TSM Operational reporting how?

Hi Gurus I would like to know about the feature of reporting in TSM I do have complex scripts generating reports using accounting log (too tedious) . All i would like to know is the details of new feature TSM operational reporting. I dont have TEC setup at this moment , but would like to

Re: Upgrading to TSM 5.1.x.x

Few weeks back i did migration from 4.2.x.x to 5.1.7.3 ... You need new license files , comes with 5.1.0.0 base version. Thanks and regards, Sreekumar P.Pothula Strategic Outsourcing IBM Global Services Notes ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Voice : Office : (65) 6840 2637

Re: 100% cpu occupied by dsmserv

Geetha, Are you running web browser? or do you see any session with ? in TSM Server console - probable causes for CPU 100%. Further, there is an apar for the cpu 100% problem IC28613. Ignore the above comments, if you TSM level is above 4.2.1. Pinning of CPU time by dsmserv happens due to ghost

LTO Library mix with other drives

Hi, Can 3583 LTO Tape Library make use of the Emerald drive and the 200/400GB data cartridge? Any problems in mixing ? Pls advise , your help is highly apprciated. Thanks in advance. Regards, Sreekumar P.Pothula Strategic Outsourcing IBM Global Services Notes ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Voice :

Is it possible to define user quota in TSM?

Hi all, Is it possible to restrict client to backup only 2 gb of data to TSM server, without defining storage pool per user. We are planing to install 3000 clients to TSM. if we dont have this restriction set , users may throw junk in to my TSM server and may endup no space. Pls post your

TSM Solution, How to.

Hi TSMers, I have given a task to provide a TSM solution for Firewall server/Application servers. Is there any difficulty backing up data from firewall servers. If so , what all do i need to consider before projecting them the solution and do anybody worked on presenting the TSM solution for

Re: q actlog

Yes you can ! All u need to have is restore your 'db' on development box. You must note as long as you have ACTLOGRETNETION set to 14 days or so, your earlier db also contains 14days of logs only. only thing you can have form the old db is back 14days from the date you restore your db. Thanks

Upgrade path to 4.2.1.14 - quick question

Hi *SMers, Can i upgrade to 4.2.1.14 from 4.1 as below 4.1 - 4.2.0.0 - 4.2.1.0 - 4.2.1.14 , my question is after upgrading to maintenance level 4.2.1.0 , can i directly upgrade to 4.2.1.14 skipping previous fixes. Thanks in advance. Thanks and regards, Sreekumar P.Pothula Strategic Outsourcing

Re: Anyone know what is up with ANR0197E

Hi, 4.2.1.15 added cleanup utility in its fixtest. ANR0197E : During volume processing on the server where the server is updating a volume to indicate that it is empty, it will now verify that there are no other extraneous references to that volume. If extraneous references are

migration (diskpool) --- copypool then onsite pool (issues)

We are going to implement offsite storage management for ruby. . As I know , we are planned to backup primary storage pool to copy storage pool before migrating the data to onsite tapepool from diskpool ( BACKUP STGPOOL PRIMARYPOOL COPYPOOL) . But we have small problem , few of the db2 / domino

Re: Migrate Install 3.7 to 4.2 any Notes?

Hi TSM'ers, Please find the migration instructions attachment. (See attached file: tsmmigration.txt) Thanks to one who prepared it . Regards sreekumar. Farren Minns [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UK

Re: File Not Found Message

The file not found error occurs at files with special characters in its names. Check this file and change the name if possible. pls check dsmerrror.log or actlog before and after the ANR4005E message to analyse the problem. this error is appropriate if the filename is 255 check APAR IC24460.

Re: TSM server unable to start

Probably , your DB volume corrupted. i observed the below messages saying that your db size is changed. Do you have point-in-time backup , then restore it. check admin guide for correct syntex on dsmserv restore db. thanks and regards sreekumar. Selva,

Internal Server Error Detected.

Hi All, Do anybody has idea about the below errors. AIX 4.3.3 / TSM 4.1.4. Your help is highly appreciated. 03/23/02 11:00:01 ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued .command: BACKUP VOLHISTORY 03/23/02 11:00:01 ANR0407I Session 54983 started for administrator ADMIN (AIX) (Tcp/Ip

Re: TSM Crashed

I agree with that this is fixed in 4.1.4. Still you need to be careful whats causing the problem. I too have experienced the same problem and ended-up in rebuilding TSM again. Have you seen actlog message that report ANRE or ANRW before and after crash. try capture and send it ,

How to use string operators in select statement - TSM.

Hi TSM'ers The below is the message from select output (select * from actlog) All I want to know is whether or not possible to caputue only the message no (ex ANR2565I) using select query I tried using string operations in select command didnt help much If any select expert tried this pls let me

Linux support.

anyone using TSM client 4.1.x on Linux Red Hat 7.2 to backup filesystems and Databases on TSM 4.1.2 running on AIX. Does TSM support Red Hat Linux 7.2. Thanks and regards sree.

Re: TSM Crashing

looks like the problem i had with recovery log full. support said to upgrade 4.1.4 ? may be a good idea. 4.1.4 includes fix for expiration errors. if u have a clean look at actlog and its errors , you may get an idea why is it happening. these are the following events may cause server to crash

Re: Recover log at 5120MB and full - Cannot start TSM

Hi, here is some stuff. i had a big problem couple of months ago. TSM server crashes at every alternate day. this is due to db2 backup pinning the log tail. To overcome this,I have changed my policy definitions to backup the database (db2) directly to tape pool instead of migrating database

cache hit percentage is low around 97%

hi tsm'ers, my cachehit pct utilization sometimes drops to 96.7% and few times i see it touches 99%. due to this i see slow in server process like migration and expiration and sessions hanging for long period of time. please advise me , how can i overcome this. I tried increasing the database

Re: ADSM server crash

check your daily jobs for tsm are happening properly or not , say like inventory expiration (should not terminate due to window timing) , see activity log retention, also see q occupancy for which files are increaisng may cause db to increase in size. see the volume history info also which is

logpool size for 2 gb RAM

how much do i have to set the value for LOGPOOLSIZE for 2gb RAM . my buffpoolsize is already set to 262144. even then, my db cache hit pct is well below 99% i,e. 96% thanks in advance. regards sreekumar.

Re: Reporting Statistics : will it work for AIX

I had gone through www.tsmmanager.com. , found that its useful for TSM on WINDOWs. is there any version like this for AIX also. regards sreekumar. William Boyer bill.boyer@ve To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rizon.net cc:

Statistics problem with TSM backup.

Hi Tsm'ers Here is my problem. by looking at below statistics, i suppose 44.81 GB is backedup to TSM server. 11/20/01 13:34:03 ANE4952I (Session: 2190, Node: ADSMSRV1.SG.IBM.COM) Total number of objects inspected:1,956 11/20/01 13:34:03 ANE4954I (Session: 2190,

Re: anyone else notice, log doesn't clear during expiration...(even w ith logmode normal)

Which is the client causing log space to be overcommitted.? are u running any DB2 sessions. As i experienced , DB2 client casuing lot of problems for log space due to incorrect size estimate. Try doing dumpdb/loaddb/audit db this may resolve your problem. John Bremer

Re: dsmerror.log, ERROR: **llStrP == NULL in InsertSlashHack!

check APAR IC29368. also check ur vols (drives). what the previous sucessful backup summary says?? run expiration and observe the statistics. regards sreekumar. Kent Monthei Kent.J.Monthe To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Atape driver update.

Hi gurus, i have TSM 4.1.4.2 running on AIX 4.3.3 our atape : 5.4.2.0 and atldd 4.0.7.0 I see SIM/MIM messages in errpt and thinking to update atape driver. what is the latest atape/atldd that i can apply . i see 6.x.x.x available on ftp site. i dont find much in readme. cany anybody suggest me

Re: internal server error / ANR0102E

Did u find any volumes causing this problem. observe which are the volumes mounted during migration and also perform audit volume on that. not really know, which is causing problem after going through ur message. I can only suspect that this was the result of a failed transaction. The error that

recovery log is filling up so quickly

Hi floks, Strange problem. Recovery log fills up rapidly and causes server to crash. This only seems to occur when DB2 backup happening. I tried backing up Db2 database parellel with 4 session 8 buffers, but of no use. I also tried increasing the log , didnt click. any suggestions.

Re: Backupsets

Hi floks, Why i wanted to know more about backupset ? Our setup : AIX4.3.3 , TSM 4.1.4.2 , 3575 Auto library. Recently i had a problem with Expire inventory . contacted IBM support (one to many). They suggested to apply fix 4.1.4.2, I have done it. Still expiration problem persists. One fine

Re: Error on UNLOADDB process

Hi robert, Are u using Shared - library or mannual ? however, if u try creating sequetial device class 'FILE' in disk and try to unload db using the said device class , you may find the unloaddb may not distrub you any more. try doing this. --- 1)define a device class - FILE type

Re: Error in expire inventory

Extreme with ADSM!! by the way what is the version TSM u are using. Perform UNLOADDB = .DMP Perform LOADFORMAT all log volumes and dbvolumes (see the syntax in tsmadmin guide) Perform LOADDB from .DMP Perform AUDITDB after completion of LOADDB

Re: One of the clients gave the error but tcp/ip connection is ok.wha t else?

Hi Check ur TCPBufferSIze,Committimeout and increase accordingly. Hope this will help. Regards sree. PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI) [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 09/26/2001 04:49:51 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: disabling TCPIP commmethod

Hi try out this. tcpport 1505 Matthew A. Bacchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 09/22/2001 02:36:31 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: disabling TCPIP commmethod OK folks,

Re: disabling TCPIP commmethod

Hi matt. This sreekumar. Its intresting to see u in this list. i think u might have red my previous mail answering your query. i never seen ur id while replying, thought that one of *SMer in the list. THanks for the solution. regards sree. Matthew A. Bacchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on

Q ocuupancy Vs Q filespace.

hi *smers, It really surprising me that how q occupancy is not showing few nodes. whereas , q file space still show . whats happening !! can any tsm guru can help me out this. thanks in advance regards sree.

Re: Rif: ANR8302E I/O error cc=422 - Undetermined error

its a problem with media. try cleaning drive first and then audit volume fix=no to findout if any file damaged. and try to move data again. thanks and regards sree, ProtoTipo srl [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 09/24/2001 18:43:58 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]

append a file to mksysb image

Hi , I know that this is AIX related question , i have ray of hope that some body could help me in this regard. my query is. Its possible to restore a single file (/etc/hosts) from mksysb image that is stored in my hard disk (not in tape). like wise, is it possible to append the same file to the

data backup via network

Hi, is it possible to keep copy pool away from onsite by backingup primary pool to copy pool via network using TCP/IP. regards sree.

Re: quick question on amt. of data backedup daily.

Thanks richard sims, i have one more doubt here.I run incremental backup daily . i have 80 clients backingup their file systems and DB2 databases. when i take accounting records in consideration and sum all rows (20th column) , it shows around 153gb. I understand 153GB is backedup to adsm storage

quick question on amt. of data backedup daily.

Hi *smers, can any one tell me how much amount of data changed daily in terms of bytes. where do i get the info. sys.tables. thanks in advance. regards sree.

help !!!!!!!!!!! offsite requirements.

Hi, where do i get more info. on offsite backup. here are some questions. 1) if i wanna setup offsite backup. how many tapes do i need. presently, we have 3575 tape library with 323 catridges. 40% of its space is occupied. expecting 5% data change daily. would like to keep 2 versions at offsite.

examined Vs backed up Vs changed

Hi TSM gurus, Here is an exercise ... how do i know how many files examined ,how many files actually backed up and how many files changed daily in my library(consolidated) using a select statement. I have a 3575 setup. i have tremendous data growth. Answer to the above query really helps me

Incremental backup problem ....still not solved. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, Thanks to bala for his prompt reply for my previous mail. But still i have problem. Here is my dsmc input and output. tsm inc 'c:\program files\loftware labeling\' -subdir=yes Node Name: MFGBARCODE Session established with server ADSMSRV1: AIX-RS/6000 Server Version 4, Release 1, Level 3.0

Help subdir backup.

i m new to windows 2000 TSM . when i issuedsmc inc 'C:\Program Files\Barcode Labeling\' -subdir=yes , its only backingup files in 'Barcode Labeling'. but not its subdirectories.Why Thanks and regards sree.

Help!!!!!!!!! Win 2000 client backup

Hi *SMers , How can i schedule (client side) a backup of a directory using adsm in windows 2000. Im new to win2000/ADSM.Help me in this regard. regards sree.

3rd copy of dbvol on other Volumegroup

Hi all, Im having 2 dbvolume copies on same VG called tsmvg. Im intrsted in keeping the third copy of the DBvol in rootvg instead in TSMvg . My view in this is to recover latest dbvolume from rootvg incase of TSMvg corruption. Can i keep 3rd copy on rootvg. if so, please let me know the steps

Job Idle for more than 15 min

Hi *SM experts, When client fires a incremental job , usally it attempts a backup in a minute (Idletime). This is what happening since january. But, today i have problem, its in idle state for more than the time which i have set in server options (15min) and backup failed with error message in

Re: cleaning 3575 drive

) herfried Pothula S Paparao [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 17.07.2001 05:06:10 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: cleaning 3575 drive Hi , can anyone send me

cleaning 3575 drive

Hi , can anyone send me a procedure or instructions to clean the 3575 tape drive. regards sreekumar.

Re: Restore on a different client machine?

hi yahya try out this option from aix prompt of any node where u wanna restore this directory or files. dsmc restore -virtualnodname=nodename source directory target direcotry See that you have owenship permissions for accessing the above node or else u can use 'admin' id to restore. Yahya

selective backup

Hi TSMers, when i choose selective backup to run. i shows the follwing message. ANS1092E No files matching search criteria were found ANS1804E Selective Backup processing of '/export/nim/mksysb/sysbkp/selective' finished with failures. but backup finished without failures. is this serious to

Re: Restore on a different client machine?

hi , please try this option, it might help to suite ur needs. try this command from aix prompt. dsmc restore -virtualnodename=nodename source directory target directory -subdir=yes regards sree. Martin, Jon R. [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 07/13/2001 04:43:29 Please respond to ADSM:

TSM - WIN2000 download.

Hi all, where can i download TSM software for windows 2000. most urgent. thanks in advance. sreekumar.

Re: Distribution of PERL TSM Module

hi jourg, im thankful to u if u send me a copy . regards sree.

Re: What volume is my backup on, at time of restore?

If i'm correct, try out this select query select * from backups where node_name='NODENAME' which gives u OBJECT_ID,FILESPACE_NAME, HL_NAME . sree Alex Paschal [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 06/23/2001 06:30:35 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM:

SQL2025N An I/O error -50 occurred on media ADSM.

hi all, we are often coming across this error while taking online backup from db2-server. this job is run from crontab at 00:00 hours. i m unable to trace out the problem , what causing database backup to fail. do any one knows about it. please reply immdly.