Re: How to define Library2
OK, everybody's at the latest AIX and TSM 5.5.2. The shared library manager, NT, now handles CAPEKLIB1 for N1-N6 and has no clients of its own. So NAS clients have to talk to a different library, right? No. And Mr. SAN, two desks down, says all physical connections should be LANFree (and Liverpool just scored against Real Madrid on tape, so I've got distractions). Um. Not necessarily. I think maybe you are reading old stuff about TSM NDMP support. You have 2 choices for NDMP, Lan-free or TCP;/IP. You need to read carefully to understand the differences. Obviously, Lan-free keeps the traffic off your LAN. But there are consequences. You get special NDMP tapes this way, and you can't copy them- you have to vault your primary tapes if you want them to go offsite - are you prepared for that? If you do your NDMP backup via the LAN, the data goes into the regular TSM pool hierarchy, and you can create copy pools with the data. And do individual file restores by creating the TOC. You need to figure out what your requirements are first, then figure out the architcture. I'm no NDMP expert, but I think you need to ask more questions from people here who have NDMP expertise before you go further... 773-702-8464 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Wanda Prather Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:15 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] How to define Library2 Please give your TSM server version platform when posting, you'll get better results. I can only assume that NT here is a Windows box and you are running at least TSm 5.4. You also don't say whether you intend to backup the NAS via Lan-Free or TCP/IP; they are quite different I don't understand why you are creating a new logical library in the TS3500 for this instead of using the existing one; but since you are doing it this way, SOME TSM server has to own library CAPEKLIB2. It's not clear from your post whether you want NT to own it also, or N6 (which presumably is also a client of CAPEKLIB1, which is allowed). But I'm assuming you want it to belong to N6, non-shared: a) use the library web interface to create a control point on a drive in logical library CAPEKLIB2. b) zone the library drives so they are jvisible on the SAN to N6 c) In Windows Device Manager, right click and select scan for new hardware. d) In the TSM Management Console Device Driver window, you should now have a new lbx.x.x.y and new drives mtx.x.x.y. Then you can do your DEFINE LIBRARY. W On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Fred Johanson f...@uchicago.edu wrote: For years we've lived happily in the situation of TSM instance (and machine) NT whose only function is to serve as library manager for our 6 production (N1-N6) and test (N7) TSM. NT controls a TS3500 named CAPEK which has a logical library (1-01) known to N1-N6 as CAPEKLIB1. So far, everything works finem no questions. Now we're setting up TSM for NAS. Our first NAS client will live on N6. We have defined on CAPEK a new virtual library (1-02) with the appropriate drives and label range. We think of this as CAPEKLIB2, an entity distinct from the active shared Library Manager defined on N1-N6 as CAPEKLIB1. So now I sit at the command line of N6 and worry. If I enter the command def libr CAPEKLIB2 shared=no etc., etc. I don't see how that associates with the virtual library 1-02 on the TS3500. I'm obviously missing something as plain as the nose on my face, but what is it? Fred Johanson TSM Administrator University of Chicago 773-702-8464
Re: How to define Library2
NDMP support. You have 2 choices for NDMP, Lan-free or TCP;/IP. You need to read carefully to understand the differences. Obviously, Lan-free keeps the traffic off your LAN. But there are consequences. You get special NDMP tapes this way, and you can't copy them- you have to vault your primary tapes if you want them to go offsite - are you prepared You can backup your primary pool LAN free NDMP volumes to copypools. I accidently damage one volume of my primary pool and was able to restore it from my copypool. I only vault copypool NDMP backups. for that? If you do your NDMP backup via the LAN, the data goes into the regular TSM pool hierarchy, and you can create copy pools with the data. And do individual file restores by creating the TOC. You need to figure out what your requirements are first, then figure out the architcture. I'm no NDMP expert, but I think you need to ask more questions from people here who have NDMP expertise before you go further...
Re: How to define Library2
Please give your TSM server version platform when posting, you'll get better results. I can only assume that NT here is a Windows box and you are running at least TSm 5.4. You also don't say whether you intend to backup the NAS via Lan-Free or TCP/IP; they are quite different I don't understand why you are creating a new logical library in the TS3500 for this instead of using the existing one; but since you are doing it this way, SOME TSM server has to own library CAPEKLIB2. It's not clear from your post whether you want NT to own it also, or N6 (which presumably is also a client of CAPEKLIB1, which is allowed). But I'm assuming you want it to belong to N6, non-shared: a) use the library web interface to create a control point on a drive in logical library CAPEKLIB2. b) zone the library drives so they are jvisible on the SAN to N6 c) In Windows Device Manager, right click and select scan for new hardware. d) In the TSM Management Console Device Driver window, you should now have a new lbx.x.x.y and new drives mtx.x.x.y. Then you can do your DEFINE LIBRARY. W On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Fred Johanson f...@uchicago.edu wrote: For years we've lived happily in the situation of TSM instance (and machine) NT whose only function is to serve as library manager for our 6 production (N1-N6) and test (N7) TSM. NT controls a TS3500 named CAPEK which has a logical library (1-01) known to N1-N6 as CAPEKLIB1. So far, everything works finem no questions. Now we're setting up TSM for NAS. Our first NAS client will live on N6. We have defined on CAPEK a new virtual library (1-02) with the appropriate drives and label range. We think of this as CAPEKLIB2, an entity distinct from the active shared Library Manager defined on N1-N6 as CAPEKLIB1. So now I sit at the command line of N6 and worry. If I enter the command def libr CAPEKLIB2 shared=no etc., etc. I don't see how that associates with the virtual library 1-02 on the TS3500. I'm obviously missing something as plain as the nose on my face, but what is it? Fred Johanson TSM Administrator University of Chicago 773-702-8464
Re: How to define Library2
OK, everybody's at the latest AIX and TSM 5.5.2. The shared library manager, NT, now handles CAPEKLIB1 for N1-N6 and has no clients of its own. The thinking behind this was that NT could be restarted in an instant with nothing more than the default DB and Log. So NAS clients have to talk to a different library, right? And Mr. SAN, two desks down, says all physical connections should be LANFree (and Liverpool just scored against Real Madrid on tape, so I've got distractions). My reading of manuals is that the NAS can't use NT as it is currently used. That's why I created the second logical library on the TS3500. Fred Johanson TSM Administrator University of Chicago 773-702-8464 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Wanda Prather Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:15 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] How to define Library2 Please give your TSM server version platform when posting, you'll get better results. I can only assume that NT here is a Windows box and you are running at least TSm 5.4. You also don't say whether you intend to backup the NAS via Lan-Free or TCP/IP; they are quite different I don't understand why you are creating a new logical library in the TS3500 for this instead of using the existing one; but since you are doing it this way, SOME TSM server has to own library CAPEKLIB2. It's not clear from your post whether you want NT to own it also, or N6 (which presumably is also a client of CAPEKLIB1, which is allowed). But I'm assuming you want it to belong to N6, non-shared: a) use the library web interface to create a control point on a drive in logical library CAPEKLIB2. b) zone the library drives so they are jvisible on the SAN to N6 c) In Windows Device Manager, right click and select scan for new hardware. d) In the TSM Management Console Device Driver window, you should now have a new lbx.x.x.y and new drives mtx.x.x.y. Then you can do your DEFINE LIBRARY. W On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Fred Johanson f...@uchicago.edu wrote: For years we've lived happily in the situation of TSM instance (and machine) NT whose only function is to serve as library manager for our 6 production (N1-N6) and test (N7) TSM. NT controls a TS3500 named CAPEK which has a logical library (1-01) known to N1-N6 as CAPEKLIB1. So far, everything works finem no questions. Now we're setting up TSM for NAS. Our first NAS client will live on N6. We have defined on CAPEK a new virtual library (1-02) with the appropriate drives and label range. We think of this as CAPEKLIB2, an entity distinct from the active shared Library Manager defined on N1-N6 as CAPEKLIB1. So now I sit at the command line of N6 and worry. If I enter the command def libr CAPEKLIB2 shared=no etc., etc. I don't see how that associates with the virtual library 1-02 on the TS3500. I'm obviously missing something as plain as the nose on my face, but what is it? Fred Johanson TSM Administrator University of Chicago 773-702-8464
