Am I off base in suggesting that query events is not a
reliable way to check backup status?
We've found that you can have:
--events that say Missed, but you DO have a good backup
(it started late, or was run manually, etc, but it WAS done)
--events that say Completed, but you DON'T have a good backup
(it Completed the kickoff of a TDP agent;
the agent failed an hour later)
--NO events at all for some nodes
(your DBA may want to control the timing with crontab,
rather than the TSM scheduler do it)
--skipped files, and events doesn't help you there.
(outlook.pst, for example, usually stays open/locked, so
TSM misses it. The event status is Completed, because it's
"only" one file...!!)
This is old news to some people, but maybe useful for others.
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Mr. Lindsay Morris
Lead Architect
www.servergraph.com
512-482-6138 ext 105
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> James Choate
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:23 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Query Event for Previous day shows status In Progress
>
>
> Can someone tell me what is going on with a client(s) that has a
> status of In Progress when I query the event? When I query the
> event for the previous day, the status indicates that the event
> is in progress. When I query the event for the current day, the
> event status shows future. When I query the session and the
> process on the tsm server, I do not see anything going on with
> respect to this event. I have attached the output. Any
> help/guidance is appreciated.
>
>
> tsm: TSM>q event nt_servers nt_backups begint=00:00 begind=11/03/2003
>
> Scheduled Start Actual Start Schedule Name
> Node Name Status
> -------------------- -------------------- -------------
> ------------- ---------
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/03/03 22:45:00 NT_BACKUPS
> IBS In Progr-
>
> ess
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:18:12 NT_BACKUPS
> FS_VSI Completed
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/03/03 22:30:41 NT_BACKUPS
> PLUS_2000 In Progr-
>
> ess
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:15:34 NT_BACKUPS
> ID_CARD Completed
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:16:36 NT_BACKUPS
> FS_DEVII Completed
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:15:41 NT_BACKUPS
> POWERFAIDS Completed
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:15:44 NT_BACKUPS
> TPG Completed
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:17:13 NT_BACKUPS
> FS_VSJ Completed
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:16:42 NT_BACKUPS
> FS-HEAT Completed
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/03/03 22:30:33 NT_BACKUPS
> FS-LIB In Progr-
>
> ess
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:07:09 NT_BACKUPS
> TNVOICE Completed
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:16:34 NT_BACKUPS
> FS_ACT Completed
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/03/03 23:16:54 NT_BACKUPS
> MERLIN2 In Progr-
>
> ess
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/03/03 22:40:38 NT_BACKUPS
> MERCYWEBSRV In Progr-
>
> ess
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:28:27 NT_BACKUPS
> W2KDC Completed
> 11/03/03 22:30:00 11/04/03 00:15:36 NT_BACKUPS
> FS-XTD Completed
> tsm: TSM>q sess
> Sess Comm. Sess Wait Bytes Bytes
> Sess Platform Client Name
> Number Method State Time Sent Recvd
> Type
> ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------
> ----- -------- --------------------
> 1 ShMem Run 0 S 112.8 K 139
> Admin AIX ADMIN
> 17,411 ShMem Run 0 S 45.9 M 139
> Admin AIX ADMIN
> 19,029 ShMem Run 0 S 1.0 M 1,018
> Admin AIX UHO
>
>
> tsm: TSM>q pr
>
> Process Process Description Status
>
> Number
> -------- --------------------
> -------------------------------------------------
> 2,917 Space Reclamation Offsite Volume(s) (storage
> pool AIX_OFFSITE_1),
> Moved Files: 52400, Moved
> Bytes: 21,509,772,447,
> Unreadable Files: 3476,
> Unreadable Bytes: 0.
> Current Physical File
> (bytes): 20,597,841
>
> Current input volume: OP0303.
>
> Current output volume: OP0287.
>
> tsm: TSM>q event nt_servers nt_backups begint=00:00 begind=11/04/2003
>
> Scheduled Start Actual Start Schedule Name
> Node Name Status
> -------------------- -------------------- -------------
> ------------- ---------
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> IBS Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> FS_VSI Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> PLUS_2000 Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> ID_CARD Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> FS_DEVII Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> FIRSTPLACE Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> POWERFAIDS Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> TPG Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> FS_VSJ Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> FS-HEAT Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> FS-LIB Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> TNVOICE Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> FS_ACT Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> MERLIN2 Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> MERCYWEBSRV Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> W2KDC Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> W2K-GC1 Future
> 11/04/03 22:30:00 NT_BACKUPS
> FS-XTD Future
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