Re: File space size is 0

2004-10-27 Thread Jurjen Oskam
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 01:57:57PM -0500, Stapleton, Mark wrote: I have taken backup of oracle database using TDP for oracle. The [...] Data backed up through the TSM API does not show up in QUERY FILESPACE commands. The TDP for Oracle does create filespaces that show up in QUERY

Re: Tips on backing up over slow networks please

2004-10-27 Thread John Naylor
Neil, A thankless task There is no magic tweak to TSM that will make it go faster than its bottleneck, in your case the network will allow. One option might be to look at centralised servers, but if this is not possible, then you need to work out the best speed your network link will provide say

Re: Client connection severed

2004-10-27 Thread Geert De Pecker
Hi, Just to keep you posted: the connection with client severed error went away after changing the session timeout for ports 1500 and 1501 on the firewall. Thanks all, Geert ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 26/10/2004 16:05:11: Talk to the person who manages the firewall.

Re: To know what are empty scratch volumes in a pool

2004-10-27 Thread AMHOUCHE Youssef
the q libvol command will show you the scratch volumes. -Message d'origine- De : ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] la part de Sandra Envoyé : mardi 26 octobre 2004 18:36 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : To know what are empty scratch volumes in a pool Dear All, Please give

rebinding and changing stgpool destination

2004-10-27 Thread Warren, Matthew (Retail)
Hello TSM'ers, I thought, although I cant now remember where I heard it from, that there were some points to be aware of when rebinding files to a new mgmt class when that management class also directed data to a new stgpool. The files do not move from the old stgpool to the new automagically;

Re: Tips on backing up over slow networks please

2004-10-27 Thread Warren, Matthew (Retail)
Hi Neil, I'd agree with John, having had to try similar things myself. In the end, its down to how big your pipes are and how much data needs to get through them. This is a situation where clearly identifying important data and restore requirements may help to limit the data being sent through to

Re: Poor restore performance Windows-client

2004-10-27 Thread Warren, Matthew (Retail)
Also, perhaps the index records on a tape or tapes used for the restore has become corrupt, and the slow restore time could be due to the tape index being rebuilt as as TSM seeks through the tape. Matt. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Cristie MBR

2004-10-27 Thread Sergey Chernyaev
Hello all Anybody used Cristie BMR with TSM? I have a few questions about it. WBR, Sergey

Re: File space size is 0

2004-10-27 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jurjen Oskam On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 01:57:57PM -0500, Stapleton, Mark wrote: Data backed up through the TSM API does not show up in QUERY FILESPACE commands. The TDP for Oracle does create filespaces that show up in QUERY

Re: Client connection severed

2004-10-27 Thread Darren DeLuisa
Richard, does the keepalive option work on Windows TSM clients as well? I wanted to look up the DOC, but my account login isn't working and I couldn't find anything in the User Manual. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/26/2004 10:13:17 AM Geert - Some further info on your firewall problem... Your posting

Re: Poor restore performance Windows-client

2004-10-27 Thread John Naylor
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hagery Last week we did a restore of 15 MB and 4000 small html-files. The performance was bad, it took 57 minutes to restore the 4000 html-files and 15 MB. The back-up is very fast. FTP between client and server is also

Re: Open file and image backups on Linux

2004-10-27 Thread Stef Coene
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 23:04, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: The mail system resides on an AIX server. The storage is in a SAN ! For the OS, it is irrelevant since you would have to reinstall AIX, anyway !. That's easy, use an mksysb to backup the rootvg, I don't understand why you ever

Re: Tips on backing up over slow networks please

2004-10-27 Thread Joe Crnjanski
Just one more tip. You will probably need to increase commtimeout and idletimeout in dsmserv.opt (server parameter) By IBM support we have commtimeout=120 (seconds) and idletimeout=30 (minutes). Those values are mostly based on experience. When you start playing with those parameters watch

Re: Cristie MBR

2004-10-27 Thread Joe Crnjanski
Works great if you don't change hardware. Joe Crnjanski Infinity Network Solutions Inc. Phone: 416-235-0931 x26 Fax: 416-235-0265 Web: www.infinitynetwork.com -Original Message- From: Sergey Chernyaev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:26 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: rebinding and changing stgpool destination

2004-10-27 Thread Prather, Wanda
You are correct, the files do not move from the old stgpool to the new. Changing the mgmt class just changes the stgpool destination for NEW backups. You can move the old stuff to the new pool via MOVE NODEDATA if you want. The only weirdness I can think of is that rebinding occurs only when you

Re: Cristie MBR

2004-10-27 Thread Sergey Chernyaev
I want test this software and install it today. But when I run Do DR Backup, in logs write ERROR: FSS0012: File not found for all files on selected drive C: What's wrong? And CBMR node must be in policy domain STANDARD or node may be in any policy domain with required values of verexists and

Re: Cristie MBR

2004-10-27 Thread Joe Crnjanski
I haven't used it for a long time, but I remember there is special requirements for backup copy group values and for client node settings. I think it is Backup delete allowed=yes, but everything is in the manual. You cannot escape this; YOU HAVE TO READ THE MANUAL. If this doesn't help try

Re: Cristie MBR

2004-10-27 Thread Sergey Chernyaev
Joe, Ok, thanks. ( i've read the manual :) ) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Crnjanski Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cristie MBR I haven't used it for a long time, but I

AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
This is from a co-worker FWIW, the TSM server is 5.2.3.2 on AIX 5.1. No hardware or network changes ! * The incremental backup for this server last worked correctly on October 23. The October 24 incremental failed

Re: AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Richard Sims
... ANS1225E Insufficient memory for file compression/expansion ... ANS1030E System ran out of memory. Process ended. ... Zoltan - See the ANS1030E summary in ADSM QuickFacts. IBM's message title harks back to Charlie Chaplin and the 1986 IBM PC, where physical memory was all there was. The

Re: Tips on backing up over slow networks please

2004-10-27 Thread Coats, Jack
Turn compression on, not good for the server storage or client CPU availability, but there is less to transmit. But know your content (don't compress images, etc). Make sure you only backup what you need to! Are there some files that change daily in the user applications that really are temp

password access generate and RMAN

2004-10-27 Thread CORP Rick Willmore
Can I use the Oracle TDP and RMAN with the TSM client password set to generate? I thought I read or heard that that wasnt possible. R.

Backups being: Canceled by Administrator

2004-10-27 Thread Coats, Jack
I have an ongoing problem that I have not been able to crack. I issue a 'cancel ses all' at 6:55 and 7:00 AM M-F, and for backup that are till running, they get canned and all is well. Ok, not really, but as well as they will be. My problem is I am having the same type of message showing up

Re: AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
We gleaned this but the answer is NOT ACCEPTABLE. Nothing has changed that could explain this error. We have another IDENTICAL system (same hardware, same OS level, same TSM client level, etc) that has 3-5 MILLION MORE files and it backups up, daily, just fine ! In fact, until this problem

Re: File space size is 0

2004-10-27 Thread Jurjen Oskam
On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 07:31:14AM -0500, Stapleton, Mark wrote: If you'll read my response, I didn't say that the filespaces wouldn't appear. I said that data backed up from that filespace doesn't show up; i.e., the filespace shows 0 MB. Sorry, you're right. Missed that completely. --

Re: password access generate and RMAN

2004-10-27 Thread Steve S Lafrance
Hi ! If it is on a Windows platform ...you can then use the passwordaccess generate (like the regular client). However, on Unix platform...this is true ..you need to use the passwordaccess prompt. Check the book: . http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/ITSMFD/SC32-9064-01/en_US/PDF/ab5u0001.pdf

Re: password access generate and RMAN

2004-10-27 Thread Bill Boyer
Depends on the OS...for some you must specify PROMPT, others it's GENERATE. The TDP Oracle manual for your platform lists the requirements. You didn't specify the OS you'll be using, so I can't be more specific. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager

Re: AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Wheelock, Michael D
Hi, I am by far and away no expert, but here is what I would do Since nothing has changed on the server, I would guess that the problem is in the file you are trying to back up. Can you turn on tracing or backup by hand to see what file it is chewing on when it dies? There may be

Re: AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Any thoughts/feedback from IBM ? Remember that those IBMers who contribute to this list are under no obligation to do so. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Berbee Information Networks Office

Re: password access generate and RMAN

2004-10-27 Thread CORP Rick Willmore
Linux.. and I confirmed .. prompt :( Thanks guys. R. -Original Message- From: Bill Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: password access generate and RMAN Depends on the OS...for some you must specify PROMPT,

How to determine sense code means?

2004-10-27 Thread Nancy L Backhaus
Background: TSM Version 5.2.3.4 Op System: AIX 5.1.5.0 Library: Adic Scaler, I200, partioned library, (12 drives) I am trying to figure out what this error means in the AIX, errpt. ADSM_DD_LOG4, looks like when our librarians are opening the bulk door for the one library (no biggie, more

Re: AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Tried this. Worked just fine. Backed up the whole directory, no issues, no failures, etc. Wheelock, Michael D [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/27/2004 01:05 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject

Re: AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Tried this. Worked just fine. Backed up the whole directory, no issues, no failures, etc. To be honest, the files you appeared to be choking on were from /var/spool. This directory generally contains only

Re: AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Not in this situation. This is a Cyrus email system using imap. *ALL* user mailboxes are in /var/spool/imap and /../imap2 and so on. These are permanent files. The directory in the error message contains over 22K files. Stapleton, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager

Re: How to determine sense code means?

2004-10-27 Thread Paul Zarnowski
I believe you can interpret it as follows: Sense key: 06 Additional Sense Code (ASC): 28 Additional Sense Code Qualifier (ASCQ): 01 Looking this up in my Scalar 1 SCSI Reference shows that this sense info indicates that the Insert/Eject station door was opened. I'm guessing it means the same

Re: AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Richard Sims
... We have another IDENTICAL system (same hardware, same OS level, same TSM client level, etc) that has 3-5 MILLION MORE files and it backups up, daily, just fine ! In fact, until this problem started occurring, the other IDENTICAL system would backup in 4-6 HOURS LESS than this system

Re: How to determine sense code means?

2004-10-27 Thread Richard Sims
... But, the message is also occurring off hours on the 2nd instance of TSM. ... As odd as it sounds to suggest it, there are some situations where one has to train a video camera on the hardware and see what unusual things are done off-shift. Richard Sims

Re: Tips on backing up over slow networks please

2004-10-27 Thread Paul Zarnowski
At 09:53 AM 10/27/2004, Joe Crnjanski wrote: You will probably need to increase commtimeout and idletimeout in dsmserv.opt (server parameter) You can also override txngroupmax on a node-by-node basis, lowering it for those nodes going over a slow-speed network. This can help prevent your recovery

Re: Backups being: Canceled by Administrator

2004-10-27 Thread Coats, Jack
10/26/2004 18:55:18 10/26/2004 18:55:18 Command will be executed in 45 minutes. 10/26/2004 19:40:18 Executing scheduled command now. 10/26/2004 19:40:18 Node Name: DALCENTRAL 10/26/2004 19:40:18 Session established with server

Re: Archive fails with 4GB files

2004-10-27 Thread Andrew Ferris
Thank you for the reply Joachim. I've been looking around for documentation on this issue and the only thing I can find (so far) is this: Novell NetWare Incident: 2841045 Failing NetWare OS Version: NW5.1, NW6.0 Failing SMS/TSA Modules Version: Failing Service

Re: How to determine sense code means?

2004-10-27 Thread Nancy L Backhaus
I looked at the activity log for the 2nd instance of TSM at the time of the error is occurring at night. Its only occurring on off hours for that 2nd instance, which brought me back to the act log. It looks like when our content manager(NODE9CM), starts it's session, the error/message occurs.

backup size difference

2004-10-27 Thread Desalegne Guangul
Hi everyone, My offsite tape pool backup and onsite tape pool backup data sizes are not the same. The migration process run for both pools every night and it is running OK. The other thing I notice is that the migration percentage on the onsite pool never changes, it is stuck on 0.5%.

Re: Adding 3592's to a 3494

2004-10-27 Thread Ben Bullock
Matthew (and others in the group), Just this week we put in our 2 test 3592 drives and started playing with them. These are sweet. So far they are running a little over 2X the speed of the 3590E drives, and we have yet to test the capacity. We've been able to test out

Re: Adding 3592's to a 3494

2004-10-27 Thread Robert Clark
We're running a similar config, so I'm curious about the list response on this one as well. One additional question: I think I saw a message about TSM being able to keep track of tape drives by their serial numbers. Anyone have a pointer to docs on how this feature works, and what the caveats

Re: Adding 3592's to a 3494

2004-10-27 Thread CORP Rick Willmore
Ben, I will answer this question according to my knowledge of SANs which I am sure someone on this list is much more adapt than myself. I like soft zoning because (AFAIK) hard zoning is on a per port basis. ie.. port 1 is for zone BLAH and port 2 is for a different port. So the device name

Re: Adding 3592's to a 3494

2004-10-27 Thread Ben Bullock
The hard versus soft option that the IBM CE gave me had nothing to do with the zoning on the switch or the SAN, it had to do with the software inside of the 3592 drive. Some setting in the drive/cradle that he has to set upon installation. As far as the drives and the FC cards on

Re: Adding 3592's to a 3494

2004-10-27 Thread Kauffman, Tom
Ben -- No *real* idea on the 3592 hard/soft addressing -- but the LTO2 drives in a 3584 use a synthetic wwn based on 3584 serial number and drive position (frame and slot) so the wwn doesn't change if the drive gets swapped. So -- my guess would be that 'hard' addressing would be the drive's

Tape Drive Serial #'s (WAS: Adding 3592's to a 3494)

2004-10-27 Thread Prather, Wanda
Yes, for SCSI libraries, TSM now records the serial # of the tape drives. If you have a SCSI library, look at your devconfig file. (EVERYBODY: You DO know where your devconfig file is, yes?) If not, run q opt to find the location. In your devconfig, you will see the DEFINE DRIVE and DEFINE

Re: Adding 3592's to a 3494

2004-10-27 Thread Ben Bullock
Oooh, I like that idea. I had no idea that the LTO2 drives worked that way. Indeed if the 3592s work that way, I would love the WWN to stay the same when the drives are swapped out. Now, if I could only find some documentation to tell me if it indeed worked that way Thanks,

Re: Tape Drive Serial #'s (WAS: Adding 3592's to a 3494)

2004-10-27 Thread Ben Bullock
Wanda has it correct. In our little exercise, we deleted the path and drives and then re-defined them. Indeed the new serial number was discovered and displayed. Ben -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Prather, Wanda Sent:

Re: backup size difference

2004-10-27 Thread Prather, Wanda
I'm not sure what you mean by backup size? If you mean the amount of data in the ONSITE_POOL and OFFSITE_TAPEPOOL, that information is not shown here. The ESTIMATED CAPACITY column of the output is pretty meaningless. Here is a script you can run to check to see if all your data has been

Re: Tape Drive Serial #'s (WAS: Adding 3592's to a 3494)

2004-10-27 Thread Robert Clark
You're using SAN attachment though correct? (So it should work for us too.) But, what does it buy you? (TSM will now notice when the paths are stewed? Can storage agent detect this problem as well?) I need to re-grab the docs on Atape. I heard something about it supporting dynamic updates to

Re: Tape Drive Serial #'s (WAS: Adding 3592's to a 3494)

2004-10-27 Thread Ben Bullock
here is the link to the newest Atape driver docs. ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Doc/IBM_TotalStorage_tape_IUG .pdf We are using the dynamic naming feature that Atape has, but it is something we are running manually (through a script), as I don't see that it's a

Re: AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Steve Harris
Zoltan I'd assume your mail server has been up for some time. Maybe there is process other than the TSM client that has a memory leak and has consumed available memory/swap. That's where I'd look next. Regards Steve Steve Harris AIX and TSM Admin Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia

Re: AIX backup failures - InsertSlashHack! and System ran out of memory messages

2004-10-27 Thread Richard Sims
I'd assume your mail server has been up for some time. Maybe there is process other than the TSM client that has a memory leak and has consumed available memory/swap. That's where I'd look next. Good thought. Something from experience: In running a large POP/IMAP mail facility, we find (no

Re: Backups being: Canceled by Administrator

2004-10-27 Thread Richard Sims
... 10/26/2004 19:40:18 Server date/time: 10/26/2004 19:40:23 Last access: ... That caught my eye: the disparity in clock times between client and server. It may or may not be a contributing element to the little mystery, but in any case I'd strongly recommend getting site systems synced to a