Inconsisent behavior of mount errors on scratch tapes.

2009-02-27 Thread Steven Harris
Hi Gang I've had two cases of a bad scratch tape causing me issues this week, but the behavior of TSM was different in each case and to my mind inconsistent. Case 1. Full backup of a TDP for exchange node. TSM 5.4.4.0 for Windows Server, TSM client 5.3.6, Storage agent 5.3.6, TDP for Exchange

Re: Inconsisent behavior of mount errors on scratch tapes.

2009-02-27 Thread Remco Post
On Feb 27, 2009, at 8:44 , Steven Harris wrote: Hi Gang Case 1. 02/26/2009 04:16:48 ANR8944E Hardware or media error on drive DRIVE1 (\\.\Tape2) with volume DIA142L3(OP=TESTREADY, Error Number= 23, CC=0, KEY=03, ASC=53, ASCQ=00, ---8--- Case 2.

Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-02-27 Thread David Bronder
Wanda Prather wrote: And there is NO instrumentation in Windows to give you any idea whatever about what is going on performance-wise on a bus with tape drives attached. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any real instrumentation in AIX about tape drive performance, either. None of the

Re: SV: TSM and FileNet P8 integration

2009-02-27 Thread Gennadiy Khramov
How may affect HSM using on FileNet? Will FileNet work correctly with 'stubs', i.e. wouldn't problems if FileNet acquire file which was migrated? And other question is CM8 may work with tape library? Best Regards, Khramov Gennadiy gkhra...@computel.ru Daniel

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-02-27 Thread Stef Coene
On Friday 27 February 2009, David Bronder wrote: Wanda Prather wrote: And there is NO instrumentation in Windows to give you any idea whatever about what is going on performance-wise on a bus with tape drives attached. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any real instrumentation in

server-to-server, what do to if source server is new and has new name?

2009-02-27 Thread TSM
Hello, the following situation tsm server S (source)copies (Copypool) over server-to-server connection all primary data and dbbackup to tsm server T (target) between S and T is only WAN , bandwith is ok for daily incr business now tsm server S is replaced by new tsm server

Re: server-to-server, what do to if source server is new and has new name?

2009-02-27 Thread Remco Post
On 27 feb 2009, at 11:49, TSM wrote: Hello, the following situation tsm server S (source)copies (Copypool) over server-to-server connection all primary data and dbbackup to tsm server T (target) between S and T is only WAN , bandwith is ok for daily incr business now tsm

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-02-27 Thread David Bronder
Stef Coene wrote: On Friday 27 February 2009, David Bronder wrote: Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any real instrumentation in AIX about tape drive performance, either. None of the standard AIX tools seem to give tape-related information (e.g. iostat or nmon), either for the

Antwort: Re: server-to-server, what do to if source server is new and has new name?

2009-02-27 Thread TSM
thanks remco, this was also my mind, because i did not find anything in manuals about that. thanks a lot stefan savoric

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-02-27 Thread Stef Coene
On Friday 27 February 2009, David Bronder wrote: In my environment, at least, only fibre HBAs with disk connected to them appear in the nmon 'a'dapter screen, so my HBAs dedicated to tape drives are not listed. With 8 HBAs, 2 for LUNs and 6 for tape drives, I only see the 2 used for disk

THANKS! All you lurkers on ADSM-L - RESULTS (was: Tracking who owns a node)

2009-02-27 Thread Lindsay Morris
Many thanks; about 60 responses, statistically significant I guess: Short answer: most everybody uses the contact field in some way. Someone suggested using TSM 6.1's extensible database schema. Sure, but ouch: I envision each of us extending the schema in a different way. There might be some

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-02-27 Thread Rick Saylor
Instead of selecting 'a' on nmon try '^' instead. This will give you the FC adapter stats from fcstat. At least it does on version 12e of nmon. Rick Saylor Austin Community College At 04:59 AM 2/27/2009, you wrote: Stef Coene wrote: On Friday 27 February 2009, David Bronder wrote:

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-02-27 Thread Kauffman, Tom
For fiber-attached tape drives - use snmp to monitor the fiber switch ports. I use mrtg to acquire the data from my two tape-oriented SAN switches; this feeds my hobbit (renaming, currently, to xymon) monitoring package. I get to see the activity for each tape drive (one per switch port) and

Tivoli Novell client support

2009-02-27 Thread Timothy Hughes
Hello All, A Novell client of ours recently wanted me to ask if IBM Tivoli Storage Manager would continue to support Novell/Netware TIVOLI backups clients. I have not heard anything to the contrary. As for as I know they will continue to backup Novell has anyone heard anything about IBM

Re: Tivoli Novell client support

2009-02-27 Thread Ramiro Ruiz
I just know that there is no TSM client update version 5.5.2 for NetWare. :( From: Timothy Hughes timothy.hug...@oit.state.nj.us To:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 2/27/2009 10:08 AM Subject: [ADSM-L] Tivoli Novell client support Hello All, A Novell client of ours recently wanted me to ask if IBM

Windows PIT Restore issues

2009-02-27 Thread Kevin Boatright
Attempting to do a point in time restore on a windows 2003 server using the Gui client. If I go back more than one day, I do not see all of the folders in the root of the drive. I see four out of eight folders. TSM Client version 5.3.4.8 TSM Server version 5.3.4.2 Performing a point in

Re: Windows PIT Restore issues

2009-02-27 Thread Buddy Howeth
Instead of doing a point in time, show active/inactive files and then you will see all the objects. You can then sort by date within the folders you are looking at Buddy Howeth Computer Operations Specialist Information Systems Pacific Coast Producers Corporate Offices 631 N. Cluff Ave Lodi, CA

Re: Windows PIT Restore issues

2009-02-27 Thread Kevin Boatright
Due to the way Groupwise archive files are created, we have to do a point in time restore. _ From: Buddy Howeth [mailto:bhow...@pcoastp.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:16 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows PIT Restore

Re: Windows PIT Restore issues

2009-02-27 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Yes, you are on the right track looking at the management class. See http://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l@vm.marist.edu/msg07963.html for my explanation of why you see what you see. Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team

Re: Tivoli Novell client support

2009-02-27 Thread Remco Post
On Feb 27, 2009, at 15:51 , Timothy Hughes wrote: Hello All, A Novell client of ours recently wanted me to ask if IBM Tivoli Storage Manager would continue to support Novell/Netware TIVOLI backups clients. I have not heard anything to the contrary. As for as I know they will continue to backup

Re: Windows PIT Restore issues

2009-02-27 Thread Kevin Boatright
I did try creating a management class with the following settings and specified the management class in the opt file using “DIRMC MCNOLIMIT” Versions Data Exists nolimit Version Data Deleted nolimit Retain Extra Versions 90 Retain Only Version90 Could be

Re: Windows PIT Restore issues

2009-02-27 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Well I'm confused now... First you said the folder is bound to a management class with verexists=2. But then you said you have DIRMC MCNOLIMIT. I'm not sure how to reconcile these two seemingly contradictory statements. So I can only offer some additional guesses at this time... This is probably

Re: Select Statement

2009-02-27 Thread Thomas Denier
-Timothy Conway wrote: - Ok, here. Do a stgpool backup, disable sessions and do another stgpool backup to eliminate and prevent new data. While sessions are still disabled, mark the volume in question destroyed, and do a stgpool backup preview. That should tell you every primary volume

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-02-27 Thread Alex Paschal
Hello, David. Have a look at the 'fcstat' command recently introduced into AIX. This will output an unpleasant bunch of data, but some nice scripting can isolate the FC SCSI Traffic Input Bytes and Output Bytes lines for the desired HBA, even if the HBA doesn't have disk on it. A loop, fcstat |

Re: Select Statement

2009-02-27 Thread Conway, Timothy
OK, then, back to my ugly select, shich I'm sure needs correction - No way in heck I'm going to run it on my server. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Denier Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:27 AM To:

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-02-27 Thread David Bronder
Rick Saylor wrote: Instead of selecting 'a' on nmon try '^' instead. This will give you the FC adapter stats from fcstat. At least it does on version 12e of nmon. Thanks, Rick! I was still running nmon 11e and didn't have this new option (and I'm still at 5.3 TL8... at TL9 nmon is bundled in

Linux Kernel

2009-02-27 Thread Yudi Darmadi
Hai All, I had a problem with my TSM Client on Red Hat Linux, it cannot recognize the TS3200 tape library. The IBM support, told me to update the kernel version 2.6.9-34. How to get that kernel rpm (Can i downoad it ? ) Thanks for your help Best Regards, Yudi Darmadi PT Niagaprima