Re: Win2000 Restore

2003-03-20 Thread Coolen, IG (Ilja)
Hi there guys, There's a great redbook covering the Windows 2000 restore in detail, including the meaning and sence of it all. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/pubs/pdfs/redbooks/sg246141.pdf http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/ tips/Recover.asp Also take a

Re: License Pricing

2003-03-20 Thread Cahill, Ricky
The pricing is probably great for new users as the actual server prices are down a lot, but as we installed our system 4 years ago we got stung for the high server pricing and now we're upgrading clients we're getting stung for that as well. Was hopeing to get our three main SQL boxes moved to

Re: overland tape library?

2003-03-20 Thread Cahill, Ricky
I use a rack full of Neo 2000's to do our DR restores through, apart from working out the initial changes (as I use an STKL180) it's always worked pretty well. Only thing I do dislike is the cap size, on the STK you have a nice big 10 slot cap, on the stacked neos you configure up each to have a

Backing up HPUX on Itanium

2003-03-20 Thread Arni Eggertsson
Hey there guys A customer of mine recently bought two HP Itanium2 Boxes and is running Oracle 9.2 RAC on them. When he called us and wanted to back these machines up we hit a brick wall. According to Tivoli we will not see Oracle client for HPUX Itanium2 until late October or November.

TSM Client on zOS

2003-03-20 Thread Chris Harris
Hi ! I am trying to find information on using the TSM client on zOS to backup/archive traditional MVS datasets rather than HFS. Can anybody point me any hints/tips/Redbooks ? Thanks Chris Harris Technical Architect Striva Technology Ltd. Regus House, Oxford Rd, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1HR

Novell Client Problems

2003-03-20 Thread Kamp, Bruce
Environment: Server: TSM 5.1.1.6 on AIX 4.3.3 Client: TSM 5.1.5.15 on Netware 6 In my dsmerror.log I keep getting the following errors: 03/20/2003 00:59:50 sessSendVerb: Error sending Verb, rc: -50 03/20/2003 00:59:51 sessSendVerb: Error sending Verb, rc: -50 03/20/2003 00:59:52 sessSendVerb:

Informix backup

2003-03-20 Thread Mario Behring
Hi list, Can I use the native backup from Informix, OnBar, to perform its own backup and then use the TSM Backup/Archive Client to copy this data to a tape storage pool ? Has anybody done that ? The reason I ask is because we do not have the TDP for Informix to perform online backup with TSM.

Re: Informix backup

2003-03-20 Thread Niklas Lundstrom
Hello Sure, no problem. We use a preschedulecommand to run ontape to backup to a file and the backup tat file using TSM. Regards Niklas -Original Message- From: Mario Behring [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 20 mars 2003 14:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Informix backup Hi list,

3466 End of Support

2003-03-20 Thread Talafous, John G.
I posted a query late last year with subject 3466 End-of-Life wondering if anyone else has been informed of a perceived end of life cycle for the 3466. At that point in time, no one was aware of any announcement. Is this still the case? Is the 3466 supported after April 15, 2003? How many other

flie name too long - Windows NT 4.0/SP6a - Client 4.1.3.0

2003-03-20 Thread Engels Jan-Erik
Hello All, we are currently running a 4.1.3.0-Client to backup an Window NT 4.0-Server. Now that our path-name--file-name-length has grown, the sheduler cannot handle it anymore: ANS4018E Error processing '\\computername\g$': file name too long We cannot alway control what all the users are

Re: 3466 End of Support

2003-03-20 Thread Jolliff, Dale
Last I heard (from an unofficial source) was that there were around 200 installations left. Second level support told me at one point that the upgrade to TSM version 5.x would mark the end of 3466 support - at that point, support would simply be broken up into respective hardware, AIX and TSM

TDP for Exchange - 5mb/s throughput?

2003-03-20 Thread Steve Schaub
We are running TDP-E on a Compaq 4way Xeon w/4gb mem. We backup 40gb in around 2.25 hrs, which comes out in the range of 5mb/s. We have run the backup across the fast ethernet and also the gig-e connection, with no apparent difference. The box does not show any cpu or memory hit during the

Re: TDP for Exchange - 5mb/s throughput?

2003-03-20 Thread Hart, Charles
We see 10/11Mbs transfer rate over 100mb to Gig-e. Remember even if you have Gig-e your bottleneck will be your slowest link. (IE 100mb which max transfer rate is 10mbs) You may also want to verify that none of your LAN links are set to auto negotiate as that will always screw things up.

Re: Informix backup

2003-03-20 Thread Mario Behring
Hi Niklas, Can you be more specific ? What is this preschedule command you use ? Sorry, I am no Informix DBA. Thanks. Best regards, Mario Niklas Lundstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hello Sure, no problem. We use a preschedulecommand to run ontape to backup to a file and the backup tat file using

SELECT STATEMENT NOT WORKING

2003-03-20 Thread Joni Moyer
Hello, I am really not having luck with this statement. I am receiving

Re: Informix backup

2003-03-20 Thread Niklas Lundstrom
Hello I'm not an Informix dba either...But it's pretty straigt forward This is the backupcommand that we run as a preschedulercommand: onmode -uy shutdown of database ontape -s -L 0 E:\server\scripts\enter.txt When you run ontape you have to press enter, the enter.txt files contain one

Re: Win2000 Restore

2003-03-20 Thread Prather, Wanda
I don't think the Redbook on TSM Win2K deals with user profiles, as they assume you are backing up servers and most people don't care about the desktop profile for server administrators. We back up about 400 Win2K pro machines, so the profile matters to us. 1) When you reinstall the new

Re: Win2000 Restore

2003-03-20 Thread Robertson, G Louis (BearingPoint)
Jack, I have a presched .bat file that contains the following line: ntbackup backup systemstate /f C:\Systemstate.bkf /m copy This is the command line version of Microsoft Backup program usually found under Start:Programs:Accessories:System Tools:Backup . This command will start the MS Backup

domino does backup, but cannot restore???

2003-03-20 Thread Michelle Wiedeman
Hi all! Win2000, lotus domino 5 tdp client 1.1.1.0 The log files and the tsm server indicate that backup has been successful, but when I want to restore a file from the tdp-client there are no restorable files available. *SCREECH!* In the command file and the opt file everything seems to be ok,

AW: Win2000 Restore

2003-03-20 Thread Stefan Holzwarth
NTBACKUP doesn't care about userprofiles - maybe important for services running under a useraccount with a special environment/registry. (my experience until now is that you do not need ntbackup) Regards Stefan Holzwarth -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Robertson, G Louis (BearingPoint)

Re: SELECT STATEMENT NOT WORKING

2003-03-20 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Joni, Your observations are symptomatic of APARs IC28825 and IC34609. You can find more detail about these by going to the IBM web site (www.ibm.com) and doing a search on these APAR numbers. You need to hard-code a value in your date criterion, although this could be automated through the

Re: domino does backup, but cannot restore???

2003-03-20 Thread Marc Lowers
Do you mean you can't see them through the GUI? Try running a query from the command line on the file you needeg. domdsmc q dbbackup mail\example.nsf /adsmnode=server /adsmpwd=password /inact This will list all backup versions of the file you are looking for. If it doesn't show there then

Backup Profiles

2003-03-20 Thread Torsten Strecke
Hi, when backing up the user profiles on serveral NetWare 5/6-servers I want to exclude the *.lnk-files in the specified profiles (e.g. Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Profile\Recent) because they waste capacity on the database. Unfortunately the filters I made in the dsm.opt-file don t work

Re: domino does backup, but cannot restore???

2003-03-20 Thread Adam J. Boyer
Hi Michelle, Have the restores worked successfully in the past with your current configuration? Are you backing up transaction logs? Please mention a little bit more background info. adam Michelle Wiedeman [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL

Re: domino does backup, but cannot restore???

2003-03-20 Thread Del Hoobler
Michelle, What do you mean there are no restorable files available? Are you using the command-line? or the GUI? From the command-line, if you issue: DOMDSMC Query DBBackup * /SUBDIR=YES do you see any backups? How about? DOMDSMC Query DBBackup * /SUBDIR=YES /SERVER=servername Make

Re: TDP for Exchange - 5mb/s throughput?

2003-03-20 Thread Prather, Wanda
Could be anything - a switch somewhere between you and the H50, or even the PCI bus in the Compaq. First thing I would suggest is trying an FTP. You can do that from a DOS window. Take a fairly large file (at least 100MB, preferably larger) and FTP it to a temp directory on your H50. Do it 4-5

Re: Backup Profiles

2003-03-20 Thread Andrew Raibeck
No problems with EXCLUDE that I am aware of. However, if this is your actual EXCLUDE syntax: exclude.dir vol1:...\Windows NT *.* Workstation Profile\Recent\ Then it needs to be fixed. If the file specification contains blank spaces (as does the one you mentioned), then it must be enclosed in

Re: flie name too long - Windows NT 4.0/SP6a - Client 4.1.3.0

2003-03-20 Thread Andrew Raibeck
See APAR IC27346 for information on this. You can find it on the IBM web site, www.ibm.com, by doing a search on the APAR number. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet

Exchange cross system restore?

2003-03-20 Thread Coats, Jack
I have multiple exchange servers with TDP on them. I have another Exchange server used for DR purposes only. I would like to restore one of the Exchange servers to my DR Exchange server. I went into the TDPExchange/dsm.opt and changed the node name to the name of one of the production servers,

TSM Client on zOS

2003-03-20 Thread Sam Sheppard
Top of message -- 03-20-03 08:04 S.SHEPPARD (SHS)TSM Client on zOS Not possible. DFSMShsm is the proper method to backup z/OS or OS/390 files. TSM can only be used for HFS. Sam Sheppard San Diego Data Processing Corp.

Re: Exchange cross system restore?

2003-03-20 Thread Kamp, Bruce
Read the Red Book Using Tivoli Data protection for Microsoft Exchange. The procedures are in there. I have done it a couple of times to recovery a delete mailbox -- Bruce Kamp Midrange Systems Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P:

SunOS 5.8 ?

2003-03-20 Thread Shannon Bach
I just received a request to install a TSM client for a SunOS 5.8. As I have never had the slightest contact with this type of client server before I don't even know what to look for as far as clients go. When I went and looked at IBM for client requirements I found Sun Solaris 2.6, 7, or 8, but

Stdlist incomplete running Cobol program

2003-03-20 Thread Davide Giacomazzi
Hello everybody. I'm trying to run a job which calls a Cobol program; the job succeeds, but I can't see the part of stdlist concerning the output from Cobol program, while I can see it when I run the program from a command line. Thanks in advance, Davide Giacomazzi System Engineer Arca Vita Spa

Re: Exchange cross system restore?

2003-03-20 Thread Murray, Jim
Not sure about Exchange but it is probably like SQL Server 7 in that it really does not like name changes especially if you are in the 5.5 range. You will probalbly have to install exchange with the production name then restore. More of a Microsoft thing than a Tivoli thing. Jim Murray Senior

Re: SunOS 5.8 ?

2003-03-20 Thread Cowperthwaite, Eric
SunOS 5.8, Solaris 8 and Solaris 2.8 all refer to the same operating system. Eric W. Cowperthwaite EDS Operations Solutions California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) (916)859-6809 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Shannon Bach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 8:17

Re: SunOS 5.8 ?

2003-03-20 Thread Poetzsch,Robert E.
Solaris 2.6 is SunOS kernel 5.6 Solaris 7 is SunOS kernel 5.7 Solaris 8 is SunOS kernel 5.8 They changed their naming convention a few years ago... -Bob Poetzsch Tivoli Storage Manager - System Administrator Enterprise Computing Services UCONN Health Center Farmington, CT 06030-5205

Re: SunOS 5.8 ?

2003-03-20 Thread Marco Spagnuolo
Shannon, 5.8 actually refers to Sun Solaris 8 5.9 refers to 9, etc.. Marco Spagnuolo System Administrator University of Windsor (IT Services) 401 Sunset Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 (519) 253-4232 Ext. 2769 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shannon Bach

Re: Select for tapes mounted for a retrieve operation

2003-03-20 Thread Prather, Wanda
I don't think that is recorded anywhere. No way to get it from a SELECT that I know of. -Original Message- From: Wholey, Joseph (IDS DMDS) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 8:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Select for tapes mounted for a retrieve operation

IBM/TSM web site errors

2003-03-20 Thread Prather, Wanda
As far as I can tell, the new IBM TSM web site is completely non functional. I can't click the DOWNLOADS or APARS link without getting an error. I can't get far enough to log in. Is anybody else having this problem? And does anybody know who we should call to report the web site down?

Re: IBM/TSM web site errors

2003-03-20 Thread Davidson, Becky
They have a link on the front page of the software site that says they have network issues. I think most of IBM is down because I can't get documentation on SAN microcode. -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 1:06 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: select statement similar to query client schedules

2003-03-20 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: Joni Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a user that would like the output of the query the schedule event records for the users to be sorted in alphebetical order by the node name instead of the start time of the output. Is there a select statement that can pull out the same

define drive difficulties

2003-03-20 Thread Malloy, Kevin
ADSM/TSM'ers, TSM server version 4.2.2.0 running on AIX 4.3.3. My command : DEFINE DRIVE 3494A 3494AD89 DEVICE=/DEV/RTM9 is failing with the following: 03/20/03 13:04:29 ANR8779E Unable to open drive /dev/rmt9, error number=16. 03/20/03 13:04:29 ANR8420E DEFINE DRIVE: An I/O error occurred while

Re: define drive difficulties

2003-03-20 Thread Richard Sims
TSM server version 4.2.2.0 running on AIX 4.3.3. My command : DEFINE DRIVE 3494A 3494AD89 DEVICE=/DEV/RTM9 is failing with the following: 03/20/03 13:04:29 ANR8779E Unable to open drive /dev/rmt9, error number=16. 03/20/03 13:04:29 ANR8420E DEFINE DRIVE: An I/O error occurred while accessing

Re: IBM/TSM web site errors

2003-03-20 Thread Richard Cowen
Its working for me. http://www-3.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManag er.html click downloads and get to: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=663tc=SSGSG7dc=D400rankprofile =8 which has links (example patches to server v5 and ask you to login:

Re: Prompted mode backups did not start

2003-03-20 Thread David E Ehresman
A restart of the TSM server cleared whatever condition was keeping it from initiating prompted backups. Support is looking at trace info. David [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/19/03 02:46PM Hi David, Haven't seen this on v5.1.1.6 -- would sure like to know how it gets resolved... have a customer

TSM Storage agent for Linux

2003-03-20 Thread Jacque Mergens
Has anyone here began using the storage agent for Linux to perform lan free backups? If so, how well is it working for you? Jacque

Re: License Pricing

2003-03-20 Thread Ted Byrne
Doesn't the new licensing scheme result in 1) higher prices for = clients, but 2) lower prices for the server. ... So if you plan to back up a just a small number of clients, you may = actually come out cheaper? Can anyone confirm this (possibly erroneous) opinion? Tivoli certainly doesn't make it

Error ANS1357S w/OS390-AIX

2003-03-20 Thread Mario Novelli
I'm having a problem and can't figure out what happened or how to fix. I've inherited Tivoli V4.2 on OS390. We are currently backing up several AIX boxes with Oracle DB's on them. This basically consist of a server backup part and the Oracle DB using the Oracle TDP (not sure it that's the

Re: Error ANS1357S w/OS390-AIX

2003-03-20 Thread Richard Sims
... Everything was running fine till 3/18. One of the AIX machines starting getting the ANS1357S error. I did not perform any maint on the 390 server and none was done on the AIX system, its still running v4.1.something. When you fire Tivoli up on the AIX system via dsm the X-window displays

Re: License Pricing

2003-03-20 Thread Steve Harris
So, Disk is cheap. Buy some cheap disk, backup to that and then move from there to TSM. No additional licence needed and not a lot of complex setup. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20/03/2003 19:20:15 The pricing is probably great for new users as the actual server prices are down a lot, but as we

Re: Problem with a library

2003-03-20 Thread Roger Deschner
I have a PMR open with TSM Support right now about this, concerning an ATL P7000 library. My problem is that AUDIT LIBRARY does not detect moved Cleaner tapes. I'm currently generating some traces for them. Call TSM Support. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL

Re: define drive difficulties

2003-03-20 Thread PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)
Please do this Lsdev -Cc tape Then make sure that u used smitty devicesTivoli storage manager devicesTape Driveadd a tape drivepress enter on the drive which needs to be installed. Else check on that it is available and ready.i.e List a defined tape drive. Else Cofigure a defined atpe drive.

Re: License Pricing

2003-03-20 Thread J M
I think all large TSM sites should leverage CA, Legato, and Veritas competitive price quotes so that IBM wakes up to smell the reality-- large businesses are not printing cash and the bottom line still matters! From: Kelly J. Lipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: Informix backup

2003-03-20 Thread Ganu Sachin, IBM
If you want to use onbar for your backup, you have to use Storage Manager that makes use of XBSA. Onbar is meant to work that way Regards Sachin -Original Message- From: Mario Behring [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 7:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]