Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client
Dmitry, I am glad that worked for you. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Storage Protect Level 3 stor...@us.ibm.com From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Dmitry Dukhov Date: Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 05:02 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client WOW!!! It’s works Your kung fu is the best Dmitry > On 13 Apr 2024, at 01:48, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > Hi again, > > I was able to get the web client to install and run on Ubuntu 20.4 and Debian > 12.5. I will share my crude notes here. However, because we do not formally > support the web client on either platform, please be aware that the > information is provided “as is”, without any warranty or support. If you run > into a problem and want help from IBM Support, you should first reproduce it > on a system where we support the web client. > > Here are my notes: > > 1. Install GSKit, API, and Backup-Archive Clients. > > - Use the "-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar" package. > - Unpack the tar file. > > Example using 8.1.22.0 code: > >sudo dpkg -i gskcrypt64_8.0-55.31.linux.x86_64.deb >sudo dpkg -i gskssl64_8.0-55.31.linux.x86_64.deb >sudo dpkg -i tivsm-api64.amd64.deb >(optional) dpkg -i tivsm-apicit.amd64.deb >sudo dpkg -i tivsm-ba.amd64.deb >(optional) sudo dpkg -i tivsm-bacit.amd64.deb > > 2. Install alien if not already available: > > sudo apt install alien > > 3. Use alien to convert the Web Client GUI package: > > - Use the "-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86.tar" package > - After unpacking the tar file, run this command: > >sudo alien --to-deb -c TIVsm-WEBGUI.x86_64.rpm > >Note: I ignored the NOKEY warning messages about the WEBGUI package. >Note: The command takes several minutes to run, so be patient. On my system > it took a long time, maybe 15 - 20 minutes. > >The result is a file named "tivsm-webgui_8.1.22-1_amd64.deb". > >IMPORTANT: Do not install the webgui package yet. > > 4. Create user tdpvmware by running these commands: > > sudo groupadd tdpvmware > sudo useradd tdpvmware -c tdpvmware -m -g tdpvmware > > Note: A directory named /home/tdpvmware is created. > Note: Command "getent passwd tdpvmware" displays output like this: > >tdpvmware:x:1001:1001:tdpvmware:/home/tdpvmware:/bin/sh > > 5. Run the following command to install the tivsm-webgui package: > > sudo dpkg -i tivsm-webgui_8.1.22-1_amd64.deb > > 6. Configure the backup-archive client dsm.sys and dsm.opt files. I do not go > into details here because the process should be familiar. Some high-level > notes: > > - In dsm.sys, add this line: > > managedservices webclient > >OR if you also configure the scheduler: > > managedservices webclient schedule > > 7. Use these commands to start the client acceptor daemon and the Web Client > webserver processes: > > - Ubuntu: > >service dsmcad start >service webserver start > > - Debian (I have not figured out how to configure it for systemd): > >Note: Before starting the CAD, edit rc.dsmcad and change this line > from this: > > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin:/opt/tivoli/tsm/tdpvmware/common/jre/jre/bin/classic > > to this: > > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/ibm/gsk8_64/lib64:/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin:/opt/tivoli/tsm/tdpvmware/common/jre/jre/bin/classic > >cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin >./rc.dsmcad start >cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/tdpvmware/common/scripts >./webserver start > > 8. The web server takes a few moments to initialize. Once initialized, point > your browser to: > >https://:9081/bagui > > Miscellaneous notes: > > - Before I could run the client, I had to configure LD_LIBRARY_PATH: > > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/ibm/gsk8_64/lib64 > > - On Debian, the dsmcad and webserver services did not start for me, as >indicated earlier. I have not yet figured out how to integrate them with >systemd. > > Good luck! > > Andy > > Andrew Raibeck > IBM Storage Protect Level 3 > stor...@us.ibm.com > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Andrew > Raibeck > Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 at 12:35 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client > Hi Dmitry, > > It is a fair question, but I am afraid I do not have a very satisfactory > answer. My best guess: > > * It is not as simple as “make one package and then install and run on all > distros”. Rather, each distro has ce
Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client
Hi again, I was able to get the web client to install and run on Ubuntu 20.4 and Debian 12.5. I will share my crude notes here. However, because we do not formally support the web client on either platform, please be aware that the information is provided “as is”, without any warranty or support. If you run into a problem and want help from IBM Support, you should first reproduce it on a system where we support the web client. Here are my notes: 1. Install GSKit, API, and Backup-Archive Clients. - Use the "-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar" package. - Unpack the tar file. Example using 8.1.22.0 code: sudo dpkg -i gskcrypt64_8.0-55.31.linux.x86_64.deb sudo dpkg -i gskssl64_8.0-55.31.linux.x86_64.deb sudo dpkg -i tivsm-api64.amd64.deb (optional) dpkg -i tivsm-apicit.amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i tivsm-ba.amd64.deb (optional) sudo dpkg -i tivsm-bacit.amd64.deb 2. Install alien if not already available: sudo apt install alien 3. Use alien to convert the Web Client GUI package: - Use the "-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86.tar" package - After unpacking the tar file, run this command: sudo alien --to-deb -c TIVsm-WEBGUI.x86_64.rpm Note: I ignored the NOKEY warning messages about the WEBGUI package. Note: The command takes several minutes to run, so be patient. On my system it took a long time, maybe 15 - 20 minutes. The result is a file named "tivsm-webgui_8.1.22-1_amd64.deb". IMPORTANT: Do not install the webgui package yet. 4. Create user tdpvmware by running these commands: sudo groupadd tdpvmware sudo useradd tdpvmware -c tdpvmware -m -g tdpvmware Note: A directory named /home/tdpvmware is created. Note: Command "getent passwd tdpvmware" displays output like this: tdpvmware:x:1001:1001:tdpvmware:/home/tdpvmware:/bin/sh 5. Run the following command to install the tivsm-webgui package: sudo dpkg -i tivsm-webgui_8.1.22-1_amd64.deb 6. Configure the backup-archive client dsm.sys and dsm.opt files. I do not go into details here because the process should be familiar. Some high-level notes: - In dsm.sys, add this line: managedservices webclient OR if you also configure the scheduler: managedservices webclient schedule 7. Use these commands to start the client acceptor daemon and the Web Client webserver processes: - Ubuntu: service dsmcad start service webserver start - Debian (I have not figured out how to configure it for systemd): Note: Before starting the CAD, edit rc.dsmcad and change this line from this: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin:/opt/tivoli/tsm/tdpvmware/common/jre/jre/bin/classic to this: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/ibm/gsk8_64/lib64:/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin:/opt/tivoli/tsm/tdpvmware/common/jre/jre/bin/classic cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin ./rc.dsmcad start cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/tdpvmware/common/scripts ./webserver start 8. The web server takes a few moments to initialize. Once initialized, point your browser to: https://:9081/bagui Miscellaneous notes: - Before I could run the client, I had to configure LD_LIBRARY_PATH: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/ibm/gsk8_64/lib64 - On Debian, the dsmcad and webserver services did not start for me, as indicated earlier. I have not yet figured out how to integrate them with systemd. Good luck! Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Storage Protect Level 3 stor...@us.ibm.com From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Andrew Raibeck Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 at 12:35 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client Hi Dmitry, It is a fair question, but I am afraid I do not have a very satisfactory answer. My best guess: * It is not as simple as “make one package and then install and run on all distros”. Rather, each distro has certain considerations and costs for build, package, test, etc. * Supported platforms were based on those distros that product management and product architects felt were most used in enterprise environments (RHEL and SLES). You can submit an idea (“request for enhancement’) starting here: https://www.ibm.com/ideas. There is no guarantee that your idea will be implemented. However, it is a formal method for you to submit such a request. You can search existing ideas to see if your request is already known, or you can create a new idea. Others can also vote on the idea. Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Storage Protect Level 3 stor...@us.ibm.com From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Dmitry Dukhov Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 at 12:01 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client Thank you Andrew for clear answer Maybe I say a stupid but Why is web-client not supported for debian? RHEL SLES Ubuntu and etc = magic world of Linux web client is a jav
Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client
Hi Dmitry, It is a fair question, but I am afraid I do not have a very satisfactory answer. My best guess: * It is not as simple as “make one package and then install and run on all distros”. Rather, each distro has certain considerations and costs for build, package, test, etc. * Supported platforms were based on those distros that product management and product architects felt were most used in enterprise environments (RHEL and SLES). You can submit an idea (“request for enhancement’) starting here: https://www.ibm.com/ideas. There is no guarantee that your idea will be implemented. However, it is a formal method for you to submit such a request. You can search existing ideas to see if your request is already known, or you can create a new idea. Others can also vote on the idea. Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Storage Protect Level 3 stor...@us.ibm.com From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Dmitry Dukhov Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 at 12:01 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client Thank you Andrew for clear answer Maybe I say a stupid but Why is web-client not supported for debian? RHEL SLES Ubuntu and etc = magic world of Linux web client is a java application and should work everywhere! Dmitry > On 12 Apr 2024, at 18:51, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > Hi all, > > To the original question: > > * Debian support is limited, as documented in > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/397693. The web client is not > supported on Debian. > > * The Web Client is not supported on Ubuntu. > > To the issue with Web Client on Windows and 8.1.19 server: if you are unable > to get it to work, then I recommend opening a ticket with IBM Support. > > Andy > > Andrew Raibeck > IBM Storage Protect Level 3 > stor...@us.ibm.com > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of David L.A. > De Leeuw > Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 at 06:47 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client > It used to work here as well, but stopped working when the SERVER was > upgraded. > So, if you keep running an old server, you can install Ubuntu WebGui as well, > but this is probably not recommended. > David > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Dmitry > Dukhov > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2024 12:27 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Debian and web client > > David,I’m confused. I have already installed last client 8.1.22 for windows > and web client works well Perhaps this means the old Java web client. > >> On 11 Apr 2024, at 19:45, David L.A. De Leeuw wrote: >> >> Dimitri, >> Webgui is no longer supported. >> Read: >> >> >> "IBM Storage Protect" >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__imsva91-2Dctp.trendmicro.com-3A443_wis_clicktime_v1_query-3Furl-3Dhttp&d=DwIGaQ&c=BSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ&r=fL7R_v_DhXetFL2YsIet1QXoJUfVxVU9ppvrJOh1Bj4&m=NBm161-A8vhyn2hjYucFOUBym3Q1h78xB5XKF-NOY-4BbKq1M7UxOqwTM1NMD24E&s=uGgVlnIa0NDiMCg5M20qSGDfm5-5H67FIAJ_CmwtPmY&e= >> s%3a%2f%2fwww.ibm.com%2fdocs%2fen%2fstorage%2dprotect%2f8.1.22%3ftopic >> %3dcspc%2dconfiguring%2dstorage%2dprotect%2dclientserver%2dcommunicati >> on%2dsecure%2dsockets%2dlayer%23%3a%7e%3atext%3dConfiguring%2d%2cIBM%2 >> c%2dStorage%2520Protect%2520client&umid=3CD08F73-15E2-E406-846F-25CB09 >> 52541F&auth=701951cf8dfb7cd99762e0f5be252082d875f1cf-7bbe0beb5e500bacf >> 6157050015cf3671950bd26 >> >> I tried on windows, installed fine, but not work withour 8.1.19 server... >> >> David >> >> -Original Message- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of >> Dmitry Dukhov >> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 6:02 PM >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Debian and web client >> >> No no no >> these are standard deb packages without tivsm-webgui_8.1.22-1_amd64. >> >> >> >>> On 11 Apr 2024, at 17:57, David L.A. De Leeuw wrote: >>> >>> The instructions are on the Spectrum Protect website. >>> >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__imsva91-2Dctp.trendmicro.com-3A443_wis_clicktime_v1_query-3Furl-3Dhtt&d=DwIGaQ&c=BSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ&r=fL7R_v_DhXetFL2YsIet1QXoJUfVxVU9ppvrJOh1Bj4&m=NBm161-A8vhyn2hjYucFOUBym3Q1h78xB5XKF-NOY-4BbKq1M7UxOqwTM1NMD24E&s=enshRp7B6mMqwIRsVixYBXjeuiQHOq6PmgzpTPblGpo&e= >>> ps%3a%2f%2fwww.ibm.com%2fdocs%2fen%2fstorage%2dprotect%2f8.1.22%3ftop >>> ic%3dclients%2dinstalling%2dubuntu%2dlinux%2dx86%2d64%2dclient&umid=3 >>> CD08F73-15E2-E406-846F-25CB0952541F&auth=701951cf8dfb7cd99762e0f5be25 >>> 2082d875f1cf-
Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client
Hi all, To the original question: * Debian support is limited, as documented in https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/397693. The web client is not supported on Debian. * The Web Client is not supported on Ubuntu. To the issue with Web Client on Windows and 8.1.19 server: if you are unable to get it to work, then I recommend opening a ticket with IBM Support. Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Storage Protect Level 3 stor...@us.ibm.com From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of David L.A. De Leeuw Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 at 06:47 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Debian and web client It used to work here as well, but stopped working when the SERVER was upgraded. So, if you keep running an old server, you can install Ubuntu WebGui as well, but this is probably not recommended. David -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Dmitry Dukhov Sent: Friday, April 12, 2024 12:27 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Debian and web client David,I’m confused. I have already installed last client 8.1.22 for windows and web client works well Perhaps this means the old Java web client. > On 11 Apr 2024, at 19:45, David L.A. De Leeuw wrote: > > Dimitri, > Webgui is no longer supported. > Read: > > > "IBM Storage Protect" > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__imsva91-2Dctp.trendmicro.com-3A443_wis_clicktime_v1_query-3Furl-3Dhttp&d=DwIGaQ&c=BSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ&r=fL7R_v_DhXetFL2YsIet1QXoJUfVxVU9ppvrJOh1Bj4&m=NBm161-A8vhyn2hjYucFOUBym3Q1h78xB5XKF-NOY-4BbKq1M7UxOqwTM1NMD24E&s=uGgVlnIa0NDiMCg5M20qSGDfm5-5H67FIAJ_CmwtPmY&e= > s%3a%2f%2fwww.ibm.com%2fdocs%2fen%2fstorage%2dprotect%2f8.1.22%3ftopic > %3dcspc%2dconfiguring%2dstorage%2dprotect%2dclientserver%2dcommunicati > on%2dsecure%2dsockets%2dlayer%23%3a%7e%3atext%3dConfiguring%2d%2cIBM%2 > c%2dStorage%2520Protect%2520client&umid=3CD08F73-15E2-E406-846F-25CB09 > 52541F&auth=701951cf8dfb7cd99762e0f5be252082d875f1cf-7bbe0beb5e500bacf > 6157050015cf3671950bd26 > > I tried on windows, installed fine, but not work withour 8.1.19 server... > > David > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of > Dmitry Dukhov > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 6:02 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Debian and web client > > No no no > these are standard deb packages without tivsm-webgui_8.1.22-1_amd64. > > > >> On 11 Apr 2024, at 17:57, David L.A. De Leeuw wrote: >> >> The instructions are on the Spectrum Protect website. >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__imsva91-2Dctp.trendmicro.com-3A443_wis_clicktime_v1_query-3Furl-3Dhtt&d=DwIGaQ&c=BSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ&r=fL7R_v_DhXetFL2YsIet1QXoJUfVxVU9ppvrJOh1Bj4&m=NBm161-A8vhyn2hjYucFOUBym3Q1h78xB5XKF-NOY-4BbKq1M7UxOqwTM1NMD24E&s=enshRp7B6mMqwIRsVixYBXjeuiQHOq6PmgzpTPblGpo&e= >> ps%3a%2f%2fwww.ibm.com%2fdocs%2fen%2fstorage%2dprotect%2f8.1.22%3ftop >> ic%3dclients%2dinstalling%2dubuntu%2dlinux%2dx86%2d64%2dclient&umid=3 >> CD08F73-15E2-E406-846F-25CB0952541F&auth=701951cf8dfb7cd99762e0f5be25 >> 2082d875f1cf-e64172d1746ecfdc7f0e261ef6f188ff12bb03c6 >> >> Success >> >> David de Leeuw >> Ben Gurion University of the Negev >> Beer Sheva >> Israel >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of >> maurizio.teru...@bluewin.ch >> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 4:56 PM >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Debian and web client >> >> HEllo, few years ago I made this operation on client tsm v7.x, I don't >> remember exactly but I had to resolve some kernel module dependency (lsmod, >> ...) because some was not linked on the current path I used softlink to get >> the needed livraries. >> >> I doesn't help to much but maybe a new Idea :) . >> >> Good luck >> >> Ciao >> Maurizio >> >> Messaggio originale >> Da : dem...@gmail.com >> Data : 11/04/2024 - 15:24 (CEST) >> A : ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Oggetto : [ADSM-L] Debian and web client >> >> Hi everyone >> >> I noticed that there is a client package for linux with web client but not >> for Debian. >> How to install web client for Debian , Ubuntu ? >> p.s >> using the alien converts didn't help me >> >> Dmitry Dukhov >
Re: Fiddling with exclude statement
Hi Eric,
Thanks for pointing out that doc issue. I am looking into getting that
resolved. It is correct that the EXCLUDE (without the .DIR) and INCLUDE operate
on file objects only, not directories.
I agree that the approach you are using is probably the easiest if the backup
of undesired directory objects is only an annoyance. The alternative I
mentioned might be more viable if there were a huge number, say, tens of
thousands or more, of directories you did not want to back up, or if traversing
the directories you did not want to back up was too time consuming.
Best regards,
Andy
Andrew Raibeck
IBM Storage Protect Level 3
stor...@us.ibm.com
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Loon, Eric
van (ITOP DI) - KLM
Date: Friday, March 8, 2024 at 09:50
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fiddling with exclude statement
Hi Andy,
I have been able to get the job done through the following lines in the
cloptset:
Use Option Set Value (FORCE): No
Option Value: EXCLUDE '/tech/splunk/.../*'
Option: INCLEXCL
Sequence number: 105
Use Option Set Value (FORCE): No
Option Value: INCLUDE '/tech/splunk/etc/.../*'
Option: INCLEXCL
Sequence number: 106
Use Option Set Value (FORCE): No
Option Value: INCLUDE '/tech/splunk/var/.../*'
Option: INCLEXCL
Sequence number: 107
Use Option Set Value (FORCE): No
Option Value: EXCLUDE.DIR '/tech/splunk/var/run'
This still causes the subdirectories to be backed up in /tech/splunk (except
for /tech/splunk/var/run and everything below), but I think I can live with
that. I was put on the wrong foot by one of the examples in the manual:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-protect/8.1.21?topic=options-examples-using-wildcards-include-exclude-patterns.
In table 1 it states:
EXCLUDE /.../Documents/.../*
INCLUDE "/home/aleko/Documents/
Current"
Exclude all files and directories under any Documents directory that might
exist, except for the Current file of user aleko.
In the example above, all files are excluded, NOT the subdirectories. So, I
guess the manual is wrong here?
Thanks for your work-around. I like the idea, but the only downside would be
that the restore command syntax changes, which will most likely be very
confusing for the end user.
Kind regards,
Eric van Loon
Air France/KLM Core Infra
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Andrew
Raibeck
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 13:35
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Fiddling with exclude statement
Hi Eric,
Based on your previous response to the exclude.dir suggestion, I suppose you
have a scenario like this:
* Exclude all other files underneath /tech/splunk,
* but directory objects are still processed.
exclude /tech/splunk/.../*
* Back up everything in /tech/splunk/keep1 and /tech/splunk/keep2
include /tech/splunk/keep1/.../*
include /tech/splunk/keep2/.../*
In this case, you cannot avoid scanning and backing up all subdirectories of
/tech/splunk.
Another alternative is to consider using the VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT
(https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-protect/8.1.21?topic=reference-virtualmountpoint)
option in dsm.sys, like this:
...
virtualmountpoint /tech/splunk
virtualmountpoint /tech/splunk/keep1
virtualmountpoint /tech/splunk/keep2
exclude.fs /tech/splunk
...
The virtual mount points are effectively treated like separate file systems.
The exclude.fs then prevents backup of everything in /tech/splunk that is NOT
part of the other virtual mount points.
When using the command line client for queries and restores, you might need to
put curly braces '{' and '}' around the file system name to avoid ambiguity in
file specifications. For example, if you want to search for a file named
myfile.txt, but you are not sure in which directory the file resides, then you
will have to do this:
dsmc query {/tech/splunk/
Also, if you want to restore everything you backed up under /tech/splunk, you
cannot do this:
dsmc restore /tech/splunk/ -subdir=yes
Instead, you need to do this:
dsmc restore {/tech/splunk/keep1} -subdir=yes
dsmc restore {/tech/splunk/keep2} -subdir=yes
I suggest trying this concept in a test environment first, to see if it is
feasible for you.
Regards,
Andy
Andrew Raibeck
IBM Storage Protect Level 3
stor...@us.ibm.com
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Loon, Eric
van (ITOP DI) - KLM
Sent: Tuesday, 27 February, 2024 08:55
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fiddling with exclude statement
Hi Skylar,
Yes, we have a DIRMC set in the client option file. I removed it, just to check
whether it makes any difference, but the subdirectories are still being backed
up, with the only difference that they are bound to the longest retention
mg
Re: Fiddling with exclude statement
Hi Eric,
Based on your previous response to the exclude.dir suggestion, I suppose you
have a scenario like this:
* Exclude all other files underneath /tech/splunk,
* but directory objects are still processed.
exclude /tech/splunk/.../*
* Back up everything in /tech/splunk/keep1 and /tech/splunk/keep2
include /tech/splunk/keep1/.../*
include /tech/splunk/keep2/.../*
In this case, you cannot avoid scanning and backing up all subdirectories of
/tech/splunk.
Another alternative is to consider using the VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT
(https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-protect/8.1.21?topic=reference-virtualmountpoint)
option in dsm.sys, like this:
...
virtualmountpoint /tech/splunk
virtualmountpoint /tech/splunk/keep1
virtualmountpoint /tech/splunk/keep2
exclude.fs /tech/splunk
...
The virtual mount points are effectively treated like separate file systems.
The exclude.fs then prevents backup of everything in /tech/splunk that is NOT
part of the other virtual mount points.
When using the command line client for queries and restores, you might need to
put curly braces '{' and '}' around the file system name to avoid ambiguity in
file specifications. For example, if you want to search for a file named
myfile.txt, but you are not sure in which directory the file resides, then you
will have to do this:
dsmc query {/tech/splunk/
Also, if you want to restore everything you backed up under /tech/splunk, you
cannot do this:
dsmc restore /tech/splunk/ -subdir=yes
Instead, you need to do this:
dsmc restore {/tech/splunk/keep1} -subdir=yes
dsmc restore {/tech/splunk/keep2} -subdir=yes
I suggest trying this concept in a test environment first, to see if it is
feasible for you.
Regards,
Andy
Andrew Raibeck
IBM Storage Protect Level 3
stor...@us.ibm.com
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Loon, Eric
van (ITOP DI) - KLM
Sent: Tuesday, 27 February, 2024 08:55
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fiddling with exclude statement
Hi Skylar,
Yes, we have a DIRMC set in the client option file. I removed it, just to check
whether it makes any difference, but the subdirectories are still being backed
up, with the only difference that they are bound to the longest retention
mgmtclass ofcourse.
Thanks for your help.
Kind regards,
Eric van Loon
Air France/KLM Core Infra
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Skylar
Thompson
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 17:07
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Fiddling with exclude statement
Do you have DIRMC set? My experience is that supersedes any normal exclude
rules, though would only backup the directories and not their contents. I think
exclude.dir would work to exclude that path and avoid the directories being
backed up, though.
On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 03:59:47PM +, Loon, Eric van (ITOP DI) - KLM wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm trying to exclude a directory called /tech/splunk (including all
> subdirectories) through a client option set. The exclude on the client seem
> to be processed OK:
>
> [root@hostname ~]# dsmc q inclexcl|grep splunk
> Exclude All /tech/splunk/.../* Server
>
> But when I run an incremental on /tech, I do see subdirectories being backed
> up:
>
> Incremental backup of volume '/tech'
> Directory--> 1,024 /tech/splunk/etc [Sent]
> Directory--> 1,024 /tech/splunk/var [Sent]
> Directory--> 1,024 /tech/splunk/var/run [Sent]
> Successful incremental backup of '/tech'
>
> I don't understand why, what am I doing wrong here? Thanks for any help in
> advance!
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Eric van Loon
>
> Air France/KLM Core Infra
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Re: Fiddling with exclude statement
Hi Eric, I think you need to use exclude.dir, like this: define clientopt myoptset inclexcl "exclude.dir /tech/splunk" Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Storage Protect Level 3 stor...@us.ibm.com -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Skylar Thompson Sent: Monday, 26 February, 2024 11:07 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fiddling with exclude statement Do you have DIRMC set? My experience is that supersedes any normal exclude rules, though would only backup the directories and not their contents. I think exclude.dir would work to exclude that path and avoid the directories being backed up, though. On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 03:59:47PM +, Loon, Eric van (ITOP DI) - KLM wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I'm trying to exclude a directory called /tech/splunk (including all > subdirectories) through a client option set. The exclude on the client seem > to be processed OK: > > [root@hostname ~]# dsmc q inclexcl|grep splunk > Exclude All /tech/splunk/.../* Server > > But when I run an incremental on /tech, I do see subdirectories being backed > up: > > Incremental backup of volume '/tech' > Directory--> 1,024 /tech/splunk/etc [Sent] > Directory--> 1,024 /tech/splunk/var [Sent] > Directory--> 1,024 /tech/splunk/var/run [Sent] > Successful incremental backup of '/tech' > > I don't understand why, what am I doing wrong here? Thanks for any help in > advance! > > > Kind regards, > > Eric van Loon > > Air France/KLM Core Infra > > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com . This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential > and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the > addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may > be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to > this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you > have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by > return e-mail, and delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its > employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of > this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal > Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with > registered number 33014286 > -- -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) -- Genome Sciences Department (UW Medicine), System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- Pronouns: He/Him/His
Re: Restoring virus infected file halts TSM client
Hi Bent, It sounds like a good idea to open a support case. Suggestion for doc you can collect in advance: 1. Add these options to the dsm.opt file: TRACEFLAGS SERVICE TRACEFILE C:\somedir\client_trace.txt You can choose any valid file path for "C:\somedir\client_trace.txt". 2. Run the "dsmc restore ..." command and redirect stdout and stderr to a file. If you can reproduce it with a small directory, that will help keep the trace file from growing too large. For example: dsmc restore C:\mydata\ -subdir=yes > dsmc_restore.txt 2>&1 3. Collect the trace file, dsmc_restore.txt, and dsmerror.log, and submit them when you open the case. I am not sure what causes the ANS0128S in this case. That message is issued several seconds after the ANSE, so I do not know if the messages are related to each other. If you can capture that in a trace, that might be insightful. To collect documentation for several concurrent dsmc processes, you can do something like this: dsmc restore C:\mydata1\ -subdir=yes -traceflags=service -tracefile=C:\somedir\client_trace_1.txt > dsmc_restore_1.txt 2>&1 dsmc restore C:\mydata2\ -subdir=yes -traceflags=service -tracefile=C:\somedir\client_trace_2.txt > dsmc_restore_2.txt 2>&1 dsmc restore C:\mydata3\ -subdir=yes -traceflags=service -tracefile=C:\somedir\client_trace_3.txt > dsmc_restore_3.txt 2>&1 dsmc restore C:\mydata4\ -subdir=yes -traceflags=service -tracefile=C:\somedir\client_trace_4.txt > dsmc_restore_4.txt 2>&1 Use your normal "dsmc restore" syntax, but add the -traceflags options, the -tracefile option, and output redirection as in the preceding examples. Finally, based on the info you shared, I suggest you try the restore with this option: TESTFLAGS CONTINUEWITHUNKNOWNRC See if that allows the restore to run to completion, skipping past the invalid files. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Bent Christensen (BVC) Sent: Tuesday, 24 January, 2023 09:32 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Restoring virus infected file halts TSM client Hi Andrew, Thanks for your response and suggestion. I have been using the weekend to dig a little deeper into the issue, and it turns out that if I just restore the folder containing the infected file, TSM restores all other files and just responds with a: 01/19/2023 15:58:57 ANSE ..\..\common\winnt\ntrc.cpp(784): Received Win32 RC 225 (0x00e1) from HlClose(): CreateFile. Error description: Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software. But if I run 3-4 or more DSMC RESTORE sessions simultaneously the session which has the infected file terminates with this in DSMERROR.LOG: 01/18/2023 17:27:31 ANSE ..\..\common\winnt\ntrc.cpp(784): Received Win32 RC 225 (0x00e1) from HlClose(): CreateFile. Error description: Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software. 01/18/2023 17:27:42 ANS1028S An internal program error occurred. In the last scenario the server receiving the restore is pretty heavily loaded on CPU usage with Windows Defender using the major part of the CPUs. So I will open a case with IBM Support and report this. - Bent -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2023 2:19 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Restoring virus infected file halts TSM client Hello Brent, Without knowing the specific details of the errors you see, one thing you can try is to add this line to the dsm.opt file: TESTFLAGS CONTINUERESTORE Restart the client, and see if that causes the operation to continue with the next file after an error is reported. If that does not work, then what error message(s) do you see? What messages, coincident with the failed restore, are logged to dsmerror.log? Be sure to include the full text, though you can redact user names and file names, as appropriate. Based on that, I might have some other ideas, or else I will suggest opening a case with IBM Support. Unsolicited thought that might be redundant, but I mention it anyway :-) please use appropriate care when restoring the files, even if the AV software is guarding against suspicious files. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Bent Christensen (BVC) Sent: Thursday, 19 January, 2023 06:02 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Restoring virus infected file halts TSM client Hello, Just wondered if anyone have had the same issue and maybe found a solution for it: Now and then we are tasked with restoring data that we
Re: Restoring virus infected file halts TSM client
Hello Brent, Without knowing the specific details of the errors you see, one thing you can try is to add this line to the dsm.opt file: TESTFLAGS CONTINUERESTORE Restart the client, and see if that causes the operation to continue with the next file after an error is reported. If that does not work, then what error message(s) do you see? What messages, coincident with the failed restore, are logged to dsmerror.log? Be sure to include the full text, though you can redact user names and file names, as appropriate. Based on that, I might have some other ideas, or else I will suggest opening a case with IBM Support. Unsolicited thought that might be redundant, but I mention it anyway :-) please use appropriate care when restoring the files, even if the AV software is guarding against suspicious files. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Bent Christensen (BVC) Sent: Thursday, 19 January, 2023 06:02 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Restoring virus infected file halts TSM client Hello, Just wondered if anyone have had the same issue and maybe found a solution for it: Now and then we are tasked with restoring data that were backed up very long ago back to Windows file shares. In a few cases it turns out that some of these old files are infected by virus/malware which was not detected by the AV application at the time when the malicious file was written. When the TSM client tries to restore an infected file back to a Windows server, the AV application on the Windows server will of course prevent the file from being written. However, the TSM client interprets this as an disk error (or something) and terminates the restore processes so any subsequent non-infected files are not restored, making it almost impossible to do un-monitored restores of these data sets. Would really appreciate it if anyone got some ideas to circumvent this (except for disabling the AV application while restoring)? Regards Bent COWI handles personal data as stated in our Privacy Notice<https://www.cowi.com/privacy >.
Re: SQL query replnodes
Hi Eric, I do not think there is any trivial way to use SELECT, as I suspect the output is computed rather than merely copied from an internal table. Is there some special reason why the QUERY REPLNODE command is inadequate? If you want a CSV format, you could use the -DATAONLY=YES option and either the -COMMADELIMITED or -TABDELIMITED options. Example: dsmadmc -id=youradminid -pa=topsecret -tabdelimited -dataonly=yes -outfile=qreplnode.csv "query replnode *" Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Griggs, James F. (JMD) (CTR) Sent: Thursday, 22 September, 2022 11:00 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: SQL query replnodes Seems to me you could use the following fields from the "NODES" table: REPL_STATE REPL_MODE Repl_state indicates if replicate is "Enabled" for a node Repl_mode indicates send or receive Where "Send" is the source node And where "Receive" is a destination replication node Should both the repl_state and repl_node = "None" it is not being replicated -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Loon, Eric van (ITOP DI) - KLM Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2022 8:47 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ADSM-L] SQL query replnodes Hi Dmitry, That still doesn't show me if replnodes exist for a specific node... Kind regards, Eric van Loon Air France/KLM Core Infra -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Dmitry Dukhov Sent: donderdag 22 september 2022 13:20 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SQL query replnodes Hi all Better to use Select * from nodes where repl_state='NONE' Repl_state can have three status: none, enabled, disabled I think it's more correct Dmitry Dukhov https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=948d3f5d-cb1607ad-948a1bb8-ac1f6b01744c-e405eb27701fe333&q=1&e=f4eb6721-455e-4909-a32e-bf2a05bc2aca&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsmexplorer.copm%2F > On 21 Sep 2022, at 19:28, Rick Adamson wrote: > > Eric, > Are you looking for something along these lines.? > > select node_name,repl_state,repl_mode from nodes where > repl_state='ENABLED' order by node_name > > > -Rick Adamson > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of > Oscar Kolsteren > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 11:04 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] SQL query replnodes > > * This email originated outside of the organization. Use caution when > opening attachments or clicking links. * > > -- > Hey Eric, > > Have a look in our data collector which is used to create our FREE IBM CSA > Health Check report. > > If you don't have a copy left, let me know and I'll share one. In the script > are all the select statements we use. > > Or just run a fresh collection and upload for me to create a new report. > > Best Regards, > > Oscar Kolsteren > Lead Storage Consultant, IBM Client Storage Assessment Team (UKI) > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of > Loon, Eric van (ITOP DI) - KLM > Sent: 21 September 2022 09:16 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [ADSM-L] SQL query replnodes > > Hi everybody, > > I'm trying to find a way to list replnode(s) through a SQL query, does > anybody know where this information can be found? So something like QUERY > RPELNODE , but than through a SQL query. > Thanks for any help in advance! > > Kind regards, > Eric van Loon > Air France/KLM Core Infra > > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain > confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you > are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any > attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action > related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be > unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender > immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its > employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of > this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal > Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherla
Re: Audit container
Hello David, It is a nice suggestion. Maybe an additional ACTION=xxx argument, like SCANUNAVAILABLE? Unfortunately my powers are insufficient to drive new feature requests through this forum. I recommend going to the following URL to enter the formal request: https://ibm-sys-storage.ideas.ibm.com/ideas Others can also vote on it. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of David L.A. De Leeuw Sent: Monday, 22 August, 2022 04:24 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Audit container Wonderful that Andy is on this list ! I hope that he can be a smart interface between us, simple users, and the mighty IBM... Today I found that a number of vm's did not backup snapshots to the (container based) storage pool. This happened before and points to the error: ANS9351E Data was not available on server and was skipped. Processing snapshot -- When checking the server I try: Query container state=unavailable --- And found 26 unavailable containers. Usually this happens because of some communications failure between the server and the container storage, which are in different buildings/vlans. Now I have to run on each container: Audit container -- Wait some minute or two and run the next one. To "automate" this, make a script, copy the list of bad containers to notepad++, edit the file, so it looks like: update script auditfix "audit container XXXYYY001.dcf wait=yes" line=011 update script auditfix "audit container XXXYYY002.dcf wait=yes" line=021 run this in the tsm admin window and then run: run auditfix Here my proposal: Fix "audit container" to allow: Audit container state=unavailable wait=yes Or: Query container state=unavailable audit=yes Thanks David de Leeuw Ben Gurion university of the Negev Beer Sheva Israel
Re: catalog.json
The file should be fixed now. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Tuesday, 16 August, 2022 15:55 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: catalog.json Thanks for letting me know, will get this looked at. Regards, Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Maness, Eric Sent: Tuesday, 16 August, 2022 15:43 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] catalog.json @Andrew Raibeck Can someone from IBM please fix the paths for 8.1.15.1 clients in catalog.json for auto client deployment downloads. Below is an example. All of the paths for 8.1.15.1 are wrong. "fileURL": "https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v8r1/Linux/autodeploy/v8115/8.1.15.1-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86.exp"; This needs to be pointed at patches instead of maintenance. My OC hub server is failing to download packages because of this and has since 8/12/2022 since the catalog.json file was updated. I was hoping to get this resolved possibly by someone from IBM in this forum instead of trying my luck submitting case. Thanks. Eric Maness OA|ITSD|SDC Work: (573) 526-0578 eric.man...@oa.mo.gov<mailto:eric.man...@oa.mo.gov>
Re: catalog.json
Thanks for letting me know, will get this looked at. Regards, Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Maness, Eric Sent: Tuesday, 16 August, 2022 15:43 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] catalog.json @Andrew Raibeck Can someone from IBM please fix the paths for 8.1.15.1 clients in catalog.json for auto client deployment downloads. Below is an example. All of the paths for 8.1.15.1 are wrong. "fileURL": "https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v8r1/Linux/autodeploy/v8115/8.1.15.1-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86.exp"; This needs to be pointed at patches instead of maintenance. My OC hub server is failing to download packages because of this and has since 8/12/2022 since the catalog.json file was updated. I was hoping to get this resolved possibly by someone from IBM in this forum instead of trying my luck submitting case. Thanks. Eric Maness OA|ITSD|SDC Work: (573) 526-0578 eric.man...@oa.mo.gov<mailto:eric.man...@oa.mo.gov>
Re: Link to current Spectrum Protect BMR process for Server 2016/2019
Hi David, Excellent, valid points, worthy of "preferred" consideration when planning backups in the enterprise. Many (maybe most) of our clients already implement solutions that are similar to what you describe. My previous response on this thread was a direct answer to the thread subject which, unless I misunderstood the context, was referring to BMR using only the backup-archive client. There are many users who still use the backup-archive client for complete backup and restore of Windows, though perhaps in a more limited scope today, e.g., physical machines not yet virtualized, resource constraints that do not allow for moving to more modern solutions, etc. By the way, the original poster might have been looking for this older doc, https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/modified-instructions-complete-restores-windows-systems-tsm-client-bare-metal-restore-bmr-system-state-restore-windows-system-object-restore. It has limited use since it applies to IBM Spectrum Protect versions that are out of support, and pre-dates availability of WinPE and ASR for Windows Vista and later operating systems. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of David L.A. De Leeuw Sent: Saturday, 13 August, 2022 06:43 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Link to current Spectrum Protect BMR process for Server 2016/2019 Hi Andrew Wouldn't it be "best practice" to avoid the need to restore Windows systems ? I am in charge of some 800 systems, and they could be knocked out some day by disaster. We wouldn't be able to start restoring them one by one with WinPE and IBM Spectrum Protect. Did you time how much effort that would take ? Our approach: all servers on virtual infrastructure, all clients with a standard image, we assembled according to our needs. All users' stuff should be on the servers. Server OS disks and snapshot disks are backup up with ISP VE. Larger file systems (> 2 TB) are backed up with regular file based client backup. Restore after disaster: 1. Windows systems: reimage standard from external disks. 2. Server systems: Restore image from ISP / VE 3. File systems: Restore files from ISP Backup Isn't that a better "best practice" if you have large systems ? David David de Leeuw Consultant, Medical Computing Unit Faculty of Health Sciences Support: send message to mcuh...@post.bgu.ac.il -Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 5:36 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Link to current Spectrum Protect BMR process for Server 2016/2019 This is a good "launchpad" page for the topic: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/recovering-microsoft-windows-systems-using-ibm-spectrum-protect-backup-archive-client The same guidelines apply for all supported Windows OSes, up to, and including, Windows Server 2022. Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Tom Alverson Sent: Friday, 12 August, 2022 10:29 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Link to current Spectrum Protect BMR process for Server 2016/2019 The old links are broken and just go to a generic help page, and google search mostly finds info about Chri$tie BMR. Is there a new BMR process posted somewhere??
Re: Link to current Spectrum Protect BMR process for Server 2016/2019
This is a good "launchpad" page for the topic: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/recovering-microsoft-windows-systems-using-ibm-spectrum-protect-backup-archive-client The same guidelines apply for all supported Windows OSes, up to, and including, Windows Server 2022. Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Tom Alverson Sent: Friday, 12 August, 2022 10:29 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Link to current Spectrum Protect BMR process for Server 2016/2019 The old links are broken and just go to a generic help page, and google search mostly finds info about Chri$tie BMR. Is there a new BMR process posted somewhere??
Re: Files not rebinding as expected
Hi Erik, Looking at your option set INCLEXCL statements, at least part of the binding problem looks to be the sequence of statements: INCLEXCL 0 Yes INCLUDE.BACKUP d:\MSP\...\*.* BA7Y_L INCLEXCL 1 Yes INCLUDE.BACKUP d:\FTPDATA\sapdw\...\*.* BA7Y_L INCLEXCL 2 Yes INCLUDE.BACKUP d:\FTPDATA\workathome\...\*.* BA7Y_L INCLEXCL 3 Yes include.backup d:\...\*.* BA14_L INCLEXCL 4 Yes include.backup c:\...\*.* BA14_L (note: The FORCE option is ignored for INCLEXCL.) The above include-exclude statements are processed from the bottom up, the same as if you put them in your dsm.opt file. For example, a file such as "D:\FTPDATA\sapdw\somefile.txt" matches the pattern "d:\...\*.*", so it is bound to BA14_L. You can fix this by resequencing the INCLEXCL options in the client option set. For example: update clientopt mpsserver inclexcl 0 5 update clientopt mpsserver inclexcl 1 6 update clientopt mpsserver inclexcl 2 7 Thus the new sequence is: include.backup d:\...\*.* BA14_L include.backup c:\...\*.* BA14_L INCLUDE.BACKUP d:\MSP\...\*.* BA7Y_L INCLUDE.BACKUP d:\FTPDATA\sapdw\...\*.* BA7Y_L INCLUDE.BACKUP d:\FTPDATA\workathome\...\*.* BA7Y_L Note that if you run "dsmc query inclexcl", the include-exclude list is displayed in inverted order (don't ask me why...), so patterns closer to the top of the displayed list are matched first. One more observation: The "*.*" pattern means "match any file name with a dot ( . ) character in the name. Thus files with no extension, though not so common on Windows, do not match the "*.*" pattern. In general, it is best to use "*" to refer to any file name... unless you really mean to include only files that have a dot in the name. To augment this comment from Josh-Daniel Davis: > * Directories always are bound to the longest retention management class > unless you use DIRMC to override it. Specifically, it is the management class with the longest RETONLY setting. If more than one management class has the same (highest) RETONLY setting, then the management class name that is last in ascending sort order is the default DIRMC. For example, if you have two management classes named DISK and TAPE, and they both have the same highest RETONLY setting of all the management classes, then the default DIRMC is TAPE. You probably are not doing this, but I will mention it anyway, for completeness: When you do incremental backups, do NOT do this: dsmc incremental c:\* -subdir=yes Instead, use the idiomatic file system specification for full incremental: dsmc incremental c: Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Josh-Daniel Davis Sent: Wednesday, 3 August, 2022 14:57 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Files not rebinding as expected For windows systems, the filespaces are not stored as C: and D:. They are stored as UNC names such as \\hostname\c$. The drawback here is that if the hostname ever got updated, you could have C: backed up two or more times. Q OCC will tell you what to expect. When you run an incremental, it will not update filespaces which do not exist at the time of the incremental. That includes mismatched UNC names. As to the binding: * UPD NODE will not change the management class assigned to any backup objects. * If an object belongs to a management class that exists in both policy domains, then EXPIRE INV will work as expected, using the new retention plan. * If an object belongs to a management class that does not exist in the target policy domain's ACTIVE policyset, then EXPIRE will process as DEFAULT, and the next incremental will rebind the objects to the default management class. * If the default management class is missing a copygroup, then the rendition grace period will be used. * Directories always are bound to the longest retention management class unless you use DIRMC to override it. * If client-side inclexcl is used, that can override server-side depending on settings. * If the node does not have the client option set assigned, it will not be used. * ARCHIVE data is never rebound. If the target is missing, then you get DEFAULT. If default is missing you get the grace period. * TOCDEST is used for nas (NDMP) and , snapmirror, and ndmp backups. If this does not explain it, then it would help to get Q OCC and also a few records out of the backups table for examples to what you're seeing. Also, the default line wrap is difficult to read. Please post -tabdelimit or data that is in stanza format (one field per line) for readability. Please do not omit ACTIVE when doing Q CO. If you did not, then did you forgot to ACTIVATE POLICYSET? With friendly Regards, Josh-Daniel S. Davis On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 3:28 AM
Re: 8.1.15 Linux client update causing failures
Hi, the following flash is published for this issue. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6605073 Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Tuesday, 19 July, 2022 07:05 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: 8.1.15 Linux client update causing failures Hi Michael, The APAR is IT41452. It is not yet visible on the web, but it should be in the next day or two. Then, until the APAR is closed, you need to log in with your IBM ID to view it. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Michael Roesch Sent: Tuesday, 19 July, 2022 05:30 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: 8.1.15 Linux client update causing failures Hi all, Did IBM already create an APAR for this issue? We're currently holding off on the 8.1.15.0 client rollout and it would be great to know if IBM's initial assumptions have proven true, which would mean we're not affected b/c we don't use replication. Thank you Kind regards Michael Roesch On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 2:29 PM Andrew Raibeck wrote: > Hi Zoltan, > > The problem I refer to occurs immediately while starting the client. > Even by merely running "dsmc", it crashes. Is that the case for you? > Or does the operation run for a period of time, and then crash? If the > problem occurs on a particular client, does it always occur? Or is it > intermittent? > > If you have gdb installed on a representative system, then try getting > a stack trace. > > 1. Start gdb: > > gdb /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmc core_file_name > > where "core_file_name" is the name of the core. > > 2. In the "(gdb)" prompt, type these commands: > > bt > q > > The first command shows the backtrace (which is the part of interest) > and the second command quits the debugger. > > If you do not have a core file, then it is probably because the core > file ulimit is too small or 0. Run "ulimit -c" to display the current value. > Then run "ulimit -c unlimited", reproduce the issue, and get the > backtrace as I previously mentioned. After, you can set the ulimit > back to its original value and delete the core file. > > The following article includes an alternative (and more comprehensive) > doc > collection: > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/collecting-data-spectrum-protect-cli > ent-crash-linux > > The following is a representative backtrace of the problem I referred to. > > (gdb) bt > #0 0x7f04e2c06387 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #1 0x7f04e2c07a78 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #2 0x00712a74 in psTrapHandler(int) () > #3 > #4 0x7f04e2c06387 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #5 0x7f04e2c07a78 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #6 0x7f04e2c48ed7 in __libc_message () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #7 0x7f04e2c51299 in _int_free () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #8 0x7f04e2c3e1b7 in fclose@@GLIBC_2.2.5 () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #9 0x006efe2f in clientOptions::optSaveReplConnInfo() () > #10 0x0068103f in cuSignOnEResp(Sess_o*) () > #11 0x00652b75 in scSignOnTheSession(Sess_o*) () > #12 0x00658ce3 in NegotiateSession(Sess_o*) () > #13 0x00653648 in OpenSess(Sess_o*, bool) () > #14 0x00654ad0 in Logon(Sess_o*) () > #15 0x00656c36 in CheckSession(Sess_o*, sessLoadPolicy_t) () > #16 0x0043e5fe in dscInit(int, char**, cliType_t) () > #17 0x0043eb5b in dscmain(int, char**) () > #18 0x0043b3fa in main () > > If your backtrace differs, or you want further assistance diagnosing > your particular instance of the crash, then please open a support case with > IBM. > If you want, you can privately email your case number to me, for my > awareness. > > If you open a case with IBM, it will help support "hit the ground running" > if you can provide some information up front. > > 1. Temporarily enable core file creation. > > 2. Add these options to configure the client for SERVICE tracing: > > TRACEFLAGS SERVICE > TRACEFILE /some_path/dsmc_trace.txt > > (I'm sure you have done this befoe.) > > 3. Reproduce the problem. > > 4. Collect the diagnostic data as described in this article: > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/collecting-data-spectrum-protect-cli > ent-crash-linux > > 5. Put the core file ulimit setting back to its original value. > > 6. Open a case with IBM and provide the service trace, dsm
Re: 8.1.15 Linux client update causing failures
Hi Michael, The APAR is IT41452. It is not yet visible on the web, but it should be in the next day or two. Then, until the APAR is closed, you need to log in with your IBM ID to view it. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Michael Roesch Sent: Tuesday, 19 July, 2022 05:30 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: 8.1.15 Linux client update causing failures Hi all, Did IBM already create an APAR for this issue? We're currently holding off on the 8.1.15.0 client rollout and it would be great to know if IBM's initial assumptions have proven true, which would mean we're not affected b/c we don't use replication. Thank you Kind regards Michael Roesch On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 2:29 PM Andrew Raibeck wrote: > Hi Zoltan, > > The problem I refer to occurs immediately while starting the client. > Even by merely running "dsmc", it crashes. Is that the case for you? > Or does the operation run for a period of time, and then crash? If the > problem occurs on a particular client, does it always occur? Or is it > intermittent? > > If you have gdb installed on a representative system, then try getting > a stack trace. > > 1. Start gdb: > > gdb /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmc core_file_name > > where "core_file_name" is the name of the core. > > 2. In the "(gdb)" prompt, type these commands: > > bt > q > > The first command shows the backtrace (which is the part of interest) > and the second command quits the debugger. > > If you do not have a core file, then it is probably because the core > file ulimit is too small or 0. Run "ulimit -c" to display the current value. > Then run "ulimit -c unlimited", reproduce the issue, and get the > backtrace as I previously mentioned. After, you can set the ulimit > back to its original value and delete the core file. > > The following article includes an alternative (and more comprehensive) > doc > collection: > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/collecting-data-spectrum-protect-cli > ent-crash-linux > > The following is a representative backtrace of the problem I referred to. > > (gdb) bt > #0 0x7f04e2c06387 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #1 0x7f04e2c07a78 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #2 0x00712a74 in psTrapHandler(int) () > #3 > #4 0x7f04e2c06387 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #5 0x7f04e2c07a78 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #6 0x7f04e2c48ed7 in __libc_message () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #7 0x7f04e2c51299 in _int_free () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #8 0x7f04e2c3e1b7 in fclose@@GLIBC_2.2.5 () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #9 0x006efe2f in clientOptions::optSaveReplConnInfo() () > #10 0x0068103f in cuSignOnEResp(Sess_o*) () > #11 0x00652b75 in scSignOnTheSession(Sess_o*) () > #12 0x00658ce3 in NegotiateSession(Sess_o*) () > #13 0x00653648 in OpenSess(Sess_o*, bool) () > #14 0x00654ad0 in Logon(Sess_o*) () > #15 0x00656c36 in CheckSession(Sess_o*, sessLoadPolicy_t) () > #16 0x0043e5fe in dscInit(int, char**, cliType_t) () > #17 0x0043eb5b in dscmain(int, char**) () > #18 0x0043b3fa in main () > > If your backtrace differs, or you want further assistance diagnosing > your particular instance of the crash, then please open a support case with > IBM. > If you want, you can privately email your case number to me, for my > awareness. > > If you open a case with IBM, it will help support "hit the ground running" > if you can provide some information up front. > > 1. Temporarily enable core file creation. > > 2. Add these options to configure the client for SERVICE tracing: > > TRACEFLAGS SERVICE > TRACEFILE /some_path/dsmc_trace.txt > > (I'm sure you have done this befoe.) > > 3. Reproduce the problem. > > 4. Collect the diagnostic data as described in this article: > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/collecting-data-spectrum-protect-cli > ent-crash-linux > > 5. Put the core file ulimit setting back to its original value. > > 6. Open a case with IBM and provide the service trace, dsmc output (or > dsmsched.log if you schedule the operation), dsmerror.log, and the > files collected from the article of step 4. > > You can remove the core file after the data is sent to IBM. > > Regards, > > Andrew Raibeck > IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 > IBM Systems, Storage > stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf
Re: 8.1.15 Linux client update causing failures
Hi Zoltan, The problem I refer to occurs immediately while starting the client. Even by merely running "dsmc", it crashes. Is that the case for you? Or does the operation run for a period of time, and then crash? If the problem occurs on a particular client, does it always occur? Or is it intermittent? If you have gdb installed on a representative system, then try getting a stack trace. 1. Start gdb: gdb /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmc core_file_name where "core_file_name" is the name of the core. 2. In the "(gdb)" prompt, type these commands: bt q The first command shows the backtrace (which is the part of interest) and the second command quits the debugger. If you do not have a core file, then it is probably because the core file ulimit is too small or 0. Run "ulimit -c" to display the current value. Then run "ulimit -c unlimited", reproduce the issue, and get the backtrace as I previously mentioned. After, you can set the ulimit back to its original value and delete the core file. The following article includes an alternative (and more comprehensive) doc collection: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/collecting-data-spectrum-protect-client-crash-linux The following is a representative backtrace of the problem I referred to. (gdb) bt #0 0x7f04e2c06387 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x7f04e2c07a78 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x00712a74 in psTrapHandler(int) () #3 #4 0x7f04e2c06387 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #5 0x7f04e2c07a78 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #6 0x7f04e2c48ed7 in __libc_message () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #7 0x7f04e2c51299 in _int_free () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #8 0x7f04e2c3e1b7 in fclose@@GLIBC_2.2.5 () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #9 0x006efe2f in clientOptions::optSaveReplConnInfo() () #10 0x0068103f in cuSignOnEResp(Sess_o*) () #11 0x00652b75 in scSignOnTheSession(Sess_o*) () #12 0x00658ce3 in NegotiateSession(Sess_o*) () #13 0x00653648 in OpenSess(Sess_o*, bool) () #14 0x00654ad0 in Logon(Sess_o*) () #15 0x00656c36 in CheckSession(Sess_o*, sessLoadPolicy_t) () #16 0x0043e5fe in dscInit(int, char**, cliType_t) () #17 0x0043eb5b in dscmain(int, char**) () #18 0x0043b3fa in main () If your backtrace differs, or you want further assistance diagnosing your particular instance of the crash, then please open a support case with IBM. If you want, you can privately email your case number to me, for my awareness. If you open a case with IBM, it will help support "hit the ground running" if you can provide some information up front. 1. Temporarily enable core file creation. 2. Add these options to configure the client for SERVICE tracing: TRACEFLAGS SERVICE TRACEFILE /some_path/dsmc_trace.txt (I'm sure you have done this befoe.) 3. Reproduce the problem. 4. Collect the diagnostic data as described in this article: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/collecting-data-spectrum-protect-client-crash-linux 5. Put the core file ulimit setting back to its original value. 6. Open a case with IBM and provide the service trace, dsmc output (or dsmsched.log if you schedule the operation), dsmerror.log, and the files collected from the article of step 4. You can remove the core file after the data is sent to IBM. Regards, Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Thursday, 14 July, 2022 08:04 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: 8.1.15 Linux client update causing failures Andy, You said *"- The client is configured for automatic failover to a replication server"* but that doesn't jive with our situation/environment. Until recently, we have not run replication on any of our backups (offsite copies are to tape or virtual volumes on another ISP server) and disk backups are to non-container (FILE) storage. I queried our Linux admins and these failures are all over the place - not just for the few we recently started replicating. On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 6:39 AM Andrew Raibeck wrote: > Hi, > > Initial assessment is that clients that meet all of the following > conditions are affected: > > - The client is Linux (any architecture), including backup-archive > client and API applications > - The client is configured for automatic failover to a replication > server > > Note that the preceding information is subject to change as we learn more. > > Kindest regards, > > Andy > > Andrew Raibeck > IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 > IBM Systems, Storage > stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of > Michael Roesch > Sent: Thursday, 14 July, 2022 06:23 &g
Re: 8.1.15 Linux client update causing failures
Hi, Initial assessment is that clients that meet all of the following conditions are affected: - The client is Linux (any architecture), including backup-archive client and API applications - The client is configured for automatic failover to a replication server Note that the preceding information is subject to change as we learn more. Kindest regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Michael Roesch Sent: Thursday, 14 July, 2022 06:23 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: 8.1.15 Linux client update causing failures Hi, Does the client for AIX show this problem as well? Did this happen on x64 Linux or also on PPC? Kind regards Michael Roesch On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 4:19 AM Saravanan Palanisamy < evergreen.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > So far We don’t see any issues in windows. All scheduled backups are > successful. > > Regards > Sarav > +65 9857 8665 > > > > On 13 Jul 2022, at 9:00 AM, Tom Alverson wrote: > > > > Is the windows client safe for this version? > > > > > >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 7:06 PM Saravanan Palanisamy < > >> evergreen.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Zoltan > >> > >> Yes we have also faced same issue and IBM support confirmed they > >> will > open > >> new APAR. We have reverted all clients v8.1.14 to address the issue. > >> > >> Regards > >> Sarav > >> +65 9857 8665 > >> > >> > >>>> On 13 Jul 2022, at 2:31 AM, Del Hoobler wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Zoltan, > >>> > >>> IBM knows about this ... and it's being actively worked. > >>> > >>> I am sure it will be mitigated soon. > >>> > >>> Feel free to open a fresh IBM Support case so you can be quickly > >> notified once it is fixed. > >>> > >>> > >>> Del > >>> > >>> > >>> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of > >> Zoltan Forray > >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 1:56 PM > >>> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > >>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] 8.1.15 Linux client update causing failures > >>> > >>> We started rolling out the 8.1.15 Linux client via apogee and many > >> clients > >>> are failing with: > >>> > >>> *** Error in `dsmc': double free or corruption (!prev): > >> 0x02baf970 > >>> *** > >>> > >>> The only matching Google hit goes back to a V7 client issue - long > fixed. > >>> > >>> At first I thought it might be related to a Linux flavor (we run > Rocky8, > >>> CentOS 7.1/8, RHEL 7/8) but I don't see a pattern. All of these > servers > >>> are upgrading from 8.1.14 and downleveling the client to 8.1.14 > >>> fixes > >> this. > >>> > >>> Anyone else seeing this? > >>> > >>> FWIW, I could swear that during one of my many Google searches I > >>> saw a reference to 8.1.15.2 (eFix?) but now I can't find it again. > >>> -- > >>> *Zoltan Forray* > >>> Enterprise Backup Administrator > >>> VMware Systems Administrator > >>> Enterprise Compute & Storage Platforms Team VCU Infrastructure > >>> Services > >>> www.ucc.vcu.edu >>> __www.ucc.vcu.edu&d=DwIFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDp > >>> CbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=lx_phvPLtz3INd_W8oJ4eGdfN5WYsItt > >>> NeFE_AVOLSP0Mp2Rq34RX6Nb9ogoyHYd&s=e_k1hOLaA6N1PWcNH0bBFZaIJtG1FAb > >>> mQyN9dy5iR6c&e= > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a > >>> phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never > >>> use email to request that you reply with your password, social > >>> security number or confidential personal information. For more > >>> details visit > >>> INVALID URI REMOVED > >>> du_&d=DwIFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_Kknv > >>> hyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=lx_phvPLtz3INd_W8oJ4eGdfN5WYsIttNeFE_AVOLSP0Mp > >>> 2Rq34RX6Nb9ogoyHYd&s=VS499q-uVPEP-6-QrjIgicZ_oLB4kvyLNBmMlJeWBEI&e > >>> = > >>> >>> questionpro.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCb > >>> TfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=lx_phvPLtz3INd_W8oJ4eGdfN5WYsIttNe > >>> FE_AVOLSP0Mp2Rq34RX6Nb9ogoyHYd&s=BqXWlinKYJb1mlgHqBJJz4HitGo2CCEEt > >>> UAK46yC9F4&e= > > >> >
Re: Current version of system state build recovery image script
Hi, A good "launch pad" page to bookmark is this: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/recovering-microsoft-windows-systems-using-ibm-spectrum-protect-backup-archive-client Although they are labels as "Windows 2016 and Windows 10", these 3 links are applicable to all versions: * Guidelines for Backup and Recovery of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows 10 * Creating Bootable WinPE Media for Recovery of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows 10 * Using Bootable WinPE Media for Recovering of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows 10 The link to creating Bootable WinPE media is this: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1172410 There you will find the latest version, 2.3, of the scripts. That is the one I recommend. There is nothing 8.1-specific about it, so I would expect it to work fine for Windows 2008 R2 server and IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.8.15 client. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of George Huebschman Sent: Wednesday, 29 June, 2022 21:52 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Current version of system state build recovery image script I need to build a pxe image to restore systemstate on a Win 2008 R2 server recently updated to SP V7.1.8.15. (Several weeks ago.) I used to do this by hand using the Best Practices for Recovering Windows Server 2008 (et cetera). The ISOs I created in the past are all built with out-of-date baclient versions. I had trouble with the last such systemstate restore for a Win 2012 server (using the equivalent Best Practices guide). I opened a PMR that ended up in Andy Raibeck's hands. He had me use the "build_recovery_image.cmd" script. It didn't work the first night. He went back and made a new version that worked well. I have some old copies of that script, up to Version 2.2. I don't know what question to ask first. Should I try to use that version of that script for this ancient Win 2008 R2 server? Is there a more recent version available? Should I just go by the manual creation steps in the Win 2008 Best practices guide? I have a difficulty with manually working with the pxe image, because after I open it runs in a VM with no copy and paste from outside into the vm. Things like volume names all have to be hand typed in. It is very error prone. I used to bake info like that (as a text file) into the pxe image for each systemstate restore I ran because I can copy/paste within the vm. I have not had to do this for several years. I only used that script for that one restore, and that with Andy's guidance. How should I approach it?
Re: TSM for VE installation on TSM server
Although you can run the components on the same host, and some users do so (maybe thinking of such a configuration as an "appliance"), in general, we do not advise this type of configuration. As Mikhail points out, the components must all be at the same fix pack level, e.g., if server is at 8.1.10, then DP for VMware must also be at 8.1.10. When you upgrade one component to a newer fix pack level, you must upgrade the other components as well. It is advised that the server be configured in accordance with our blueprints https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1146352, so any "all in one box" solution should take into consideration the additional workload that DP for VMware and the Storage Agent place on the host that also runs IBM Spectrum Protect server. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2021-03-09 02:30:47: > From: Mikhail Tolkonyuk > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2021-03-09 02:31 > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: TSM for VE installation on TSM server > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Not recommend as it uses different versions of the same components > (baclient, etc.), and updating TSMVE may break the TSM server > itself. In my case, DBBackup were broken after VE update due versionmismatch. > > It is much safer to run VE in a separate virtual machine. Or > physical, because you need a LANfree backup. > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of > Martin Panggabean > Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:53 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE installation on TSM server > > Hi everyone, > > I have no idea if anyone here has ever tried running TSM for VE on > the TSM server. To make it short, I was asked by a customer to move > their vBackup Storage that is now running on a separate physical > server than TSM Server (physical). I have tried to look at > documentation but failed to discover if this is possible or not. > Beside, they also expect the VM backup will be a LANfree backup > similar to the existing setup. > > Anyone can give an idea if this will work or not? > > Thanks in advance, > Martin > Backup Freelance
Re: snapshot error
Well don't I feel silly, I forgot the URL that I advised to bookmark. ;-)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/recovering-microsoft-windows-systems-using-ibm-spectrum-protect-backup-archive-client
Andrew Raibeck
IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3
IBM Systems, Storage
stor...@us.ibm.com
IBM
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2021-02-26
12:49:55:
> From: Andrew Raibeck
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Date: 2021-02-26 12:50
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: snapshot error
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
> A few more thoughts and comments:
>
> 1. In general, if VSS snapshots are not working, that is not good. Yet
> another case where IBM Spectrum Protect is the "canary in the coal
> mine" :-). These errors should be identified and corrected, very likely
> rooted in an OS issue (not specific to IBM code). That said, another
> possibility is if you have a hardware snapshot provider installed, then
try
> adding VSSUSESYSTEMPROVIDER YES to the dsm.opt file, and see if that
> corrects the issue. You can use the command VSSADMIN LIST PROVIDERS to
see
> what is installed (or run the DISKSHADOW command, then enter the LIST
> PROVIDERS command).
>
> 2. This issue looks related to system state backup processing, the ASR
> Writer in particular (which usually does not get along with hardware
> providers, see comment 1). Without the ASR Writer, you cannot have a good
> system state backup. As Marc pointed out, using VSSSNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS
NONE
> has no effect on this, as system state backups inherently require VSS.
>
> 3. Beginning with client version 8.1.8, the default VSSSNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS
> setting is changed to YES, since it is "best practice" to use snapshot
> backups. If you are not already familiar with it, this is a good URL too
> bookmark and refer to, regarding Windows backup and recovery, as it links
> to other important documents.
>
> 4. For help with problem isolation, here are my own "raw" notes on using
> DISKSHADOW to test snapshots. This test comes close to doing the same
> things that IBM Spectrum Protect does to create the snapshots:
>
> = BEGIN ANDY'S NOTES =
> See if diskshadow is able to take a snapshot of the system state. This
> technique
> does not actually produce a backup, but it does create a snapshot that is
> deleted at the end of the test.
>
> To use diskshadow, you will need to identify all the local disks on the
> volume.
> If the system also has an unmounted volume with BCD data on it, that
needs
> to be
> included too (in order to back up ASR data).
>
> The Windows mountvol command can be used to display local disks, and it
> will
> also show any unmounted volumes. The unmounted volume will appear as just
a
> GUID, with no drive letter. If such a volume appears, then you can use
> mountvol
> to temporarily mount it to a drive letter (let us say X:), and then issue
> dir x:\ /ad to see if a directory named Boot appears in the root of the
> file
> system. The presence of Boot suggests this is BCD data, and you would
want
> to
> include this volume's GUID in the snapshot. Use mountvol with the /d
> parameter
> to unmount the volume.
>
> Next, create a plain text file with this content. I call it script.ds in
> this
> example.
>
> Notes:
> You will need to customize the add volume commands according to the local
> drives
> on your system.
>
> In my example, I have drives C: and E, F:, G:, and an unmounted volume
with
> BCD
> information (this is the EFI system partition).
>
> Do not include floppy or CD drives.
>
> Note the names that appear after each alias keyword in the add volume
> statements. The names are slightly different, to align with the drive
> letters.
>
> The proivider GUID parts of the add volume statements tell diskshadow to
> use
> the Windows system provider (same as using VSSUSESYSTEMPROVIDER YES in
the
> dsm.opt file).
>
> Here is the script example:
> --
> set metadata testshadow.cab
> set verbose on
> begin backup
> add volume c: provider {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} alias
> testshadow_c
> add volume e: provider {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} alias
> testshadow_e
> add volume f: provider {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} alias
> testshadow_f
> add volume g: provider {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} alias
> testshadow_g
> add volume \\?\Volume{7e6853b6-ed18-11e3-bb7a-806e6f6e6963}\ provider
> {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} alias testshadow_bcd
> create
> list shadows all
> end backup
> list shadows all
> --
> End of example
>
> Note: after the "add volum
Re: snapshot error
ng the provider GUID elements from each add volume statement, then try it again. See if the error occurs this time. If the error does not occur when provider GUID is used, but the error does occur when the provider GUID is not used, then try the system state backup with option VSSUSESYSTEMPROVIDER YES again. = END ANDY'S NOTES = Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2021-02-26 10:46:41: > From: Marc Lanteigne > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2021-02-26 10:47 > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: snapshot error > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Mike, > > If that is your entire option file, you have systemstate included in your > backup by default. And the systemstate backup will always use VSS as per > Microsoft's design. > > The " SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS NONE" option just stops to use VSS for filesystem > backups, not for systemstate. > > > - > Thanks, > Marc... > > Marc Lanteigne > Spectrum Protect Specialist AVP / SRT > IBM Systems, Spectrum Protect / Plus > +1-506-460-9074 <- New phone number > marclantei...@ca.ibm.com > Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 15:30 Eastern > > IBM > > > > -Original Message- > From: Michael Hizny > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 10:41 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [ADSM-L] snapshot error > > Hi, > > We are trying to run a normal backup on a windows 2016 server. We are not > using snapshots, yet every time the scheduler starts a backup, it fails by > trying to start a snapshot. Has anyone seen this and is there a way to > disable the VSS snapshot attempt? > > *Here is the error:* > > 02/25/2021 20:36:07 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered. >IBM Spectrum Protect function name : StartSnapshotSet() >IBM Spectrum Protect function : 'StartSnapshotSet() failed with > error VSS_E_SNAPSHOT_SET_IN_PROGRESS. 0X80042316' >IBM Spectrum Protect return code : -2147212522 >IBM Spectrum Protect file : ..\..\common\winnt\asrutil.cpp > (1928) > > > *Here is the opt file where we have VSS disabled:* > > NODENAME XXX > TCPSERVERADDRESS xxx.xx.x.xxx > EXCLUDE.BACKUP "*:\microsoft uam volume\...\*" > EXCLUDE.ARCHIVE "*:\...\system32\Perflib*.dat" > > SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS NONE > SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE NONE > PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE > > Thanks, > Mike > -- >
Re: What is 8.1.8.1-TIV-TSMHSM-WinX64 vs 8.1.7.1-TIV-TSMBAC-WinX64
Yes, there are instructions nominally for Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10, that will also work for Windows Server 2019. Please refer to the "launching pad" page (linked below) which has links to separate documents for (a) best practices for backing up Windows, (b) creating WinPE recovery media, and (c) Using the WinPE recovery media to do the restore. A slight improvement on usability, or so I think, in that a script for creating the WinPE build media is provided with (b). See the information at the bottom of the "Before you begin" section of that page. The "script" actually consists of two Windows batch files: the main script and an "auxiliary" script (I call it an "exit") that is called by the main script where you can add code to inject custom drivers into the image. Please be sure to read the top of the script that explains how to use it, beginning with the comment "READ ME CAREFULLY", along with the example code you can use as a model. Note: Make sure the two scrips mentioned above are located in the same directory. The scripts must also reside on the same drive as the downloaded client package (though the package does not have to be in the same directory as the scripts). This latter issue is a bug that I plan to fix in a forthcoming update. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Guidelines%20for%20Backup%20and%20Recovery%20of%20Microsoft%20Windows%20Server%202016%20and%20Microsoft%20Windows%2010 Regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-08-06 18:17:50: > From: Tom Alverson > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-08-06 18:18 > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: What is 8.1.8.1-TIV-TSMHSM-WinX64 vs 8.1.7. > 1-TIV-TSMBAC-WinX64 > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Are there any updates to the bare metal recovery process detailed here > (which only mentions 2012, not 2016 or 2019) > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/ > wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Best%20Practices%20for% > 20Recovering%20Windows%20Server%202012%20and%20Windows%208 > > Also are there any plans for something better? We tried the Cristie > product and it worked fine but would have been extremely expensive for us > to deploy. Every other backup vendor has a much easier to create boot disk > process with easy ways to include custom disk and network drivers (which > you are going to need to recover any physical server). > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 4:29 PM Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > That is only for "HSM for Windows" users. It is NOT the regular > > backup-archive client. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-08-06 > > 16:07:20: > > > > > From: Tom Alverson > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2019-08-06 16:09 > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] What is 8.1.8.1-TIV-TSMHSM-WinX64 vs 8.1.7.1- > > > TIV-TSMBAC-WinX64 > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > I see there is a new 8.1.8.1 version now on the FTP site, but the name > > now > > > has HSM in it instead of BAC ? Is this the same thing just a newer > > > version? The one called HSM is much smaller. Here are the two links: > > > > > > ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/ > > > client/v8r1/Windows/x64/v817/ > > > > > > ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/ > > > client/v8r1/Windows/x64/v818/HSM/ > > > > > > Maybe there is no BACLIENT version 8.1.8.1?? > > > > > >
Re: What is 8.1.8.1-TIV-TSMHSM-WinX64 vs 8.1.7.1-TIV-TSMBAC-WinX64
That is only for "HSM for Windows" users. It is NOT the regular backup-archive client. Regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-08-06 16:07:20: > From: Tom Alverson > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-08-06 16:09 > Subject: [EXTERNAL] What is 8.1.8.1-TIV-TSMHSM-WinX64 vs 8.1.7.1- > TIV-TSMBAC-WinX64 > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > I see there is a new 8.1.8.1 version now on the FTP site, but the name now > has HSM in it instead of BAC ? Is this the same thing just a newer > version? The one called HSM is much smaller. Here are the two links: > > ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/ > client/v8r1/Windows/x64/v817/ > > ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/ > client/v8r1/Windows/x64/v818/HSM/ > > Maybe there is no BACLIENT version 8.1.8.1?? >
Re: How to make dsmc recognize drives
Hi Eric, It seems to work for me. Example shown below. In the mean time, is it possible that Windows UAC could be involved? Try opening a Windows OS prompt with the "Run as Administrator" option, then try running a sequence of commands like I show below -- C:\>md BaseDir\SubstDrive\dir1\dir2 C:\>echo Hello, World!> C:\BaseDir\SubstDrive\dir1\testfile1.txt C:\>echo Hello, World!> C:\BaseDir\SubstDrive\dir1\dir2\testfile2.txt C:\>dir BaseDir /b /s C:\BaseDir\SubstDrive C:\BaseDir\SubstDrive\dir1 C:\BaseDir\SubstDrive\dir1\dir2 C:\BaseDir\SubstDrive\dir1\testfile1.txt C:\BaseDir\SubstDrive\dir1\dir2\testfile2.txt C:\>subst t: C:\BaseDir\SubstDrive C:\>dir T: /b /s T:\dir1 T:\dir1\dir2 T:\dir1\testfile1.txt T:\dir1\dir2\testfile2.txt C:\>cd "Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient" C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmc i t: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup-Archive Client Interface Client Version 7, Release 1, Level 8.5 Client date/time: 07/18/2019 06:37:56 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2019. All Rights Reserved. Node Name: W2012R2SQL2014 Session established with server BABYLON5: Windows Server Version 8, Release 1, Level 8.000 Server date/time: 07/18/2019 06:38:05 Last access: 07/18/2019 06:35:18 Incremental backup of volume 't:' Directory--> 0 \\w2012r2sql2014\t$\ [Sent] Directory--> 0 \\w2012r2sql2014\t$\dir1 [Sent] Directory--> 0 \\w2012r2sql2014\t$\dir1\dir2 [Sent] Normal File-->15 \\w2012r2sql2014\t$\dir1\dir2 \testfile2.txt [Sent] Normal File-->15 \\w2012r2sql2014\t$\dir1\testfile1.txt [Sent] Successful incremental backup of '\\w2012r2sql2014\t$' Total number of objects inspected:5 Total number of objects backed up:5 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of objects encrypted:0 Total objects deduplicated: 0 Total number of objects grew: 0 Total number of retries: 0 Total number of bytes inspected: 30 B Total number of bytes processed: 1.18 KB Total bytes before deduplication: 0 B Total bytes after deduplication: 0 B Total number of bytes transferred: 1.33 KB Data transfer time:0.00 sec Network data transfer rate:0.00 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate: 0.07 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Deduplication reduction: 0.00% Total data reduction ratio:0.00% Elapsed processing time: 00:00:19 ANS1900I Return code is 0. ANS1901I Highest return code was 0. C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmc show domain IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup-Archive Client Interface Client Version 7, Release 1, Level 8.5 Client date/time: 07/18/2019 06:38:39 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2019. All Rights Reserved. Node Name: W2012R2SQL2014 Session established with server BABYLON5: Windows Server Version 8, Release 1, Level 8.000 Server date/time: 07/18/2019 06:38:48 Last access: 07/18/2019 06:38:24 Domain specifications: domain keywords: not specified -domain: not specified Domains in effect: domain : \\w2012r2sql2014\c$ domain : \\w2012r2sql2014\e$ domain : \\w2012r2sql2014\t$ domain : SYSTEMSTATE domain.image : not specified domain.nas : not specified domain.snapshot : not specified ANS1900I Return code is 0. ANS1901I Highest return code was 0. C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient> -- Best regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-07-18 05:36:36: > From: "Loon, Eric van (ITOP NS) - KLM" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-07-18 05:37 > Subject: [EXTERNAL] How to make dsmc recognize drives > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi guys, > > For some tests I want to create separate drives in Windows and back > them up with SP. I create these drives with the subst command (subst > D: c:\). The drives created are visible in the > Windows GUI and accessible through the Windows command line, but the > Spectrum Protect client does not recognize them. > Does anybody know how to make dsmc recognize them as a separate drive? > Thanks for any help in advance! > > Kind rega
Re: SV: [ADSM-L] SV: [ADSM-L] Restore new fation ISP v8.1.x
Hi Maurizio, In the wiki article you cited in your email below, what specific issues did you run into? Did you try the build_recovery_image.cmd script, attached to the article, that automates building the ISO image? Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-05-27 07:50:47: > From: ".Maurizio TERUZZI" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-05-27 07:51 > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: SV: [ADSM-L] SV: [ADSM-L] Restore new fationISP v8.1.x > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hello Leif , > > thanks for you reponse. > > I'm still screwing on the iso images whithout success... hope the > production contue work for some days :) > > Looking on the size of the iso... sure is a big work, I have done so > fare non-working images on about 700 mb only. > > I have try to download the .iso from your link but i can only receive > the inscitructions on .pdf., I'm deny on the rest of the files, it's not > possible, can you to check that please? > > It possible to explains were to use each image? The only clear think > that I see is the TSM version, maybe it could be integrated in the > documentation or a simple text-file. > > WinPE_x64_BA8.1.iso > winpe_x64_TSM7_1_6_5_generic.iso > winpe_x64_TSM7_1_6_5_generic_efi.iso > winpe_x64_TSM8_1_4_1_generic_efi.iso > winpe_x64_TSM8_1_4_1_generic_legacy_boot.iso > > > I have a physical machine UEFI and I will be able to test on thatr and > have a look have you build this DVDs, Y're sure pro that mine... > > > Grazie > Maurizio > > > > > On 27.05.2019 13:32, Leif Torstensen wrote: > > Hi > > > > We do have focus on this, but don't expect super service. We try > to be updated as version comes out. > > > > Regards > > leif > > > > > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > > Fra: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager På vegne af > Stefan Folkerts > > Sendt: Monday, 27 May 2019 11.09 > > Til: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Emne: Re: [ADSM-L] SV: [ADSM-L] Restore new fation ISP v8.1.x > > > > This is fantastic, do you plan on maintaining these this when new > versions are released? > > > > > > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 8:47 AM Leif Torstensen wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> We done a lot of work making WindowsPE boot iso for HyperV and VMware > >> baremetal recovery (properly also usable on physical server) and try > >> to automate the procedure by asking for node/password, SP server and > >> ipadresse in the boot. > >> > >> They are place on this site. > >> > >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=https-3A__download.backuphosting.dk_Clients_restore-2520iso_&d=DwIFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=1ZON7Gcifdg29B2nDSb7caa_Z1WPr7906vXw4YmMQPQ&s=bg5jwIfaI0OoPGulh3NFF0h8ZQwlwTW2- > O0Rdaoq-gA&e= > >> > >> Best Regards > >> > >> Leif Torstensen > >> > >> > >> Backup Engineer | Denmark > >> leif.torsten...@sentia.dk| +45 63 14 40 19 | sentia.com/dk Munkerisvej > >> 1, > >> 5230 Odense M, Denmark > >> > >> > >> > >> This e-mail may contain information which is privileged or confidential. > >> If you received this e-mail by mistake, please notify us immediately > >> by e-mail or telephone and delete the e-mail without copying or > >> disclosing its contents to any other person. > >> > >> -Oprindelig meddelelse- > >> Fra: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager På vegne af > >> .Maurizio TERUZZI > >> Sendt: Thursday, 23 May 2019 15.51 > >> Til: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > >> Emne: [ADSM-L] Restore new fation ISP v8.1.x > >> > >> Hello Guys/Girls, > >> > >> I discoverd something "strange" during a Full restore on production. > >> > >> On Windows server 2016 (+ windows 10) since Spectrum protect (tsm) > >> version 8.1.x the SystemState restore is not more possible > >> (deprecated) on the online machine. > >> > >> Instreat everyone should build a WinPE customized to do the boot and > >> bareMetal Restore. > >> > >> I spend some hour playing that, builting images but Is still have no > >> solutions to recover the initial server. > >> > >> By chance I was able to move the server function to a temporary server. > >> >
Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for PIT restore view
The most recent backup of any object (file or directory) should always be kept, as long as that object exists on the file system. That is, the active backup copy never expires. So even if the directory was last backed up a year ago, as long as that directory continues to exist, it should not be expired. Try using the command-line client to do a query backup of all files and directories in the root of the file system (file space): dsmc query backup \\filespacename\ -inactive where filespacename is the name of the file space containing the backups of the objects you are looking for. I assume that F: is mapped to some shared directory name (let's call it "\\somemachine\share"), and the directory you seek is in the root, so: dsmc query backup \\somemachine\share\ -inactive Regards, Andy P.S. I just noticed who I was responding to in that older post, that's a trip down memory lane... :-) ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-04-30 13:22:48: > From: "Rhodes, Richard L." > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-04-30 13:25 > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for > PIT restore view > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Yea, I think this hits our problem exactly! > > This server holds Windows shares. It doesn't change much - in the > past 32 days only 18k files/dirs have changed out of over 2.3m. > > Now, a year or so ago we made a big change on all our win server > backups. Prior to this change, we had a default (and only) mgt > class policies of 32,2,90,365, so dirs would have been bound to the > RETONLY 365.A year or so ago we changed to 32,32,32,32. All dirs > that hadn't changed forever were dropped, and thus not there for > this GUI PIT restore attempt. > > From the select I of the backups table, I searched for the top level > DIR of the path we wanted, F:/Cr-ENG, and it doesn't exist. I > believe this is true for all top level dirs. And thus, no PIT GUI display. > > > A Question: When we changed the policies and all the long held dirs > were deleted out of TSM, why didn't TSM backup them up as new files > during the next normal incremental backup? Wouldn't TSM see there > was no backup of the dir and back it up? > > Rick > > > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of > Andrew Raibeck > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 12:28 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for PIT > restore view > > Hi Richard, > > Check the management class to which the directories are bound, and see what > the RETEXTRA and VEREXISTS settings are. > > Off the top of my head, this sounds like a topic covered in an older post: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=https-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_adsm-2Dl-40vm.marist.edu_msg07963.html&d=DwIFAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=ftbxehM6v9lH0a- > SR06YQc9x9jOXVuZcnm48VbbX00Q&s=CWiDnPpW0psDTd-L8_l9udcthHCgTxu6BaoBjBX3KXk&e= > > As an alternative, the command line client can be used to do the PIT > restore. > > Best regards, > > Andy > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-04-30 > 12:07:38: > > > From: "Rhodes, Richard L." > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 2019-04-30 12:16 > > Subject: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for PIT restore view > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > Hi, > > > > TSM server 7.1.5 > > Win Server 2012R2 with BA client 7.1.6.2, then upgraded to 7.1.8.4 > > > > We're trying to do a Point-In-Time restore of a directory on a Win > > server F drive. (Just one sub dir, not the whole drive.) The mgt > > class is 32 32 32 32 - one month PIT restorable. > > > > When we bring up the Win BA gui client and just look at the F drive > > we see the active files. > > When we switch to active+inactive files, we see all versions of files. > > When we switch to PIT restore and take the default date/time (right > > "now") we see files as of last nights backup. > > But ... > > When we switch the PIT back to any point prior to last nights backup > > we see NOTHING on the F drive. No files ... No dirs ... nothing. > > The GUI shows just an em
Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for PIT restore view
I just replied to you prior post, so there is some overlap. But now my suggestion can be more specific: dsmc query backup \\wnjcr03p\f$\ -inactive That will show all active and inactive objects in the root of F: The point-in-time restore from the GUI requires directory backups that were created on or before the PIT criteria. Creating new directory backups will not enable PIT restores for dates and times prior to the new directory backup. Try the above query to see what directory backups exist that are both active and inactive. And double-check the management class used for those directories. In general, to guarantee PIT restores for 32 days, the best practice (in my opinion) is to bind directories via the DIRMC option to a management class that has VEREXISTS=NOLIMIT, VERDELETED=NOLIMIT, RETEXTRA=32, RETONLY=32. The management class you described sounds "close enough", but if by chance more than one backup were run in a given day, the VER*=NOLIMIT settings would still retain the directory backups based on age only. Regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-04-30 15:04:04: > From: "Rhodes, Richard L." > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-04-30 15:08 > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for > PIT restore view > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > I ran a dirsonly selective backup of the F drive: selective f:\ - > subdir=yes -dirsonly > I figured this would allow the PIT restore to have the dirs. it needed. > It backed up: > Total number of objects inspected: 183,714 > Total number of objects backed up: 183,714 > > But, when I now fire up the gui, the F: drive is still completely empty. > > Here is one of the top level dirs CR-ENG. > \\wnjcr03p\f$ 2 ACTIVE_VERSION DIR \ CR-ENG > 2019-04-29 02:43:25.00 > > > Rick > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Rhodes, Richard L. > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 1:23 PM > To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager > Cc: Schillinger, Christopher M > Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for > PIT restore view > > Yea, I think this hits our problem exactly! > > This server holds Windows shares. It doesn't change much - in the > past 32 days only 18k files/dirs have changed out of over 2.3m. > > Now, a year or so ago we made a big change on all our win server > backups. Prior to this change, we had a default (and only) mgt > class policies of 32,2,90,365, so dirs would have been bound to the > RETONLY 365.A year or so ago we changed to 32,32,32,32. All dirs > that hadn't changed forever were dropped, and thus not there for > this GUI PIT restore attempt. > > From the select I of the backups table, I searched for the top level > DIR of the path we wanted, F:/Cr-ENG, and it doesn't exist. I > believe this is true for all top level dirs. And thus, no PIT GUI display. > > > A Question: When we changed the policies and all the long held dirs > were deleted out of TSM, why didn't TSM backup them up as new files > during the next normal incremental backup? Wouldn't TSM see there > was no backup of the dir and back it up? > > Rick > > > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of > Andrew Raibeck > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 12:28 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for PIT > restore view > > Hi Richard, > > Check the management class to which the directories are bound, and see what > the RETEXTRA and VEREXISTS settings are. > > Off the top of my head, this sounds like a topic covered in an older post: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=https-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_adsm-2Dl-40vm.marist.edu_msg07963.html&d=DwIFAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=ulPyTMyU90o-0a4mv8uEVVC4COXOotbTbXT3hfVdIGY&s=IuP2wXFdhadtQWBe8sMPZ1mOFVoCJkWCQa7hcfPaAc0&e= > > As an alternative, the command line client can be used to do the PIT > restore. > > Best regards, > > Andy > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-04-30 > 12:07:38: > > > From: "Rhodes, Richard L." > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 2019-04-30 12:16 > > Subject: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for PIT restore view > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist
Re: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for PIT restore view
Hi Richard, Check the management class to which the directories are bound, and see what the RETEXTRA and VEREXISTS settings are. Off the top of my head, this sounds like a topic covered in an older post: https://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l@vm.marist.edu/msg07963.html As an alternative, the command line client can be used to do the PIT restore. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-04-30 12:07:38: > From: "Rhodes, Richard L." > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-04-30 12:16 > Subject: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for PIT restore view > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi, > > TSM server 7.1.5 > Win Server 2012R2 with BA client 7.1.6.2, then upgraded to 7.1.8.4 > > We're trying to do a Point-In-Time restore of a directory on a Win > server F drive. (Just one sub dir, not the whole drive.) The mgt > class is 32 32 32 32 - one month PIT restorable. > > When we bring up the Win BA gui client and just look at the F drive > we see the active files. > When we switch to active+inactive files, we see all versions of files. > When we switch to PIT restore and take the default date/time (right > "now") we see files as of last nights backup. > But ... > When we switch the PIT back to any point prior to last nights backup > we see NOTHING on the F drive. No files ... No dirs ... nothing. > The GUI shows just an empty F drive. (and the F drive has 2.3m files on it) > > Ran a SELECT from the BACKUPS table for the node and clearly see all > the files (active+inactive). > Stopped/started BA client - didn't help. > Rebooted server - didn't help. > upgraded from 7.1.6.2 to 7.1.8.4 - didn't help. > > We're going after the restore via the active+inactive view. But we > don't understand why PIT restore shows absolutely nothing. > > Any thought are more than welcome! > > Rick > > > > > -- > > The information contained in this message is intended only for the > personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If > the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent > responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that you have received this document in error and > that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this > message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the > original message. >
Re: Bottomless pit
Hi Zoltan, There is nothing in the client code you are using that would cause excessive backups. If you happen to have backup logs going far back enough, those might show an excessive number of system state objects. Normally I would expect the number of backup objects N to be 9 < N < 15. that is a roughly estimated range, depends on the individual system, and maybe N could be a little higher... but my radar would certainly be alerted if it was more than 200,000 and growing daily. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-02-26 12:52:27: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-02-26 12:52 > Subject: Re: Bottomless pit > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Andy, > > We do not have any policy/managementclass with versions higher than 5 > across our complex and retain-extra copies is 30-days. I do not know what > these servers/applications do so I will ask about the Crypto Keys you > referred to in the link. > > For the first 3-with this issue, the client is 8.1.0.2 and the OS is > Windows 2016. The current one that just successfully finished, is Windows > 2012R2 and the client is 7.1.4.4 > > 2/26/2019 12:40:13 PM ANR0806I The ORIONADDWEB\SystemState\NULL\System > State\SystemState (fsId=1) file space was deleted for node ORIONADDWEB: > 300,346,169 objects were deleted. > 2/26/2019 12:40:13 PM ANR0987I Process 1382 for DELETE FILESPACE running in > the BACKGROUND processed 300,346,169 items with a completion state of > SUCCESS at 12:40:09 PM. > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 12:19 PM Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hi Zoltan, > > > > What policy was system state bound to for the nodes that exceed 200 million > > objects? Is it possible that the number of versions retained was very > > large? > > > > Another thought is whether the OS of each of these nodes might be affected > > by this issue: > > > > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=https-3A__social.technet.microsoft.com_Forums_en-2DUS_e2632b6e-2D76b9-2D4640-2D85b9-2D698fb55199d8_cprogramdatamicrosoftcryptorsamachinekeys-2Dis-2Dfilling-2Dmy-2Ddisk-2Dspace-3Fforum-3Dwinservergen&d=DwIBaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=N9AQefDr2d0WLgIG8G7ONWkk-3POpjbBbVM3mI2lzuM&s=rNhhFizJITYew56twqREPr482w- > Hss5ZsFp5-UY_W58&e= > > > > We have seen huge system state backups that can occur due to that issue, so > > if it occurred for those nodes, that is another explanation. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-02-26 > > 11:59:43: > > > > > From: Zoltan Forray > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2019-02-26 12:01 > > > Subject: Re: Bottomless pit > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > Hi Andy, > > > > > > Thank you for clarifying things - a bit.However, why would certain > > > nodes have enormously large numbers vs the average when all things are > > > equal as far as policies are concerned? > > > > > > I do see average systemstate object delete counts in the *1-2M range* but > > > these 4-nodes are exceeding *200M* each. On this server, I deleted the > > > systemstate for 60-nodes. Only 9-exceeded 1M and of those 1-exceeded 2M. > > > > > > This last node deletion is still running after 3-hours of deletion. > > > > > > 2019-02-26 08:57:56 Deleting file space ORIONADDWEB\SystemState\NULL > > \System > > > State\SystemState (fsId=1) (backup data) for node ORIONADDWEB: > > 243,029,858 > > > objects deleted. > > > > > > Even the 3-nodes whose deletion failed (after deleting >110M objects > > each) > > > due to some kind of bitfile error - after restarting the deletions are up > > > to 50M+ each and still running? > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 11:30 AM Andrew Raibeck > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Zoltan, > > > > > > > > The large number of objects is normal for system state file spaces. > > System > > > > state backup uses grouping, with each backed up object being a member > > of > > > > the group. If the sam
Re: Bottomless pit
Hi Zoltan, What policy was system state bound to for the nodes that exceed 200 million objects? Is it possible that the number of versions retained was very large? Another thought is whether the OS of each of these nodes might be affected by this issue: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e2632b6e-76b9-4640-85b9-698fb55199d8/cprogramdatamicrosoftcryptorsamachinekeys-is-filling-my-disk-space?forum=winservergen We have seen huge system state backups that can occur due to that issue, so if it occurred for those nodes, that is another explanation. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-02-26 11:59:43: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-02-26 12:01 > Subject: Re: Bottomless pit > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Andy, > > Thank you for clarifying things - a bit.However, why would certain > nodes have enormously large numbers vs the average when all things are > equal as far as policies are concerned? > > I do see average systemstate object delete counts in the *1-2M range* but > these 4-nodes are exceeding *200M* each. On this server, I deleted the > systemstate for 60-nodes. Only 9-exceeded 1M and of those 1-exceeded 2M. > > This last node deletion is still running after 3-hours of deletion. > > 2019-02-26 08:57:56 Deleting file space ORIONADDWEB\SystemState\NULL \System > State\SystemState (fsId=1) (backup data) for node ORIONADDWEB: 243,029,858 > objects deleted. > > Even the 3-nodes whose deletion failed (after deleting >110M objects each) > due to some kind of bitfile error - after restarting the deletions are up > to 50M+ each and still running? > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 11:30 AM Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hi Zoltan, > > > > The large number of objects is normal for system state file spaces. System > > state backup uses grouping, with each backed up object being a member of > > the group. If the same object is included in multiple groups, then it will > > be counted more than once. Each system state backup creates a new group, so > > as the number of retained backup versions grows, so does the number of > > groups, and thus the total object count can grow very large. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-02-26 > > 10:30:04: > > > > > From: Zoltan Forray > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2019-02-26 10:30 > > > Subject: Re: Bottomless pit > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > Just found another node with a similar issue on a different ISP server > > with > > > different software levels (client=7.1.4.4 and OS=Windows 2012R2). The > > node > > > name is the same so I think the application is, as well. > > > > > > 2019-02-26 08:57:56 Deleting file space ORIONADDWEB\SystemState\NULL > > \System > > > State\SystemState (fsId=1) (backup data) for node ORIONADDWEB: > > *129,785,134 > > > objects deleted*. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 9:15 AM Sasa Drnjevic > > wrote: > > > > > > > On 26.2.2019. 15:01, Zoltan Forray wrote: > > > > > Since all of these systemstate deletes crashed/failed, I restarted > > them > > > > and > > > > > 2-of the 3 are already up to 5M objects after running for 30-minutes. > > > > Will > > > > > this ever end successfully? > > > > > > > > All of mine did finish successfully... > > > > > > > > But, none of them had more than 25 mil files deleted. > > > > > > > > Wish you luck ;-) > > > > > > > > Rgds, > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Sasa Drnjevic > > > > www.srce.unizg.hr/en/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 4:25 PM Sasa Drnjevic > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> FYI, > > > > >> same here...but my range/ratio was: > > > > >> > > > > >> ~2 mil occ to 25 mil deleted objects... > > > > >> > > > &
Re: Bottomless pit
Hi Zoltan, The large number of objects is normal for system state file spaces. System state backup uses grouping, with each backed up object being a member of the group. If the same object is included in multiple groups, then it will be counted more than once. Each system state backup creates a new group, so as the number of retained backup versions grows, so does the number of groups, and thus the total object count can grow very large. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-02-26 10:30:04: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-02-26 10:30 > Subject: Re: Bottomless pit > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Just found another node with a similar issue on a different ISP server with > different software levels (client=7.1.4.4 and OS=Windows 2012R2). The node > name is the same so I think the application is, as well. > > 2019-02-26 08:57:56 Deleting file space ORIONADDWEB\SystemState\NULL \System > State\SystemState (fsId=1) (backup data) for node ORIONADDWEB: *129,785,134 > objects deleted*. > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 9:15 AM Sasa Drnjevic wrote: > > > On 26.2.2019. 15:01, Zoltan Forray wrote: > > > Since all of these systemstate deletes crashed/failed, I restarted them > > and > > > 2-of the 3 are already up to 5M objects after running for 30-minutes. > > Will > > > this ever end successfully? > > > > All of mine did finish successfully... > > > > But, none of them had more than 25 mil files deleted. > > > > Wish you luck ;-) > > > > Rgds, > > > > -- > > Sasa Drnjevic > > www.srce.unizg.hr/en/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 4:25 PM Sasa Drnjevic > > wrote: > > > > > >> FYI, > > >> same here...but my range/ratio was: > > >> > > >> ~2 mil occ to 25 mil deleted objects... > > >> > > >> Never solved the mystery... gave up :-> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Sasa Drnjevic > > >> www.srce.unizg.hr/en/ > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 2019-02-25 20:05, Zoltan Forray wrote: > > >>> Here is a new one... > > >>> > > >>> We turned off backing up SystemState last week. Now I am going through > > >> and > > >>> deleted the Systemstate filesystems. > > >>> > > >>> Since I wanted to see how many objects would be deleted, I did a "Q > > >>> OCCUPANCY" and preserved the file count numbers for all Windows nodes > > on > > >>> this server. > > >>> > > >>> For 4-nodes, the delete of their systemstate filespaces has been > > running > > >>> for 5-hours. A "Q PROC" shows: > > >>> > > >>> 2019-02-25 08:52:05 Deleting file space > > >>> ORION-POLL-WEST\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState (fsId=1) > > >> (backup > > >>> data) for node ORION-POLL-WEST: *105,511,859 objects deleted*. > > >>> > > >>> Considering the occupancy for this node was *~5-Million objects*, how > > has > > >>> it deleted *105-Million* objects (and counting). The other 3-nodes in > > >>> question are also up to *>100-Million objects deleted* and none of them > > >> had > > >>> more than *6M objects* in occupancy? > > >>> > > >>> At this rate, the deleting objects count for 4-nodes systemstate will > > >>> exceed 50% of the total occupancy objects on this server that houses > > the > > >>> backups for* 263-nodes*? > > >>> > > >>> I vaguely remember some bug/APAR about systemstate backups being > > >>> large/slow/causing performance problems with expiration but these nodes > > >>> client levels are fairly current (8.1.0.2 - staying below the > > >> 8.1.2/SSL/TLS > > >>> enforcement levels) and the ISP server is 7.1.7.400. All of these are > > >>> Windows 2016, if that matters. > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> *Zoltan Forray* > > >>> Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > > >>> Xymon Monitor Administrator > > >>> VMware Administrator >
Re: Encrypt all data on a Windows client
Hi Eric, To encrypt all files: include.encrypt * You should also review the "encryptiontype" and "encryptkey" settings. "encryptiontype aes256" enables the client's strongest encryption setting. "encryptkey generate" uses a dynamically created encryption key that is stored (in encrypted form) on the IBM Spectrum Protect server. Additional reference: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.7/client/c_bac_winencrypt.html https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.7/client/r_opt_encryptiontype.html#r_opt_encryptiontype https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.7/client/r_opt_encryptkey.html#r_opt_encryptkey Best regards. Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-02-22 03:00:50: > From: "Loon, Eric van (ITOP NS) - KLM" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-02-22 03:02 > Subject: Encrypt all data on a Windows client > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi guys, > What would be the best include.encrypt statement(s) to be added to > the dsm.opt when I want everything to be encrypted on a Windows > client? So all data, including system state and no matter how many > drives it has. > Thanks for your help in advance! > Kind regards, > Eric van Loon > Air France/KLM Storage & Backup > > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=http-3A__www.klm.com&d=DwIFAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=vty8pvtGCRZw4zA1mkrsrnbb6-2WJCCNr8sd6YoUFQY&s=4ngg9LeCqSEZW9rBGXtK0NHf3KDwOi6U7R1Uh5RK8O4&e= > . This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and > privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not > the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any > attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any > other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly > prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by > error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and > delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/ > or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete > transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for > any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal > Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with > registered number 33014286 > >
Re: Windows Server 2019 client
Hi Eric, This will be a version 8.1.x. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-01-31 06:54:27: > From: "Loon, Eric van (ITOP NS) - KLM" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-01-31 06:57 > Subject: Re: Windows Server 2019 client > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Andy, > Thank you very much for your reply! Any idea if that will be a 8.1.7 > release or a higher version, like 8.2? > Kind regards, > Eric van Loon > Air France/KLM Storage & Backup > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck > Sent: donderdag 31 januari 2019 12:41 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Windows Server 2019 client > > Support for Windows Server 2019 is currently targeted for 1Q2019. > Please note the usual caveats apply: this is not an official > announcement, and information is subject to change at the discretion of IBM. > > Regards, > > Andy > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-01-31 > 06:24:24: > > > From: "Bommasani, Venu" > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 2019-01-31 06:25 > > Subject: Re: Windows Server 2019 client Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor > > Manager" > > > > Hello Eric, > > > > Nothing mentioned about support level of Spectrum Protect client for > > Win 2019 server. > > You can have a try with latest Spectrum Protect client available, but > > make sure to test both backup & restore capabilities before get this > > onto Production Environment. > > > > Suggest you open a support case with IBM. > > > > Best Regards, > > _ > > Venu > > -Original Message- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of > > Loon, Eric van (ITOP NS) - KLM > > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:25 PM > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Windows Server 2019 client > > > > Hi guys! > > Does anybody know when Windows Server 2019 will be supported by TSM as > > backup client? > > Thanks for any reply in advance! > > Kind regards, > > Eric van Loon > > Air France/KLM Storage & Backup > > > > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > > u=http-3A__www.klm.com&d=DwIFAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > > > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=1gHlbZxfIcCOKUdyVcmydwWLvI6kQJ6Vmc5zMypiR7c&s=MTwgo3jrOZALpUyQI7m4Sj2W4qxNnZmtD5pmfgoMvfY&e= > > > . This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and > > privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not > > the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any > > attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other > > action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, > > and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please > > notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this > > message. > > > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/ or > > its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete > > transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for > > any delay in receipt. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal > > Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with > > registered number 33014286 > > > > This message contains information that may be privileged or > > confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is > > intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not > > the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, > > copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part > > thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the > > sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. > > > > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/ur
Re: Windows Server 2019 client
Support for Windows Server 2019 is currently targeted for 1Q2019. Please note the usual caveats apply: this is not an official announcement, and information is subject to change at the discretion of IBM. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2019-01-31 06:24:24: > From: "Bommasani, Venu" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-01-31 06:25 > Subject: Re: Windows Server 2019 client > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hello Eric, > > Nothing mentioned about support level of Spectrum Protect client for > Win 2019 server. > You can have a try with latest Spectrum Protect client available, > but make sure to test both backup & restore capabilities before get > this onto Production Environment. > > Suggest you open a support case with IBM. > > Best Regards, > _ > Venu > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of > Loon, Eric van (ITOP NS) - KLM > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:25 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] Windows Server 2019 client > > Hi guys! > Does anybody know when Windows Server 2019 will be supported by TSM > as backup client? > Thanks for any reply in advance! > Kind regards, > Eric van Loon > Air France/KLM Storage & Backup > > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=http-3A__www.klm.com&d=DwIFAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=1gHlbZxfIcCOKUdyVcmydwWLvI6kQJ6Vmc5zMypiR7c&s=MTwgo3jrOZALpUyQI7m4Sj2W4qxNnZmtD5pmfgoMvfY&e= > . This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and > privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not > the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any > attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any > other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly > prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by > error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and > delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/ > or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete > transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for > any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal > Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with > registered number 33014286 > > This message contains information that may be privileged or > confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is > intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not > the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, > retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any > part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify > the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. >
Re: Windows 2016 and systemstate backups
Yes, if it is what I think it is, there is an issue with Windows Server 2016. I think that later releases of Windows will correct this, but not through hotfixes to the current Windows Server 2016 machine. On a related note, if you are not familiar with it already, this snip URL links to the "launch pad" developerworks article for protecting system state with IBM Spectrum Protect:. Nominally it was written for Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10, but the principles can also be applied to earlier Windows operating systems that we support. http://ibm.biz/system_state_backup_recovery_guidelines It links to three other topics: best practices for backup, creating the WinPE recovery image, and restoring the system using the WinPE recovery image. A very recent update is the addition of a Windows batch script that automates the creation of the WinPE ISO image used to recover the system. Regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-11-13 08:58:19: > From: "Lee, Gary" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-11-13 09:00 > Subject: Re: Windows 2016 and systemstate backups > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Yes, many "missing" writers and files. > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of > Hans Christian Riksheim > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 8:54 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] Windows 2016 and systemstate backups > > Anyone else have problems with Windows2016 and VSS ? We have had very > little issues on Windows2008/2012 but now it seems to reappear. Looks like > the source of the problem is Windows itself and not SP. > > Hans Chr,
Re: Windows ARL change
Yes, technically speaking, it is possible, but is certainly not trivial. If this is a requirement please consider opening an RFE for this. Have you looked at deduplication? Those would certainly mitigate the impact of security-only changes. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-11-13 05:16:25: > From: Hans Christian Riksheim > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-11-13 07:30 > Subject: Re: Windows ARL change > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Is it technically possible to develop a client that extracts the ACLs > during backup and store these as separate metadata? We are having the same > challenge and who knows how much unnecessary backup data our customers are > paying for. > > Hans Chr. > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 7:25 PM Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hi Bob, > > > > If SKIPNTPERMISSIONS YES is in effect, then SKIPNTSECURITYCRC might be > > moot, but yes, you have the idea. > > > > I would agree that setting SKIPNTSECURITYCRC YES and using the default > > SKIPNTPERMISSIONS value can present a challenge since you cannot know which > > files are restored with the latest permissions. > > > > If security permissions are important to the organization, then best to > > just use the default values and back them up. If the organization chooses > > to skip the permissions during the regular incremental backup, then best be > > sure an alternate permissions backup and recovery plan is in place. Example > > of a follow-on complication: What if someone does a restore, but forgets to > > apply the separate procedure to put the correct permissions back? > > > > For the general usage case, I can only repeat what I said earlier (lest > > someone else coming into the middle of this discussion misses it): Best > > practice to ensure the most complete incremental backup is to allow the > > data to be backed up, even if only the security has changed. Before doing > > otherwise, proceed with caution, thinking about future ramifications of > > using non-default values for these options. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-11-06 > > 11:13:21: > > > > > From: Robert Talda > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2018-11-06 11:19 > > > Subject: Re: Windows ARL change > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > Andy, et al: > > > Shared the meat of this discussion with our end users. A question > > > came up about restores. > > > > > > Scenario: Large Windows File Server on which the SP client is > > > configured with the SKIPNTSECURITYCRC is set to YES. > > > > > > End of academic year arrives in June with the usual turnover in > > > faculty and grad students, requiring a major permissions change that > > > impacts most of the files on the server. > > > However, the backups aren’t impacted because the SKIPNTSECURITYCRC > > > is set. So the only files backed up with the new security are those > > > that are new or those with content changes. > > > This is an annual event > > > > > > Middle of November, file server melts down and all the files have to > > > be restored. > > > > > > Because new backup of copies were NOT made when security changes > > > were made, won’t the files be restored with the permissions as of > > > the time of backup? > > > > > > I believe the answer is “YES” - which results in a potential mess > > > for the end users. Consider the case of a Word document created by > > > a postdoc 3 years ago that hasn’t been modified since but is still > > > used on an on-going basis by one or more classes. The postdoc left > > > 2 years ago, so the file permissions on the file server were updated > > > accordingly - but no new backup copy created. In particular, a new > > > owner was assigned. But when the file is restored, it is restored > > > with the permissions that have the postdoc as the owner. > > > > > > If that is so, then the end users don’t see much of a win from the > > > SKIPNTSECURITYCRC - while it saves a backup copy, it introduces the > > > poten
Re: Windows ARL change
Hi Bob, If SKIPNTPERMISSIONS YES is in effect, then SKIPNTSECURITYCRC might be moot, but yes, you have the idea. I would agree that setting SKIPNTSECURITYCRC YES and using the default SKIPNTPERMISSIONS value can present a challenge since you cannot know which files are restored with the latest permissions. If security permissions are important to the organization, then best to just use the default values and back them up. If the organization chooses to skip the permissions during the regular incremental backup, then best be sure an alternate permissions backup and recovery plan is in place. Example of a follow-on complication: What if someone does a restore, but forgets to apply the separate procedure to put the correct permissions back? For the general usage case, I can only repeat what I said earlier (lest someone else coming into the middle of this discussion misses it): Best practice to ensure the most complete incremental backup is to allow the data to be backed up, even if only the security has changed. Before doing otherwise, proceed with caution, thinking about future ramifications of using non-default values for these options. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-11-06 11:13:21: > From: Robert Talda > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-11-06 11:19 > Subject: Re: Windows ARL change > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Andy, et al: > Shared the meat of this discussion with our end users. A question > came up about restores. > > Scenario: Large Windows File Server on which the SP client is > configured with the SKIPNTSECURITYCRC is set to YES. > > End of academic year arrives in June with the usual turnover in > faculty and grad students, requiring a major permissions change that > impacts most of the files on the server. > However, the backups aren’t impacted because the SKIPNTSECURITYCRC > is set. So the only files backed up with the new security are those > that are new or those with content changes. > This is an annual event > > Middle of November, file server melts down and all the files have to > be restored. > > Because new backup of copies were NOT made when security changes > were made, won’t the files be restored with the permissions as of > the time of backup? > > I believe the answer is “YES” - which results in a potential mess > for the end users. Consider the case of a Word document created by > a postdoc 3 years ago that hasn’t been modified since but is still > used on an on-going basis by one or more classes. The postdoc left > 2 years ago, so the file permissions on the file server were updated > accordingly - but no new backup copy created. In particular, a new > owner was assigned. But when the file is restored, it is restored > with the permissions that have the postdoc as the owner. > > If that is so, then the end users don’t see much of a win from the > SKIPNTSECURITYCRC - while it saves a backup copy, it introduces the > potential for a lot more work finding and fixing all the outdated permissions. > > Now, if the SKIPNTPERMISSIONS option was also enabled, then this > issue goes away, because end users have already accepted that upon > restore, a permissions setting has to occur. > > So, in our environment, it appears that settings should be either > - SKIPNTPERMISSIONS and SKIPNTSECURITYCRC enabled; OR > - SKIPNTPERMISSIONS and SKIPNTSECURITYCRC disabled > > Am I on the right track? > > Bob > > Robert Talda > EZ-Backup Systems Engineer > Cornell University > +1 607-255-8280 > r...@cornell.edu > > > > On Nov 1, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > > Hi Bob, > > > >> Upon restore, user must rebuild security permissions. > > > > Are you perhaps thinking of the SKIPNTPERMISSIONS option, which forgoes > > backup of any permissions? In that case, for sure you have to rebuild > > security permissions after the restore. Outside of a user-specific edge > > case, do not specify that option, just use the implicit default (which > > happens to be NO). > > > > SKIPNTSECURITYCRC is not the same, as it merely removes the permissions > > from the criteria that go into determining whether files have changed. > > However, when files are backed up, permissions are included with the > > backup, provided you did not set SKIPNTPERMISSIONS YES. > > > > In the scenario I described previously, if you restore the backup taken on > > Day 1, then the permissions in effect at the time of the backup are > > restored. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Andy > &
Re: Windows ARL change
Hi Bob, > Upon restore, user must rebuild security permissions. Are you perhaps thinking of the SKIPNTPERMISSIONS option, which forgoes backup of any permissions? In that case, for sure you have to rebuild security permissions after the restore. Outside of a user-specific edge case, do not specify that option, just use the implicit default (which happens to be NO). SKIPNTSECURITYCRC is not the same, as it merely removes the permissions from the criteria that go into determining whether files have changed. However, when files are backed up, permissions are included with the backup, provided you did not set SKIPNTPERMISSIONS YES. In the scenario I described previously, if you restore the backup taken on Day 1, then the permissions in effect at the time of the backup are restored. Best regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-11-01 09:39:55: > From: Robert Talda > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-11-01 09:41 > Subject: Re: Windows ARL change > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Andy: > As always, thanks for chiming in. > > I was aware of this option but was hesitant to recommend it > because of a side effect that you didn’t list: > > Upon restore, user must rebuild security permissions. > > So, if the fileserver/NAS had a strict permissions scheme that was > easy to apply after a restore, then this option is viable. > >This is what bedevils us here - a lot of our units here at > Cornell have file servers and NASs with complex permissions, and so > the issue comes down to what is the least amount of pain: bumps in > cost due to occasional big backups (we are a charge-back service) or > trying to figure out a way to save permissions outside of Spectrum > Protect that can be used to rebuild those permissions in a disaster scenario. > > Needless to say, all our customers have gone the big backup route. > Probably attribute additional charge to usual "Cost of working at a > university” account > > Bob > > Robert Talda > EZ-Backup Systems Engineer > Cornell University > +1 607-255-8280 > r...@cornell.edu > > > > On Oct 31, 2018, at 8:46 AM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > > The backup-archive client has an option, SKIPNTSECURITYCRC [NO | YES] with > > NO being the default. > > > > Reference: > > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.6/client/ > r_opt_skipntsecuritycrc.html > > > > When this option is set to YES, security changes are not used to determine > > whether the file is changed. That is, if the ONLY change to the file is to > > the security attributes, then the file is not considered changed (but if > > the file is backed up due to other changes, the security attributes are > > included in the backup). > > > > Be careful setting this option, though: > > > > 1. Practically speaking, this is the kind of change you make once. That is, > > do not toggle this option back and forth between YES and NO. Of course you > > can certainly do that, but you will defeat the purpose of changing the > > value to begin with. It is not a "one-time" skip of security changes. It is > > a "lifestyle" for your backups. :-) > > > > 2. Files that undergo ONLY security changes are not backed up during > > incremental backup. Consider this scenario: > > > > - Day 1: File is backed up (for reasons other than security changes) > > > > - Day 2: Security is changed on the file. File is not backed up because no > > other changes occurred. > > > > - Day 3. Security is changed on the file. File is not backed up because no > > other changes occurred. > > > > - Day 4. User wants to revert the most recent (Day 3) security changes, and > > asks you to restore the file with the security changes from day 2. That > > will not be possible if you configure SKIPNTSECURITYCRC YES. But you can > > revert to the Day 1 backup, assuming your copygroup retention settings have > > not caused the older backup to expire. > > > > > > 2. If you later decide to put this option back to its default > > (SKIPNTSECURITYCRC NO) then you might see a one-time very big backup, > > because at that time, any files whose change is only to security, will be > > backed up, resulting possibly in a backup workload that is larger than > > usual. > > > > In sum: Best practice to ensure most complete incremental backup is to > > allow the data to be backed up, even if only the security has changed. > > Proceed wi
Re: Removing TSM for Databases
Hello Thomas, This technote includes instructions for removal of the software: https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644479 See the "Removal / Uninstall of Data Protection for Oracle" section in that document. Regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-10-31 13:21:43: > From: Thomas Denier > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-10-31 13:22 > Subject: Removing TSM for Databases > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > We have a 64 bit x86 Linux server on which TSM for Databases (for > Oracle) 7.1 was installed but never used. We would like to remove > this TSM component. I have so far been completely unsuccessful in > finding instructions for doing this. Where is the uninstall > procedure documented? > > Thomas Denier, > Thomas Jefferson University > > > > The information contained in this transmission contains privileged > and confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the > person named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or > duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are > not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email > and destroy all copies of the original message. > > CAUTION: Intended recipients should NOT use email communication for > emergent or urgent health care matters. >
Re: Windows ARL change
The backup-archive client has an option, SKIPNTSECURITYCRC [NO | YES] with NO being the default. Reference: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.6/client/r_opt_skipntsecuritycrc.html When this option is set to YES, security changes are not used to determine whether the file is changed. That is, if the ONLY change to the file is to the security attributes, then the file is not considered changed (but if the file is backed up due to other changes, the security attributes are included in the backup). Be careful setting this option, though: 1. Practically speaking, this is the kind of change you make once. That is, do not toggle this option back and forth between YES and NO. Of course you can certainly do that, but you will defeat the purpose of changing the value to begin with. It is not a "one-time" skip of security changes. It is a "lifestyle" for your backups. :-) 2. Files that undergo ONLY security changes are not backed up during incremental backup. Consider this scenario: - Day 1: File is backed up (for reasons other than security changes) - Day 2: Security is changed on the file. File is not backed up because no other changes occurred. - Day 3. Security is changed on the file. File is not backed up because no other changes occurred. - Day 4. User wants to revert the most recent (Day 3) security changes, and asks you to restore the file with the security changes from day 2. That will not be possible if you configure SKIPNTSECURITYCRC YES. But you can revert to the Day 1 backup, assuming your copygroup retention settings have not caused the older backup to expire. 2. If you later decide to put this option back to its default (SKIPNTSECURITYCRC NO) then you might see a one-time very big backup, because at that time, any files whose change is only to security, will be backed up, resulting possibly in a backup workload that is larger than usual. In sum: Best practice to ensure most complete incremental backup is to allow the data to be backed up, even if only the security has changed. Proceed with caution, thinking about future ramifications of using this option. Best regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-10-30 14:57:47: > From: Robert Talda > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-10-30 14:58 > Subject: Re: Windows ARL change > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Harold: > Have same issue - often several times a year as departments here > administer their own servers - and no magic bullet. Probably > doesn’t help other than “misery loves company” > > Keeping fingers crossed someone smarter than I has a workaround, > Bob > > Robert Talda > EZ-Backup Systems Engineer > Cornell University > +1 607-255-8280 > r...@cornell.edu > > > > On Oct 30, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Vandeventer, Harold [OITS] > wrote: > > > > Our "server security" folks are making several changes in Windows > Access Rights at the top of a folder structure which then cascades > all the way down to all files. This is being done on several nodes. > > > > Is there a way to avoid Spectrum Protect from backing up all those > files, most of which haven't changed in content other than the ARL property? > > > > We charge back to agencies based on the bytes in auditocc table. > The ARL change results in a double up of the cost. > > > > The nodes are running various 7.x versions. > > > > Thanks for any guidance you might have. > > >
Re: Core Dumps After Upgrade
One more thing worth noting is this flash for servers and storage agents running on AIX (this is AIX only): https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10737117 I mention it here for the group's awareness. But the flash is specific to AIX, and is not relevant to Linux or other non-AIX platforms. Regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-10-25 16:54:41: > From: Elton Bennett > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-10-25 16:57 > Subject: Core Dumps After Upgrade > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi All, > > We've recently upgraded all of our servers from 7.1.7.300 to 7.1.7.400. > Since then we've been getting intermittent core dumps when we restart the > servers after patching. A couple times this actually caused TSM not to > start, due the home directory to becoming completely full. All of our > servers are RHEL6/7. Has anyone else had any similar issues in the past? > > Thanks, > > Elton >
Re: Core Dumps After Upgrade
Hello Elton, We are not aware of this issue. Please open a case with IBM support so we can run this down. If you are able to, please upload a representative stack trace or two, any other diagnostic messages you are seeing, which might give the support engineers a head start. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-10-25 16:54:41: > From: Elton Bennett > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-10-25 16:57 > Subject: Core Dumps After Upgrade > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi All, > > We've recently upgraded all of our servers from 7.1.7.300 to 7.1.7.400. > Since then we've been getting intermittent core dumps when we restart the > servers after patching. A couple times this actually caused TSM not to > start, due the home directory to becoming completely full. All of our > servers are RHEL6/7. Has anyone else had any similar issues in the past? > > Thanks, > > Elton >
Re: hadoop cluster
Hello Rick, I cannot give you any special insights into Hadoop backup, but for your excludes, consider using exclude.dir instead. This will prevent the client from traversing into those directories at all. Benefits include: The subdirectory structure is also excluded from backup, and backup run time is improved (the significance of the amount of improvement will depend on how deep those directory structures are and how many files are in them): exclude.dir /cld1/impala exclude.dir /cld2/impala ... exclude.dir /cld12/impala and the same for the "yarn" directories. Best regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-08-28 10:51:05: > From: "Rhodes, Richard L." > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-08-28 10:52 > Subject: hadoop cluster > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hello! > > Someone purchased a 12 node Hadoop cluster. The BA client was > installed on each node and it's flooding TSM with TB of backups per > night. I don't know who's Hadoop implementation we have, but it > runs on RH Linux. > > The unix admin is working with the users of the cluster on excluding > unneeded files. Currently he is going to add these excludes to each node: >exclude /cld*/impala/.../* >exclude /cld*/yarn/.../* > (the dirs on each node are cld1 thru cld12) > > Any thoughts/comments/experiences/recommendations on backing up a > Hadoop cluster are appreciated! > > > Thanks! > > rick > -- > > The information contained in this message is intended only for the > personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If > the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent > responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that you have received this document in error and > that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this > message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the > original message. >
Re: Deleting a management class
Hi Eric, The default management class is used if it has a backup copy group. If the default management class does not have a backup copy group, then the domain's backup retention (grace period) is used. Similar story for archive copies: If the default management class has an archive copy group, then the default management class is used. Otherwise the domain's archive retention (grace period) is used. Best regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-08-24 07:42:47: > From: "Loon, Eric van (ITOPT3) - KLM" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-08-24 07:46 > Subject: Deleting a management class > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi guys, > What happens to inactive files when I remove a management class from > a domain? Active files will be rebound during the next backup, but > how about inactive files? I cannot find anything about this in the manuals. > Thanks for your help again. > Kind regards, > Eric van Loon > Air France/KLM Storage Engineering > > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > INVALID URI REMOVED > u=http-3A__www.klm.com&d=DwIFAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=aT1Z1ROlheBVJvXkAo5t3N9NOKCadcbwljNWDNF- > ydw&s=TLUpYDeGmNkJYKFLZhptXagzvfkDHF8W_ufRRQCXMI4&e=. This e-mail > and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material > intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you > are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be > disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related > to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be > unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify > the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/ > or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete > transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for > any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal > Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with > registered number 33014286 > >
Re: 8.1.2+ Linux client and file rights in /etc/adsm
@Zoltan, set the files with chmod 664 (-rw-rw-r--). @Tandon, if that is not working for Netezza, you should contact Netezza support about that. Full permissions does not sound right to me. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-08-14 20:13:56: > From: Tandon Kadambala > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-08-14 20:16 > Subject: Re: 8.1.2+ Linux client and file rights in /etc/adsm > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi, > > We have give chmod 777 TSM* and spcli* > > We checked netzza db backups all working fine. > > Without full permissions it won't work > > Thanks and regards, > Tandon K > TSM Administrator, > IBM India Pvt LTD., > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 12:58 AM Zoltan Forray wrote: > > > Can someone point me to a document that lists the minimum file rights > > required for files in /etc/adsm? > > > > Our security/scanning process is barking about file in /etc/adsm having > > world/global rights and we need to either justify or remove those rights: > > > > /etc/adsm] > > -rw-rw-rw-. 1 root root80 Sep 13 2017 spclicert.crl > > -rw-rw-rw-. 1 root root 10080 Sep 18 2017 spclicert.kdb > > -rw-rw-rw-. 1 root root80 Sep 13 2017 spclicert.rdb > > -rw---. 1 root root 193 Sep 13 2017 spclicert.sth > > -rw-rw-rw-. 1 root root 1290 Jun 15 19:05 TSM.IDX > > -rw-rw-rw-. 1 root root 6319 Jun 15 19:05 TSM.KDB > > -rw---. 1 root root 193 Sep 13 2017 TSM.sth > > > > -- > > *Zoltan Forray* > > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > > Xymon Monitor Administrator > > VMware Administrator > > Virginia Commonwealth University > > UCC/Office of Technology Services > > www.ucc.vcu.edu > > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > > visit INVALID URI REMOVED > u=http-3A__phishing.vcu.edu_&d=DwIBaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=4lGIl0DL_WDWrNOSA_GwiuHuTHt9GekFlm6mfMiH- > pg&s=bVn4fQViO6UoLJnZlE9OkAshwADIEfzXMHvlOclYXy8&e= > > >
Re: VE backup failures after disk expansion
Hi Steve, Not sure what is going on here, but have you tried taking quiesced snapshots manually, to see if this occurs apart from IBM Spectrum Protect backups? http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21585387 Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-06-29 10:02:42: > From: "Schaub, Steve" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-06-29 10:06 > Subject: VE backup failures after disk expansion > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Any help appreciated. > > Started failing backups after drive was added or expanded to 2.5 TB. > On 6/25 the max drive size was increased from 2 to 7 via VMMAXVIRTUALDISKS 7 > As of this the backups will only complete with non quiesced backup snapshots. > 6/28 it was rebooted and still fails to quiesce. > > Solution searches are not giving me much to go on. > > Windows events : > Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine > IOCTL_DISK_SET_SNAPSHOT_INFO(\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2) fails with winerror > 1168. hr = 0x80070490, Element not found. > > > Dsmerror.log > > 6/25/2018 01:48:04 ANS2687W The virtual machine '' contains > one or more disks that exceed the maximum size set by the > VMMAXVIRTUALDISKS option. You can use the VMMAXVIRTUALDISKS option > to change the maximum size or specify the '- > VMSKIPMAXVIRTUALDISKS=yes' option to exclude these disks from the backup. > 06/25/2018 01:48:04 ANS4174E Full VM backup of VMware Virtual > Machine '' failed with RC=4379 mode=Incremental Forever - > Incremental, target node name='', data mover node name='' > 06/25/2018 01:48:04 ANS1228E Sending of object '' failed. > 06/25/2018 01:48:04 ANS5226E The virtual machine backup operation failed. > > 06/25/2018 11:13:08 ANS9924W A full backup for the virtual > machine will be performed because of added disk capacity. > 06/25/2018 11:13:29 ANS9365E VMware vStorage API error for virtual > machine ''. > IBM Spectrum Protect function name : CreateSnapshot_USCORETask > IBM Spectrum Protect file : ..\..\common\vm\vmvisdk.cpp (6704) > API return code : 2094 > API error message : An error occurred while quiescing the virtual > machine. See the virtual machine's event log for details. > 06/25/2018 11:13:29 ANS2712W The virtual machine '' has a > VMware Tools running, but VMware Tools is out of date. > > 06/25/2018 11:13:29 ANS4066I Snapshot operation attempt 1 of 3 for > the guest virtual machine '' failed using "VMware Tools" snapshot. > Reattempting snapshot with "VMware Tools" snapshot. > 06/25/2018 11:15:32 ANS9924W A full backup for the virtual > machine will be performed because of added disk capacity. > 06/25/2018 11:15:42 ANS9365E VMware vStorage API error for virtual > machine ''. > IBM Spectrum Protect function name : CreateSnapshot_USCORETask > IBM Spectrum Protect file : ..\..\common\vm\vmvisdk.cpp (6704) > API return code : 2094 > API error message : An error occurred while quiescing the virtual > machine. See the virtual machine's event log for details. > 06/25/2018 11:15:42 ANS2712W The virtual machine '' has a > VMware Tools running, but VMware Tools is out of date. > > 06/25/2018 11:15:42 ANS4066I Snapshot operation attempt 2 of 3 for > the guest virtual machine '' failed using "VMware Tools" snapshot. > Reattempting snapshot with "VMware Tools with file system quiescing > and application quiescing (VSS) disabled" snapshot. > 06/25/2018 11:17:18 ANS9924W A full backup for the virtual > machine will be performed because of added disk capacity. > 06/25/2018 12:41:25 ANS9924W A full backup for the virtual > machine will be performed because of added disk capacity. > 06/25/2018 12:41:41 ANS9365E VMware vStorage API error for virtual > machine ''. > IBM Spectrum Protect function name : CreateSnapshot_USCORETask > IBM Spectrum Protect file : ..\..\common\vm\vmvisdk.cpp (6704) > API return code : 2094 > API error message : An error occurred while quiescing the virtual > machine. See the
Re: How to set default include/exclude rules on server but allow clients to override?
Good points, Bob. Some other thoughts: The FORCE option has no effect for additive options such as DOMAIN, INCLUDE, and EXCLUDE. If you think you might want to allow the individual system administrator some flexibility on what to include or exclude, omit it from the list. Since the "include.systemstate" option was referenced, I also suggest reviewing the following "best practices" link related to backup of Windows system state. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Best%20Practices%20for%20Backing%20Up%20Microsoft%20Windows Regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-06-14 10:39:07: > From: Robert Talda > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-06-14 10:55 > Subject: Re: How to set default include/exclude rules on server but > allow clients to override? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Efim is correct, both about the force and about processing order. > I got ahead of myself. We built our client option sets to be as > inclusive as possible, within minimal include and exclude > statements, so that clients could override the behavior with > includes and excludes that got processed because there were no > conflicting server side options. Resulted in a blind spot in my > thinking - we haven’t had a customer need to override the management > classes provided. > > A possible alternative solution: create a separate domain with the > same management classes, but with different retention and storage > characteristics defined by those classes as needed. Then, assign > the nodes as needed to that domain. That is, get to the same > destination - system state information handled in a different manner > - by changing the underlying behavior of the assigned management > class, not the name > > FWIW, > Bob > > (And thanks, Efim, for catching my error!) > > > > Robert Talda > EZ-Backup Systems Engineer > Cornell University > +1 607-255-8280 > r...@cornell.edu > > > > On Jun 13, 2018, at 2:26 PM, Efim wrote: > > > > Hi, > > parametr Force has no affect to include/exclude in cloptset. > > use q inclexcl client command to check resulting (cloptset > +dsm.opt) include/exclude in normal order (from top to bottom). > > You will find that server include/exclude processed first. > > Efim > > > > > >> 13 июня 2018 г., в 16:43, Genet Begashaw написал (а): > >> > >> Thanks for your response, on the server side it was included by Optionset > >> with force=no, i tried to overwrite in the client side in dsm.optfile with > >> different mgmt class like shown below > >> > >> include.systemstate ALL MC-mgmt-name > >> > >> still did not work > >> > >> Thank you > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 9:37 AM Robert Talda wrote: > >> > >>> Genet: > >>> > >>> For us it is simple: create a client option set with the list of > >>> include/exclude rules with FORCE=NO. Complexity comes from number of > >>> client options sets needed to support different platforms (Win 7, Win 10, > >>> OS X, macOS, various Linux destroys) and determining which client option > >>> set to assign a given node > >>> > >>> YMMV, > >>> Bob > >>> > >>> Robert Talda > >>> EZ-Backup Systems Engineer > >>> Cornell University > >>> +1 607-255-8280 > >>> r...@cornell.edu > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Jun 13, 2018, at 8:56 AM, Genet Begashaw wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Thank you > >>>> > >>>> Genet Begashaw > >>> >
Re: Restoring older file version
The 30-day clock starts ticking from the day the version goes inactive, not the date it was backed up. Thus if the previous backup was inactivated on April 20, I would expect that version to to be available for 30 days after April 20. Another possibility is if the file was deleted, then at least one backup ran, then the file was recreated. In that case, it is possible that the RETONLY setting would cause the previous version to be expired if RETONLY is low. Try the command line client to see if a backup copy exists: dsmc query backup -inactive If you can find a backup from the CLI but not the GUI, then this old chestnut might be in play: https://adsm.org//lists/html/ADSM-L/2001-03/msg00247.html Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-04-24 11:52:17: > From: "Vandeventer, Harold [OITS]" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-04-24 11:56 > Subject: Restoring older file version > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > I have a node manager attempting to restore a previous version of a file. > > The Mgmt class indicates Versions data exists: 3, Versions data > deleted: 3, Retain extra versions 30 Days. > > The file has not been deleted. > The file date is 4/20/18. > It changes "monthly" but I don't know the exact dates, probably > varies from month to month. > > Using View Active/Inactive doesn't present the previous versions. > > If he picks a point in time of 4/20/18, he sees the file dated 4/20. > If he picks point in time of 4/19/19, no versions are displayed. > > I would expect at least one previous version unless the "retain > extra versions 30 days" is the property allowing the file to be > deleted from TSM sooner than expected. > > The node is running on version 6.01 against an old TSM at 6.3.4.300. > (I'm in an upgrade issue, so can't deal with that yet, or open a PMR) > > For the community: is that "retain extra versions" value of 30 the > issue? It's allowing a file version dated 3/19 or earlier to be deleted? > > > Harold Vandeventer > Office of Information Technology Services > (785) 296-4999 > harold.vandeven...@ks.gov | www.oits.ks.gov > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGE NOTICE > This email message including attachments, if any, is intended for > the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, > use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original > message, including all copies. > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGE NOTICE > This e-mail message, including attachments, if any, is intended for > the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, > use, or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original > message, including all copies, Thank you. >
Re: Starting TSM Windows GUI with a specific dsm.opt
A couple of ways to do this: * Set DSM_CONFIG to point to the desired dsm.opt file, then start dsm.exe. Example: set DSM_CONFIG=D:\somedir\andy.opt dsm * Start dsm.exe and pass in -optfile=path_to_your_options_file Example: dsm -optfile=D:\somedir\andy.opt Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2018-04-19 12:35:18: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2018-04-19 12:40 > Subject: Starting TSM Windows GUI with a specific dsm.opt > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > With the pending demise of the web interface, we need to find an > alternative way to run the Windows GUI pointing to a specific dsm.opt - not > in the default location. > > Is there a document with run-time options for the GUI, which seems to just > launch dsm.exe / dsmagent? Or is this an environmental variable? > > Either way, we need an way to replace the web interface. > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > Xymon Monitor Administrator > VMware Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > www.ucc.vcu.edu > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=http-3A__phishing.vcu.edu_&d=DwIBaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=_FXf8_5jlV_NkxI- > VtskyJ0acVIamLMNwgDKTM8eaU0&s=fPOpg0IURcUT1ACxBi9WAl6n7J8NOkLhshS8Vq1PB0g&e= >
Re: windows server 2016
Hello ADSM-L, The documentation for backup and recovery of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows 10 has been recently updated to include additional information needed to successfully recover systems using the version 7.1.8 (and later 7.1.x) client, and the version 8.1.2 (and later) client. In particular, starting with those client versions, WMI is added to the WinPE image. The documentation for recovery of earlier Microsoft Windows versions has been similarly updated. See: Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 7, Vista (refer to the section that covers creating the WinPE media): https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Best%20Practices%20for%20Recovering%20Windows%20Server%202008,%20Windows%20Server%202008%20R2,%20Windows%207,%20and%20Windows%20Vista Windows 2012, 2012 R2, 8, 8.1 (refer to the section that covers creating the WinPE media): https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Best%20Practices%20for%20Recovering%20Windows%20Server%202012%20and%20Windows%208 Windows 2016, 10 (in the URL below, follow the link to the page for creating WinPE media): https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Guidelines%20for%20Backup%20and%20Recovery%20of%20Microsoft%20Windows%20Server%202016%20and%20Microsoft%20Windows%2010 Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM wrote on 2017-09-20 13:56:05: > From: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM > To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > Date: 2017-09-20 13:56 > Subject: Re: windows server 2016 > > As long as we are talking about Windows Server 2016, I thought I > would take the opportunity to share this link, which is a wrapper > for some recent developerWorks wiki articles on using IBM Spectrum > Protect to back up and recover \Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/ > wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Guidelines%20for%20Backup% > 20and%20Recovery%20of%20Microsoft%20Windows%20Server%202016%20and% > 20Microsoft%20Windows%2010 > > Best regards, > > Andy > > ________ > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/ > tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager > Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ > SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/ > home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-09-2013:25:50: > > > From: Rick Adamson > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 2017-09-20 13:27 > > Subject: Re: windows server 2016 > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > Win2016 support started with client level 8.1, however there were a > > couple of issues with it like problems installing from a network > > share and limits on nested directories that were addressed in 8.2 > > > > > > -Rick Adamson > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > > Behalf Of Lee, Gary > > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 1:18 PM > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: [ADSM-L] windows server 2016 > > > > Just checking to see if I am reading correctly. > > > > Does windows server 2016 require the v8 client? It appears so from > > the web pages. > > > > Sometimes the screen reading software scrambles the tables. > > Thanks for the help. > >
Re: Support and help to SPP
Hi, According to this web page: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communitystart?communityUuid=12565c59-628b-4e53-aa2c-458a93e90d81 You can obtain trial support by sending email to plush...@us.ibm.com. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-11-23 02:40:29: > From: Leif Torstensen > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-11-23 06:28 > Subject: Support and help to SPP > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi > > Anyone know how to get some support to SPP (Spectrum Protect Plus). > Try to test functionality, both offload to Spectrum Protect and file > cataloging, but got lots off errors. > > Try to find out how communications flows and what port to have open > in a firewall environment and how to read logfiles to different > jobs. Really need a drawing off the different ports to have open on > different Vlan's: SPP to HyperV, SPP to Vstorage server, SPP to Vcenter. > > Try to put in support case, but the doesn't seems to have licens yet > to open PMR > > Med venlig hilsen / Best regards > > > Leif Torstensen > Athena IT Group >
Re: Fwd: IBM Spectrum protect 8.1.3 doesn't update "Days since last access" anybody run into this
Hi, I think APAR IT22897 describes the issue you are seeing: www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT22897 Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-11-20 16:22:25: > From: Genet Begashaw > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-11-20 16:24 > Subject: Fwd: IBM Spectrum protect 8.1.3 doesn't update "Days since > last access" anybody run into this > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Genet Begashaw > Date: Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 8:41 AM > Subject: IBM Spectrum protect 8.1.3 doesn't update "Days since last access" > anybody run into this > To: lists...@vm.marist.edu >
Re: Issue restoring SQL database via TDP
Hi Paul, did you use the REPLACE option? Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-10-31 23:07:56: > From: Paul_Dudley > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-10-31 23:09 > Subject: Issue restoring SQL database via TDP > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > I was trying to restore an SQL database from one server (production) > to another server (test) and over the top of a database with a different name. > > > > On the production server the database is called > "InterfaceLoggingProduction". On the test server the database I was > trying to restore over the top of is called "InterfaceLoggingProdHoldRestore". > > The databases are backed up using Legacy, not VSS. I was using the > TDP for SQL client on a Windows server to perform the restore. I > selected the options to manually enter the new database name, and to > select the locations of the database and log files. The error I kept > running into was: > > > > An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. > > The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing > 'InterfaceLoggingProdHoldRestore' database. > > RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally. > > In the end I had to restore the database from the production server > to the test server and use the same database name. Is it not > possible to restore over the top of a different named database? > > > > Regards > > Paul Dudley > > pdud...@anl.com.au <mailto:pdud...@anl.com.au> > > > > > > > > > ANL DISCLAIMER > > This e-mail and any file attached is confidential, and intended > solely to the named add > ressees. Any unauthorised dissemination or use is strictly > prohibited. If you received > this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return > e-mail from your s > ystem. Please do not copy, use or make reference to it for any > purpose, or disclose its > contents to any person. >
Re: TSM Client V7.1.6.5
I think some of those items are a little dated. For example, I do not recall the history behind this one: Windows 2008 must be restored using Windows PE 2.0. Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 require Windows PE 3.0 for ASR restore. but Windows PE 3.1 is the minum version that should be used for Windows Server 2008. Here is a parent link to articles covering backup and recovery of Windows: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Best%20practices%20for%20Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager%20backup-archive%20client The above URL includes links to these individual articles: * Best Practices for Recovering Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, and Windows Vista * Best Practices for Recovering Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 * Best Practices for Recovering Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 * Guidelines for Backup and Recovery of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows 10 * Best Practices for Backing Up Microsoft Windows These are (mostly) up to date, with the last two being most recent. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-10-11 08:37:35: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-10-11 08:38 > Subject: Re: TSM Client V7.1.6.5 > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > There is this page with "Client known problems and limitation" > <https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21646952#wincommon_probs> > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 5:42 AM, Saravanan Palanisamy < > evergreen.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello TSM Giants > > > > Is there any issues with Windows TSM Client 7.1.6.5 ? Especially on system > > state restore using WinPE CD v3.1? > > > > One of my client server ( windows physical server 2008. ) is down for past > > 4 days and IBM had shared almost 2 efix but still issues keeps on coming > > one another. > > > > C drive restore seems to be okay but system state never get completed > > > > I am really scared of v7.1.6.5 because more than 3000 windows severs are > > running with this version. > > > > Please let me know if any known issues related to systemstate if anyone > > encounter in v7.1.6.5 > > > > One of IBM security patch APAR previously forced us to upgrade both > > Windows and LInix to v7.1.6.5 but now it became night mare for me. > > > > Just would like to share my pain here. > > > > > > Regards > > Sarav > > +65 9856 8665 > > > > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > Xymon Monitor Administrator > VMware Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > www.ucc.vcu.edu > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=http-3A__phishing.vcu.edu_&d=DwIBaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=X7_WFArF- > foq5omhTVXYj0V-nHyt70eTuo7e1GxIFz8&s=ZaaI2XSS2yegPbhN5LIRaB- > zoW8tSZhSvdQOKpW2TRI&e= >
Re: 7.1.8/8.1.3 Security Upgrade Install Issues
Hi Zoltan, I know you referenced http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004844 earlier, but have you gone back and revisited it? A couple of possible questions covered in that document: * If you have an existing cert.kdb database and cert.arm file that were created before V7.1.8 or V8.1, then V7.1.8, V8.1.2, and V8.1.3 clients and the Operations Center are unable to connect to a V7.1.8, V8.1.2, V8.1.3 server * Restrictions apply when you specify the SSL-only server ports (SSLTCPPORT and SSLTCPADMINPORT) (Sergio also covered the latter item in his recent post..) Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-10-06 15:30:56: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-10-06 15:32 > Subject: Re: 7.1.8/8.1.3 Security Upgrade Install Issues > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Well, my testing of upgrading to 8.1.2/3 is not going well. Sure glad I am > doing this on a test server, since it doesn't bode well for a production > system. This is what we did in our testing. > > 1. Server was upgraded from 8.1.1 to 8.1.3 > 2. Created a new node. Installed 7.1.6 client on a W10E workstation. > Connected to the 8.1.3 server with no issues. Performed backups, etc. > Even tried the webGUI/client with no issues. > 3. Upgraded workstation client to 8.1.2 and now we can't connect to the > server. Keeps giving us an SSL error. Checked all configuration for the > node and opt file. Everything was set to SESSIONSECURITY Transitional. > Now all we get (using the default client) is: 10/06/2017 15:09:25 ANS1592E > Failed to initialize SSL protocol. > > I thought you were supposed to be able to upgrade the server to 8.1.2+ and > then all of the clients would automagically get the cert/key from the > server once they upgraded to 8.1.2+ > > What am I missing? > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Skylar Thompson > wrote: > > > Content preview: We recently went from 7.1.7.300 to 7.1.8 in a 3-server > > environment > > (one library manager, two library clients). As always, do the library > > manager > > before any of the clients. We had some communication problems with one > > of > > the library clients that we ended up solving like so: [...] > > > > Content analysis details: (0.7 points, 5.0 required) > > > > pts rule name description > > -- -- > > > > 0.7 SPF_NEUTRALSPF: sender does not match SPF record > > (neutral) > > -0.0 RP_MATCHES_RCVDEnvelope sender domain matches handover relay > > domain > > X-Barracuda-Connect: mx.gs.washington.edu[128.208.8.134] > > X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1507298431 > > X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 > > X-Barracuda-URL: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=https-3A__148.100.49. > 27-3A443_cgi-2Dmod_mark.cgi&d=DwIBaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=vl-75QIYV_QPCqd2PTVfJN6vvkPdw3imy5SDMv7Vif0&s=8KOXc3Ke8u4JzOpQnZinbSxSMaUTAk8- > zn1JzyjwTyQ&e= > > X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 4257 > > X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at marist.edu > > X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 > > X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 > > X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of > > TAG_LEVEL=3.5 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.5 tests= > > X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.43662 > > Rule breakdown below > > pts rule name description > > -- -- > > > > > > We recently went from 7.1.7.300 to 7.1.8 in a 3-server environment (one > > library manager, two library clients). As always, do the library manager > > before any of the clients. We had some communication problems with one of > > the library clients that we ended up solving like so: > > > > 1. Make sure SSL certificates are distributed: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.8/ > > srv.admin/t_ssl_srvcfg_s2s.html > > 2. Delete and redefine server definitions on both the client and m
Re: 7.1.8/8.1.3 Security Upgrade Install Issues
Hello, > Now to find out where this SESSIONSECURITY parameters is located See the reference information for REGISTER NODE and UPDATE NODE. Best regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-10-06 23:41:06: > From: "Sergio O. Fuentes" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-10-06 23:43 > Subject: Re: 7.1.8/8.1.3 Security Upgrade Install Issues > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hello all! > > I just discovered this thread today because I had been testing 8.1.1 server > very recently. I had some issues with that on Thursday and then Friday I > went further down the rabbit hole. Now I'm finding that major portions of > our environment will have to be upgraded very soon. > > I'm just starting testing all sorts of client versions against the new > 8.1.3 instance I have, however, I found this tidbit on "q opt tcpport": > > If you specify the same port number for both the SSLTCPPORT and TCPPORT > > > > options, only SSL connections are accepted and TCP/IP connections are > > > > disabled for the port. > > > > > I read this as, "If you have SSLTCPPORT and TCPPORT as different numbers, > TCPPORT will allow non-SSL TCP/IP connections". > > We actually do this. Does that mean our "old" clients will still be able > to use TCPPORT without any issues? > > Now to find out where this SESSIONSECURITY parameters is located > > Thanks! > > SF > > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Zoltan Forray wrote: > > > Well, my testing of upgrading to 8.1.2/3 is not going well. Sure glad I am > > doing this on a test server, since it doesn't bode well for a production > > system. This is what we did in our testing. > > > > 1. Server was upgraded from 8.1.1 to 8.1.3 > > 2. Created a new node. Installed 7.1.6 client on a W10E workstation. > > Connected to the 8.1.3 server with no issues. Performed backups, etc. > > Even tried the webGUI/client with no issues. > > 3. Upgraded workstation client to 8.1.2 and now we can't connect to the > > server. Keeps giving us an SSL error. Checked all configuration for the > > node and opt file. Everything was set to SESSIONSECURITY Transitional. > > Now all we get (using the default client) is: 10/06/2017 15:09:25 ANS1592E > > Failed to initialize SSL protocol. > > > > I thought you were supposed to be able to upgrade the server to 8.1.2+ and > > then all of the clients would automagically get the cert/key from the > > server once they upgraded to 8.1.2+ > > > > What am I missing? > > > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Skylar Thompson > > > > wrote: > > > > > Content preview: We recently went from 7.1.7.300 to 7.1.8 in a 3-server > > > environment > > > (one library manager, two library clients). As always, do the library > > > manager > > > before any of the clients. We had some communication problems with > > one > > > of > > > the library clients that we ended up solving like so: [...] > > > > > > Content analysis details: (0.7 points, 5.0 required) > > > > > > pts rule name description > > > -- -- > > > > > > 0.7 SPF_NEUTRALSPF: sender does not match SPF record > > > (neutral) > > > -0.0 RP_MATCHES_RCVDEnvelope sender domain matches handover > > relay > > > domain > > > X-Barracuda-Connect: mx.gs.washington.edu[128.208.8.134] > > > X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1507298431 > > > X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 > > > X-Barracuda-URL: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=https-3A__148.100.49. > 27-3A443_cgi-2Dmod_mark.cgi&d=DwIBaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=ukO93- > pLAC20rrzdR5oGl4Y3ggbt-C7QpoJC1J-g9P4&s=-mQcZbd_mU9Jo8Idj2qGVO- > ef8PzRzsuE7nXhIYyqOQ&e= > > > X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 4257 > > > X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at marist.edu > > > X-Barracuda-BRTS-Stat
Re: Problems after upgrading client from 7.1.6.3 to 8.1.0.2
Hi Zoltan, I do not think the problem is really with MSVCR110.dll, and the stack traces in the dsmcrash.log file are not going to be particularly insightful (other than knowing when a crash occurs, how often, and exception type). I suppose if you upgraded the client but did not reboot if necessary, that *might* be a contributing factor. But we would have to see the corresponding dsmcrash.dmp file to get a better sense of why it occurs. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-10-06 12:28:07: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-10-06 12:29 > Subject: Re: Problems after upgrading client from 7.1.6.3 to 8.1.0.2 > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Andy, > > From the dsmcrash.log file: > > 2017/10/04 10:25:54 > IBM Spectrum Protect > Version: 8.1.0.2 > Build date: Mon May 01 16:15:45 2017 > > dsmcsvc.exe caused exception C005 (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION) at > 722C7C65 > > with pointers to MSVCR110.dll. > > Can you tell me what level/version this dll is supposed to be at? I > suspect something didn't get updated when the client was upgraded. > > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hi Zoltan, > > > > It sounds like you are seeing multiple issues, best to deal with them one > > at a time. > > > > 1) For the crash dump messages, it is possible that there is only one dump, > > and the message just keeps repeating because the client detects the same > > file over and over again. Check the corresponding dsmcrash.log file (start > > at the bottom of that file) to see if crashes are constantly occurring, and > > when they occurred. If the crashes are persistent, you should open a PMR > > and upload the dump, so it can be reviewed. If it is a one-time crash, you > > can do the same thing, or you can delete the dump file (dsmcrash.dmp), > > which should eliminate the messages. If the problem reoccurs, open a PMR, > > etc. > > > > 2) I am not sure what the hung sessions are. Sessions in IdleW state mean > > that the session is not in transaction with the server. Most likely these > > are consumer sessions waiting for work, possibly related to item 3, below. > > > > 3) You mentioned the backups run longer, and you observe "Process Dirs" as > > the category with the most time in it. "Process Dirs" is the time the > > client spends traversing the file system, searching for changed files. A > > lengthy "Process Dirs" time is not necessarily a "problem" for file systems > > with a large number, e.g., hundreds of thousands, or millions, of files; > > and that number can be the largest if the number of changed files is very > > small in comparison. This could also explain consumer sessions in IdleW > > state (item 2, above). > > > > Does the dsminstr.log file include data from when the client level was > > 7.1.6.3? If yes, then you can compare the latest 7.1.6.3 metrics with the > > earliest 8.1.0.2 metrics to see if there was truly some big difference > > introduced at the time you upgraded the client. Off the top of my head, I > > cannot think of anything in the client code itself that would suddenly > > cause such a performance issue. > > > > Without actual data to see what is going on (complete dsmsched.log file, > > dsmerror.log file, dsminstr.log file, dsm.opt, etc.) it is hard to provide > > more specific suggestions. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > Product support: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > Online documentation: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > Product Wiki: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-1
Re: Problems after upgrading client from 7.1.6.3 to 8.1.0.2
Hi Zoltan, It sounds like you are seeing multiple issues, best to deal with them one at a time. 1) For the crash dump messages, it is possible that there is only one dump, and the message just keeps repeating because the client detects the same file over and over again. Check the corresponding dsmcrash.log file (start at the bottom of that file) to see if crashes are constantly occurring, and when they occurred. If the crashes are persistent, you should open a PMR and upload the dump, so it can be reviewed. If it is a one-time crash, you can do the same thing, or you can delete the dump file (dsmcrash.dmp), which should eliminate the messages. If the problem reoccurs, open a PMR, etc. 2) I am not sure what the hung sessions are. Sessions in IdleW state mean that the session is not in transaction with the server. Most likely these are consumer sessions waiting for work, possibly related to item 3, below. 3) You mentioned the backups run longer, and you observe "Process Dirs" as the category with the most time in it. "Process Dirs" is the time the client spends traversing the file system, searching for changed files. A lengthy "Process Dirs" time is not necessarily a "problem" for file systems with a large number, e.g., hundreds of thousands, or millions, of files; and that number can be the largest if the number of changed files is very small in comparison. This could also explain consumer sessions in IdleW state (item 2, above). Does the dsminstr.log file include data from when the client level was 7.1.6.3? If yes, then you can compare the latest 7.1.6.3 metrics with the earliest 8.1.0.2 metrics to see if there was truly some big difference introduced at the time you upgraded the client. Off the top of my head, I cannot think of anything in the client code itself that would suddenly cause such a performance issue. Without actual data to see what is going on (complete dsmsched.log file, dsmerror.log file, dsminstr.log file, dsm.opt, etc.) it is hard to provide more specific suggestions. Regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-10-06 10:36:15: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-10-06 10:37 > Subject: Problems after upgrading client from 7.1.6.3 to 8.1.0.2 > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > We have this server that is used to backup DFS mounts/files. It has 30+ > TSM nodes configured to it. > > In the past, everything has been running like it should, albeit a little > slow sometimes due to the size of some of the DFS mounts but the backups > would usually finish. > > After upgrading the client to 8.1.0.2, we are experiencing constant > problems. Many of the backups are not completing, some node sessions are > running 10+ hours to examine 1000 files and backup 7MB in changes, etc. > > Looking at the logs, we are seeing numerous "A IBM Spectrum Protect core > file or crash report was found:" crash-dumps for most of the nodes, often > numerous times within the same backup session. > > Instrumentation statistics on a few nodes I examined say the largest time > consumer is "Process Dirs". > > From the SP server perspective, these nodes are in a constant "Idle Wait". > Session info shows lots of metadata send to the client, but very little > coming from the client. > > The only change has been the SP client upgrade. Yes we have rebooted the > server (Windows 2012) multiple times to clear the hung sessions (sometimes > running multiple days and never ending). > > Any way to determine is going on? > > > > > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > Xymon Monitor Administrator > VMware Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > www.ucc.vcu.edu > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=http-3A__phishing.vcu.edu_&d=DwIBaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=Ij6DLy1l7wDpCbTfcDkLC_KknvhyGdCy_RnAGnhV37I&m=bnJkpUfY38- > nYutnVeKi_lreUncb4usTMD65HpEa4ko&s=hvKEF7hPnJ83ZRrIKoqxy35CfELFHGsrMocoLUGDXZU&e= >
Re: ANS1357S after upgrade to V8.1.2 Server
Hi Stefan, First, check if the SESSIONSECURITY value is, in fact, the issue. Normally downlevel client nodes should be set to TRANSITIONAL. You can query the node (format=detailed) to get the current SESSIONSECURITY value, to see if it is set to STRICT.I would not expect a down-level client node that has never connected with an 8.1.2 client, to be set to STRICT. However, if all your nodes are are having problems, you should contact IBM support for further assistance, as a site-wide problem could be something more. Also have a look at this document, in case anything here is a fit for your scenario: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004844 Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-09-21 02:19:38: > From: Stefan Folkerts > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-09-21 02:20 > Subject: Re: ANS1357S after upgrade to V8.1.2 Server > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Andrew, > > Just to be clear, because there is a bit of confusion here (and other > places) about the new security restrictions of the 8.1.2 release in regards > to older clients. > > When we upgrade a Spectrum Protect server to 8.1.2 and use a mix of older > and newer clients versions, the operations center and dsmadmc via new > and/or older versions and we run into issues with connecting with older > clients we can "update node" and set the SESSIONSECURITY to TRANSITIONAL > for those clients to allow older clients to still function on the newer > server without client upgrades? > > > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hi Bill, > > > > This document describes client/server compatibility: > > > > http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053218 > > > > In your case, is it possible that the node or admin had, at some time, > > authenticated using an 8.1.2 client? For affected nodes, check the > > SESSIONSECURITY setting, see if it is set to STRICT. If so, try setting > > back to TRANSITIONAL. > > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.2/ > > srv.reference/r_cmd_node_update.html > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > Product support: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > Online documentation: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > Product Wiki: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-09-19 > > 15:54:59: > > > > > From: Bill Boyer > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2017-09-19 15:55 > > > Subject: ANS1357S after upgrade to V8.1.2 Server > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > After upgrading my (test) TSM server to V8.1.2 my clients are now getting > > > ANS1357S with back-level client version. Even a V7.1.2 client. Is there a > > > page that lists the client versions supported by V8.1.2 Server? We have > > some > > > older OS's that are running old client versions. Been trying to find a > > > compatibility matrix just for serve V8.1.2. > > > > > > > > > > > > Tia, > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill Boyer > > > "Enjoy life. It has an expiration date." - ?? > > > > > >
Re: windows server 2016
As long as we are talking about Windows Server 2016, I thought I would take the opportunity to share this link, which is a wrapper for some recent developerWorks wiki articles on using IBM Spectrum Protect to back up and recover \Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Guidelines%20for%20Backup%20and%20Recovery%20of%20Microsoft%20Windows%20Server%202016%20and%20Microsoft%20Windows%2010 Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-09-20 13:25:50: > From: Rick Adamson > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-09-20 13:27 > Subject: Re: windows server 2016 > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Win2016 support started with client level 8.1, however there were a > couple of issues with it like problems installing from a network > share and limits on nested directories that were addressed in 8.2 > > > -Rick Adamson > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > Behalf Of Lee, Gary > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 1:18 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] windows server 2016 > > Just checking to see if I am reading correctly. > > Does windows server 2016 require the v8 client? It appears so from > the web pages. > > Sometimes the screen reading software scrambles the tables. > Thanks for the help. >
Re: ANS1357S after upgrade to V8.1.2 Server
Hi Bill, This document describes client/server compatibility: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053218 In your case, is it possible that the node or admin had, at some time, authenticated using an 8.1.2 client? For affected nodes, check the SESSIONSECURITY setting, see if it is set to STRICT. If so, try setting back to TRANSITIONAL. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.2/srv.reference/r_cmd_node_update.html Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-09-19 15:54:59: > From: Bill Boyer > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-09-19 15:55 > Subject: ANS1357S after upgrade to V8.1.2 Server > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > After upgrading my (test) TSM server to V8.1.2 my clients are now getting > ANS1357S with back-level client version. Even a V7.1.2 client. Is there a > page that lists the client versions supported by V8.1.2 Server? We have some > older OS's that are running old client versions. Been trying to find a > compatibility matrix just for serve V8.1.2. > > > > Tia, > > > > Bill Boyer > "Enjoy life. It has an expiration date." - ?? >
Re: Disable Client option ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION
Hi Remco,
Understood. The issue is fixed as of versions 6.4.3.5 and 7.1.6.5. Older
versions are also affected, but not fixed. Version 8.1 is unaffected.
For additional information, see:
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT17363
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998166
Best regards,
Andy
Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
Product support:
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager
Online documentation:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html
Product Wiki:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-09-15
02:30:33:
> From: Remco Post
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Date: 2017-09-15 02:30
> Subject: Re: Disable Client option ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> thanks for explaining. Yes there is one (minor) issue: in 7.1.6
> instr. tracing logs the new password in the trace file when running
> “dsmc set password” (whoops). So from a support perspective you
> might want it enabled, bur from a security perspective we must
> disable tracing on those client levels.
>
> > On 15 Sep 2017, at 03:32, Andrew Raibeck wrote:
> >
> > Hi Remco,
> >
> > Instrumentation is often used as an aid in performance analysis, so we
felt
> > that enabling it by default would offer several benefits with near-zero
> > cost:
> >
> > - Immediate data to analyze performance; no need to enable a test flag
and
> > re-run the operation to collect data.
> >
> > - Default instrumentation log size is 25 MB, so "out of the box", so no
> > need to worry about unchecked growth.
> >
> > - Since instrumentation only keeps track of a set of counters at
run-time,
> > there is no meaningful impact on performance.
> >
> > - We also enhanced it by "promoting" the test flag to a formal option,
and
> > allowing you to change the log file name and maximum size.
> >
> > Are there any particular issues of concern that always-on
instrumentation
> > is causing?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >
> > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
> >
> > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
> > Product support:
> > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/
> tivoli_storage_manager
> >
> > Online documentation:
> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/
> welcome_ssgsg7.html
> >
> > Product Wiki:
> > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/
> Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-09-14
> > 18:45:10:
> >
> >> From: Remco Post
> >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> >> Date: 2017-09-14 19:35
> >> Subject: Re: Disable Client option ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION
> >> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
> >>
> >> Hi IBM,
> >>
> >> Can anyone explain to me why the instrumentation has been enabled by
> >> default in the first place? Were there so many support calls that
> >> require instrumentation output that enabling instrumentation on each
> >> and every client in the world is really a good idea? Because, in my
> >> extensive TSM experience, well maybe once in 15 years or so that I
> >> really needed the instr. trace...
> >>
> >>> On 14 Sep 2017, at 17:30, Efim wrote:
> >>>
> >>> IT20791: "ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION" AND "INSTRLOGMAX" DOCUMENTATION
> >> INCORRECTLY SAYS THEY CAN BE USED IN A CLIENT OPTION SET
> >>> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1IT20791 <
> >> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1IT20791>
> >>>
> >>> you can run script looks like this:
> >>> awk '/SErvername/{print;print "ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION NO";next}1' /
> >> usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin64/dsm.sys
> >>>
> >>> on windows use echo and >>
> >>>
> >>> but I think you need to restart cad or schedule to activate this
> > option
> >>> Efim
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> 14 сент. 2017 г., в 17:03, Erwann SIMON
написал
> > (а)
Re: Disable Client option ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION
Hi Remco,
Instrumentation is often used as an aid in performance analysis, so we felt
that enabling it by default would offer several benefits with near-zero
cost:
- Immediate data to analyze performance; no need to enable a test flag and
re-run the operation to collect data.
- Default instrumentation log size is 25 MB, so "out of the box", so no
need to worry about unchecked growth.
- Since instrumentation only keeps track of a set of counters at run-time,
there is no meaningful impact on performance.
- We also enhanced it by "promoting" the test flag to a formal option, and
allowing you to change the log file name and maximum size.
Are there any particular issues of concern that always-on instrumentation
is causing?
Best regards,
Andy
________
Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
Product support:
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager
Online documentation:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html
Product Wiki:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-09-14
18:45:10:
> From: Remco Post
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Date: 2017-09-14 19:35
> Subject: Re: Disable Client option ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
> Hi IBM,
>
> Can anyone explain to me why the instrumentation has been enabled by
> default in the first place? Were there so many support calls that
> require instrumentation output that enabling instrumentation on each
> and every client in the world is really a good idea? Because, in my
> extensive TSM experience, well maybe once in 15 years or so that I
> really needed the instr. trace...
>
> > On 14 Sep 2017, at 17:30, Efim wrote:
> >
> > IT20791: "ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION" AND "INSTRLOGMAX" DOCUMENTATION
> INCORRECTLY SAYS THEY CAN BE USED IN A CLIENT OPTION SET
> > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1IT20791 <
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1IT20791>
> >
> > you can run script looks like this:
> > awk '/SErvername/{print;print "ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION NO";next}1' /
> usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin64/dsm.sys
> >
> > on windows use echo and >>
> >
> > but I think you need to restart cad or schedule to activate this
option
> > Efim
> >
> >
> >> 14 сент. 2017 г., в 17:03, Erwann SIMON написал
(а):
> >>
> >> Hi Arnaud,
> >>
> >> No matter the platform, the problem is the same : it's not
> possible to manage logs from Client Option Sets : no
> enableinstrumentation, no errorlogretention or shedlogretention...
> IBM, please ?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> >> Erwann SIMON
> >>
> >> - Mail original -
> >> De: "PAC Brion Arnaud"
> >> À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> >> Envoyé: Jeudi 14 Septembre 2017 15:38:36
> >> Objet: Re: [ADSM-L] Disable Client option ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION
> >>
> >> Hi Michael,
> >>
> >> Is this AIX, Linux or Windows ?
> >>
> >> Cheers.
> >>
> >> Arnaud
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Michael Malitz
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 2:08 PM
> >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> >> Subject: Disable Client option ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION
> >>
> >> Hallo List-Experts.
> >>
> >> we would like to disable the BA Client option
> ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION. According
> >> to BA Client documentation,
> >>
> >> this should be possible via client option set. BUT is is NOT.
> >>
> >> Any ideas of rolling out this change to > 1000 Clients in an
> "easy to do" way?.
> >>
> >>
> >> rgds michael
>
> --
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,
>
> Remco Post
> r.p...@plcs.nl
> +31 6 248 21 622
>
Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ??
Tom, First, I am sorry that this is all so confusing. We have action items for updating the restore procedures to include Windows Server 2016 (and Windows 10), and to have a "Best Practices" document for backup, so your experience is not lost on us -- rather, it underscores the need. The information you found is from much older documentation (looks like version 4.2) and that specific "recommendation" no longer appears in our books. The latest IBM Spectrum Protect documentation can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/tsm/welcome.html If you prefer PDF files, you can find them here: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.0/tsm/r_pdfs_tsm.html Full transparency: The sample options file that ships with the client and the GUI setup wizard still cite those EXCLUDE statements whose time has come and gone, and we are actively working on getting rid of those in the future. Regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-05-18 17:00:54: > From: Tom Alverson > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-05-18 17:01 > Subject: Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ?? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > OK I found where IBM says to exclude NTUSER.DAT and USERCLASS.DAT here > > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/TSMC/SH26-4117-01/en_US/ > HTML/ans60014.htm > > *We recommend that you have the following minimum include-exclude list in > your client options file:* > *(some lines skipped)* > > > > * exclude "*:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat.LOG" exclude > "*:\documents and settings\...\ntuser.dat" exclude "*:\documents and > settings\...\usrclass.dat.LOG" exclude "*:\documents and > settings\...\usrclass.dat"* > > Now it looks like those are needed for the new BMR process?? > > > On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Tom Alverson > wrote: > > > Andy: > > > > We use these settings for all windows clients: > > > > SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS VSS > > SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE VSS > > DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL > > > > We do have these exclusions in our list: (I have no idea why, I inherited > > the exclusion list) > > > > EXCLUDE "*:\Users\%username%\NTUSER.DAT" > > EXCLUDE "*:\users\%username%\ntuser.dat.LOG1" > > EXCLUDE "*:\users\%username%\ntuser.dat.LOG2" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Users\...\ntuser.dat*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\UsrClass.dat*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Documents and Settings\...\UsrClass.dat.LOG" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows \UsrClass.dat" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\ > > UsrClass.dat.LOG1" > > > > On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Andrew Raibeck > > wrote: > > > >> Tom, glad to hear this is making progress. > >> > >> What does your exclude list look like? For backups, make sure to do the > >> following: > >> > >> - Use the SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS VSS option during backup, so you get a "crash > >> consistent' backup of the system (system state and drives). > >> > >> - Don't exclude anything unless you are 100% certain that the files are > >> not > >> needed for restore. For example, excluding C:\Users\Tom\*.mp3 is probably > >> okay, but excluding ntuser.dat or usrclass.* is not a good idea (actually > >> I > >> am guessing you either have excludes for the latter files I mentioned or > >> you are not using SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS VSS). > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Andy > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > >> > >> IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > >> Product support: > >> https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivo > >> li_storage_manager > >> > >> Online documentation: > >> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/ > >> welcome_ssgsg7.html > >> > >
Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ??
Tom, glad to hear this is making progress. What does your exclude list look like? For backups, make sure to do the following: - Use the SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS VSS option during backup, so you get a "crash consistent' backup of the system (system state and drives). - Don't exclude anything unless you are 100% certain that the files are not needed for restore. For example, excluding C:\Users\Tom\*.mp3 is probably okay, but excluding ntuser.dat or usrclass.* is not a good idea (actually I am guessing you either have excludes for the latter files I mentioned or you are not using SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS VSS). Regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-05-18 13:55:10: > From: Tom Alverson > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-05-18 13:56 > Subject: Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ?? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > I have been able to complete restores without errors now, and the restored > computer will boot but the profiles do not work. I can log on with the > administrator account but with an empty temporary profile, and I cannot log > on to other accounts. > > Has anyone done a successful test restore with 8.1.0.0? I tested with both > Server 2016 and Server 2012 backups with the same results. Is this fixed > in 8.1.0.2 ?? (I need to try that next). > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hi Tom, > > > > One immediate thought occurs to me: did you launch the ADK command prompt > > using "Run as administrator" If not, try launching a new prompt with "Run > > as administrator", change into to the C:\WinPE_x64\media directory, and > > re-run the MakeWinPEMedia command as before, see if that clears up the > > issue. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > Product support: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > Online documentation: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > Product Wiki: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-04-21 > > 13:49:48: > > > > > From: Tom Alverson > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2017-04-21 13:53 > > > Subject: Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ?? > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > I was with you right up to the last command and I got this: > > > > > > C:\WinPE_x64\media>MakeWinPEMedia /ISO C:\WinPE_x64 > > C:\temp\WinPE_x64.iso > > > Creating C:\temp\WinPE_x64.iso... > > > Scanning source tree (500 files in 123 directories) ERROR: Failed to > > create > > > "C:\temp\WinPE_x64.iso" file. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Andrew Raibeck > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Tom, > > > > > > > > I have it quite near the top of my to-do list to provide an update for > > > > Windows Server 2016. In the mean time... > > > > > > > > The main difference is in the steps used to put the backup-archive > > client > > > > code in the bootable ISO image, given that verbatim instructions we > > > > currently have work only with the pre-spinstall packages. Another > > change > > > > (improvement) is in the command used to create the ISO image, which can > > be > > > > used for both BIOS and UEFI based systems. You no longer need to build > > one > > > > image for UEFI and another for BIOS. > > > > > > > > The steps for restore are the same as for earlier versions of Windows. > > > > > > > > Preparation: Install and use the latest ADK from Microsoft. As I write > > > > this, the latest version is for Windows 1
Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ??
Hi Tom, Looks like the problem is in the ASR portion of the restore, where the OS partitions the disks. This part is opaque to us, since it is Windows doing its magic to partition the disks. A little bit of a shot in the dark, but some things that occur to me: - When you do the backup, make sure you are not getting any errors or warning messages that indicate some files are not backed up, or some part of the system state is skipped. Ideally you want a clean (return code zero) backup of the machine. - Make sure the target machine hardware is similar to the source machine. For example, if the source machine had 3 disks of sizes 200 GB, 200 GB and 600 GB, then the target machine must also have 3 disks of (at least) 200 GB, 200 GB and 600 GB. The disks should also be the same type; even differences in disk geometry (track size, tracks per cylinder, and so on) can make a difference. - If the target machine has disks with existing data, then after booting into WinPE but before running the restore, run DISKPART, select each disk, and run CLEAN ALL. Exit DISKPART, then run the dsmc restore systemstate. If none of the above helps, then I think it's PMR time. 1. Boot into WinPE. 2. Make sure the disks are cleaned as per the above. 3. Run the restore and collect a trace: dsmc restore systemstate -traceflags=service -tracefile=x:\restore_trace.out. Wait for the restore to finish (unsuccessfully). 4. Change into the %TEMP% directory and locate file TSM_Backup.xml (easiest thing to do is use dir /s TSM_Backup.xml to find the file) 5. Collect the trace file, the TSM_Backup.xml file and dsmerror.log file. 6. Open the PMR, including the problem description and doc that you collected. 7. (optional) Send a private email (off this list) with the PMR number so I can keep an eye on it. Regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-04-24 16:39:02: > From: Tom Alverson > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-04-24 16:40 > Subject: Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ?? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Sometimes I get this message > > Waiting for pre-restore to complete ['o_']. > > instead of this > > Waiting for pre-restore to complete ['._']. > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Tom Alverson > wrote: > > > I made a bootable disk but the SYSTEMSTATE restore always fails with this > > message: > > > > Total number of objects restored: 19 > > Total number of objects failed: 0 > > Total number of bytes transferred: 2.06 MB > > Data transfer time: 0.82 sec > > Network data transfer rate: 2,566.27 KB/sec > > Aggregate data transfer rate: 210.28 KB/sec > > Elapsed processing time: 00:00:10 > > > > Waiting for pre-restore to complete ['._']. > > ANS1459E VSS Automated System Recovery (ASR) failed. " > > > > I found this old posting > > > > https://adsm.org/forum/index.php?threads/tsm-disaster- > > recovery-problems-with-server-2012-and-uefi.27388/ > > > > where a few people had this same issue, so I tried the command they said > > worked to create a good boot image: > > > > oscdimg -m -n -o -bootdata:2#p0,e,bc:\winpe_x64\fwfiles \etfsboot.com#pEF, > > e,bc:\winpe_x64\fwfiles\efisys.bin c:\winpe_x64\media c:\winpe_x64.iso > > > > This did not make any difference. Any idea what the issue might be? > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Andrew Raibeck > > wrote: > > > >> Hi Tom, > >> > >> I have it quite near the top of my to-do list to provide an update for > >> Windows Server 2016. In the mean time... > >> > >> The main difference is in the steps used to put the backup-archive client > >> code in the bootable ISO image, given that verbatim instructions we > >> currently have work only with the pre-spinstall packages. Another change > >> (improvement) is in the command used to create the ISO image, which can be > >> used for both BIOS and UEFI based systems. You no longer need to build one > >> image for UEFI and another for BIOS. > >> > >> The steps for restore are the same as for earlier versions of Windows. > >> > >> Preparation: Install and use the latest ADK from Microso
Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ??
Tom, Glad to hear that did the trick. I'm not sure why right-clicking on the icon doesn't show you the "Run as administrator", it does for me (I have Windows 10 Pro), but either way, good news, at least to this point. ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-04-21 14:54:30: > From: Tom Alverson > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-04-21 14:56 > Subject: Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ?? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > That worked. I suspected a permission issue and that is why I tried > putting it in c:\temp which did not help. I did this on a Windows 10 > computer and the "run as administrator" command is not directly on the > right click menu (for the deployment tools command prompt) but is under a > "more" option when you right click. > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hi Tom, > > > > One immediate thought occurs to me: did you launch the ADK command prompt > > using "Run as administrator" If not, try launching a new prompt with "Run > > as administrator", change into to the C:\WinPE_x64\media directory, and > > re-run the MakeWinPEMedia command as before, see if that clears up the > > issue. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > Product support: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > Online documentation: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > Product Wiki: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-04-21 > > 13:49:48: > > > > > From: Tom Alverson > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2017-04-21 13:53 > > > Subject: Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ?? > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > I was with you right up to the last command and I got this: > > > > > > C:\WinPE_x64\media>MakeWinPEMedia /ISO C:\WinPE_x64 > > C:\temp\WinPE_x64.iso > > > Creating C:\temp\WinPE_x64.iso... > > > Scanning source tree (500 files in 123 directories) ERROR: Failed to > > create > > > "C:\temp\WinPE_x64.iso" file. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Andrew Raibeck > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Tom, > > > > > > > > I have it quite near the top of my to-do list to provide an update for > > > > Windows Server 2016. In the mean time... > > > > > > > > The main difference is in the steps used to put the backup-archive > > client > > > > code in the bootable ISO image, given that verbatim instructions we > > > > currently have work only with the pre-spinstall packages. Another > > change > > > > (improvement) is in the command used to create the ISO image, which can > > be > > > > used for both BIOS and UEFI based systems. You no longer need to build > > one > > > > image for UEFI and another for BIOS. > > > > > > > > The steps for restore are the same as for earlier versions of Windows. > > > > > > > > Preparation: Install and use the latest ADK from Microsoft. As I write > > > > this, the latest version is for Windows 10, version 1703. Go to > > > > https://www.microsoft.com and search on "windows assessment and > > deployment > > > > kit" (without the quotes). Once you have that in place, proceed with > > the > > > > step 1. > > > > > > > > 1. Extract the 8.1 backup-archive client package. For example, if you > > get > > > > the package from our download site, you can extract it to directory > > > > C:\down
Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ??
Hi Tom, One immediate thought occurs to me: did you launch the ADK command prompt using "Run as administrator" If not, try launching a new prompt with "Run as administrator", change into to the C:\WinPE_x64\media directory, and re-run the MakeWinPEMedia command as before, see if that clears up the issue. Regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-04-21 13:49:48: > From: Tom Alverson > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-04-21 13:53 > Subject: Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ?? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > I was with you right up to the last command and I got this: > > C:\WinPE_x64\media>MakeWinPEMedia /ISO C:\WinPE_x64 C:\temp\WinPE_x64.iso > Creating C:\temp\WinPE_x64.iso... > Scanning source tree (500 files in 123 directories) ERROR: Failed to create > "C:\temp\WinPE_x64.iso" file. > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hi Tom, > > > > I have it quite near the top of my to-do list to provide an update for > > Windows Server 2016. In the mean time... > > > > The main difference is in the steps used to put the backup-archive client > > code in the bootable ISO image, given that verbatim instructions we > > currently have work only with the pre-spinstall packages. Another change > > (improvement) is in the command used to create the ISO image, which can be > > used for both BIOS and UEFI based systems. You no longer need to build one > > image for UEFI and another for BIOS. > > > > The steps for restore are the same as for earlier versions of Windows. > > > > Preparation: Install and use the latest ADK from Microsoft. As I write > > this, the latest version is for Windows 10, version 1703. Go to > > https://www.microsoft.com and search on "windows assessment and deployment > > kit" (without the quotes). Once you have that in place, proceed with the > > step 1. > > > > 1. Extract the 8.1 backup-archive client package. For example, if you get > > the package from our download site, you can extract it to directory > > C:\download with this command: > > > >8.1.0.0-TIV-TSMBAC-WinX64.exe -oC:\download > > > > The root of the install image is TSMClient, so that directory structure > > will be created in C:\download. > > > > 2. In the ADK Deployment command prompt, issue: > > > >copype amd64 C:\WinPE_x64 > > > > 3. Run this command to copy the client image to the WinPE media directory: > > > >robocopy C:\download\TSMClient C:\WinPE_x64\media /e > > > > 4. cd into C:\WinPE_x64\media > > > > 5. Run this command: > > > >dsmc-pe-x64 set > > > > 6. (optional) Clean up unneeded files: > > > >del *.ini *.mst *.msi *.htm *.exe *.spd *.cmd > > > >rd /s /q common64 commonappdata ibmspjvm issetupprerequisites system64 > > win windows > > > > 7. Run this command to build the WinPE bootable ISO image: > > > >MakeWinPEMedia /ISO C:\WinPE_x64 C:\WinPE_x64.iso > > > > Best regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > Product support: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > Online documentation: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > Product Wiki: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-04-20 > > 14:38:13: > > > > > From: Tom Alverson > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2017-04-20 14:39 > > > Subject: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ?? > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > The only instructions I can find for BMR do not mention Server 2016 (see > > > link below). Are there any updated instructions so I don't waste my time > > > trying this old procedure? This says to make a Windows 8.1 boot disk? > > > > > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/ > > > wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Best%20practices%20for% > > > 20Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager%20backup-archive%20client > > > > > >
Re: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ??
Hi Tom, I have it quite near the top of my to-do list to provide an update for Windows Server 2016. In the mean time... The main difference is in the steps used to put the backup-archive client code in the bootable ISO image, given that verbatim instructions we currently have work only with the pre-spinstall packages. Another change (improvement) is in the command used to create the ISO image, which can be used for both BIOS and UEFI based systems. You no longer need to build one image for UEFI and another for BIOS. The steps for restore are the same as for earlier versions of Windows. Preparation: Install and use the latest ADK from Microsoft. As I write this, the latest version is for Windows 10, version 1703. Go to https://www.microsoft.com and search on "windows assessment and deployment kit" (without the quotes). Once you have that in place, proceed with the step 1. 1. Extract the 8.1 backup-archive client package. For example, if you get the package from our download site, you can extract it to directory C:\download with this command: 8.1.0.0-TIV-TSMBAC-WinX64.exe -oC:\download The root of the install image is TSMClient, so that directory structure will be created in C:\download. 2. In the ADK Deployment command prompt, issue: copype amd64 C:\WinPE_x64 3. Run this command to copy the client image to the WinPE media directory: robocopy C:\download\TSMClient C:\WinPE_x64\media /e 4. cd into C:\WinPE_x64\media 5. Run this command: dsmc-pe-x64 set 6. (optional) Clean up unneeded files: del *.ini *.mst *.msi *.htm *.exe *.spd *.cmd rd /s /q common64 commonappdata ibmspjvm issetupprerequisites system64 win windows 7. Run this command to build the WinPE bootable ISO image: MakeWinPEMedia /ISO C:\WinPE_x64 C:\WinPE_x64.iso Best regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-04-20 14:38:13: > From: Tom Alverson > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-04-20 14:39 > Subject: BMR with Spectrum Protect 8.1 on Windows 2016 ?? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > The only instructions I can find for BMR do not mention Server 2016 (see > link below). Are there any updated instructions so I don't waste my time > trying this old procedure? This says to make a Windows 8.1 boot disk? > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/ > wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Best%20practices%20for% > 20Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager%20backup-archive%20client >
Re: How to exclude bad Linux mountpoint
Another thought: if you are seeing the client hang, try using the NFSTIMEOUT option to set a number of seconds the client will wait while trying to stat the file system, e.g., NFSTIMEOUT 10 to wait up to 10 seconds. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-02-07 15:05:24: > From: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-02-07 15:45 > Subject: Re: How to exclude bad Linux mountpoint > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Zoltan, > > It could be the simple act of enumerating file systems or mount points that > causes a problem. What kinds of problems, specifically, are you seeing? > > A couple of thoughts (not sure these will help): > > - Does this show up as a separate file system, such as when you do df -m? > If yes, you could try exclude.fs /tmp/SECUPD > > - Another possibility is to define it as a virtual mount point using the > VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT option, then using exclude.fs. > > Finally, a total "shot in the dark", but try searching the internet for > this directory name. One discussion I found indicates that /tmp/SECUPD is > causing other issues, too: > > http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/19996605 > > Regards, > > Andy > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > Product support: > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager > > Online documentation: > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > Product Wiki: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > 20Storage%20Manager > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-02-07 > 14:45:50: > > > From: Zoltan Forray > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 2017-02-07 14:46 > > Subject: How to exclude bad Linux mountpoint > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > Ever since a certain Dell update, a ghost mountpoint of /tmp/SECUPD is > left > > hanging after iDRAC/OpenManage updates. This is now causing heartburn > for > > TSM backups. > > > > I have tried pushing down via CLOPTSET to > > > > exclude.dir /tmp/SECUPD > > exclude /tmp/SECUPD > > > > but neither work - TSM still tries to access/back it up. > > > > Any suggestions on how to get TSM to stop trying to access this mount? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Zoltan Forray* > > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > > Xymon Monitor Administrator > > VMware Administrator (in training) > > Virginia Commonwealth University > > UCC/Office of Technology Services > > www.ucc.vcu.edu > > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html > > >
Re: How to exclude bad Linux mountpoint
Hi Zoltan, It could be the simple act of enumerating file systems or mount points that causes a problem. What kinds of problems, specifically, are you seeing? A couple of thoughts (not sure these will help): - Does this show up as a separate file system, such as when you do df -m? If yes, you could try exclude.fs /tmp/SECUPD - Another possibility is to define it as a virtual mount point using the VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT option, then using exclude.fs. Finally, a total "shot in the dark", but try searching the internet for this directory name. One discussion I found indicates that /tmp/SECUPD is causing other issues, too: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/19996605 Regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-02-07 14:45:50: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-02-07 14:46 > Subject: How to exclude bad Linux mountpoint > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Ever since a certain Dell update, a ghost mountpoint of /tmp/SECUPD is left > hanging after iDRAC/OpenManage updates. This is now causing heartburn for > TSM backups. > > I have tried pushing down via CLOPTSET to > > exclude.dir /tmp/SECUPD > exclude /tmp/SECUPD > > but neither work - TSM still tries to access/back it up. > > Any suggestions on how to get TSM to stop trying to access this mount? > > > > > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > Xymon Monitor Administrator > VMware Administrator (in training) > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > www.ucc.vcu.edu > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html >
Re: AIX BAclient hung spinning cpu
Hi Rick, Not sure what could be going on, but a few thoughts: - You indicate you are running 7.1.6. Is that 7.1.6.0? If yes, there are a couple of APARs you should be aware of that are related to instrumentation: IT16364 and IT16403. These are fixed in 7.1.6.3 and later. If either of those are in play, the closest might be IT16364 (see the APAR description for details, https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16364). Beyond that: - Are these files that you always expect will get backed up? Or is it truly possible that might not have changed since the last backup? I mention this in case you want to consider using the SELECTIVE command rather than INCREMENTAL. That is, if the file is always expected to be backed up, then you can eliminate the overhead of incremental processing by just using SELECTIVE. - Regarding the file spec //arch_.log: is the file directly under /? Or are you expecting dsmc to traverse the directory structure to look for the file? Are there files with the same name that will get backed up? If this is just a one-file-at-at-time backup, consider specifying the fully qualified path, to avoid time spent traversing the file system. Then you an also get rid of the -SUBDIR=YES option. My thinking is, if you are doing backups of specifically targeted files, then dsmc could be doing a lot of unnecessary processing by using INCREMENTAL and -SUBDIR=YES. If the problem persists and none of the above helps, I suggest collecting a SERVICE trace that captures the problem, and opening a PMR with IBM support. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-02-07 10:48:21: > From: "Rhodes, Richard L." > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-02-07 11:09 > Subject: AIX BAclient hung spinning cpu > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > AIX TSM server 7.1.5 > AIX BA client 7.1.6 on AIX 7100-03 > > One of our servers is having the BA client hang. > They are doing a Oracle archive backup: >/usr/bin/dsmc incremental -subdir=yes -se=oracle-bkup //arch_.log > > They process the archive logs individually - one dsmc per log file, > then delete the archive log after a good backup. > > Every couple of days a dsmc will hang. The TSM server shows the > session started and in idleW state. On the client the dsmc is > running one processor mostly flat out. There is nothing in > dsmerror.log. The dsminstr.log shows the process starting, but nothing else. > > I googled and searched IBM, but not finding anything. > > We just added -enableinstrumation=yes to the cmd to see if that > gives any better info. > > > Any thought are welcome! > > Rick > > > > > - > The information contained in this message is intended only for the > personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If > the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent > responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that you have received this document in error and > that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this > message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the > original message.
Re: R: [ADSM-L] Backup only one directory
Hi Marco, You might want to look at this thread, from last year, which covers the same kind of question: https://adsm.org/lists/html/ADSM-L/2016-08/msg00065.html Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-02-03 06:01:37: > From: Marco Batazzi > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-02-03 06:02 > Subject: R: [ADSM-L] Backup only one directory > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > It is impossible in dsm.opt? > I prefer to not create a specific customized schedule. > > > -Messaggio originale- > Da: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] Per conto > di Schneck, Dennis > Inviato: venerdì 3 febbraio 2017 11:39 > A: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Oggetto: Re: [ADSM-L] Backup only one directory > > > How can I workaround it? > > dsmc inc "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\*" > > > > Am 03.02.2017 um 11:30 schrieb Marco Batazzi: > > Hello, > > I want to do a backuo of only one directory of one filesystem, in > my dsm.opt I put: > > DOMAIN C: > > Exclude "*:\...\*" > > Exclude "*:\*" > > INCLUDE "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\...\*" > > > > The problem here is that only my interested files will be backed > up but all others filesystem folder will be backed up too. > > > > How can I workaround it? > > > > -- > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards / 诚挚的问候 > > i.A. Dennis Schneck > > > > Schuler Pressen GmbH | Bahnhofstraße 41 | 73033 Göppingen | Germany > Tel. +49 7161 66-2933 | Fax +49 7161 66-8440 > dennis.schn...@schulergroup.com | http://www.schulergroup.com > > Member of the ANDRITZ Group > > E-Mail-Pflichtangaben (gem. EHUG): http://pflichtangaben.schulergroup.com
Re: restoring to different destination via schedule
Hi Gary, Specify the destination file spec in the OBJECTS parameter as well. For example, OBJECTS='"C:\My Dir\Files\*" "C:\My Restore Dir\Files\"' Best regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-01-20 16:18:07: > From: "Lee, Gary" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-01-20 16:19 > Subject: restoring to different destination via schedule > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > How do you specify the destination file spdec when scheduling a > restore command? > > I see where the objects parm specifys file to restore. > > Thanks. >
Re: trouble with scheduled restore
Oops, apparently I forgot how to count... the last item on my list, about quoting the file specification, should be number 5. The two pairs of quotes are important, because with only one pair of quotes, the client will split the string you have into three items, where the blanks spaces occur. The extra pair of quotes ensure the client correctly treats that directory name as a single string. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-01-19 11:37:56: > From: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-01-19 11:39 > Subject: Re: trouble with scheduled restore > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Gary, > > 1. There should be no comma between the domain name and the schedule name. > > 2. You need to specify action=restore as part of the schedule definition; > the default action is incremental. > > 3. I assume you are specifying valid date and times in the -pitdate and > -pittime options. > > 4. You can remove the -inac option as it is redundant. This is because > inactive objects are implicit with point-in-time restore. > > 3. Because the file specification contains embedded blanks, I suggest you > append an asterisk to the end of the directory specification; surround the > file specification in double quotation marks; and then surround the > double-quoted file specification with single quotes, like this: > > Obj='"e:\Shared\INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES\scanned_sunapsis_files\*"' > > Best regards, > > Andy > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > Product support: > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager > > Online documentation: > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > Product Wiki: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > 20Storage%20Manager > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-01-19 > 11:12:41: > > > From: "Lee, Gary" > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 2017-01-19 11:13 > > Subject: trouble with scheduled restore > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > Trying to restore a subdirectory to a server. > > > > Cannot use GUI as it is java and does not work well with screen > > readers for the blind. > > Have restore scheduled, but it fails as follows: > > > > 01/19/2017 11:00:26 ANS1102E An excessive number of command line > > arguments are passed to the program. > > > > Schedule is > > > > Def sch domain, sch-name - > > Opt="-pitdate=date -pitt=time -inac" - > > Obj='e:\Shared\INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES\scanned_sunapsis_files\' > > > > How to solve this? > > > > Server version 6.3.4.0 > > Client version 6.3.2 > > Os windows 2008 > > >
Re: trouble with scheduled restore
Hi Gary, 1. There should be no comma between the domain name and the schedule name. 2. You need to specify action=restore as part of the schedule definition; the default action is incremental. 3. I assume you are specifying valid date and times in the -pitdate and -pittime options. 4. You can remove the -inac option as it is redundant. This is because inactive objects are implicit with point-in-time restore. 3. Because the file specification contains embedded blanks, I suggest you append an asterisk to the end of the directory specification; surround the file specification in double quotation marks; and then surround the double-quoted file specification with single quotes, like this: Obj='"e:\Shared\INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES\scanned_sunapsis_files\*"' Best regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2017-01-19 11:12:41: > From: "Lee, Gary" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2017-01-19 11:13 > Subject: trouble with scheduled restore > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Trying to restore a subdirectory to a server. > > Cannot use GUI as it is java and does not work well with screen > readers for the blind. > Have restore scheduled, but it fails as follows: > > 01/19/2017 11:00:26 ANS1102E An excessive number of command line > arguments are passed to the program. > > Schedule is > > Def sch domain, sch-name - > Opt="-pitdate=date -pitt=time -inac" - > Obj='e:\Shared\INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES\scanned_sunapsis_files\' > > How to solve this? > > Server version 6.3.4.0 > Client version 6.3.2 > Os windows 2008 >
Re: Rename directory
Hi Hans, Yes, hypothetically you can set RETONLY to a lower value than RETEXTRA, but I do not know why you would want to do this. While I cannot make your data retention policy decisions for you, I would not advise such a configuration. For example, suppose you create the special management class for the files in R:\olddir so that it has RETONLY set for 15 days. RETEXTRA remain at 30. Let's call the special management class REDUCERETONLY. You configure an INCLUDE statement like this: include r:\olddir\...\* reduceretonly On December 1 you run an incremental backup on R:. All the files in R:\olddir (and its subdirectories) will be rebound to management class REDUCERETONLY. On December 2 you move the data from R:\olddir to R:\newdir, so that olddir no longer exists. Later, you back up R:. All data in R:\newdir is backed up. All active versions in R:\olddir are inactivated, and will be kept for an additional 15 days. Meanwhile the older inactive versions still have the retention based on the 30 day RETEXTRA value. On December 3 - 20 you continue backups as usual. On December 21 you find a user needs to restore the backup version created on December 1. This means you need the backup versions from directory R:\olddir. However that version is not available because the 15 day RETONLY period has transpired, and that backup version was expired. Meanwhile, a version from November 30 or before might still be available, but it is not the needed version. Best regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-22 08:13:43: > From: Hans Christian Riksheim > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-11-22 08:14 > Subject: Re: Rename directory > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Andrew. > > Thanks. Luckily RETEXTRA is only 30 days while RETONLY is 5000. But I guess > I could have set RETONLY for the new mgmt class lower than RETEXTRA with no > consequence right? Never done that before. > > Regards, > > Hans Chr. > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hello Hans, > > > > Before moving the directory OLD to NEW, you can: > > > > 1. Create a new (special) management class for OLD that is similar to the > > current management class, but has the desired RETONLY setting (for example, > > maybe it should match RETEXTRA?) > > > > 2. Add an INCLUDE statement to bind all files in OLD to the new management > > class > > > > 3. Next incremental backup will rebind all files in OLD to the new > > management class that has the lower RETONLY setting > > > > Best regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > Product support: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > Online documentation: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > Product Wiki: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-22 > > 05:38:38: > > > > > From: Hans Christian Riksheim > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2016-11-22 05:39 > > > Subject: Rename directory > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > A customer wants to move a lot of data from directory OLD to NEW. A new > > > incremental will then backup all files under NEW and the files under OLD > > > deactivated.This will then cause the former active files under OLD to > > stay > > > on tape until RETONLY effectively doubling the cost for the customer. > > > > > > Any method to get rid of the active backup data under OLD while still. > > > > > > 1. Keeping the other inactive versions. > > > 2. Not deleting the Active date before the move which is a risky > > solution. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Hans Chr. > > > > > >
Re: Rename directory
Hello Hans, Before moving the directory OLD to NEW, you can: 1. Create a new (special) management class for OLD that is similar to the current management class, but has the desired RETONLY setting (for example, maybe it should match RETEXTRA?) 2. Add an INCLUDE statement to bind all files in OLD to the new management class 3. Next incremental backup will rebind all files in OLD to the new management class that has the lower RETONLY setting Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-22 05:38:38: > From: Hans Christian Riksheim > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-11-22 05:39 > Subject: Rename directory > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > A customer wants to move a lot of data from directory OLD to NEW. A new > incremental will then backup all files under NEW and the files under OLD > deactivated.This will then cause the former active files under OLD to stay > on tape until RETONLY effectively doubling the cost for the customer. > > Any method to get rid of the active backup data under OLD while still. > > 1. Keeping the other inactive versions. > 2. Not deleting the Active date before the move which is a risky solution. > > Regards, > > Hans Chr. >
Re: Can't Restore on CIFS/DFS backup server yet can backup
Hi Zoltan, sure. Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-17 15:19:16: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-11-17 15:20 > Subject: Re: Can't Restore on CIFS/DFS backup server yet can backup > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Andy, > > My attempt to post a reply failed due to the attachment. Can I email you > directly to discuss this problem further? > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Zoltan, > > > > > Can we assume it applies to the Web interface as well, since that is what > > > is being used - not the GUI? > > > > Yes. > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > Product support: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > Online documentation: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > Product Wiki: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-17 > > 11:33:25: > > > > > From: Zoltan Forray > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2016-11-17 11:34 > > > Subject: Re: Can't Restore on CIFS/DFS backup server yet can backup > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > Andy, > > > > > > The APAR description says "IBM Tivoli Storage Manager *client GUI* cannot > > > display files which were backed up in a directory tree, when a mount > > point > > > was created as an underlying directory name." > > > > > > Can we assume it applies to the Web interface as well, since that is what > > > is being used - not the GUI? > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Andrew Raibeck > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Zoltan, > > > > > > > > Does this APAR possibly match your issue? > > > > > > > > http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC72016 > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > > > Product support: > > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > > > > > Online documentation: > > > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > > > > > Product Wiki: > > > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-17 > > > > 10:46:11: > > > > > > > > > From: Zoltan Forray > > > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > > > Date: 2016-11-17 10:47 > > > > > Subject: Re: Can't Restore on CIFS/DFS backup server yet can backup > > > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > > > > > You are mostly correct in your understanding of our configuration. > > Let > > > > see > > > > > if this helps. > > > > > > > > > > We have a server called TSMCIFS3. It has access/mount points to > > numerous > > > > > CIFS and now DFS storage/directories/mount points/shares, whatever > > you > > > > want > > > > > to call them. > > > > > The TSM software on this server is used to backup
Re: Can't Restore on CIFS/DFS backup server yet can backup
Zoltan, > Can we assume it applies to the Web interface as well, since that is what > is being used - not the GUI? Yes. Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-17 11:33:25: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-11-17 11:34 > Subject: Re: Can't Restore on CIFS/DFS backup server yet can backup > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Andy, > > The APAR description says "IBM Tivoli Storage Manager *client GUI* cannot > display files which were backed up in a directory tree, when a mount point > was created as an underlying directory name." > > Can we assume it applies to the Web interface as well, since that is what > is being used - not the GUI? > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hi Zoltan, > > > > Does this APAR possibly match your issue? > > > > http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC72016 > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > Product support: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > Online documentation: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > Product Wiki: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-17 > > 10:46:11: > > > > > From: Zoltan Forray > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2016-11-17 10:47 > > > Subject: Re: Can't Restore on CIFS/DFS backup server yet can backup > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > You are mostly correct in your understanding of our configuration. Let > > see > > > if this helps. > > > > > > We have a server called TSMCIFS3. It has access/mount points to numerous > > > CIFS and now DFS storage/directories/mount points/shares, whatever you > > want > > > to call them. > > > The TSM software on this server is used to backup everything but the > > local > > > box since it/the local boxes has nothing on it worth backing up. It is > > > purely a service machine. > > > Each TSM node configured on this box (>30) has its own configuration > > files > > > (dsmsched, dsm.opt, etc) which includes unique http ports for each node. > > > User/admins access their backups for their nodes via dsmcad/http. > > > Each node has a unique set of services and yes those services are > > > configured to use specific domain accounts to perform the backups for > > each > > > node. > > > The backup schedules for each of these nodes has the OBJECT value set to > > > determine which mount point/share/filesystem/directory is backed up. > > > > > > Yes I agree I think it is an authority issue. However, our confusion is > > if > > > the ID associated with the node can see and backup what it needs to > > > see/access, why can't the restore function see the same? > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Robert Talda wrote: > > > > > > > Zoltan: > > > > Okay, I’m getting mixed messages from your post. So my answer may be > > of > > > > limited value. > > > > > > > > “Signing in via browser” implies to me you are using the Web client - > > am > > > > I correct? > > > > > > > > Assuming so, > > > > - BACKUP is looking at the local filesystems - not the information from > > > > the TSM Server > > > > - RESTORE would be looking at the information from the TSM Server. > > > > > > > > Based on that, I suspect it may be the id you are using to sign on > > via > > > > the Web client. > > > > &
Re: Can't Restore on CIFS/DFS backup server yet can backup
Hi Zoltan, Does this APAR possibly match your issue? http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC72016 Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-17 10:46:11: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-11-17 10:47 > Subject: Re: Can't Restore on CIFS/DFS backup server yet can backup > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > You are mostly correct in your understanding of our configuration. Let see > if this helps. > > We have a server called TSMCIFS3. It has access/mount points to numerous > CIFS and now DFS storage/directories/mount points/shares, whatever you want > to call them. > The TSM software on this server is used to backup everything but the local > box since it/the local boxes has nothing on it worth backing up. It is > purely a service machine. > Each TSM node configured on this box (>30) has its own configuration files > (dsmsched, dsm.opt, etc) which includes unique http ports for each node. > User/admins access their backups for their nodes via dsmcad/http. > Each node has a unique set of services and yes those services are > configured to use specific domain accounts to perform the backups for each > node. > The backup schedules for each of these nodes has the OBJECT value set to > determine which mount point/share/filesystem/directory is backed up. > > Yes I agree I think it is an authority issue. However, our confusion is if > the ID associated with the node can see and backup what it needs to > see/access, why can't the restore function see the same? > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Robert Talda wrote: > > > Zoltan: > > Okay, I’m getting mixed messages from your post. So my answer may be of > > limited value. > > > > “Signing in via browser” implies to me you are using the Web client - am > > I correct? > > > > Assuming so, > > - BACKUP is looking at the local filesystems - not the information from > > the TSM Server > > - RESTORE would be looking at the information from the TSM Server. > > > > Based on that, I suspect it may be the id you are using to sign on via > > the Web client. > > > > FWIW, > > Bob T > > > > > > Robert Talda > > EZ-Backup Systems Engineer > > Cornell University > > +1 607-255-8280 > > r...@cornell.edu > > > > > > > On Nov 16, 2016, at 2:19 PM, Zoltan Forray wrote: > > > > > > I have an interesting situation when attempting to perform a restore on a > > > node that performs backups of CIFS/DFS mounts. > > > > > > The client is accessed via http / dsmcad since this server is setup to > > > backup multiple CIFS shares and now moving to DFS. > > > > > > After signing in via browser, I can bring up BACKUP and see lots and lots > > > of file shares/directories, etc. > > > > > > But when I bring up RESTORE, I don't see any of that. Just three > > > higher-level directories. > > > > > > Occupancy shows 4.7-million files backed up and yes I tried toggling > > > active/inactive. Checking the dsmsched log shows it scanning 4.7 million > > > files and backed up 1300 just last night. > > > > > > Both the client and server are 7.1.6.3 so I can't go any higher. > > > > > > Recently rebooted everything. Nothing out of the ordinary in > > > dsmwebcl.log. Just shows sessions starting and there was a password > > issue > > > for the user who contacted me about this. Even shows idle-timeouts. > > > > > > So what gives? Why can't restore/see anything? Obviously, I am a full > > > system admin so that's not be an issue. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > *Zoltan Forray* > > > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > > > Xymon Monitor Administrator > > > VMware Administrator (in training) > > > Virginia Commonwealth University > > > UCC/Office of Technology Services > > > www.ucc.vcu.edu > > > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > > > Don&
Re: Client issues after upgrade
Hi Zoltan, Thanks for the update on this. Let me know how the install goes after upgrading using spinstall.exe. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-15 09:43:37: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-11-15 09:44 > Subject: Re: Client issues after upgrade > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Andy, > > Nevermind. I just found out she WAS running *IBM Tivoli Storage Manager > Client.msi* directly, not using spinstall.exe. She is going to upgrade > another client this week, using the proper method, to prove it WAD. Sorry > to have bothered you. > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > Hi Zoltan, > > > > Can you provide more details? > > > > - Exact version of Windows and processor architecture, e.g., Windows Server > > 2008 Standard x86 > > - Which client version was installed prior to the upgrade, e.g., 7.1.1.2 > > - What client services are configured, e.g., client scheduler service, CAD > > and remote client agent (run "dsmcutil list" command to see what is > > installed) > > - Were all instances of the client stopped prior to the upgrade, e.g., > > admin client, command line client, etc.? > > - Did the installer indicate that a reboot was needed to complete the > > install? > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > Product support: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > Online documentation: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > Product Wiki: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-07 > > 13:01:32: > > > > > From: Zoltan Forray > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2016-11-07 13:03 > > > Subject: Re: Client issues after upgrade > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > I am pretty sure this wasn't a silent install. The OS person responsible > > > said she stopped the scheduler services, ran the install package > > > manuallyand went from there. > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Andrew Raibeck > > wrote: > > > > > > > You do need to install the DLL libraries separately when doing a silent > > > > install. See > > > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.6/ > > > > client/c_inst_winsilent.html > > > > > > > > Is there still a problem even when following the doc? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > > > Product support: > > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > > > > > Online documentation: > > > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > > > > > Product Wiki: > > > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-07 > > > > 11:32:25: > > > > > > > > > From: Zoltan Forray > > > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > > > Date: 2016-11-07 11:39 > > > > > Subject: Re: Client issues after upgrade > > > > > Sent by: "ADSM:
Re: Client issues after upgrade
Hi Zoltan, Can you provide more details? - Exact version of Windows and processor architecture, e.g., Windows Server 2008 Standard x86 - Which client version was installed prior to the upgrade, e.g., 7.1.1.2 - What client services are configured, e.g., client scheduler service, CAD and remote client agent (run "dsmcutil list" command to see what is installed) - Were all instances of the client stopped prior to the upgrade, e.g., admin client, command line client, etc.? - Did the installer indicate that a reboot was needed to complete the install? Regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-07 13:01:32: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-11-07 13:03 > Subject: Re: Client issues after upgrade > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > I am pretty sure this wasn't a silent install. The OS person responsible > said she stopped the scheduler services, ran the install package > manuallyand went from there. > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > You do need to install the DLL libraries separately when doing a silent > > install. See > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.6/ > > client/c_inst_winsilent.html > > > > Is there still a problem even when following the doc? > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > Product support: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > Online documentation: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > Product Wiki: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > > 20Storage%20Manager > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-07 > > 11:32:25: > > > > > From: Zoltan Forray > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 2016-11-07 11:39 > > > Subject: Re: Client issues after upgrade > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > Can you elaborate on this with an APAR number or webpage/location? > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 8:00 AM, Karel Bos wrote: > > > > > > > Those ddl files should have beem installed by ba client install but > > wont. > > > > Known bug will be fixed. Support page is up and local fix points to sub > > > > folder of baclient unpack dir to run the needed setup manually. > > > > > > > > Op 3 nov. 2016 21:25 schreef "Shawn DREW" > > : > > > > > > > > > I have run into this problem when the install was done using the > > silent > > > > > install automated through a script instead of the GUI install. > > > > > When I redid the install through the GUI, it offered to install those > > MS > > > > > libraries and fixed everything. > > > > > > > > > > You can also perform silent installs of the vcredit*exe binaries as > > well > > > > > if you need to automate it. > > > > > -Shawn > > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > > Behalf > > Of > > > > > Robert Talda > > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 3:52 PM > > > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > > > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Client issues after upgrade > > > > > > > > > > Zoltan: > > > > > Just a hunch, but those files sound like the Microsoft > > redistributable > > > > > libraries that are required for the client. So the upgrade consists > > of > > > > > more than just running msiexec; there are a couple of > > vcredist_x86.exe > > > > > calls to make as well. It just feels like those calls were missed. > > &
Re: Client issues after upgrade
You do need to install the DLL libraries separately when doing a silent install. See http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.6/client/c_inst_winsilent.html Is there still a problem even when following the doc? Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-11-07 11:32:25: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-11-07 11:39 > Subject: Re: Client issues after upgrade > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Can you elaborate on this with an APAR number or webpage/location? > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 8:00 AM, Karel Bos wrote: > > > Those ddl files should have beem installed by ba client install but wont. > > Known bug will be fixed. Support page is up and local fix points to sub > > folder of baclient unpack dir to run the needed setup manually. > > > > Op 3 nov. 2016 21:25 schreef "Shawn DREW" : > > > > > I have run into this problem when the install was done using the silent > > > install automated through a script instead of the GUI install. > > > When I redid the install through the GUI, it offered to install those MS > > > libraries and fixed everything. > > > > > > You can also perform silent installs of the vcredit*exe binaries as well > > > if you need to automate it. > > > -Shawn > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > > > Robert Talda > > > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 3:52 PM > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Client issues after upgrade > > > > > > Zoltan: > > > Just a hunch, but those files sound like the Microsoft redistributable > > > libraries that are required for the client. So the upgrade consists of > > > more than just running msiexec; there are a couple of vcredist_x86.exe > > > calls to make as well. It just feels like those calls were missed. > > > > > > > > > FWIW, > > > Robert Talda > > > EZ-Backup Systems Engineer > > > Cornell University > > > +1 607-255-8280 > > > r...@cornell.edu > > > > > > > > > This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for > > > the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, > > > please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord > > > with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or > > partial, > > > is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the > > > integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall > > (will) > > > not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that > > > certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP > > > Paribas RCC, Inc. > > > > > > > > > Unless otherwise provided above, this message was sent by BNP Paribas, or > > > one of its affiliates in Canada, having an office at 1981 McGill College > > > Avenue, Montreal, QC, H3A 2W8, Canada. To the extent this message is > > being > > > sent from or to Canada, you may unsubscribe from receiving commercial > > > electronic messages by using this link: www.bnpparibas.ca/en/ > > unsubscribe/ > > > <http://www.bnpparibas.ca/en/unsubscribe/>. See www.bnpparibas.ca < > > > http://www.bnpparibas.ca> for more information on BNP Paribas, in > > Canada. > > > > > > > > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > Xymon Monitor Administrator > VMware Administrator (in training) > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > www.ucc.vcu.edu > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html >
Re: dsmc won't start/hangs
Hi Zoltan, Yes, it could be a stale NFS mount point. Take a look at the NFSTIMEOUT client option which lets you set a non-indefinite value for waiting on NFS mount points. Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-10-06 10:59:55: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-10-06 11:01 > Subject: dsmc won't start/hangs > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > An odd situation popped up on a Linux client (7.1.3.1). > > This client had been backing up just fine and suddenly it stopped. Nothing > in dsmerror.log. > > What is strange is you cant get into dsmc. It simply hangs so hard you > have to kill -9 it. > > The TSM server is still fully ping-able. Tried renaming dsm.sys/dsm.opt so > it could not find it and properly reports this but as soon as they are > available/found, it hang? > > The only clue/oddity we see is an NFS mount that is also > non-responsive/non-pingable and we are talking to the server owner about > rebooting the box.Can this be causing the dsmc process to hang? > > Any thoughts on how to diagnose this? > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > Xymon Monitor Administrator > VMware Administrator (in training) > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > www.ucc.vcu.edu > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html >
Re: TDP for Netezza - nzrestore
Hi Jeannie, The "export" commands are UNIX or Linux commands, not TSM commands. The DSMI_xx environment variables are specific to TSM. Since my earlier suggestions are not ringing any bells and I am not a Netezza expert, I think your best bet is to engage Netezza support for further assistance. Otherwise I would be concerned that in trying to help further, it could make a mess of things. Note that there is no "TDP for Netezza" as such, in the same way that there is no "TDP for DB2". Rather, Netezza is a non-TSM product that integrates its backups with TSM through the use of the TSM API. As a consumer of the API, they would best know how to troubleshoot the interaction between the Netezza commands and the API. Best regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-09-07 08:18:58: > From: Jeanne Bruno > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-09-07 08:20 > Subject: Re: TDP for Netezza - nzrestore > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hello. Thank Andyi'm sorta new with TDP for Netezza... > > 1. To answer your first email: Yes, the q fi & q occ are same on > our local and DR site (I call it source and target because we > replicate) for the netezza node. > > For the DSMI_DIR, DSMI_LOG and DSMI_CONFIG environment > variablesI'm not sure if I need to configure. I didn't do any > configuration on the netezza box at our local site when I was > setting up the TDP for the ./nzbackup process. > > 2. In your 2nd email, you mention to configure the environment > variables. Where am I typing (or configuring) these assignments?: > At the dsmc command prompt?? > > export DSMI_DIR=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64 > > export DSMI_LOG=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64 > > export DSMI_CONFIG=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/dsm.opt > > > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 5:08 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TDP for Netezza - nzrestore > > > ** THIS IS AN EXTERNAL EMAIL ** Use caution before opening links / > attachments. Never supply UserID/PASSWORD information. > > > Sorry, I mentioned DSMI_LOG twice, the last one should have been DSMI_CONFIG. > > One more thing: if your Linux system has a compiler on it, you can > build the sample API application, dapismp64: > >cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/sample >make -f makesmp64.linux86 > > (your makefile name might differ if this is not a Linux x86_64 > platform, but the name will start with "makesmp") > > Then run the resulting dapismp64 tool: > >./dapismp64 > > Select option 0 (zero), then press on all the questions > until it asks you if all responses are correct. For that last > question, type 'y' (without the quotes, then press . It might > fail, but if you get the RC 406, then you have a pattern consistent > with Netezza. The sample program is a good "smoke test" to ensure > the API is functional. > > Next, configure the environment variables: > > export DSMI_DIR=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64 > > export DSMI_LOG=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64 > > export DSMI_CONFIG=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/dsm.opt > > DSMI_DIR needs to point to the directory where dsm.sys, dsmtca, and > the en_US directory reside. The ../client/ba/bin might also have these files. > See what your local system uses. > > DSMI_LOG can point to whatever directory you want the dsierror.log to go > > DSMI_CONFIG needs to point to your dsm.opt file > > Regards, > > Andy > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > Product support: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=https-3A__www.ibm.com_support_entry_portal_product_tivoli_tivoli-5Fstorage-5Fmanager&d=CwIFAg&c=BY0WRPt8vrhqs_gNwjcMsqT0O3k78MJMGj95ah0eDEA&r=7l_gtgCLb17w6YLNyl5xk2NLH8XcWIQUFrWhANDp1mE&m=oLVwtlwVKFBigUFDj3zqWRZfcCoJzO3PNed9vG- > pGjg&s=8uZIILVMXjRlhNK5nleGVOfVY5NrH1ZZCRYlHpfjYyM&e= > > Online document
Re: Extra client sessions
Hi Zoltan,
Is your user doing proxied sessions? If yes, where is the MAXNUMMP
configured: on the agent node (NODENAME a)? Or the target node
(ASNODENAME b)? You need to ensure that the target node name has the
limited MAXNUMMP when proxied backups are performed.
Best regards,
Andy
Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
Product support:
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager
Online documentation:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html
Product Wiki:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-09-07
08:19:42:
> From: Zoltan Forray
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Date: 2016-09-07 08:29
> Subject: Re: Extra client sessions
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> But my point is that the user is getting whatever they set for
> RESOURCEUTILIZATION vs what I set for MAXNUMPOINT, without the noise.
This
> user is running 4-multi terabyte backup streams since they set
> RESOURCEUTILIZATION 5 while I still have MAXNUMPOINT set to 1/default.
>
> The users aren't supposed to be able to override the server
> settings/maximums. It would be anarchy!
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Andrew Raibeck
wrote:
>
> > Hi Zoltan,
> >
> > Yes, if MAXNUMMP is too low to accommodate a non-default
> > RESOURCEUTILIZATION value, then while the backup should work okay, you
may
> > see some warning messages about there being insufficient mount points.
The
> > client will continue, albeit with fewer sessions. This is why I suggest
> > making sure that if you have a higher RESOURCEUTILIZATION setting, you
have
> > the MAXNUMMP to avoid the "noise", and make sure that mutual
expectations
> > are met (the server is configured to deliver what the client requests).
> > Regardless, though, you are right, in the end it's not fatal to the
> > operation if the settings are mismatched.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
> >
> > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
> > Product support:
> > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/
> > tivoli_storage_manager
> >
> > Online documentation:
> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/
> > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html
> >
> > Product Wiki:
> > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%
> > 20Storage%20Manager
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-09-01
> > 08:40:33:
> >
> > > From: Zoltan Forray
> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > Date: 2016-09-01 08:43
> > > Subject: Re: Extra client sessions
> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info. Yes the user does(did) have RESOURCEUTILIZATION
4
> > > configured.
> > >
> > > I note the APAR you refer to is still open. It refers to v7.1 but how
far
> > > back does it go? The client recently upgrade all of his nodes to
> > 7.1.6.2,
> > > the latest available for Linux - not sure what level he was at when I
> > first
> > > saw this issue.
> > >
> > > As I said, I always though if MAXNUMPOINTS was set to 1 (the
default),
> > then
> > > what you specified for RESOURCEUTILZATION was ignored and you were
only
> > > supposed to get 2-sessions? Am I wrong in this assumption?
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Andrew Raibeck
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yes, do not use a RESOURCEUTILIZATION higher than the MAXNUMMP
setting.
> > > >
> > > > Having said that, there is an APAR that might ("might" is the
operative
> > > > word!) be a match for this issue, IT16004:
> > > >
> > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16004
> > > >
> > > > In this case, the symptom is seeing more consumer sessions than you
> > would
> > > > expect given the RESOURCEUTILIZATION setting. Even if the specific
> > symptoms
> > > > described in the APAR do not match your scenario, if no other
logical
> > > > explanation fits, it might stil be a match. You can contact support
for
> > > > further pr
Re: Extra client sessions
Hi Zoltan,
Yes, if MAXNUMMP is too low to accommodate a non-default
RESOURCEUTILIZATION value, then while the backup should work okay, you may
see some warning messages about there being insufficient mount points. The
client will continue, albeit with fewer sessions. This is why I suggest
making sure that if you have a higher RESOURCEUTILIZATION setting, you have
the MAXNUMMP to avoid the "noise", and make sure that mutual expectations
are met (the server is configured to deliver what the client requests).
Regardless, though, you are right, in the end it's not fatal to the
operation if the settings are mismatched.
Best regards,
Andy
________
Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
Product support:
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager
Online documentation:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html
Product Wiki:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-09-01
08:40:33:
> From: Zoltan Forray
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Date: 2016-09-01 08:43
> Subject: Re: Extra client sessions
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
> Thanks for the info. Yes the user does(did) have RESOURCEUTILIZATION 4
> configured.
>
> I note the APAR you refer to is still open. It refers to v7.1 but how far
> back does it go? The client recently upgrade all of his nodes to
7.1.6.2,
> the latest available for Linux - not sure what level he was at when I
first
> saw this issue.
>
> As I said, I always though if MAXNUMPOINTS was set to 1 (the default),
then
> what you specified for RESOURCEUTILZATION was ignored and you were only
> supposed to get 2-sessions? Am I wrong in this assumption?
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Andrew Raibeck
wrote:
>
> > Yes, do not use a RESOURCEUTILIZATION higher than the MAXNUMMP setting.
> >
> > Having said that, there is an APAR that might ("might" is the operative
> > word!) be a match for this issue, IT16004:
> >
> > https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16004
> >
> > In this case, the symptom is seeing more consumer sessions than you
would
> > expect given the RESOURCEUTILIZATION setting. Even if the specific
symptoms
> > described in the APAR do not match your scenario, if no other logical
> > explanation fits, it might stil be a match. You can contact support for
> > further problem determination assistance.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
> >
> > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
> > Product support:
> > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/
> > tivoli_storage_manager
> >
> > Online documentation:
> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/
> > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html
> >
> > Product Wiki:
> > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%
> > 20Storage%20Manager
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-08-31
> > 17:22:19:
> >
> > > From: Karel Bos
> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > Date: 2016-08-31 17:23
> > > Subject: Re: Extra client sessions
> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
> > >
> > > Might want to check resourceutil settings as that limits the number
of
> > > sessions clients try to setup. It should match maxnummp or be lower.
> > >
> > > Op 31 aug. 2016 22:21 schreef "Zoltan Forray" :
> > >
> > > > AHA - so I am not loosing my mind (at least in this situation). I
too
> > have
> > > > been seeing clients getting >3-sessions eventhough the NODE
> > maxnumpoints is
> > > > 1! I was always under the impression that maxnumpoints trumps
> > > > resourceutilization.
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Thomas Denier <
> > > > thomas.den...@jefferson.edu>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > We are occasionally seeing some odd behavior in our TSM
environment.
> > > > >
> > > > > We write incoming client files to sequential disk storage pools.
> > Almost
> > > > > all of our client nodes use the default maxnummp value of 1.
> > > > >
> > > > > When
Re: TDP for Netezza - nzrestore
Sorry, I mentioned DSMI_LOG twice, the last one should have been DSMI_CONFIG. One more thing: if your Linux system has a compiler on it, you can build the sample API application, dapismp64: cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/sample make -f makesmp64.linux86 (your makefile name might differ if this is not a Linux x86_64 platform, but the name will start with "makesmp") Then run the resulting dapismp64 tool: ./dapismp64 Select option 0 (zero), then press on all the questions until it asks you if all responses are correct. For that last question, type 'y' (without the quotes, then press . It might fail, but if you get the RC 406, then you have a pattern consistent with Netezza. The sample program is a good "smoke test" to ensure the API is functional. Next, configure the environment variables: export DSMI_DIR=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64 export DSMI_LOG=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64 export DSMI_CONFIG=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/dsm.opt DSMI_DIR needs to point to the directory where dsm.sys, dsmtca, and the en_US directory reside. The ../client/ba/bin might also have these files. See what your local system uses. DSMI_LOG can point to whatever directory you want the dsierror.log to go DSMI_CONFIG needs to point to your dsm.opt file Regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-09-06 16:53:02: > From: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-09-06 16:54 > Subject: Re: TDP for Netezza - nzrestore > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Jeannie, > > As you've surmised, the RC 406 means that the options file cannot be found. > I do not know the Netezza code, so I do not know how to configure Netezza > for use with TSM. > > You mentioned you are able to run a series of commands like "dsmc q fi" and > "dsmc q occ". Is this at your local site? Or at the DR site? If these > commands work at the DR site, then it would seem that fundamentally the TSM > client installation is sound. > > Does Netezza have any special configuration requirements? For example, does > it require you to configure DSMI_DIR, DSMI_LOG and DSMI_LOG environment > variables, or is it supposed to handle that setup for you? > > Best regards, > > Andy > > > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > Product support: > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager > > Online documentation: > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > Product Wiki: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > 20Storage%20Manager > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-09-06 > 16:02:56: > > > From: Jeanne Bruno > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 2016-09-06 16:07 > > Subject: TDP for Netezza - nzrestore > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > Hello. Was wondering if anyone has seen this one. > > > > Back story: > > We have a Netezza server (linux OS) and we've been using TDP backup > > commands similar to this: > > ./nzbackup -u xxx -pw -db TESTDB -connector Tivoli - > > connectorArgs "TSM_PASSWD=XXX" > > > > We defined a proxy node and did the grant. > > > > And this has been working great...the backups go directly to the > > storage pool we have designated for Netezza. > > > > We also replicate our TSM backups to our DR site via TCP and this > > works great too. > > I have a node of the same name registered on the TSM DR site server > > with a proxy node as well. > > > > When I do a 'q fi netezza' and 'q occ netezza' on both the source > > and target TSM serversthey match. > > > > Issue: > > Restore using the node in the DR site. > > I'm using Putty to get to the linux command line and trying to do a > > nzrestore command from the node of the same name . > > > > I started out with this command because I just want to see what > > backup sets I have: >
Re: TDP for Netezza - nzrestore
Hi Jeannie, As you've surmised, the RC 406 means that the options file cannot be found. I do not know the Netezza code, so I do not know how to configure Netezza for use with TSM. You mentioned you are able to run a series of commands like "dsmc q fi" and "dsmc q occ". Is this at your local site? Or at the DR site? If these commands work at the DR site, then it would seem that fundamentally the TSM client installation is sound. Does Netezza have any special configuration requirements? For example, does it require you to configure DSMI_DIR, DSMI_LOG and DSMI_LOG environment variables, or is it supposed to handle that setup for you? Best regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-09-06 16:02:56: > From: Jeanne Bruno > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-09-06 16:07 > Subject: TDP for Netezza - nzrestore > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hello. Was wondering if anyone has seen this one. > > Back story: > We have a Netezza server (linux OS) and we've been using TDP backup > commands similar to this: > ./nzbackup -u xxx -pw -db TESTDB -connector Tivoli - > connectorArgs "TSM_PASSWD=XXX" > > We defined a proxy node and did the grant. > > And this has been working great...the backups go directly to the > storage pool we have designated for Netezza. > > We also replicate our TSM backups to our DR site via TCP and this > works great too. > I have a node of the same name registered on the TSM DR site server > with a proxy node as well. > > When I do a 'q fi netezza' and 'q occ netezza' on both the source > and target TSM serversthey match. > > Issue: > Restore using the node in the DR site. > I'm using Putty to get to the linux command line and trying to do a > nzrestore command from the node of the same name . > > I started out with this command because I just want to see what > backup sets I have: > ./nzrestore -connector Tivoli -connectorArgs "TSM_PASSWD=x" > -sourcedb TESTDB -incrementlist -u -pw XXX > > I'm getting: > Error: connector init failed: 'ANS1035S (RC406) Options file "*' > could not be found or it cannot be read. > > I've googled and looked for all the obvious; yes the dsm.opt & > dsm.sys files are there. And permissions are there for the files > too. But it seems to me with the message 'Connector init failed' > it doesn't even know where to look for the .opt or .sys files. > Could my proxy node be incorrect??? > > Any info would be helpful. Much appreciated. > > > > Jeannie Bruno > Senior Systems Analyst > jbr...@cenhud.com<mailto:jbr...@cenhud.com> > Central Hudson Gas & Electric > (845) 486-5780 >
Re: Extra client sessions
Yes, do not use a RESOURCEUTILIZATION higher than the MAXNUMMP setting.
Having said that, there is an APAR that might ("might" is the operative
word!) be a match for this issue, IT16004:
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16004
In this case, the symptom is seeing more consumer sessions than you would
expect given the RESOURCEUTILIZATION setting. Even if the specific symptoms
described in the APAR do not match your scenario, if no other logical
explanation fits, it might stil be a match. You can contact support for
further problem determination assistance.
Best regards,
Andy
____
Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
Product support:
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager
Online documentation:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html
Product Wiki:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-08-31
17:22:19:
> From: Karel Bos
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Date: 2016-08-31 17:23
> Subject: Re: Extra client sessions
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
> Might want to check resourceutil settings as that limits the number of
> sessions clients try to setup. It should match maxnummp or be lower.
>
> Op 31 aug. 2016 22:21 schreef "Zoltan Forray" :
>
> > AHA - so I am not loosing my mind (at least in this situation). I too
have
> > been seeing clients getting >3-sessions eventhough the NODE
maxnumpoints is
> > 1! I was always under the impression that maxnumpoints trumps
> > resourceutilization.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Thomas Denier <
> > thomas.den...@jefferson.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > We are occasionally seeing some odd behavior in our TSM environment.
> > >
> > > We write incoming client files to sequential disk storage pools.
Almost
> > > all of our client nodes use the default maxnummp value of 1.
> > >
> > > When the odd behavior occurs, a number of clients will go through the
> > > following sequence of events:
> > > 1.The TSM server will send a request to start a backup.
> > > 2.The client will almost immediately open a TCP connection to be used
as
> > a
> > > producer session (a session used to obtain information from the TSM
> > > database).
> > > 3.Somewhere between tens of seconds and a few minutes later the
client
> > > will open a TCP connection to be used as a consumer session (a
session
> > used
> > > to send copies of new and changed files).
> > > 4.Sometime later the client will open a third TCP connection and
start
> > > using it as a consumer session.
> > > 5.The TSM server will report large numbers of transaction failures
> > because
> > > it considers the original consumer session to be tying up the one
mount
> > > point allowed for the node and hence has no way of storing files
arriving
> > > on the new consumer session.
> > >
> > > In most cases, all of the affected clients will hit step four within
an
> > > interval of a couple of minutes.
> > >
> > > My current theory is that step four occurs when the client system
detects
> > > a condition that is viewed as a fatal error in the original consumer
> > > session, triggering the opening of a replacement consumer session. In
> > most
> > > cases the TSM server never detects a problem with the original
consumer
> > > session, and eventually terminates the session after five hours of
> > > inactivity (we have database backups that can legitimately go through
> > long
> > > periods with no data transfer). More rarely the TSM server eventually
> > > reports that the original consumer session was severed.
> > >
> > > We occasionally see cases where the replacement consumer session is
in
> > > turn replaced by another new session, and even cases where the latter
> > > session is replaced by yet another session.
> > >
> > > Our client population is a bit over half Windows, but almost all
> > instances
> > > of the odd behavior involve only Windows client systems.
> > >
> > > The affected systems are frequently split between two data centers,
each
> > > with its own TSM server.
> > >
> > > We have usually not found any correlation between the odd TSM
behavior
> > and
> > > issues with other applications. The most recent case was
Re: Fine tuning INCLUDE/EXCLUDE and EXCLUDE.DIR
Hi Zoltan, Well, you would know if your backup wasn't working right because you would only see the root of the directory getting backed up. If \\somcifs.rams.adp.vcu.edu\ph is a file system (and not just a directory) then you should not need the SUBDIR option. If the items in the OBJECTS list are file systems, then do not use the SUBDIR option, as subdirectory traversal is always implicit in full file system processing. In other words, in the context of full file system incremental backup, the SUBDIR option is irrelevant. Examples (these assume you are not using the DOMAIN settings in the client options file, of course): 1. Back up C:, E: and F: OBJECTS="C: E: F:" Note: Do NOT do this: OBJECTS="C:\* E:\* F:\*" OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES This is the equivalent of "dsmc incremental C: E: F:" 2. Back up C:\somedir1 and E:\somedir2, including subdirectories of those directories: OBJECTS="C:\somedir1\* E:\somedir2\*" OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES This is the equivalent of "dsmc incremental c:\somedir1\* e:\somedir2\* -subdir=yes" #2 is representative of the scenario under discussion in this thread, hence my suggestion. Regards, Andy ____________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-08-29 14:13:10: > From: Zoltan Forray > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-08-29 14:14 > Subject: Re: Fine tuning INCLUDE/EXCLUDE and EXCLUDE.DIR > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > 1. Schedule the incremental backup with OBJECTS="J:\IMAGENOW\SUBOB_OSM \*" > > OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES > > > > Andy, > > Your above comment got me thinking we aren't doing certain backups > correctly. > > We have a large CIFS server with 40+ TSM nodes/schedules defined to backup > the individual mount points/directories/user owned areas. In the schedule, > I have coded things like "OBJECTS="\\somcifs.rams.adp.vcu.edu\ph" but not > the OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES". This node has 1.7M objects and 1.4TB of > backups > > I realize this sounds like a stupid question, but do I really need the > "-SUBDIR=YES"? If so, I am missing lots of backups I need to fix right > away? > > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > Xymon Monitor Administrator > VMware Administrator (in training) > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > www.ucc.vcu.edu > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html >
Re: Fine tuning INCLUDE/EXCLUDE and EXCLUDE.DIR
This kind of question comes up now and then, about how to back up just a single directory without traversing the entire file system. A couple of thoughts on this subject, in addition to what others have written: 1. Schedule the incremental backup with OBJECTS="J:\IMAGENOW\SUBOB_OSM\*" OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES This is the simplest alternative that will process only the objects in that directory. However you will not get the last backup start and end times filled in for the file space, so this option depends on how critical those fields are for your reporting. 2. Another alternative whose trickiness depends on the similarity of directory names is to use a series of EXCLUDE.DIR options that eventually exclude all directories whose name is not J:\IMAGENOW\SUBOB_OSM: * Exclude all file objects in the root of J: exclude j:\* * Exclude all directories that do not begin with 'I'. exclude.dir j:\[a-hj-z0-9$_]* * Exclude all directories that do not begin with 'IM'. exclude.dir j:\i[a-ln-z0-9$_]* * etc. exclude.dir j:\im[b-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\ima[a-fh-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\imag[a-df-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\image[a-mo-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\imagen[a-np-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\imageno[a-vx-z0-9$_]* * Exclude all directories that begin with J:\IMAGENOW followed by one or more characters. exclude.dir j:\imagenow?* * Exclude all directories that do not begin with J:\IMAGENOW\S exclude.dir j:\imagenow\[a-rt-z0-9$_]* * Exclude all directories that do not begin with J:\IMAGENOW\SU exclude.dir j:\imagenow\s[a-tv-z0-9$_]* * etc. exclude.dir j:\imagenow\su[ac-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\imagenow\sub[a-np-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\imagenow\subo[ac-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\imagenow\subob[a-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\imagenow\subob_[a-np-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\imagenow\subob_o[a-rt-z0-9$_]* exclude.dir j:\imagenow\subob_os[a-ln-z0-9$_]* * Exclude all directories that begin with J:\IMAGENOW\SUBOB_OSM followed by one or more characters. exclude.dir j:\imagenow\subob_osm?* I hope I got that right, I typed it up pretty quickly but hopefully it conveys the "spirit" of the idea. That is, to exclude all directories that do not begin with 'I', followed by all directories that do not begin with 'IM', followed by all directories that do not begin with "IMA", and so on. Note that the character classes used in the EXCLUDE.DIR statements assume your directories are composed of alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9), $, or _ (underscore); you might need to adjust this based on other characters used in the directory names. The above represents a "worst case" scenario where you have very similar directory names, e.g., J:\IMAGENOA, J:\IMAGENOB, J:\IMAGENNW, J:\IMAGENOW2, etc. The best case scenario is if only one directory in J: begins with the letter 'I', in which case you can use just the first exclude.dir I mentioned above. Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-08-26 14:21:41: > From: "Vandeventer, Harold [OITS]" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-08-26 14:22 > Subject: Fine tuning INCLUDE/EXCLUDE and EXCLUDE.DIR > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > One of my clients has a server running ImageNow. There are millions > of files and several thousand folders that take over 24 hours for > the daily incremental. > > My goal is to backup a single ImageNow folder and reduce the elapsed > time to traverse thousands of folders that don't need to be backed up. > > We worked out a setup for a new node in an effort to backup only a > given path within the ImageNow structure. > > The following dsm.opt statements are in place: > DOMAIN J: > EXCLUDE J:\...\* > INCLUDE J:\IMAGENOW\SUBOB_OSM\...\* > > That was successful in backing up only the files and subfolders/ > files in SUBOB_OSM. But it also backed up thousands of directories > on J:\. Most of them are in the \IMAGENOW path. > > My plan is to add a few EXCLUDE.DIR statements such as: > EXCLUDE.DIR J:\IMAGENOW\54_OSM > EXCLUDE.DIR J:\IMAGENOW\DEFAULT_OSM > > The question: will adding EXCLUDE.DIR now, after the node has > backed up all those paths, result in a performance improvement? > > I suspect Spectrum Protect server will send all the directory names > to the
Re: 7.1.6 client default changed?
Dave, thanks for that feedback, much appreciated. And yes, we intended it to default to a maximum size of 25 MB. In most situations (not all, depends on volume of work), we figured that was a good size to contain many days worth of data without requiring explicit action to enable the pruning. Back to the lab... Regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-07-13 16:34:52: > From: David Bronder > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-07-13 16:36 > Subject: Re: Re: 7.1.6 client default changed? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > I'm using the term "rotate" loosely. Unlike other log files, which prune > older contents based on size and age, when the dsminstr.log reaches the > configured maximum size, the file is renamed to dsminstr.log.bak and a new > log is created. > > At least on RHEL 6.8, the dsmc command that triggers the rotation crashes > with a glibc "double free or corruption" error. Further, if the user running > that dsmc command can't rename the file (e.g. the file is root-owned and mode > 666, and in /var/tmp or similar with the sticky bit set, but dsmc is running > as another user), the dsmc crash happens every time until the file is renamed > (manually or by a dsmc run by a user with rights to rename it). > > Not sure if I explained that clearly or not. To reproduce the crash itself > (in a timely manner), set "INSTRLOGMAX 1" so the rename happens sooner, then > run enough dsmc activity to generate 1 MB of instrumentation data and trigger > the log renaming. > > Also, the INSTRLOGMAX documentation seems contradictory. It says if you > don't specify the option, the log can grow without limit, but later it says > the default value is 25 MB (which seems to be correct). > > =Dave > > > On 07/13/2016 01:30 PM, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > Hi David, > > > > What is this "rotating" of logs you refer to? Is this related to log > > retention and pruning? > > > > dsminstr.log is managed in a fashion similar to dsmerror.log with regard to > > user permissions and file locking. Is this causing a problem? Or are you > > just making an observation? > > > > Yes, please open a PMR. But if you can elaborate on these issues (how we > > can try to reproduce them), I can forward them to the appropriate > > developer, then hopefully meet in the middle regarding the PMR. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > >> From: David Bronder > >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > >> Date: 2016-07-13 13:59 > >> Subject: Re: 7.1.6 client default changed? > >> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > >> > >> Yes, they turned it on by default in 7.1.6 and changed configuration from > > a > >> testflag to a new option (ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION): > >> > >> > >> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.6/client/ > >> r_new_for_version.html > >> > >> One more pain point when supporting client operations for non-root users > > (log > >> file permissions and a lock file). Plus, I need to open a PMR about a > >> dsmc/glibc crash when it tries to rotate the dsminstr.log file. > >> > >> > >> On 07/13/2016 12:32 PM, Lee, Gary wrote: > >>> Tsm client 7.1.6 > >>> Os rhel 6.8 > >>> Tsm server 6.3.4 > >>> > >>> Looks like client instrumentation is defaulted to on. > >>> Is this new? > >>> > >>> No flags in my dsm.opt or dsm.sys. > >>> > >> > > -- > Hello World.David Bronder - Systems Architect > Segmentation Fault ITS-EI, Univ. of Iowa > Core dumped, disk trashed, quota filled, soda warm. david-bron...@uiowa.edu >
Re: 7.1.6 client default changed?
Hi David, What is this "rotating" of logs you refer to? Is this related to log retention and pruning? dsminstr.log is managed in a fashion similar to dsmerror.log with regard to user permissions and file locking. Is this causing a problem? Or are you just making an observation? Yes, please open a PMR. But if you can elaborate on these issues (how we can try to reproduce them), I can forward them to the appropriate developer, then hopefully meet in the middle regarding the PMR. Regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-07-13 13:58:56: > From: David Bronder > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-07-13 13:59 > Subject: Re: 7.1.6 client default changed? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Yes, they turned it on by default in 7.1.6 and changed configuration from a > testflag to a new option (ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION): > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.6/client/ > r_new_for_version.html > > One more pain point when supporting client operations for non-root users (log > file permissions and a lock file). Plus, I need to open a PMR about a > dsmc/glibc crash when it tries to rotate the dsminstr.log file. > > > On 07/13/2016 12:32 PM, Lee, Gary wrote: > > Tsm client 7.1.6 > > Os rhel 6.8 > > Tsm server 6.3.4 > > > > Looks like client instrumentation is defaulted to on. > > Is this new? > > > > No flags in my dsm.opt or dsm.sys. > > > > -- > Hello World.David Bronder - Systems Architect > Segmentation Fault ITS-EI, Univ. of Iowa > Core dumped, disk trashed, quota filled, soda warm. david-bron...@uiowa.edu >
Re: 7.1.6 client default changed?
Hi Gary, Yes, "always on instrumentation" was added to the client in 7.1.6. This change is documented here: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.6/client/r_new_for_version.html Note that instrumentation is of negligible (near zero) impact to performance. Having it enabled by default means that if you need to troubleshoot client related performance issues, there is no need to turn on special test flags to get the client instrumentation, as it is always available. Best regards, Andy ____ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-07-13 13:32:23: > From: "Lee, Gary" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-07-13 13:33 > Subject: 7.1.6 client default changed? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Tsm client 7.1.6 > Os rhel 6.8 > Tsm server 6.3.4 > > Looks like client instrumentation is defaulted to on. > Is this new? > > No flags in my dsm.opt or dsm.sys. >
Re: need help with TSM for nz backup
On top of Stef's advice (and if you're still stuck), I would suggest: * cd into the directory where the script exists and run it; that is, make sure the script itself runs correctly (if you haven't already done this). * Verify that the account under which the scheduler runs has proper permissions (including 'x') to run the script. Regards, Andy ________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-07-12 16:48:07: > From: Jeanne Bruno > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2016-07-12 16:49 > Subject: Re: need help with TSM for nz backup > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hello. yes, the first line of the .sh file is #!/bin/sh > > I will try with no quotes and no 'sh'. > > Will let you know > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > Behalf Of Stef Coene > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 4:40 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] need help with TSM for nz backup > > > ** THIS IS AN EXTERNAL EMAIL ** Use caution before opening links / > attachments. Never supply UserID/PASSWORD information. > > > On 07/12/2016 10:26 PM, Jeanne Bruno wrote: > > Hello. I will try that > > I read on one of the ibm tsm sites to use the single quotes. > > Let me try double > Just remove all the quotes and 'sh'. > Just specify the script, but the first line of the script should be #!/bin/sh > > > Stef >
