severe throughput issues to where I would only get
1-2GB/hour throughput on the tape drives. Updating to the Adaptec drivers
(even
Hi Bill,
I would very much like to know version data for the Adpatec driver you are
using.
Rgds
Geirr G. Halvorsen
-Original Message-
From: Bill Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 18. september 2002 15:03
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TSM 5.1.1 Win2000 server reboot
Adaptec
wllthat works...but even though there is more then 8GB of free data in
the LV, adsm doesnt want to create a volume of 7GB so apparently there is a
maximum in volume size concerning adsmV3.1. does anyone know if this is
correct?
(btw, thnx pétur! ;)
mi©helle
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From:
How about limits on the user??
/etc/security/limits
or check with the ulimit command
Or are quotas defined on this system??
Just some $.02's
Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Pitur Ey~srsson
Sent: Wednesday,
Has anyone heard if there are any plans to increase the encryption
strength from 56 bit DES to at least 1024 bit? We have requirements
because of the HIPAA (Health Information Portability and Accountability
Act) stuff. Thanks in advance.
David Jelinek
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Jelinek;David
Is there a maximum size threshold specified on the storage pool?
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From: Pétur Eyþórsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Large files 2GB
can you show us what errors you where getting when you
Michael,
I had a similar problem and had to make changes to my dms.opt file to
include the following (Please note that there is a presechedule that runs
ntbackup with the following syntax (ntbackup backup systemstate /f
C:\Srvutils\Systemstate.bkf /m copy):
DSM.OPT file contents:
Thanks for all you prompt responses.
I figured out the problem was the /dev/rmtX and element mapping has been
changed since the 2108 right after I sent out my help message.
I re-defined the drives in TSM, then the problem has been solved.
Thanks you gurus, Dan, David, Suad and Mark. You guys
I'm trying it through the gui, and there is no error. When I go back to view
the prim stg pool, the copy stg pool is still associated with it. I even
renamed the copy pool, and the association in the primary pool reflected the
name change as well.
Josh
Mark Stapleton wrote:
From: ADSM: Dist
From the Drivers Detail screen:
ADPU160M.SYS
Provider: Adaptec
Version: d4.2 (4.10.4002)
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Halvorsen Geirr Gulbrand
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:11 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TSM
What processor OS is the TSM server ???
Dwight E. Cook
Software Application Engineer III
Science Applications International Corporation
509 S. Boston Ave. Suite 220
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4606
Office (918) 732-7109
-Original Message-
From: Halvorsen Geirr Gulbrand [mailto:[EMAIL
Hello All;
I have a win2k client that its backup fails and the dsmsvc.exe process
seems to consume a lot of CPU. 40-50% even when there is no backup running.
I can not kill this process with the kill -f PID command or through the
task manager.
Stopping the service would not stop it either.
We went from 4.2.2.7 to 4.2.2.12, not as large a jump as you and we saw this
problem has well. Have you checked your db cache hit ratio? We had to
increase the bufferpool size significantly, we needed to anyway. It appears
4.2.2.12 is much more sensitive to low db cache hits. As for database
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Gray, Paul
Is there a maximum size threshold specified on the storage pool?
Not by default.
--
Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Certified TSM consultant
Certified AIX system engineer
MCSE
Would anyone happen to know an SQL select statement that will tell me what
management class are not being used? And also what clients are using which
management classes? Thank you for any suggestions that you may have!
Joni Moyer
Associate Systems Programmer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(717)975-8338
On what OS are you seeing these problems?. I'm on AIX 433 and installed 4.2.2.12 last
friday. Everything seems to be going OK. My db backups take 40 minutes which is the
same as before. I upgraded over a month ago to 4.2.2.10 from 4.1.3.0 and my summary
table doesn't go back that far so I can't
Does HIPPA specifically dictate 1024 bit encryption? I think the answer is
no, but if it is yes, all the software vendors are hosed. As customers we
will have 1 server per user. This will take so many resources to accomplish
we will never be able to backup the data.
Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Hello there friends :-)
This has been buggin me the last week.
There have been some changes in the database since it became version 5
I have a script that shows the total amount of data sent over last night.
the output is like this in version 4.x and 3.x
NODE NAME DOMAIN
Hello all,
If you do not like to read long posts please skip this one - it can be
boring.
I have a very nasty problem at customer site and asking for your help are
we the only having it. If not can we fight it together.
Environment:
Server: v4.2.1.15, Windows 2000 SP2
Client: v4.2.2.1 (was
Hi,
Sorry I couldn't reply any earlier.
I've got some additional info. The server was already at the client since
august. The Adaptec SCSI controller and library were installed in september.
The server was already rebooting several times a day from the beginning,
I've found this in the event
I can not say for sure whether this is your problem, but it could be APAR
IC33316. This problem is fixed in patch level 5.1.1.5 (available now), and
will also be available in PTF 4.2.3 (should be available in the
not-too-distant future). Give 5.1.1.5 a shot and see how it goes.
Regards,
Andy
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Hi,
I think you need this, it's ok?
Management class not in use:
select class_name from mgmtclasses where domain_name not in (select domain_name from
nodes) group by class_name
Many know the select, but it will never return an answer because it has to
scan the backups table with several joins.
Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon Inc.
757-688-8180
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From: Joni Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002
yes i have had some problems with Anti-virus programs.
But is almost impossible to say what caused it there can be so mutch.
What kind of applications are running on your TSM Client?
What version, maintenance, fix and patch is the Client you are using?
What kind of configurations are you using in
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Michael O'Brien
Thanks for the replys, I've check to see if there's a maximum
size theshold on
the storage pool. I have included the output when I try to backup
a 5GB file
[cwspr01]# dsmc incre
Petur,
check at which fix are you in v5.1. Maybe you missed it but there is a
problem with summary table not filled. And you have to check why
sum(summary.bytes) is more than 0 :-()
Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant
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Sent by:
Andy,
I just went to the FTP site and didn't find it. If you get a chance, post
the link or you can respond to me directly.
Thanks,
Matt Adams
Tivoli Storage Manager Team
Hermitage Site Tech
Deloitte Touche USA LLP
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From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Paul and all,
When I attempt to use any of the following select statements my Total MB
returned is always 0. I get my list of nodes but there is never any numbers
for size.
Since this is my first attempt at select statements, I am sure I doing
something wrong. I have tried from command line and
We had a problem like this at a client site that turned out to be a problem
between McAfee Anti-vitus software and St. Bernard Open File Manager (OFM).
Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Pitur Ey~srsson
Sent:
You'll find it at:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/client/v5r1/Windows/WinNT/v511
The key to finding the code is that PTFs are in the
../tivoli-storage-management/maintenance directory structure, and patches
are in the ../tivoli-storage-management/patches
There was a problem where the bytes transferred in the summary table as
zero. It has been fixed in later patch levels. I'm not sure what the APAR
number is or the level where it was fixed.
If you need this data, turn on the accounting records. There is an
additional field Amount of backup files,
I'm at level 4.2.2.12 of the server on AIX and the summary table problems are still
there. I am currently writing a PMR on this.
Guillaume Gilbert
CGI Canada
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Thanks Andy for your quick response~~
My oversight.
Regards,
Matt
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From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LAN-free backup goes SAN, LAN, SAN
You'll find it at:
I have specified an exclude in my dsm.opt file as it appears in the TSM 4.2
manual Excluding System Files and I still receive the following error in my
dsmerror.log:
GetBackupStreamSize(C:\pagefile.sys): uc_CreateFile(): Win32 RC = 32.
TransWin32RC(): Win32 RC 32 from GetBackupStreamSize():
I believe that this only affects the summary table data, not the accounting
records. The accounting records are correct in the byte counts. I know you
can't get it with a simple SQL, but it's there. Can you speak PERL??
Bill
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
David Browne
I have specified an exclude in my dsm.opt file as it appears in
the TSM 4.2 manual Excluding System Files and I still receive the
following
error in my dsmerror.log:
Please cut and paste the exact pagefile.sys
Joshua,
The db and log are spread out among 8 Logical Subsystems.
Eliza
Eliza,
How many ranks (Logical Subsystems) is your DB and log spread out
across? For highest performance, try spreading the load across as many
spindles as possible.
--
Joshua S. Bassi
IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L,
Hello,
there is still a problem with the number of bytes
reported in the summary table for sessions that get
dropped and restarted. There is apar IC34462 on this
subject. This apar is currently opened and does not
have a fix/patch just yet.
It would be a good idea to open a pmr like you said
so
SSH is a much better way to talk remotely with a unix based machine.
Everything (including your login id and password) is encrypted. Plus the SSH
suite includes sftp with is ftp without the clear text passwords flying
around the internet. Also, I believe that the newer versions of TSM have 128
The problem is the summary table is broken right now. I just got off the
phone with Level 2. We think we have identified the cause of the problem.
As it turns out the SUMMARY table records are written by the control
session, not the actual backup sessions. What is happening is the control
In developing Servergraph/TSM, we've tried various techniques to see bytes
transferred.
The summary table has been unreliable;
The ANE49xx messages from the client that appear in the activity log have
been unreliable;
but the accounting log HAS been reliable.
One gotcha is that the total bytes
Question, we just finished installing just the client on a Unix machine running
Solaris 8. We upgraded the client to TSM 5.1 When we did the PKGRM for just the Tivoli
client software, (did not remove the TDP for Oracle) we noticed that we could not
bring the Oracle DB back up. It was looking
Hi, all,
I'm looking for a good tool for secure remote administration for AIX
boxes that have TSM servers and clients running. I'm not familiar with
this 'remote admin' concept. I was told not to use Telnet because is not
secure at all. Some suggested VSN + SSH. Can anyone share some insight?
The Amount of backup files, in kilobytes, sent by the client to the server
does include client retries (at least at 4.2.0 level). We've just
experienced this when a node that retries a huge file shows sending 19 GB
instead of the normal 8 GB.
Field 17 from the accounting record below shows this
Hi
anyone can help, I do I find out which priority process prempted my copy
process below
thanks for all the info
Cheers..
===
09/17/02 08:20:38 ANR2110I BACKUP STGPOOL started as process 79.
09/17/02 08:20:38 ANR1210I Backup of primary storage pool
OS_TAPEPOOL_SERVER
I've finally got the new 3584 library up and worked through all hardware
and TSM issues, and just finished with the first round of successful tests.
Looks sharp! Currently tuning the setup (disk, memory, network, TSM, etc).
Environment: AIX 4.3.3 ML10, pSeries 660-6H1, TSM 4.2 (5.1 next week)
to
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Chetan H. Ravnikar
anyone can help, I do I find out which priority process prempted my copy
process below
More information needed, guy. Why don't you feed us a little more of that
activity log, say about five minutes more of
Hi All,
I've had a new system dropped on me which has its config driven by the vendor rather
than from the IT end. As such I'm supposed make a backup recommendation.
The product backs up by using UFS functionality available in Solaris 8. This allows
one to issue an fssnap command, which
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