Thanks, David. As it turns out, a Sysback developer saw my original note, and sent me an email -- wow!! how did I rate that!? Anyway, he had me upgrade to a newer version, and after talking to him some more about my setup, I realized I didn't have all the required software installed into the appropriate places, and we corrected that, as well. One thing he was concerned about was the fact that the Installation Options menu had no options at all, when it should have at least had a CD and a network entry, even though I didn't have all of the required software components installed in the right places. Further attempts still failed. As we continued to look at the issues, both of us very perplexed, I noticed something that I had not realized was happening... I was receiving several errors about "no space" when the SBR Installation and Maintenance menu was loading (it happened so fast, I couldn't really tell what was going on until I scrolled up). Then, he had me check the size of the ramfs, and it was waaay to small. He ended up walking me through some modifications of a couple of scripts to increase the size of the ramfs, and then we rebuilt the boot image. This time it worked, and I have been successful restoring the backup image I created. He will be looking into the ramfs issue, and I am back to testing this product out.
Thanks for the note, Todd -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David E Ehresman Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 2:54 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for System Backup and Recovery restore issues If you're still having problems, you might call tivoli. There was a min level of sysback that I needed for aix 5.2 and I think it might have been 5.6.6 but I'm not sure. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/07/05 5:53 PM >>> Server TSM 5.2.2.5 running on AIX 5.2 NIM master TSM4SBR 5.6.5.0 Client AIX 5.2 TSM Client 5.2.2.14 (or whatever is fairly recent in the 5.2.2.x range) TSM4SBR 5.6.5.0 I have been successful creating the TSM4SBR System Image backup of the "Client" to the virtual TSM device, and verified that the backups exist as a /TSM4SBR filespace in the "Server's" storage pools. I have installed TSM4SBR into the NIM SPOT assigned to this Client, rebuilt the Network Boot Image, and reallocated the SPOT and LPP_Resource to the Client via the NIM Master's SMIT panels. I have been successful booting the client from the network, pointing the client to the NIM Master's IP address as a bootp server. I have received the TSM for System Backup and Recovery Installation and Maintenance screen after boot. The "Installation Device" is "[not set]". When I use the menu option to "Change Installation Device", I receive the next panel that is mostly blank, and indicates "There are no tape drives or network devices available to install from." (bad grammar, IBM). Examples of this panel in the manual indicate there might be CD, Tape, and a "tsmdev" device listed. Nothing is listed. What am I missing? Where do I set or define the "installation devices" available to a boot image. I assume I will have to rebuild the boot image once I make that definition. Using the NIM Master's smit panels, I have tried entering network identifiers (ent1, etc) into the "Software Install Device" field of different "Install Client Defaults" panels, but that has not helped. Any help would be appreciated. If you think you could help better via a phone call, I can place that call. Email me directly with your phone number. Thanks in advance, Todd Lundstedt Via Christi Regional Medical Center Wichita KS
