Andy,
There is a client options set in effect, and it did have
compression=yes, with the "force" option, which probably overrides
everything.
But even with that in effect, when I used the
"exclude.compression /mnt/mksysb/.../*" line, it skipped compressing the
files in that filesystem, which is what I wanted.
Ok, so now I know why the client was behaving that way; the
client options set was overriding the schedule options.
Best Regards,
John D. Schneider
Phone: 314-364-3150
Cell: 314-750-8721
Email: john.schnei...@mercy.net
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Andrew Raibeck
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:19 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] How do I override compression setting?
Make sure you don't have a client option set forcing compression.
I checked the 5.4.2.0 client on Linux x86, your scenario (compression
yes
in dsm.sys, compression no in sched definition) works fine without a
client
option set.
Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development
Level 3 Team Lead
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/i...@ibmus
Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com
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http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageMan
ager.html
The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 03/10/2009
01:51:25 PM:
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>
> Re: How do I override compression setting?
>
> Schneider, John
>
> to:
>
> ADSM-L
>
> 03/10/2009 01:54 PM
>
> Sent by:
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU>
>
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
> Well, I guess I am being tripped up my engineer's mind. I want the
> product to work consistently, not arbitrarily. And to work according
to
> the manual. In the Unix client manual in the section on processing
> options it says:
>
> * Most options that you enter on the command line override the value
set
> in the preferences file. However, when you use the domain option with
> the incremental command, it adds to the domain specified in your
client
> options file rather than overriding the current value.
>
> This implies that "-compression=no" should override "compression yes"
in
> the dsm.sys file. In fact, isn't that kind of the point of allowing
> line-mode options, to override what is in the dsm.sys file?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> John D. Schneider
> Phone: 314-364-3150
> Cell: 314-750-8721
> Email: john.schnei...@mercy.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf
Of
> Kelly Lipp
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:33 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] How do I override compression setting?
>
> That is the question: does the compress=no on the command line
override
> the compress yes in the dsm.sys? Apparently not. The docs state,
> though, that the exclude.compression will override the dsm.sys. Might
> be you only option.
>
> Kelly Lipp
> CTO
> STORServer, Inc.
> 485-B Elkton Drive
> Colorado Springs, CO 80907
> 719-266-8777 x7105
> www.storserver.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf
Of
> Schneider, John
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:29 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] How do I override compression setting?
>
> Kelly,
> It is good to know an option like that exists, thanks. But that
> is not really my question. What is wrong with what I am doing? I
don't
> see any mistakes in my configuration. When I create a schedule and put
> "-compression=n" in the options for the schedule, the TSM client
should
> turn compression off for that schedule, right? I shouldn't have to
put
> a special exclude in, should I?
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> John D. Schneider
> Phone: 314-364-3150
> Cell: 314-750-8721
> Email: john.schnei...@mercy.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf
Of
> Kelly Lipp
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:07 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] How do I override compression setting?
>
> How about exclude.compression on that filespace?
>
> exclude.compression
> Excludes files from compression processing if the compression option
is
> set to yes. This option applies to backups and archives.
>
> Kelly Lipp
> CTO
> STORServer, Inc.
> 485-B Elkton Drive
> Colorado Springs, CO 80907
> 719-266-8777 x7105
> www.storserver.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf
Of
> Schneider, John
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:11 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] How do I override compression setting?
>
> Greetings,
> I have a specific NFS filesystem on a TSM AIX client that I need
to
> backup without compression because the files are very large and
already
> compressed, so it is pointless to compress them. But compression is
> "yes" in the dsm.sys file because I want to compress the other
> filesystems.
> The TSM client definition for compression is set to "client", so
> presumably the client can choose to either compress or not. Here is
the
> dsmsched.log of the schedule. Note that I turn off compression in the
> schedule:
>
> 03/10/09 10:00:38
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 03/10/09 10:00:38 Schedule Name: @1002
> 03/10/09 10:00:38 Action: Incremental
> 03/10/09 10:00:38 Objects: /mnt/mksysb
> 03/10/09 10:00:38 Options: -subdir=y -compression=n
> 03/10/09 10:00:38 Server Window Start: 09:57:56 on 03/10/09
> 03/10/09 10:00:38
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 03/10/09 10:00:38
> Executing scheduled command now.
> 03/10/09 10:00:38 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT BEGIN @1002 03/10/09
> 09:57:56
> 03/10/09 10:00:38 Incremental backup of volume '/mnt/mksysb'
> 03/10/09 10:00:45 ANS1898I ***** Processed 500 files *****
> 03/10/09 10:00:50 ANS1898I ***** Processed 1,000 files *****
>
> .... Buncha lines skipped...
>
> 03/10/09 10:02:12 ANS1898I ***** Processed 5,500 files *****
> 03/10/09 10:07:02 Normal File--> 2,489,241,600 /mnt/mksysb/osba
> ckup/eeyore/eeyore-03082009 ANS1360I Compressed Data Grew
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Normal File--> 2,489,241,600 /mnt/mksysb/osba
> ckup/eeyore/eeyore-03082009 [Sent]
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Successful incremental backup of '/mnt/mksysb'
>
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS BEGIN
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Total number of objects inspected: 5,624
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Total number of objects backed up: 1
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Total number of objects updated: 0
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Total number of objects rebound: 0
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Total number of objects deleted: 0
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Total number of objects expired: 0
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Total number of objects failed: 0
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Total number of bytes transferred: 3.93 GB
> 03/10/09 10:13:05 Data transfer time: 8.86 sec
>
> Why am I still getting "ANS1360I Compressed Data Grew" when the
options
> for the schedule are "-compression=n"? It shouldn't be trying to
> compress, should it?
>
> We are running TSM client 5.4.2.0, and TSM server 5.4.3.0 on AIX, in
> case that matters.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> John D. Schneider
> Lead Systems Administrator - Storage
> Sisters of Mercy Health Systems
> 3637 South Geyer Road
> St. Louis, MO 63127
> Phone: 314-364-3150
> Cell: 314-750-8721
> Email: john.schnei...@mercy.net
>
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