Re: TSM, Solaris and Fibre connected drives ?

2004-03-30 Thread Farren Minns
Was that going through a switch or are the fibre drives directly connected? The reason I ask is that I'm unsure how the OS picks up the new devices through a switch. We have a SAN, and I'm used to the fact that you have to tell the SAN which LUNS are available to which host (using the WWN), but as

Re: TSM linux client in the DMZ

2004-03-30 Thread David Henden
Hi Dan, Do you have to use the cad? Try running with dsmc schedule instead, and verify with netstat -an | grep 1501 Also, make sure nothing is blocking 1501by checking dsmerror.log. -David -- David Hendén Storage specialist Exist AB +46-(0)70-3992759 Dan Sveen Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: TSM linux client in the DMZ

2004-03-30 Thread Dan Sveen Olsen
Thank you!! :) It's working now. But why dsmc and not dsmcad? Dan -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Henden Sent: 30. mars 2004 11:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM linux client in the DMZ Hi Dan, Do you have to use the

Re: Copy a backup

2004-03-30 Thread David E Ehresman
The retention periods are different. Thanks. Any Ideas Generate Backupset

Re: TSM linux client in the DMZ

2004-03-30 Thread David Henden
Tcpclientport only changes the port for the scheduler. Use 'httpport' for changing the cad's port, although I am not sure if the cad is relaying the connection to the scheduler internally or if it just points out the schedulers port. You just might need to punch another hole in your firewall for

TSM client memory usage

2004-03-30 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
We are configure our new Lotus Domino servers and have some questions about the TSM client (Windows 2003 server) and how and how much memory it will/can use. These servers are going to be big, with 4-6TB of disk storage, to support 20-30K accounts. Nightly backups will probably be in the 100's of

No volumes updated?

2004-03-30 Thread Henrik Wahlstedt
Hello, If I run a script 'upd vol * access=offsite wherestg=copypool whereacc=readw,reado wherest=filling,full' I get following end in output, 'ANR2212I UPDATE VOLUME: No volumes updated'... Volumes get uppdated. Why? ANR2207I Volume 001383 updated. ANR2207I Volume 001387 updated. ANR2207I

Re: TSM linux client in the DMZ

2004-03-30 Thread Richard Sims
It's working now. But why dsmc and not dsmcad? Tcpclientport only changes the port for the scheduler. Use 'httpport' for changing the cad's port, although I am not sure if the cad is relaying the connection to the scheduler internally or if it just points out the schedulers port. Thanks to

Re: No volumes updated?

2004-03-30 Thread Amos Hagay
Those volumes are need to go to offsite, as part of DRM process, if yes issue the command move drmedia... Best Regards Amos Hagay Amos Hagay Services Support Tel: 972-(0)3-9201200 Fax: 972-(0)-3-9201281 Direct: 972-(0)3-9201292 Mobile: 972-(0)56-951309 www.ccc.co.il

Re: Copy a backup

2004-03-30 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Hi LIndy, The question as asked is rather vague, making it difficult to provide a more specific answer. As someone else suggested, perhaps GENERATE BACKUPSET would be the way to go. Otherwise when posing questions like this, it would help if you would provide more details about the requirement:

Rebinding backups of deleted files.

2004-03-30 Thread Alan Davenport
Hello Group, Just when you think you know how something works... I recently discovered that a user backup directory was not following standard naming conventions and for this reason I was keeping 1 year's worth of backups rather than 45 days. Their application creates unique names for

Re: No volumes updated?

2004-03-30 Thread Henrik Wahlstedt
Yes there is a possibilty to issue 'move drmedia'... But do that explain the message?!? //Henrik Amos Hagay [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IL cc: (bcc: Henrik Wahlstedt)

AW: Rebinding backups of deleted files.

2004-03-30 Thread Salak Juraj
1) restore, 2) backup (thus rebind) 3) delete See it positive - as a recovery test :-) regards juraj -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Alan Davenport [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. März 2004 16:07 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Rebinding backups of deleted files. Hello

sanity check, incremental probelms?

2004-03-30 Thread Warren, Matthew (Retail)
Hallo TSM'ers, Sun solaris, baclient V522 A mountpoint exists /app/sma/http There are files and directories under this mountpoint. When I; Cd /app/sma Dsmc Dsmc inc ./* -subdir=y I get a report that 2 objects were inspected and 0 backed up. But if I Cd / Dsmc inc /app/sma/* -subdir=y It

AW: sanity check, incremental probelms?

2004-03-30 Thread Salak Juraj
try dsmc incr * -subdir=yes -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Warren, Matthew (Retail) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. März 2004 16:45 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: sanity check, incremental probelms? Hallo TSM'ers, Sun solaris, baclient V522 A mountpoint exists

Re: No volumes updated?

2004-03-30 Thread Amos Hagay
I had this problem once in TSM 4.1.6 2 year ago and I solve it with move drmedia After u issue the mode drmedia ... copy=copypool s=dbs to state=vault... You need to check which of the volumes became vaultretrive and the issue the command: 1. MOVE DRMEDIA * SOURCE=DBS

Re: sanity check, incremental probelms?

2004-03-30 Thread Warren, Matthew (Retail)
Although I havent tried your suggestion, it did remind me my Dsmc /app/sma/* -subdir=y Would have been expanding the * to the dir entries under /app/sma, hence the backup that does occurr. My questionis now, Can anyone remind me of how incremental tsm backups behave when they hit

installation problem

2004-03-30 Thread Smith, Rachel
I am testing restoring TSM server but it crashes when it tries to read from the DB tapes, the error message on the server is something like unable to allocate raw volume Has anyone ever come across this? Can you tell me what the correct procedure is to restore TSM server. Thanks.

Re: Rebinding backups of deleted files.

2004-03-30 Thread Prather, Wanda
How about: 1) Pull a list of all those files from TSM with SELECT 2) write a script that creates an empty dummy file of the same name 3) backup (thus rebing) 3) delete -Original Message- From: Salak Juraj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:33 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: installation problem

2004-03-30 Thread Amos Hagay
1. format the DB and Logs with dsmserv format vols command 2. restore db source=dbb todate=today preview=y (to see is it take the correct volume, if its correct replace it with preview=n) Its in case u have the volhist and devconfig file. Best Regards Amos Hagay Amos Hagay

PERL question for dsmaccnt.log queries ?

2004-03-30 Thread Justin Case
Hi all I am not a PERL programmer so I could use some help with a script that would query the TSM accounting log (dsmaccnt.log) to pull out the amount of data backed up in a 24 hour period (last 24 hours). If someone could share it with me that would be great. Or if someone knows of a better

System State backup error

2004-03-30 Thread Robert Ouzen
Hi to all When trying to backup the system state of my Windows 2003 Exchange server got on my dsmerror.log this message: 03/30/2004 17:28:28 CreateSnapshotSet(): AddToSnapshotSet() returns hr=VSS_E_UNEXPECTED_PROVIDER_ERROR I have two others computer (Domain Controller) and there the system

TSM and Time zone/daylight savings time FAQ Technote#1164535

2004-03-30 Thread Sam Giallanza
New technote on Daylight Savings Time (TSM). Title * TSM and Time Zone/Daylight Savings Time FAQ

Re: PERL question for dsmaccnt.log queries ?

2004-03-30 Thread Amos Hagay
Use can use the TSM reporter or run the a select sentence : select entity as Node,sum(bytes)/1024/1024 as MB from summary where (activity='BACKUP' or activity='ARCHIVE') and cast((current_timestamp-end_time)hours as decimal)24 group by entity Best Regards Amos Hagay Amos

Re: PERL question for dsmaccnt.log queries ?

2004-03-30 Thread Mike Bantz
You might want to look at TSM Operational Reporting: Download: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/techprev/tsmopr eport/latest/ Docs: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/TSMCW/GC32-0784-02/en_US/HTML/anrwqs 52249.htm We've got this reporting to us every day, and

Re: PERL question for dsmaccnt.log queries ?

2004-03-30 Thread Richard Sims
Hi all I am not a PERL programmer so I could use some help with a script that would query the TSM accounting log (dsmaccnt.log) to pull out the amount of data backed up in a 24 hour period (last 24 hours). ... Justin - I provide the solid basis for one at

Re: System State backup error

2004-03-30 Thread Amos Hagay
Robert Hi, This problem will solve in ver 5.2.3 according to IBM Best Regards Amos Hagay Amos Hagay Services Support Tel: 972-(0)3-9201200 Fax: 972-(0)-3-9201281 Direct: 972-(0)3-9201292 Mobile: 972-(0)56-951309 www.ccc.co.il -Original Message- From: Robert

AW: PERL question for dsmaccnt.log queries ?

2004-03-30 Thread Salak Juraj
I use following: dsmadmc Select sum(cast(bytes/1024/1024 as decimal(10,3))) as Backuped MB from summary where start_timecurrent_timestamp - 1 day and activity='BACKUP' The above is 1 long line. If runnig from within a script run dsmadmc with -ID -PASSW and -DATAONLY=YES Parameters regards

Re: PERL question for dsmaccnt.log queries ?

2004-03-30 Thread Justin Case
Thanks you all very much for replies. Justin Amos Hagay [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 03/30/2004 10:41:33 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: PERL question

Device mount deadlock?

2004-03-30 Thread Salak Juraj
Hello all, I know TSM does recognise and solve deadlocks. However, this seems like deadlock for me??? regards Juraj tsm: AOHBACKUP01q mount ANR8333I FILE volume V:\TSM\RECLAIMPOOL1\1DF4.BFS is mounted R/W, status: IN USE. ANR8376I Mount point reserved in device class RECLAIM1, status:

Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange)

2004-03-30 Thread Wayne Prasek
I'm wondering what the best strategy to get a month end backup of Exchange going. We would like to keep the backup for an indefinite amount of time (most likely a few years). The backup tape(s) will be sent offsite. Currently we have a nightly backup of Exchange which expires after 30 days. I

Re: Rebinding backups of deleted files.

2004-03-30 Thread Ted Byrne
Wanda's suggestion is a good one. There are a few things you should consider if you elect to take this route: 1) Before doing anything, check whether it will necessary to increase the verdeleted for this MC, so as to not inadvertently expire the client's data prematurely. (If verdeleted is

Copy a backup

2004-03-30 Thread Crawford, Lindy
Good Day TSMers, Please HELP..we do db2 backups to TSM on a daily basis. What I would like to do to satify our auditors is make a copy of the backup taken on Friday nights to a storage pool that I've called weekly. I do not want to move the data, but make a copy of that backup set taken as

Re: Copy a backup

2004-03-30 Thread David E Ehresman
GENERATE BACKUPSET [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/29/2004 7:06:15 AM Good Day TSMers, Please HELP..we do db2 backups to TSM on a daily basis. What I would like to do to satify our auditors is make a copy of the backup taken on Friday nights to a storage pool that I've called weekly. I do not want to

Re: Copy a backup

2004-03-30 Thread Bill Boyer
DB2 will not be able to restore this data from a BACKUPSET. You will probably have to backup the DB2 database(s) again under a different nodename that is bound to a different management class pointing to this storage pool. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor

Re: Rebinding backups of deleted files.

2004-03-30 Thread Alex Paschal
Hi, Alan. A bit of C hacking and you can use the API Client to rebind anything you want. Alex Paschal Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -Original Message- From: Alan Davenport [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 6:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange)

2004-03-30 Thread Del Hoobler
Wayne, Many customers that I have talked to use one of two methods: 1. Create a secondary TSM Node name (for example: EXCSERVER1_MONTHLY) and create special management classes to to define the policy that you want. Then, run a separate FULL (or COPY) backup once a month using the

Error on startup about scheduler service, MSCS

2004-03-30 Thread Rogelio Bazán Reyes
Hi, the sched service for a clusternode could not start. In the dsmsched.log the messages are like this: *03/30/2004 12:35:44 Querying server for next scheduled event. 03/30/2004 12:35:44 Node Name: CRITC 03/30/2004 12:35:45 Please enter your user id CRITC: ANS1029E Communications have been

Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange)

2004-03-30 Thread Ochs, Duane
I use a second server name for long term retention and some logic in the CMD file to chose which day to run it. Separate options file with the retention period and could even use separate disk pool if you want. Duane Ochs Enterprise Computing Quad/Graphics Inc Sussex, Wisconsin -Original

Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange)

2004-03-30 Thread Redell, Greg S.
I looked into this a while ago but I never got as far as answering this question: With the way that Exchange implements its backups, if you did a full backup to a different storage pool w/ different name. Would you have to follow that backup with a full to your normal backup pool so that the

Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange)

2004-03-30 Thread Ochs, Duane
I only run fulls. Easier for recovery. 12 exchange servers some over 40 gb. We had a requirement to be able to get the exchange servers back in 4 hours, would not be able to do that with incrementals or differentials. So we opted for fulls every day. 400 gb X 10 days daily retention and 3 years

Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange)

2004-03-30 Thread Coats, Jack
I have been thinking over this option for someone else. One option is to set up a separate tape pool (with copy pool if you want two copies), and set up a management class for it that expires data after x years. Only do a monthly backup of Exchange to this pool. And make the copypool version if

Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange)

2004-03-30 Thread Richard Cowen
You might read the manual around the backup command, looking at the COPY type of backup. Note in the include/exclude configuration where you can specify a different MC for the different types of backup. Consider using a different MC for FULL and COPY backup types... -Original Message-

Re: Copy a backup

2004-03-30 Thread Steven Pemberton
On Monday 29 March 2004 23:21, Crawford, Lindy wrote: Good Day TSMers, Please HELP..we do db2 backups to TSM on a daily basis. What I would like to do to satify our auditors is make a copy of the backup taken on Friday nights to a storage pool that I've called weekly. I do not want to

AW: Error on startup about scheduler service, MSCS

2004-03-30 Thread Christian Wadl
Hello, Have a look at the Client Users Guide - there is a special section dealing with Cluster Installation - there is also a description how to set the password correctly again, if its expired on the server and the clustered TSM Client scheduler was not able to replicate the changes over to the

Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange)

2004-03-30 Thread David Smith
I assume that a month end backup will be used to restore individual mail items/boxes where required sometime down the track. How about using ExMerge (sp?) to create .PST files once a month and archive them? Should make restoration much easier as well as being a simple task to create and track

Re: Copy a backup

2004-03-30 Thread Steve Harris
Time to weigh in here. 1. DB2 backups are API backups. Generate backupset will not work. 2. DB2 backups are different to other backups. the db2adutl program is used to expire them. TSM holds indefinitely until db2adutl explicity deletes. So what is necessary is to examine your DB2 processes

Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange)

2004-03-30 Thread Ochs, Duane
PSTs increase the overall backup significantly. The PSTs could be 5 - 10 times the size of the exchange infostore. We do use our long term backups regularly and have run into a number of problems using the whole DB. OS level of the restore server, SP level of exchange, log file problems on the

Re: Element addresses for new scsi LTO drive

2004-03-30 Thread CORP Rick Willmore
Just FYI to everyone I restarted my TSM server and I was able to add the path and drive that I was having so much difficulty with.. ADSM = Windows??? Thanks for all the assistance people. R -Original Message- From: Orville Lantto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004

Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange)

2004-03-30 Thread David Smith
Yes, the PST files will be bigger given that they store all the messages and attachments for each mailbox in seperate files. If you have a lot of mail traffic to internal groups you will notice the growth as Exchange only needs to store 1 copy of an attachment per database regardless of the

Re: PERL question for dsmaccnt.log queries ?

2004-03-30 Thread Justin Case
How do I get the ToTals that I need? Jusutin Amos Hagay [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 03/30/2004 10:41:33 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: PERL question