Tape problem after moving TSM to new server

2006-03-25 Thread Farren Minns
Hi All I have just moved my TSM Server 5.1.6.2 from a Solaris 7 server to a new Solaris 9  box. Now, everything so far has gone fine and I have tested a couple of backups and also a backup of the database. When I look at the contents of the tapepool, copypool, q libv etc I see what I would

Update - Tape problem after moving TSM to new server

2006-03-25 Thread Farren Minns
OK, this is what I have now found out but had no idea what's going on. After completely removing and redefining the lib,drives and paths I still get the same errors as below. So, for example I can't audit volume 000700 without the error below. BUT..., if I change the state of the volume from

Re - Tape problem after moving TSM to new server

2006-03-25 Thread Farren Minns
Hi Richard Well sadly for now I have had to revert to the old server again for tonights backups. All I can do now is try and work out exactly what is going on and try to have some kind of a plan to pre-empt this caveat. As far as the Private and Scratch category goes, the new settings (within

Big file stuck in disk stgpool

2006-03-25 Thread Roger Deschner
I have a typical arrangement of a disk storage pool, that migrates to a tape storage pool. Both storage pools have a MAXSIZE of 10G because we simply don't want to back up files larger than that. They tend to pin the log, they're a bear to manage, and usually they're some kind of music or video.

Re: Random Access Disk Pools

2006-03-25 Thread Andrew Carlson
Heh - I wasn't thinking about that many volumes, but it's good to keep in mind. Thanks. --- Andy Huebner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Be careful with how many disk pool volumes you create. Each volume uses 1 thread, add this to all of the other threads in use, our TSM server would die at

Re: Re - Tape problem after moving TSM to new server

2006-03-25 Thread Ben Bullock
mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -q I will show you the inventory categories for the tapes. You have to translate it from HEX to check if it matches up with the TSM server categories. This is probably not your issue, but I will document it here just in case. If you see a

Re: Re - Tape problem after moving TSM to new server

2006-03-25 Thread Farren Minns
Thanks Ben For now I have brought the old server up again and everything is working fine, so I am happy that the library is not doing anything silly (well, reasonably happy). I have been given a few pointers here to look at but sadly I think it will be a case of trying this all again next weekend