I'm sticking with 6.3.4.3 for the server. I haven't applied the .300
fixpack yet, but will do so soon. I'm waiting for 7.1.1 because of this
APAR:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC97618
It says in there that that APAR is not fixed in 7.1.0 (only at 7.1.1).
I have worked a bi
Also, if you do image-level backups of 600GB to LTO6 via a large-enough
network link (>1Gbps), you should be able to get a fast enough backup, and
object size doesn't factor. You can also turn on journaling if on Windows
or Linux or AIX, and you can do incrbydate. Lots of options. We'll need
mor
Have you examined the network topology altogether. Our Exchange
environment has network hops all over the place so our networking guys
recommended adding a VLAN tag to both the TSM server and the Exchange DB
servers to do backups. In that way, all hardware firewalls, IPS's,
load-balancers, etc. d
Here's an excerpt from official TSM documentation for TSM Server 7.1 as a
limitation for deduplication:
Encrypted files
The Tivoli Storage Manager server and the backup-archive client cannot
deduplicate encrypted files. If an encrypted file is encountered during data
deduplication processing, t
t;https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli
>+Documentation+Central/page/Tivoli+Storage+Manager
>Product Wiki:
>https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli
>+Storage+Manager/page/Home
>
>"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager&q
Has anyone come across this particular scenario. I'll be opening a PMR for
this if my troubleshooting doesn't pan out.
I have a Linux 7.1.0.100 server whose dedupe stgpools I'm migrating temporarily
to a NAS array. I'm mounting the stgpools via NFS3 and granted, I'm mounting
subdirectories of
Hi,
We run dedup stgpools to a VNX of some calibre. We're on 6.3.4.300 code
on Solaris 10. Deduprequiresbackup=no and we use source-side client
dedup. We also struggled with getting good performance on our backup
stgpools in an earlier architecture. Aside from the issue of backing up
deduped
Hello folks,
I've been using source-side deduplication pretty successfully for most of my
clients (Unix and Windows and TDP for MSSQL) for at least two years now. The
backup window for the source-side is significantly shorter for Unix clients,
minimally shorter for Windows and somewhat longer
ementals have a different impact because there is
>filesystem
>scanning going on to somewhat relieve the TSM DB disk iop/s wise, start a
>few databases with client-side dedup and see the wait i/o increase
>significantly if you don't use SSD's.
>
>This is just my experie
Can anyone here or even looky-loo IBM'ers comment on whether or not there
is a roadmap for the X/Open API port to Linux or any platform for TSM API
7.1.x.x? We actually use that a lot for AFS backups and we were going to
try to update the clients, but it looks like 6.4 is the last port
available.
Ahem... please vote for my RFE. I'd like a function to be able to rename
collocation groups. Call me crazy, but I think it should be something like:
rename collocgroup
It's a pain to do that now and a simple rename will go a long way to organize
our data. I guess it would have to trigger u
TIMESTAMPDIFF is what I've been using. Not sure about the fractions
component because that function returns an integer.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPEK_10.0.0/com.ibm.db2z10.
doc.sqlref/src/tpc/db2z_bif_timestampdiff.dita
SF
On 4/30/15, 8:53 AM, "David Ehresman"
wrote:
>I
Hello,
Does anyone have any idea if for TDP Exchange backups, one can include/exclude
based on LOG or Database file specifications. I'm looking for a way to tell
TSM not to dedup on LOG Files, but to process Database files only.
FYI, I've been running source-side dedup on exchange for several
Hi,
I haven't used the OC since 6.3 or 6.4. But, if this feature is not
there, this is the one thing that I need and the only reason I'm holding
on to the old TSM v5 Management Console software:
- Custom SQL queries that can be created and ran against the TSM server
environments ona regular ba
I've been working with IBM support on a particular issue that is difficult to
recreate and so everytime it happens I have to reopen a new ticket where Level
1 support tells me that it's working by design and then there's no further
follow-up. Then I have to argue with them that this needs to be
This question is relevant. How do I move from a file devclass stgpool to
a directory-container pool. And what's the impact on the DB if I do this?
I already had multi-site configured for our environment with the tools
that exist in versions <7.1.3. I'm not getting another 200TB array to
move da
Hello all!
I just discovered this thread today because I had been testing 8.1.1 server
very recently. I had some issues with that on Thursday and then Friday I
went further down the rabbit hole. Now I'm finding that major portions of
our environment will have to be upgraded very soon.
I'm just
I have one other question for any IBMers or people who may have had
experience with this:
If 8.1.2 clients can negotiate certificates with a 8.1.3 TSM server, does
this mean that for users who use third-party signed certificates (not
loaded by default in the TSM client) that the certificate chain
1.1,
> talks about it:
>
> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGSG7_7.1.
> 1/com.ibm.itsm.tshoot.doc/r_pdg_ssl_comm.html
>
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Sergio O. Fuentes
> wrote:
>
> > I have one other question for any IBMers or people who may have had
&
hat certificate when the
> client connects to a V8.1.2 or later server.
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Sergio O. Fuentes
> wrote:
>
> > My digicert signed certs are loaded into the server cert.kdb using the
> > gsk8apicmd functions. That's working. My questi
rote:
>
>> That is probably due to:
>>
>> SSLACCEPTCERTFROMSERV - The default value Yes enables the client to
>> automatically accept a self-signed public certificate from the server, and
>> to automatically configure the client to use that certificate when the
>&g
gt; > "Licensing files need to be updated with the 8.1.0.x packages."
> >
> > Which/whose "Licensing files"? Client, server or OC? In which case
> > (upgrade to 8.1.2.0 or 8.1.3.0?
> >
> >
> > THNX!
> >
> > --
> > Sasa Drnjevic
The totals that you're mentioning: eg: "Yet we can only replicate around
3TB daily when we backup around 7TB.", are these deduplicated replication
totals or non-deduplication non-compressed totals?
Are you replicating deduplicated data?
We've been replicating successfully about 10TB of nightly n
If you're using your Isilon for NFS backend, I would make the following
recommendations:
* Use multiple mountpoints to the Isilon from your TSM server (e.g. Isilon
Client). I would use IP addresses or direct IP connection to the
underlying Isilon nodes to spread the load out against the entire Is
Here are my thoughts:
Since this is a DR instance, all TSM data should be read-only. With that said,
you can restore the production TSM instance four times, so that you'll
essentially have 4 identical TSM instances running. Each TSM instance should
have its own tape library. Mark all copy vo
Hi all!
I'm revising my TSM administrative schedules and wanted to take an informal
poll on how many of you lay out your daily TSM maintenance routines. Functions
I'm talking about here include:
BACKUP DISK STGPOOLS
BACKUP TAPE STGPOOLS
BACKUP DEVCONFIG
BACKUP VOLHIST
BACKUP DB TYPE=FULL
PREPA
Hmm.. seems like I'm not explaining the my whole story here. The purpose for
this tinkering of admin schedules is to be as efficient as possible so I'm
examining the repercussions of adjusting the expiration schedule. We do in
fact have a larger SATA pool we use for storing about a week's wor
Hi all,
Just learned of a backup "issue" we're having with a Windows 5.5.2 client.
They're running some imaging software called Persystent. Turns out they've
been having to reindex their repository rather frequently and this process goes
out and touches all the files and bytes in that reposit
I had this issue with a desktop mac client one time. It turned out the mac
placed itself in sleep or hibernate mode after a set amount of time. Check
your power management settings on the client and make sure it doesn't go to
sleep.
SF
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
Hi all,
We're running Windows 2008 to serve Exchange in a clustered environment. Nodes
on the cluster have intermittently crashed during the TSM 5.5.2 client backup
run (or immediately after). This run backs up the C: drive and system state.
I have suspicions that VSS is the culprit (and not
ers that show state of failure?
Thanks.
BERTAUT TCHUISE
TSM/NetApp Storage Administrator
Legg Mason Technology Services
*410-580-7032
btchu...@leggmason.com
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Sergio O. Fuentes
Sent: Thursday, Octob
ory Heikel
Tivoli Systems Administrator
Hershey Medical Center
(717) 531-7972
>>> "Sergio O. Fuentes" 10/15/2009 5:09 PM >>>
The only indication that it's a VSS issue is the fact that the crash or
hang happens during or immediately after the System state backup.
Ther
I'm doing this work right now for a big project here. My first endeavor into
Linux.
The lin_tape drivers for 6.2 will require a .rules file in /etc/udev/rules.d
(or wherever your udev stuff lives) mainly because of the instance owner/group
requirements to run 6.2 dsmserv processes. Unless y
curity number or confidential personal information. For more details
visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
From:
"Sergio O. Fuentes"
To:
ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Date:
09/27/2010 01:43 PM
Subject:
Re: [ADSM-L] Looking for SAN/tape experts assistance
Sent by:
"ADSM: Dist Stor Man
Hi all,
We're running TSM Linux Client 6.2.2.0. We use it to back up a Lustre
filesystem. Occasionally, a storage target goes offline but Lustre remains
available. The issue is that any back up that TSM attempts while a storage
target is offline throws an I/O error and the client immediately
Hello all,
We have three TSM servers with versions between 6.3.0 to 6.3.1 range.
According to the technote here:
http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21592404&myns=swgtiv&mynp=OCSSGSG7&mync=E
it states that for any server CREATED on TSM version below the fix for APAR
IC82886 (6.3
We've been given a retention hold by legal on some of our Exchange backup data.
I need to retain a portion of it, but not all of it. Any strategies to do
this?
Specifics:
TSM For Mail For Exchange 2010 version 6.3.0.01
Exchange 2010 is DAG configured, but the backups are not DAG intelligent li
I'm in the same boat as you, Nick. We've tried out DPA and now we're trying
TSM monitoring. So far TSM Monitoring is much more extensible out of the box,
but that's not saying much. I ended up having to correct a bunch of scripts in
the installation tree for the History and Pruning agent to c
Hello all,
Back in the early TSM 5 days, or at least once when I went to training, it was
advised that each individual platform had its own DOMAIN for retention and
destination control. Now, since I'm evaluating a TSM v6 environment, I'm
rethinking whether that is necessary across the board.
Thanks, guys! I had fallen asleep monitoring this thread and I just now caught
up on it.
Yes, there's a lot of unknowns at this juncture of our re-architecture of the
TSM environment. We're introducing TSM DD as much as possible into the
environment, along with replication between our two
Hello all,
We're currently faced with a decision go with a dedupe storage array or with
TSM dedupe for our backup storage targets. There are some very critical pros
and cons going with one or the other. For example, TSM dedupe will reduce
overall network throughput both for backups and replic
Thanks, guys, for your input. Nick, your comment is relevant to us.
We're not used to by-passing TSM for any storage management task regarding
backups. We use very little storage-based replication in our environment
as it is, and introducing array-based replication adds a wrinkle to
managing our
Is it me, or is anyone else running into this issue:
9 out of 10 times I try and do a search (with or without my IBM ID) on the
support portal search page, I get a "Search is temporarily unavailable"
error message. This is really really frustrating and the only way I've
found to clear the error i
Just wanted to mention also that for me, the new support portal search
seems to be more functional than the previous one. I have not had the
same "search service available" error message that spawned this thread
with the new portal. Though, if I do run into the same issue as before, I
will be cer
In an earlier thread, I polled this group on whether people recommend going
with an array-based dedup solution or doing a TSM dedup solution. Well, the
answers came back mixed, obviously with an 'It depends'-type clause.
So, moving on… assuming that I'm using TSM dedup, what sort of target arr
Bill,
Thanks for info. Just curious, are you utilizing source-side dedupe or
relying on the TSM identify to identify all your duplicates
(post-process)? How does the maxsize parameter interact with source-side
dedup? I'll have to look that up.
Eventually you have to reclaim your copy pools and
Wanda,
In trying to troubleshoot an unrelated performance PMR, IBM provided me
with an e-fix for the dedupdel bottleneck that it sounds like you're
experiencing. They obviously will want to do their due-diligence on
whether or not this efix will help solve your problems, but it has proved
very us
s coming from one client, the TSM VE data
>mover, which is a vm.
>
>Re client-side dedup, do you know if there is any cooperation between the
>client-side dedup and deduprequiresbackup on the server end?
>I have assumed that the client-side dedup would not offer that protection.
>
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