Re: too many filesystems to backup

. Is this worth the trade-off of stopping unwanted wild-card expansions? 2. Any thoughts about how many operands and bytes one really needs the command-line client to accept (if 512 operands / 2048 bytes is not sufficient). Thanks, Jim Smith J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Client Development I have an AIX system

Re: Sub-File Backup - 1 GB Limit

case is ability to backup enormous system objects from servers with microsoft systems over leased lines with limited throughput. best regards Juraj Salak, Asamer Holding -Original Message- From: Jim Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:00 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: Sub-File Backup - 1 GB Limit

because ... they are small files! It is probably a wash to resend or to try to correctly send a delta file in this case. Hope this helps. - Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Client Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Jim! I was confusing size of base file falls 1024 with 1 GB! So if a file starts at less

Re: Sub-File Backup - 1 GB Limit

a requirement. If you do not code the cachesize in dsm.opt it takes the default value of 10 MB. Thanks, Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Client Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: Tim, Actually, the subfile limit is 2 Gig; if a file size 2 Gig

Re: Sub-File Backup - 1 GB Limit

Tim, Actually, the subfile limit is 2 Gig; if a file size 2 Gig then TSM will not bother to copy the base file to the client cache, so it could not be a candidate for subfile processing on a subsequent backup. Thanks, Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Client Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] Last August

Re: Question about Veritas Cluster and filespace name

solutions. It doesn't hurt to open requirements to Tivoli if you have a particular cluster solution that you would like to see supported. Thanks, Jim Smith TSM client development In response to: You know, there seems to be a similar issue with filespace naming with the new Netware cluster aware

Re: Security question about number of bits used

key management is needed This would help us understand what we need to do with our product set. Thanks, Jim Smith TSM development Hi all. It's posible to change the cypher method or the number of bits. I think TSM use DES 56 bits? Thanks

Re: Encryption

is allot of number crunching, and it is by nature very CPU intensive and will slow the b/a client down noticeably. Thanks, Jim Smith TSM Client Development Been a while and I'd have to double check but... You might not want to use compression if you use encryption... I believe it encrypts first

Re: TSM Encryption

Jim, The TSM Backup/Archive client uses 56-bit DES encryption. Thanks, Jim Smith TSM Development Does anyone know what level of encryption is done when using the INCLUDE ENCRYPTION option in your dsm.opt file? Is it DES, triple DES or what? Jim Sporer [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: TSM Encryption

Jim, I would recommend that you open a requirement against the product for stronger encryption. By the way, what are the HIPAA requirements as they relate to data encryption? Are these well documented? Thanks, Jim Smith TSM development Hello Jim Follow up question, Can you ask

Re: Win2k system state restore

does not guarantee that you can always restore from hardware a to hardware b. If you are using Ntbackup.exe, then it would be safe for me to say that if your particular environment can be brought back by Ntbackup.exe then TSM should be able to do it as well. Hope this helps, Jim Smith TSM Development

Re: Restoring MSCS cluster node

not guarantee consistency of the cluster database. The restores must use the Microsoft API. Let me know if you need any additional clarification. Thanks, Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Client Development Hi. Has anyone got an idea how to perform bare metal restore of MSCS cluster node (win2k

Re: Restoring MSCS cluster node

J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Client Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Restoring MSCS cluster node Hi. Has anyone got an idea how to perform

Re: Backing Up Dir's

they are restored over the temporary directory entry; the end result is that the files and directories are restored fully and correctly regardless of their ordering from the server. If you are not seeing this behavior, I would suggest talking to the service organization. Thanks, Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM

Re: Backup a W2K Domain Controller?

. Thanks, Jim Smith TSM b-a client development Given the Examples of backup reasons below: Has any one every had a AD corruption that that used TSM to recover from after the GC's have already replicated that corrupted data out? If so, did TSM support stand by them all the way until the issue

Re: Please Explain!! TSM and Windows 2000 Active Directory.

as much as they can with these situations. Hope this helps, Jim Smith TSM b-a client development Hello, Tim makes a very good point in the last sentence of the 1st paragraph. It's tough talking to TSM support when doing Bare Metal Restores - I get the line - We don't support that!... Now I know I

Re: Backup a W2K Domain Controller?

to restore from a tape can be much quicker then doing a synchronization from ground-zero. - Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Client Development Here's an interesting question: why would you want to backup a DC, especially where you have a DC (W2K) or two in every remote site of the WAN? Why/what would

Re: Exclusions added to dsm.opt

\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup Microsoft uses this key to communicate exclude lists to backup products. Thanks, Jim Smith TSM client development I found the section in the manual that covers the recommended Windows system files to exclude (see below). I changed the dsm.opt files to reflect

Re: Error Backup Unix Client: TCP/IP received rc 25 trying to accept connection from server

Anja, This is a cosmetic error and is addressed in APAR IC32436 TCP/IP RECEIVED RC 25 TRYING TO ACCEPT CONNECTION FROM SERVER. There is a good explanation in the APAR of the error. Thanks, J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Development Hi all, I want to backup an Unix Client with our TSM Scheduler

Re: W2K Active Directory backup and edb000*.log files accumulating

Alex, This is being addressed in APAR IC33389 - TSM ACTIVE DIRECTORY BACKUP NOT TRUNCATING LOGS Thanks J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Development I'm backing up a W2K Domain Controller with the 4.2.1.30 client to a 4.2.1.15 server. This includes the domain systemobject, i.e. Active Directory. Recently

Re: TSM 422 client gone from ftp server?

The problem is reported in IC33645 and is only a problem with the TSM 4.2.2 backup/archive client; it has been addressed in TSM 5.1.0. We are working to provide more information about the specifics of the problem. Thanks, Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Client Development Well, that certainly

TSM FLASH: UNIX BACKUP-ARCHIVE CLIENT V4.2.2

Problem Description: The TSM 4.2.2 UNIX backup-archive clients may produce error messages similar to the following when performing incremental backup of files with hard links: ANS1228E Sending of object 'filename' failed ANS4018E Error processing 'filename': file name too

Re: Backing up Active Directory on Win2000

... OK WMI Database From this you can see that the COM+, Event Log and WMI Database are active but Cert. Server is not .. (I only showed partial output). As Tim mentions, the QUERY SYSTEMOBJECT shows you what is actually backed-up to the TSM server. Hope this helps, Jim Smith TSM

Re: TSM 422 client gone from ftp server?

Bob, We have determined that there is a problem with the 4.2.2 UNIX backup-archive clients and they have been pulled from the ftp server. We are working to correct the problem. Expect to see a flash from IBM Tivoli shortly. Thanks, J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Development Has someone reported

Re: Netware - NDS - Restoring NDS in case of extreme loss

to a backup product, I don't think that you would be guaranteed any level consistency during a backup operation. Hope this helps, Jim Smith TSM development I've been asked by our NDS expert, if TSM backs up the netware hidden directory. Apparently it doesn't as I've watched TSM backup the NDS

Re: Netware - NDS - Restoring NDS in case of extreme loss

is not backed-up by default when it is time for a disaster recovery. I am interested in any ideas you or any other user would have about the TSM NetWare B-A client's default behavior when it comes to the NDS. Thanks, Jim Smith TSM development Yes, you can backup the NDS, but it is not backed up

Re: Novell NetWare include/exclude for print queues

if this assumption is not correct). J.P. (Jim) Smith Tivoli Storage Manager - Software Developmen in response to Our admins want to make sure that the definitions rights of all print queues on our NW servers are backed up, but we obviously don't want to backup the actual print jobs. Can anyone

Re: TSM Support for Windows Me

Andy, Is it true that we only started supporting Windows ME in 4.1.2.x; or was it 4.1.2 ??? Thanks, Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith Tivoli Storage Manager - Software Development e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: (408) 256-7618 Andy Raibeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU on 04/23/2001 06:43:09 Please

Re: NDS ba/rest guide?

Jie, This guide is shipped with the TSM NetWare client. J.P. (Jim) Smith Tivoli Storage Manager - Software Development Hi, There used to be a netware NDS backup/restore guide from adsm ftp site. But I could not find it anymore. Does anybody know if there is a new version for TSM

Re: Excluding parts of a NDS tree B/U

Merle, Sorry I took so long in reply: have you tried coding this statement in dsm.opt: exclude "dir:*License ID*" This worked for me: 02/06/2001 13:01:35 ANS1115W File '.[Root].O=tivoli.NLS:Publisher=Novell+NLS:Product=NetWare 5 Conn SCL+NLS:Version=510.NLS:License ID=SN:300589192' excluded

Re: Domain option not effective in TSM cluster environment

:, and have a domain specification DOMAIN C:. The GUI is still going to display both C: and E: as local drives; the incremental backups, however, will honor the DOMAIN statement. Thanks, Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith Tivoli Storage Manager - Software Development TSM Mail-ID [EMAIL PROTECTED]@VM.MARIST.EDU

Windows 2000 Client RedPiece available

The RedPiece "Deploying the Tivoli Storage Manager Client for Windows 2000" (SG24-6141-00) is now available at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com - Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith Tivoli Storage Manager - Software Development

Re: Excluding parts of a NDS tree B/U

Brain, Yes. Have you looked in the NetWare Backup and Recovery Guide (shipped with the client; ntwback.htm). This documents the procedure. - Jim Smith TSM Client developement response to: Good morning everyone, Here is our configuration. TSM 3.7.3 on OS/390 2.9, Netware 5.1 server using

Re: AW: TSM Client for NT 3.7.2.01

for TSM client to be a bit more clever in the future in this area, i.e., automatically excluding FilesNotToBackup, automatically including staging directories, etc. Thanks, Jim Smith TSM Client Development

Re: Registry excluded by 4.1.2 client

(theoretically, the system objects must be processed as entire entities). This would alleviate users from accidently excluding important system files. We are open for any other suggestions to help automate in the include/exclude of system files. Thanks, Jim Smith TSM client development in response

Re: Redbook for W2K - where are you ?

for inactive or policy for system objects at this time, the redbook will cover a procedure to manually provide this support by scripting the renaming the SYSTEM OBJECT file space. Thanks, Jim Smith Windows 2000 Client Development team In reply to: Hello , does somebody know if there is some result

Re: Redbook for W2K - where are you ?

use such a function. Thanks, Jim Smith Windows 2000 Client Development In reply to: What about the ability to archive the system objects? Thanks, Tim Rushforth City of Winnipeg [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scheduled backup of Win2K System Objects

, Certificate Server Database, Cluster Database, COM+ database, Event Log, File System Replication, Registry, Removable Storage Manager Database, System and Boot Files, and the System Volume. Jim Smith TSM Client Development "This is probably a known issue but ADSM client