Re: TSM Storage Pool Hierarchy Question

2003-10-21 Thread Deon George
Curt, The hierarchy will eventually look like this: Remote Server (RS) Disk Cache -Main Server (MS) Disk Cache -MS Tape Pool -MS Offsite Copy Pool Questions I have: 1) Is this possible? Yes, no problems - you create a DEVCLASS of type SERVER, then a storage pool that

Re: Online DB Reorg

2003-10-21 Thread Andy Carlson
I did this for a subset of our clients, mainly the Unix clients, because they were more copperative than the Intel clients. Andy Carlson|\ _,,,---,,_ Senior Technical Specialist ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ BJC Health Care

DsmLabel problem

2003-10-21 Thread Henrik Wahlstedt
Good morning, I´m on 5.1.7.0 on w2k SP3 and DLT7000 drives in STK9710. I used dsmlabel 'dsmlabel -library=lb0.0.0.8 -drive=mt3.0.0.4,1032 -drive=mt4.0.0.4,1033 -drive=mt5.0.0.6,1034 -drive=mt8.0.0.6,1035 -keep -overwrite -barcode'. All went fine, then I used 'checkin libv stk9710 search=yes

Re: Clock Change

2003-10-21 Thread Clark, Rodney
Besides that on 5.2 aix server worry if your libc version is lower than stated. We are now patching a lot of servers -Original Message- From: David Longo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 9:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Clock Change I think this was

Re: SQL select problems

2003-10-21 Thread John Naylor
Well you have to be at the right levels of client and server code for the summary table to provide accurate information. I am still at 4.2 for the majoriity of mine so it does not work for me either, but I get what I want by pulling the data out of the activity log into a file ie. QUERY AC

Re: SQL select problems

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Sims
I'm trying to run some select statements and get a summary of the bytes transferred during a backup. No matter what I use, the bytes transferred always = 0. In the msi GUI it all looks good, but the dsmadmc select queries come up w/ 0. Is this a known problem or am I doing something wrong? Why

HELP!! . Return code is: 127

2003-10-21 Thread T_MML
hi all, my problem is the code: 127 after running my postschedule the code error 127 is registered in my dsmsched.log look below: TSM SERVER V4.2.2.0 (Win2k) TSM Client V4.2.1.0 (Red Hat Linux release 6.2) - file DSMSCHED.LOG

Re: DsmLabel problem

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Sims
I used dsmlabel 'dsmlabel -library=lb0.0.0.8 -drive=mt3.0.0.4,1032 -drive=mt4.0.0.4,1033 -drive=mt5.0.0.6,1034 -drive=mt8.0.0.6,1035 -keep -overwrite -barcode'. ... Any thought why dsmlabel didnt work i.e. why did I have to use 'label libv' too? Henrik - My first thought would be that you seem

Re: Moving from NT TSM to AIX TSM

2003-10-21 Thread Zlatko Krastev
This is not going to work due to different byte ordering within the word between Windows and AIX!!! Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Crawford, Lindy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 17.10.2003 18:18 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To:

dsmserv restore db error

2003-10-21 Thread Koen Willems
Dear listers, Getting some strange behavior when I want to restore a db backup. After formating the log and mounting the database tape dsmserv gives me the following error. anrd icstrame.c bla bla invalid record header found in input stream, magic=0087 Anyone seent - solved this. I am

Re: Database fragmentation formula (was Re: Online DB Reorg)

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Sims
... Isn't this getting a little off the mark though? Last I checked, almost every database on the planet (yes even pervasive sql) when allocating pages/extents, left an amount of space unutilized at the end. In fact, if you do a reorg in SQL server, it specifically asks how much space you want

Re: Database fragmentation formula (was Re: Online DB Reorg)

2003-10-21 Thread Hart, Charles
Thank you for the response, If what you say is true, then I will forgo the Reorg concept, as it appears to be a waste of time. -Original Message- From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 7:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Database

Re: TSM Storage Pool Hierarchy Question

2003-10-21 Thread Zlatko Krastev
1. It is possible 2. No, you need the DRM license (part of Extended Edition) to have server-to-server virtual volumes 3. To the virtual volumes device class, i.e. to a file stored in MS server 3b. Yes, it depends on the destination setting of the MS server copygroup 4. See the answers to q.3 3b.

What to do with archives when deleting a client

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Rhodes
We have systems where we have archived data where I can see the life of the archive data will far out lasting the client system itself. So, say you have a client system that is being removed from service. It's ok to delete all backups for the client and remove the client from TSM. But, the

Re: dsmserv restore db error

2003-10-21 Thread Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM
Hi Koen! Are you trying to restore an older (non 5.1) database? I so, you're probably running into APAR IC33690. If I ready the APAR correctly it's not supported to restore an older database on a 5.1 server: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=203context=SWJ00q=invalid+reco

Re: Database fragmentation formula (was Re: Online DB Reorg)

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Rhodes
Please don't throw the concept out. Like all tools it has it's place. For example, we are thinking about reorg'ing one of our TSM databases. Why? 1) I ran a test reorg of one of our TSM databases on a test system. The db was 80gb in size with 72gb used. It shrunk to 40gb used. As discussed

Re: Database fragmentation formula (was Re: Online DB Reorg)

2003-10-21 Thread Hart, Charles
Good point for reducing size, other than normal growth why would it not last long, is ther other reasons? Thank you. -Original Message- From: Richard Rhodes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 8:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Database fragmentation

/ /OREF:CPTB7E3A deleting volumes

2003-10-21 Thread Cecily Hewlett
We need to run manual deletion of 6 volumes. i.e. delete volume volume_name discarddata=yes It needs to run synchronously i.e. command runs, finishes and the next command runs. How could I do this in batch mode i.e. via a command line script? Any help appreciated... Cecily Hewlett

Re: / /OREF:CPTB7E3A deleting volumes

2003-10-21 Thread Karel Bos
try adding wait=yes. Regard, Karel -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Cecily Hewlett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: dinsdag 21 oktober 2003 15:52 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: / /OREF:CPTB7E3A deleting volumes We need to run manual deletion of 6 volumes. i.e. delete volume

Re: HELP!! . Return code is: 127

2003-10-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi, i think you should play with your rm-script. Why do you use the ' |tee ' ? What about the user-rights of the script. The scheduler seem to work right, because tsm tells no error. Michael Kinderman Wuerzburg/Germany Am Dienstag, 21. Oktober 2003 13:44 schrieb T_MML: hi all, my problem is

Re: What to do with archives when deleting a client

2003-10-21 Thread David E Ehresman
Why remove the client node definition? You don't have to license nodes that you aren't backing up. (How many processors does that node have? Zero). [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/21/2003 9:30:06 AM We have systems where we have archived data where I can see the life of the archive data will far out

Re: dsmserv restore db error

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Sims
anrd icstrame.c bla bla invalid record header found in input stream, magic=0087 Koen - When restoring a TSM server, it is starting out from nothing and needs to be accurately told what its devices (devclasses) are, which is the role of the devconfig file. Check that the

Re: Database fragmentation formula (was Re: Online DB Reorg)

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Sims
Good point for reducing size, other than normal growth why would it not last long, is ther other reasons? Charles - Normal daily TSM activity makes for a lot of db updating which rather rapidly returns the db to a condition akin to that before the db reorg. Entropy, and all that.

Re: What to do with archives when deleting a client

2003-10-21 Thread Prather, Wanda
No, there isn't any way to archive data so that it isn't attached to a particular client. And there isn't really any reason you can't leave the archives attached to the old node name; once the old node name has been idle for 30 days, it will drop from your license count, it doesn't cost you

TSM Downward Scaleability

2003-10-21 Thread Douglas Currell
The organization that I work for deploys TSM quite sucessfully at its large main sites that serve some +4000 nodes. It is very apparent that TSM scales upwardly very well but I believe that scaling down is something else. MY question is this:How can similar services be delivered to sites where

Re: TSM Downward Scaleability

2003-10-21 Thread Prather, Wanda
Actually there are some 2-drive tiny LTO and AIT libraries that are very affordable; that's the best alternative. If you can't do that, consider backing up over the WAN. Whether it's practical depends on the type size of the remote clients, but if they aren't huge, it's possible. The initial

Re: Database fragmentation formula (was Re: Online DB Reorg)

2003-10-21 Thread Roger Deschner
I have to ask one thing about all this higher math - Does it matter? That is, what can you do about it, or what should you do about it? I think the answer is that, even if these competing formulae are correct and you discover your database is fragmented, there is practically nothing you can or

Re: TSM Downward Scaleability

2003-10-21 Thread Chris Murphy
Hi Doug, I agree with Wanda entirely. This very debate arose within out organization when we deployed TSM a couple of years ago. We have about a dozen remote offices which have no TSM server at their local site. We implemented our configuration almost precisely as Wanda described, minus the

Re: TSM Downward Scaleability

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Sims
The organization that I work for deploys TSM quite sucessfully at its large main sites that serve some +4000 nodes. It is very apparent that TSM scales upwardly very well but I believe that scaling down is something else. MY question is this:How can similar services be delivered to sites where

Re: TSM Storage Pool Hierarchy Question

2003-10-21 Thread Roger Deschner
Answering only your questions 3, 3b, and 4... For the remote database backups at least, your RS can become a client of the MS, and can back up its database to the MS. From the MS perspective, the RS is just a regular backup/archive client doing an archive operation on a rather big file. The MS

Re: What to do with archives when deleting a client

2003-10-21 Thread Alex Paschal
Richard, You might be able to use the mergefilespaces=yes option on the import to avoid the filespace name juggling Wanda mentioned in her caveat. Alex Paschal Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

Upgrade TSM 5.1.7 to 5.2.0 - how long should upgradedb take?

2003-10-21 Thread Robin Sharpe
Hi all, Today we started our upgrade of TSM 5.1.7 to 5.2.0. Our TSM server is HP-UX 11i, TSM database is 112GB, about 80% used. After the install of the TSM product, the 'dsmserv -upgradedb' command is run during server reboot (that's how it is done on HP-UX the startup screen says

restoring multiple versions of the same file

2003-10-21 Thread Jim Kirkman
Greetings, We have a customer that wants to restore all 10 versions of a file (1 active and 9 inactive) that TSM has stored. Is there a way to restore all of them at once, or is he going to need to run 10 separate restores and rename the file once it's on the box? I don't see how Windows is

Re: restoring multiple versions of the same file

2003-10-21 Thread Coats, Jack
The way I have done this type of request is to restore to the same directory a re-directed restore to a directory like RESTOREmmdd where the mmdd are the year month and date of the backup into that sub-directory. This way the user had an 'opportunity' to be involved and understand what

Patch or upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread hassan MOURTADI
Hi, I am in 4.2.1.9 / NT 4.0. I have a problem in restoring SAP DATA after backing up using LAN-FREE (storage Agent on NT). To resolve this, i think i have to apply patch 9 and above or to upgrade to 5.1. Any Idea?? Thanks

TDP For Exchange Performance Question

2003-10-21 Thread Mike Hedden
Folks, I am trying to gather some performance thru-put numbers on what the rest of you are seeing on TDP for Exchange. I have a cluster environment running LAN free and am only getting about 20GB per hour. The drives are LTO gen2. I am just trying to find out what I should/might be able to

Informix TDP restore to another server

2003-10-21 Thread Conko, Steven
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

TSM Device Driver on Windows XP?

2003-10-21 Thread Royce E Johnson
I am running v5.11 on a Compaq Evo laptop with Windows XP. We have a need for a mobile tsm solution from time to time. I am trying to talk to a single, manual, ADIC LTO200D drive. I had communications with the tape drive natively through windows, but even after I disable the media changer

Re: TSM Storage Pool Hierarchy Question

2003-10-21 Thread Steven Pemberton
On Tuesday 21 October 2003 07:41, Curt Watts wrote: Alright, time to ask the experts! Essentially, I'm trying to have our remote TSM servers (satellite locations) utilize the main TSM server as the next storage pool in it's hierarchy. The hierarchy will eventually look like this: Remote

Re: HELP!! . Return code is: 127

2003-10-21 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: T_MML [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] after running my postschedule the code error 127 is registered in my dsmsched.log This return code is coming from the operating system running your shell script remove_files.sh Refer to RedHat docs to find what this code means. -- Mark Stapleton

Re: TSM Storage Pool Hierarchy Question

2003-10-21 Thread Steve Harris
I asked this question a while back but didn't get a reply. A migration process from disk to tape will normally handle only one client's data per migration process and hence only use one tape drive. Since the virtual volumes on MS appear to come from a single client (RS), then this data will

Re: TSM Device Driver on Windows XP?

2003-10-21 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: Royce E Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I am running v5.11 on a Compaq Evo laptop with Windows XP. We have a need for a mobile tsm solution from time to time. I am trying to talk to a single, manual, ADIC LTO200D drive. I had communications with the tape drive natively through