Re: TSM5.5/AIX61 Performance Monitoring
Also easy to use is TSM's summary table. Just set the retention to for instance 800 days and you keep the data about sessions and processes in TSM. Most easy way to look back if expiration suddenly takes longer. Almost nobody uses summary table for trend analysis and performance monitoring, but it's still the most easy way and gives you a lot of useful information. Regards, Maurice van 't Loo TSM Freelancer (available) 2010/11/16 Shawn Drew : > Looking for some tips on performance monitoring. I've been through the > tuning guide, but I'm looking for > monitoring CPU/Memory, HBA usage, disk/tape performance, etc. > > I'm wondering what are the favorite tools on this list. From what I can > gather nmon doesn't collect tape drive data, which is one of my major > interests. > > I need to collect historical data for long term trends. Does anyone know > if you can keep topas output in single, periodic snapshots like nmon? > > > Regards, > Shawn > > Shawn Drew > > > This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for > the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, > please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord > with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, > is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the > integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) > not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain > functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, > Inc. >
Re: TSM config for Windows 2008 R2 cluster
Information Center IS the correct location ;-) http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r2/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/c_cfg_clus_windows.html Regards, Maurice van 't Loo ITSM Freelancer (available) 2010/11/16 Ben Bullock : > Amazingly enough, I have avoided having to maintain TSM clients on Windows > clusters... until now. > > We have a new Win2008 R2 cluster (actually a Microsoft Storage Server 2008 > appliance). > > Does anybody have some good links or notes on how to configure TSM for W2008 > clusters? The Tivoli websites send me all over their "Information Center", > but leads me to nothing. > > My TSM server is 5.5.1.0 and the Windows TSM client I am trying to work with > is 6.2.1, but I could use a lower version if needed. > > Thanks, > Ben > > The BCI Email Firewall made the following annotations > - > *Confidentiality Notice: > > This E-Mail is intended only for the use of the individual > or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > information that is privileged, confidential and exempt > from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received > this communication in error, please do not distribute, and > delete the original message. > > Thank you for your compliance. > > You may contact us at: > Blue Cross of Idaho > 3000 E. Pine Ave. > Meridian, Idaho 83642 > 1.208.345.4550 > > - >
DB2: SSD vs more RAM
Hi all, I am currently in the process of setting up specifications for our new TSM6.2 server. I started by adding 8 x SSD 50GB disks to hold OS and DB, but because of the high costs was wondering if it's possible to rather buy more RAM and increase the DB2 cache to speed up the database. Currently I have RAM set at 24GB but its way cheaper doubling the RAM than to buy 8 x SSD's Currently I have 8 x SSD vs 6 x SAS 15K Any ideas? Louw Pretorius -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew Sent: 16 November 2010 23:04 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM5.5/AIX61 Performance Monitoring Looking for some tips on performance monitoring. I've been through the tuning guide, but I'm looking for monitoring CPU/Memory, HBA usage, disk/tape performance, etc. I'm wondering what are the favorite tools on this list. From what I can gather nmon doesn't collect tape drive data, which is one of my major interests. I need to collect historical data for long term trends. Does anyone know if you can keep topas output in single, periodic snapshots like nmon? Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.
why retries...
Hi List, Can someone explain this: 11/16/10 23:58:48 Normal File-->14,186,959 /usr/IBMIHS/logs/error_log [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:48 Normal File--> 8 /usr/IBMIHS/logs/httpd.pid [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:48 Normal File-->73,728 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagAtt [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:48 Normal File-->20,480 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagAtt.vc [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:48 Normal File--> 8,192 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagDev [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:48 Normal File--> 4,096 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagDev.vc [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:48 Normal File-->49,152 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagRes [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:48 Normal File--> 8,192 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagRes.vc [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:48 Normal File--> 851,968 /usr/lib/objrepos/PdAt Changed 11/16/10 23:58:49 Retry # 1 Normal File-->14,186,959 /usr/IBMIHS/logs/error_log [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:49 Retry # 1 Normal File--> 8 /usr/IBMIHS/logs/httpd.pid [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:49 Retry # 1 Normal File-->73,728 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagAtt [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:49 Retry # 1 Normal File-->20,480 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagAtt.vc [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:49 Retry # 1 Normal File--> 8,192 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagDev [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:49 Retry # 1 Normal File--> 4,096 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagDev.vc [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:49 Retry # 1 Normal File-->49,152 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagRes [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:49 Retry # 1 Normal File--> 8,192 /usr/lib/objrepos/PDiagRes.vc [Sent] 11/16/10 23:58:50 Retry # 1 Normal File--> 851,968 /usr/lib/objrepos/PdAt [Sent] Why does TSM retry files that are already '[Sent]'? I would expect only the /usr/lib/objrepos/PdAt is retried as it apparently has been changed. -Marcel -- == Marcel J.E. MolMESA Consulting B.V. ===-ph. +31-(0)6-54724868 P.O. Box 112 ===-mar...@mesa.nl 2630 AC Nootdorp __ www.mesa.nl ---U_n_i_x__I_n_t_e_r_n_e_t The Netherlands They couldn't think of a number, Linux user 1148 -- counter.li.org so they gave me a name! -- Rupert Hine -- www.ruperthine.com
Re: why retries...
The line with the "Changed" tells the story. Remember that TSM client-server interactions are *transaction* based, not file-by-file. If a constituent element of the transaction changes, the transaction is void and has to be repeated, according to your Changingretries choice. This relates to Aggregate-based storage in the TSM server. Richard Simshttp://people.bu.edu/rbs
Re: DB2: SSD vs more RAM
Hi Louw, For a single instance 24GB of RAM should be enough. For the OS is using SSD a bit nonsence, even SATA is enough, so don't spend to much on that. But if you want speed, look at the SSD cards of Fusion-IO (fusionio.com) these cards are build for enterprise usage and have redundancy on the card, so you don't need to build a raid with it. On a single card, you can put the database and logfiles SAVE, with lightning speed and still not very expensive. Regards, Maurice van 't Loo ITSM Freelancer (available) 2010/11/17 Pretorius, Louw : > Hi all, > > I am currently in the process of setting up specifications for our new TSM6.2 > server. > > I started by adding 8 x SSD 50GB disks to hold OS and DB, but because of the > high costs was wondering if it's possible to rather buy more RAM and increase > the DB2 cache to speed up the database. > > Currently I have RAM set at 24GB but its way cheaper doubling the RAM than to > buy 8 x SSD's > Currently I have 8 x SSD vs 6 x SAS 15K > > Any ideas? > Louw Pretorius >
Re: why retries...
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 08:24:51AM -0500, Richard Sims wrote: > The line with the "Changed" tells the story. Remember that TSM client-server > interactions are *transaction* based, not file-by-file. If a constituent > element of the transaction changes, the transaction is void and has to be > repeated, according to your Changingretries choice. This relates to > Aggregate-based storage in the TSM server. Yes, I expected that much... But it is just a waste of bandwidth to send the whole aggregate again because maybe one (somteimes small) file in it has been changed. I saw a lot of such retries so am worried about it a bit. I sure this can be implemented in a miuch more optimal way. -Marcel -- == Marcel J.E. MolMESA Consulting B.V. ===-ph. +31-(0)6-54724868 P.O. Box 112 ===-mar...@mesa.nl 2630 AC Nootdorp __ www.mesa.nl ---U_n_i_x__I_n_t_e_r_n_e_t The Netherlands They couldn't think of a number, Linux user 1148 -- counter.li.org so they gave me a name! -- Rupert Hine -- www.ruperthine.com
Re: select statement to display readonly and filling tapes
Thanks for this script Regards Tim On 11/16/2010 6:49 AM, J. Pohlmann wrote: For what it's worth, here is my "reado" script to display problem tapes: issue message i "Read Only Volumes" q vol acc=reado issue message i "Unavailable Volumes" q vol acc=unav issue message i "Destroyed Volumes" q vol acc=destroyed issue message i "The following volumes had I/O errors:" select volume_name as "VOLUME ", stgpool_name, write_errors, read_errors from volumes where write_errors>0 or read_errors 0 Joerg Pohlmann 250-585-3711 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Guido Martínez Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 09:35 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] select statement to display readonly and filling tapes Perhaps this would also work: Select VOLUME_NAME from VOLUMES where status='FILLING' and access='READONLY' El nov 15, 2010 11:30 a.m., "Keith M Williams" escribió: How about this for TSM: select VOLUME_NAME,ACCESS from volumes where access ='READONLY', STATUS from media where VOLUME_NAME='FILLING' Keith M Williams/Dubuque/IBM Unix System Administrator, IBM Dubuque ITDelivery, Global Technology Services kwill...@us.ibm.com From: Timothy Hughes To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Date: 11/15/2010 07:40 AM Subject: select statement to display readonly and filling tapes Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Hi I am trying to add "filling" tapes to this select statement and I am having no luck does anyo...
Re: select statement to display readonly and filling tapes
Thanks Maurice, Thomas, Guido, keith, Heinz, Richard and Steven for your responses I had to retype the command there must have been a character binary character not visible that was the issue which cause the error. I originally did a cut and paste. Best Regards On 11/15/2010 12:00 PM, Maurice van 't Loo wrote: Heey Timothy Seems you accidently copied 2 lines, in stead of the command in 1 line. status='FILLING' has been processed as an other command, so both lines gave errors. Try again the same command, but be sure it's in 1 line. Or use a - at the end of each line to continue, but best is to just use 1 line. Regards, Maurice 2010/11/15 Timothy Hughes: thanks steve! I tried that command failed, and also I want to select the "readonly" tapes that say "filling" also. So I replaced the "or" with "and". this command failed also tsm:>select VOLUME_NAME,ACCESS from volumes where access='READONLY' or status='FILLING' ANR0162W Supplemental database diagnostic information: -1:42601:-104 ([IBM][CLI Driver][DB2/AIX64] SQL0104N An unexpected token "END-OF-STATEMENT" was found following "cess = 'READONLY' or". Expected tokens may include: "". SQLSTATE=42601 ). ANR0516E SQL processing for statement select VOLUME_NAME , ACCESS from volumes where access = 'READONLY' or failed. ANS8001I Return code 3. tsm: status='FILLING' ANS8001I Return code 3. tsm: TSMCORE> tsm: TSMCORE> On 11/15/2010 8:48 AM, Steven Langdale wrote: How about: select VOLUME_NAME,ACCESS from volumes where access='READONLY' or status='FILLING' Steven Timothy Hughes Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 15/11/2010 13:39 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject [ADSM-L] select statement to display readonly and filling tapes Caterpillar: Confidential Green Retain Until: 15/12/2010 Hi I am trying to add "filling" tapes to this select statement and I am having no luck does anyone have a select statement that shows this? I already have most of the statement below i just need to add "filling" to the statement select VOLUME_NAME,ACCESS from volumes where access ='READONLY' thanks for any help
Uninstallation on TSM 6.2 (TSM 6.2 and AC/TIP 6.2 on ONE Windows system) - ISC !! is asking for userid and password
Hallo TSM community, one question regarding de-or uninstallation of TSM 6.2. As described in the manual I'm using the "uninstall Tivoli Storage Manger.exe" and NOT the Windows add/remove Pgms... I know also, that the ISC is replaced by the new portal l "TIP". But it seem, that the ISC is still "under the cover" there, because I get an AC and ISC uninstall screen, that is asking For userid "iscadmin" password in order to go ahead. Of course I tried different passwords, with primary choice being my new TIP password, but it did not work. Is there a "secret" hardcoded iscadmin userid password as a leftover from TSM 6.1? Thanks in advance for any hint - mikel Michael Malitz Tel.: +43 (0) 664 1415275 e-mail: michael.mal...@mm-it.at
Re: why retries...
Heey Marcel, Long time ago ;-) The max. size of the aggregates can be set in the options by MoveSizeThresh and MoveBatchSize. But normaly the best choice is "high" as this improves the backup speed a lot. Mail or call me directly if you think you have a problem. I guess you don't, but we can take a look to it together Regards, Maurice van 't Loo 2010/11/17 Marcel J.E. Mol : > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 08:24:51AM -0500, Richard Sims wrote: >> The line with the "Changed" tells the story. Remember that TSM >> client-server interactions are *transaction* based, not file-by-file. If a >> constituent element of the transaction changes, the transaction is void and >> has to be repeated, according to your Changingretries choice. This relates >> to Aggregate-based storage in the TSM server. > > Yes, I expected that much... > > But it is just a waste of bandwidth to send the whole aggregate again because > maybe one (somteimes small) file in it has been changed. I saw a lot > of such retries so am worried about it a bit. I sure this can be implemented > in a miuch more optimal way. > > -Marcel > -- > == Marcel J.E. Mol MESA Consulting B.V. > ===- ph. +31-(0)6-54724868 P.O. Box 112 > ===- mar...@mesa.nl 2630 AC Nootdorp > __ www.mesa.nl ---U_n_i_x__I_n_t_e_r_n_e_t The Netherlands > > They couldn't think of a number, Linux user 1148 -- > counter.li.org > so they gave me a name! -- Rupert Hine -- www.ruperthine.com >
Re: DB2: SSD vs more RAM
SSD to me seems overkill if you already have 24 GB of RAM, unless you need superfast performance and are going to run a very busy TSM server with a huge amount of concurrent sessions. -- Gr., Remco On 17 nov. 2010, at 12:16, "Pretorius, Louw " wrote: > Hi all, > > I am currently in the process of setting up specifications for our new TSM6.2 > server. > > I started by adding 8 x SSD 50GB disks to hold OS and DB, but because of the > high costs was wondering if it's possible to rather buy more RAM and increase > the DB2 cache to speed up the database. > > Currently I have RAM set at 24GB but its way cheaper doubling the RAM than to > buy 8 x SSD's > Currently I have 8 x SSD vs 6 x SAS 15K > > Any ideas? > Louw Pretorius > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of > Shawn Drew > Sent: 16 November 2010 23:04 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM5.5/AIX61 Performance Monitoring > > Looking for some tips on performance monitoring. I've been through the > tuning guide, but I'm looking for monitoring CPU/Memory, HBA usage, disk/tape > performance, etc. > > I'm wondering what are the favorite tools on this list. From what I can > gather nmon doesn't collect tape drive data, which is one of my major > interests. > > I need to collect historical data for long term trends. Does anyone know if > you can keep topas output in single, periodic snapshots like nmon? > > > Regards, > Shawn > > Shawn Drew > > > This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the > addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please > delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its > purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is > prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the > integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) > not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain > functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, > Inc.
GE Centricity Cardiology INW backups
I have gotten a request to arrange for TSM backup coverage of a GE Centricity Cardiology INW system. After reading GE's documentation I have a number of questions for people who are already backing up INW systems. Our INW system runs under Windows 2003. We normally use TSM 5.5.1 client code for this level of Windows, but GE recommends TSM 5.2.2. What are the pros and cons of accepting GE's recommendation? This recommendation is accompanied by the puzzling statement that 'Tivoli doe not require a client on the server'. What does GE mean by this? The INW system stores report files and waveform files, and has a MS SQL database containing references to the report and waveform files. Am I correct in suspecting that a report file or waveform file will not be updated after it is created, and hence will only need to be backed up once? The system dumps the MS SQL database contents to flat files and lets TSM back up the flat files. How does the size of a database backup compare to the overall disk space usage? The instructions for using TSM focus on backing up three folders on the D drive. Is there any major downside to letting TSM back up the entire system (as long as we exclude *.ldf and *.mdf files)?
Seemingly stupid dsmadmc behavior
Time for a bit of a rant. I have a new 5.5 server on Solaris. For reasons that I understand even if it does make my life more difficult, I am not permitted to have root access on this box, and the Solaris guys have determined that they want the TSM client log files on /var/adm/log/tsm So dsm.sys has errorlogname /var/adm/log/tsm/dsmerror.log errorlogretention 14,d This is fine for the root user, but when I log in to use dsmamdc I get ANS2036W Pruning functions cannot open one of the Tivoli Storage Manager prune files: /var/adm/log/tsm/dsmprune.log. errno = 13, Permission denied No big deal, I know this is not a problem and happily ignore it. However, I have some scripts that my operations people are going to use, and these invoke dsmadmc multiple times per script to do whatever is needed. Each time the ANS2036W message appears. yes I'm aware that there is a work around for this change errorlogretention to S, run dsmadmc to create the dsmerror.pru file and then change permissions. Someone with root access needs to do that. Much simpler would be to just allow the DSM_LOG environment variable to override the dsm.sys specification, but it cannot. There is NO reason not to allow this. Given that I can set DSM_DIR and DSM_CFG to point to any arbitrary file and also symlink to the message catalog file I can override the system options files however I please. Its just damned annoying to have to. TSM being complex, difficult and obscure keeps me in work, but its not doing anything for this wonderful product in the marketplace. Steven Harris TSM Admin, Paraparaumu, NZ
Re: GE Centricity Cardiology INW backups
Interesting 1)TSM 5.2.2 - No IBM Client support / bug fix - Usually TSM clients do fine. We use to run OS/2 Client @ 3.x against a TSM 5 Server. It's a support risk . Id ask them what issues were there with more current TSM clients. 2) 'Tivoli doe not require a client on the server'. What does GE mean by this? The App or backup Server? Ask them to clarify. 3) waveform file will not be updated after it is created, and hence will only need to be backed up once? If using standard TSM Incremental backups then it will only be backed up once .. 4) How does the size of a database backup compare to the overall disk space usage? Depend on the flat file backup, not sure if the SQL / NTBackup removes white space when it backs it up? 5) The instructions for using TSM focus on backing up three folders on the D drive. Is there any major downside to letting TSM back up the entire system (as long as we exclude *.ldf and *.mdf files)? No - assuming low rate of file change other than the db shouldn't be an issue. You'll ensure if new data or naming conv is created you'll get a copy as opposed to selectively backing files up and missing a change the app person puts in place. Hope this helps -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Denier Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 3:00 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] GE Centricity Cardiology INW backups I have gotten a request to arrange for TSM backup coverage of a GE Centricity Cardiology INW system. After reading GE's documentation I have a number of questions for people who are already backing up INW systems. Our INW system runs under Windows 2003. We normally use TSM 5.5.1 client code for this level of Windows, but GE recommends TSM 5.2.2. What are the pros and cons of accepting GE's recommendation? This recommendation is accompanied by the puzzling statement that 'Tivoli doe not require a client on the server'. What does GE mean by this? The INW system stores report files and waveform files, and has a MS SQL database containing references to the report and waveform files. Am I correct in suspecting that a report file or waveform file will not be updated after it is created, and hence will only need to be backed up once? The system dumps the MS SQL database contents to flat files and lets TSM back up the flat files. How does the size of a database backup compare to the overall disk space usage? The instructions for using TSM focus on backing up three folders on the D drive. Is there any major downside to letting TSM back up the entire system (as long as we exclude *.ldf and *.mdf files)? This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.
Re: Seemingly stupid dsmadmc behavior
How about: alias dsmadmc=dsmadmc -errorlogname=~/dsmerror.log ? Wouldn't that do the trick? -- Gr., Remco On 17 nov. 2010, at 22:46, Steve Harris wrote: > Time for a bit of a rant. > > > I have a new 5.5 server on Solaris. For reasons that I understand even if > it does make my life more difficult, I am not permitted to have root access > on this box, and the Solaris guys have determined that they want the TSM > client log files on /var/adm/log/tsm > > So dsm.sys has > > errorlogname /var/adm/log/tsm/dsmerror.log > errorlogretention 14,d > > This is fine for the root user, but when I log in to use dsmamdc I get > > ANS2036W Pruning functions cannot open one of the Tivoli Storage Manager > prune files: /var/adm/log/tsm/dsmprune.log. errno = 13, Permission denied > > No big deal, I know this is not a problem and happily ignore it. > > However, I have some scripts that my operations people are going to use, > and these invoke dsmadmc multiple times per script to do whatever is > needed. Each time the ANS2036W message appears. yes I'm aware that there > is a work around for this change errorlogretention to S, run dsmadmc to > create the dsmerror.pru file and then change permissions. Someone with > root access needs to do that. > > Much simpler would be to just allow the DSM_LOG environment variable to > override the dsm.sys specification, but it cannot. > > There is NO reason not to allow this. > > Given that I can set DSM_DIR and DSM_CFG to point to any arbitrary file > and also symlink to the message catalog file I can override the system > options files however I please. Its just damned annoying to have to. > > > TSM being complex, difficult and obscure keeps me in work, but its not > doing anything for this wonderful product in the marketplace. > > Steven Harris > TSM Admin, > Paraparaumu, NZ > > > >
Re: Seemingly stupid dsmadmc behavior
I am sorry if I do not understand your request. By the way, how about changing permissions for /var/adm/log/tsm to allow dsmadmc user read/write access to directory (maybe with sticky bit to have access to directory content as well)? If many users need access to this directory, you can create group and grant access to group. From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Harris [st...@stevenharris.info] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 12:46 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Seemingly stupid dsmadmc behavior Time for a bit of a rant. I have a new 5.5 server on Solaris. For reasons that I understand even if it does make my life more difficult, I am not permitted to have root access on this box, and the Solaris guys have determined that they want the TSM client log files on /var/adm/log/tsm So dsm.sys has errorlogname /var/adm/log/tsm/dsmerror.log errorlogretention 14,d This is fine for the root user, but when I log in to use dsmamdc I get ANS2036W Pruning functions cannot open one of the Tivoli Storage Manager prune files: /var/adm/log/tsm/dsmprune.log. errno = 13, Permission denied No big deal, I know this is not a problem and happily ignore it. However, I have some scripts that my operations people are going to use, and these invoke dsmadmc multiple times per script to do whatever is needed. Each time the ANS2036W message appears. yes I'm aware that there is a work around for this change errorlogretention to S, run dsmadmc to create the dsmerror.pru file and then change permissions. Someone with root access needs to do that. Much simpler would be to just allow the DSM_LOG environment variable to override the dsm.sys specification, but it cannot. There is NO reason not to allow this. Given that I can set DSM_DIR and DSM_CFG to point to any arbitrary file and also symlink to the message catalog file I can override the system options files however I please. Its just damned annoying to have to. TSM being complex, difficult and obscure keeps me in work, but its not doing anything for this wonderful product in the marketplace. Steven Harris TSM Admin, Paraparaumu, NZ Please consider the environment before printing this Email. CONFIDENTIALITY AND WAIVER: The information contained in this electronic mail message and any attachments hereto may be legally privileged and confidential. The information is intended only for the recipient(s) named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this in error please contact the sender and delete this message and any attachments from your computer system. We do not guarantee that this message or any attachment to it is secure or free from errors, computer viruses or other conditions that may damage or interfere with data, hardware or software.
DSM.OPT file location for backing up cluster resources.
Hello, I was reading this document about configure BA client for cluster environment. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/TSMC/GC32-0788-02/en_US/HTML/ans60021.htm 1) For backing up cluster resources, the document recommends to.locate the option file on one of the disk drives that are owned by the cluster group. Question : When installing TDP for Exchange and to backup the virtual Exchange server, I assume it is also advisable to place the dsm.opt file in one of the disk drives owned by the cluster group. Is this correct? Thanks +-- |This was sent by cc1702...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--
