Waiting (and waiting) for TSM prompt...

2007-06-28 Thread Michael Green
Can anyone please explain why does it take so long for the 'tsm' prompt to reappear after tsm: LANCELOTselect * from backups ?? And what happens after I loose my patience and do Output to screen cancelled. Please wait for the 'tsm' prompt. ^C ANS8035E Interrupted by user. ANS8002I

Re: CIFS Backups for NAS Devices

2007-06-28 Thread Markus Engelhard
Hello Brenda, basically you need a user (prefeably a domain user) with backup operator rights plus rights to manage security logs and run as service. Set up a scheduler and web service on a Windows machine as a sort of CIFS Proxy under these rights. In the option file, enter something like an

Re: Waiting (and waiting) for TSM prompt...

2007-06-28 Thread Henrik Wahlstedt
Hi, Well, the backups table is rather large Which you have noticed. To run selects efficiently against backups table you need at least to specify node_name='XYZ' and filespace_name='\\XYZ\c$\'. //Henrik -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Waiting (and waiting) for TSM prompt...

2007-06-28 Thread Michael Green
On 6/28/07, Henrik Wahlstedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Well, the backups table is rather large Which you have noticed. To run selects efficiently against backups table you need at least to specify node_name='XYZ' and filespace_name='\\XYZ\c$\'. Thanks Henrik! You are right stating

Re: Waiting (and waiting) for TSM prompt...

2007-06-28 Thread Henrik Wahlstedt
Processing time. A cleaner way to stop the transactions is to do a cancel session from a second admin cmd-line. Ctrl+C if I remember your first post correctly is not the way to stop your query. //Henrik -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: Waiting (and waiting) for TSM prompt...

2007-06-28 Thread Michael Green
I think I didn't express myself correctly. What I mean is that if I do select * from any_big_table and then I get the first chunk of output and then I do 'C' to cancel the query it takes literally ages for 'tsm' to reappear. Why? If I ordered the query to stop (by issuing 'C'), isn't it

Re: TSM library master on seperate instance in master/client configuration ??

2007-06-28 Thread CAYE PIERRE
Hi, Actually we run : - 1 lib. Manager, which is also data manger (with nodes on it) 1 lib client/data manager - 1 lib. Manager 4 lib client/data manger Both configuration works with 3584 And evrything goes fine, thank you. A detail, when you define device class, especially on lib client,

Re: Waiting (and waiting) for TSM prompt...

2007-06-28 Thread goc
the query processing stops but cleaning up temporary generated data tables takes up the time is my guess On 6/28/07, Michael Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I didn't express myself correctly. What I mean is that if I do select * from any_big_table and then I get the first chunk of

Re: Waiting (and waiting) for TSM prompt...

2007-06-28 Thread Matthew Warren
I've always imagined that the dsmserv process send all the data regardless, akin to /dev/null. IE, the server carries on sending, but after pressing 'C' your not listening anymore. I'd be interested to know what is really going on and why it needs to be. Most of the time you can ctrl+c and log

TWS v8.2 Temporarily Schedule change

2007-06-28 Thread Murugan_Pachamallayan
Dear All, We have Tivoli Workload scheduler v8.2 with more than 1500 Job streams. They schedules starts every day at 6.0 Clock, I want know how to start the schedule at 2.0 Clock ( 4 hours before) for only one day and next day onwards it should run at 6.0 clock. This change needs to be

Re: Misleading errors

2007-06-28 Thread Richard Sims
When performing a TSM db restoral on a system whose device configuration differs from the one where the db backup tape was created, you naturally have to adjust the Device Configuration file to match the new reality, so that the standalone restore operation can understand what it has to use to

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Richard Rhodes
ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 06/27/2007 04:08:20 PM: It's nice to have a 32 cpu p590 with an lpar with 1 cpu (hard limited to 10% of a cpu) and I want to backup the oracle database on that lpar with rman. This costs me 32 x the license of the tdp . We just had this

Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Bill Mansfield
IBM does have a tool that properly counts CPUs and cores for value unit licensing calculations. It's called Tivoli License Compliance Manager. Load an(other) agent on all of your TSM systems and periodically it will pop out a report of all your value units. List price about $26/CPU. I agree

Re: Dual interface TSM server

2007-06-28 Thread Richard Rhodes
ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 06/27/2007 06:08:32 PM: Agreed - if you want to load balance across multiple interfaces, then use Link Aggregation [on the AIX end] and bonding on the network switch end. Using a non-link aggregated interface and to simply have fail-over

Re: Retrieve issue in nearly full filesystem - any ideas?

2007-06-28 Thread David McClelland
As promised, an update: I tried a 'dsmc image' backup of the source filesystem and *successfully* performed the recovery onto the target server. I'm thinking that the key difference here is the Veritas Filesystem version - version 4 on the source, version 6 on the target. If VxFS 6 has any

Re: Dual interface TSM server

2007-06-28 Thread Daad Ali
Thanks for all your ideas. I will wait until we can implement the EtherChannel on AIX. Thanks again. Daad Richard Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager wrote on 06/27/2007 06:08:32 PM: Agreed - if you want to load balance across multiple interfaces, then use

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Kauffman, Tom
Well, that would be a good start, except that it's about $26/CPU too high a price. And if it requires any of the rest of the Tivoli monitoring structure to work, it wouldn't be viable anyway. It does prove that someone at IBM was able to build a tool to report this information and I feel the

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Bell, Charles (Chip)
The silence is... ECHO echo echo chirp -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schaub, Steve Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 1:30 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Lost in TSM licensing OK, all the real-world TSM

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Jim Zajkowski
On Jun 28, 2007, at 8:23 AM, Bill Mansfield wrote: List price about $26/CPU. That's gotta be the funniest thing I've heard all day. --Jim

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Angus Macdonald
And how does one go about purchasing this CPU-counting tool without knowing how many CPUs to license it for? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Mansfield Sent: 28 June 2007 13:23 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Lost in TSM

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Gill, Geoffrey L.
IBM does have a tool that properly counts CPUs and cores for value unit licensing calculations. It's called Tivoli License Compliance Manager. Load an(other) agent on all of your TSM systems and periodically it will pop out a report of all your value units. List price about $26/CPU. In other

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Schaub, Steve
Ensure_license_compliance: Goto Count_cpus Count_cpus: Goto Install_cpu_counter Install_cpu_counter: Goto Ensure_license_compliance -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Mansfield Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:23 AM To:

TDP R/3 with RMAN

2007-06-28 Thread CAYE PIERRE
Hi, I am running TDP fo MySAP 5.3.1 on HPUX. I had made link as indicated in the documentation Check and modify the sap profile file When trying to run a full db backup, I obtain a splash of splendid error messages : RMAN 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 RMAN-00571:

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Robert Clark
But is TLCM licensed per CPU or by value units? Someone call Dr Who. Maybe a Time Lord could figure it out. On Jun 28, 2007, at 5:23 AM, Bill Mansfield wrote: IBM does have a tool that properly counts CPUs and cores for value unit licensing calculations. It's called Tivoli License Compliance

Re: question on Compression

2007-06-28 Thread Richard Sims
On Jun 28, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Avy Wong wrote: Hello Guru(s), When it comes to data compression on the client side, is it true that when the data sent to tape drives it will be compressed again? are all tape drives for data compression default set to yes? How can I find that out? ...

Re: question on Compression

2007-06-28 Thread Richard Rhodes
ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 06/28/2007 01:02:27 PM: The compression algorithms in tape drive hardware are usually the best, and though will attempt compression per your settings, the data will not expand as in some host software compression algorithms. A long time ago

Re: question on Compression

2007-06-28 Thread Avy Wong
Richard, Let me see if I understand this right. You mentioned, The compression algorithms in tape drive hardware are usually the best..., ,so the tape drive has a built in setting that automatically compresses the data. Or do they have to be set manually? When can locate this setting?

Re: question on Compression

2007-06-28 Thread Richard Sims
On Jun 28, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Avy Wong wrote: Richard, Let me see if I understand this right. You mentioned, The compression algorithms in tape drive hardware are usually the best..., ,so the tape drive has a built in setting that automatically compresses the data. Or do they have

tdp for oracle

2007-06-28 Thread Tim Brown
Does TDP for Oracle get installed on both nodes of an Oracle cluster. With TSM for Windows clusters there is no install per say just the need to define a cluster node Tim Brown Systems Specialist - Project Leader Central Hudson Gas Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: [EMAIL

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Bill Mansfield
TLCM is priced by value unit, of course. Once you install it it will tell you how much of it you need to buy from IBM. I'm not sure how exactly you get onto the hamster wheel in the first place. Did I mention that TLCM requires DB2 and WAS, which come bundled in case you're not using them

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Kauffman, Tom
Hmm -- all my rs-6000 systems that have useable (non-rootvg) disk are already running Oracle. Does this run (using 'run' loosely here) in a Linux environment? Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Mansfield

Re: restoring directories syntax errors

2007-06-28 Thread Skylar Thompson
Timothy Hughes wrote: Hello all, I am trying to restore the following directories but my syntax is not working. they need to be restore on there respective server from monday june 25, 2007. The manual/books don't seem to give the exact syntax what am I missing? /opt/IBMIHS/ssl tsm

restoring directories syntax errors

2007-06-28 Thread Timothy Hughes
Hello all, I am trying to restore the following directories but my syntax is not working. they need to be restore on there respective server from monday june 25, 2007. The manual/books don't seem to give the exact syntax what am I missing? /opt/IBMIHS/ssl tsm restore -pitdate=6/25/2007

Re: restoring directories syntax errors

2007-06-28 Thread Richard Sims
On Jun 28, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Timothy Hughes wrote: tsm restore -pitdate=6/25/2007 -pittime=07:00 /opt/IBMIHS/ssl/* -replace=all -subdir=yes -quiet ANS1107E Invalid option/value: '-PITTIME' hh:mm:ss

Re: unloaddb/loaddb

2007-06-28 Thread Robben Leaf
We recently did unloaddb / loaddb's to a couple of our TSM servers, to a FILE-type devclass, with great success. Much easier than messing with manual libraries, in my opinion. If you can scrounge up 25 GB or so of disk space, that should be more than enough for your purposes; we temporarily

Re: unloaddb/loaddb

2007-06-28 Thread goc
thanks dude ! On 6/28/07, Robben Leaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We recently did unloaddb / loaddb's to a couple of our TSM servers, to a FILE-type devclass, with great success. Much easier than messing with manual libraries, in my opinion. If you can scrounge up 25 GB or so of disk space, that

Re: unloaddb/loaddb

2007-06-28 Thread William Boyer
What kind of throughput did you see on the unload/load processes? Bill Boyer Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional - ?? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robben Leaf Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 5:44 PM To:

Re: Dual interface TSM server

2007-06-28 Thread Robert Clark
If resource utilization is set high enough, and you want parallel sessions going over different ports, you can request the switch be set to balance on source port. But only if you've already exhausted the gains to be found in jumbo packets and interrupt mitigation. [RC] On Jun 27, 2007, at

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Allen S. Rout
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:23:23 -0400, Bill Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: IBM does have a tool that properly counts CPUs [...] List price about $26/CPU. ARGH! I agree that TSM should contain something to help out with licensing, but be careful what you ask for - other vendors that do

Re: Lost in TSM licensing

2007-06-28 Thread Allen S. Rout
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:31:33 -0400, Bill Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Did I mention that TLCM requires DB2 and WAS, which come bundled in case you're not using them already. Is it as easy to run as the TSM admin server? (*koff*) - Allen S. Rout