Incr backup of old version

I am trying to figure out exactly what happened on one of our servers but Im not sure how TSM is supposed to behave in this instance. Any insight is greatly appreciated... Scenario: TSM 5.1. Incremental backup. Versions Data Exists = 10. Versions Data Deleted = 2. Retain Extra Versions = 45.

Incr backup of old version

I am trying to figure out exactly what happened on one of our servers but Im not sure how TSM is supposed to behave in this instance. Any insight is greatly appreciated... Scenario: TSM 5.1. Incremental backup. Versions Data Exists = 10. Versions Data Deleted = 2. Retain Extra Versions = 45.

Empty tape will not reclaim

Strange problem. AIX 4.3.3, TSM 5.1.5.4. Im trying to run reclamation on our copy storage pool. There is only one tape left, and reclamation continually starts and ends successfully for it without moving any data and no time passing: 11/18/03 06:53:26 ANR0984I Process 2215 for SPACE

Informix TDP restore to another server

We're running Informix TDP 4.1, TSM client 5.1 on AIX 4.3.3 trying to restore to another client running same O/S and TDP/TSM version. Our TSM server version is at 5.1 on AIX 4.3.3. The cross-server restore is failing because it is trying to log in as the INFORMIX node... which doesnt exist. I

Does Informix TDP backup go to backup or archive copygroup?

Does Informix TDP backup go to backup or archive copygroup?

Re: Informix TDP AIX Configuration problems

: Informix TDP AIX Configuration problems Just a thought, but make sure in /usr/lib you have a link for ibsad001.a /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin/libXApi.a and ibsad001.o /usr/tvioli/tsm/client/informix/bin/bsashr10.o. Hope this helps. Gene Greenberg Jr. Conko, Steven

Re: TDP for Informix password initialization problem

Make sure the /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin/dsm.opt file specifies the same servername as is in /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin/dsm.sys, and that the nodename you registered and is listed in that dsm.sys file is different than the BA client specified in /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.sys.

Re: TDP for Informix password initialization problem

are already working fine). Could you give me a hand with this ? Thanks. Mario Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make sure the /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin/dsm.opt file specifies the same servername as is in /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin/dsm.sys, and that the nodename you registered

Re: Informix TDP AIX Configuration problems

.a /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin/libXApi.a and ibsad001.o /usr/tvioli/tsm/client/informix/bin/bsashr10.o. Hope this helps. Gene Greenberg Jr. Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM

Informix TDP AIX Configuration problems

I cant seem to filter out the info I need from searching the archive... TSM server is AIX 4.3.3-10, TSM5.1.5 TSM client is AIX 4.3.3-09, TSM5.1.5 TDP Informix 4.1.3 Informix - (not sure what version, but I was told its compatible) Trying to get it set up correctly, the DBA tells me OnBar can

Re: TDP Oracle config question

. -- Date:Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:13:39 -0600 From:Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TDP Oracle config question Thanks for that bit of information... it definitely clears some things up. According to the docs, we should be using unique TDPO_FS names for each node we

Re: TDP Oracle config question

2003 13:13:39 -0600 From:Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TDP Oracle config question Thanks for that bit of information... it definitely clears some things up. According to the docs, we should be using unique TDPO_FS names for each node we are backing up using TDP, correct? After

Re: TDP Oracle config question

for DP for Oracle to determine if the deletion is a true delete of a backuppiece or if Oracle is checking for backuppiece existence prior to backup. Hope this helps clear things up. -- Date:Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:13:39 -0600 From:Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Multi session backup restore question

We have a similar issue too. Is collocation of filespaces the only way (besides carving your system up in to multiple nodes) to acheive multiple restore sessions? Will it occur autmatically from a singe dsmc restore or do you need to manually invoke multiple sessions? Steve -Original

Re: TDP Oracle config question

and will get created during the backup, if it doesn't already exist. Unless of course, you are specifying something other than the default (the option is TDPO_FS). -- Date:Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:42:36 -0600 From:Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TDP Oracle config

Re: TDP Oracle config question

Thanks for that bit of information... it definitely clears some things up. According to the docs, we should be using unique TDPO_FS names for each node we are backing up using TDP, correct? After doing the query and some further investigation into the BACKUPS table, it appears we are getting this

Re: TDP Oracle config question

Thanks again. One more quick question... does the filespace name, such as /adsmorc need to be included in the include/exclude list as the docs state? I suppose if so it would be on the TDP client? -Original Message- From: David Longo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16,

TDP Oracle config question

TSM Server: AIX 4.3.3, TSM 5.1.5.4 RMAN Server: AIX4.3.3, TDP 5.2 RMAN Client: AIX 4.3.3, TSM 5.1.5, TDP5.2 The installation guide seems to be a little fuzzy on this topic... At some point during the backup process we get this error in our tdpoerror.log file: 23:28:55 ANS4994S TDP Oracle AIX

Compressed restore

AIX4.3.3,TSM5.1.5.4 - Server AIX4.3.3,TSM5.1.5 - Client When restoring compressed files, is it normal for the reported size to be different from the actual restored size as it is when backing up? Im restoring a large database and so far the the live report from the dsmc session reports 1.4GB

Recovery Plan Retention

Is there any reason you would want your Recovery Plan retention set longer than your DBbackup retention?

Restore slows to a crawl

Has anyone else experienced a problem when restoring data where it starts fine but then at some random point it slows down to a crawl? The wait time starts to climb to 38 seconds, then resets to 0, then climbs to 38 seconds, then back to 0 constantly until there is no other choice but to stop the

Re: Restore slows to a crawl

Thanks. I'll try to provide as much information as I can. If I dont provide enough please let me know. Server: AIX 4.3.3, TSM 5.1.5 Client: AIX 5.1, TSM 5.1.5.4 Virtualnodename client: AIX 5.1 TSM 5.1.5.4 collocation is turned off. compression is off. maxnummp for both nodes is set to 6. we are

Re: AIX backup command via TSM scheduler

We have an AIX server, so I dont know if the syntax is different, but we do have AIX clients. we run similar commands but dont use any quotes and dont include the -c, an entry for us is like this: su - oracle /home/oracle/scripts/backup/db_backup.sh It usually runs fine. however, there are

Re: problem with a su script

On all of our database servers we run an archive nightly but instead of a regular archive we run a command instead: su - oracle /home/oracle/scripts/backup/db_backup.sh this script handles all the processing of the database and calls a dsmc archive command. on 97% of the servers it works

Re: problem with a su script

commmand su - oracle -c /home/oracle/scripts/backup/db_backup.sh Amazing what a missing flag will cause. Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 04/02/2003 05:25:07 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: TSM 5.1 Client Install on Sun Solaris - Help Please

The README files are usually pretty idiot proof provided the idiot reads them. What version of Solaris are you running? I had a problem installing on a Solaris 5.7 and 5.8 client because it required certain patches to be installed from Sun for the libraries. Again, that would show up in the

Re: TSM Upgrade from 4.1 to 5.x questions

Are there any issues with upgrading from TSM Server V4.1.2 to version 5.1.x? Or do we have to upgrade to 4.2.x first? Also, what is the best version to upgrade to? 5.1.5, 5.1.6.2 or something else? We are running on AIX 4.3.3 ML 10. Thanks in advance! Steven A. Conko Senior Unix

Re: stupid backup compatibility question

okay, im going to ask a stupid question... does anybody have any ideas how to backup a compaq tru64 client running tsm 4.1.3 to an aix 4.3.3 server running 5.1.5 server? i know these versions arent compatible, but we cant upgrade the compaq's o/s to allow us to upgrade the tsm client software.

Re: stupid backup compatibility question

? Cheers Andy Wilcox Midrange Services Aquila Networks Services Ltd -Original Message- From: Conko, Steven [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 March 2003 15:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: stupid backup compatibility question okay, im going to ask a stupid question... does

sunOS 5.7 problem

Extremely slow backups from a sunOS 5.7 client with lots of collisions. does anyone know how to hardcode the interface to 100 Full Duplex? Sparc 20 model. Steven A. Conko Senior Unix Systems Administrator ADT Security Services, Inc.

Re: 5.1.5 only 32 bit for aix 4.3.3?

Is version 5.1.5 only available as a 32 bit application for AIX 4.3.3? I found the 64 bit b/a module for AIX 5.1, but only 32 bit for 4.3.3... any idea why?? Steven A. Conko Senior Unix Systems Administrator ADT Security Services, Inc.

question on versions and downloads

i have seen a lot of messages fly by here about various 5.1 tsm clients and their stability (or sometimes lack thereof). the last i had heard, 5.1.4 was considered a very stable client and 5.1.5 was not. ibm's website only has 5.1 and 5.1.5 available for AIX clients... are these my only choices?

Re: mtlib command

i believe we had the same problem. try this: mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -vC -Vvolser -tFFFB steve conko -Original Message- From: Tommy Templeton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: mtlib command Does anyone know the mtlib command

Disk-Tape migration, cache and maxnummp

Question about how this scenario plays out Client starts an archive backup of a database to server at 1700 from cron job. Archive is straight to tape. Uses all mountpoints assigned to it (4). Client then starts a scheduled incremental system-level backup at 1800 while original cron'd backup

volume in volhistory as STGDELETE

quick question we've got some tapes in our vault that apparantly dont show up anywhere in tsm under the volume or libvolume listing. the only place i have been able to find information about them is in the volhistory table which shows they were placed into a STGDELETE state back in november

ANR9999D and ANR0197E

sorry... i tried to search for this but i cant seem to get connected to adsm.org. any idea what is happening with these errors? TSM V4.2.2 running on AIX 4.3.3 ML10 connected to 3494 Library with 3590 Tape drives we have seen this error before... this time happens to be during a backup stgp

Re: Measuring progress of copy stgpool operation

what i do is run the -prev=yes -wait=yes options, capture the total amount of bytes to be backed up, then when the backup is actually running i run a small script to query the backup sessions, capture the total bytes backed up, add them together, then get a percentage and amount remaining. these

Very Puzzling Sessions lost

We have some very strange session lost errors showing up on our client. First the particulars: Server is AIX 4.3.3 ML 10, TSM V4.2.2 Client is AIX 4.3.3 ML 10, TSM V5.1.5.5 (upgraded several times from V4.2.2 at TSM Support request to deal with this problem) Client and server are on separate 100

Re: Very Puzzling Sessions lost

directly to tape or to a disk pool. My 2 cents ghag -Original Message- From: Conko, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Very Puzzling Sessions lost We have some very strange session lost errors showing up on our client. First

tcp layer problem

ive been going round and round with tsm support on this issue... we have an AIX 4.3.3 client that has been upgraded several times all the way to 5.1.5 client version without success backing up to an AIX 4.3.3 tsm 4.2.2 server over a 10/100 ethernet network (100 Full Duplex, no autonegotiate.)

RE: Réf. : tcp layer problem

on a new implementation. Is your tcpserveraddress coded with the dns name or the ip adress? We chenged it to the ip adress and the problems went away. There was probably an error somewhere in the vlans but I'm not an ip guru... Guillaume Gilbert CGI Canada Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED

tcpwindowsize, tcpbuffsize

we're running AIX 4.3.3 server and clients. server is TSM V4.2.2, clients are generally 4.2 as well. what should we have our tcpwindowsize and tcpbuffsize set to? i know the suggested size is 64 and 32 respectively, but the book mentions increasing them if the resources are available. i have

move drmedia but tapes werent ejected

we're running tsm 4.2 on aix 4.3.3. we run a daily move drmedia but in this case 3 tapes did not get ejected because they were mounted. however, the move drmedia command made changes to make it look like they are no longer in the database. short of actually opening up the library and removing them

Re: move drmedia but tapes werent ejected

a checkin, and a checkout. -Original Message- From: Conko, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 9:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: move drmedia but tapes werent ejected we're running tsm 4.2 on aix 4.3.3. we run a daily move drmedia but in this case 3

unknown system error

does anyone know how i can find out the underlying, i.e. system level, problem for the following type of error? im running aix 4.3.3 ML10. ANS4014E Error processing '/u103/oradata/adachr01/payroll_dat.dbf': unknown system error (157) encountered. Program ending.

session lost errors

hello *sm'ers. we have been getting continuous Session is lost errors ever since upgrading our aix 4.3.3 client to ML 10, and we have even upgraded the TSM client to 5.1.5 (server is 4.2). TSM support insists it is system or network level but so far we have been unable to identify any system or

Re: unknown system error

sorry... client 5.1.5, server 4.2 -Original Message- From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: unknown system error does anyone know how i can find out the underlying, i.e. system level, problem for the

Re: Gigabit Ethernet speed

Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Conko, Steven Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Gigabit Ethernet speed anybody have any tips on what type of Network transfer rate we should be seeing for our backups over gigabit ethernet? the clients backup

Gigabit Ethernet speed

anybody have any tips on what type of Network transfer rate we should be seeing for our backups over gigabit ethernet? the clients backup via copper Gb ethernet dedicated for backups to a tsm server connected to a 3494 tape library with 10 3590 tape drives via fibre channel/brocade switch. there

Re: Idle system fails with Media mount not possible

From: Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/17/2002 04:19 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Idle system fails with Media mount not possible strange one... and ive looked at everything i can think of. In client dsmerror.log: 12

Re: Idle system fails with Media mount not possible

to increase my MMP on the one node just to get a /stripes=2 backup. The saga continues... Conko, Steven To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: M Fax

Re: Idle system fails with Media mount not possible

to delete the drive and redefine so that they can be used. It was a bug in a certain code of TSM but I can't remember which one or even if that is truly your problem. Thanks, Rob. From: Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/18/2002 09:03 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Idle system fails with Media mount not possible

: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Idle system fails with Media mount not possible Does it fail on the same file or directory every time, and does that file or directory attract a management class which is pointing to a different storage pool Conko, Steven [EMAIL

Re: Idle system fails with Media mount not possible

working clients. If all your clients don't belong to a common domain, then check the server for missing copygroup definitions, incorrect target pool, target pool with no associated volume, and/or policysets that haven't been 'activate'd. Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist

Re: Idle system fails with Media mount not possible

yes, everything is going to the disk storage pool that has pleny of space. these systems dont use multiple management classes. -Original Message- From: John Naylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Idle system fails

Re: Idle system fails with Media mount not possible

that they can be used. It was a bug in a certain code of TSM but I can't remember which one or even if that is truly your problem. Thanks, Rob. From: Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/18/2002 09:03 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc

tape paths offline

i finally figured out why my incrementals to the diskpool were failing... large files were trying to go directly to tape ALL MY TAPE PATHS ARE OFFLINE!! how the heck does that happen?

Re: Many, almost empty volumes ??

i know this is a stupid question, but here goes... what is your reclamation threshold set to for that storage pool? are there other tapes available to reclaim to? -Original Message- From: John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Idle system fails with Media mount not possible

strange one... and ive looked at everything i can think of. In client dsmerror.log: 12/17/02 15:01:54 ANS1228E Sending of object '/tibco/logs/hawk/log/Hawk4.log' failed 12/17/02 15:01:54 ANS1312E Server media mount not possible 12/17/02 15:01:57 ANS1312E Server media mount not possible

TDP Exchange Failing

hi all! running into a problem here. TSM Server = AIX 4.3.3/TSM 4.2, 3494 Tape Library, 3590 type drives TDP Client = WinNT 4.0, TSM Client 4.2, TDP Version Getting this error in the Server Activity log: 12/15/02 22:01:25 ANE4993E (Session: 139502, Node: MAILJAXEX) TDP MSExchgV2

Re: TDP Exchange Failing

to what you have below. I would search activity log like this : 'Q AC BEGIND=12/15/2002 BEGINT=00:00 ENDD=12/15/2002 S=MAILJAXEX' Thanks, Robert Rippy From: Conko, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/16/2002 10:45 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

tape-to-tape performance

we run a 3494 tape library with 3590 tape drives. after our backup are finished, we run a backup stgpool to a copy pool on about 1.6TB of data. as you can imagine, even with 8 drives this takes some time. are there any server, device or other parameters we can tune to improve the tape-to-tape

Re: tape-to-tape performance

the application owners to review their required CRITICAL/MUST HAVE data and send it to isolated pools for copies to take offsite. just some thoughts... Dwight -Original Message- From: Conko, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

Re: Multiple sessions per tape

-L;VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Conko, Steven Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Multiple sessions per tape We're running ADSM 4.2 on AIX 4.3.3, 3494 library, 3590 drives. Is there any way to control the number of sessions per tape or is it restricted

Multiple sessions per tape

We're running ADSM 4.2 on AIX 4.3.3, 3494 library, 3590 drives. Is there any way to control the number of sessions per tape or is it restricted to one? Steven A. Conko Senior Unix Systems Administrator ADT Security Services, Inc.