SNMP monitoring
Hi all doy anyone some experiences with SNMP monitoring of TSM server on NT? Do I need to have installed SMNP service on NT? Is any MIB file for monitoring? Which events are sended - all as I can see on TSM console? Thanx Tomáš Hrouda, AGCOM Smiřice Tivoli Certified Consultant Storage Manager Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] +420 49 5941312, +420 604 296521 ICQ#77892561 --- Odchozí zpráva neobsahuje viry. Zkontrolováno antivirovým systémem AVG (http://www.grisoft.cz). Verze: 6.0.276 / Virová báze: 145 - datum vydání: 3.9.2001
File creation/modification query
Hi All, Does anyone know how to query the TSM server for the creation and modification dates/times of particular files to comparing with the local file system? I can't find any relevant entries in the SQL book, and no admin commands can show me this data. Any help appreciated! Thanks, Matthew Large http://www.phoenixitgroup.com **Internet Email Confidentiality Footer*** Phoenix IT Group Limited is registered in England and Wales under company number 3476115. Registered Office: Technology House, Hunsbury Hill Avenue, Northampton, NN4 8QS Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of our firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. No contracts may be concluded on behalf of our firm by means of email communications. Confidentiality: Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the recipient indicated (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not take any action based on it, nor should you copy or show this to anyone; please reply to this email and highlight the error to the sender, then delete the message from your system. Monitoring of Messages: Please note that we reserve the right to monitor and intercept emails sent and received on our network. Warning: Internet email is not 100% secure. We ask you to understand and observe this lack of security when emailing us. We do not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free.
Re: SAN - HP - Brocade Switch - LTO Library
HP now are in the process of buying Compaq so never isn't the operative word ;) Suad -- On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 07:02:50PM -0400, Adolph Kahan wrote: > I don't believe that the HP support for IBM LTO is available yet. I > could be wrong. Are the drives in the 3584 native fibre drives? If they > are not then this will never work. > > Adolph > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Matthew Large > Sent: September 4, 2001 9:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SAN - HP - Brocade Switch - LTO Library > > Hi Folks, > > Does anyone have the following environment? > > Compaq SAN with Brocade Fibre Channel SAN switch attached LTO 3584. > Fibre > cards are HP A5158A Tachyon PCI Adaptors. TSM HP Server. > I'd like to know if the HP server will see the tape drives through the > Compaq SAN. I understand it may not, but I'd like to be sure. > > Thanks (in advance of your numerous replies) > MAtthew LArge > > > http://www.phoenixitgroup.com > **Internet Email Confidentiality > Footer*** > > Phoenix IT Group Limited is registered in England and Wales under > company > number 3476115. Registered Office: Technology House, Hunsbury Hill > Avenue, > Northampton, NN4 8QS > > Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not > relate to the official business of our firm shall be understood as > neither > given nor endorsed by it. > > No contracts may be concluded on behalf of our firm by means of email > communications. > > Confidentiality: Confidential information may be contained in this > message. > If you are not the recipient indicated (or responsible for delivery of > the > message to such person), you may not take any action based on it, nor > should > you copy or show this to anyone; please reply to this email and > highlight > the error to the sender, then delete the message from your system. > > Monitoring of Messages: Please note that we reserve the right to monitor > and > intercept emails sent and received on our network. > Warning: Internet email is not 100% secure. We ask you to understand > and > observe this lack of security when emailing us. We do not accept > responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent > > Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any > attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good > computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus > free.
Re: SAN - HP - Brocade Switch - LTO Library
HP is the one that has said that they will never support IBM SCSI LTO drives attached to a SAN via a 2108. They do have plans to support native Fibre IBM LTO drives. Adolph -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Suad Musovich Sent: September 5, 2001 6:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SAN - HP - Brocade Switch - LTO Library HP now are in the process of buying Compaq so never isn't the operative word ;) Suad -- On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 07:02:50PM -0400, Adolph Kahan wrote: > I don't believe that the HP support for IBM LTO is available yet. I > could be wrong. Are the drives in the 3584 native fibre drives? If they > are not then this will never work. > > Adolph > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Matthew Large > Sent: September 4, 2001 9:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SAN - HP - Brocade Switch - LTO Library > > Hi Folks, > > Does anyone have the following environment? > > Compaq SAN with Brocade Fibre Channel SAN switch attached LTO 3584. > Fibre > cards are HP A5158A Tachyon PCI Adaptors. TSM HP Server. > I'd like to know if the HP server will see the tape drives through the > Compaq SAN. I understand it may not, but I'd like to be sure. > > Thanks (in advance of your numerous replies) > MAtthew LArge > > > http://www.phoenixitgroup.com > **Internet Email Confidentiality > Footer*** > > Phoenix IT Group Limited is registered in England and Wales under > company > number 3476115. Registered Office: Technology House, Hunsbury Hill > Avenue, > Northampton, NN4 8QS > > Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not > relate to the official business of our firm shall be understood as > neither > given nor endorsed by it. > > No contracts may be concluded on behalf of our firm by means of email > communications. > > Confidentiality: Confidential information may be contained in this > message. > If you are not the recipient indicated (or responsible for delivery of > the > message to such person), you may not take any action based on it, nor > should > you copy or show this to anyone; please reply to this email and > highlight > the error to the sender, then delete the message from your system. > > Monitoring of Messages: Please note that we reserve the right to monitor > and > intercept emails sent and received on our network. > Warning: Internet email is not 100% secure. We ask you to understand > and > observe this lack of security when emailing us. We do not accept > responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent > > Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any > attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good > computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus > free.
Re: File creation/modification query
>Does anyone know how to query the TSM server for the creation and >modification dates/times of particular files to comparing with the local >file system? I can't find any relevant entries in the SQL book, and no admin >commands can show me this data. Matthew - From my notes: File attributes File attributes are not available at the server via SQL Select queries: the attribute information is only available via the same kind of client you used to back up the file. That is, if you used the Windows client to back up a file, only the Windows client can get the file attributes. While the server does store the attributes given to it by the client, it does not kow how to interpret them, nor is there any way to get them in their "raw" (uninterpreted) format. File attributes are reported by the Backup/Archive client GUI (but not the CLI dsmc Query Backup). Note also that some operating systems (Unix) don't record file creation time. Richard Sims, BU
Does IBM 2108-R03 support IBM 7337-306?
Hello all, does anybody know is DLT7000 library 7337-306 (HVD SCSI) supported by SAN Router 2108-R03 (FC -> LVD/HVD SCSI)? In the official IBM announcement the router supports only Ultrium LTO drives. IBM claims that the new 7337-360 is also supported but nothing about old libs. I've found very deeply hidden statement that the router now supports 7337-305/306 libraries (http://www.hm.avnet.com/cz/ibm/storagesell/c_8.asp). Later I've found the same article in IBM Intranet. But that was all. Official answer from IBM Techline is: "This is not a supported configuration". Our customer does have the library SCSI connected to TSM server but he asks to share the library to other SAN-attached servers through SAN switch. If 2108-R03 is not the right one is there any other FC -> HVD SCSI product on the market which can support this library (for example Chaparral FS1310 Router) ? Or at least did somebody shared its SCSI library over FC SAN (not differential SCSI SAN) ? Thank you in advance. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant
Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT"
So just the opposite if I want to include it? Domain c: d: f: systemobject > -Original Message- > From: Greg Heis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > Yes. I you explicitely specify your "DOMAIN" in your dsm.opt without > specifying: > > Domainsystemobject > > TSM will not backup the system objects. Example: If you have a C: E: and > F: > drive, specify your domain > > DomainC: E: F: > > Thanks, > > Greg Heis > Federal Express > > > - Original Message - > From: Kleynerman, Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:13 PM > Subject: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > > Hello all! > > > > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to exclude the "SYSTEM OBJECT" from > > being backed up on the W2K servers/ workstations. TSM clients running > TSM > > 4.1. > > > > Thanks, > > Arthur > > > > > > --- > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message, and any attachment > thereto, is confidential and may not be disclosed without our express > permission. If you are not the intended recipient or an employee or agent > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that any > review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message, or any > attachment thereto, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by > telephone, fax or e-mail and delete the message and all of its > attachments. > Thank you. > > > > Every effort is made to keep our network free from viruses. You should, > however, review this e-mail message, as well as any attachment thereto, > for > viruses. We take no responsibility and have no liability for any computer > virus which may be transferred via this e-mail message. > >
Upgrade TSM ver 4.1.3 to TSM ver. 4.2
Ho to you perform the above-mentioned. I've tried executing the "setup" of version 4.2 and it comes up with a message saying that I need to un-install the previous version of TSM. I'm quite sure you will not be able to restore the TSM ver 4.1.3 onto a new 4.2 installation.
Re: SNMP monitoring
I've tried to get this working on NT - not much luck though. Support said that, at one level, you had to change the public ID from "public" to something else, before it would work. And of course, you have to start the dsmsnmp thing first. But when I do that, dsmsnmp complains that it can't connect to the snmp service. Restarting, debug switches, calls to support, and prayer have all failed. > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Hrouda Toma9 > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SNMP monitoring > > > Hi all > > doy anyone some experiences with SNMP monitoring of TSM server on NT? Do I > need to have installed SMNP service on NT? Is any MIB file for monitoring? > Which events are sended - all as I can see on TSM console? > > Thanx > > Toma9 Hrouda, AGCOM Smixice > Tivoli Certified Consultant > Storage Manager Specialist > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +420 49 5941312, +420 604 296521 > ICQ#77892561 > > --- > Odchozm zprava neobsahuje viry. > Zkontrolovano antivirov}m systimem AVG (http://www.grisoft.cz). > Verze: 6.0.276 / Virova baze: 145 - datum vydanm: 3.9.2001 >
Disaster Recovery and other questions
Hello my dear TSM friends, Sorry, but I wil ask a lot of questions in this posting. Please, forgive me. I have installed TSM only once on an RS/6000 machine (AIX 4.3.3-ML08). First I had TSM 4.1.3, now I upgraded to 4.2. In the 2 months I'm using TSM now I wrote a lot of scripts for reporting and DRM. Nonetheless I'm still wondering if I'm doing everything OK. We didn't buy Disaster Recovery Manager so we do: - Backup during the day of portables - Backup of servers during the night -> first do disk, then migrated to ptape_pool - In the early morning : * an incremental backup of ptape_pool to offsite_1, offsite_2 or offsite_3 (depends on the day) (automatic checkin/checkout, ..) * a db backup to the internal disks * a copy of the .dbb files to rootvg (I'v made a seperate /tivoli for all scripts, config info diskpools, db vols, log vols). * a systembackup of rootvg to 1/4 inch (internal) tapedrive In the weekend : - Archiving - Space reclametion - Expiration - .. I tested my DRM scripts. It works like this : - Restore mksysb - Recreate /tivoli filesystem - Restore db and diskpool volumes - Remove scratch and cleaning tapes from db - Change Ptape_pool status to destroyed - Checkin new empty scratch tapes - Checkin offsite_copy - restore stgpool This works all OK, but if my TSM DB becomes larger than the capacity of my internal tapestreamer I will have a problem. That's the reason for the following question : I've seen that some of you do a db backup to a seperate tape in the library, but : Question 1: If everything is destroyed (machine and library), and you didn't buy DRM (so you don't have a script created by DRM to put everything back from scratch), how do you read your DB back from tape ??? You need at least your TSM DB to restore your offsite copy. Or do you completely reinstall your OS and reinstall TSM ? I almost can't believe the last thing because you still lost all the pointers to your data on the offsite copy. Or is there a way to read that tape directly from your OS through the special device name ? (for example tar xvf /dev/rmt3 ??) Question 2: Are there any rules to choose the exact size of the components in a TSM Server ? For example :- 25 Mb. RAM for each backupclient - TSM DB size = 10 % of totalcapacity to backup - CPU : ??? Question 3: - Can the experienced DSM'ers tell me some special advices ? What beginnermistakes did you guys made (and should I avoid) - What important reports can I make (I made a daily report to see if all the schedules were finished completely, and one monthly report to see how many times all the portables were backed up) ? - Any advices, tips, tricks ?
mgmt class for SYSTEMOBJECT and Windows 2000 (client 4.2)
Hi to you all, We're new to TSM 4.2 and just starting to deploy the client 4.2 for our Windows 2000 servers... We heard that in previous version of TSM client, we could not specify a management class for SYSTEMOBJECT in the include statement. Now, we can with 4.2 We'd like to hear from others about using this new feature. For example, during a backup, do you refer to a specific management class for SYSTEMOBJECT and if so, how many versions (active, inactive) do you keep? We heard that SYSTEMOBJECT can produce a lot of TSM DB overhead (more than 1500 objects added for each backup everytime even if those objects don't change). Furthermore, we'd like to know how TSM consider SYSTEMOBJECT backup during incrementals... does it treats it like a single object ? (i.e. if only a single file is modified in SYSTEMOBJECT, does TSM take the whole SYSTEMOBJECT again in backup and make the previous SYSTEMOBJECT version inactive... if so, this would indicate that TSM treats SYSTEMOBJECT like a single entity and apply the same logic about making this object active/inactive during incrementals backups). The point here is to use a mgmt class that limits how many versions of SYSTEMOBJECT to keep compared to regular user files... Thanks for taking time to reply to this inquiry. JF Martin CUM
Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT"
Yes. I think that will work. I always specify mine on separate lines: I.e.: Domain C: Domain E: Domain F: Domain Systemobject Good luck!! Greg Heis Federal Express -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Patricia LeBlanc Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" So just the opposite if I want to include it? Domain c: d: f: systemobject > -Original Message- > From: Greg Heis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > Yes. I you explicitely specify your "DOMAIN" in your dsm.opt without > specifying: > > Domainsystemobject > > TSM will not backup the system objects. Example: If you have a C: E: and > F: > drive, specify your domain > > DomainC: E: F: > > Thanks, > > Greg Heis > Federal Express > > > - Original Message - > From: Kleynerman, Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:13 PM > Subject: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > > Hello all! > > > > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to exclude the "SYSTEM OBJECT" from > > being backed up on the W2K servers/ workstations. TSM clients running > TSM > > 4.1. > > > > Thanks, > > Arthur > > > > > > --- > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message, and any attachment > thereto, is confidential and may not be disclosed without our express > permission. If you are not the intended recipient or an employee or agent > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that any > review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message, or any > attachment thereto, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by > telephone, fax or e-mail and delete the message and all of its > attachments. > Thank you. > > > > Every effort is made to keep our network free from viruses. You should, > however, review this e-mail message, as well as any attachment thereto, > for > viruses. We take no responsibility and have no liability for any computer > virus which may be transferred via this e-mail message. > >
Re: TDP for Domino Web access
Title: RE: TDP for Domino Web access The teacher said in the TSM install class last week that Tivoli is trying to eventually force everyone to websphere. Hope that helps. Jerald M. Sheets jr Programmer / Analyst, TIS Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center 5000 Hennessy, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 703.765.8734 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Brian L. Nick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TDP for Domino Web access Hello all, Does anyone know when/if web access will be available for TDP for DOMINO? We are planning to begin using this product and this is one of the hurdles that our management would like addressed. Thanks for any information. - Brian Brian L. Nick Systems Technician - Storage Solutions The Phoenix Companies Inc. 100 Bright Meadow Blvd Enfield CT. 06082-1900 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PHONE: (860)403-2281 Jerald Sheets (E-mail).vcf
Multiple TSM Servers
I am planning the configuration of another TSM server with another tape library (Similar to my first one). I am worried about our operators accidentally inserting "library-1" good tapes (i.e. offsite) into the other "library-2" as scratch. The TSM server will add them to the "scratch" pool. Does anyone have any experience with multiple Libraries (Separate TSM Servers)? I know I could use volume sequences but that will not prevent the insertion into the wrong library, plus the volume sequences will require me to modify all my scripts. Bill Slaughter Tupperware U.S., Inc. 14901 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32837 (407) 826-4580 (407) 826-8890 Fax Text Pages [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TDP for Domino Web access
Hello all, Does anyone know when/if web access will be available for TDP for DOMINO? We are planning to begin using this product and this is one of the hurdles that our management would like addressed. Thanks for any information. - Brian Brian L. Nick Systems Technician - Storage Solutions The Phoenix Companies Inc. 100 Bright Meadow Blvd Enfield CT. 06082-1900 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PHONE: (860)403-2281
Re: Multiple TSM Servers
>I am worried about our operators accidentally inserting "library-1" good >tapes (i.e. offsite) into the other "library-2" as scratch. The TSM server >will add them to the "scratch" pool. Bill - One approach is to apply solid-color labels to each cartridge, with a big sticker of that color around the library I/O portal, and have like yellow for one library and purple for the other. This would be an unmistakable clue to the operators, who would be very hard-pressed to bungle that arrangement (and remain viably employable). I'm not a big fan of having gummed labels applied to the surface of tapes used in a robotic library, but I think the alternative is far worse in your situation. Richard
Migrating Copy storage pool to new media
We are getting ready to add a new AIT Tape library, and will need to migrate data from our current DLT Library. We will use migration to move the data for our primary storage pools, but the copy pool doesn't allow a nextstgpool to be defined. We can define a copy pool in the new library, and backup the new storage pools to the new copy pool as the data is migrated, but this will give us double backups of each file and require extra database space. Does anyone know a method for moving data from one copy pool to another? Doug Thorneycroft County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (562) 699-7411 Ext. 1058 FAX (562) 699-6756 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple TSM Servers
>I am worried about our operators accidentally inserting "library-1" >good tapes (i.e. offsite) into the other "library-2" as scratch. >The TSM server will add them to the "scratch" pool. Bill - Richard's idea about using the distinct solid colors around each library portal is a good one. If you're using barcode-labelled media, another alternative is to use markedly different label formats for the human-readable portion of the label. For example, one set could use horizontal color-coded labels and the other set could be labelled with vertical black & white labels. What type of library/media will you be using? Ted
IBM 3494
Has anyone ever bolted down a 3494 library? From what I can find and what IBM CE's have said, it hasn't been done before. Most people just drop the unit on it's legs however the data center we're in requires all equipment to be bolted down. Anyone run into this situation? Gerald Wichmann System Engineer StorageLink 408-844-8893 (v) 408-844-9801 (f)
Re: TDP for Domino Web access
> Does anyone know when/if web access will be available for TDP for DOMINO? > We are planning to begin using this product and this is one of the hurdles > that our management would like addressed. Brian, We fully understand the need for remote (or web) access to your TDP for Domino clients. All I can say at this point, is that we know that our customers need that function and that we recognize the requirement. I can say that our future plans do include addressing this requirement. But, I cannot say when it will be delivered. Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM 3494
Great big wire ties. You can take a bunch of little ones and string them together if you don't have any big ones. Once again, we were all taking ourselves too seriously. Sorry I don't have a straight answer! Kelly J. Lipp Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. PO Box 51313 Colorado Springs, CO 80949 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com (719)531-5926 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gerald Wichmann Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 9:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IBM 3494 Has anyone ever bolted down a 3494 library? From what I can find and what IBM CE's have said, it hasn't been done before. Most people just drop the unit on it's legs however the data center we're in requires all equipment to be bolted down. Anyone run into this situation? Gerald Wichmann System Engineer StorageLink 408-844-8893 (v) 408-844-9801 (f)
Re: IBM 3494
Are you on a ship ? If this is to mainly keep the equipment from walking off (like a 3494 would) I would just do the following... Remember you have to be real careful not to screw up the alignment when you attempt to "bolt it down" I would pull a caster to get the bolt pattern for it on the atl frame... then have plates made with the same bolt hole configuration but in this plate have a big nut welded on in the center... use this to somehow attach the atl to the floor... if raised floor have holes drilled through it and bring bolts up from the bottom and into the nut. If you are really on a ship where things are likely to be moving, weld some plate down on the floor and use some form of small turnbuckle type device to span between the floor and this bottom plate installed on the cabinet where the casters used to be. You can't just anchor the leveling foot down because the ball will pull out of the socket to easily on those... but you might be able to design a more rigid foot piece that could be bolted down and use the existing all-thread provided with the leveling feet (it will unscrew out of the leveling foot)... but all that was designed to hold the unit up off the floor, not down to it so stresses might play funny games with it. If you did some replacement of the casters it would have the least impact on the environment (probably) this is just an opinion Dwight -Original Message- From: Gerald Wichmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IBM 3494 Has anyone ever bolted down a 3494 library? From what I can find and what IBM CE's have said, it hasn't been done before. Most people just drop the unit on it's legs however the data center we're in requires all equipment to be bolted down. Anyone run into this situation? Gerald Wichmann System Engineer StorageLink 408-844-8893 (v) 408-844-9801 (f)
Re: TDP for Domino Web access
Del, Thanks for the update, as long as I can tell management that this should be addressed at some point in the future. Thanks again. Brian Brian L. Nick Systems Technician - Storage Solutions The Phoenix Companies Inc. 100 Bright Meadow Blvd Enfield CT. 06082-1900 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PHONE: (860)403-2281 "Del Hoobler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BM.COM> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: TDP for Domino Web access "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU> 09/05/01 01:08 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > Does anyone know when/if web access will be available for TDP for DOMINO? > We are planning to begin using this product and this is one of the hurdles > that our management would like addressed. Brian, We fully understand the need for remote (or web) access to your TDP for Domino clients. All I can say at this point, is that we know that our customers need that function and that we recognize the requirement. I can say that our future plans do include addressing this requirement. But, I cannot say when it will be delivered. Thanks, Del Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple TSM Servers
Try this... specify different prefixes for the tsm environments in the different environments DOUBLE CHECK THIS but I believe if you insert a tape with a volser already on it and you try to use it as scratch and it has a wrong prefix, the tsm environment will whine about it and not use it... (the label prefix is assigned on the device class) Dwight -Original Message- From: Slaughter, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Multiple TSM Servers I am planning the configuration of another TSM server with another tape library (Similar to my first one). I am worried about our operators accidentally inserting "library-1" good tapes (i.e. offsite) into the other "library-2" as scratch. The TSM server will add them to the "scratch" pool. Does anyone have any experience with multiple Libraries (Separate TSM Servers)? I know I could use volume sequences but that will not prevent the insertion into the wrong library, plus the volume sequences will require me to modify all my scripts. Bill Slaughter Tupperware U.S., Inc. 14901 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32837 (407) 826-4580 (407) 826-8890 Fax Text Pages [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disaster Recovery and other questions
Q1: You need two files also, the devconf and volhist files. In the devconf are discriptions of the hardwareconfigurations and in the volhist is a list of the usage of tapes (you can see it with q volhist). So you can backup these files to floppy or email it to somewhere out of the building. Without the volhist, you need to know witch tape is the dbbackup or try them all :-) Q2: I'm not experienced... with DRM ;-) Greetings, Maurice van 't Loo Compare Computers The Netherlands - Original Message - From: "Wouter V" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:08 PM Subject: Disaster Recovery and other questions > Hello my dear TSM friends, *** cut *** > This works all OK, but if my TSM DB becomes larger than the capacity of my > internal tapestreamer I will have a problem. > That's the reason for the following question : > > I've seen that some of you do a db backup to a seperate tape in the library, > but : > > Question 1: > >If everything is destroyed (machine and library), and you didn't buy DRM > (so you don't have a script >created by DRM to put everything back from scratch), how do you read your > DB back from tape ??? You need at least your >TSM DB to restore your offsite copy. Or do you completely reinstall your > OS and reinstall TSM ? I almost >can't believe the last thing because you still lost all the pointers to > your data on the offsite copy. >Or is there a way to read that tape directly from your OS through the > special device name ? (for example >tar xvf /dev/rmt3 ??) > > Question 2: > >Are there any rules to choose the exact size of the components in a TSM > Server ? >For example :- 25 Mb. RAM for each backupclient > - TSM DB size = 10 % of totalcapacity to backup > - CPU : ??? > > Question 3: > > - Can the experienced DSM'ers tell me some special advices ? What > beginnermistakes did you guys made (and should I avoid) > - What important reports can I make (I made a daily report to see if all > the schedules were finished completely, and >one monthly report to see how many times all the portables were backed > up) ? > - Any advices, tips, tricks ? >
Re: Migrating Copy storage pool to new media
How much data? What if you did a db backup, deleted all the old copy stg volumes and then ran a new backup stg? The concern is what happens if I take a disaster while I'm creating this new copy pool. With the db backup you could always restore to before you deleted the stuff on the off chance that you needed to. It isn't perfect and it will take a bunch of work to delete all the copy volumes, but it will work and still provide the safety you require while keeping the database smaller. Kelly J. Lipp Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. PO Box 51313 Colorado Springs, CO 80949 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com (719)531-5926 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug Thorneycroft Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 9:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Migrating Copy storage pool to new media We are getting ready to add a new AIT Tape library, and will need to migrate data from our current DLT Library. We will use migration to move the data for our primary storage pools, but the copy pool doesn't allow a nextstgpool to be defined. We can define a copy pool in the new library, and backup the new storage pools to the new copy pool as the data is migrated, but this will give us double backups of each file and require extra database space. Does anyone know a method for moving data from one copy pool to another? Doug Thorneycroft County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (562) 699-7411 Ext. 1058 FAX (562) 699-6756 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT"
I get the systemobject to back up.and when I go to do a restoreI only have the folders, nothing in the files. Does anyone know how to get the files?? > -Original Message- > From: Greg Heis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > Yes. I think that will work. I always specify mine on separate lines: > I.e.: > > Domain C: > Domain E: > Domain F: > Domain Systemobject > > Good luck!! > > Greg Heis > Federal Express > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Patricia LeBlanc > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > So just the opposite if I want to include it? > > Domain c: d: f: systemobject > > > -Original Message- > > From: Greg Heis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:06 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > > Yes. I you explicitely specify your "DOMAIN" in your dsm.opt without > > specifying: > > > > Domainsystemobject > > > > TSM will not backup the system objects. Example: If you have a C: E: and > > F: > > drive, specify your domain > > > > DomainC: E: F: > > > > Thanks, > > > > Greg Heis > > Federal Express > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: Kleynerman, Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:13 PM > > Subject: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > > > > > Hello all! > > > > > > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to exclude the "SYSTEM OBJECT" > from > > > being backed up on the W2K servers/ workstations. TSM clients running > > TSM > > > 4.1. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Arthur > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message, and any attachment > > thereto, is confidential and may not be disclosed without our express > > permission. If you are not the intended recipient or an employee or > agent > > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you > are > > hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that > any > > review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message, or any > > attachment thereto, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. If you > > have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by > > telephone, fax or e-mail and delete the message and all of its > > attachments. > > Thank you. > > > > > > Every effort is made to keep our network free from viruses. You > should, > > however, review this e-mail message, as well as any attachment thereto, > > for > > viruses. We take no responsibility and have no liability for any > computer > > virus which may be transferred via this e-mail message. > > >
Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT"
If your server & client are at 3.7.3 or above, you can't restore the files from SYSTEM OBJECT individually. Just click the box next to SYSTEM OBJECT and then RESTORE. (There "restore in progress" window does give you the file count as it progresses.) -Original Message- From: Patricia LeBlanc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" I get the systemobject to back up.and when I go to do a restoreI only have the folders, nothing in the files. Does anyone know how to get the files?? > -Original Message- > From: Greg Heis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > Yes. I think that will work. I always specify mine on separate lines: > I.e.: > > Domain C: > Domain E: > Domain F: > Domain Systemobject > > Good luck!! > > Greg Heis > Federal Express > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Patricia LeBlanc > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > So just the opposite if I want to include it? > > Domain c: d: f: systemobject > > > -Original Message- > > From: Greg Heis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:06 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > > Yes. I you explicitely specify your "DOMAIN" in your dsm.opt without > > specifying: > > > > Domainsystemobject > > > > TSM will not backup the system objects. Example: If you have a C: E: and > > F: > > drive, specify your domain > > > > DomainC: E: F: > > > > Thanks, > > > > Greg Heis > > Federal Express > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: Kleynerman, Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:13 PM > > Subject: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > > > > > Hello all! > > > > > > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to exclude the "SYSTEM OBJECT" > from > > > being backed up on the W2K servers/ workstations. TSM clients running > > TSM > > > 4.1. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Arthur > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message, and any attachment > > thereto, is confidential and may not be disclosed without our express > > permission. If you are not the intended recipient or an employee or > agent > > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you > are > > hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that > any > > review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message, or any > > attachment thereto, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. If you > > have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by > > telephone, fax or e-mail and delete the message and all of its > > attachments. > > Thank you. > > > > > > Every effort is made to keep our network free from viruses. You > should, > > however, review this e-mail message, as well as any attachment thereto, > > for > > viruses. We take no responsibility and have no liability for any > computer > > virus which may be transferred via this e-mail message. > > >
Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT"
Oh!! Thanks so much for the infoI'll have to try it!! > -Original Message- > From: Prather, Wanda [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > If your server & client are at 3.7.3 or above, you can't restore the files > from SYSTEM OBJECT individually. > Just click the box next to SYSTEM OBJECT and then RESTORE. (There > "restore > in progress" window does give you the file count as it progresses.) > > -Original Message- > From: Patricia LeBlanc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > I get the systemobject to back up.and when I go to do a restoreI > only have the folders, nothing in the files. > > Does anyone know how to get the files?? > > > -Original Message- > > From: Greg Heis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:35 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > > Yes. I think that will work. I always specify mine on separate lines: > > I.e.: > > > > Domain C: > > Domain E: > > Domain F: > > Domain Systemobject > > > > Good luck!! > > > > Greg Heis > > Federal Express > > > > -Original Message- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Patricia LeBlanc > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:50 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > > > > So just the opposite if I want to include it? > > > > Domain c: d: f: systemobject > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Greg Heis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:06 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > > > > Yes. I you explicitely specify your "DOMAIN" in your dsm.opt without > > > specifying: > > > > > > Domainsystemobject > > > > > > TSM will not backup the system objects. Example: If you have a C: E: > and > > > F: > > > drive, specify your domain > > > > > > DomainC: E: F: > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Greg Heis > > > Federal Express > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: Kleynerman, Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:13 PM > > > Subject: EXCLUDE W2K "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > > > > > > > > > Hello all! > > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to exclude the "SYSTEM OBJECT" > > from > > > > being backed up on the W2K servers/ workstations. TSM clients > running > > > TSM > > > > 4.1. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Arthur > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message, and any attachment > > > thereto, is confidential and may not be disclosed without our express > > > permission. If you are not the intended recipient or an employee or > > agent > > > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you > > are > > > hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that > > any > > > review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message, or any > > > attachment thereto, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. If > you > > > have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by > > > telephone, fax or e-mail and delete the message and all of its > > > attachments. > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > Every effort is made to keep our network free from viruses. You > > should, > > > however, review this e-mail message, as well as any attachment > thereto, > > > for > > > viruses. We take no responsibility and have no liability for any > > computer > > > virus which may be transferred via this e-mail message. > > > >
Archival with different retentions?
Hello All, As word gets out that we now have a central backup system, some new requirements have appeared. In general our NETWARE servers have a FULL backup, (copymode=absolute), every 2 weeks and a daily incremental. This is retained for 45 days. The financial group wants an ARCHIVE every quarter, (so they can clear out working files) that are saved for 15 months, (so they can go back to there working files if need be). They also want a year end ARCHIVE that is saved for 7 years. I am not sure how to accomplish this. I am afraid that if I change the archival RETAIN period back and forth on the archivegroup that I will end up with a year end archival that will only be saved for 15 months. Anybody work this problem out before or be able to give me their ideas? Thanks in advance Matt
Re: Archival with different retentions?
Matt - How about a separate management class which the archivers select with -archmc=_, that has a differing Archive Copy Group retention value? Richard Sims, BU
Re: Archival with different retentions?
You set up a bunch of different management classes in the domain, each with an ARCHIVE COPY GROUP that has a different RETAIN period. (Our manaagement classes are called, for example, ARCH-90days ARCH_1Year, ARCH-2Year, etc.) When you do an archive from the GUI, you click the OPTIONS button (the unlabelled one - isn't that helpful!?!), click the OVERRIDE INCLUDE/EXCLUDE box, and select the management class you want from the pull down. If you are archiving with a command line, you specify the appropropriate maangement class name with the -archmc= parm. That gets the right retention period assigned to the archived files. Wanda Prather The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab 443-778-8769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think" - Scott Adams/Dilbert -Original Message- From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 3:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Archival with different retentions? Hello All, As word gets out that we now have a central backup system, some new requirements have appeared. In general our NETWARE servers have a FULL backup, (copymode=absolute), every 2 weeks and a daily incremental. This is retained for 45 days. The financial group wants an ARCHIVE every quarter, (so they can clear out working files) that are saved for 15 months, (so they can go back to there working files if need be). They also want a year end ARCHIVE that is saved for 7 years. I am not sure how to accomplish this. I am afraid that if I change the archival RETAIN period back and forth on the archivegroup that I will end up with a year end archival that will only be saved for 15 months. Anybody work this problem out before or be able to give me their ideas? Thanks in advance Matt
AIT1 drive problems
We pulled the plug on our old Legato backup server a short while ago, which had 2 qualstar 46120 libraries with AIT1 tape drives. We decided to try and hook one of the these qualstar's up to our TSM server (3494 with Magstars). We got it up and configured in tsm, but when we go and try to label tapes we get errors - I've listed the errors at the end of this email. Now, the strange thing. This library has 3 AIT1 drives. Two of them get these errors, but the 3rd works!! So we've been able to label tapes and use them, but only with one drive. Any attempt to label tapes, or read used tapes with the two drives fails. If I try and use the drives directly from aix (ie: tar to them), they work fine. They also worked under Legato. We tried our other Qualstar library also. It also has 3 drives - all 3 fail in exactly the same way. I made sure that the dip switches (not scsi addr jumpers) on the drives are all set to the same positions as the one drive that works. I updated the drives with the latest microcode, but this didn't help. I'm stumpted! - all drives work in aix - only one drives works with tsm - latest microcode - dip switches set like good drive - all drives did work in Legato Any thoughts? Thanks Rick Error messages from log: 09/05/01 11:14:28 ANR0609I LABEL LIBVOLUME started as process 2. 09/05/01 11:15:03 ANR8302E I/O error on drive DRVMT5 (/dev/mt5) (OP=SETMODE,CC=207, KEY=05, ASC=26, ASCQ=00, SENSE=70.00.05.00.00.00.00.14.00.00.00.00.26 .00.00.8F.00.0E.00.00.00.00.01.83.AD.50., Description=Device is not in a state capable of performing request). Refer to Appendix D in the 'Messages' manual for recommended action. 09/05/01 11:15:03 ANR8302E I/O error on drive DRVMT5 (/dev/mt5) (OP=SETMODE,CC=207, KEY=05, ASC=26, ASCQ=00, SENSE=70.00.05.00.00.00.00.14.00.00.00.00.26. 00.00.8E.00.0E.00.00.00.00.01.83.AD.50., Description=Device is not in a state capable of performing request). Refer to Appendix D in the 'Messages' manual for recommended action. 09/05/01 11:15:03 ANR8806E Could not write volume label 002019 on the tape in library SILO2.
Re: Migrating Copy storage pool to new media
I think what you suggested is the best thing to do. Just make a new copystgpool, with a copy of your new prim.stgpool. After that, you can delete the old copystgpool. Or if the databasespace is the problem, and you can risk the very littlebit of risk: after migration delete the old copypool and define the new one on the new library. Or if you want to keep the copy on the dlt libr., copy both prim.stgpools to the copystgpool. TSM don't make a new backup of your files when you migrate the data. A 3th thing you can do is a move data command. Move the data from 1 tape to an other pool, but i'm not 100% sure that it could be done with copystgpools. And it costs a lot of time and work to do all the commands. (tape by tape). Greetings, Maurice van 't Loo Compare Computers The Netherlands - Original Message - From: "Doug Thorneycroft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 6:26 PM Subject: Migrating Copy storage pool to new media > We are getting ready to add a new AIT Tape library, and will > need to migrate data from our current DLT Library. > > We will use migration to move the data for our primary storage pools, > but the copy pool doesn't allow a nextstgpool to be defined. > > We can define a copy pool in the new library, and backup the new storage > pools to the new copy pool as the data is migrated, but this will give us > double backups of each file and require extra database space. > > Does anyone know a method for moving data from one copy pool to another? > > > > Doug Thorneycroft > County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County > (562) 699-7411 Ext. 1058 > FAX (562) 699-6756 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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Archive problems
Hi, I hope someone else out there has had this problem. I need answers pronto! TSM 4.3.1 is on OS/390 V2R9, AIX TSM is 3.1.06 Archive is SLOW! Sometimes the process stops for no reason we can find. File sizes range from 80 bytes to 800MB. 5 byte file: 4.17 seconds 6,144,000 byte file 7.15 seconds Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., and its subsidiary and affiliate companies are not responsible for errors or omissions in this e-mail message. Any personal comments made in this e-mail do not reflect the views of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.
TSM licenses needed....?
Up till now, we have only bought IBM 3494 tape libraries for our TSM environment. Well, we are looking at putting in a smaller installation at a remote site and are considering purchasing an HP SureStor 2/20 or an IBM Ultrium L18. First of all, any comments on which would be the better purchase? I lean towards the IBM library just because we've had such great success with the 3494 library and the 3590 tape drives. Second, when we purchase our 3494s, we need to purchase the "Extended device support" & the "Managed Library license" to use them. We are getting conflicting bids in the host country as to whether we need to purchase those licenses for these libraries. Do I need one, both or neither of these to use this smaller library? Thanks, Ben Unix Manager Micron Technology Inc.
Re: TSM licenses needed....?
Ben, I would recommend the IBM 358x tape libraries (either the 3583 or the 3584). I have had great success with them and you would still be staying with your current vendor. -- Joshua S. Bassi Independent IT Consultant IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant- ADSM/TSM Cell (408)&(831) 332-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of bbullock Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM licenses needed? Up till now, we have only bought IBM 3494 tape libraries for our TSM environment. Well, we are looking at putting in a smaller installation at a remote site and are considering purchasing an HP SureStor 2/20 or an IBM Ultrium L18. First of all, any comments on which would be the better purchase? I lean towards the IBM library just because we've had such great success with the 3494 library and the 3590 tape drives. Second, when we purchase our 3494s, we need to purchase the "Extended device support" & the "Managed Library license" to use them. We are getting conflicting bids in the host country as to whether we need to purchase those licenses for these libraries. Do I need one, both or neither of these to use this smaller library? Thanks, Ben Unix Manager Micron Technology Inc.
Tivoli vs Arcserve 2000
I know that I probably should do this, but I can't help myself. I am trying (or being forced to)defend my decision to use Tivoli over Arcserve. What are my reasons again? I have been pitching Tivoli and rolling it out with goos success to a Netware and NT environment that consists os about 4TB of data over about 85 nodes. Everything was good untill I got to Exchange 2000 and everybody wanted message level restore like Arcserve and Commvault. Also Microsoft has a bug that of course only affects Tivoli (memory leak). If it sounds like I am wining then I probably am. I guess my question is... does anyone have any pros or cons for Tivoli over Arcserve? My Exchange environment is a two server cluster on a Compaq SAN. It has two storage groups right now one at 127g and the other at 192g. There are plans to break them out into smaller stores (around 50g each). Any help in the form of suggestions would be helpfull. thank you Scott Davis
Tape usage
Is there a way to figure out or plan for how many tapes a node will use over the course of it's retention time? Does it seem like Tivoli takes upa lot of room even though theoretically it should take less, or is it because you are keeping a full set of your network in the library at all times when normally (with other products) you are swapping the tapes out alot?
TDP MS/SQL Version 2 - expire backups
Is there a way to do a selective expire when using TDP MS/SQL Version 2? Version 1 of TDP MS/SQL allowed (required) the ability to expire any backup not just the oldest backup. However with Version 2, Tivoli appears to have remove this function. With version 1, the dba's can retain selected backups for an extended period of time, the first of the month backup is retained for 1 year and the last backup of the year is retained for 3 years. To have this same capability with version 2 seems to require multiple dsm.opt files and multiple copygroups.
Version Key needed????
Hi, I've downloaded the TSM Version 4.2.0.1 for AIX from Internet. Before I begin to try the installation, does anyone knows wether I need something like a version key to update my old TSM??? TIA Wolfgang
