Re: script to see if TSM Server is down

2002-03-19 Thread Michael Benjamin
No it's not bad. Here's a variation, just gets rid of the output, and makes use of an environment file. Try to use -ne 0 as your test value, it's just more correct than: [ $temp = 0 ] Because you're dealing with a numeric, not a string. #!/bin/ksh # # Check that TSM is accessible from a

3585 D34 LTO Script for viewing library.

2002-03-19 Thread Michael Benjamin
Hello, Here is the first draft of a script for dumping the physical content of the library. You will no doubt need to customise it for your environment. It doesn't yet emulate the physical layout by putting columns in parallel. That's version 2.0.0 :-) Your LIBRARY_ADDR parameter may

Display contents of a IBM 7331 8mm library

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Benjamin
Here's an old script I wrote to view the contents of an IBM 7331 library. Unfortunately our library offered no barcode reader, so you basically had to remember where you put your last tape and what was on it. We were not using it in conjunction with ADSM/TSM at the time, it was being driven

Library does not perform barcode check during audit

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Benjamin
Hi All, Why when I perform the following: audit library LIBRARYNAME checklabel=barcode, it does not appear to do an actual scan using the barcode reader at all. The only way I can get a true audit is to omit the checklabel, which forces tape mounts, which takes a long time to complete the audit

Re: Library does not perform barcode check during audit

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Benjamin
, the info is stored on a chip in the library and TSM reads this. There is no flapping around of the robot at that time. George Lesho Storage/System Admin AFC Enterprises Michael Benjamin MBenjamin@BUNNIN To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: How do we change which nic on a client adsm contacts?

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Benjamin
It's much nicer to arp -d a specific host address. Flushing the arp table seems a bit harsh and unnecessary unless your IP address is DHCP assigned etc. and not static. AIX 4.3.3 : [mike@xx]:/u/mike arp -h Usage: arp HostName arp -a[n] [/dev/kmem] arp -d HostName

Re: Why are all my NT files getting backed up again?

2002-03-22 Thread Michael Benjamin
The Administrators Guide is a bit vague on the process of determining a file's eligibility due to changes... I assume ADSM uses, file timestamp, filesize as the main items. I'm doubt if it delves as deep as changed inode numbers or fat table entries, as this would produce very large overhead for

Utilising drives while labelling 3584

2002-03-24 Thread Michael Benjamin
During a tape labelling process (we are in the process of filling the library with new tape): checkin libvol 3584LIB1 search=bulk checkin=scratch labelsource=bar Causes the unit to load one drive only, the robot waits for this label process to complete then checks the tape in, one at a time.

Re: Utilising drives while labelling 3584

2002-03-25 Thread Michael Benjamin
Great, thanks for that Dwight. Where there's a will Should work on the 3584-L32 in a similar fashion I guess. /usr/bin/dsmlabel -help :-) -Original Message- From: Cook, Dwight E [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: linux TSM4.2.1: backup problem w/ ext2

2002-03-25 Thread Michael Benjamin
Time to migrate ext2 to ext3. We had many dramas with ext2, it's O.K. for a single-user machine perhaps, but you still can get data loss and f/s probs. Particularly as our machines were still waiting on UPS's and getting powered off frequently! We now get machines having power dropped regularly

Re: Tapes Blank Under Last Use

2002-03-26 Thread Michael Benjamin
This seems like normal behaviour... q vol q drm q libvol q content Will return nothing for a library volume marked Private with no last use. It has not been allocated to a storage pool, the library doesn't know anything about it, except the fact it's been marked as private and therefore not to

smnode.c error

2002-03-26 Thread Michael Benjamin
Can anyone help with this error? Environment: Server Version 4, Release 2, Level 0.0 AIX 4.3.3.0 Error in actlog: 03/27/02 04:19:50 ANRD smnode.c(5587): ThreadId57 Error validating inserts for event 14995. Mike Benjamin Systems Administrator ITT Systems

Re: Tapes Blank Under Last Use

2002-03-26 Thread Michael Benjamin
To be sure a tape volume is empty, I do the following: q vol [volser] q libvol [volser] q drm [volser] q content [volser] Then once I'm satisfied the tape is empty: checkout libvol LIBRARYNAME volser remove=yes force=yes (reply to request) Check the tape in the hopper is the one you expect,

Re: smnode.c error

2002-03-26 Thread Michael Benjamin
Thanks, I'm hearing this a lot lately. Time to upgrade to .11 -Original Message- From: Petur Eythorsson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: smnode.c error hi Mike, Dont use the base level 4.2.0.0 Instert

Re: smnode.c error

2002-03-26 Thread Michael Benjamin
/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. Michael Benjamin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/26/2002 18:20

tapeutil usage and TSM

2002-04-11 Thread Michael Benjamin
My question is a simple one, can a tapeutil -f device inventory interefere with TSM operation to the extent where drives enter a polling mode? Remember I'm only talking an inventory here, not attempting to manipulate the unit in any other fashion... Mike Benjamin Systems Administrator ITT

ANS1017E Session rejected

2002-04-11 Thread Michael Benjamin
Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 4, Release 2, Level 0.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 2001, All Rights Reserved. Session established with server ADSM_BBS: AIX-RS/6000 Server Version 4, Release 2, Level 0.0 AIX 4.3.3 Hello all, periodically we

Re: big data pool volumes

2002-05-27 Thread Michael Benjamin
Perform an errpt -a -j21F54B38 and provide more information regarding the disk errors, are they TEMP or PERM errors? It shows up at: http://www-aix.gsi.de/~hocks/aix.errpt.codes.html as a permanent disk error, which is not good. A bad block relocation is regarded as a TEMP error. 21F54B38

Re: Library survey

2002-06-12 Thread Michael Benjamin
This is a top-of-the-range machine we use, a 3584 D32. Some of the way it performs functions are a bit mysterious, like not utilising all available drives when mass loading tape volumes, but there are ways around that like pre-loading the library, these are primarily software/firmware

Re: Bad performance... again

2002-06-14 Thread Michael Benjamin
Thanks for that David, To increase the cache-hit percentage you will need to shutdown TSM. Backup and edit BUFPOOLSIZE in dsmserv.opt and restart the TSM server. It's probably worth going through an unloaddb and reload of the database also to improve performance. We're looking at doing this as

Device locking danger.

2002-06-24 Thread Michael Benjamin
Please note, this may be common knowledge to some of you but I thought I'd mention it again. TSM Server can have problems if you are accessing a device like /dev/rmtX or a SCSI media changer /dev/smc0 with tapeutil. You will see in the actlog the server is unable to access the device as you have

Re: TSM server doesn't comeup.

2002-06-30 Thread Michael Benjamin
Hi I have a problem performing a tape library audit. It's a 3575-L18 library as reported via tapeutil. The library refuses to audit either in a audit library with checklabel=yes or checklabel=no. The process appears but the library never acts on it. Actlog just shows that the process was

3575 Audit library failure

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Benjamin
Hi *SMers, I have a problem with a 3575L18 library that is refusing to respond to an audit library (either barcode or not). It just sits there and so does the process. Versions are as follows: Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 4, Release 2, Level 0.0

Re: checkin label scratch volumes

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Benjamin
There are some shortcuts here... You can load all your additional library tape straight into the slot without the use of the bulk loader, make sure your library has been properly audited and knows what's what first. (I would even be tempted to mark all the current tapes read-only just in case :)

Re: Cant check a tape in

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Benjamin
delete volhistory seems to be what you require for the volume, it's probably seeing that the volume was/is a dbbackup volume in the existing volhist and hence refusing to allow you to re-use it. 88

Re: Reclaiminig LTO Tapes

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Benjamin
This is correct, 2 drives is not going to cut it, we had similar problems with a 3575 library with only 2 drives that used to do our primary backups. The drives are tied up with reclamations all day long and eventually you start falling behind and you are not able to migrate data offsite fast

Re: checkin label scratch volumes

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Benjamin
You can pre-load the library directly without using the bulkloader and presumably perform a label libvol search=yes. Make sure the current database and library state are consistent with an audit etc. Please research it for your own piece of mind before performing this. This can be a huge

Re: 3575 Audit library failure

2002-07-04 Thread Michael Benjamin
No drives in use, it's been working in the past. The library has had firmware upgrades over time too however. -Original Message- From: David Longo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3575 Audit library failure

Re: TSM DBBackup

2002-07-07 Thread Michael Benjamin
At the end of the day, sometimes it's easier to go to the same type of tape volume. For example, if you have a DR situation, you will need to source another library/tape drive if your DB exists on another form of tape volume. This is a very poor approach when time is of the essence in the

Re: offsite tape will not reclaim, delete or move

2002-07-08 Thread Michael Benjamin
update vol volser access=readwrite would make it available again in the library one would think. -Original Message- From: Greg Garrison [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 6:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: offsite tape will not reclaim, delete or

Re: TSM DBBackup

2002-07-08 Thread Michael Benjamin
be put to a flat file where it can be restored from? We would like to make sure it is the same type of tape volume that we are using, we just want to make sure that it is cost effective. Bill Wheeler PDM Administrator -Original Message- From: Michael Benjamin [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: HOW TO: Configuring Tape Drives in TSM (part 3 of 3)

2002-07-09 Thread Michael Benjamin
Just a quick one on re: Part 3. You can also do a lsdev -Cc tape rather than a lscfg | grep rmt this will also show the smcX devices.. -Original Message- From: Miles Purdy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 11:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HOW TO:

Re: 2 drives are required for LTO?

2002-07-15 Thread Michael Benjamin
This is touted as the minimum requirement and it is. To allow tapes volumes to perform space reclamation etc. you need a minimum of 2 drives for simultaneous tape mounts. Perhaps you can do fancy things with DASD devices, but this is not the aim with a tape library really when you want to

Re: polling for drives

2002-07-24 Thread Michael Benjamin
update drive libraryname drivename online=no Before doing your AS/400 backup which I assume is going direct to a /dev/rmtX device and not via TSM in any way. update drive libraryname drivename online=yes When done. This will tell TSM not to attempt to use the device while you're doing your