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Andrew Meadows
Team Lead Data Protection
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We have seen this for quite a while with our TSM servers/Clients. The only
thing we have found that works as a work around is to point our clients to back
up directly to tape. If you are able to find a resolution to this issue please
include me on the resolution as well as I would rather not
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Meadows Andrew
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:21 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Batch file question
All,
I have a question. Is it possible through a batch file to enter
the username and password for a TSM client on its
All,
I have a question. Is it possible through a batch file to enter
the username and password for a TSM client on its first connect to a TSM
Server. I am attempting to automate the installs however this one piece is
hanging me up.
Any suggestions you have would be appreciated.
I use this script. This will gove you the total size of each storage
pool.
select stgpool_name as Storage Pool,sum(num_files) as Number of
Files, sum(logical_mb)/1024 as Total PhysicalGBs from occupancy group
by stgpool_name
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
Hello list.
Environment .
TSM 5.3.4.1 running on AIX.
I have a question about the mig stg command versus the hi/lo parameter
on a Disk Storage pool for migration purposes.
I was recently in a TSM class and the instructor informed me that the
mig stg command runs single threaded as compared
All,
Environment - multiple TSM Servers running AIX 5.3 tsm 5.3
One Config Manager Server
Multiple clients subscribed to one profile.
Question/issue
The server password was updated on the Config Manager server. This of
course impeded Server to Server communications which impeded Config
I would also check that reclamations and expirations are running as expected.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Sent: Fri Mar 23 09:57:58 2007
Subject: Re: Shrinking scratch pools - tips?
On Friday 23 March
Check to see that the path is online, and that the drive is showing
available on the OS.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Avy Wong
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 12:09 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: drive issues
hello,
Just a thought I am not sure if this will work but Attack it from another
angle. It sounds like you are looking at the stg pool table from the select
statement. Instead do the select statement against the activity log table
looking for the migration processes.
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I attempted to do an install of tsm on windows vista. I ran into a permisions
issue saying that I had insufficient rights to start the gui. Has anyone
successfuly run this on vista?
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may
It has been my experience that with cad controling the scheduler I have seen a
increase in unexplainable misses. That being said your milage may vary
depending on version of tsm and the os.
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From: Smith, I (Ian) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
I have a question.
I have a 3584 library connected to an AIX 5.1 server with 8 IBM LTO GEN
1 tape drives. It has been a year since I have ordered new scratch tapes
and about as long since I have upgraded my firmware on my tape drives. I
am experiencing an issue where I cannot write to the new
We are experiencing the same issue with the tape being the bottle neck.
I have thought through this and the only thing I can think of is
creating 2 offsite copies so the servers have 2 tapes instead of 1 to
fight over... This is about all I could come up with unfortunately, and
I don't even know
Logically...
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Sent: Mon May 15 20:14:50 2006
Subject: reclaimation question
I have a question regarding the reclaimation process (hopefully not a
stupid one).
Does the
Hello
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Ben Bullock
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:46 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: hi
Um... Hi?
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Don't know about the tsm server but I do have a hunt for the vm guest as
clients.
We were having trouble with the clients missing and failing and we found that
memory efficient helped alot
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
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We currently have a 3584 library with lto Gen 1 tape drives. We are heading to
a DR test where they have lto Gen 2 tape drives in a 3584. The os is aix 5.1
and we are using the atape drivers.
In the test all we will need to do us read the data, no backup operations will
be required.
I am
I have a 3584 library that us now full to the brim. I have been trying
to create a select statement that will let me move tapes that haven't
been accessed in X days out of the library. Anyone have a script like
this already? I would be happy with just identifying the tapes and
manually moving
Thank you everyone for their response to this.
The q med looks to be exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks,
Andrew
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
fred johanson
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:38 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Have you looked at virtual mount points and also journaling?
I have a few systems with 5 million each acking up to my TSM Server and
I have never had an issue with a limit.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Gaurav Marwaha
Sent:
There are many factors that would decide this. One of them woula be the hosting
environment. In ours, we have a 3584 library with lto Gen 1 drives and they are
cleaned about every TB of data, roughly.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
To:
Google vmbkup.pl this will make copies of the guest while up so you can back
them up with the tsm client.
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Sent: Tue Apr 18 14:10:45 2006
Subject: Re: TSM for VMWare ESX
Is there a limit to how large a disk pool can be?
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Physically put the tape in the library and do a audit. That should resolve the
issue.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Sent: Thu Mar 30 12:35:33 2006
Subject: Re: library inventory is off ?
did n't work!
Is the server behind a firewall,,, it looks like you may want to change to
polling instead of prompted
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Sent: Fri Feb 03 06:56:19 2006
Subject: Re: schedule operation failed
I have TSM 5.1 installed on an aix 5.1 machine. I am looking to upgrade
to the latest level of TSM, but I have 2 instances of TSM installed on
this machine. I am trying to get a plan together for the upgrade but I
just want to make sure that I am thinking correct here.
I should only have to go
I would have to agree there seems to be an issue. I just recently split my
enviroment to 2 tsm servers. I have exported over 1\2 the nodes and 55 percent
of the files to the new server. Before the split server a db size was 80 gb 91%
full. After the split server b's db is 20 gb and like I said
I've noticed similar symptoms.
Ice just been chalking it up to more use.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Sent: Wed Jan 25 13:05:12 2006
Subject: TSM Database Size Growing Since Upgrading to 5.2.4.5
Hi all,
I have a tsm 5.3 server on aix using lto Gen 1 drives.
In some of my offsite storage pools I have some tapes that are showing 0.1
percent full. Reclamation never pulls these tapes back. If I do a q content on
them they show no data. If I do a Del vol discard=yes it says there is no
I have a general question here.
I have about 150 clients.
Client info:
Windows 2003 server
Windows 2000 server
Red Hat Linux 3 AS
AIX 5.1
All running tsm client version 5 or later sending data to a tsm server
on AIX running version 5.3
On a nightly basis I have at least 6 or 7 of these
Ok I am attempting to install a second TSM server with a shared 3584
library and I need some help. Heres the config.
Server A aix 5.1 tsm server 5.3.1.6 fiber connection to library
Server B same as above.
I have set up server to server communications and was able to set up the
library on the
I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this same issue and if there
is anything that I can do for it.
I am running on version 5.3.1.6 on AIX 5.1. Storage pools in question
are LTO gen 1
Scenario:
Copypoola has 50 volumes that are over 70% reclaimable with the
percentages ranging from 70% to
Aaah Ok, makes sense now.
Thank you for your response.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:00 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation
Andrew -
The prevailing info we have
I have a server with redhat version 4 for itanium that I need to back up. I
have looked and cannot see a client that says it supports this.
Does anyone know of a client that works for this? And if there isn't one is
there a ratemsted release date?
TIA
Andrew
Check the reclaim stg pool for the one that is going to the wrong place.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Sent: Thu Oct 27 17:28:36 2005
Subject: Re: Move Volumes
Sorry to bother everyone but I have a
Ok now sorry here is what I meant.
Check the reclaim storage pool of the HI_Crit_tapepool with q stg
HI_Crit_tapepool f=d.
Also to move the data use the command move data (volser number)
stg=target stgpool
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If you do a q drm does it show there?
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To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Sent: Sun Oct 02 23:22:48 2005
Subject: Missing tape in TSM 5.2
Subject: Missing tape in TSM 5.2
Running TSM 5.2, I have a tape that
I have an onsite lto storage pool that receives about 1 TB of data a night. I
backup this storage pool daily to its copypool also lto. Is there a way to run
multiple backup stgpool processes simitaniously as to reduce the amount of time
for the backup?
Doh,
I knew that Thank you for not pointing out that I could have got
that with the help backup stgpool command
Guess that's what late nights will do to ya.
Thanks,
Andrew
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Sean M English
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Meadows, Andrew
Sent: Thursday, 15 September 2005 12:08 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: 3583 library
As a side note all firmware has been upgraded regularly in the past 2
years. No help from
Config
Tsm server version 5.3
Windows 2003 server
3583 IBM library using tsm driver connected via SCSI
Does anyone have a similar config? And if so do you have issues with label
scratch search=bulk. I am currently having to connect to the library web page
and import the tapes, and do a label
As a side note all firmware has been upgraded regularly in the past 2 years. No
help from firmware change..
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From: Meadows, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU' ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Sent: Wed Sep 14 21:31:21 2005
Subject: 3583 library
Config
Tsm server
I shut my TSM Server down in order to take a backup of it.
When bringing it back up I noted that the log files had been deleted (jr
sys admin)
I recreated the log files with dsmfmt and dsmserv format and am now
trying to get tsm to run again and it says no checkpoint information can
be found.
The last I heard the systemstate and system object was not suported by TSM on
win 2K3 servers. Is this still the state and if so has anyone heard a date when
it will be?
Thanks,
Andrew
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This may have been covered previously but if it has I could not find it.
Other than blind faith in the fact that you have the include/exclude
list set up correctly and the encryptionkey save set up correctly is
there a way to confirm that the files are actually being encrypted?
If this is a
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Of Meadows, Andrew
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 10:35 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Encryption Confirmation
This may have been covered previously but if it has I could not find
it.
Other than blind faith in the fact that you have the include/exclude
list set up correctly
Thank you everyone for your response to this. I am now writing up a plan
for moving to encryption. :)
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Andrew Raibeck
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:17 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Data
Hello everyone again.
Current configuration:
TSM version 5.2.1.1
Library 3854
Drives Fibre attached LTO gen 1 (8)
The higher powers here have asked me to make up a plan to migrate from
LTO Gen 1 tapes to LTO Gen 3 tapes. I am putting a plan together and was
wondering if anyone has done this same
With the latest problems that have come out with backup tapes being stolen my
CIO is concerned with TSM's security.
Does anyone know where I could print off something to show him on the security
of TSM, meaning if you don't have the database you can't get to the data, etc.
Also is anyone using
Not posible last I checked.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Nigel Howard
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 1:41 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: aix recover on wintel
hi all, can one recover a aix db tape on a wintel server and then
I would like to hear from anyone that has been sucessful in this as
well. We have essentially the same setup, with the 5.3 client installed.
Thanks,
Andrew
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Steve Schaub
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Hello everyone,
Ok we just returned from our DR Test and unfortunately it was a flop. No
big deal I learned something.
Management now wants to know the cost involved at having TSM up
constantly at a hotsite. For some reason I cannot wrap my mind around
exactly what would be the best way to do
, Inc
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Meadows, Andrew
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 9:12 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Constant Hot TSM Server
Hello everyone,
Ok we just returned from our DR Test and unfortunately it was a flop
1)I Do. I stop reclamations for offsite the day of the Disaster
because if there is say a 2 week period between the Disaster day and the
day that you are doing the test you could posibly recall a tape that is
needed.
Onsite Reclamations I run as usual and actually step it up a bit because
I know I
We are going to have a DR TEST here in the next few weeks.
I have just been informed that the library at the hotsite that we will
be using is a ADIC Library
We have a 3584 Library in house with 8 LTO Drives and 250 slots
(roughly)
The ADIC Library has 6 LTO Drives and 300+ slots.
I am running
Configuration:
TSM V 5.2
OS = Aix 5.1
3584 Library (latest Firmware)
2 Fibre Switches (4 LTO GEN 1 Drives Each)
8 LTO GEN 1 Drives
2 Fibre Cards
Switch 1 (Drives 1234)
Switch 2 (Drives 5678)
I just recently Added 2 new LTO Tape Drives to my 3584 Library. In doing
this I had to add a new switch
I would also definitely suggest Journaling after the first incremental
backup completes, that would help negate the slower backups with memory
efficient turned on.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Mark D. Rodriguez
Sent: Monday,
I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
I have 2 oracle Database instances on one AIX 4.3 (yes I know its old)
server. This is DR Critical Data and all of our Dr critical data is
colocated onsite and off. Since this data is colocated I can only have 1
tape moint point at a time when I
Thank you for your reply.
I have read the articles you refer to as well as the documentation and
thus my confusion.
Here is some clarification.
I have a single TSM server. I am moving clients from one domain to a
multiple domain structure within TSM.
Test Scenario Clarified.
Client was
Environment: TSM Version 5.2.1.1
AIX 5.1
Mixed Client environment with AIX, Linux and Windows
Clients
I am confused and would like to see if anyone has experienced
this or can assist me with this. I am currently reorganizing the
management class
If you are on the command line you can do a and redirect whichever
you choose.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Liu, Haifeng
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 8:01 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: how to redirect output in tsm
I am having a momentary BRAIN FREEZE. Management wants a list of all
archives currently in the TSM server and the Management Class they are
associated with. I have TSM server version 5.2. I have been trying to
think of a way to do this but cannot without making a 5 GB file which
list each file
Of
Meadows, Andrew
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:37 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Filelist
I am having a momentary BRAIN FREEZE. Management wants a list of all
archives currently in the TSM server and the Management Class they are
associated with. I have TSM server version 5.2. I have been
Hello Everyone,
I am in the process of changing the management class structure in TSM. I
have some servers with archive data that we need to keep. I need to
bounce my thoughts on this off anyone who has had experience with this
to make sure I am thinking correctly here.
Scenario:
I am moving
Simple version:
Is there any way to rebind Archives?
More Detailed Version:
I have an AIX 5.1 server with TSM 5.2.1.1 currently installed.
And a mixed environment OS and client version wise.
The overall goal of this project I am in is to simplify the current
management class and storage pool
I am attempting to create a script with little success for taking our
LTO tapes that are in read only status and moving the data to other
tapes in the same storage pool, then sending an e mail to a human for
the tape to be removed from the library. Does anyone currently have a
script that does
I just received 2 143 GB internal disk for my AIX 5.1 system and was
wondering if anyone knows what the best Logical Volume stripe size to
set up as well as what the best File system Block size would be.
Hardware
4 GB Ram
4 GB Paging (Never Touched)
2 32GB Scsi Drives for root
2 142 GB SCSI
I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem.
I have multiple windows 2003 servers that have TSM clients on them
ranging from 5.2.1.1 to 5.2.3.0 backing up to a AIX 5.1 server with TSM
server version 5.2.1.1. When the incremental backup starts the first
thing that it starts with is the
I have been looking into implementing the server side options for a
while now however the more I look into it the more I ask myself what
good it does. I was wondering if anyone else used this option in TSM and
if so are there any real benefits over having client based options files
in a standard
I have a 45 GB database and had the same results around 20 minutes and
we were up and ready to roll. This was from version 5.2.1.1 to 5.2.3.0
on AIX 5.1
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Sam Sheppard
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004
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