Did you see Cameron Hanover's message a few minutes ago? We encountered a
weird problem with /etc/issue length and causing segfaults.
--Jim
On 3/25/10 2:30 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU zfor...@vcu.edu wrote:
I have 1-user of 6.2.0 for Windows. No problem this far.
However, the first Linux
On 3/17/10 1:18 PM, Prather, Wanda wprat...@icfi.com wrote:
Is there a way to make the TS3500/3584 do that? ALMS is enabled,
multiple partitions, 3592 carts.
I certainly don't have a robot that big, but in seven years we've only
cleaned the drives a handful of times. Am I doing something
On 2/18/10 9:17 AM, Keith Arbogast warbo...@indiana.edu wrote:
We had to change the ip number of our TSM server yesterday. That
broke the connection to our 3584 library, which I did not anticipate.
02/18/2010 04:47:12 ANR8840E Unable to open device /dev/
IBMchanger0 with file
I'm
All of my cleaning tapes are CU not L1 (CLNU55CU). I didn't realize
there was a specific cleaning tape per LTO generation.
We print our own labels and found that Xerox Phaser (thermal wax) output was
too shiny; the 3584 tolerates labels from our HP though.
--Jim
On 6/30/09 10:09 AM, Bill
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All of my cleaning tapes are CU not L1 (CLNU55CU). I didn't
Hi there,
Whenever we checkin/checkout tapes from our 3584, TSM only uses on
drive at a time. It does round-robin through the drives, but is there
some setting I'm missing that would have it load up more than one
drive at the same time?
We're running 5.5.2
--Jim
On Mar 24, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Kauffman, Tom wrote:
The TSM database is about 30 GB used of 46 GB assigned. We have a
sub-rate T1 to our hot-site, with an RS-6000 installed. We are
currently running mksysb images out to the system with rsync; they
run to about 4.7 GB each and take about 1.2
It seems that the TSM client for Windows is not honoring a user's
rights when handling archives that came from a netware server.
The backstory: we have a NetWare server that we'd like to let our
users archive their data off of and onto TSM-managed tape. We
currently do this just fine for our
On Feb 26, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Christian Svensson wrote:
I got a generic question for you all. How do you keep in track of
your Database Backup Tape Volumes? I know you can see in Volhist the
label of the volume, but how do you keep in track to get it back
from the vault?
We stopped making tape
On Feb 25, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Strand, Neil B. wrote:
consider Solaris
Actually I'm considering replacing my Linux TSM server with Solaris -
either SPARC or x86 - predominately because Solaris has a fast TCP/IP
stack, ZFS, and fewer driver issues than on Linux. Has anyone also
moved from
On Jul 17, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Allen S. Rout wrote:
Having the backups elsewhere is good, but having them at all is
critical on a minute-by-minute basis for the running of your server.
For what it's worth, we rsync our DB backups to a computer offsite,
using ssh preshared keys.
--Jim
On Mar 7, 2008, at 2:18 PM, T. Lists wrote:
Anyone out there using TSM with Virtuozzo? V4.0
Virtuozzo. If so, I got a few questions for you!!
The documentation from Parallels leaves a bit to be
desired. Needless to say, I am a bit confused.
I don't know about Virtuozzo 4.0 but I've used
On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Wanda Prather wrote:
In that case mysql provides a perl script you can implement that
will create
copies of the mysql files in another directory, then TSM can back up
those
flat files.
This is not true when using InnoDB, the transactional version of MySQL
storage.
Hi folks,
I had a user try to send ~500GB to an archive. The disk pool for
archive space is 123 GB, and there's plenty of free tape behind it.
At about 218 GB into the operation, the client threw this error:
11/05/2007 18:56:54 Server out of data storage space
11/05/2007 18:56:55 Server out
On Jul 9, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Michael Green wrote:
However, tar'ing the actual target directory revealed that the data is
flowing at extremely low rates - less than 100kb/sec.
In the few cases we've had to write actual tars to tape, we usually
run it through a double-buffer using dd:
tar cf
On Jun 28, 2007, at 8:23 AM, Bill Mansfield wrote:
List price about $26/CPU.
That's gotta be the funniest thing I've heard all day.
--Jim
On May 24, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Wojtek Pięcek wrote:
And what about TSM Server on RH5? Any official support?
RHEL4 is still under hardware update support until August, and
maintenance support until 2012, unless there's some burning need to
use RHEL5 I'd probably just use 4.
--Jim
Hi folks,
We moved TSM to a new machine and we're getting kernel messages like the
ones below. Eventually dsmserv hangs.
The new machine is a 2x2 Core Duo box with 2GB of memory. We've tried
both the 2.6.9-34 (and smp) and the current 2.6.9-42.0.3 (and smp)
kernels, with IBMtape-3.0.3 for the
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Schneider, John wrote:
I personally like the TSM cleaning method over the Automatic one, because it
is easy to query TSM to see how many cleaning tapes are installed, and how
many cleanings they have left.
I agree with this logic, and we have our 3584 configured so TSM is
Hi folks,
I just installed the TSM client on a brand-new Intel-based Xserve, and I
can't start an incremental. Anyone else have this problem? Is there a
workaround?
-- snip here --
root# dsmc i
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface
Client Version 5, Release
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Kerry Campbell wrote:
% of diskpool utilization is at 99.8%
If the stgpool is set to cache migrated files (q stg diskpool f=d), it
will always look like that.
What does the Pct Migr (q stg) show?
--Jim
On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Ribeiro, Ricardo wrote:
Can somebody please tell me if the TSM DB occupy's more space if a node
has more data then a node that has more files?
Files. The TSM DB is used to track metadata about files.
Node A has 200 files but 1 TB of storage on the TSM pool
Node B has
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Skylar Thompson wrote:
Is there a way to guarantee that data is backed up to a copy tape pool
before being migrated to the primary tape pool? We want to avoid any
tape-to-tape transfers before we have two known-good copies that we can
recover from.
Note that you can
Hi folks,
I created a script that does this:
backup stgpool w=y
backup db w=y
move drm * wherest=mount tostate=coruier remove=bulk
The problem is that the move drm fails with ANR8442E: volume is currently
in use, even though the volumes are not
It seems like the tapes must be dismounted
Hi folks,
It appears that there is no supported way to back up OES Linux NSS volumes
right now.
Has anyone backed up these volumes using something like virtualmountpoint?
I realize that discards ACLs.
Thanks,
--Jim
Hi folks,
Right now we only backup servers to TSM. We are considering allowing
individuals to use TSM as an archive repository, and the first question
that came up was how to figure out how much space a particular client or
person is using in the archive, so we can send them a bill.
The
On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Dan Foster wrote:
This can be adjusted via the 3584 front panel LCD, or I think, also the
web interface (though I never used it much due to the infamous 3584
ethernet issues).
Since I upgraded to firmware 5770 I haven't had trouble with the library
vanishing like I used
Hey folks,
Is there a way to have TSM execute a command file, but one stored on the
server?
Here's what I'm trying to do: I want to be able to do a MOVE DRM from my
desktop (where I have dsmadmc running locally), have it generate the
checkin script, and then execute that script. The reason is
On Tue, 30 May 2006, Bradberry, Kenneth wrote:
Has anyone heard of or every set there TSM file version retention
polices to 30 days across all clients?
My opinion is that this is a poor practice and the policies should be
tailored to the business requirements of the department and
On Tue, 30 May 2006, Prather, Wanda wrote:
A command file stored on the server is a TSM script, no?
Call DSMADMC to DEFINE the script, then run the script?
That's what Richard Sims pointed out to me in private correspondance.
I was hoping for something less ugly (e.g., macro /path/to/script
Hi there!
Is there any guess as to when a Solaris x86 version of the TSM server will
be available? I noticed that the client is already up (5.3.2 was the
first rev).
Thanks a bunch,
--Jim
On Wed, 10 May 2006, Roger Deschner wrote:
But all our Mac clients still run extremely slowly.
TSM client 5.2.4 to a 5.3.3 server, my Mac OS X 10.4 G4 and G5 Xserves
back up quickly enough.
From a G4 Xserve:
05/09/2006 23:09:12 Total number of objects inspected: 241,020
05/09/2006
On Thu, 4 May 2006, Kauffman, Tom wrote:
The checkin script runs a 'checkin libv library search=bulk
checklabel=barcode stat=pri', does a 'reply' to the tsm-generated
prompt, and updates each volume as it is checked in to an access of
'readw'. We fill the I/O port and run the script; if there
On Thu, 4 May 2006, Jurjen Oskam wrote:
Yeah, but when you enter this command and the library door is NOT
closed, all you library operations will hang until the door is
closed.
People leave their IO doors open?
--Jim
Hi folks,
I'm considering a database backup strategy something like this:
a. Every day write incremental backups to a FILE devclass on a
remote server.
b. Every Friday write a full backup to the same remote FILE
devclass.
c. We take our copypool tapes out on Friday as well, so
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, David E Ehresman wrote:
If you are able to afford to lose up to a weeks worth of data this seems
like a reasonable approach. Since you are only sending your copypools
tapes off once a week, if you lose your primary pool you will only be
able to restore up to the most recent
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Richard Rhodes wrote:
Is there a way to tell from AIX the number of cleaning cycles remaining in
a 3584?
We ended up using TSM-managed, ASNEEDED cleaning, so that it could monitor
our tapes.
The web interface shows that there are 10 tapes, each with 50 cycles
available
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Gill, Geoffrey L. wrote:
I'm finding that the more I use the console the more I dislike it.
All I can say is: embrace the command line admin tool, because it didn't
barely changed between 5.2 and 5.3, and is much more flexable over a slow
link.
--Jim
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, William Boyer wrote:
We just upgraded the drives in our 3584 library to LTO3 from LTO1 and
need to order some of the new Ultrium Universal cleaning cartridges with
labels. The 3584 needs then to start with CLNI or CLNU, but the
suffix...should it still he L1 or is there
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, T. Lists wrote:
How else can I get the firmware level of the library and drives?
Aside from walking up to the display (the version is the four-digits on
one corner of the screen), from linux you can
mtx -f /dev/sg3 inquiry
Product Type: Medium Changer
Vendor ID: 'IBM
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Jurjen Oskam wrote:
Some investigation revealed that the library was somehow blind to
tapes in the last row of the first and second column, but this only
happened after a library initialization due to a powerup or open/close
of the entire front door.
We're on library
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Jurjen Oskam wrote:
The weird thing is that when I perform a library inventory using the
front panel, *all* tapes are detected, *including* the ones that the
library didn't see just seconds earlier.
I'll play with mine, but that sounds like what I'm getting too. We have
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Richard Rhodes wrote:
Given the possibility of using logical libraries in the future, does it
make sense to partition the 3584 into a single logical library now, or, is
it better to wait until the need arises?
Repartitioning it is pretty quick, but the big problem is
Hello all,
I found FAQ 1225499 and APAR IC44954, both dealing with NetWare and
Unicode/Macintosh file names not being backed up.
We're running NW 6.0 SP5*, and we're going to move to NW 6.5 SP4 at least.
Does anyone know if this problem has been worked around? I see the
/useoldunicodeapi
Hi there,
We have the venerable IBM 3584, and I created a devclass dbtape with a
prefix of TDB. I then printed a set of barcodes TDB001L2 ... TDB015L2.
Checked in the tapes as scratch, labels=b, etc. q libvol shows them.
When I went to backup db devc=dbtape, it picked a scratch tape with
a
On Jan 12, 2006, at 8:18 AM, Allen S. Rout wrote:
I'd say make sure that you pre-stage the data to a different storage
pool than your usual landing pad, if you can possibly find the space.
You could fill up the landing pad, and have it start migration, and be
chasing your tail for quite a bit.
On Jan 12, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Richard Sims wrote:
likely call for only a fraction of it
My original query was directed based on the idea that we have, twice
(out of three times), and with vendor supervision, performed routine
maintenance that essentially destroyed an entire filesystem on a
Hi folks,
I'm working on our internal late night admin guide, and one of the
things I'm thinking of is how can I get TSM prepared to do a restore.
Here's what I mean: let's say I know that there is going to be some
filesystem maintenance on a client. Since we've been burned by that
kind of
On Dec 28, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Aaron Durkee wrote:
When I eject a tape from one logical library into the exit / entry
port and want to check it back into the other logical library via
the exit / entry port I need to go to the web interface for the
3584 (or lcd panel) and manually move the tape to
On Dec 28, 2005, at 2:02 PM, Tab Trepagnier wrote:
IBM 3583
I wonder if the 3583 is an OEM product like the 3582 (which is made
by ADIC).
The IBM 3584, on the other hand, is true blue. We have one in
production for about two years and have yet to have any problems
besides media age.
--Jim
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