Re: AW: [ADSM-L] Windows Client question...

2008-01-18 Thread Kauffman, Tom
Among other things, mail in a PST is probably no longer ON the Exchange server. Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henrik Wahlstedt Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:51 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: AW: [ADSM-L] Windows Client question...

2008-01-18 Thread Allen S. Rout
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:51:19 +0100, Henrik Wahlstedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: And why would I like to backup desktop PST files instead of the Exchange server? Can someone tell me the benefits since I probably is missing something... Say you've got a policy which says, oh, Compliance with

Re: Fw: AW: [ADSM-L] Windows Client question...

2008-01-18 Thread Allen S. Rout
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:51:59 -0500, Elana Samuels [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Unfortunately these users are also our customers. Not so easy to do that. The core problem here is that Windows is making a solemn assertion that the file on disk is inconsistent: that's the only reason to put that sort

Re: Reconnects

2008-01-18 Thread Richard Sims
On Jan 18, 2008, at 11:02 AM, Mahesh Tailor wrote: Richard, Thanks for the reply. Here's all I am seeing in the actlog, however during this period I am seeing data being transferred from node to the server. I have tried this with no other jobs (backup or otherwise) running with the same

Re: Reconnects

2008-01-18 Thread Mahesh Tailor
Richard, Thanks for the reply. Here's all I am seeing in the actlog, however during this period I am seeing data being transferred from node to the server. I have tried this with no other jobs (backup or otherwise) running with the same results; so I don't think its a preemption of this

Re: AW: [ADSM-L] Windows Client question...

2008-01-18 Thread Elana Samuels
Thank you Thomas. We will try that out. Elana Samuels Tier 1 Data Solutions Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Rupp Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:23 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] AW: [ADSM-L] Windows

Re: Where can I find the downloadable TSM 5.5 documentation?

2008-01-18 Thread Lloyd Dieter
Actually, around here, no they won't. They've refused me several times, saying that it is copyrighted material, and therefore they cannot print/bind it. Pretty annoying. -Lloyd On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:52:59 -0500 Wanda Prather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote thusly: Dude, Let's get simple. Just

Fw: AW: [ADSM-L] Windows Client question...

2008-01-18 Thread Nicholas Cassimatis
Or notify users that if they don't logout of Outlook, their mail won't be backed up. Sometimes it takes tough love with users... Nick Cassimatis - Forwarded by Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM on 01/18/2008 08:17 AM - ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 01/18/2008

Re: Windows Client question...

2008-01-18 Thread Elana Samuels
Kurt, We are installing a TSM desktop client directly on the system that has the PST file right on it and the only reason we are doing this is because these SMB companies do not have an exchange server. One product we are looking into is Tivoli's CDP software. This will allow you to replicated

Re: TSM on Power

2008-01-18 Thread Andy Huebner
We start backups around 8pm; most clients are done by 4am when we start backup storage pool. The tapes are ejected between 11am and 2pm. In the remaining time we do migration, expiration and most of the reclamation. Our only issue is reclamation does not always completely finish, but it is

TSM on Power

2008-01-18 Thread Martha McConaghy
It looks like, after many years on the z/VM platform, we are finally going to make the leap to TSM on Power (IBM Pseries) and AIX. Does anyone have any suggestions as to configuration and sizing of the box and disk space? We also like to retro-fit our 3494 ATL to connect to the Pseries. Anyone

Re: Reconnects

2008-01-18 Thread Richard Sims
Mahesh - You need to look in your TSM server Activity Log to see why the session was disconnected. You may be constrained on drive resources such that the very long running, large file backup is pre-empted by a higher priority process. Check networking to see if, possibly, routing might go

Reconnects

2008-01-18 Thread Mahesh Tailor
Hello, Running TSM 5.3.4.1 on AIX 5.3 TL5. TSM BA Client: 5.3.4.0 [AIX 5.3 TL6] I am backing up a large DB system from this node. What I am seeing is whenever I try backup a very large file (50GB) I get the following.

Re: TSM on Power

2008-01-18 Thread Wanda Prather
MARTHA!! It's cool we finally get to TALK to you on the list! MANY THANKS for all your work keeping ADSM-L working for us! I've done the 3494 retrofit before from Mainframe z/OS to Open systems (UNIX or Windows). You don't say what type of drives you are using, that may make a difference. You

Question about PSTs (was: Windows Client question...)

2008-01-18 Thread Wanda Prather
On the subject of PSTs, somebody told me that Win2007 will eliminate them in favor of something else - but couldn't give me details. They cause miserable problems for everybody's backups - anybody got details of what the rumored replacement facility will be? On 1/18/08, Kurt Buff [EMAIL

Re: Where can I find the downloadable TSM 5.5 documentation?

2008-01-18 Thread Gee, Norman
On the welcome screens to the documents, it says Permissions for the use of these publications is granted subject to the following terms and conditions. Personal Use: You may reproduce these Publications for your personal, non commercial use provided that all proprietary notices are preserved.

Re: Fw: AW: [ADSM-L] Windows Client question...

2008-01-18 Thread Elana Samuels
Unfortunately these users are also our customers. Not so easy to do that. Elana Samuels Tier 1 Data Solutions Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Cassimatis Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:19 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU

Re: AW: [ADSM-L] Windows Client question...

2008-01-18 Thread Elana Samuels
Thomas, What value are you using, and also what happens if a new email arrives during the backup of the PST file? Elana Samuels Tier 1 Data Solutions Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Rupp Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008

Status report on the forum - mailing list link

2008-01-18 Thread Curtis Preston
It's now been just over a year since I created the link between the Backup Central forums and this mailing list. When I first started it, people asked me to keep a close eye on it and then see how things went after a year. It's been a year, and here's what I have to report. First, let me say

Re: Windows Client question...

2008-01-18 Thread Kurt Buff
I would suggest not backing up PST files, if the environment is running Exchange. Exchange is the proper store for email in that case, as PST files are much more fragile than the Exchange store. If the environment is so small that they are not using Exchange, then IMHO TSM is probably not a

Re: TSM on Power

2008-01-18 Thread Andy Huebner
How many clients, how much data per night and how big is your DB? We have a 120GB db, about 2.5TB per night and 600 clients running on a 6H1 4 CPU and 4gb RAM. Our disk storage pools are about 1.8TB with a VTL for primary storage. A 3494 is used for copy tapes. I think I am supposed to say it

Re: TSM on Power

2008-01-18 Thread Larry Clark
When we went to the P(5) there was nothing special involved. fibe to switch/SAN. Larry Clark (518) 712-5138 Home Office (518) 506-8765 Cell - Original Message - From: Martha McConaghy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:49 PM Subject: