Multiple FileSpaces on Cluster
Hi, We have a Netware 6.5 Cluster and I find that TSM generates multiple FileSpaces when migrating the Volumes to other Cluster nodes. I will have ie. Server1\Home, Server2\Home and Server3\Home FileSpaces on Server. 1. I find that I cannot restore files that have been backed up to the other Filespace, unless I migrate the volume back... TSM 5.2.3.5 Client 5.02.04 Options File: Nodename Server1-Home Domain: Home We load multiple dsmcad instances on each server to define Cluster Volume-nodes and normal server-nodes Regards Louw Pretorius ___ Informasie Tegnologie Stellenbosch Universiteit There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't
Re: Multiple FileSpaces on Cluster
Hi Louw It's not actually a Netware disk that moves between Netware clustered servers, it's a Netware Partition which can contain multiple disks. Just to confuse you, the TSM manual that describes how to set up Netware Cluster aware backups talks about a cluster group when they really mean a Netware Partition. The key to getting this to work successfully seems to be to allocate a dsm.opt file on a disk in that partition, and define the partition to TSM as a uniquely named node, that is, do not use the same node name as any of the physical clustered servers. We do this for a couple of clustered disks and all seems to work fine. If you can provide details of how your dsm.opt file is set up I might be able to help more, but one problem is that our standards are that every clustered disk lives in its own Netware partition, and I can't remember how much of our documentation is disk specific and how much is partition specific. (Understanding the TSM manual was heavy going) Jim On 19/01/2006 10:02:27 ADSM: Dist Stor Manager wrote: Hi, We have a Netware 6.5 Cluster and I find that TSM generates multiple FileSpaces when migrating the Volumes to other Cluster nodes. I will have ie. Server1\Home, Server2\Home and Server3\Home FileSpaces on Server. 1. I find that I cannot restore files that have been backed up to the other Filespace, unless I migrate the volume back... TSM 5.2.3.5 Client 5.02.04 Options File: Nodename Server1-Home Domain: Home We load multiple dsmcad instances on each server to define Cluster Volume-nodes and normal server-nodes Regards Louw Pretorius ___ Informasie Tegnologie Stellenbosch Universiteit There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.com/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored. This confidential e-mail is for the addressee only. If received in error, do not retain/copy/disclose it without our consent and please return it to us. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus or alteration by a third party after it is sent. This e-mail is confidential, if you are not the intended recipient, do not retain/disclose it and please return it to us. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus/alteration of our e-mail by a third party after sending. For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.co.uk/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored.
Re: Multiple FileSpaces on Cluster
Hi Jim, O thx Jim for your input, it really helped me. Now do you know if I can merge the 3 FileSpaces? Regards Louw Pretorius ___ Informasie Tegnologie Stellenbosch Universiteit There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Armstrong Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 13:00 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Multiple FileSpaces on Cluster Hi Louw It's not actually a Netware disk that moves between Netware clustered servers, it's a Netware Partition which can contain multiple disks. Just to confuse you, the TSM manual that describes how to set up Netware Cluster aware backups talks about a cluster group when they really mean a Netware Partition. The key to getting this to work successfully seems to be to allocate a dsm.opt file on a disk in that partition, and define the partition to TSM as a uniquely named node, that is, do not use the same node name as any of the physical clustered servers. We do this for a couple of clustered disks and all seems to work fine. If you can provide details of how your dsm.opt file is set up I might be able to help more, but one problem is that our standards are that every clustered disk lives in its own Netware partition, and I can't remember how much of our documentation is disk specific and how much is partition specific. (Understanding the TSM manual was heavy going) Jim On 19/01/2006 10:02:27 ADSM: Dist Stor Manager wrote: Hi, We have a Netware 6.5 Cluster and I find that TSM generates multiple FileSpaces when migrating the Volumes to other Cluster nodes. I will have ie. Server1\Home, Server2\Home and Server3\Home FileSpaces on Server. 1. I find that I cannot restore files that have been backed up to the other Filespace, unless I migrate the volume back... TSM 5.2.3.5 Client 5.02.04 Options File: Nodename Server1-Home Domain: Home We load multiple dsmcad instances on each server to define Cluster Volume-nodes and normal server-nodes Regards Louw Pretorius ___ Informasie Tegnologie Stellenbosch Universiteit There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.com/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored. This confidential e-mail is for the addressee only. If received in error, do not retain/copy/disclose it without our consent and please return it to us. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus or alteration by a third party after it is sent. This e-mail is confidential, if you are not the intended recipient, do not retain/disclose it and please return it to us. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus/alteration of our e-mail by a third party after sending. For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.co.uk/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored.
Re: Backup larger than data on server
On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:18 PM, Paul Dudley wrote: Can someone explain why the number of bytes transferred exceeds the amount of data on the server? You need to examine the details of file processing contained in your schedule log, up to and including any client compression indications. Richard Sims
Re: AW: [ADSM-L] Restore everything accept
I followed your link and found this thing quite interesting, but I have problems testing restores from TSM Server - have you already been testing this software ? Tomasz Hubicki Thomas Rupp napisał(a): If you want to BMR your linux system have a look at = http://www.mkcdrec.org/ This tool has support for TSM. I'm going to test it in the near future - if anyone is interested I'll = post my findings. Thomas Rupp -Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht- Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag = von Helder Garcia Gesendet: Montag, 16. J=E4nner 2006 20:43 An: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Betreff: Re: [ADSM-L] Restore everything accept This is kind of a bare metal recovery, a feature not implemented by TSM without third party components. You may try to create a live CD with TSM BA client embedded (or plug hard disk on another machine), mount the partition you want to restore of the original hard disk, and restore to the mount point you choose.
Re: Restoring Novell Post offices
Thanks Aaron Troy! Troy Frank wrote: That's what it looked like to me too. The restore path was missing a colon and a trailing \ . [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/18/2006 2:02:07 PM poa:restore/ ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/18/06 02:37PM Troy thanks, If I wanted to restore a post office to a restore folder area on the same box using point-n-time (1/06/06) what would a command line restore look like? I have the the following which seems to be missing something restore pitd=1/06/2006 -pitt=07:00 -subdir=yes docgw1/poa:\cohq* poa/restore \01/062006 ?? Troy Frank wrote: We have a separate restore server that we put all of our groupwise restores onto. Because groupwise makes you restore the whole P.O. just to get at one person's email, it would be a bit cumbersome for us to do it on the live servers. On the groupwise servers themselves, I run a dsmc set access backup * * * command to allow this. Since we retain 60 versions, and backup once a day, I can go back to any point-in-time within the last two months. When I want to run a restore, I type this command on the restore server, from the dsmc commandline... restore -fromnode=srcserv -pitd=1/05/2006 -pitt=08:00:00 -subdir=yes srcserv/vol1:\apps\* destserv/vol1:\srcservpo10506\ So the way I'm doing the point-in-time, if you want to restore the PO from 1/4/2006, I do the point-in-time of the next morning, after the backup would've run. The \srcservpo10506 is just the standard I use for knowing which PO restore this is, you could just any folder you want. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/13/2006 10:23 AM Hello, I am having trouble restoring a Novell Post office box using point-n-time, A client wants a restore using a specific data but the file structure doesn't for that date. But when I do normal restore without point n time I see the file structure. Does anyone have a specific way they restore post office mail boxes in Novell I have never had this problem before. Novell 6.5 TSM client 5.2.2 Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender by reply e-mail, delete this e-mail from your computer, and destroy any copies in any form immediately. Receipt by anyone other than the named recipient(s) is not a waiver of any attorney-client, work product, or other applicable privilege. This message and all contents may be reviewed by authorized parties of the Catholic Health System other than those named in the message header. The contents of this message do not bind the Catholic Health System to any contract, position, or course of action unless the sender is specifically authorized to enter into contracts on behalf of the Catholic Health System. The contents of this message do not necessarily constitute an official representation of the Catholic Health System. Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
Re: Backup larger than data on server
There is also the 'chitchat' that the client and server do when discussing whether an individual file has been backed up or is missing. That increases the network transmissions significantly if you have a large number of files and are not using local journaling. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Dudley Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:18 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Backup larger than data on server We have TSM version 5.2. The client server I am referring to here is Redhat linux. In the /var/log/tsm/dsmsched.log it lists Total number of bytes transferred:79.18 GB However there is only around 60 Gb of data on the server (see df below) FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 9.7G 2.1G 7.1G 23% / /dev/sdb2 104G 57G 43G 58% /opt Can someone explain why the number of bytes transferred exceeds the amount of data on the server? Thanks Paul Paul Dudley ANL IT Operations Dept. ANL Container Line [EMAIL PROTECTED] ANL DISCLAIMER This e-mail and any file attached is confidential, and intended solely to the named addressees. Any unauthorised dissemination or use is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail from your system. Please do not copy, use or make reference to it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any person. Privileged and Confidential: The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message.
Re: Multiple FileSpaces on Cluster
I've never tried this, but the EXPORT NODE command has a mergefilespaces=yes parameter. Might be worth testing? On 19/01/2006 11:51:07 ADSM: Dist Stor Manager wrote: Hi Jim, O thx Jim for your input, it really helped me. Now do you know if I can merge the 3 FileSpaces? Regards Louw Pretorius ___ Informasie Tegnologie Stellenbosch Universiteit There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Armstrong Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 13:00 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Multiple FileSpaces on Cluster Hi Louw It's not actually a Netware disk that moves between Netware clustered servers, it's a Netware Partition which can contain multiple disks. Just to confuse you, the TSM manual that describes how to set up Netware Cluster aware backups talks about a cluster group when they really mean a Netware Partition. The key to getting this to work successfully seems to be to allocate a dsm.opt file on a disk in that partition, and define the partition to TSM as a uniquely named node, that is, do not use the same node name as any of the physical clustered servers. We do this for a couple of clustered disks and all seems to work fine. If you can provide details of how your dsm.opt file is set up I might be able to help more, but one problem is that our standards are that every clustered disk lives in its own Netware partition, and I can't remember how much of our documentation is disk specific and how much is partition specific. (Understanding the TSM manual was heavy going) Jim On 19/01/2006 10:02:27 ADSM: Dist Stor Manager wrote: Hi, We have a Netware 6.5 Cluster and I find that TSM generates multiple FileSpaces when migrating the Volumes to other Cluster nodes. I will have ie. Server1\Home, Server2\Home and Server3\Home FileSpaces on Server. 1. I find that I cannot restore files that have been backed up to the other Filespace, unless I migrate the volume back... TSM 5.2.3.5 Client 5.02.04 Options File: Nodename Server1-Home Domain: Home We load multiple dsmcad instances on each server to define Cluster Volume-nodes and normal server-nodes Regards Louw Pretorius ___ Informasie Tegnologie Stellenbosch Universiteit There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.com/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored. This confidential e-mail is for the addressee only. If received in error, do not retain/copy/disclose it without our consent and please return it to us. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus or alteration by a third party after it is sent. This e-mail is confidential, if you are not the intended recipient, do not retain/disclose it and please return it to us. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus/alteration of our e-mail by a third party after sending. For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.co.uk/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored. For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.com/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored. This confidential e-mail is for the addressee only. If received in error, do not retain/copy/disclose it without our consent and please return it to us. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus or alteration by a third party after it is sent. This e-mail is confidential, if you are not the intended recipient, do not retain/disclose it and please return it to us. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus/alteration of our e-mail by a third party after sending. For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.co.uk/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored.
Can TSM data tapes be read by other programs?
Hi guys, TSM version 5.2 running on AIX 5.2 To my understanding, data TSM writes on tapes can not be used because it does not have any meta data associated with the data that is on tape. Is this true? would it be possible, for example, if a copypool tape is lost during transit that the data on that can be read? does TSM encrypt the data that is on tape? TIA! +=+ This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. +=+
Re: Can TSM data tapes be read by other programs?
It's been a while since I actually looked at the content of a TSM tape, so I may be mis-remembering here -- but it looked to me like TSM writes ANSI-standard multiple-file tape volumes. There's a VOL1 label with the tape volser in it, and an HDR1 label (IIRC) for each file; the 'filename' field of the HDR1 looked to have a tsm database record number instead of a file name. And then the data, just as it came from the client -- compressed if the client compressed it, encrypted if the client encrypted it, or plain ol' raw ASCII if that's the way it comes across. So any text fields in your Oracle database (for example) will be readable -- names, addresses, phone numbers, SSN's, whatever. Then a tape mark, another HDR1, and another file. VOL1 and HDRx records are ANSI-standard 80-character unblocked. (Wasn't ADSM V1, or it's predicessor, a mainframe package?) And, of course, copypool tapes will match the original storagepool tapes -- just straight copies of the data, no other fancy magic. Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tae Kim Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:58 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Can TSM data tapes be read by other programs? Hi guys, TSM version 5.2 running on AIX 5.2 To my understanding, data TSM writes on tapes can not be used because it does not have any meta data associated with the data that is on tape. Is this true? would it be possible, for example, if a copypool tape is lost during transit that the data on that can be read? does TSM encrypt the data that is on tape? TIA! +=+ This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. +=+
Re: EMC Centera
I believe you have to have TSM DRP. We have recently implemented TSM, Content Manager OnDemand, and Centera as the storage device. Content Manager OnDemand controls the retention settings, and TSM is only the api to Centera. We have TSM Extended Edition. I believe in order for retention to be set in TSM, you need to purchase TSM DRP. I believe Centera has a base default setting, but in our environment we need at least 8 tiers of retention so we let Content Mgr OnDemand handle the retention. Spendlove, Ted [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 01/18/2006 03:48 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc: Subject:EMC Centera Hi team, We are in the process of testing an EMC Centera as a storage repository for TSM. We find the following snippet in: Technical Changes for Version 5 Release 2 -- January 2004 EMC Centera Support ... Centera devices can also be used as standard storage devices if no mandatory retention requirements exist for the data. ... We have no mandatory retention requirements We just want TSM to control retention like he always has on other devices. Now, by following the FM closely we are able to get data written to, read from, the Centera BUT when our storage admin types do their periodic housecleaning, unbeknown to TSM, all the TSM data is deleted. Apparently there is an attribute of deleteable or not deleteable somewhere in that box and TSM is not setting it. Anyone have any knowledge/advice on how to get TSM and EMC Centera to agree on retention controls? TIA, Ted Spendlove ATK Thiokol Propulsion CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential, trade secret or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited and may be a violation of law. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this message to an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
Running dsmcad to show information from secondary tsm nodename
Hi, To enable backups of Oracle 7 datafiles and to separate these out from the normal backups I registered the machine again using a different nodename. Is it possible to run the dsmcad programme in such a way that it will accept connections to the machine and show the files that have been backed up on that machine using the alternative nodename? Regards Pete
Re: Running dsmcad to show information from secondary tsm nodename
Pete By default dsmcad is listining with port 1581 , on your alternate nodename opt file you can put the entry: HTTPORT 1582 Load your dsmcad -optfile=.../alternate_nodename_optfile And to connect to this alternate nodename : http://ipnumber:1582 Regards Robert Ouzen Haifa University Israel -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Hitchman Sent: ה 19 ינואר 2006 18:55 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Running dsmcad to show information from secondary tsm nodename Hi, To enable backups of Oracle 7 datafiles and to separate these out from the normal backups I registered the machine again using a different nodename. Is it possible to run the dsmcad programme in such a way that it will accept connections to the machine and show the files that have been backed up on that machine using the alternative nodename? Regards Pete
AW: [ADSM-L] AW: [ADSM-L] Restore everything accept
Not yet, but I got a installation douku and a script to make mkcdrec work with TSM. Unfortunately they are partly in german. At the moment the collegue responsible for linux can't find the time to test it but if you want me to translate the text so you can start your own testing just drop me a note. HTH Thomas Rupp -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Tomasz Hubicki Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. Jänner 2006 12:40 An: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Betreff: Re: [ADSM-L] AW: [ADSM-L] Restore everything accept I followed your link and found this thing quite interesting, but I have problems testing restores from TSM Server - have you already been testing this software ? Tomasz Hubicki
Re: Windows HSM experiences?
I haven't used it myself, but it works the same way as OTG DiskExtender did. It was mentioned during discussion at our local TSM user group; at least 2 sites were using DiskExtender and LIKED the way it handled stub files. Yes, your backup has only the stub. But the file itself, is still in the HSM storage pool (and you should have a copy pool version also, etc.) The people who liked this arrangement pointed out that if they had to do a mass restore of a hard drive, it doesn't take very long, because they only restore the STUBS, not all the MB of all the data. Then when someone wants the file, and they touch it, TSM HSM kicks in to restrieve it as usual. Just another point of view. Wanda Prather I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O -(me) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen S. Rout Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:17 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Windows HSM experiences? On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:28:36 -0500, Richard Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We are a Novell shop that has made a decision to migrate to Windows for file and print serving. There is talk about implementing the HSM client for Windows to help solve disk space problems. Is anyone using Windows HSM client and what are your experiences with it - good and bad. I had a bad experience with it; it was the presentation about it in Oxford. The Windows HSM implementation is very very different from the unix one. One example: If you have a HSM filesystem, and you put a file down: Day 1: You run an incr, and back up the file. Day 1.1: HSM decides to migrate your file. A stub is left. Day 2: You run an incr, and back up the stub. (!) Yes, your actual backup is now inactive. I asked about this three times. HSM might not migrate the file immediately, of course. But whenever it does, you'll cut a new copy of the (from your perspective 'unchanged') file, and make the complete version inactive. If you later retrieve the (in your opinion unchanged) file, the next incr will make another new version, and for a while your active version will be the full file. The long and short of it was that the presenter felt the Windows HSM client was appropriate for very, very static filespaces; perhaps PDF output repositories or report holding bins? But it seemed clear to me that it was not suitable for the kinds of tasks I've been accustomed to deploying on UNIX HSM. - Allen S. Rout - Apologies for the double 'very very'.
Re: Multiple FileSpaces on Cluster
Here's a bit more on top of Jim's good explanation on NetWare clusters. The cluster nodes are actually virtual servers with their own IPs. We were seeing the exact same thing as you Louw as the NetWare TSM client manual is a little confusing about clusters. We're running uniquely named DSMCADs off of each cluster node now, i.e. dsmcad-node1,2,3... . Here's what a typical cluster node would have in its DSM.opt file to mark it as a cluster resource: NODENAME admin_server [TSM node name] DOMAIN ADMIN: [cluster node volume name as NetWare sees it] CLUSTERNODE YES [this is what keeps one consistent file space] HTTPPORT1582 [ports should be unique for cluster resources] Hope that helps, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/19/2006 6:24 am I've never tried this, but the EXPORT NODE command has a mergefilespaces=yes parameter. Might be worth testing? On 19/01/2006 11:51:07 ADSM: Dist Stor Manager wrote: Hi Jim, O thx Jim for your input, it really helped me. Now do you know if I can merge the 3 FileSpaces? Regards Louw Pretorius ___ Informasie Tegnologie Stellenbosch Universiteit There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Armstrong Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 13:00 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Multiple FileSpaces on Cluster Hi Louw It's not actually a Netware disk that moves between Netware clustered servers, it's a Netware Partition which can contain multiple disks. Just to confuse you, the TSM manual that describes how to set up Netware Cluster aware backups talks about a cluster group when they really mean a Netware Partition. The key to getting this to work successfully seems to be to allocate a dsm.opt file on a disk in that partition, and define the partition to TSM as a uniquely named node, that is, do not use the same node name as any of the physical clustered servers. We do this for a couple of clustered disks and all seems to work fine. If you can provide details of how your dsm.opt file is set up I might be able to help more, but one problem is that our standards are that every clustered disk lives in its own Netware partition, and I can't remember how much of our documentation is disk specific and how much is partition specific. (Understanding the TSM manual was heavy going) Jim On 19/01/2006 10:02:27 ADSM: Dist Stor Manager wrote: Hi, We have a Netware 6.5 Cluster and I find that TSM generates multiple FileSpaces when migrating the Volumes to other Cluster nodes. I will have ie. Server1\Home, Server2\Home and Server3\Home FileSpaces on Server. 1. I find that I cannot restore files that have been backed up to the other Filespace, unless I migrate the volume back... TSM 5.2.3.5 Client 5.02.04 Options File: Nodename Server1-Home Domain: Home We load multiple dsmcad instances on each server to define Cluster Volume-nodes and normal server-nodes Regards Louw Pretorius ___ Informasie Tegnologie Stellenbosch Universiteit There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.com/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored. This confidential e-mail is for the addressee only. If received in error, do not retain/copy/disclose it without our consent and please return it to us. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus or alteration by a third party after it is sent. This e-mail is confidential, if you are not the intended recipient, do not retain/disclose it and please return it to us. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus/alteration of our e-mail by a third party after sending. For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.co.uk/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored. For more information on Standard Life, visit our website http://www.standardlife.com/ The Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, is registered in Scotland (No. SZ4) and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Tel: 0131 225 2552 - calls may be recorded or monitored. This confidential e-mail is for the addressee only. If received in error, do not retain/copy/disclose it without our consent and please return it to us. We virus scan
Re: Antwort: Re: Windows HSM experiences?
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:55:25 +0100, TSM [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: let us view tsm: you will only have two sorts of files on the filesystem: the original file or (after hsm migration) the stub (or not, it depends on the hsm configuration) so tsm will have the stub and the original file in its storage, how many of them depends on the copygroup parameters. often the active version will be the stub file hsm: hsm migrates the file and the file is in the tsm storage, stub file is left. so you have to mention both hsm and tsm parameters very carefuly, that no data is lost. We agree. Contrast this with the UNIX HSM implementation, in a similar scenario to that which I discussed. Here's the windows HSM scenario: ]] Day 1: You run an incr, and back up the file. ]] Day 1.1: HSM decides to migrate your file. A stub is left. ]] Day 2: You run an incr, and back up the stub. (!) On AIX, it would go: Day 1: you run an incr, back up the file. Day 1.1: HSM decides to migrate your file, a stub is left. Day 2: You run an incr, and to a filesystem client the file is completely unchanged. No new copy needed, no new copy sent. The active version is the correct version, and there's never a stub backed up. I think that the AIX behavior is much more clear, much more TSM-ish. One response to this would be using your HSM workflow to serve the needs usually addressed by backups. But the windows-HSM storage is managed on the TSM server as archives, not as space-managed storage. This means that (unless you want your HSM filesystem to just lose files after N days) you have to set retention to NOLIMIT. This, in turn, means that you want to be -extremely- careful about how dynamic the space is, because you'll be keeping every version of every file, forever. Like I said in my initial reply: very very static spaces. - Allen S. Rout
TSM Z/OS Server - Unable to allocate Copy Storage Pool Tape Drives
Origianlly had 2 3590-1 tape drives in 3494 tape subsystem, all was fine We added 2 stanadalone 3590 tape drives . The origianal and new drives are both UNIT=3590-1 Both my primary storage and copy storage pools use a DEVCLASS with UNIT=3590-1 When I copy a primary storage pool to a copy storage pool I get a Z/OS message IKJ56241I ANR0984I Process 12 for BACKUP STORAGE POOL started in the BACKGROUND at 13:03:36. ANR2110I BACKUP STGPOOL started as process 12. ANR1210I Backup of primary storage pool NETWARE_TAPE to copy storage pool NETWARE_COPY started as process 12. TSM:TIVOLIV51 ANR1228I Removable volume A00310 is required for storage pool backup. ANR5216I 3590 A00310 is expected to be mounted (R/O). IKJ56241I DATA SET NETWAREC.BFS.V3421 NOT ALLOCATED+ IKJ56241I NO UNIT AVAILABLE IEC501A M 0911,A00310,SL,COMP,ADSM,ADSM,NETWARE.BFS Since both the tape subsystem and standalone 3590s are both 3590-1 how can I force TSM to use the tape subsystem tape units Tim Brown Systems Specialist Central Hudson Gas Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921
link for TSM 5.2 pdfs
what is the link to access the TSM 5.2 manuals in pdf format Tim Brown Systems Specialist Central Hudson Gas Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921
Re: ADSM-L TSM Z/OS Server
Top of message -- 01-19-06 11:22 S.SHEPPARD (SHS)ADSM-L] TSM Z/OS Server I believe you need a separate z/OS unitname for drives that are not in the 3494. Your z/OS operating system needs to know the difference to be able to force the allocation to the standalone 3590s. There may also need to be a modification to your SMS DATACLASS routine. Sam Sheppard San Diego Data Processing Corp. (858)-581-9668 ---` Top of message -- 01-19-06 10:58 ..NETMAIL () [ADSM-L] TSM Z/OS Server Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:00:43 -0500 From: Tim Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ADSM-L] TSM Z/OS Server - Unable to allocate Copy Storage Pool To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU _Top_of_Message_ Origianlly had 2 3590-1 tape drives in 3494 tape subsystem, all was fine We added 2 stanadalone 3590 tape drives . The origianal and new drives are both UNIT=3590-1 Both my primary storage and copy storage pools use a DEVCLASS with = UNIT=3590-1 When I copy a primary storage pool to a copy storage pool I get a Z/OS = message IKJ56241I ANR0984I Process 12 for BACKUP STORAGE POOL started in the BACKGROUND at = 13:03:36.= ANR2110I BACKUP STGPOOL started as process 12. = ANR1210I Backup of primary storage pool NETWARE_TAPE to copy storage = pool = NETWARE_COPY started as process 12. = TSM:TIVOLIV51 = ANR1228I Removable volume A00310 is required for storage pool backup.= ANR5216I 3590 A00310 is expected to be mounted (R/O).= IKJ56241I DATA SET NETWAREC.BFS.V3421 NOT ALLOCATED+ = IKJ56241I NO UNIT AVAILABLE = IEC501A M 0911,A00310,SL,COMP,ADSM,ADSM,NETWARE.BFS = Since both the tape subsystem and standalone 3590s are both 3590-1 how can I force TSM to use the tape subsystem tape units Tim Brown Systems Specialist Central Hudson Gas Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921 ---`
Re: link for TSM 5.2 pdfs
On Jan 19, 2006, at 2:16 PM, Tim Brown wrote: what is the link to access the TSM 5.2 manuals in pdf format http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/index.jsp
exclude netware volume
hi All Question: Does TSM still perform the task of scanning the whole volume even if I have entered an EXCLUDE at the very bottom of my dsmp.opt file ? tsm server 5.1.6 netware 6.sp5 client (tsm5.1.6) Gary
Re: exclude netware volume
If you're doing an actual EXCLUDE statement, then yes, the volume is getting scanned anyway. If you want to stop a whole volume from getting scanned, just remove it from the DOMAIN statement. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/19/2006 1:37:23 PM hi All Question: Does TSM still perform the task of scanning the whole volume even if I have entered an EXCLUDE at the very bottom of my dsmp.opt file ? tsm server 5.1.6 netware 6.sp5 client (tsm5.1.6) Gary Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
Re: exclude netware volume
On Jan 19, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Gary Osullivan wrote: Question: Does TSM still perform the task of scanning the whole volume even if I have entered an EXCLUDE at the very bottom of my dsmp.opt file ? tsm server 5.1.6 netware 6.sp5 client (tsm5.1.6) What kind of Exclude? EXCLUDE.DIR (processed ahead of any other Exclude specs, regardless of order) prevents TSM from entering the named directory, so it won't traverse its contents. Reference: IBM Technotes 1160889, 1113671. Richard Sims
Re: Corrupt DSM volumes
IS there a quick way or utility at AIX level to see if any of the DB, log volumes are corrupted. How do you figure out if the volume is corrupted. Thanks, Ashok
Re: Corrupt DSM volumes
On Jan 19, 2006, at 3:09 PM, Vats.Ashok wrote: IS there a quick way or utility at AIX level to see if any of the DB, log volumes are corrupted. How do you figure out if the volume is corrupted. Oh, TSM will tell you... :-) If your server survives, you'll have messages in your Activity Log. If they are mirrored volumes, the bad one will be put offline. Richard Sims
Storage Agent Crash
While I'm waiting for TSM support to call back (IBMSERV telephone tech could not tell me how long that might be), maybe someone here can help. I upgraded my AIX TSM server to 5.3.2.0 a couple of weeks ago. Everything has been good. Today I upgraded my first AIX Storage agent from 5.2.4.0 to 5.3.2.0. I started the StorageAgent and then tried to do a backup. The storage agent crashed with an: ANRD Mutex acquisition failure, errno=22; thread 3861 (tid 0). Any ideas before I go back to 5.2.4.0? David Ehresman University of Louisville
Version TDP SQL Server Question
We have a TSM 5.2.2.5 Server on an AIX 5.2 RML5. We want to backup our SQL Server *2005* with TDP SQL Server. I don't find anywhere (http://www-306.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr-db/platforms.html, ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/tivoli-data-protection/ntsql/v521 ?) that TSM TDP SQL is working with SQL Server 2005. Do you have this information ? Thank you.
Re: ADSM-L TSM Z/OS Server
Your drives in the library are SMS manage, the standalone drives are not SMS manage. You can have a device class that point to a different esoteric for the standalone drives. I also have 3592 drives in the library. They are define as 3590-1 in IOCDS. SMS is the only one that know the difference. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam Sheppard Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:26 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: ADSM-L TSM Z/OS Server Top of message -- 01-19-06 11:22 S.SHEPPARD (SHS)ADSM-L] TSM Z/OS Server I believe you need a separate z/OS unitname for drives that are not in the 3494. Your z/OS operating system needs to know the difference to be able to force the allocation to the standalone 3590s. There may also need to be a modification to your SMS DATACLASS routine. Sam Sheppard San Diego Data Processing Corp. (858)-581-9668 ---` Top of message -- 01-19-06 10:58 ..NETMAIL () [ADSM-L] TSM Z/OS Server Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:00:43 -0500 From: Tim Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ADSM-L] TSM Z/OS Server - Unable to allocate Copy Storage Pool To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU _Top_of_Message_ Origianlly had 2 3590-1 tape drives in 3494 tape subsystem, all was fine We added 2 stanadalone 3590 tape drives . The origianal and new drives are both UNIT=3590-1 Both my primary storage and copy storage pools use a DEVCLASS with = UNIT=3590-1 When I copy a primary storage pool to a copy storage pool I get a Z/OS = message IKJ56241I ANR0984I Process 12 for BACKUP STORAGE POOL started in the BACKGROUND at = 13:03:36. = ANR2110I BACKUP STGPOOL started as process 12. = ANR1210I Backup of primary storage pool NETWARE_TAPE to copy storage = pool = NETWARE_COPY started as process 12. = TSM:TIVOLIV51 = ANR1228I Removable volume A00310 is required for storage pool backup. = ANR5216I 3590 A00310 is expected to be mounted (R/O). = IKJ56241I DATA SET NETWAREC.BFS.V3421 NOT ALLOCATED+ = IKJ56241I NO UNIT AVAILABLE = IEC501A M 0911,A00310,SL,COMP,ADSM,ADSM,NETWARE.BFS = Since both the tape subsystem and standalone 3590s are both 3590-1 how can I force TSM to use the tape subsystem tape units Tim Brown Systems Specialist Central Hudson Gas Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921 ---`
Managed Server Passwords out of sync
Folks I have 2 TSM servers and a couple of days ago remote db backups started to fail the error message is below: Server Version 5, Release 3, Level 1.4 Aix 5.2. ML 6 01/20/06 08:00:28 ANR2281I Incremental database backup started as process 26. (SESSION: 259, PROCESS: 26) 01/20/06 08:00:28 ANR2753I (TSMDB_REMOTE):ANR0984I Process 26 for DATABASE BACKUP (SESSION: 259) 01/20/06 08:00:28 ANR2753I (TSMDB_REMOTE):started in the FOREGROUND at 08:00:28. (SESSION: 259) 01/20/06 08:00:28 ANR2753I (TSMDB_REMOTE):ANR2281I Incremental database backup started (SESSION: 259) 01/20/06 08:00:28 ANR2753I (TSMDB_REMOTE):as process 26. (SESSION: 259) 01/20/06 08:00:29 ANR0444W Protocol error on session 260 for node TSMPRD02 (AIX-RS/6000) - out-of-sequence verb (type AuthResult) received. (SESSION: 259) 01/20/06 08:00:29 ANR4373E Session rejected by target server TSMPRD01, reason: Authentication Failure. (SESSION: 259) 01/20/06 08:00:29 ANR1404W Scratch volume mount request denied - mount failed. (SESSION: 259, PROCESS: 26) 01/20/06 08:00:29 ANR4578E Database backup/restore terminated - required volume was not mounted. (SESSION: 259, PROCESS: 26) 01/20/06 08:00:29 ANR0985I Process 26 for DATABASE BACKUP running in the FOREGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE at 08:00:29. (SESSION: 259, PROCESS: 26) 01/20/06 08:00:29 ANR2753I (TSMDB_REMOTE):ANR4578E Database backup/restore terminated (SESSION: 259) I noted that serverpassword expiry is the default 90 and serverpassword was set 96 days ago. With password generate I was of the opinion that this looked after itself. Does anyone have an idea how I can get them back into sync and remote db backups /config refresh etc working again Server Name: TSMPRD01 Comm. Method: TCPIP High-level Address: XX.XX.XX.XX Low-level Address: 1501 Description: Domino TSM Server Allow Replacement: No Node Name: TSMPROD02 Last Access Date/Time: 01/20/06 08:00:29 Days Since Last Access: 1 Locked?: No Compression: No Archive Delete Allowed?: (?) URL: Registration Date/Time: 10/15/04 16:08:34 Registering Administrator: ADMIN Bytes Received Last Session: 201 Bytes Sent Last Session: 110 Duration of Last Session: 0.14 Pct. Idle Wait Last Session: 8.76 Pct. Comm. Wait Last Session: 0.00 Pct. Media Wait Last Session: 0.00 Grace Deletion Period: 5 Managing profile: Server Password Set: Yes Server Password Set Date/Time: 10/16/05 12:35:11 Days Since Server Password Set: 96 Invalid Sign-on Count for Server: 0 Virtual Volume Password Set: Yes Virtual Volume Password Set Date/Time: 01/19/06 09:22:32 Days Since Virtual Volume Password Set: 1 Invalid Sign-on Count for Virtual Volume Node: 0 Validate Protocol: No Version: 5 Release: 3 Level: 1.4 Role(s): Virtual Volumes Enterprise Configuration Allan Mills | AIX and TSM Administrator Business Technology Services | New South Wales Police 8835 9286 (internal 29286) This message and any attachment is confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received it by mistake, please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system; you should not copy the message or disclose its contents to anyone.
Gene - syntax/punctuation for an object in a schedule
Hi; I am creating a schedule that invokes a script which generates backupsets. The Action field is set to COMMAND and in the Object field I am trying to pass the string to execute the script. It is: nohup ./backupset/gen_backupset2.sh backset.out I believe it needs single or double quotes or something around either the whole line or part of the line. I have tried numerous permutations, but when I update it with TODAY and NOW to get it to run and test it out it just sits there. Any ideas? Gene Shaffer Software Systems Engineer Aurora Health Care Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it
Eracent backups
Hi all. I was wondering if any of you have experience using TSM to backup a Windows box that's running Eracent? If so, can I exclude the entire EracentEPACollector directory entirely as long as I am getting the regular SQL dumps? I realize it may behoove me greatly to contact Eracent about this... but any help is deeply appreciated! Thanks! -dave Dave Soucy | Senior Systems Administrator | D I G I T A S
Re: Gene - syntax/punctuation for an object in a schedule
The entire command should be surrounded in single quotes. I believe it will also help if you remove the space before backset.out like so: backset.out What interface are you using to create the sched - Admin Center, older web admin, or command line? __ John Monahan Senior Consultant Enterprise Solutions Computech Resources, Inc. Office: 952-833-0930 ext 109 Cell: 952-221-6938 http://www.computechresources.com Gene Shaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 01/19/2006 02:50 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Gene - syntax/punctuation for an object in a schedule Hi; I am creating a schedule that invokes a script which generates backupsets. The Action field is set to COMMAND and in the Object field I am trying to pass the string to execute the script. It is: nohup ./backupset/gen_backupset2.sh backset.out I believe it needs single or double quotes or something around either the whole line or part of the line. I have tried numerous permutations, but when I update it with TODAY and NOW to get it to run and test it out it just sits there. Any ideas? Gene Shaffer Software Systems Engineer Aurora Health Care Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it
Re: Version TDP SQL Server Question
Hi Laurent, Data Protection for SQL supports SQL Server 2005. Please look at my previous appends to this forum: http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0511/128.html http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0512/234.html It's also documented in the IBM web site: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=666context=SSTFZRdc=D400uid=swg24011094loc=en_UScs=UTF-8lang=en Thanks, Del ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 01/19/2006 03:51:00 PM: We have a TSM 5.2.2.5 Server on an AIX 5.2 RML5. We want to backup our SQL Server *2005* with TDP SQL Server. I don't find anywhere (http://www-306.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr-db/platforms.html , ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/tivoli-storage- management/maintenance/tivoli-data-protection/ntsql/v521 ?) that TSM TDP SQL is working with SQL Server 2005. Do you have this information ? Thank you.
