Re: Fw: Determining which side of an optical platter a file is on?

2005-10-19 Thread Justin Derrick
Hi Nick... Excellent hint. I think this will help me out substantially. With this snippet of information and file sizes (also reported in 'query content') I should be able to minimize platter flopping. =) -JD.

Re: Determining which side of an optical platter a file is on?

2005-10-18 Thread Justin Derrick
Hi Allen. =) The goal is to move this data (through a conversion process) onto new hardware, and Content-Addressable-Storage (CAS) technology like Centera or IBM's DR550. Given the size of the data, this migration will take months, and the systems simply can't be offline, nor is an investment

Re: Determining which side of an optical platter a file is on?

2005-10-16 Thread Justin Derrick
Hi Allen... Good recommendations, but there are some issues with your suggestions... Using the MOVE DATA command actually moves the data -- moving it back to optical means burning another WORM platter... Again, I don't have the time nor the budget to be re-burning 2000 platters, and as I

Re: Determining which side of an optical platter a file is on?

2005-10-15 Thread Justin Derrick
, 2005, at 6:22 PM, Justin Derrick wrote: Hi TSMers... I'm working on a project to extract archived data from almost 2000 optical platters. The data needs to come out of TSM temporarily, be reprocessed, and eventually, loaded back into TSM. The problem is, I want to do this in the most

Determining which side of an optical platter a file is on?

2005-10-14 Thread Justin Derrick
Hi TSMers... I'm working on a project to extract archived data from almost 2000 optical platters. The data needs to come out of TSM temporarily, be reprocessed, and eventually, loaded back into TSM. The problem is, I want to do this in the most efficient way possible, and I'm having a little

Re: Using multiple Ethernet adapters on AIX TSM server?

2005-03-28 Thread Justin Derrick
Hi Kevin. I am currently using one GigE adapter on my TSM server, and I have so much traffic coming into it during the night that I need to add another. The new adatper will have a different IP, but will be on the same subnet as the first one. I am not sure of the right / best way to configure

Re: select statement

2005-03-28 Thread Justin Derrick
It's a quoting issue... SQL in general prefers single quotes around strings. =) 'You solve the problem by \'escaping\' quote characters with backslashes in most SQL implementations.' The same works for 'escaping' \double-quotes\. You can test your commands by prefixing them with the echo or

TSM migration to TSM DR (to use Centera or DR450)

2004-06-23 Thread Justin Derrick
Hi TSMers. I just thought I'd run this by everyone for verification and validation, and to see if there are any clever solutions out there. I've searched the archive thoroughly, and from what I can see, this topic hasn't been discussed very much as of yet. From what I've been told by EMC and IBM,

Re: What does eAssemby mean

2004-03-17 Thread Justin Derrick
I'm not sure what 'AP' stands for, but if I recall correctly, eAssembly means that the link provides you related software - in the case of TSM, the eAssembly link would include all the different server versions, client versions, and documentation CD's, just like you'd get if you bought the media

Re: TSM and Shark disk

2004-01-26 Thread Justin Derrick
I've noticed this problem on my lab systems, RS/6000 F40's and 43p-150's, using JBOD. This happens on AIX 5.1 ML5 with TSM 5.2.0.0, but it's unfortunate to see that nothing's changed on newer versions. In my experience, the unresponsiveness lasts as long as the format takes to complete. I just

Re: TSM on AIX now, platform change coming?

2003-12-05 Thread Justin Derrick
Unless you're out of PCI slots on the RS/6k, there's really no reason you simply can't add additional capacity and upgrade your software. It's hard to imagine a scenario where buying all new hardware, performing an migration, and then upgrading would be more cost effective or reliable. Two cards

Re: Netware issue: Can't write files -- known bug...

2003-10-08 Thread Justin Derrick
Thanks everyone for your replies... This has been the result so far... We temporarily gave up on the Web GUI. We weren't sure if that was part of the problem. Restore onto the test system (as suggested) worked. 2.15GB, 87k+ files, no errors. A second attempt at restoring from the GUI on the

Netware issue: Can't write files during restore...

2003-10-07 Thread Justin Derrick
Hi TSMers... I've got a system here running Novell Netware 5.1 SP6, with TSA500.NLM at 5.0.5d, TSANDS.NLM at 10110.95, and SMDR at 6.50c, using the web client at version 5.2.0.0 to manage a restore process to an alternate directory. Here's the catch: About 75% (of 2000) of the files that we're

Re: Netware issue: Can't write files during restore...

2003-10-07 Thread Justin Derrick
replies everyone. =) -JD. From: Justin Derrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I've got a system here running Novell Netware 5.1 SP6, with TSA500.NLM at 5.0.5d, TSANDS.NLM at 10110.95, and SMDR at 6.50c, using the web client at version 5.2.0.0 to manage a restore process to an alternate directory. Here's

Re: ADSM Command

2003-09-26 Thread Justin Derrick
You question was a little vague, but I understood it to mean that you want to test tapes for integrity, before you load them into your TSM system. You didn't mention which platform you're on, but AIX has 'tapeutil' for most IBM drives (the ones that I've worked with anyway). 'tapeutil' allows you

Re: AIX Upgrade from 4.3.3 to 5.1

2003-07-11 Thread Justin Derrick
Follow the directions for the 5.1 to ML4 upgrade explicitly -- I un-tar'd everything into one directory and let smit have it's way, which was a huge mistake -- thankfully it was a brand new server with nothing on it. It's also a good idea to back up /usr/ccs/lib/libc.a to somewhere else, like /tmp

Re: TSM/AIX problem or AIX/TSM problem??!?

2003-07-11 Thread Justin Derrick
In this case, 'tsm' is different from 'TSM'. 'tsm' is the program used by functions like 'login' on AIX. I suspect someone is trying to connect to your machine via telnet or ftp, and never logging in. -JD. Need some help from you AIX wizards out there. I have a new TSM environment; there are 4

Re: Small TSM deployment

2003-04-05 Thread Justin Derrick
I've never had the volumes you're talking about, but I ran a TSM 5.1.5 server on an 85Mhz SPARCStation 5 running Solaris 8 with 128MB of RAM connected to an old 4mm tape library and an optical jukebox. It was mostly an exercise in learning about TSM on Solaris -- but it successfully backed up a

Vol. Mgmt - Scratch Vols Moving Volumes

2003-03-04 Thread Justin Derrick
Hi TSMers. =) My customer is asking me some interesting questions I can't say I know how to answer - regarding moving volumes and allocation of scratch volumes across multiple libraries. The system uses IBM's Content Manager OnDemand product to archive documents -- which relies on TSM for

Re: Complaint Instructions: Please watch this short movie.....

2003-02-15 Thread Justin Derrick
This site is hosted by bellsouth.net. The proof is attached below. If you wish to make a formal complaint to BellSouth, eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and demand to have the customer's account terminated under their Acceptable Use Policy, or Terms of Service. Complaining OFTEN and LOUDLY about ignorant

Re: SCSI-2 tape drives

2002-10-27 Thread Justin Derrick
there have any experience with any compatible (and current) tape drive that'll run of this card? -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Justin Derrick Independent IBM Content Manager OnDemand Consultant Specializing in Reporting, Optimization, Billing Applications, plus Installations, Upgrades

Re: TSM DB Questions

2002-07-17 Thread Justin Derrick
In my experience with TSM on AIX, and by reading some other docs, I think I can confidently state the following... TSM's database is a relational database - it relates information organized into tables with one or many others. TSM supports a subset of SQL to allow you access to the tables in

Re: don?t aynone know anything about Encryption in TSM.

2002-04-05 Thread Justin Derrick
when i said that they have extremely valible data i am meaning that this genetic reasearch company has the medical records, detatild information on peoples relatives back to the middle ages and the DNA codes of every person in this country. Um, that's spooky. I suspect it's an exaggeration

Re: For those Security conscious people running AIX

2002-04-05 Thread Justin Derrick
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Re: For those Security conscious people running AIX

2002-04-04 Thread Justin Derrick
. This can allow unpriviledged users to become root. Gabriel C. Wiley ADSM/TSM Administrator AIX Support Phone 1-614-308-6709 Pager 1-877-489-2867 Fax 1-614-308-6637 Cell 1-740-972-6441 Siempre Hay Esperanza |-+ | | Justin

Re: don´t a ynone know anything about Encryption in TSM.

2002-04-04 Thread Justin Derrick
(unless they can hack it, but then any encryption scheme is subject to hacking). And this is a very important point. I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that TSM's encryption uses straight up DES, which uses a 56 bit key. Yes, NIST has been looking for a replacement for DES for decades.

Re: ADSM server restore

2002-04-03 Thread Justin Derrick
Hi Bruno... A few things... 1) Upgrade immediately, if not sooner. ADSM (version 3.1) is very old and is unsupported, and if you encounter problems, you'll need to call on a highly paid consultant who remembers all the sillyness that came along with 3.1. If you're running 3.7 or higher (when

Re: don´t aynone know anything about Encryption in TSM.

2002-04-03 Thread Justin Derrick
Um, why would you need the key? Your question is a little too vague to answer properly. The key is only needed for two steps: encryption, and decryption (ie backup, then restore). Every other operation the TSM server does (store, copy, move, collocate, expire) is done with the encrypted files.

Re: Task Priority

2002-04-03 Thread Justin Derrick
Look up the 'nopreempt' -- TSM Admin Reference for 4.1 - Page 1324. (In Appendix B - Tailoring Server Options if you're not using 4.1.) -JD. Hi! I was just wondering if anyone knows the order of priority for TSM tasks. I had several backup jobs terminate and the message said they were

Re: don´t aynone know anything about Encryption in TSM.

2002-04-02 Thread Justin Derrick
My understanding from what I've read (I've never used it) is... Clients set an encryption key (password) on the files they'd like to protect. Files are sent to the TSM server, encrypted. The TSM server does NOT have the encryption key, although the key may be saved to disk on a client's

Re: Thanks to All That Provided Input for the Share Session on SQL Co mmands

2002-03-07 Thread Justin Derrick
Yes please. =) -JD. If you want a copy of the presentation, please let me know. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon, INC 757-688-8180

Re: TSM Reporting..

2002-02-28 Thread Justin Derrick
You didn't say which platform you're on, but the idea is that you can prepare a select statement, then issue it from the command line like this dsmadmc -id=admin -pass=passwd -outfile=reporttxt select blah from blah where blah There are other switches that control the format and/or

Re: Who else got 'Job Spam'?

2002-02-07 Thread Justin Derrick
It was clearly a form letter, but mail sent to ADSM-L subscribers probing for interest in TSM contracting is hardly indiscriminate spam. If she did even a little evaluation of who to send to, who not... well, those who yelled at her are then dead-wrong, in addition to being rude. The message

TSM Device Driver (Support for Unsupported Jukeboxes)

2002-02-07 Thread Justin Derrick
I've been looking for a new optical jukebox for my system at home since my old HP unit died in the midst of an upgrade. I was looking at an Sony OSL-2001, a nice, compact, fairly inexpensive unit (used, of course), but it appears to be the ONLY Sony library that's unsupported. It uses the Sony

Who else got 'Job Spam'?

2002-02-06 Thread Justin Derrick
I'm presuming I wasn't the only one that got the spam for a ficticious 'project' from 'Tina'. I'm kinda curious as to how many others received the same message because they appeared to have great communication skills. (Translation: I haven't read any of your postings, but it sounds flattering

Re: Who else got 'Job Spam'?

2002-02-06 Thread Justin Derrick
if Tina gets enough negative feedback she'll think twice next time. _ William Mansfield Senior Consultant Solution Technology, Inc Justin Derrick jderrick@CANADA.To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] COM

Mitigating Risk with TSM's incremental backups

2002-01-24 Thread Justin Derrick
I've been using TSM for quite a few years on AIX, and surprisingly, this issue hasn't come up before. My customer is using TSM in conjunction with Content Manager OnDemand. The config looks like this: AIX 4.3.3 on H70 OnDemand, DB2, TSM Data is cached on disk (by OnDemand, not TSM), and also

TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM ADSM-L, READ THIS.

2002-01-23 Thread Justin Derrick
Unsubscribe information can (always) be found at ADSM.ORG, specifically... http://msgs.adsm.org/maillist.html To save you some time... Here's the relavent unsubscription information... To leave the list at any time, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] stating SIGNOFF ADSM-L in the body of the e-mail.

Re: TSM and capacity planning

2002-01-23 Thread Justin Derrick
My approach is very similar, but probably a little more database intensive... dsmadmc -id=uid -password=pass -outfile=tsmrpt -tabdelimited select filespace_name,sum(file_size) as \File Size\ from contents group by filespace_name The resulting file should be able to be parsed easily and imported

Re: TSM Server on Windows - Does it work?

2002-01-17 Thread Justin Derrick
Putting all the OS/HW dogma aside, IBM/Tivoli doesn't support TSM on NT as seriously as it does on other, more 'expensive' platforms. Earlier this year, we discovered a serious (fatal actually) flaw with TSM on WinNT 4. TSM would hang each and every time a platter was unmounted from a drive in

Re: DOS attack? (off-topic)

2002-01-16 Thread Justin Derrick
How about putting a message in the header (or footer) of the eMails? One of my other lists implemented this change, and clueless 'unsubscription' messages were eliminated. ie: List-Help: http://topica.com/lists/ondemand-l/ List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -JD. I'm seeing all these

Re: SQL Commands in the TSM DB

2001-10-31 Thread Justin Derrick
This was written by one of the list members, and is quite good, and has a few more examples. Keep in mind that TSM supports a SUBSET of the SQL command standard... I really do recommend doing basic selects with dsmadmc, then parsing the output with Perl -- it's very flexible, quite fast, and

Re: DRM (Disaster Recovery Manager)

2001-10-23 Thread Justin Derrick
Actually, one of my customers who uses Content Manager OnDemand in combination with TSM used their points to supposedly license DRM on their production system. Once I see paper proof of the license, I'll be sure to forward the info to the group. As much as I like the guys at Tivoli Tech

Re: server media mount not possible

2001-10-23 Thread Justin Derrick
First thing I can suggest is a swift upgrade to TSM 4.1.4.0 on AIX. I've got it installed at two client sites (using 3995 Optical jukeboxes and LTO) and seems quite stable. From the messages manual (thank you, Adobe Acrobat Catalog...): ANS1312E Server media mount not possible Explanation: