David, I'd like to see an example of this. What do you mean when you say "it backs up the remote volume to itself"?
Jim "Marsh, David" wrote: > > As long as my server can see the clustered volume, my restore works > fine. I mention that because I use this as a migration method. In the > dsm.opt of a clustered volume, I specify a volume on another Novell > server so that it backs up the remote volume to itself. Then I restore > to the directory structure on the clustered volume. All in all, my > backups, restores, and failovers work very well. > > With regards, > > Dave Marsh > Scottsdale Healthcare > Information Services > 480.675.4395 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Flemming Hougaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SV: Restore of a NetWare Cluster... what's happening? > > Hi Dave > > Thanks for your input, our setup is quite similarly... > > Only difference are: > > - I have followed Jims idea, copying the dsmcad to dsmcadr1 for > resource 1 and so one! > - Furthermore I use the PASSWORDDIR option in my DSM.OPT > > Have you restored your cluster without having the trouble I have had... > or have you been lucky, and by accident avoiding any > migrations/databasebackups? > > Regards > Flemming > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Marsh, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 23. juli 2003 19:53 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: Restore of a NetWare Cluster... what's happening? > > I'm coming into this kind of late, but here is a copy of the > configuration I use to configure all of my NetWare clusters. > > With regards, > > Dave Marsh > Scottsdale Healthcare > Information Services > 480.675.4395 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Flemming Hougaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Restore of a NetWare Cluster... what's happening? > > Hi all > > I've been restoring some data on a NetWare Cluster... and I have had > several problems doing this: > > The TSM Server is a 5.1.6.2 on a AIX 4.3.3. > Client software, NetWare 6, SP3 and TSM Client 5.1.6.0. > > Problem: > Every time I tried to start a restore on the cluster, the following > happened: > - Client went to MediaWait (but no media was mounted) > - Client went to Run (still no media mounted) > - Client went to Receivewait, and after 600 sec. the server disconnects > the server: > > Logs: > On server: ANR0481W Session 49492 for node <NODENAME> > (NetWare)terminated - client did not respond within 300 seconds. > On Client: ANS1005E TCP/IP read error on socket = 11, errno = 54, reason > : 'Connection reset by peer'. > > The scary thing is, if I made a restore of a filespace from the SYS: > volume (not backed up as a cluster), then it all worked fine!! > > Solution: > Stop all migration and databasebackups - and all works fine!!! What's > happening?? is it a designfailure... or is it working as planned? It > cannot be true you can't make a restore on a NetWare Cluster, and a > migration and/or a databasebackup at the same time. > > I have tried to reproduce the failure... and everytime I start to > migrate or make a databasebackup - the restore fails!! > > What's happening??? > > Regards > Flemming -- Jim Kirkman AIS - Systems UNC-Chapel Hill 966-5884
