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: Forecasting Windows client workloads

2008-03-03 Thread Kurt Buff
http://gnuwin32.sf.net - you'll find good tools there, including wc and other core unix utils. To find the number of files, a better incantation for your dir command is dir /s /b | wc -l This will give a better line/file count. You could also pipe this to an output file, and put

Re: Power saving and TSM backups

2006-08-17 Thread Kurt Buff
Any way to integrate Wake-on-LAN to boot/shutdown systems? | -Original Message- | From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Behalf Of | Paul Zarnowski | Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 19:02 | To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU | Subject: [ADSM-L] Power saving and TSM backups | | |

Re: Batch script in Windows to create filelist

2006-08-21 Thread Kurt Buff
| -Original Message- | From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Behalf Of | Richard Mochnaczewski | Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 08:07 | To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU | Subject: [ADSM-L] Batch script in Windows to create filelist | | | Hi, | | I need to create a filelist of

Re: How to calculate the thoughput on the network

2006-11-14 Thread Kurt Buff
This will mostly be a function of the [avg latency/hop in WAN] and [# of hops in WAN] and [max throughput of slowest link in WAN] and [efforts made to tune packet size to avoid fragmentation - that is, adjusting packet MTU size to match WAN limitations]. For the last factor, if you're using

Errors moving file from disk to tape

2006-11-15 Thread Kurt Buff
processed 124562 items for a total of 22,930,460,672 bytes with a completion state of FAILURE at 13:04:18. --End Log Snippet-- Thanks, Kurt Buff Lead Network Administrator Zetron, Inc. 425.820.6363 x463 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 97004 Redmond, WA 98073

Re: HELP NEEDED ASAP!!

2006-12-07 Thread Kurt Buff
This won't help you now, but it may help someone else before crisis hits 1) As part of the documentation of the server, use either the natvie 'net share' command, or rmtshare.exe from the Windows Resource Kit to document your shares. Create a batch file that creates the shares and copy it off

Keeping files in diskpools

2005-06-08 Thread Kurt Buff
if they start to migrate to tape and/or 3) get notification if space in the diskpools is such that files from the file server are likely to migrate to tape? The version for TSM shown at the CLI interface is Version 5, Release 1, Level 5.0. Thanks, Kurt Buff Sr. Network Administrator Zetron, Inc

Re: Keeping files in diskpools

2005-06-10 Thread Kurt Buff
Wanda Prather said... Well, the straightforward TSM way to keep files in a diskpool, is to remove the NEXTSTGPOOL value from the definition of the storage pool (so that the files have no place to migrate to), or set the HIGHMIG stgpool pool property to 100%, so that migration will never

Re: Backup Windows Eventlog / Systemlog for 2 years

2008-11-18 Thread Kurt Buff
I suggest psloglist.exe - it's a free MSFT utility, from the Sysinternals guys. The whole suite of tools is nearly mandatory for inclusion in a Windows administration toolkit. http://www.microsoft.com/sysinternals Kurt -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL

Sunbelt File Archiver Experience?

2009-02-23 Thread Kurt Buff
All, We're contemplating purchasing this product, which seems to be an HSM, along with some data deduplication. Link here: http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Sunbelt-File-Archiver/ Does anyone on this list have experience with it, especially how it integrates (or doesn't!) with TSM? I'm

Migration for Windows-based installation

2009-10-12 Thread Kurt Buff
All, We have a TSM server that's running out of steam, and nearing the end of its expected reliable life. We have Version 5, Release 3, Level 4.6 installed, with various levels of clients installed on our servers. The server has 1gb RAM, roughly 2tb of disk storage, but it's old/slow PATA, and

Re: Migration for Windows-based installation

2009-10-12 Thread Kurt Buff
, or at a clean installation of TSM Server (at 5.5.3 for example) and migrating clients into the new instance? Cheers, /David Mc London, UK -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: 12 October 2009 18:54

Re: Migration for Windows-based installation

2009-10-12 Thread Kurt Buff
Of Kurt Buff Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 1:02 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Migration for Windows-based installation I'd prefer to be able to migrate server data as much as possible, including the diskpool, but if it it would be an incredibly difficult maneuver (or take

Re: Migration for Windows-based installation

2009-10-12 Thread Kurt Buff
feasible to 'introduce' to your new hardware? /DMc -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: 12 October 2009 21:09 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Migration for Windows-based installation So, what happens

Re: Migration for Windows-based installation

2009-10-12 Thread Kurt Buff
on how the data was stored (primary/copypool/backupset/db backup/other).  Once the references are gone, you should delete the storage pools and device classes that are obsolete. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent

Re: Migration for Windows-based installation

2009-10-12 Thread Kurt Buff
. Then you will have to redefine your library and drives. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:37 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Migration for Windows-based installation

Another approach to my problem...

2009-10-15 Thread Kurt Buff
All, Thanks for your help on migration strategies. I think it's doable by us (me, really) with only a few things to be ironed out. However, I've also been asked to look at moving to a different solution entirely. Has anyone here been asked to do this? The new solution is yet to be determined,