Hi Greg,
it really depends on how you are running your TSM environment. In a shared
library environment. I try to back up the library manager as frequently as
I can, just a few mb on sequential disk, takes a few seconds to back up and
restore. An audit will be needed after restore anyway to align
Kathleen
I had a client that I upgraded to 5.4 and consistently one of the TDP
for SQL instances refuses to terminate - the backup works correctly but
the session hangs around for ever - even after the next day's schedule
has run. But is is only on the one SQL client - others at the same
I support a TSM 5.3 installation with a 3582 library, which is running out of
local capacity. One of the tape pools is used exclusively for a large body of
files which receive regular additions but are never changed or deleted. The
tapes in the pool are all full, apart from the one that is
On Jul 18, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Angus Macdonald wrote:
I support a TSM 5.3 installation with a 3582 library, which is
running out of local capacity. One of the tape pools is used
exclusively for a large body of files which receive regular
additions but are never changed or deleted. The tapes in
You should backup db after migration and before expiration.
On 7/17/07, Gregory Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all,
How many times a day should I be backing up the TSM DB and should it be
after migration?
Thanks
Greg
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So can I take it my suggestion won't work?
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Richard Sims
Sent: 18 July 2007 12:58
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Checkout full, unchanging tape volumes
On Jul 18, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Angus
We actually backup ours after nightly backups complete and before
migration. Is there a
specific recommended order or is it up to each individual site and it's
environment?
Helder Garcia wrote:
You should backup db after migration and before expiration.
On 7/17/07, Gregory Lynch [EMAIL
Hi,
You plan your ITSM db backups depending on how much data you want to
loose or time want to spent rerunning ran jobs (...). And things like
re-use delays on storage pools should be also taken into account.
After having to deal with a database restore to a point before the last
reclamation run
I believe the best practise is
Backup
Migration
Backup primary to copy
Backup db
Expiration
Reclamation
Start all over again
:)
Cheers
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Timothy Hughes
Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2007 9:14 PM
To:
As always, it depends . . .
Our TSM DB is on raided enterprise disk (IBM DS8100 behind a SAN Volume
control) as is our TSM LOGs. We run our logs in roll forward mode. The odds
of losing both the DB and LOG except in a DR situation is small. If we have to
restore the DB, we can roll forward
I agree with Mark on this one, with the exception that I would do the drm
processing after backing up the primary to the copypool, and then backup the db
and then run a prepare. That way the copypool volumes show up as offsite and
won't be marked as destroyed in case of a disaster.
Cory
On Jul 18, 2007, at 8:40 AM, Angus Macdonald wrote:
So can I take it my suggestion won't work?
Checking tapes out of a library will work to create empty cells in
the library, but is problematic in that it is an out of band
measure. TSM is enterprise software, with a rules set and regimen to
Thanks for that Richard. Reclamation should not be an issue because the content
of a full tape in this pool never changes. Once full, the tapes just sit there
taking up space. I've noticed in TSMManager that I have the option to checkout
a tape to onsite storage so I may experiment with that.
After a bit more thought, I believe I follow the problem through now. Our
offsite copy tape pool supports multiple primary pools and IS subject to
reclamation so presumably the full tapes in the primary (unchanging) pool will
still be read on occasion to support reclamation on the offsite copy
Wouldn't you want to backup primary to copy before migration? That way
you're doing that from disk. If you migrate then backup primary to
copy, you're doing the copy from tape to tape, rather than from disk to
tape. In addition, it gets your offsite copies created earlier in the
cycle, so that
I have a few systems I'd like to add to TSM but only backup a few
directory hierarchies. These aren't always mount points (for example,
the /etc directory under the / mount point.) Does TSM really not have a
way for me to define just back up X without worrying about anything
else on that mount?
Our sequence:
backup
db backup
disk to copy pool
migration
cartridge primary pool to copypool (in case some did not complete
before migration)
db backup
expiration
reclamation
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Wouldn't you want to backup primary to copy before migration? That
way
you're
Specify the directories in the command line, e.g.:
dsmc i /dir1/ /dir2/ /etc/ -subdir=yes
etc.
You can define a separate schedule for the machine and put the directories
in the OBJECTS field of the schedule, e.g.:
def schedule standard special objects=/dir1/ /dir2/ /etc/
On Jul 18, 2007, at 1:06 PM, Dave Mussulman wrote:
I have a few systems I'd like to add to TSM but only backup a few
directory hierarchies. These aren't always mount points (for example,
the /etc directory under the / mount point.) Does TSM really not
have a
way for me to define just back up
Take a look at the virtual mountpoint feature on the Backup Archive Client
Installation and User's Guide.
On 7/18/07, Dave Mussulman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a few systems I'd like to add to TSM but only backup a few
directory hierarchies. These aren't always mount points (for example,
For Dave:
Try using the virtualmountpoint.
This allows just what you want. It telss tsm to treat the specified
directory tree as if it were a real mountpoint.
Good luck.
Gary Lee
Senior System Programmer
Ball State University
phone: 765-285-1310
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Has any one run into evault as a competitor to TSM? Can anyone share their
experiences if you have worked with eVault in the past specifically as it
relates to iSeries?
Thanks
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