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.
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
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
, 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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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(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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
if Tina
gets enough negative feedback she'll think twice next time.
_
William Mansfield
Senior Consultant
Solution Technology, Inc
Justin Derrick
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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
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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
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
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:
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-JD.
I'm seeing all these
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
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
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:
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