TSM Server 6.1.3.1

[Grigori Solonovitch]

Has somebody installed TSM 6.1.3.1? How is it?


Grigori G. Solonovitch

Senior Technical Architect

Information Technology  Bank of Kuwait and Middle East  http://www.bkme.com

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Re: Contacting a live body at VM.MARIST.EDU about listserver issues

[Keith Arbogast]

Zoltan et al;
I am receiving mail from ADSM-L  again.  Are you receiving mail from
ADSM-L now also?
Thank you,
Keith Arbogast

Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Moyer, Joni M]

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm 
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I am 
in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never do.  
Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very 
under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple 
reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing 
reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the 
another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would mean 
bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing as I 
would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back under 
control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Huebschman, George J.]

Are you using any collocation settings?  They can affect your
reclamation efficiency.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my
tsm servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the
task.  I am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that
I just never do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes
which are very under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I
start multiple reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without
doing reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that
this would mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just
not progressing as I would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
under control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Huebschman, George J.]

This is not true,"Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?"
That is what reclamation does for you without you specifying individual
volumes.  You use a reclamation threshold in a command or a storage pool
threshold and TSM picks the volumes.  With a MOVE DATA on a copy pool
volume, TSM just grabs the data from the primary pool.

You can let reclamations/move data/move nodedata run through
housekeeping if needed.  Ordinarily it isn't the best thing to do, but
it shouldn't break anything.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my
tsm servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the
task.  I am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that
I just never do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes
which are very under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I
start multiple reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without
doing reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that
this would mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just
not progressing as I would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
under control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Moyer, Joni M]

Hi George,

I am using collocation for my onsite primary storage pools, but not my offsite 
copy storage pools.  I think this is just a build up of not being able to run 
reclamation for about 2 years and I just never seem to be able to get caught up 
so in turn I'm using a lot of tapes offsite and it's just not necessary.  

I was hoping running reclamation with more processes per offsite storage pool 
as well as running it more frequently would help, but so far it is not.

Thanks!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
Huebschman, George J.
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:59 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Are you using any collocation settings?  They can affect your
reclamation efficiency.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my
tsm servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the
task.  I am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that
I just never do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes
which are very under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I
start multiple reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without
doing reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that
this would mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just
not progressing as I would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
under control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Moyer, Joni M]

Hi George,

Doesn't reclamation for offsite copy storage pool volumes write the data to new 
copy storage pool volumes from the primary copy?  I guess I'm trying to come up 
with a more efficient method of getting caught up as reclamation just isn't 
accomplishing what I hope it would. 

Thanks again!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
Huebschman, George J.
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:05 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

This is not true,"Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?"
That is what reclamation does for you without you specifying individual
volumes.  You use a reclamation threshold in a command or a storage pool
threshold and TSM picks the volumes.  With a MOVE DATA on a copy pool
volume, TSM just grabs the data from the primary pool.

You can let reclamations/move data/move nodedata run through
housekeeping if needed.  Ordinarily it isn't the best thing to do, but
it shouldn't break anything.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my
tsm servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the
task.  I am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that
I just never do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes
which are very under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I
start multiple reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without
doing reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that
this would mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just
not progressing as I would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
under control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Richard Sims]

If reclaiming copy storage pool tapes which are marked as Offsite, the Move 
Data would utilize the data copy present on the in-library primary storage pool 
tapes.

Do the analysis of what's happening when your reclamation is running.  The more 
extreme the collocation, the more tape mounts will be involved, which 
aggravates elapsed time - which is why this "proxy" type of data copying is 
undesirable: returning offsite tapes for reclamation is preferable.  
Reclamation also has to contend for drives, and you can end up with thrashing 
where there is backup/restore activity needing drives.  Tapes which have not 
been stored under optimal conditions may be difficult to read, which you'll be 
able to perceive in Query Process showing no progress for a substantial period 
in copying data.  In some cases it's warranted to perform Delete Volume 
Discarddata=yes for ancient offsite tapes, with a high Reusedelay value to 
afford safety across a server event and to keep TSM mindful of the offsite 
tapes until they are returned onsite for ultimate reuse.

   Richard Sims

Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[David E Ehresman]

What level are you setting for reclamation.  I have found that in a catch-up 
situation, it is best to set the reclamation level high (e.g. 99 or 98) and get 
the easy (almost empty) tapes first, and then step the value down over time 
until you get caught up to a level you want to be at.  This was with 
collocation on for both primary and copy pools so your experiences may be 
different.  But TSM spends time at the beginning of reclamation figuring out 
which tapes and the best way to process them ( I believe it tries to minimize 
tape mounts) so starting high makes that part of the process go faster.

David

>>> "Moyer, Joni M"  1/27/2010 8:53 AM >>>
Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm 
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I am 
in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never do.  
Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very 
under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple 
reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing 
reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the 
another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would mean 
bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing as I 
would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back under 
control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com 



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Huebschman, George J.]

Joni,
Yes it does.  I was just pointing out that with the move data
command, you specify the volumes, whereas with reclamation, TSM does the
prework of selecting volumes.  This can be time consuming, as David
points out.

Geo

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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Bob Levad]

Hi George,

When you get behind with reclamation, you end up with many volumes with low
util/high reclaim values. TSM trys to minimize tape mounts by reclaiming
offsite data from your onsite tapes without too many remounts, which can
pull data related to several/(or many) offsite volumes.  You can force a
more expeditious reclaim by specifying a high reclaim percent (95% or so)
and setting OFFSITERECLAIMLIMIT to a small number (1 or 2).  This will
optimize getting volumes back at the expense of (probably) more local tape
mounts.  If you want to get a specific tape cleared, do a MOVE DATA.

If you have the media, you could create a new pool and delete the old copy
pool once the new one has been populated.

Bob.


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:08 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hi George,

Doesn't reclamation for offsite copy storage pool volumes write the data to
new copy storage pool volumes from the primary copy?  I guess I'm trying to
come up with a more efficient method of getting caught up as reclamation
just isn't accomplishing what I hope it would.

Thanks again!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Huebschman, George J.
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:05 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

This is not true,"Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to
the another volume within the same copy storage pool?"
That is what reclamation does for you without you specifying individual
volumes.  You use a reclamation threshold in a command or a storage pool
threshold and TSM picks the volumes.  With a MOVE DATA on a copy pool
volume, TSM just grabs the data from the primary pool.

You can let reclamations/move data/move nodedata run through housekeeping if
needed.  Ordinarily it isn't the best thing to do, but it shouldn't break
anything.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I
am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never
do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes
which are very under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I
start multiple reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing
reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the
another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would
mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing
as I would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
under control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Howard Coles]

Having been in this shape before I can tell you what I've done in the
past. 

First, A very valid option at this point is to delete the offsite
volumes that are very underutilized and just let the normal storage pool
backup routine recreate the data.  example I would start by deleting
volumes that are 5% used or less (maybe 10 - 20 a day).

Then, start catching up by setting the reclaim threshold pretty high
(depending on the number of tapes in the higher percentages) and setting
a limit on the number of tapes reclaim deals with each night.  Fore
example, set the reclaim threshold to 90% (and if there are a large
number of those limit it to say, 15 or 20).

Also, if you have the drives available set the pool to run 2 reclaim
processes.  

Make sure not to delete the onsite copy or you just lose the data.  It
takes a while but if you stay with it eventually you'll start getting
lots of tapes back.


See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:08 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hi George,

Doesn't reclamation for offsite copy storage pool volumes write the data
to new copy storage pool volumes from the primary copy?  I guess I'm
trying to come up with a more efficient method of getting caught up as
reclamation just isn't accomplishing what I hope it would. 

Thanks again!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Huebschman, George J.
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:05 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

This is not true,"Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?"
That is what reclamation does for you without you specifying individual
volumes.  You use a reclamation threshold in a command or a storage pool
threshold and TSM picks the volumes.  With a MOVE DATA on a copy pool
volume, TSM just grabs the data from the primary pool.

You can let reclamations/move data/move nodedata run through
housekeeping if needed.  Ordinarily it isn't the best thing to do, but
it shouldn't break anything.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my
tsm servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the
task.  I am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that
I just never do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes
which are very under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I
start multiple reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without
doing reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that
this would mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just
not progressing as I would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
under control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: ?anyone using TSM to backup Panasus PanFS?

[Skylar Thompson]

Does PanFS have a tool like GPFS's tslistall? If it does you can use
that to at least get a list of files to pass to TSM so TSM itself
doesn't have to do a scan. If you can get mtime information you could
even figure out exactly what files have changed since the last backup
and just do a selective backup. Another thing you can do if your data is
easily partitionable is to setup a proxy node group and only backup part
of the filesystem on each node.

James R Owen wrote:

Yale uses Panasus PanFS, a massive parallel storage system, to store
research data generated from HPC clusters.  In considering feasibility
to backup PanFS using TSM,
we are concerned about whether TSM is appropriate to backup and restore:

 1. very large volumes,
 2. deep  subdirectory hierarchy  with 100's to 1000's of sublevels,
 3. large numbers of files within individual subdirectories,
 4. much larger numbers of files within each directory hierarchy.

Are there effective maximum limits for any of the above, beyond which
TSM becomes inappropriate to effectively perform backups and restores?

Please advise about the feasibility and any configuration
recommendation(s)
to maximize PanFS backup and restore efficiency using TSM.

Thanks for your help.
--
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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Andrew Carlson]

I totally agree on this.  At one time, we had such a time with offsite
reclamation, we would set it to 99, then have a script run checking for
reclamation processes, and bump the number down by 1 if there were none.  A
hack, to be sure, but we eventually caught up.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:31 AM, David E Ehresman
wrote:

> What level are you setting for reclamation.  I have found that in a
> catch-up situation, it is best to set the reclamation level high (e.g. 99 or
> 98) and get the easy (almost empty) tapes first, and then step the value
> down over time until you get caught up to a level you want to be at.  This
> was with collocation on for both primary and copy pools so your experiences
> may be different.  But TSM spends time at the beginning of reclamation
> figuring out which tapes and the best way to process them ( I believe it
> tries to minimize tape mounts) so starting high makes that part of the
> process go faster.
>
> David
>
> >>> "Moyer, Joni M"  1/27/2010 8:53 AM >>>
> Hello everyone,
>
> For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm
> servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I
> am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never
> do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very
> under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple
> reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.
>
> Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing
> reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the
> another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would
> mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing
> as I would like with the reclamation processes.
>
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
> under control.
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Joni Moyer
> Storage Administrator III
> (717)302-9966
> joni.mo...@highmark.com
>
>
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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Shawn Drew]

Ah, I've been through this many times.  As someone mentioned, stepping
down by setting the threshhold to 99, then 98 and so on over time will
work well.   This is assuming you can fit all of your primary pool volumes
into the tape library.

You can use the following select command to keep track of how many tapes
you have at each level to judge when it's time to lower the threshold.  (I
think this is one of the example select statements in the HELP SELECT
page.  (replace TAPE_C2 with your stgpool_name
select count(*) from volumes where stgpool_name='TAPE_C2' and
status!='EMPTY' and pct_utilized <50

I went through a major catch-up once where this wasn't possible because
the average primary pool volume was also mostly .05-.1 pct utilized.
In that case, just sort the volume list by pct-utilized and recall and
systematically run move-data on each volume starting from the least
utilized.
(a unix shell loop is great for this)
I consolidated 8000 tapes down to 200 on that project!


Regards,
Shawn

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Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I
am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just
never do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which
are very under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start
multiple reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without
doing reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this
would mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not
progressing as I would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
under control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT]

Also look at reclaim stg Copy_Pool th=50 OFFSITERECLAIMLimit=4
This will reclaim 4 volumes and TSM seems to pick the four at or above the 50% 
threshold. We have gotten behind a few times and we use this to speed the 
reclaim process.  This also reduces the time TSM spends figuring out what tapes 
are needed to do the reclaim.
Another option is to create a new copy pool and when the copy is complete 
delete the old pool.

Andy Huebner
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Moyer, 
Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm 
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I am 
in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never do.  
Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very 
under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple 
reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing 
reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the 
another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would mean 
bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing as I 
would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back under 
control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: ?anyone using TSM to backup Panasus PanFS?

[Evans, Bill]

We use TSM to backup our primary research data server.  It's a SUN sparc
server with 150TB of data.  51M files, 2M directories, 1+TB / day rate
of change.  It takes ~6-8 hours to run the backup on this.  As you can
expect, most of the time is scanning the filesystems to find changes.
The filesystem is Veritas vxfs.

Since the scan/backup time is well within our window of opportunity, it
is not a big deal.  As we grow, we will probably add capacity with more
drives and more server capacity (faster/more procs/more ram/etc).  TSM
keeps up with this very well.  I would really *hate* to ever have to run
a full backup on this beast.


Thanks,

Bill Evans
Research Computing Support
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
James R Owen
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:10 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] ?anyone using TSM to backup Panasus PanFS?

Yale uses Panasus PanFS, a massive parallel storage system, to store
research data generated from HPC clusters.  In considering feasibility
to backup PanFS using TSM,
we are concerned about whether TSM is appropriate to backup and restore:

  1. very large volumes,
  2. deep  subdirectory hierarchy  with 100's to 1000's of sublevels,
  3. large numbers of files within individual subdirectories,
  4. much larger numbers of files within each directory hierarchy.

Are there effective maximum limits for any of the above, beyond which
TSM becomes inappropriate to effectively perform backups and restores?

Please advise about the feasibility and any configuration
recommendation(s)
to maximize PanFS backup and restore efficiency using TSM.

Thanks for your help.
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TSM Clients on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

[Werner Korsten]

Hello all,

The business is in the process of building a number of new Linux clients,
and we will then need to back these up. We are new to Linux, most of the
estate that we backup are Windows, AIX & Netware clients.

I've been able to install the TSM clients on the a few test servers and
these have been backing up without many issues presenting themselves. We
currently use TSM Server 5.5.2.1, and TSM client  5.5.1.4 installed on Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3.

Is anyone else running TSM Clients on Red Hat? I'm looking for suggestions
so we can optimise the option files for these new servers. I've had a look
at a performance redbook IBM have previously pointed me to, but it doesn't
contain anything specific for Linux. IBM have advised there doesn't seem
to be too many problems with performance on Linux, though I would still
like to make sure we have it as streamlined as possible.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Werner

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Re: Contacting a live body at VM.MARIST.EDU about listserver issues

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Just started flowing.  Martha sent me an explanation about firewall/spam
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Re: TSM Clients on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

[Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU]

What your issues/problems?.

We backup hundreds of Linux, Solaris, Netware, Windows, IRIX and Mac
clients daily.

Our Linux of choice is exclusively RedHat with versions/kernels from
2.4.2-28 (client 5.2) up to  2.6.9-89 (client 6.1).



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Subject:
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Hello all,

The business is in the process of building a number of new Linux clients,
and we will then need to back these up. We are new to Linux, most of the
estate that we backup are Windows, AIX & Netware clients.

I've been able to install the TSM clients on the a few test servers and
these have been backing up without many issues presenting themselves. We
currently use TSM Server 5.5.2.1, and TSM client  5.5.1.4 installed on Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3.

Is anyone else running TSM Clients on Red Hat? I'm looking for suggestions
so we can optimise the option files for these new servers. I've had a look
at a performance redbook IBM have previously pointed me to, but it doesn't
contain anything specific for Linux. IBM have advised there doesn't seem
to be too many problems with performance on Linux, though I would still
like to make sure we have it as streamlined as possible.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Werner

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IS Graduate Trainee

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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Moyer, Joni M]

Hi everyone,

I want to thank you for all of your suggestions and support!  I have already 
begun to update some parameters so that I can get more efficient reclamation 
running and get caught up to where I need to be.  

Thanks again!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Also look at reclaim stg Copy_Pool th=50 OFFSITERECLAIMLimit=4
This will reclaim 4 volumes and TSM seems to pick the four at or above the 50% 
threshold. We have gotten behind a few times and we use this to speed the 
reclaim process.  This also reduces the time TSM spends figuring out what tapes 
are needed to do the reclaim.
Another option is to create a new copy pool and when the copy is complete 
delete the old pool.

Andy Huebner
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Moyer, 
Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm 
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I am 
in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never do.  
Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very 
under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple 
reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing 
reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the 
another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would mean 
bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing as I 
would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back under 
control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: TSM Server 6.1.3.1

[Skylar Thompson]

We just upgraded to it this morning at IBM's suggestion to fix a problem
where database reorganization wasn't running. It hasn't fixed the
reorganization but we haven't experienced any new problems yet either.

Grigori Solonovitch wrote:

Has somebody installed TSM 6.1.3.1? How is it?


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IMPORT not working

[Mario Behring]

Hi all,

I have several EXPORT tapes that were created using the EXPORT NODE command 
from another TSM Server. All EXPORTs terminated successfully but I am not being 
able to import the data using the IMPORT NODE commandthe Policy Domain and 
all policy related data, including the NODE does not exist in the target TSM 
Server.

Below is part of the ACT LogI used the PREVIEW=YES to test the import 
processit ends successfully but shows no

TSMSERVER> import node SRV00014 p=y dev=lto3class vol=52L3

ANR0512I Process 4 opened input volume 52L3. (SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR1363I Input volume 52L3 opened (sequence number 1).  (SESSION: 13, 
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0610I IMPORT NODE started by ADMIN as process 4.  (SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0615I IMPORT NODE: Reading EXPORT NODE data from server  SRV6 exported 
01/13/2010 19:43:38. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0635I IMPORT NODE: Processing node SRV00014 in domain  FLATFILE. (SESSION: 
13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR2034E QUERY NODE: No match found using this criteria.  (SESSION: 13, 
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0616I IMPORT NODE: Preview processing completed  successfully. (SESSION: 13, 
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0620I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 domain(s). (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0621I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 policy sets. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0622I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 management classes.  (SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0623I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 copy groups. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0624I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 schedules. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0625I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 administrators. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0891I IMPORT NODE: Copied 1 optionset definitions.  (SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0626I IMPORT NODE: Copied 1 node definitions. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0627I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 file spaces 0 archive  files, 0 backup files, 
and 0 space managed files.
(SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0629I IMPORT NODE: Copied 638 bytes of data. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR1364I Input volume 52L3 closed. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)


What could be missing?

Mario

Re: IMPORT not working

[Richard Sims]

On Jan 27, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Mario Behring wrote:

> it ends successfully but shows no

No...what?
Did you intend that the preview not include Filedata?

BMR for Exchange server

[Johnny Lea]

I'm lost trying to come up with a bare metal restore product for our Exchange 
servers.
Cristie's CBMR says it treats Exchange data as plain files with nothing to 
handle the internal structure of Exchange.
Not sure about Cristie's TBMR. (my IBM re-seller tells me he talked to Cristie 
and they told him that their TBMR is IBM Fastback BMR.  That sounds strange.  
Did IBM buy them?)
I haven't found anyone yet at IBM who can tell me how Fastback for Bare Metal 
Restore works with Exchange.
Acronis...I know nothing about.
 
I'd love something that would work with my TSM environment.
Can anyone suggest anything?
 
Thanks.
Johnny


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Re: IMPORT not working

[Fred Johanson]

What is the result of q no SRV00014?

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mario 
Behring
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:49 PM
To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu
Subject: [ADSM-L] IMPORT not working

Hi all,

I have several EXPORT tapes that were created using the EXPORT NODE command 
from another TSM Server. All EXPORTs terminated successfully but I am not being 
able to import the data using the IMPORT NODE commandthe Policy Domain and 
all policy related data, including the NODE does not exist in the target TSM 
Server.

Below is part of the ACT LogI used the PREVIEW=YES to test the import 
processit ends successfully but shows no

TSMSERVER> import node SRV00014 p=y dev=lto3class vol=52L3

ANR0512I Process 4 opened input volume 52L3. (SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR1363I Input volume 52L3 opened (sequence number 1).  (SESSION: 13, 
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0610I IMPORT NODE started by ADMIN as process 4.  (SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0615I IMPORT NODE: Reading EXPORT NODE data from server  SRV6 exported 
01/13/2010 19:43:38. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0635I IMPORT NODE: Processing node SRV00014 in domain  FLATFILE. (SESSION: 
13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR2034E QUERY NODE: No match found using this criteria.  (SESSION: 13, 
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0616I IMPORT NODE: Preview processing completed  successfully. (SESSION: 13, 
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0620I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 domain(s). (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0621I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 policy sets. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0622I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 management classes.  (SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0623I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 copy groups. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0624I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 schedules. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0625I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 administrators. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0891I IMPORT NODE: Copied 1 optionset definitions.  (SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0626I IMPORT NODE: Copied 1 node definitions. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0627I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 file spaces 0 archive  files, 0 backup files, 
and 0 space managed files.
(SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0629I IMPORT NODE: Copied 638 bytes of data. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR1364I Input volume 52L3 closed. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)


What could be missing?

Mario

Re: IMPORT not working

[Mario Behring]

Hi Richard,

SorryI accidentally hit the send before finishing the email

The import process (preview=yes) ends successfully but does not show the data 
it would copy if it was for realit processed only 2 itens.what about 
all data from the exported node? In this particular case, an Archive

ANR0635I IMPORT NODE: Processing node SRV00014 in domain  FLATFILE. (SESSION: 
13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR2034E QUERY NODE: No match found using this criteria.  (SESSION: 13, 
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0616I IMPORT NODE: Preview processing completed  successfully. (SESSION: 13, 
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0620I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 domain(s). (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0621I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 policy sets. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0622I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 management classes.  (SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0623I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 copy groups. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0624I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 schedules. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0625I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 administrators. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0891I IMPORT NODE: Copied 1 optionset definitions.  (SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0626I IMPORT NODE: Copied 1 node definitions. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0627I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 file spaces 0 archive  files, 0 backup files, 
and 0 space managed files.
(SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0629I IMPORT NODE: Copied 638 bytes of data. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR1364I Input volume 52L3 closed. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0515I Process 4 closed volume 52L3. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0611I IMPORT NODE started by ADMIN as process 4 has  ended. (SESSION: 13, 
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0986I Process 4 for IMPORT NODE running in the  BACKGROUND processed 2 items 
for a total of 638 bytes
 with a completion state of SUCCESS at 16:19:06. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)


...neither the node nor the policy exists on the target serverso I guess 
the import should create it all.

What could be missing?

Mario






From: Richard Sims 
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 5:12:03 PM
Subject: Re: IMPORT not working

On Jan 27, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Mario Behring wrote:

> it ends successfully but shows no

No...what?
Did you intend that the preview not include Filedata?

Re: IMPORT not working

[Shawn Drew]

I believe you need to create the domain, and everything to the copygroup.
The import won't have any direction on where to deposit the data otherwise
If you don't it should default to the STANDARD domain.  I assume you
removed the STANDARD domain name?

Check out "help IMPORT NODE" and read the intro closely

Regards,
Shawn

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Hi Richard,

SorryI accidentally hit the send before finishing the email

The import process (preview=yes) ends successfully but does not show the
data it would copy if it was for realit processed only 2
itens.what about all data from the exported node? In this particular
case, an Archive

ANR0635I IMPORT NODE: Processing node SRV00014 in domain  FLATFILE.
(SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR2034E QUERY NODE: No match found using this criteria.  (SESSION: 13,
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0616I IMPORT NODE: Preview processing completed  successfully.
(SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0620I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 domain(s). (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0621I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 policy sets. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0622I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 management classes.  (SESSION: 13, PROCESS:
4)
ANR0623I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 copy groups. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0624I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 schedules. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0625I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 administrators. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0891I IMPORT NODE: Copied 1 optionset definitions.  (SESSION: 13,
PROCESS: 4)
ANR0626I IMPORT NODE: Copied 1 node definitions. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS:
4)
ANR0627I IMPORT NODE: Copied 0 file spaces 0 archive  files, 0 backup
files, and 0 space managed files.
(SESSION: 13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0629I IMPORT NODE: Copied 638 bytes of data. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR1364I Input volume 52L3 closed. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0515I Process 4 closed volume 52L3. (SESSION: 13,  PROCESS: 4)
ANR0611I IMPORT NODE started by ADMIN as process 4 has  ended. (SESSION:
13, PROCESS: 4)
ANR0986I Process 4 for IMPORT NODE running in the  BACKGROUND processed 2
items for a total of 638 bytes
 with a completion state of SUCCESS at 16:19:06. (SESSION:  13, PROCESS:
4)


...neither the node nor the policy exists on the target serverso I
guess the import should create it all.

What could be missing?

Mario






From: Richard Sims 
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 5:12:03 PM
Subject: Re: IMPORT not working

On Jan 27, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Mario Behring wrote:

> it ends successfully but shows no

No...what?
Did you intend that the preview not include Filedata?



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I'm lost trying to come up with a bare metal restore product for our Exchange 
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Cristie's CBMR says it treats Exchange data as plain files with nothing to 
handle the internal structure of Exchange.
Not sure about Cristie's TBMR. (my IBM re-seller tells me he talked to Cristie 
and they told him that their TBMR is IBM Fastback BMR.  That sounds strange.  
Did IBM buy them?)
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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Moyer, Joni M]

Hi Andy,

If I set the offsitereclaimlimit to 4 and then I set the reclaimthreshold to 
98% will it continue to reclaim all tapes that are 98%+ empty in increments of 
4 volumes until there are no tapes with 98%+ space available to reclaim?

Just want to make sure I understand what these options are accomplishing.  
Thanks again!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Also look at reclaim stg Copy_Pool th=50 OFFSITERECLAIMLimit=4
This will reclaim 4 volumes and TSM seems to pick the four at or above the 50% 
threshold. We have gotten behind a few times and we use this to speed the 
reclaim process.  This also reduces the time TSM spends figuring out what tapes 
are needed to do the reclaim.
Another option is to create a new copy pool and when the copy is complete 
delete the old pool.

Andy Huebner
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Moyer, 
Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm 
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I am 
in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never do.  
Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very 
under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple 
reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing 
reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the 
another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would mean 
bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing as I 
would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back under 
control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Huebschman, George J.]

It is a command that runs until it reclaims 4 tapes, then it stops.

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:56 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hi Andy,

If I set the offsitereclaimlimit to 4 and then I set the
reclaimthreshold to 98% will it continue to reclaim all tapes that are
98%+ empty in increments of 4 volumes until there are no tapes with 98%+
space available to reclaim?

Just want to make sure I understand what these options are
accomplishing.  Thanks again!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Also look at reclaim stg Copy_Pool th=50 OFFSITERECLAIMLimit=4 This will
reclaim 4 volumes and TSM seems to pick the four at or above the 50%
threshold. We have gotten behind a few times and we use this to speed
the reclaim process.  This also reduces the time TSM spends figuring out
what tapes are needed to do the reclaim.
Another option is to create a new copy pool and when the copy is
complete delete the old pool.

Andy Huebner
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my
tsm servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the
task.  I am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that
I just never do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes
which are very under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I
start multiple reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without
doing reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that
this would mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just
not progressing as I would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
under control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[David E Ehresman]

No.  That reclaim process would process a maximum of tapes (if there are that 
many 98%+ empty) and then stop.

You would have to repeat the command to do the next four.

David

>>> "Moyer, Joni M"  1/27/2010 2:55 PM >>>
Hi Andy,

If I set the offsitereclaimlimit to 4 and then I set the reclaimthreshold to 
98% will it continue to reclaim all tapes that are 98%+ empty in increments of 
4 volumes until there are no tapes with 98%+ space available to reclaim?

Just want to make sure I understand what these options are accomplishing.  
Thanks again!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Also look at reclaim stg Copy_Pool th=50 OFFSITERECLAIMLimit=4
This will reclaim 4 volumes and TSM seems to pick the four at or above the 50% 
threshold. We have gotten behind a few times and we use this to speed the 
reclaim process.  This also reduces the time TSM spends figuring out what tapes 
are needed to do the reclaim.
Another option is to create a new copy pool and when the copy is complete 
delete the old pool.

Andy Huebner
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Moyer, 
Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm 
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I am 
in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never do.  
Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very 
under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple 
reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing 
reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the 
another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would mean 
bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing as I 
would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back under 
control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com 



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Moyer, Joni M]

Hi George,

Will it restart if there are more than 4 tapes that meet the criteria of being 
at least 98% empty?  (Just following my example.)

Or will it just stop after it does 4 and not start another process with 4 more 
volumes to reclaim?  (That is if there are 4 more that meet the 98%+ free space 
requirement.)

Just let me know.  Thanks!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
Huebschman, George J.
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:00 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

It is a command that runs until it reclaims 4 tapes, then it stops.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:56 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hi Andy,

If I set the offsitereclaimlimit to 4 and then I set the
reclaimthreshold to 98% will it continue to reclaim all tapes that are
98%+ empty in increments of 4 volumes until there are no tapes with 98%+
space available to reclaim?

Just want to make sure I understand what these options are
accomplishing.  Thanks again!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Also look at reclaim stg Copy_Pool th=50 OFFSITERECLAIMLimit=4 This will
reclaim 4 volumes and TSM seems to pick the four at or above the 50%
threshold. We have gotten behind a few times and we use this to speed
the reclaim process.  This also reduces the time TSM spends figuring out
what tapes are needed to do the reclaim.
Another option is to create a new copy pool and when the copy is
complete delete the old pool.

Andy Huebner
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my
tsm servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the
task.  I am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that
I just never do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes
which are very under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I
start multiple reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without
doing reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume
to the another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that
this would mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just
not progressing as I would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
under control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[Moyer, Joni M]

Hi,

I am updating the copy pool so it's reclaim threshold is 98%.  I'm not entering 
a command to trigger the reclamation process.

Am I handling this incorrectly?  Should I be entering a command to do this 
instead of changing the copy storage pool?

Just let me know.  Thanks again!

Storage Pool Name: COPY_AIX
   Storage Pool Type: Copy
   Device Class Name: LTO2_OFFSITE
  Estimated Capacity: 3,484,928 G
  Space Trigger Util: 
Pct Util: 0.3
Pct Migr: 
 Pct Logical: 97.4
High Mig Pct: 
 Low Mig Pct: 
 Migration Delay: 
  Migration Continue: Yes
 Migration Processes: 
   Reclamation Processes: 1
   Next Storage Pool: 
Reclaim Storage Pool: 
  Maximum Size Threshold: 
  Access: Read/Write
 Description: Offsite AIX Tape Pool
   Overflow Location: 
   Cache Migrated Files?: 
  Collocate?: No
   Reclamation Threshold: 90
   Offsite Reclamation Limit: 4
 Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed: 9,999
  Number of Scratch Volumes Used: 93

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of David 
E Ehresman
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:01 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

No.  That reclaim process would process a maximum of tapes (if there are that 
many 98%+ empty) and then stop.

You would have to repeat the command to do the next four.

David

>>> "Moyer, Joni M"  1/27/2010 2:55 PM >>>
Hi Andy,

If I set the offsitereclaimlimit to 4 and then I set the reclaimthreshold to 
98% will it continue to reclaim all tapes that are 98%+ empty in increments of 
4 volumes until there are no tapes with 98%+ space available to reclaim?

Just want to make sure I understand what these options are accomplishing.  
Thanks again!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Also look at reclaim stg Copy_Pool th=50 OFFSITERECLAIMLimit=4
This will reclaim 4 volumes and TSM seems to pick the four at or above the 50% 
threshold. We have gotten behind a few times and we use this to speed the 
reclaim process.  This also reduces the time TSM spends figuring out what tapes 
are needed to do the reclaim.
Another option is to create a new copy pool and when the copy is complete 
delete the old pool.

Andy Huebner
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Moyer, 
Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm 
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I am 
in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never do.  
Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very 
under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple 
reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing 
reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the 
another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would mean 
bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing as I 
would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back under 
control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com 



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Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

[David E Ehresman]

The "reclaim stg" command gives you more control over the reclaim process than 
does the 'Update stg xxx reclaim=" command.  See "dsmadmc help reclaim stg"

>>> "Moyer, Joni M"  1/27/2010 3:09 PM >>>
Hi,

I am updating the copy pool so it's reclaim threshold is 98%.  I'm not entering 
a command to trigger the reclamation process.

Am I handling this incorrectly?  Should I be entering a command to do this 
instead of changing the copy storage pool?

Just let me know.  Thanks again!

Storage Pool Name: COPY_AIX
   Storage Pool Type: Copy
   Device Class Name: LTO2_OFFSITE
  Estimated Capacity: 3,484,928 G
  Space Trigger Util: 
Pct Util: 0.3
Pct Migr: 
 Pct Logical: 97.4
High Mig Pct: 
 Low Mig Pct: 
 Migration Delay: 
  Migration Continue: Yes
 Migration Processes: 
   Reclamation Processes: 1
   Next Storage Pool: 
Reclaim Storage Pool: 
  Maximum Size Threshold: 
  Access: Read/Write
 Description: Offsite AIX Tape Pool
   Overflow Location: 
   Cache Migrated Files?: 
  Collocate?: No
   Reclamation Threshold: 90
   Offsite Reclamation Limit: 4
 Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed: 9,999
  Number of Scratch Volumes Used: 93

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of David 
E Ehresman
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:01 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

No.  That reclaim process would process a maximum of tapes (if there are that 
many 98%+ empty) and then stop.

You would have to repeat the command to do the next four.

David

>>> "Moyer, Joni M"  1/27/2010 2:55 PM >>>
Hi Andy,

If I set the offsitereclaimlimit to 4 and then I set the reclaimthreshold to 
98% will it continue to reclaim all tapes that are 98%+ empty in increments of 
4 volumes until there are no tapes with 98%+ space available to reclaim?

Just want to make sure I understand what these options are accomplishing.  
Thanks again!

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Also look at reclaim stg Copy_Pool th=50 OFFSITERECLAIMLimit=4
This will reclaim 4 volumes and TSM seems to pick the four at or above the 50% 
threshold. We have gotten behind a few times and we use this to speed the 
reclaim process.  This also reduces the time TSM spends figuring out what tapes 
are needed to do the reclaim.
Another option is to create a new copy pool and when the copy is complete 
delete the old pool.

Andy Huebner
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Moyer, 
Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm 
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I am 
in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never do.  
Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very 
under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple 
reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing 
reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the 
another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would mean 
bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing as I 
would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back under 
control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.mo...@highmark.com 



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