TDP for exchange error

2006-08-29 Thread Robert Ouzen Ouzen
Hi to all I have an exchange server Windows2003 (not in cluster) with TDP version 5.2.1 I backup it at Sunday Tuesday Thursday full (at 23:00) and between 3 times a day incremental (at 9 , 15 , 20). The 3 incrementals after the full are running correctly but the second day I got the

HELP: TSM has recycled itself...

2006-08-29 Thread Joni Moyer
Hi Everyone, I have a TSM server on AIX 5.3 at 5.2.7.1. This morning it recycled itself. The only message I could find that was suspicious was the following: 08/29/06 03:30:21 ANRD pkthread.c(601): ThreadId1145 Run-time assertion failed: inLen = 0, Thread 1145,

Re: HELP: TSM has recycled itself...

2006-08-29 Thread Smith, I (Ian)
What was happening at the time? Check earlier in the act log... i.e. session 23037 and process 659? _ Ian Smith SAN/TSM Specialist Hitachi Data Systems Certified Professional IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Consultant -Original Message- From: ADSM:

Re: HELP: TSM has recycled itself...

2006-08-29 Thread Richard Sims
On Aug 29, 2006, at 7:26 AM, Joni Moyer wrote: Hi Everyone, I have a TSM server on AIX 5.3 at 5.2.7.1. This morning it recycled itself. ... Does anybody have any suggestions/ideas on what caused the software to recycle? Or where can I look to find out? dsmserv.err, in your server

Re: HELP: TSM has recycled itself...

2006-08-29 Thread Joni Moyer
Hi Ian, The process that you referenced was a NAS NDMP differential backup. I also had regular client backups occurring throughout all platforms of servers such as windows, solaris, aix, etc. I haven't changed anything in the current environment for approximately a year, so nothing major has

Re: HELP: TSM has recycled itself...

2006-08-29 Thread Smith, I (Ian)
Expiration shouldn't be running during the backup window. Make sure expire interval is set to 0 and schedule this processing to avoid high db utilisation times. _ Ian Smith SAN/TSM Specialist Hitachi Data Systems Certified Professional IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Full Incremental Rotations

2006-08-29 Thread Adrian Compton
Hi There, I want to ensure I am implementing the best possible strategy for TSM backups. Has anyone implemented this successfully as described in the Full-Incremental Rotations Using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager field guide from IBM. I am using a copy storage pool , and perform a full backup

Re: Full Incremental Rotations

2006-08-29 Thread Efim
Abrian, concernin WEBSM: Problem DB growing rapidly when backup or archiving /usr. Operations such as backup, archive and delete archive can fail with errors ANS3008E ; Too many symbolic links or ANS5023E Not enough memory Cause recursive symlinks on circular linked directories of WEBSM

Re: Full Incremental Rotations

2006-08-29 Thread Adrian Compton
Thanks Efim. I did not think to look there. I have included it in my opt file and will look for the results this weekend in my ARCHIVE. Thanks Adrian Compton Aspen Pharmacare Port Elizabeth Tel: +27 (0) 41 407 2070 Fax: +27 (0) 41 453 7452 Cell: 082 320 4495 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] This

Re: Power saving and TSM backups

2006-08-29 Thread Remco Post
Paul Zarnowski wrote: One way we are looking to save energy is to turn computers off at night. As we typically run backups at night, this presents a problem. We would like to see a way that users could initiate a backup/auto-shutdown as they leave work for the day so that their computers

Re: TDP for exchange error

2006-08-29 Thread Del Hoobler
Hi Robert, I recommend that you check the event logs and other system logs closely. I think that there must be something else running (like another backup type, or a defrag, or something else) that is causing this situation to occur. I know that you said that the exchange admin told you that the

5.3.3 Upgrade problem

2006-08-29 Thread Remeta, Mark
Hi all, I upgraded one of my servers to 5.3.3.1 from 5.2.4.0 Friday. When we tried running the daily drm script I setup Monday morning we had problems with the library ejecting tapes. To make a long story short, before the upgrade tsm would prompt us to reply to a request number when we were ready

Re: 5.3.3 Upgrade problem

2006-08-29 Thread Smith, I (Ian)
TSM 53 has introduced a new option on the checkin command: WAITTime Specifies the number of minutes that the server will wait for you to reply or respond to a request. Specify a value in the range 0-. If you want to be prompted by the server, specify a wait time greater than zero. The

Re: 5.3.3 Upgrade problem

2006-08-29 Thread Smith, I (Ian)
This also sounds like the behaviour when the IO station is full _ Ian Smith SAN/TSM Specialist Hitachi Data Systems Certified Professional IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Consultant -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: HELP: TSM has recycled itself...

2006-08-29 Thread Joni Moyer
Hi Richard, I did have an issue approximately 6 months ago with data integrity, but IBM said that all was well. Maybe they were incorrect and the database does have corruption. In order to do a dump/loadformat/load/audit on my database I would think this would take a tremendous amount of down

Re: Problem deleting disk pool volume.

2006-08-29 Thread Gerald Michalak
With disk volumes I usually have to vary the volume offline first. Syntax .-Wait--=--No--. -VARy--+-ONline--+--volume_name--+--+ '-OFfline-' '-Wait--=--+-No--+-' '-Yes-' Gerald Michalak TSM - Certified V5 Administrator ADSM: Dist Stor Manager

Re: HELP: TSM has recycled itself...

2006-08-29 Thread Richard Sims
On Aug 29, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Joni Moyer wrote: Hi Richard, I did have an issue approximately 6 months ago with data integrity, but IBM said that all was well. Maybe they were incorrect and the database does have corruption. In order to do a dump/loadformat/load/audit on my database I would

Re: 5.3.3 Upgrade problem

2006-08-29 Thread Remeta, Mark
Hmm, that's strange. According to the manual the default is 60 minutes but it's obviously behaving as if it was 0. I don't specify a wait time when I check out the volumes -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Smith, I (Ian) Sent:

Re: 5.3.3 Upgrade problem

2006-08-29 Thread Remeta, Mark
Ok, I found the problem. It's with the move drm command. The default is now Remove=Bulk which means it moves the tape to the entry/exit port and does not issue a reply command. I need to add remove=yes to the move drm command and that should do the trick. Thanks for pointing me in the right

LTO-2 and LTO-3 switch grouping

2006-08-29 Thread Robin Sharpe
Hi All, We have the good fortune to be adding four LTO-3 drives to our STK L700 library. It currently has 14 LTO-2 drives, attached to two Brocade 3800 (2Gpbs, 16-port) switches. All drives are IBM FC. I'm trying to figure out the best approach to zone these drives. We currently use port

Re: LTO-2 and LTO-3 switch grouping

2006-08-29 Thread Smith, I (Ian)
Ensure the PCI slots do not share internal BUS bandwidth. You may end up with issues there- I moved to dual port PCIe cards for the internal bandwidth to run many LTO3 drives. Is the server really only PCI, or are they PCI-X slots? There is no issues running LTO2 and LTO3 on the same HBA. I have

Offsite pools with fewer versions

2006-08-29 Thread Patrick Plagman
Hello, We are running TSM 5.2.3 on z/OS using SAN disk and IBM 3590 carts for storage. We are backing up Windows 2000 and 2003 servers. I have been requested to increase the number of versions of backup files in the storage pools. This will increase the size of my storage pools and of

Include statement

2006-08-29 Thread Gill, Geoffrey L.
I'm trying to include all files in a specific directory that begin with the work collaboration to a specific management class. The full name of the file may or may not have more than just this word in it and the extension may be different for some. Do I have this syntax correct? include

Re: TDP for exchange error

2006-08-29 Thread Robert Ouzen Ouzen
Hi Del I will continue to investigate . By the way I install the TDP version 5.3.3.0 and when I loaded the restore panel in the gui (show all objects) I see the same information twice of my last backup ?? Strange ! Regards Robert -Original Message-

Re: TDP for exchange error

2006-08-29 Thread Del Hoobler
Hi Robert, We are currently investigating a problem where the Data Protection for Exchange 5.3.3 GUI is loading the restore screen without clearing a previous query... so you may see duplicate entries. This should not affect the operations. Thanks, Del

Re: Problem deleting disk pool volume.

2006-08-29 Thread Mcnutt, Larry E.
Thanks Gerald. I had not tried the VARY command, but it didn't solve the problem. Larry -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerald Michalak Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:29 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Problem

NetWare client errors on critical server

2006-08-29 Thread Bell, Charles (Chip)
Receiving the following on NetWare client when backing up an Ansos server. 08/29/2006 17:26:12 (TSA500.NLM 5.4 306) A data stream cannot be opened. 08/29/2006 17:26:12 Access denied Didn't find much on the 'net. The machine in question is running Btrieve also... Any ideas? TSM server