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query adsm-l Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-6777 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message and any included attachments are from East Jefferson General Hospital

Ho do I reclaim copypool volumes

COPYPOOL0 FULL8/15/2006 8/15/2006 A00073 COPYPOOL0 FULL8/20/2006 8/19/2006 A00147 COPYPOOL0 FULL8/21/2006 8/20/2006 A00927 COPYPOOL0 FULL8/23/2006 8/22/2006 Nicholas . .. ... Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX

Re: Question for you

Did you company hire KPMG to do an audit? Did IBM hire KPMG to do an audit? Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-6777 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message and any included

ANS1030E

a bunch of stuff on the I about the error bu they all lead back to the mostly same place. Does anyone have any tricks up their sleeve to get this guy backed up. Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-6777

Re: ANS1030E

or more of ram) Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-6777 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message and any included attachments are from East Jefferson General Hospital, and is intended

TSM DB backup question

Volume Name: /tsmdbb/85380236.DBB Volume Location: Command: Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-6777

Re: TSM DB backup question

File size is already set to unlimited. Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-6777 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/26/2007 12:08 PM Help on UPDATE DEVCLASS -- FILE says about

Re: TSM DB backup question

release. Does this answer your question? is there anything else I can help you with? Phil --- Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-6777 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/26/2007 3:42 PM

Re: TSM DB backup question

found further information confirming this in another PMR. As shown on the bottom of the APAR, this problem will be fixed in a future release. Does this answer your question? is there anything else I can help you with? Phil --- Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General

Re: Extend library capacity

TSM is kind of funny when you mess with the library and/or definitions. I usually end up removing and recreating all paths, drives and libraries to resolve my issues. Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228

Info on 5.3.2 to 5.3.4 upgrade

with upgrades from/to different levels but I can't seem to find any info on this or the procedure. Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-6777 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message

Info on TSM 5.3.2 to 5.4 upgrade -- REVISED

and didn't find anything relevant. I know there are some issues with upgrades from/to different levels but I can't seem to find any info on this or the procedure. Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-6777

Best way to upgrade from LTO1 to LTO3 drives

and tapes(I am pitching LTO4 now). I am looking for any information I can find on the best way to accomplaish this upgrade. Nicholas Rodolfich TSM/AIX Administrator East Jefferson General Hospital Fidelity Information Systems 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-6777 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT

Insight into improving restores needed

Hello All, Thanks for your help! I work at a medical institution and there is a big push to get our DR procedures in order. We will be using a Sungard facility for our DR activities and we will have to restore 4-6 AIX servers (2 HA clusters 1 DB with 1Tb and one apps on another cluster) and

How to view Oracle TDP files from TSM server

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! Is there a way to verify or list of particular files from Oracle TDP backups on the server. I am caught in a chasm in DBA land. I don't fully understand the TDP and the DBA doesn't understand TSM or the TDP. Does anyone know any tricks or how I can find out

How to reclaim FILLING volumes

. Is there a way to target these volumes with reclamation? I suppose I could do a move data on all of them? Nicholas Rodolfich Network Administrator (AIX) East Jefferson General Hospital 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-1187 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message and any included attachments

Re: How to reclaim FILLING volumes

. Thanks, Duane -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Rodolfich Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:08 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: How to reclaim FILLING volumes Hi All, Thanks for your help!! I have TSM server 5.3.5 on AIX 5.3.5

Re: How to reclaim FILLING volumes

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/9/2007 2:40 PM Nicholas Rodolfich wrote: I have TSM server 5.3.5 on AIX 5.3.5 with an IBM 3584 library with 16 drives. In my offsite pool I have approximately 300 volumes with very low utilization but they are in the FILLING state, I would expect them to be in the FULL

Re: I would like to scratch a copypool volume with no data on it

I have the same issue with a few volumes. they are at 0.1 % utilized but a move data says there is no data on the volumes and a del vol says the volume can't be deleted because it conatins data. The discard=yes should delete it though. I haven't done that yet as I was trying to find a solution as

Retention Policy Clarification

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! I have a management class with the retention settings below. Versions Data Exists5 Versions Data Deleted 2 Retain Extra Versions NO LIMIT Retain Only Version180 What is the maximum time the file will be kept in the TSM database if the

Need advice on a long term TSM storage solution

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! Our TSM server resides on an LPAR with 2 processing units and 12Gb of RAM. We use an IBM 3584 library with an expansion cabinet and 16 drives (8-LTO1 and 8-LTO2) We have 16 LTO3 drive on order to upgrade our drives. Our database is at 80Gb so I think I am ready

How to map OS devices to element numbers/locations

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! We have TSM 5.3.5/AIX 5.3.5/ IBM pSeries 55a/IBM 3584 (8-LTO1 8- LTO2) drives. We have an IBM 2109 switch in the D32 cabinet and an IBM 2005-B16 switch in the L32 expansion cabinet. I recently had an adapter replaced and when the new AIX devices were recreated

HELP!! TIPS on freeing up library slots

Hi All, Thanks for your help!! I have TSm 5.3.5 on AIX 5.3.5 using an IBM 3584 w/16 LTO drives. I have run out of slots in the library and can't seem to get enough scratch volumes in to get any decent move data commands flowing based on pct_reclaim values. Does anyone have any ideas on how I

What to use for TSM monitoring/alerting

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! We are running TSM 5.3.4 with a IBM 3584 library. Our library has not exactly been the Pinnacle of MTBF. All the drives have been replaced, some more than once and the medium changer has been replaced twice. All of this since April 2007. The medium changer died

Re: What to use for TSM monitoring/alerting

Do you know if there is an eval program for Servergraph? Do you know what the cost is? Nicholas Rodolfich Network Administrator (AIX) East Jefferson General Hospital 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-1187 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/29/2008 3:56 PM You should also look

How to schedule dsmc for always backup'

could use to make this happen. The user's guide has a list of options to dsmc backup but there is not one for the always backup Nicholas Rodolfich Network Administrator (AIX) East Jefferson General Hospital 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-1187 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE

Re: How to schedule dsmc for always backup'

inspected them. Thanks to everyone for all your help and brain power Nicholas Rodolfich Network Administrator (AIX) East Jefferson General Hospital 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-1187 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/20/2008 11:18 AM I agree with using MODE=ABSOLUTE to do this, rather

LVSA - open file support dilemma

the LVSA. The option to remove the LVSA is greyed out implying that it is not installed. How can I disable/uninstall the LVSA Gratefully, Confused Nicholas Rodolfich Network Administrator (AIX) East Jefferson General Hospital 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-1187 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: TSM being abandoned?

An IBM TSM person told me that TSM v6 will have db2 for its database and they are shootng for an announcement in October. Yeehaw!! Regards, Nicholas Rodolfich Network Administrator (AIX) East Jefferson General Hospital 504-883-6955 (office) 228-223-1187 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: Backup Copygroup setting

You should be able to set the Retain Extra Versions to 60, Version Data Exists and the Versions Data Deleted to nolimit and the server will, defacto, allow TSM to keep versions based on their age. This is what you would do to enable point-in-time restores as well. Of course, this will mean more

move nodedata functionality

Thanks for your help!! I am preparing for a DR test and I am trying to do some move nodedata commands on a couple of nodes. When I try to do a move nodedata from a secondary storage pool (copypool) it complains that the volumes are offsite. Well of course! I guess I though that TSM would pull the

Re: move nodedata functionality

, prove it to your management so that you can make the argument that they need to allocate enough resource to copy stgpool to make it a viable DR restore pool. David Ehresman Nicholas Rodolfich [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/30/2008 11:21 AM Thanks for your help!! I am preparing for a DR test and I am trying

Re: TSM Client 5.4.2.0 OS Support

Actually, IBM issued a reprieve for Windows 2000 until July 2010. The release a special versions of the client yesterday v5.3.6 that will be supported with 5.4. Title: TSM Version 5.3 EOS FAQs Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663uid=swg21298195 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/1/2008 4:20:07

Bad volume rule of thumb

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! The volume inventory here is rather old here(2002). There tends to be many read and write errors in the volume inventory. I was looking for a rule of thumb regarding how many errors trigger disposal of these volumes. I have been disposing of them at the first

Fwd: Re: [ADSM-L] Bad volume rule of thumb

on the first error. Regards Steve. Steven Harris TSM Admin, Sydney Australia Nicholas Rodolfich wrote: Hello All, Thanks for your help!! The volume inventory here is rather old here(2002). There tends to be many read and write errors in the volume inventory. I was looking for a rule

Weird duplicate device in Win2003 install

Hello All! Thanks for your help!! I am an old UNIX guy doing a Windows 2003 TSM 5.5.1 install. I have an x3650 system with a TS3310 library (4 x LTO4) and a DS4700 storage array. When I install the device driver for the library and boot the system, it comes back with 2 medium changers and 8

Unexpected simultaneous writes to tape pool problem

Hello All! Thanks for your help!! I am implementing TSM 5.5.1 on Windows 2003. I have added a client at version 5.5.1 as well. The library is a TS3310 with 4xLTO4 drives The management class points to a DISKPOOL as it destination(info below). Diskpool has 10 volumes. But when I start a backup,

Re: DB Mirroring - Poll and question

WOW, the 342 Million files is what is killing you but it still seems like an excessive amount of time. You mentioned Saturday as when it starts. You are running expiration daily aren't you? You should be able to run expiration and reclamation to completion each day or you need to look at another

Fastback has me stumped

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! I am trying to install the new Fastback product to familiarize myself with it before I have to implement it at a client site. After several install/reinstall I found out the default login by accident and now I can get into the product but not much further. I

Re: Fastback has me stumped

Thanks Mark, I finally got the install to work. I am not sure what was causing me problems. My stupidity I bet. Anyway, I tried to install the client on the same system as the server and could not get that to work but I installed the client on a remote system and had had some success in doing my

Re: Script that generates a macro? Or something like that....

In my 20 years experience it is quite common for network issues to mysteriously fix themselves Funny how that happens!! Nicholas

Best way to use TSM to move 2Tb of data

Hello All, I have a client that needs to move a 2Tb volume on their Windows file server. Their TSM sever is also on Windows w/TSM v5.3.4. What is the fastest/best way to accomplish this. We tested an archive but it only got 340Gb overnight. They don't have enough disk based pool space to land it

Re: Best way to use TSM to move 2Tb of data

It is ~2,000,000 individual files after hours.

Re: Best way to use TSM to move 2Tb of data

the rate. I'm still advocating the image route. Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 x7105 www.storserver.com -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Nicholas Rodolfich Sent: Thursday

Windows laptop restore advice needed

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! I am primarily a server guy with a UNIX background so I am light on the Windows platform as it relates to client backup/restore. Our organization has about 50 laptops (mostly XP pro) that we need to backup so that we can restore them during drive failure

Re: TSM FastBackup Exchange

Not knowing your architecture I can't commen ton the perofmance issues but the cause may be something else. I an no Fastback expert but it is my understanding that CDP should not be used on constantly open files like Exchange, otherwise the snapshot activity would be never ending. The snapshots

How to tie VOLSERs to specific storage pools.

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! I have a customer with 2 basic storage pool hiearchies for 2 different business departments within the same library. There are 2 cartridge sets to match, The tape labels have been ordered to reflect each department.as below. With department A data on A0L3.

Generating a clientaction to send an email in Windows.

Hello All! Thanks for your help! I am an old UNIX guy currently working with TSM on WIndows. I am trying to generate a client action to email an operator at a certain point in my server maintenance script which I have done for years on UNIX with no problem. I am not finidng it so easy to do this

Fastback mount

Hello All, I am doing some testing on the new Fastback product. I have two blades that I am using; one is the Fastback server the other is the Fastback client. When I install the Fastback client, the Fastback Mount icon that is supposed to be installed in the task bar never shows up. The client

Fastback Mount

Hello Again all, I reinstalled the client again and this time the Fastback mount service is installed and running but I have the following messages in my event log. When I surf to the mount directory and try to run the exe. Nothing happens and it writes this message in the event log. The

Does LANFREE work on VMware

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! I have a client with 3 Exchange serves w/2.5TB of mail, running the TDP and they are using LAN-FREE. They want to vitrualize the three servers onto a new VMware farm. Will they be able to still use the LAN-FREE on the VM? I saw on the Info Center that a guest is

Re: Install ISC and AD

Chris, Java is an interpreted language not a compiled one. The JRE is the interpreter. Without a JRE you cannot execute Java code which is the heart of the ISC. Regards, Nicholas

Re: SV: Install ISC and AD

If that is the case you already have the JRE installed! No need to install it again. Regards, Nicholas

Re: AIX 5.5.2 client install

In my experience, the 5.5.2 kit is not a complete install kit it is only a patch or a fixpack.. You must install 5.5.0 code to get the license files. When you uninstall the old code per instructions, it leaves the configuration files in place. If you manually deleted those directories then you

TDP for Exchnage 6.1 mailbox restore

Hello All, Thanks for your help. I am implementing the TDP for Exchange. We have it installed and did a manual backup successfully. When we try to reetore a mailbox, it forces us to use a Recovery Storage Group in Exchange as the target. We chose a specific email in the filter section and were

Re: Making sure clientactions start

You do understand that this depends on the TSM client code installed on the server right? Is your TSM client scheduler started? I have a clientaction defined for a node whose schedmode is set to prompted. However, I have now been waiting for 45 minutes for the action to take place. Is there a

Re: TSM vs Avamar

What does Avemar offer for DR purposes? I don't know any customers that are ready to totally rely on electrically powered disk drives as a DR solution. The recent CommVault topic inspired this one. Our EMC reps are doing a

Re: Drive problem in AIX. I'm lost...

Confusing!! 1. In UNIX, special characters are reserved for special functions and special care must be taken to not have these characters interpreted during code execution. As a result, using UNIX specific device names as names for your TSM resources is asking for trouble! 2. Why aren't you

DRM database tape processing

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! When using DRM, tapes are moved from the mountable state to the vault state using the s=dbs option ,they remain in the Vault state until they are empty and the reuse delay on the storage pool has elapsed and DRM moves them into the vault retrieve state. My

Re: VTL Tape Size

Andy, Just an opinion here. If you try to provide virtual sequential access mount points for each client session you may need during client processing, you will likely need much more system resources to complete nightly backups. Managing mount points need only be done during daily server

Re: Dirmc and cloptset questions

Should work! This is what TSM refers to as rebinding. Be sure to mark the override client settings in the cloptset option. Regards, Nicholas ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 07/08/2009 01:46:01 PM: [image removed] [ADSM-L] Dirmc and cloptset questions Lee, Gary D.

Re: Replacing tape drives (or there has to be a better way)

Sean, Not much help to offer here but, I have been involved in many LTO drive replacements in 3584s and have never changed any hardware serial number. The only serial number that needs to change is the one TSM is using in its drive definition which should automatically get picked up on the TSM

ODBC with TSM 6.1 (DB2)

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! Prior to TSM 6.1 IBM supplied n ODBC driver that was quite useful using Excel as a front end. I am a UNIX guy but are found the Excel method very useful in TSM instance analysis. I need the same capabilities for TSM 6.1 but cannot seem to get it to work. The

TSM Fastback DR Hub Server

it into the DR Hub server? If so, what would be the process to accomplish this? Regards, Nicholas Rodolfich Senior TSM/AIX Architect CMA Technology Solutions Phone: (225) 927-9200 | Fax: (225) 761-2511 Cell: (225) 200-5391 Email: nrodolf...@cmaontheweb.com 8180 YMCA Plaza Baton Rouge, La 70810 US

Re: TSM Fastback for Windows VM's....

Hi Wanda, I too have had little response to Fastback questions here. I implemented a Fastback server (our first) at a client site that had guest machines. We installed the Fastback client on each guest and are treating the clients as if they were physical machines. It is my understanding, from

Re: Upgrading AIX under TSM

Not sure how helpful this is but I have installed TSM 5.5.3 on an existing AIX 6.1 server with no issues. Regards, Nicholas ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 07/30/2009 01:14:29 PM: [image removed] [ADSM-L] Upgrading AIX under TSM Shawn Drew to: ADSM-L

TSM 6.1.0 -- 6.1.2 upgrade

Hello All, Thanks for your help! I need to upgrade a TSM 6.1 server to the 6.1.2 release on an AIX system to clear up some bugs. I cannot seem to find anything about this on the information center. Has anyone done this before? Any information will be appreciated. Regards, Nicholas

TDP for Exchange on VM with LAN-FREE

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! I have a client that uses the Exchange TDP and are using LAN-FREE. The data is several TB. They currently to a full on the weekends and incrementals daily. Their TSM server is on AIX. They would like to move their physical Exchange servers to couple of VMs. The

Re: TSM 6.1: Can I remove the log mirror?

to mirror the logs. Regards, Nicholas Rodolfich ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 10/28/2009 12:21:04 AM: [image removed] [ADSM-L] TSM 6.1: Can I remove the log mirror? Wanda Prather to: ADSM-L 10/28/2009 01:59 AM Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L

TSM write_errors on LTO3 tapes

Hello All, Thanks for sharing your knowledge!! It is appreciated! I have a client with a TS3200 less than 6 months old. They received a media attention indicators on their library last week. On investigation I found 2 volumes with write_errors. I moved the data off of them and retired them.

Re: TSM 6.1.3 Install

Hello ALL, Thanks for your help! I am about to upgrade a client from 5.5.2 to 6.1.x. The client just got an nSeries and they want to implement NDMP. Two questions arise form this thread. 1. Which 6.1.x version should I upgrade to? 2. What is the nature of the NDMP/TOC performance problems in

TSM upgrade v5 -- v6 database storage question

Hello All, Thanks for your help! Upgrading a client on Windows 2003 TSM v5.5.3 to Windows 2008 TSM 6.1.3. I am planning the storage and was wondering if it is worth splitting the database between multiple file systems. The storage they have for the database is FCAL on an IBM DS4800. The client's

Re: Help with dsmcutil

What do you see when your run dsmcutil q /name:CAD_SERVICE_NAME dsmcutil q /name:SCHED_SERVICE_NAME I don't understand why the UNC path is in the options file location! All of mine just use C: instead of \\EMAILTEST02\c$\progr. The TSM API error usually indicates that the options file

TSM 6.1.3 WIndows no log space how to restart server

Hello All, I have a client with a new TSM 6.1.3 server on Windows 2008. It crashed earlier because it is out of log space. How can I bring the sever back up. Regards, Nicholas

How to drop DB2 database.

Hello All, Thanks for your help! I am installing TSM 6.2 on an AIX system, for a client. I got the code installed but the initial database creation got hosed up. I need to drop the existing DB2 database. Does anyone know how to do this in AIX? Regards, Nicholas

single drive restore possibilities

on this situation would be appreciated Regards, Nicholas Rodolfich

What is Days between backups field in Admin Center/ISC/TIP

Hello All, Thanks for your help. I have never used the Days between backups parameter in the menu for configuring management classes. I have been asked what is for and do not know as I have never used it. I cannot seem to find anything in the TSM documentation for it either. Thanks Nicholas

Re: What is Days between backups field in Admin Center/ISC/TIP

to perform a backup after each step of a project which at times equated up to 35 times in a 24 hour period. ~Rick -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Nicholas Rodolfich Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:02 PM To: ADSM-L

Fastback client 2TB LUN limit

Hello All, Thanks for your help!! I have a client where we are implementing Fastback 6.1.1.0. They will use it for their Exchange backups only. Their Exchange data s about 1TB total but it is spread across 50 storage groups and 7 or so LUNS that are 2.7 and 2.8TB. The Fastback server aborts the