Re: Withdrawal of Windows Client v4.1.2

[Petr Prerost]

Hello Neil ,
IC29552 - this APAR is opened for backup/restore/expire of files and
directories with names containing national
characters - I know about problems with Czech and German characters. If you
are working in international environment
you should check for ANS1228E and ANS1304W messages in dsmsched.log on
client - if you are able to find them you are
probably touched.

Good luck.

 Petr

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Komu: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Odesláno: 19. února 2001 12:29
Predmet: Withdrawal of Windows Client v4.1.2


> Does anybody know what the issue is that caused the Windows v4.1.2 client
to be
> removed from the ftp site?
>
> The web site talks about it being temporarily removed while APAR IC29552
is
> investigated, but I can find no further details. Should I be worried about
the
> security of my v4.1.2 clients?
>
> Neil Schofield
>
>
>
>
> The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally
> privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject
> to the legal notice available at http://www.keldagroup.com/email.htm
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Withdrawal of Windows Client v4.1.2

[Neil Schofield]

Does anybody know what the issue is that caused the Windows v4.1.2 client to be
removed from the ftp site?

The web site talks about it being temporarily removed while APAR IC29552 is
investigated, but I can find no further details. Should I be worried about the
security of my v4.1.2 clients?

Neil Schofield




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Re: Withdrawal of Windows Client v4.1.2

[Richard Sims]

>Does anybody know what the issue is that caused the Windows v4.1.2 client to be
>removed from the ftp site?

Neil - The information that I received on the problem:

<<- dot.msg file staged onto external ftp site:
 ftp.software.ibm.com
  "/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v4r1/Windows/i386/LATEST"
 400 Feb 13 18:19 dot.msg

  "If you are backing up files with any international characters in the 
filename
  or in the directory path, DO NOT DOWNLOAD AND USE THE WINDOWS 4.1.2 client.

  These characters may be backed up incorrectly, and previous backups of these
  files might be expired by the 4.1.2 client.  APAR IC29552 has been opened for
  this problem.  TSM development is urgently working on the problem and will
  respond soon."

- removed the following files from ftp.software.ibm.com and shasta.sanjose.ibm.com:
"/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v4r1/Windows/i386/LATEST"
22661757 Dec 15 17:02 IP22151.exe
46449 Dec 15 17:03 IP22151.read1stc.txt
2611  Dec 15 17:03 IP22151.readme.ftp

- odbc files are still on sites.   >>


   Richard Sims, BU

Delete single file

[Joe Spade]

Does anyone know of a way to manually delete one file off backups.  I
don't want to change the management policy on retention.  We have a
single big file that gets backed up daily.  It also gets deleted daily.
The name changes on a daily basis, so we start taking up a lot of tape
space in the deleted retention.  I need to delete the one file manually.

Error Question

[Bill Wheeler]

Hello *SMers,

I have a question that I hope is simple to fix.  I have just upgraded my
TSM to 4.1.2, and since then I have seen this error when the server is
trying to dismount a tape after its 5 minute wait period:

ANR8311E An I/O error occurred while accessing drive DRIVE01 (/dev/rmt1) for
GETLOGSENSE operation, errno = 22.

Any idea on what is causing this?  Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks in Advance,

Bill Wheeler
AIX Administrator
La-Z-Boy Incorporated
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Re: Delete single file

[Othonas Xixis]

Have you try to exclude the file ?
In the dsm.sys file (AIX example):
...
...
Inclexcl   /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/inclexcl.txt
...
...
In the inclexcl.txt file:
...
exclude /filesystem/directory/filename.ext
...
That will take care yr problem in the next backup and the next expire
inventory process.

There is a way to digg in the TSM database and delete the file, but is very
sensitive and easy to destroy yr database integrity... and at the end of the
day is not going to help you much, if the next night you back it up again,
so you have to deal with the root case of yr problem, just don't back it up.

Cheers.

Othonas


Joe Spade wrote:

> Does anyone know of a way to manually delete one file off backups.  I
> don't want to change the management policy on retention.  We have a
> single big file that gets backed up daily.  It also gets deleted daily.
> The name changes on a daily basis, so we start taking up a lot of tape
> space in the deleted retention.  I need to delete the one file manually.

Activity log

[Shekhar Dhotre]

Hi all ,

How i can clear  all activity log entries till today  from TSM database ?

Thanks in Advance .
shekhar

Re: ANS9281E when TSM Space Mgmt is not installed

[Nancy Reeves]

I forwarded this info to the person responsible for the client. She told
me that the system rebooted over the weekend (for a yet to be determined
reason) and that this morning's scheduled backup ran fine. Apparently the
reboot took care of things. I am pretty sure that she had not done one
after upgrading to TSM.

Thank for the information!

Nancy Reeves
Technical Support, Wichita State University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  316-978-3860




Richard Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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02/18/2001 01:45 PM
Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"


To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject:Re: ANS9281E when TSM Space Mgmt is not installed


>A coworker tried to upgrade an AIX box with the TSM 4.1 client (from ADSM
>3.something) and when she tried a backup, she got
>ANS9281E Space management kernel extension is downlevel from the user
>program.

Nancy - It sounds like the client system was up and running the HSM
client code when the client was upgraded - which is a bad thing
to do.  The installation apparently planted new HSM code and then tried
to load and run it - which could not succeed because of the prevaiing,
old kernel extension.

In that system you will likely see /etc/inittab with an entry for
starting HSM (ADSM Spaceman) by invoking /etc/rc.adsmhsm .
That did the kernel extension load when the AIX system was booted,
via 'installfsm -l ...'.  You can query by invoking with the -q
option, and unload the kernel extension via -u.

HOWEVER: Depending upon the level of the AIX system, it may not support
the HSM client you are trying to install.  Review the configuration to
decide how to proceed.  Your install may have displaced the original
software, including /etc/* ingredients.  Proceed carefully so that the
data in the HSM file systems will be accessible once things are resolved.

  Richard Sims, BU

Re: Delete single file

[David Longo]

Don't know about deleting file.  If you indeed want to back up this file but want to 
keep only one version then set up a new management class with the parameters you want 
for this file and then in dsm.opt of incl/excl file (depending on client system) put 
this line:

include/.../filetobackup  mgmtclass

This will backup up this file only to this new class, but the rest of the files will 
be backed up as presently.  Review incl/excl in *SM docs for info.




David B. Longo
System Administrator
Health First, Inc.
3300 Fiske Blvd.
Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
PH  321.434.5536
Pager  321.634.8230
Fax:321.434.5525
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/19/01 10:01AM >>>
Does anyone know of a way to manually delete one file off backups.  I
don't want to change the management policy on retention.  We have a
single big file that gets backed up daily.  It also gets deleted daily.
The name changes on a daily basis, so we start taking up a lot of tape
space in the deleted retention.  I need to delete the one file manually.



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Re: Activity log

[David Longo]

set actlogretention 1

This will keep only one days log.  It won't immediately delete old stuff (I think it 
trims log at midnight or something)  Do you really only want to keep one days log?   I 
like to keep 7 days for tracing problems, especially over a long weekend.


David B. Longo
System Administrator
Health First, Inc.
3300 Fiske Blvd.
Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
PH  321.434.5536
Pager  321.634.8230
Fax:321.434.5525
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/19/01 10:06AM >>>
Hi all ,

How i can clear  all activity log entries till today  from TSM database ?

Thanks in Advance .
shekhar



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Re: Activity log

[Othonas Xixis]

What R U trying to hide  LOL
Look in the following two server settings:

Activity Log Retention Period
Activity Summary Retention Period

Rgds,

Othonas


Shekhar Dhotre wrote:

> Hi all ,
>
> How i can clear  all activity log entries till today  from TSM database ?
>
> Thanks in Advance .
> shekhar

Tivoli cert exam 699

[Steve Hicks]

Does anyone have any really good sources that I can use to study for the
699 test? I've taken it once and failed ... I am studying the redbooks, but
I'm looking for some notes that are more geared towards exam prep. Any help
is appreciated.

-Steve

Re: Delete single file

[Prather, Wanda]

You can also create an additional management class with different retention
policies, and bind just that one file to the different management class with
an INCLUDE statement:

include /filesystem/directory/filename.ext   new-mgmt-class-name

-Original Message-
From: Othonas Xixis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:30 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Delete single file


Have you try to exclude the file ?
In the dsm.sys file (AIX example):
...
...
Inclexcl   /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/inclexcl.txt
...
...
In the inclexcl.txt file:
...
exclude /filesystem/directory/filename.ext
...
That will take care yr problem in the next backup and the next expire
inventory process.

There is a way to digg in the TSM database and delete the file, but is very
sensitive and easy to destroy yr database integrity... and at the end of the
day is not going to help you much, if the next night you back it up again,
so you have to deal with the root case of yr problem, just don't back it up.

Cheers.

Othonas


Joe Spade wrote:

> Does anyone know of a way to manually delete one file off backups.  I
> don't want to change the management policy on retention.  We have a
> single big file that gets backed up daily.  It also gets deleted daily.
> The name changes on a daily basis, so we start taking up a lot of tape
> space in the deleted retention.  I need to delete the one file manually.

Re: Apologies

[Tony Garrison]

Could have happened 2 any of us

 -Original Message-
From:   Mark A. Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:   Tuesday, February 13, 2001 9:21 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Apologies

My apologies for distributing the virus yesterday.

Re: Tivoli cert exam 699

[Malbrough, Demetrius]

Well, Steve! Don't feel bad, I failed it also! Test 699 is geared more
towards the marketing perspective! How much of this, which OS is best for
that, etc... Have you looked over the Technical Changes for Version 4
Release 1 and studied them to the best of your ability? I used to work in
IBM/ADSM Support and I have found that it is no for sure document to prepare
for this test! You just have to learn from your mistakes the 1st time!

Thanks,
Demetrius Malbrough
TSM Consultant

-Original Message-
From: Steve Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:03 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Tivoli cert exam 699


Does anyone have any really good sources that I can use to study for the
699 test? I've taken it once and failed ... I am studying the redbooks, but
I'm looking for some notes that are more geared towards exam prep. Any help
is appreciated.

-Steve

Re: Scratch tapes...

[Ray]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Richard Sims wrote:

> > The problem is we're backing up up a lot of data.  Occasionally TSM will
> > use up all the tapes, leaving no scratch volumes. ...
>
> Periodically, we need to do 'q v acc=readonly stat=filling'.  Living with
> tapes means inevitable I/O errors, which cause TSM to mark the tape as
> ineligible for further writing until we do something about it.  If
> overlooked, the scratch pool can mysteriously dwindle, and valuable tape
> space can go to waste.

I wrote a perl script that runs every morning and parses a series of
dsmadmc commands to check for volumes in ReadOnly or Unavailable state, in
addition to checking for warning conditions (if db or log is > 90%) and
printing out lots of stats.  It's not pretty (is perl ever? :) ) but it
works.

later!
Ray
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ray DeJean   http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Administrator   Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  AIX Administration, AIX Support
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

ADSM 3106 on Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1 (Rev. 732)

[Long Nguyen]

Does ADSM 3.1.0.6 work on Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1 (Rev. 732)?

Thanks!!


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Re: Delete single file

[Poland, Neil]

You can use:

delete object 0 objectid

It's unsupported but I've never had any problems with it.
-Original Message-
From: Joe Spade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Delete single file


Does anyone know of a way to manually delete one file off backups.  I
don't want to change the management policy on retention.  We have a
single big file that gets backed up daily.  It also gets deleted daily.
The name changes on a daily basis, so we start taking up a lot of tape
space in the deleted retention.  I need to delete the one file manually.

Re: actlog

[Othonas Xixis]

Hi Shekhar,
I know where you are coming from... being there a few times myself... therefore
personally, I believe that any human resources issues need to be resolved outside of
the TSM technical domain... one day you guys will need the activity report to
troubleshoot or solve a problem and you will not be able to go back and see what
happened.

If you allow me a friendly advice, set your Actlog Retention Period back to 7 or 32,
and solve the human resources issue outside TSM or any other tool or business
process.

On the technical question, I don't know of any other way to delete the events
immediately, maybe the Tivoli developers can help you on this one.

Cheers.

Othonas

Volume unavailable after DRM processing

[Brazner, Bob]

We've just upgraded to TSM 4.1.2.0 on AIX 4.3.3 with 3494 ATL.  During
daily DRM processing I've seen the following happen several times now: A
tape will be successfully moved to vault status, but then approx 20 seconds
later, some TSM process wants the tape checked in.  We don't check it in,
so after a few minutes, TSM marks it as unavailable.  The only thing in
common to these tapes is they are in "filling" status.  Could this be due
to a timing fault whereby DRM is not updating the database soon enough and
other TSM processes think the volume is still available?  Do I need to do
anything special other than update volume acc=offsite to make sure the
volume properly completes its stay in DRM?

Bob Brazner
Johnson Controls, Inc.
(414) 524-2570

Re: Scratch tapes...

[George Lesho]

Hope I am not stating the obvious, but if your library has only 19 elements
capable of holding the same number of tape volumes, use an overflo location and
while you will have to shuffle tapes in and out of the library, you will be able
to have a "virtual" library with a zillion tapes in it. Since you will have to
keep sticking in (checkin libv command) and pulling out tapes with the "move
media" command to utilize an overflo location, you should probably do your
expiration/reclamation during the day and turn it off when the library is
unattended

George Lesho
Storage/System Admin
AFC Enterprises





"Mark S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/17/2001 06:19:38 PM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:(bcc: George Lesho/Partners/AFC)
Fax to:
Subject:  Re: Scratch tapes...



Ray wrote:
> I'm relatively new to TSM, and inherited a 3.7 server on AIX with one
> 3570 library (19 tapes).  We do oracle backups and Solaris/Linux/Aix/NT
> backups to the same storage pool.
>
> The problem is we're backing up up a lot of data.  Occasionally TSM will
> use up all the tapes, leaving no scratch volumes.  I have expiration set
> to run every 6 hours, but with no scratch volumes, space reclamation
> fails, and TSM is sort of stuck.  At this point i have to manually move
> data from one volume to a disk storage pool, to get an empty volume (or
> scratch tape) so TSM can get enough "breathing room". Then reclamation can
> free some volumes.  But in the meantime all the previous night's backups
> failed.
>
> What is the best rememdy for this?  Should i lower the reclamation
> threshold? It is at 60 now...  Also i have plenty of disk space to play
> with.  Should i define a reclamation storage pool??  The redbook says a
> reclamation storage pool is good for when the library only has one drive,
> but it seems it might help in my situation.  Thanks for any advice..

It strongly appears that you have inadequate tape storage resources for
your level of data flow. You have several choices:

1. Lower the number of retained copies of files substantially.
2. Increate your tape resources. (Get another library, or replace the
current library with a larger one.)
3. Scale up your disk pool storage, and either send some of your
management classes to disk or send all data to disk first with a
spillover to tape.

Yes, you can set up a reclamation disk pool, but it will not solve your
basic problem--too much data, not enough library.

--
Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Problem with Backups of SAN Data

[Diana J.Cline]

Found an interesting problem and am currently waiting on TSM Support to assist
me but wanted to ask you guys.

NT client platform.

We have defined a SAN (Compaq Storage Works) to one of our NT Clients.  The
machine has a LOCAL C: and D: and the E:, F: and G: are disk from the SAN.  On
client version 3.1.06 the E, F & G: are seen as LOCAL drives, therefore the
ALL-LOCAL domain statement in the dsm.opt file works with no problem.

Then I upgraded to the 4.1 NT Client. I had no problems but now the client
thinks that E: F: & G: are network and not local.  These are hugh drives.  I
can barely get an incremental done (often times not) each night, let alone
starting these over by creating new filespaces.  It doesn't convert the 3.1.06
filespaces; it thinks they are brand new network ones.

Anyone have any suggestions?  Fortunately, I was able to reinstall the 3.106
client and run it on a nightly basis as the 4.1 client didn't touch those
filespaces -- so the data isn't corrupted.

My understanding from Support is that they knew this would happen I don't
recall seeing any documentation on this.  I'm waiting on them to tell me how to
possibly convert these filespaces to a 4.1 format in the Network section
without starting over.

-Diana Cline

Performance point of view

[Klatt, Michael]

Hi all,

I would like to get some help/infos/ideas for better understanding the
performance point of view.

If some clients are backed up into a disk storage pool, the data (files)
from this storage pool will be migrated into the next storage pool (type
sequential for example) if watermarks are reached. During this migration the
files are stored at the end of the chain "storage pool" -- "device class" --
"library" -- "drives" to drives, to all available drives I assume and  isn't
collocation  enabled all files are distibuted over the volumes, but no
single file is spread out over the volumes. This means to me,  that one huge
file would be stored to just one drive, even if  many drives available,
correct ?

As far as I know about TSM it is different in the TDP for SAP, there I can
stream to different tapes, but what about TDP for Oracle and how can I
manage to get a huge file saved as fast as possible?

many thanks for your help


regards
Michael

Re: deleting copypool tapes.

[Nicholas Cassimatis]

Select the volumes with the GUI, and pick Delete!

Nick (Don't mess with my GUI)  Cassimatis
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

"I'm one cookie away from happy." - Snoopy (Charles Schulz)
- Forwarded by Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM on 02/19/01 01:19 PM
-

"Kelly J.
Lipp"To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: deleting copypool tapes.
Sent by:
"ADSM: Dist
Stor Manager"
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02/14/01 02:46
PM
Please respond
to lipp





One at a time!

Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
(719) 531-5926
Fax: (240) 539-7175
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.storsol.com
www.storserver.com


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Shekhar Dhotre
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 12:10 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: deleting copypool tapes.


Hi all ,
   what is the command that will delete all (90)  copypooltapes  in one
shot
..
I am trying


 DELETE VOLUME   *   WHERESTGPOOL=COPYPOOL WHEREDEVCLASS=STK9710
discarddata=yes  with no luck
02/14/01   13:34:08  ANR2401E DELETE VOLUME: Volume * is not defined in a



thanks
shekhar

Re: Performance point of view

[David Longo]

When going to sequential drives, a single migration process will sequentially store 
files on ONE volume until it is filled (or a I/O error occurs on tape) and then 
proceed to the next tape.  One large (or not so large) file can and will span multiple 
volumes if EOT is reached on a tape and the file has not been completely 
copied/migrated.  I have seen this happen many times  (TSM server 3.7.4.0 is out 
current).

Thus a file, regardless of size is attempted to be put on as few tapes as possible.  I 
believe this is the same for collocation, but don't use collocation here.



David B. Longo
System Administrator
Health First, Inc.
3300 Fiske Blvd.
Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
PH  321.434.5536
Pager  321.634.8230
Fax:321.434.5525
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/19/01 12:59PM >>>
Hi all,

I would like to get some help/infos/ideas for better understanding the
performance point of view.

If some clients are backed up into a disk storage pool, the data (files)
from this storage pool will be migrated into the next storage pool (type
sequential for example) if watermarks are reached. During this migration the
files are stored at the end of the chain "storage pool" -- "device class" --
"library" -- "drives" to drives, to all available drives I assume and  isn't
collocation  enabled all files are distibuted over the volumes, but no
single file is spread out over the volumes. This means to me,  that one huge
file would be stored to just one drive, even if  many drives available,
correct ?

As far as I know about TSM it is different in the TDP for SAP, there I can
stream to different tapes, but what about TDP for Oracle and how can I
manage to get a huge file saved as fast as possible?

many thanks for your help


regards
Michael



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immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies 
of it, and notify the sender.  You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, 
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recipient.  Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications 
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opinions are on behalf of a particular entity;  and (2) the sender is authorized by 
the entity to give such views or opinions.

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SQL-BackTrack for Informix / TSM interaction

[George Lesho]

4.3.2 / RS6000
   3.7.3.6 TSM Server
   3.7.2 Client
2.1SQL-Backtrack for Informix

This is in ref to our sites weekend archives of two applications using the SQL-B
for I tool...

TSM Scheduler has begun to act funny on one of my production servers (a TSM
client). I have its dsm.sys file in both the api and ba paths set to ''schedmode
prompted''. The dsmsched.log shows the client waiting for the next scheduled
acty every minute until the actual time of the schedule. The schedule begins and
it took 23 HOURS for the PeopleSoft Level 0 backup to finish (usually and hour
or two). In the meantime, my DataMart application, which also uses the
SQL-BackTrack for Informix client missed its schedule... it didn't appear on the
dsmsched.log at all and I have a debug file running and I know that the script
which calls the dtibackup command was never run. After announcing the "next
scheduled activity" every minute in the dsmsched log for hours on end, there is
a gap of 23 hours (from the time the PeopleSoft schedule began) where there is
no activity (the DataMart schedule SHOULD have been in there) any ideas???
This feels like a TSM schedule or session issue to me. Is there a max session
paramter other than on the server??? Please help!

George Lesho
Storage/System Admin
AFC Enterprises

Check in manual lib. error.

[Ben Kokenge]

Hello *SMers,

I was trying to set up an external single DLR drive to my ADSM 3.1.50
system.  I created all devices and pool, but keeps giving me this message:

ANR0535W Transaction failed for session 2293 for node DLT.TEST (WinNT) -
insufficient mount points available to satisfy the request.

I labeled the dlt tape ok, but I could not check it in with this error:

adsm> checkin libv dltlib vol001 status=scr
ANR8403E CHECKIN LIBVOLUME: Operation not allowed for MANUAL libraries.
ANS8001I Return code 3.

So I just defined it into that pool, but when I try to use it i get:

ANR0535W insufficient mount points available to satisfy the request.

I think I need a scratch volume in there, but I can't figure it out.  I have
max scratch set to 3 for that pool.

Any help?
ben

info below:
DEV CLASS:
 Device Class Name: DLT
Device Access Strategy: Sequential
Storage Pool Count: 1<--- (defined vol in there)
   Device Type: DLT
Format: DLT35C
 Est/Max Capacity (MB): 35,840.0
   Mount Limit: 1
  Mount Wait (min): 60
 Mount Retention (min): 60
  Label Prefix: ADSM
   Library: DLTLIB

I created drive:
   Library Name: DLTLIB
Drive Name: DLTDRV
   Device Type: GENERICTAPE
Device: /dev/rmt0
   ON LINE: Yes
   Element:
  Library Name: NONE

I created lib:
  Library Name: DLTLIB
  Library Type: MANUAL
Device:
  Private Category:
  Scratch Category:
  External Manager:

Re: 3494, multiple tsm's connected, balancing media

[Nicholas Cassimatis]

Beside implementing volume ranges on your servers, you could alternate days
on the checkin process.  That would help to balance the tapes between the
two servers.

Nick Cassimatis
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"I'm one cookie away from happy." - Snoopy (Charles Schulz)

Re: Check in manual lib. error.

[Malbrough, Demetrius]

Hello, Ben!  Are you trying to define this as a MANUAL drive? If so, then
checkin libvol is invalid for MANUAL drives. You have to manually issue the
query request and reply commands & physically mount the volume in the drive
itself!

Also, insufficient mount points are due to either your MOUNT LIMIT from
define devclass is not set to the appropriate number of drives or your max
scratch is not high enough!

Thanks,
Demetrius

-Original Message-
From: Ben Kokenge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 12:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Check in manual lib. error.


Hello *SMers,

I was trying to set up an external single DLR drive to my ADSM 3.1.50
system.  I created all devices and pool, but keeps giving me this message:

ANR0535W Transaction failed for session 2293 for node DLT.TEST (WinNT) -
insufficient mount points available to satisfy the request.

I labeled the dlt tape ok, but I could not check it in with this error:

adsm> checkin libv dltlib vol001 status=scr
ANR8403E CHECKIN LIBVOLUME: Operation not allowed for MANUAL libraries.
ANS8001I Return code 3.

So I just defined it into that pool, but when I try to use it i get:

ANR0535W insufficient mount points available to satisfy the request.

I think I need a scratch volume in there, but I can't figure it out.  I have
max scratch set to 3 for that pool.

Any help?
ben

info below:
DEV CLASS:
 Device Class Name: DLT
Device Access Strategy: Sequential
Storage Pool Count: 1<--- (defined vol in there)
   Device Type: DLT
Format: DLT35C
 Est/Max Capacity (MB): 35,840.0
   Mount Limit: 1
  Mount Wait (min): 60
 Mount Retention (min): 60
  Label Prefix: ADSM
   Library: DLTLIB

I created drive:
   Library Name: DLTLIB
Drive Name: DLTDRV
   Device Type: GENERICTAPE
Device: /dev/rmt0
   ON LINE: Yes
   Element:
  Library Name: NONE

I created lib:
  Library Name: DLTLIB
  Library Type: MANUAL
Device:
  Private Category:
  Scratch Category:
  External Manager:

Re: Antw: Re: define additional logvolume

[Maria Paz Gimeno]

Did you also give the command: extend log 162?
This is required after you define a new log file in order for *SM to use it
Maria

- Original Message -
From: Wolfgang Herkenrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 7:19 AM
Subject: Antw: Re: define additional logvolume


Hi,

this is not the problem. My log is currently 488 MB and I want to enlarge it
to 650 MB

Wolfgang

>>> "Toora, Kuli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 13.02.01 15:09:16 >>>
Hello,

How big is your recovery log currently?

Have you reached the max recovery log size? the max you can have is 5420 mb.

Thanks,

Kuli Toora
Npower
Enterprise Services
Kingswinford

01384 275346
Mobile : 07989 492903

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-Original Message-
From: Wolfgang Herkenrath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 13 February 2001 13:49
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: define additional logvolume


Hi *SM'ers,

TSM 3.7 Level 3.0 on OS390R8

Last week I made a upgrade from ADSM 3.1 to TSM 3.7
Today I tried to increase the Recoverylog.
Allocation of space for Recovery Log on OS390 run without failure.
The define of the dbvolume run without failure too.

But the query db and query logvolume command doesn't show the new Volume or
any space for extension.
When I try to delete the new logvolume tsm say's: logvolume not defined to
tsm.
When I try to define the new logvolume tsm say's: logvolume allready exist.
At disklog I can see the volume.

Before I contact Tivoli: Is there an known problem? I didn't found anything
at IBM-Database.
Are there any ideas what went wrong?

Gru_, Wolfgang
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Re: Tivoli cert exam 699

[Ken Sedlacek]

I too took it once and failed with a 64%.

Here is what I am going over:

Tivoli Storage Management Concepts: SG24-4877-02
Getting Started with Tivoli Storage Manager: Implementation Guide:
SG24-5416-01
Tivoli Storage Manager v3.7 & 4.1: Technical Guide: SG24-6110-00
Tivoli Storage Management Reporting: SG24-6109-00
Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX v4.1-Quick Start
TSM v4.1 for AIX: Administrators Guide

I think I will again go over these but go over the TSM v4.1 Admin guide
more than the first time.

Best of good studing to all!



Ken Sedlacek
Kyrus Corporation
Office: 864-322-4260; Cell: 864-444-8375
Text Page: 864-444-7243, follow prompts
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Well, Steve! Don't feel bad, I failed it also! Test 699 is geared more
towards the marketing perspective! How much of this, which OS is best for
that, etc... Have you looked over the Technical Changes for Version 4
Release 1 and studied them to the best of your ability? I used to work in
IBM/ADSM Support and I have found that it is no for sure document to
prepare
for this test! You just have to learn from your mistakes the 1st time!

Thanks,
Demetrius Malbrough
TSM Consultant

-Original Message-
From: Steve Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:03 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Tivoli cert exam 699


Does anyone have any really good sources that I can use to study for the
699 test? I've taken it once and failed ... I am studying the redbooks, but
I'm looking for some notes that are more geared towards exam prep. Any help
is appreciated.

-Steve

TDP for Informix on NT 4.0?

[David Longo]

It seems that TDP for Informix is only available for AIX and Solaris platforms.
Does anyone know if it can work with Informix on NT 4.0?

Thanks,


David B. Longo
System Administrator
Health First, Inc.
3300 Fiske Blvd.
Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
PH  321.434.5536
Pager  321.634.8230
Fax:321.434.5525
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Re: Error Question

[Richard Sims]

>...I have just upgraded my TSM to 4.1.2...
>ANR8311E An I/O error occurred while accessing drive DRIVE01 (/dev/rmt1) for
>GETLOGSENSE operation, errno = 22.

Bill - I have a bunch of real-world explanations for messages such as this
   in  people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts .  Errno 22 typically occurs
because your device driver is downlevel.  The server Readme file talks
about Atape upgrade requirements: see "Atape upgrade required".  Check
the specified levels against those in your system.

  Richard Sims, BU

Re: Tivoli cert exam 699

[Shekhar Dhotre]

you missed windows2000  topics in your  prepareation , there are questios on
windows 2000 backup/restopre
in 699.

Goodluck
shekhar




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Subject:  Re: Tivoli cert exam 699


I too took it once and failed with a 64%.

Here is what I am going over:

Tivoli Storage Management Concepts: SG24-4877-02
Getting Started with Tivoli Storage Manager: Implementation Guide:
SG24-5416-01
Tivoli Storage Manager v3.7 & 4.1: Technical Guide: SG24-6110-00
Tivoli Storage Management Reporting: SG24-6109-00
Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX v4.1-Quick Start
TSM v4.1 for AIX: Administrators Guide

I think I will again go over these but go over the TSM v4.1 Admin guide
more than the first time.

Best of good studing to all!



Ken Sedlacek
Kyrus Corporation
Office: 864-322-4260; Cell: 864-444-8375
Text Page: 864-444-7243, follow prompts
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Well, Steve! Don't feel bad, I failed it also! Test 699 is geared more
towards the marketing perspective! How much of this, which OS is best for
that, etc... Have you looked over the Technical Changes for Version 4
Release 1 and studied them to the best of your ability? I used to work in
IBM/ADSM Support and I have found that it is no for sure document to
prepare
for this test! You just have to learn from your mistakes the 1st time!

Thanks,
Demetrius Malbrough
TSM Consultant

-Original Message-
From: Steve Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:03 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Tivoli cert exam 699


Does anyone have any really good sources that I can use to study for the
699 test? I've taken it once and failed ... I am studying the redbooks, but
I'm looking for some notes that are more geared towards exam prep. Any help
is appreciated.

-Steve


 $RFC822.eml

Re: reclamation vs backup stgpool

[Mark S.]

Arnaud Brion wrote:
> I'm facing an embarasting situation since I changed the way our daily job  runs : I 
>start a reclamation job, by decreasing the rec parameter to 50 % on all storage pools 
>every morning at 3:00.
> Two hours later I start a backup stgpool job, on all storage pools too, and what 
>happens is that most of the backup stgpool processes are waiting for a free drive to 
>begin.
> This should never happen, because of the preemption system included in TSM, that 
>avoids this kind of painfull sitation : backup of stgpools has a higher priority than 
>reclamation, so why do I have this problem ? ( nopreempt parameter is set to no)
> Did anybody face the same situation, and was it solved ?

There is documentation in the admin guides that show the priorities that
tape operations follow. Restores are at the top of the food chain,
followed by several others (including reclamation), with all backups
(including client and storage pool) at the bottom of the list. Whatever
is higher in the priority list will take precedence over those
operations that are lower.

This makes sense when you consider what is most important in a
backup/recovery system. Restores are the primary function, while cleanup
and bookkeeping jobs are not as important. As for backups, they can be
done anytime there is a drive available.

--
Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Check in manual lib. error.

[Len Boyle]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ben Kokenge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
says:
>I was trying  to set up an  external single DLR drive to  my ADSM 3.1.50
>system. I created all devices and pool, but keeps giving me this messag e:
>
>ANR0535W Transaction failed for session 2293 for node DLT.TEST (WinNT) -
>insufficient mount points available to satisfy the request.
>
>DEV CLASS: Device Class Name: DLT
>Device Access  Strategy: Sequential
>Storage Pool Count:  1 <---(defined vol in there)
>Device Type: DLT Format: DLT35C

>I created drive: Library Name: DLTLIB
>Drive Name: DLTDRV
>Device Type: GENERICTAPE
>Device: /dev/rmt0
>ON LINE: Yes

Hello Ben

I just ran into this problem trying  out a dr drill, where the production
system was using a stk 9714 and I had a manual dlt700 drive. The existing
devclass for the  offsite stgpool was defined with a  Device Type of DLT.
As I  was having  a problem getting  the adsmscsi.sys file  to load  on a
Windows 2000 system, the Generictape driver was controlling the drive. So
the devclass  is DLT and  the Drive is  GENERICTAPE and therefore  do not
match.

As far as I know, you can not change the Device Type for an Device class,
and you can not delete an existing device class if there are any stgpools
using it.  So the  only solution is  to have the  drive defined  with the
Device Type  of DLT, which means  that the adsmscsi.sys driver  has to be
used for this drive.

As someone else pointed out, you do not checkin libvol's to a manual libr
library.

Good luck len - Please let us know how you make out.

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SAS Institute Inc.  ussas4hs@ibmmail
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ATL tape errors

[Brian Murphy]

Have a 3575 tape library

[user@host]:/home/user> lsdev -Cctape
rmt0 Available 20-58-00-0,0 IBM Magstar MP 3570 Library Tape Drive
rmt1 Available 20-58-00-1,0 IBM Magstar MP 3570 Library Tape Drive
smc0 Available 20-58-00-0,1 IBM Magstar MP 3575 Library Medium Changer

And we are often getting the following sorts of errors in the error report,
as the tape library is automatically cleaning itself etc, are these valid
errors or is this some sign of misconfiguration between the system and the
library.

Running AIX 4.3.3 ML4 ADSM 3.7.1 (TSM)

Any pointers appreciated.

thanx Brian

LABEL:  TAPE_SIM_MIM_RECORD
IDENTIFIER: A7AB4C8F

Date/Time:   Tue Feb 20 13:55:13
Sequence Number: 5203
Machine Id:  47414C00
Node Id: host
Class:   H
Type:INFO
Resource Name:   rmt1
Resource Class:  tape
Resource Type:   3570LLocation:20-58-00-1,0
VPD:
ManufacturerIBM
Machine Type and Model..03570C1A
Serial Number...000A9614
Device Specific.(FW)5346
Loadable Microcode LevelA0B00E27

Description
AAA0

Probable Causes
TAPE DRIVE
MEDIA

Failure Causes
TAPE DRIVE
MEDIA

Recommended Actions
REFER TO PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Detail Data
DIAGNOSTIC EXPLANATION
3100 0044  6140 0130 3030 3030 3030  3436 3537 3030 3941 3030 3030
3030
4646 4335 3539 4335 3539 3830 3030 4942 4D31 332D 3030 3030 3030 3041 3936
3134
3033 3537 3043 3141
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LABEL:  TAPE_DRIVE_CLEANING
IDENTIFIER: E507DCF9


Date/Time:   Tue Feb 20 13:53:23
Sequence Number: 5202
Machine Id:  47414C00
Node Id: host
Class:   H
Type:INFO
Resource Name:   rmt1
Resource Class:  tape
Resource Type:   3570L
Location:20-58-00-1,0
VPD:
ManufacturerIBM
Machine Type and Model..03570C1A
Serial Number...000A9614
Device Specific.(FW)5346
Loadable Microcode LevelA0B00E27

Description
AAA2

Probable Causes
TAPE DRIVE

Failure Causes
TAPE DRIVE

Detail Data
SENSE DATA
0601  1B00        7000 0100  0058 

0017 FF03 C94B 0010 0005 0140    1B00     

             6000 3334
3620
2020 2000             

             
Recommended Actions
AAA4

TSM Version 4.1 using IP over FC

[Timo Kilchenmann]

Hallo everybody,

Does anybody has experience using IP over FC for connecting TSM 4.1 Clients
with TSM 4.1 Server?

Would like to connect Clients and Server using IBM 6227 Gigabit Fibre
Channel Adapter (Emulex native device driver) over 2109 FC Switches
(Brocade).

Any input is very much appreciated!!!

Eurodis Schweiz AG
Data Division
Timo Kilchenmann
Systems Engineer
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