AIX Striping or just let TSM do it?

2002-02-26 Thread Roger Deschner
different for the Database, Log, and Storage Pool? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Query Output Format

2002-04-06 Thread Roger Deschner
telnet window (or real terminal) width restrictions in that case. I also suspect that it is a bit stupid some of the time, using list when it ought to use table and vice-versa. Hence -comma when it matters. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] = It's

Re: Time audit library

2002-04-06 Thread Roger Deschner
very satisfyingly, making lots of cool noises and shining his laser all around. Big gee-whiz factor. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, brian welsh wrote: Hello

Re: Accounting Log

2002-04-06 Thread Roger Deschner
stored in TSM by each client, you will need to collect the output of QUERY OCCUPANCY; there has been a thread about how to do exactly that on this list the past couple days. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Research is what I'm doing when I don't know

Re: TSM database maximum recommended size

2002-04-08 Thread Roger Deschner
simultaneous expiration processes. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] == If we do not change our direction === = we are likely to end up where we are headed. = On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Scott McCambly wrote

V3.1 clients on V4.2 server OK?

2002-04-18 Thread Roger Deschner
in this area. The client platforms are MS Win32, AIX, Solaris, Mac... Will the new V5.1 client for Mac OSX work with a V4.2 server? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: unix trigger for TSM Server processes?

2002-04-23 Thread Roger Deschner
left to hide? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Remember, UNIX spelled backwards is XINU. === On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Seay, Paul wrote: I have semi-solved this problem. I have placed the dsmadmc command in a execute only script

AIX JFS Striping vs Multiple DB Extents

2002-04-30 Thread Roger Deschner
informaiton regarding the performance aspects of these choices. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] The World's Least Intuitive Operating System === -- from the cover of Unix for Dummies

3.7 - 4.2.1 Server Upgrade Incompatibility

2002-05-09 Thread Roger Deschner
still running Client Version 3 are being advised of this issue before they consider upgrading. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mirrored DELETE DBVOL, LOGVOL?

2002-05-09 Thread Roger Deschner
, so that if a disk crashes in the middle of it, I will not lose my Database? That's the whole point of Database mirroring, isn't it? I'm starting to think AIX JFS mirroring might have some advantages over TSM Database/Log mirroring. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL

Re: Mirrored DELETE DBVOL, LOGVOL?

2002-05-19 Thread Roger Deschner
as friendly to use as TSM's own database mirroring facility, but it does work. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 10 May 2002, Reinhard Mersch wrote: Roger, I agree, I also feel very uncomfortable living without a mirror, even for a limited time

Re: Reclamation is not happening - HELP!

2002-05-19 Thread Roger Deschner
to the threshold level might not cause reclamation to start until as much as an hour later. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 18 May 2002, Zlatko Krastev wrote: AFAIK during backup files are not 'marked' at all. They are just stored and during

Script timing issue with MOVE DATA WAIT=YES

2002-05-19 Thread Roger Deschner
, and being put away in its slot by my robotic friend inside the library. Either: 1. There is some kind of SLEEP command for scripts that I am overlooking. 2. There is a bug in MOVE DATA WAIT=YES in that it does not wait for the tape to rewind and unload and get put away by the robot. Roger Deschner

Re: tsm internal design?

2002-06-07 Thread Roger Deschner
start by backing things up pretty well, and then as an afterthought, decide they need to keep track of what was backed up. That is backwards. TSM does it right. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere

WinXP incompatible with V3 Server

2001-11-16 Thread Roger Deschner
NICE, and would help us out of a big, short-term jam, if there were an update to the V4.1 Microsoft Windows client, which I know works fine with a V3 server, that enabled it to work under Windows XP. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Man rarely

Re: Help! I need more space

2001-12-13 Thread Roger Deschner
for prudent database backup. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Recover log at 5120MB and full - Cannot start TSM

2001-12-17 Thread Roger Deschner
have been unsuccessful. Check carefully. There is also a known bug in some V3 ADSM server versions where BACKUP DB failed to reset the Recovery Log to empty. A server restart followed by another backup (incremental OK) was, as I recall, the circumvention. Roger Deschner University of Illinois

Re: Whats the Risk?

2002-11-17 Thread Roger Deschner
followed by all your other auditdb options such as file=... The undocumented part is the DISKSTORAGE parameter, telling it to only audit the disk storage pools. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Michael Moore wrote: Robert, The reason

Re: Bocada .v. Servograph/TSM .or. alternatives??

2002-12-03 Thread Roger Deschner
/ADSM/TSM/ITSM. When I can fit it into a tight budget, it's on my definite wish-list, for sometime that I actually think I can get it approved. They really seem to know this system, whatever it is called, inside and out. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: AW: How long for auditdb

2002-12-08 Thread Roger Deschner
pools, start thinking about taking many days. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] In theory, theory and practice are the same, = = but in practice, theory and practice are different. = On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Zoltan

Re: tape to tape copy

2002-12-09 Thread Roger Deschner
% chance that the output tape will be the shorter of the two, and it won't all fit. What's bad is that you might not even know it didn't all fit, until you have to rely on it for an emergency restore and it does not work. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Format of output file using select statements

2003-01-06 Thread Roger Deschner
easier than picking apart something that was meant to be read by humans. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===If a train station is where a train stops, what's a work station?== On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Andrew Raibeck wrote: You can use -DISPLAYMODE=blah

Re: Non-empty volume with no content

2003-01-14 Thread Roger Deschner
this in a panic unless you happen to be in this area. If I were to actually report it, it would definitely be Sev 4. Low impact and easily circumvented. There are more important things to pay attention to. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 13 Jan 2003

Re: Move TSM to new server

2003-01-29 Thread Roger Deschner
there with a copy directly from the old server. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Tait, Joel wrote: Hi, What is the easiest way to move TSM to another server? I need a step-by-step process. We want to move the DB to another server

Re: TSM x ARCserve

2003-02-01 Thread Roger Deschner
them, they last forever. If you are unclear on the difference here, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR DATA! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, T_MML wrote: Hi all, I have one option equal in the TSM Backup Client? `´ `´ Delete Files After Backup

Re: TSM for notebook

2003-02-01 Thread Roger Deschner
it backed up by TSM. Then he unplugs it and takes it home at night, and uses it there. This method works great for him. I back up my own traveling notebook to TSM before leaving town with it, but not while I have it on the road. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL

Re: Why so many Filling tapes?

2003-02-03 Thread Roger Deschner
. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] In theory, theory and practice are the same, = = but in practice, theory and practice are different. = On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Roger Deschner wrote: I have a non-collocated sequential

Why so many Filling tapes?

2003-02-04 Thread Roger Deschner
tapes in a collocated tape pool - that's the whole idea of collocation. But this is happening in a non-collocated tape pool. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending === = the rest of the week

Re: Over extended log

2003-02-05 Thread Roger Deschner
and schedule, especially with a large and growing database. (Yes, I mirror my database.) Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Stapleton, Mark wrote: From: Remeta, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Ok I have a serious problem. My log is full and I'm

Re: Over extended log

2003-02-07 Thread Roger Deschner
farther, and not delete the file from the original system until I knew it has been migrated from the disk storage pool to the tape storage pool, and also copied to the backup copy storage pool. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Lisa

Re: PMR 02528, 082

2003-02-08 Thread Roger Deschner
Disks are so cheap nowdays, just buy more of them and do mirroring in your OS for your disk storage pools. I did, and I sleep better at night. Used IBM SSA drawers can be had for peanuts. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Allen

Re: AIX TSM performance improvement (was Re: OS390 TSM Performance questions.)

2003-02-17 Thread Roger Deschner
. It is OK to stripe the log and disk storage pools; they are much more sequential. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] The World's Least Intuitive Operating System === -- from the cover of Unix for Dummies

DSMFMT space calculation mystery

2003-02-20 Thread Roger Deschner
% and waste some space. How can I really calculate this? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] The World's Least Intuitive Operating System === -- from the cover of Unix for Dummies

Re: DSMFMT space calculation mystery

2003-02-20 Thread Roger Deschner
Orville L. Lantto Said: Did you create your file system large file enabled? Yes, I did. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can tell this cigarette machine is going to be no end of trouble. -- Bugs Bunny, addressing an errant robot

Re: DSMFMT space calculation mystery

2003-02-20 Thread Roger Deschner
ulimit is set to unlimited. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't Drink and Derive (Seen on a t-shirt at a Math Department picnic.) Bill Boyer said: How about ulimit

Re: Library Configuration Question

2003-02-26 Thread Roger Deschner
things that appear to be, are overwritten when you do a restore, but others are not. I'm just not sure which is which. For instance, after completing the restore, I had to delete and redefine all my drives, but not the library itself. Have I made this perfectly muddy for you? Roger Deschner

Re: dbbackup trigger

2003-03-04 Thread Roger Deschner
in rollforward mode.) Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic Computing Communications Center On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Henrik Wahlstedt wrote: Good morning! First of all things.. I use 4.1.3.0 on w2k. Second, I have my log (3GB) in roll

Re: Restore performance

2003-03-10 Thread Roger Deschner
files it comes up with for you to pick from. Try copying the exact specification you are using on the dsmc restore command, into a unix ls command, and see how many files it lists. You might be surprised with a lot of files - that you didn't want. Roger Deschner University of Illinois

Re: Migrating TSM Server on AIX

2003-03-12 Thread Roger Deschner
notes and tell your auditors you have done a DR drill!) Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic Computing Communications Center On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Marco Spagnuolo wrote: Thanks for the info, James I guess my biggest concern

Re: Fragmented Database Question 2

2003-03-17 Thread Roger Deschner
. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic Computing Communications Center Have you ever, like, tried to put together a bicycle in public? Or a grill? Astronauts David Wolf and Piers Sellers, explaining the difficulties encountered

Re: Problem with a library

2003-03-20 Thread Roger Deschner
I have a PMR open with TSM Support right now about this, concerning an ATL P7000 library. My problem is that AUDIT LIBRARY does not detect moved Cleaner tapes. I'm currently generating some traces for them. Call TSM Support. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL

Re: Canceling a Reclamation FAST

2003-03-27 Thread Roger Deschner
If you set a volume to ACCESS=DESTROYED in order to do what a CANCEL PROCESS really should have done in the first place, can use un-set it, and later try to read it again? e.g. on a different drive or after cleaning the drive in question? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago

Re: Opinions anyone?

2003-06-02 Thread Roger Deschner
growth potential by simply adding CPUs, which is a much easier upgrade than replacing the box. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 31 May 2003, Leonard Lauria wrote: You can respond direct to me instead of the list if you wish. Thanks! We

Re: TSM DB and RLOG sizes

2004-10-14 Thread Roger Deschner
backup to the date/time stamp of the file in the file system. Here, too, you should do a regular full Incremental backup on weekends, when performance isn't an issue, to get everything caught up and take care of any loose ends. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL

Finding huge client files

2004-10-19 Thread Roger Deschner
, but you have it. CLIENT: If you can't name it, I don't have it. Go away and stop bothering me. How can I find out the names of these huge files? It doesn't matter whether I plan to take an accomodating or combative approach - I need to know the names of these monster files. Roger Deschner

Re: ANE4018E : file name too long on AIX

2004-10-30 Thread Roger Deschner
the backup program will often be first to report a problem. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, PAC Brion Arnaud wrote: Hi List ! I got some bad looking messages on my TSM server (AIX 5.2.0.0 with TSM 5.2.2.1) yesterday, like : 10

Re: Where did my scratch tapes go?

2004-11-11 Thread Roger Deschner
, finding tapes owned by none of the instances.) SAS would work equally well, if you know it better. This data is easily handled by any general-purpose statistical analysis package. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Nancy L Backhaus

Re: ANS1357S Session rejected: Downlevel client code version

2004-11-26 Thread Roger Deschner
is the problem. There is no amount of warning or admonition that can keep people from doing this - they will do it. Expect it. This message is one way you can catch them. I filter my activity log looking for this daily. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Session data breakdown

2004-12-07 Thread Roger Deschner
stream is also very useful for long-term trends analysis. It's compact enough that your favorite stat package can easily swallow several years worth of data and come up with meaningful stats showing your long term trends. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED

Macintosh 5.3.0 client - where?

2004-12-21 Thread Roger Deschner
In reviewing the new materials for Version 5.3, I see client programs available for download for all client platforms except Macintosh. Now, you know how Mac people are - leave them out of something and they get very prickly about it and start agitating. Roger Deschner University

Re: strange reclaimation behavor

2005-01-04 Thread Roger Deschner
, is to run migration between reclamation and DB backup, since migration can stop itself and free the drives pretty quickly, in contrast to reclamation. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere

Re: Corrupt Files In Storage Pool

2005-01-05 Thread Roger Deschner
Wait 24 hours then try again. Something has it locked. These phony locks have evaporated by themselves for me when I had them. Call TSM Support. They're good at figuring these kinds of things out. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 5 Jan 2005

Re: NEXTSTGPOOL with MAXSIZE does not work with MOVE DATA

2005-01-31 Thread Roger Deschner
large sequential files such as RAID0 Striping, and it would fly, both on the way in and the way back out. Who knows - you could be collocating. That could make a real mess of this. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==I have not lost my mind

How to prevent 2 computers from using 1 nodename

2005-05-03 Thread Roger Deschner
this kind of thing? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] In theory, theory and practice are the same, = = but in practice, theory and practice are different. =

Re: Empty volume cannot be deleted or reclaimed

2005-05-07 Thread Roger Deschner
Simply wait a day. Patience has always fixed these for me. I don't know quite why, but after a day I can almost always delete these. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should

How did this password expire?

2005-05-16 Thread Roger Deschner
a new password. But, wasn't that supposed to happen by itself? How did this happen? Well, what changed? The above message started coming when I changed its Ethernet NIC. No other changes - just a new NIC. Why would this invalidate the stored encrypted password? Roger Deschner University

Re: Linux Client Performance

2007-04-04 Thread Roger Deschner
in the client options file to make it use multiple backup sessions. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] == You are making progress when every mistake you make is a new one. === On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Dave Canan wrote: for me to look at to help diagnose the problem here

Re: managing space

2007-04-08 Thread Roger Deschner
it is really better. Contact your local IBM office and have them order a copy of the TSM Concepts Poster for you. It is free, and it makes of these concepts a lot easier to understand. The poster is IBM publication number SC32-9464-00. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago

Re: New personal best.

2007-04-12 Thread Roger Deschner
to tape using as many migration processes as you have tape drives. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before. = --Dwight D. Eisenhower On Thu

Re: measuring shoeshining ?

2007-04-16 Thread Roger Deschner
and have access to the back of the tape drives. I should borrow a doctor's stethescope and see if I can hear anything from the back. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Peter Billam wrote: when the client is too slow to keep the tape drive

Re: Audit library problem.

2007-05-29 Thread Roger Deschner
is giving back its stored inventory to TSM, and that it has become corrupted. So you've got to force the library to actually re-read all the barcodes, instead of regurgitating them from its own (corrupted) memory. A first step would be to power-cycle the library and also restart the TSM server. Roger

Re: TSM performance very poor, Recovery log is being pinned

2007-07-31 Thread Roger Deschner
is to try to restart it, is generally a good thing to do. It usually restarts with an empty Log in these cases, so they can claim, I fixed it! without knowing the underlying complexities. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Standards are great. That's why

Re: Delete volume does not free up disk space

2007-08-07 Thread Roger Deschner
in not running dsmfmt is huge. The IBM manuals try to hide their existence, but many of us use them exclusively. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Strand, Neil B. wrote: as root and then execute the following: (tsmserver:root)# rm

Getting more info: objects excluded by size

2007-08-09 Thread Roger Deschner
for an already overburdened TSM admin. How can I get this information? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize = === that you don't know what you thought you knew! -- George Ankner ===

Re: Client connection makes TSM server neurotically talk to itself.

2007-09-14 Thread Roger Deschner
as Just One Of Those Things to be investigated when I had a little spare time someday. Now I'm curious. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize = === that you don't know what you thought you

Re: Library slot count manipulation in TSM

2007-09-29 Thread Roger Deschner
it was a harmless effect. (Whew!) Just beware that this will happen, so it won't panic you when it does. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] == You are making progress when every mistake you make is a new one. === On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Schneider, John wrote: Chip

Re: Max. pct util for log

2007-10-29 Thread Roger Deschner
/ssh, but it can seriously slow down a streaming application like TSM Backup. Consider using the throughput monitoring feature of the TSM server, which will cancel sessions that cannot achieve a certain minimum throughput. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Any market for used tape media?

2007-12-15 Thread Roger Deschner
and then reused is the DLT family, which has now been end-of-lifed by its main supporter, Quantum. (But still, by law you'd have to do it 10 times if you're in Illinois.) Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] No one may throw an old computer across the street

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

2008-01-15 Thread Roger Deschner
. It's all at the usual location, http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/index.jsp What I want to know is where can I buy a paper copy? I don't have the patience to print them, and I really want a printed copy of the v5.5 Administrator's Guide. Roger Deschner University

Re: Spanking my data.

2008-01-15 Thread Roger Deschner
the database. We expire 22 hours/day or until it finishes, except during database backup. We do database backup/reclamation together. You can call me crazy, but this works and has evolved over many years as the best way to get it all done. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago

Re: TSM v5.5 feedback: problems? plusses?

2008-01-15 Thread Roger Deschner
it exercizes lots of the code, and presents a lot of potential timing issues. One crash isn't bad for a .0.0 release. Go for it on the server, but proceed more carefully with the clients. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] == I am not a complete idiot. Some

DISASTER: How to do a LOT of restores?

2008-01-22 Thread Roger Deschner
... Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fw: DISASTER: How to do a LOT of restores?

2008-01-22 Thread Roger Deschner
, regular client restore or GENERATE BACKUPSET. Thanks to all! Until now, I was not fully aware of MOVE NODEDATA. B.T.W. It is an automatic tape library, Quantum P7000. We graduated from manual tape mounting back in 1999. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Fw: DISASTER: How to do a LOT of restores?

2008-01-22 Thread Roger Deschner
multiple Unix filesystems as of TSM 5.3, I can probably cobble togther significant space if I need it. Roger Deschner ACCC Basic Systems Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Curtis Preston wrote: Are files that are no longer active automatically expired from the activedata

Re: Data Deduplication

2008-01-23 Thread Roger Deschner
and compress at the same time. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic Computing Communications Center On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Ben Bullock wrote: As with all questions like this, the answer is it depends. It depends on the make-up of your

Re: Need help defining SL500 Tape library to TSM Server running under AIX

2008-01-25 Thread Roger Deschner
. I assume you have seen this already for the SL500 library: StorageTek SL500 and Sun StorEdge L500 Libraries Configuration Information for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663uid=swg21193518 Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago

Re: 'generate backupset' and 'expire inventory'

2008-01-27 Thread Roger Deschner
by normal client restore, or by delivering a generated backupset on a stack of DVDs. Once you stop backup, then normal expiration will simply skip over that node. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Thomas Denier wrote: Earlier today I

Re: DISASTER: How to do a LOT of restores?

2008-01-27 Thread Roger Deschner
. LOCK NODE is your friend! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic Computing Communications Center On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Curtis Preston wrote: Bummer. :( But when it's fixed, I sure think it sounds like a better solution to this situation

Re: Strange ANR0536W all of a sudden

2008-02-01 Thread Roger Deschner
daemon that does ANR1639I -- LOCK NODE. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] If with your litter you do disgrace and spoil the beauty of this place

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

2008-02-06 Thread Roger Deschner
. Having the command list in the left pane of Adobe Reader is even better than the HELP command in dsmadmc. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Kauffman, Tom wrote: server, so you don't have to rely on IBM's server being available. I've

How to selectively delete export tapes from volhist

2008-02-08 Thread Roger Deschner
I've got an older export tape I want to keep. But I've got several newer ones that are no longer needed, and I'm tight on scratch tapes so I want them back. All the options I can think of on the DELETE VOLHIST command would delete all of them. Is there any other way? (AIX TSM 5.5) Roger Deschner

Re: TSM dream setup

2008-02-15 Thread Roger Deschner
? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic Computing Communications Center In theory, theory and practice are the same, = = but in practice, theory and practice are different. = On Thu, 14 Feb 2008

Re: Info about upgrade from 5.4.1.2 -- 5.5.0.0

2008-02-28 Thread Roger Deschner
experienced a week after the upgrade has not recurred. This was fortunate, because through our disaster drill in January up to the present, 5.5.0.0 Server has been quite stable. (Unlike some of the clients, but that's another discussion...) Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago

Windows 5.5.0.4 client now available

2008-02-28 Thread Roger Deschner
Client can corrupt a Vista system when restoring the System State. Read the full IBM Flash at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663context=SSGSG7dc=D600uid=swg21294711loc=en_UScs=UTF-8lang=enrss=ct663tivoli which promises 5.5.0.4 on Feb 29. They beat that by a day. Roger Deschner

Re: migrating data from LTO2 tapes to LTO3

2008-03-10 Thread Roger Deschner
this to move from SDLT to LTO4. I've set the Reclamation Storage Pool for SDLT to be the LTO4 pool. Now all I need to do to propel the process is to reduce the reclamation threshold in the SDLT pool by 1-2 points every day. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: TSM has built-in encryption?

2008-03-12 Thread Roger Deschner
. It's bad enough that we're storing many copies of the Windows XP OS, Mac OS/X, and MS/Office executables, but someday I'd like to be able to deduplicate those. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic Computing Communications Center

Re: backed up nodes

2008-03-15 Thread Roger Deschner
fewer days, perhaps somebody who is more of an SQL wizard can help. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Richard Sims wrote: select distinct NODE_NAME from occupancy where TYPE='Bkup' On Mar 14, 2008, at 4:33 PM, Avy Wong wrote

Re: backed up nodes

2008-03-15 Thread Roger Deschner
Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mar 15, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Roger Deschner wrote: That occupancy table can be REALLY slow to process if your system is at all large. I prefer to search the summary table which is fast, even with my 275gb database. Roger

Re: Server crash

2008-03-23 Thread Roger Deschner
This is one where you should just call IBM TSM Support right away and report it. Might or might not be related to a couple of other 5.5.0 server crashes that have been called in. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, [windows-1255

Re: Off-topic: AIX p520 question

2008-03-23 Thread Roger Deschner
on AIX or something like that. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Bill Boyer wrote: Just received a new Power6 p520, connected to the serial0 console port with my Hyperterm and turned the box on. I see all the startup messages

Re: 5.5 server in larger environments?

2008-04-10 Thread Roger Deschner
UPGRADEDB. But this was obvious to detect, and it was easy to run the UPGRADEDB manually, so I consider it to be no big deal. Just beware it could happen to you and be ready to do it manually if necessary. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED

Scheduled backups running twice/day

2008-04-29 Thread Roger Deschner
Client systems are being left on all night Client is Windows XP, server is AIX. Any idea what could be causing this? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Why so many filling tapes?

2008-05-23 Thread Roger Deschner
understand how we wound up with more than 2 filling tapes per collocation group. They are all in readwrite status. There have been no I/O errors that could explain this. I could accept 3, and call it one of those things, but 6? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL

Re: Media Fault

2003-06-30 Thread Roger Deschner
of a reclamation disk storage pool may actually help extend tape media life, by allowing the drive to stream on both input and output. I'm actually glad to hear this happens with LTO as well - I was beginning to suspect my choice of SDLT over LTO was a mistake. Roger Deschner University of Illinois

Re: Ghost devices after a BMR of Windows2000

2003-07-15 Thread Roger Deschner
in a new house, but the boxes with all your stuff from your old house are down in the basement where you can get what you need. This issue most frequently comes up with stolen laptops. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===If a train station is where a train

Re: cleint passwd

2003-07-23 Thread Roger Deschner
. P.S. The Client Scheduler appears to require PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE. I am still researching this, and it may be platform-dependent. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Muthyam Reddy wrote: ** High Priority ** Hi everyone, What

Re: disk storage pool access

2003-07-27 Thread Roger Deschner
. Arbitrarily splitting up the logical volumes within the RAID5 box cannot help, and might hurt, performance. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.= On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, i love tsm wrote

Fundamental Migration Design Flaw

2003-10-03 Thread Roger Deschner
as it is closed. That's no way to run a railroad. Is there any other workaround, or perhaps could this be fixed? Migration algorithms should work to prevent fillups like I am experiencing, but they don't, so it is broken. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED

Answer: dsmfmt file size

2003-10-03 Thread Roger Deschner
, you should know that this feature is saving me an ENORMOUS amount of time - today! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] =An optimist is someone who says a glass is half full.== ===A pessimist says it's half empty. An engineering consultant says

Re: empting a read only tape.

2003-10-06 Thread Roger Deschner
of logic here that probably makes sense except in this special circumstance. Then leave it physically in the library until your next database backup, after which you can safely remove it. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] == What would you rather do

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