Re: Conferences
On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 03:23:32PM -0500, Mark Stapleton wrote: > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 07/20/2006 > 02:28:17 PM: > > Look at the "Tivoli Technical User Conference". It's in the spring > > in the USA. > > Never have gone so cannot say if it is worth it. > > > > Rob Berendt wrote: > > > So is there a TSM conference, much like IBM's COMMON conference for > their > > > i5 systems? > > > If so, is it worth it? > > The Tivoli Tech conference is good if you're looking for high-level views > of multiple Tivoli applications (not just TSM) and their interactions with > hardware and infrastructure. > > If you're looking for TSM stuff at medium- or hard-core engineering > levels, look elsewhere. This conference is pretty lightweight. Stories > I've heard make SHARE or the Oxford conference as the ones to consider. SHARE's website is misleading at best, when it comes to TSM content. It is a wonderful place to meet the developers, and other TSM users. SHARE is also the place to put in product requirements and actually get feedback. After being involved with SHARE for over 15 years, and seeing WDSF/ADSM/ITSM content grow, I would vouch for it being the premier TSM conference for the US. Take a look at the conference agenda for more information about the content as opposed to using the initial web page as a starting place. Most all of the TSM sessions I have attended have been OS independent. We (SHARE) are always looking for speakers with user experiences as well. Held twice a year, being volunteer run, and a good bargin as well, you really can't beat it. IMHO cheers, bob
Re: Conferences
On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 05:05:51PM -0400, Kathleen M Hallahan wrote: > I was actually just looking at the Baltimore conference listing for TSM > content, and all I can find is one session on future directions. Is this > an anomaly, or should I be looking somewhere else? Baltimore is close > enough that I could probably justify going for at least some of the event, > if I had that to point to. If you are looking at upcoming sessions in Baltimore, the TSM sessions are under the 'Distributed Storage Project' search for sessions by project and choose the above, you will find many. hth, bob
Re: NDMP
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:27:56PM -1000, Aaron Becar wrote: > I have been reading some past archives about NDMP, and even more > specifically, Mirapoint backups. I was wondering if anyone has a > similar configuration with TSM and Mirapoint. We are just checking to > make sure we have a supported configuration, and if anyone has > successfully backed up Mirapoint use TSM. > > TSM 5.3.3 RHEL4 on IBM x346 > Fiber connected IBM 3583 w/ 3 LTO2 drives We have much experience with Mirapoint and backups. Hit me offline, but let me know the details of your setup, such as MOS levels and system types.. bob
Re: NDMP
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 12:31:52PM -1000, Aaron Becar wrote: > Sunmansun, > > Hey we just received word that Mirapoint does not support a fiber > attached drive. So my question for you, is how are you doing it? Do > you have a separate library connected to the Mirapoint server via the > SCSI (LVD) port? What kind of infrastructure do you have setup to make > this successful? For the record, here is what we ended up doing. We have a HP EVA 9K that we use for the storage of 6 Mirapoint boxen. We start by making a snapshot of the mirapoint storage LU, then present that to a backup 'frontend'. The frontend mounts that LU. Using the TSM image backup client, we then backup the image to TSM. During the day, we make offsite copies per TSM normal processing. With Mirapoint M5K's and SAN storage, individual mailbox restores that you might have had with NDMP and TOC support are gone. Since we have promised through legacy service levels to provide mail folder restores to our customers up to seven days past, we have a spare M5K that allows us to restore an image from any one of the servers, then to an IMAP copy of the mailbox to the production server. For tape device, we are using our 3494 tape library with the new 3592 E05 drives, which totally rock IMHO. Caveats: Mirapoint engineering is working on a patch to allow the growth of a LU from your original defined size to the max size supported. M5K's have a max LU size of 1TB, there are some other limitations, but I forget what they are. There is only one OS that will allow you to 'mount' the snapshot from the Mirapoint box .. FreeBSD. You can run the TSM image client in Linux compat mode, and it works fine. It may look messy, but it works fine for us at the moment, and we have inhouse support for FreeBSD. You can't do anything other than read the LU from the frontend, since the FreeBSD da driver knows that something is wrong with the label and the superblock of the disk. Mirapoint runs with a customized BSD filesystem. We had to write a few scripts that create the snaps, to the presentation of the lu to the frontend, then fire off a backup. The script(s) is run through the TSM scheduler. You may be able to pull the mounting of of the Mirapoint disk on Solaris, or AIX, if you use some type of generic driver. Our attempts failed, since the drivers are too picky at how the partition structure is to deal with it. We found that you may be able to 'see' the device, but just not be able to do anything with it. We run the backups directly to tape, since it would be to wasteful to go to disk yet again, and like I said the drives are smoking, so we can stream to them at better than disk speed, and get very good compression. I have almost 2.5TB on some of the tapes. This beats the price of disk hands down, and the ROI/TCO is lower. We like not having to deal with NDMP any more, and use native TSM processing to work with the Mirapoint storage. We have tested restores from active processing, and they work ok for now. Some tell us because of the nature of Mirapoint operations, and 'snapshots' that we may be rolling the dice when it comes to a consistent restore, but we don't have any alternatives that meet our budget, and offsite requirements except for this. Happy hunting, and I hope this helps people out there. Contact me offline if you have any additional questions, or need further details. Bob Booth UIUC/CITES
Re: Checking in new tapes on new TSM tape library
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 01:59:34PM +1100, Paul Dudley wrote: > OK - I tried the command > > label libvol lb1.1.0.3 checkin=scratch search=bulk labels=barcode > > > and got the errors: > Check to see if the I/O slot is configured as a 'storage slot' in the library. > 11/08/2006 13:54:24 ANR8826E No Entry/Exit found on library > > LB1.1.0.3.
Re: Expanding the UNIX filesystem (TSM)
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 04:41:11PM +1100, Stephen Mackereth wrote: > Hi Srinath, > > Try > > chfs -a size=+G > > So something like > chfs -a size=+50G /apps/tsm > > Will increase the /apps/tsm filesystem by 50Gb (if there is enough space in > the Volume Group.) > AND... Assuming it is AIX. What OS are you running Srinath? bob
Re: Expanding the UNIX filesystem (TSM)
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 06:37:59AM -, Gopinathan, Srinath wrote: > Bob, > > Thanks for the update. > > The OS which is running here is Solaris 5.9 > Well, if it is a VXFS filesystem, you can use the Veritas LVM to extend the FS. You may also be running Soltice which is basically VXFS under the covers. There may be a few more QFS, etc. Your admins should know. If it isn't VXFS or some other LVM that allows FS expansion, you need to create a new partition that is larger, and copy the files over. hth, bob
Re: Recommendations for hardware replacement/upgrade
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:59:20AM -0500, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: > Windows is not in the picture. These are going to be RH Linux systems. > > We will probably perform EXPORT TO SERVER to move the clients, one by one, > since we are probably going to move to new media types (3592 vs 3590) , as > well. Look for the type of system that will give you the most PCI-X bandwidth you can get. You are going to be pumping quite a bit of data across that bus, with presumably 4Gb HBA's, some SCSI (?), networking... TSM is all about I/O, to disk, tape, and the network. hth, bob
TSM MSSQL agent error
Hello everone! I'm not a Windows expert, and I have a customer that is having trouble installing the latest TSM MSSQL Agent on Windows Server 2012 (fully patched). They have the TSM client for Windows 7.1.1.3 when functions, until they install the latest MSSQL agent 7.1.2. When the TDP is installed, the client won't start with: "The ordinal 6 could not be located in the dynamic link library c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsmagent.exe" Any clues out there in expert land? Thanks in Advance. Bob
Windows exclude.archive help
Hello all! I'm trying to help a remote admin that is trying to exclude/include things in windows filesystem for a scheduled monthly archive. I will admit that I am not very familiar at all with how windows excludes work, so I have not been much help, so I am asking the gurus! He has a windows filesystem: \\ed-files\v$\webs and he only wants to archive certain files. Here is the relevant part of the opt file: EXCLUDE.ARCHIVE "*.*" EXCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\...\*" INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\cdl\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\ceep\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\clas\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\dell-d\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\ecap\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\ecrp\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\eic\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\facts\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\idec\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\iecam\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\iecamintranet\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\iel\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\illinoisparents\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\illinoispip\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\intranet\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\i-parents\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\npen\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\readyweb\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\resnet\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\sharingavision\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL query inclexcl where 'webs' shows up is below: Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\sharingavision\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\resnet\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\readyweb\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\npen\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\i-parents\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\intranet\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\illinoispip\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\illinoisparents\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\iel\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\iecamintranet\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\iecam\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\idec\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\facts\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\eic\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\ecrp\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\ecap\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\dell-d\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\clas\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\ceep\html\...\* dsm.opt Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\cdl\html\...\* dsm.opt When the archive gets run by the scheduler, the only thing that gets archived is the directory \\ed-files\v$\webs and no files. So, what is the best way to accomplish this. Thanks as always!
Re: Antwort: [ADSM-L] Windows exclude.archive help
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 08:19:15PM +0100, Rainer Holzinger wrote: > Hi, > > did you add the '-subdir=yes' option at the archive command? Yes, sorry, I forgot to include the schedule options: Action: Archive Subaction: Options: -subdir=yes Objects: \\ed-files\v$\webs > > regards, > Rainer > > > > Von:Bob Booth > An: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Datum: 14.01.2016 19:59 > Betreff:[ADSM-L] Windows exclude.archive help > Gesendet von: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > Hello all! > > I'm trying to help a remote admin that is trying to exclude/include things > in windows filesystem for a scheduled monthly archive. > > I will admit that I am not very familiar at all with how windows excludes > work, so I have not been much help, so I am asking the gurus! > > He has a windows filesystem: \\ed-files\v$\webs and he only wants to > archive certain files. Here is the relevant part of the opt file: > > EXCLUDE.ARCHIVE "*.*" > EXCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\...\*" > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\cdl\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\ceep\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\clas\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\dell-d\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\ecap\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\ecrp\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\eic\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\facts\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\idec\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\iecam\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\iecamintranet\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\iel\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\illinoisparents\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\illinoispip\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\intranet\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\i-parents\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\npen\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\readyweb\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\resnet\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > INCLUDE.ARCHIVE "\\ed-files\v$\webs\sharingavision\html\...\*" 2YRLOCAL > > query inclexcl where 'webs' shows up is below: > > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\sharingavision\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\resnet\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\readyweb\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\npen\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\i-parents\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\intranet\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\illinoispip\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\illinoisparents\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\iel\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\iecamintranet\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\iecam\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\idec\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\facts\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\eic\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\ecrp\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\ecap\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\dell-d\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\clas\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\ceep\html\...\* dsm.opt > Include Archive \\ed-files\webs\cdl\html\...\* dsm.opt > > When the archive gets run by the scheduler, the only thing that gets > archived > is the directory \\ed-files\v$\webs and no files. > > So, what is the best way to accomplish this. > > Thanks as always!
TSM 5.4 client appears
The 5.4 TSM client is now on the IBM ftp site. It does appear to have the long awaited 'native' support for Intel based Macs. Hope it works. cheers, bob
Re: TSM 5.4 cautions
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 02:33:20PM -0500, Richard Sims wrote: > Look, before leaping into TSM 5.4 ... > Cautionary/advisory Technotes are starting to appear for 5.4, > as for example 1249083. Do a search, and pore over the Readme > file, before committing to an install. Agreed! I cautioned the 10 Intel Mac users to read the files and search the web for any known problems. They are testing it now, and have had 'no crashes' with the client (so far). bob
TSM 5.3 upgrade and Oracle TDP help
I'm getting ready to do an upgrade from TSM 5.2.9 to TSM 5.3.4 and I am really confused about the Oracle TDP license. Do I still need a xxx.lic file for the TSM server, if so, where does it live? I have downloaded TSM 5.3 EE and the TSM 5.3 DP for Oracle from the PA website. The only license files that exist are tsmbasic.lic and tsmee.lic and we are licensed for extended addition, DP for databases, and DP for mail. Has anyone done this, that can give me some pointers? All our Oracle TDP's are Solaris, and my server is running on AIX 5.2. thanks in advance, Bob
Re: TSM 5.3 upgrade and Oracle TDP help
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 08:48:20PM -0600, David Bronder wrote: > Bob Booth wrote: > > > > I'm getting ready to do an upgrade from TSM 5.2.9 to TSM 5.3.4 and I am > > really confused about the Oracle TDP license. > > Just about the TDPO license? :) Yeah.. really. *sigh* > > Do I still need a xxx.lic file for the TSM server, if so, where does it > > live? > > > > I have downloaded TSM 5.3 EE and the TSM 5.3 DP for Oracle from the PA > > website. The only license files that exist are tsmbasic.lic and tsmee.lic > > and we are licensed for extended addition, DP for databases, and DP for > > mail. > > At TSM 5.3, the only server-side license files are for Basic, Extended > Edition, and Data Retention. All the TDP, library, SAP, etc. license > files are gone on the server side. > > Of course, you still need those _licenses_, but not the license files. > > The only TDPO license file you'll need is the one installed on the > Oracle server as part of the TDPO client installation. Cool, this is the agent.lic file, got it.. I take it that legacy TDP oracle clients will continue to work without the server having a fit? We have a lot of older Oracle instances out there running 2.2.1 and 4.x and 5.x TDP code. I know I really should have upgraded my TSM server a while ago, but issues with certain *cough* vendors where keeping me at this level of code... Not a problem any more now that we are rid of NDMP! Thanks as always for the help Dave! Bob
Re: Ramifications of delete vol xxxxxx discardd=y
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 09:35:14AM -0600, Bell, Charles (Chip) wrote: > Quick question. If I delete a volume to get it back from a read-only access > state into the scratch pool, will the next incremental backup for the node > data affected back up those files again? Does the database know that there > are no longer references for that node data on primary storage? If not, what > is the alternative than 'delete vol', restoring the vol from copy stgpool? The data will be backed up once again by TSM. If you do a delete volume on the primary, the references to the copy data will also be deleted, and a backup stg will pick that up as well. hth, bob
Re: Ramifications of delete vol xxxxxx discardd=y
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:08:47AM -0600, Bell, Charles (Chip) wrote: > I understand your question, and "why" you would ask... :) > > This is why... > 03/09/07 10:05:38 ANR8944E Hardware or media error on drive 3592_1 > (/dev/rmt9) with volume V00040(OP=READ, Error Number= > 110, CC=0, KEY=03, ASC=11, ASCQ=00, >SENSE=70.00.03.00.00.00.00.12.00.00.00.00.11.00.00.00.00- > .00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00, Description=An > undetermined error has occurred). Refer to Appendix D in the 'Messages' > manual for recommended action. (SESSION: 41055, PROCESS: 308) > 03/09/07 10:05:38 ANR8359E Media fault detected on 3592 volume V00040 in Ouch.. and a 3592 no less. If you do have active, inactive data on that tape, your best bet is to do a 'restore volume' instead of a 'delete volume'. If the cart does not contain inactive data, blow it away, and get a warranty exchange on the cart! 2cents, bob
Re: New personal best.
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 08:52:48AM -0600, Barnhart, Troy wrote: > We're curious here in our shop... We are building a couple of servers for a > new project that may do this also. > > How fast did this 1 TB backup? Is this with an AIX-TSM server? Diskpool > Hardware? Tapepool Hardware? Here is our equipment: P5-570 - (4) 1.6GHZ procs, 8GB memory, (3) D20 I/O drawers - AIX 5.2 TSM 5.3.4.2 - 65 GB database, mix of LVD and FC disk. 3494 library with mixed 3590 E1A HVD and 3592 E05 4Gb fibre 10Gb Network, several dual 4Gb HBA's (among others). All the FC infrastructure is connected via Brocade 4Gb 16/32 port switches. SAN disk is a mix of HP EVA 8K, Nexsan, and soon, Sun/STK arrays. On the 3592's we get about 110GB/hr while streaming images of SAN attached disks directly to them. We say, not bad. Our next step is to replace network cards on the streaming backup servers, so that jumbo frames are supported. We might be able to eek out a little more bandwidth. Eventually, my plan is to move off of the 3590's (budget constraints now), and fill the library with the 3592s. bob
Failed image backup on Linux
A strange problem has just cropped up with an image backup on Linux. The server is 5.3.4.2 running on AIX, and the linux client version is 5.2.2 (I know it is old, but we have some 'legacy' issues). This just started happening, as it has been running literally for months without any problems. The entire image is transmitted, yet the backup fails: Backup Image Function Invoked. Using static image backup. Session established with server ADSM0: AIX-RS/6000 Server Version 5, Release 3, Level 4.2 Data compression forced off by the server Server date/time: 05/23/07 04:54:09 Last access: 05/22/07 23:21:36 ANS1228E Sending of object '/dev/da0' failed ANS1304W Active object not found ANS1813E Image Backup processing of '/dev/da0' finished with failures. Total number of objects inspected:1 Total number of objects backed up:0 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 1 Total number of bytes transferred:575.00 GB Data transfer time:23,828.05 sec Network data transfer rate:25,303.42 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate: 25,247.96 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Elapsed processing time: 06:38:00 - this happens for both images being backed up. Is the ANS1304W the problem, and what exactly is it trying to say? Like I said, this has been working for months and just started failing a few days ago. Anyone seen this before? TIA, Bob
Re: Question for you
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 11:12:57AM -0500, Mark Stapleton wrote: > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Justin Miller > Not to rain on your parade or anything but in talking to my IBM rep she > told me that the licensing strategy is indeed changing with the 5.4 > release but not for the better in my opinion. Now instead of basing it on > the number of CPU's that you have, it will now be based upon the type of > CPU you have. Each CPU type will have a certain number of "value units" > assigned to it and you have to purchase the value units in something like > blocks of 10 so that you end up with enough to cover the type of CPU you > are using. Sounds fun doesn't it? Obviously their way of getting you for > have CPU's with multiple cores. I think this is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, and I think it is fair time for TSM customers to stand up and say no. IBM has been making it harder and harder for GOOD customers to justify purchasing this product, and I am sorry to say that the competition is going to clean up. > Coming in a bit late on this conversation, but I think it's an important one. > > Counting CPUs is a snap for windows: from a DOS prompt, type > >set n > > for the number of CPUs. (The type of processor can be easily deduced by the > make/model of server.) Use your existing Windows domain admin tools to do > this for all machines from one location, and parse appropriately. > > For UNIX--hey, any decent UNIX admin knows how to do that. Parse and plug > into your spreadsheet. > > BTW, Tivoli only went to this audit process because there have become too > many users that have violated the "on your honor" basis that Tivoli followed > for a long time. I'm terribly sorry, but IBM placed itself in this position by removing access to the tools we (as TSM admins), could use to determine license compliance. They either make us run around and bother all our sys admins and clients to gather useless information, or pay large $$$ to install rootkits on our machines. I don't believe that the customers have been trying to be dishonest in any way. When you can't understand how to pay for a product, because the vendor can't understand how to bill for a product, what exactly do they expect. IBM must also remember that we used to have SE's that helped us with these things, and most of us now have BP's that may not even be located in the same city/state, and certainly don't understand how IBM is charging for this product. > Also, the licensing scheme Justin described actually started with version 5.3. Yes, I noticed, and you will also notice that doing a 'q lic' on your TSM server gives NO information what so ever. bah. Sorry, but I had to rant, and make it public. I have been using this product since the first incarnation (WDSF), and the licensing has gone wildly down hill ever since. IBM.. please listen to your customers, we have been giving you plenty of warning. You can save yourself and us money and time, if you change your ways. Bob Booth University of Illinois - Urbana
Re: Why bitching at Oxford isn't a good idea.
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 05:19:34PM -0400, Allen S. Rout wrote: > It's been politely pointed out to me that grousing at folks who take > time off to come to Oxford isn't likely to make them feel happy about > coming to Oxford. Good point. Agreed. That said, Talk to your BP's, SE's and anyone else (in sales) that is willing to listen. If you are going to SHARE in August, give them an ear full. Attend the requirements sessions, and let them know how you feel (grab the marketing people). But frankly, IBM needs to get it together with TSM licensing, enough is enough. WE ARE CUSTOMERS, we purchase products because of a VALUE that we can MEASURE... IBM should license accordingly. bob
DB2 V8.2 backups and TSM
I have just been handed a project to start backups for a DB2 database. Does anybody have experience (and can share it), about how to manage the Archive logs? I noticed that things have changed between DB2 V8.1 and V8.2 in regard to the logs, but it does not seem to be very well documented. One of the comments that I noticed, that is different than the Redbook, and the documentation, is the fact that you can now manage the archived logs using a TSM retention policy (as opposed to 'NOLIMIT', and using some kludgy script to run db2adutl delete). Also the V8.2 references about db2adutl deleting backups and archive logs immediately seem to be incorrect. We are running DB2 V8.2 on Solaris, TSM 5.3.4 API/Client, and TSM 5.3.4 server on AIX. Any insight would be very much appreciated. TIA, Bob Booth UIUC
Re: Slow TSM DB Performance?
On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 11:31:50AM -0700, Gerald wrote: > Ultimately i'm trying to run an import on 23 LTO tapes which is going > too slow and i'm trying to determine why. When it first started for > the first 16 tapes or so, I was seeing 30MB/sec+ import speed. On > Friday I noticed a lot of I/O activity on hdisk0 which is where the > TSM DB is located and thought maybe i could achieve higher import > speeds if I striped that JFS2 file system across both the internal > hdisks. Thats where my troubles began.. > > I managed to arrange this through a series of AIX commands creating a > new striped fs and creating/deleting dbv's but when done, performance > was worse. I put it back to how it was and performance has not > recovered. I now tried putting the DB on a raw partition and still > performance isn't any better. > > I'm not sure where to go from here. hdisk0 where the raw partition is > located is still pegged (see below). A q stgpool takes quite a while > to come back and ultimately i'm importing at a rate of about 6MB/sec > now. > > The bad news is i'm on tape 17 of 23. Tapes were taking about 7 hours > to import at 30MB/sec and i suspect we're now importing at a rate of > 1/5 of that so lets call it 28 hours per tape. If true, the remaining > tapes will take 7+ more days to import. > > My one idea is i could dump and load the DB to reorg it (perhaps thats > causing the slowness?) but that would involve halting the import and > starting it over - something that would also cost me 3-4 days or so. > So it may be worth it but I don't even know if that's the root of the > problem. > > Anyone have any ideas/suggestions? what type of machine? How many CPU's, how much memory. OSlevel? ML? What about disk controllers, what type of disk is hdisk0? Is your Log and DB on the same disk? One thing I would do, is install 'nmon'. Check to see if you are thrashing. Are you seeing any disk errors? Just some thoughts. hth, bob
Re: Migration of a Copy storage pool impossible? or is it a feature request?
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 04:00:57PM +0200, CAYE PIERRE wrote: > Hi > > > > Try move nodedata which can move data's even from copystg to another copystg I wish it did this! In my current 5.3 server, I would love to be able to move copy storage pool volumes to another copy storage pool. There is no present way to do this: >From help on MOVE NODEDATA, see "quotes": TOstgpool Specifies the name of a storage pool to which data will be moved. This storage pool must be in the NATIVE or NONBLOCK data format. This parameter is optional and does not apply when the source storage pool is a copy storage pool. "That is, if the source storage pool is a copy storage pool the destination must be the same copy storage pool". If a value is not specified, data is moved to other volumes within the source pool. It would be nice if TSM had commands to better manage our copy storage pools, such as, delete a *nodes* copy storage pool data (when it is no longer needed), or to move a *nodes* copy storage pool data fromcpstg -> tocpstg, making it eaiser to migrate to newer/different media. bob
Re: SATA disk?
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 01:01:16PM -0500, Johnny Lea wrote: > Has anyone used SATA drives for primary storage. Is it really a bad idea? We use 7200RPM SAN attahced SATA arrays for our TDP primary pools, 1.5TB. No problems so far. hth, bob
Re: DB@ and SQL Backups
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 10:58:25AM -0400, Richard Mochnaczewski wrote: > Hi *, > > Does anyone know if the DB2 API and TDP SQL backups manage their own > expiration like RMAN does i.e RMAN does not follow the rules of the > management class it is bound to ? You manage DB2 backups through the 'db2adutl' command, as well as setting policies within the DB2 database. I wrote a perl script that deletes the old backups and cleans up the archive logs, so it can be run by the TSM scheduler. In the newer version, there seems to be a way to manage the archive logs a bit better, but alas, we will on an older version for a while. hth, bob
Re: 3494 library serial connection
Have you ever had the 3494 configured with serial? You have to make sure that your ARTIC configuration supports a serial connection and that you are plugged into the proper host port first. You should be able to follow some general guidelines in the AIX configuration to get the connection going, as long as the 3494 is configured correctly. hth, bob On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 12:35:28PM -0500, Michael Read wrote: > does anyone know the proper configuration in ibmatl.conf for a serial > port in Windows for a connection to an IBM 3494 library manager. > > I apologize if this sounds like a stupid question, but I couldn't find > anything in my reference guides, or library manuals. all I could find > for serial connections was for aix. I have tried putting it in the conf > file as comX, but I can't get anything. I have the IBM atl drivers > installed, and I am expecting that when I set it up correctly, I should > see something in Device Manager that shows it as a medium changer or > something, but maybe that is a false assumption as well. > > Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, > > > Michael C. Read >
Re: Server Error
On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 02:05:53PM +0200, adrian_compton wrote: > Hi, > > > > > > > > Has anyone experienced this error before. I have ran a dsmserv auditdb > > fix=yes logmode=normal, but still have the server core dumping now and > > then Please give us more information about your server, such as platform, level, attachments, etc. Where you instructed to perform the audit by IBM support? Where you having these same problems before you performed the audit? Did you also do a dumpdb/loaddb before the audit? Did the audit call out any problems? There may be something in activity log just before the abort, that may lead you to what operation is causing the problems, and you can also turn on contextmessaging 'SET CONTEXTMESSAGING' on the server to get more info. Most internal errors are due to database corruption, in some cases IBM support can help you do some surgery to fix the problems, or tell you to perform a dump/load/audit. Since you did the audit, there may have been something that the audit did not fix, or something has caused the corruption to come back. bob > 09/07/2007 16:21:45 ANR7838S Server operation terminated. > 09/07/2007 16:21:45 ANR7837S Internal error TBUTIL010 detected. > 09/07/2007 16:21:45 ANR7833S Server thread 1 terminated in response to > program abort. > 09/07/2007 16:21:45 ANR7833S Server thread 2 terminated in response to > program abort. >
Re: Help - Offsite tape ejection failed
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 04:31:46PM -0700, Jon Adams wrote: > One of our Operations folk had the CAP open while the library was trying > to eject offsite tapes and it seemed to have failed. Now, we have no > offsite tapes, so I am trying to find out how to identify the offsite > tapes for manual removal (if I have to). Can someone get me going in > the right direction? I am only backing up someone who's on vacation, > but I have all the rights to be very dangerous - just not the knowledge. There is a lot that needs to be asked here, but lets keep it simple. What I would do, is look in the activity log at the time in question, to see if you admin runs a script, issues a 'DRM' command, etc to move the tapes, then repeat that operation. Moving the tapes around without issuing the commands that your site uses could leave you in a world of hurt. Investigate first, and if you need further assistance, feel free to contact me offline. bob > > > > Thanks, > > Jon Adams > Premera Blue Cross > Mountlake Terrace WA > 425-918-5770 >
Re: DB2 Logs in TSM
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 09:23:33AM -0500, Collins, Brenda wrote: > Good morning! > > Does anyone have a select command that would let me see all the archive logs > that exist within TSM for a DB2 node ? Somehow they have logs for a > particular database under two different node names. They don't know when it > was changed but need to know how many logs are out there under the old node > name. (Of course, they need a restore from one of them as well.) > > TSM Server 5.4.0.2 > TSM Client 5.4.0.0 > DB2 8.0 Select * from archives where node_name="XX" That is usually what I use on our DB2 nodes. hth, bob
Re: 7500 Mb/s on 10 GbE!
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 07:00:29PM -0400, Curtis Preston wrote: > I monitor several backup-related mailing lists, and a user on another > list is getting 7500 Mb/s on his 10 GbE card and was willing to share > how he did it. We don't have a back to back 10Gb connection, but we do have 3 1Gb servers going into a foundry switch, which has a private 10Gb connection to our TSM server. We achieve 1590Mb/sec. 6 TSM image backups streaming, two from each server, going directly to 3592 drives. P5 - 570 TSM server, does not break a sweat, and I'm sure more is possible. > > > > It's a NetBackup user, but that's not what the post is about. It's > about how he got 7500 MB/s into a single backup server, and how he did > it is just as relevant to TSM users: > > http://www.backupcentral.com/content/view/146/47/ > > > > Has anyone accomplished this kind of throughput on other platforms? > (He's using Sun Solaris.) > > > > --- > > W. Curtis Preston > > Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com > > VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies > > >
Re: Any market for used tape media?
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 03:27:57PM -0600, Schneider, John wrote: > Greetings, > We have thousands of 3590, 3592, and LTO tapes which are about > to be decommissioned when their tape libraries are replaced. Some of the > 3592 and LTO tapes are only 1-2 years old. Is there any market for used > tape media? And if so, do any of you know of a way to sufficiently erase > them so that they can be sold without security concerns about releasing > data? There are a few, if you contact me offline, I will send you the name of one that I trust very much. bob
Re: Backing up EVA storage without TSM Clients
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 09:46:01AM -0800, Mario Behring wrote: > Hi list, > > I have an EVA Storage that I need to backup because of a hardware upgrade > that will take place. > > I was thinking about using TSM to backup all data on this Storage before the > EVA hardware upgrade. > > My question isthere are many servers connected on this Storage using its > disks.how can I use TSM to backup all data on the storage without having > to install TSM Clients on every server that uses it? Consider that there are > several VMware virual machines that also have its data on this EVA storage. > > Can I backup the data directly from the EVA using TSM? Is there any other TSM > product that does that? If you have a 'snapshot' license, you can do a regular snapshot, then use various backend machines to do TSM image backups. We do this for our Mirapoint mail appliance systems. You may be able to just have one backend, such as a linux box, that can deal with various filesystem formats, like ntfs, ufs, etc. Create the snapshots and present them to your backend box, then use 'dsmc backup image' to back them up. This is a simple explanation, but it can work. hth, bob
Re: TSM Recovery log is pinning since upgrade to 5.5.5.0 code
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 11:41:13PM -0400, Nancy L Leugemors wrote: > Hello, > > We just upgraded our TSM Server this from 5.5.4.0 to 5.5.5.0 to fix APAR > IC66116. Since the server upgrade we have experienced several recovery > log pinning incidents from a few different database backup clients. I > haven't found any hits on new bugs related to our issue and I just opened > up a case with support but was wondering if anyone had a similar issue > with this level of server and client code or know of any APARS this might > fit? Our recovery log has always been set to 13GB so I can't expand it > anymore. Running a database backup doesn't free any space while the > client database backup is running either. We run 1 full TSM database > backup and multiple incrementals throughout the day. The only difference > is the upgrade to the latest code. I'm not seeing any other errors, just > showing different database clients pinning the log after issuing show log > pinned command. Sometimes the client backup finishes before hitting 80% > and sometimes TSM server cancels the longest running backup that is > pinning the log. We are still at 5.5.4, and have seen more instances of log pins and database lock conflicts, however, look to see if you have any of these factors: Increased the size of your database, possibly to sub-optimal disks/controllers, or RAID devices. Longer running expirations, and or additions of systems that may have an increased number of files (say in the millions). Change in client levels on some nodes, due to compatibility problems (or some other issue). Mac's and TDP's come to mind. -- Our database is in an almost constant state of backup, as we use rollforward recovery. I would be most interested in anything that IBM support says, so pass on the good word if you hear anything. We are not quite ready for V6 yet, since we have to stand up new infrastructure, and get prepared for that whole other set of problems. The suggestion that you back your log off to 12GB is a good one, since you will very screwed if you fill up the log and fall over. My questions for the list are this, Would it help to get out of rollforward recovery mode and just to periodic database backups at some standard hour? I know the reason for rollforward, but I'm willing to live with the losses if it fixes this problem. Is there any way to stop the server from killing the oldest transaction? It never seems to be the one that is pinning the log, and all it does is force the long running jobs to start over, usually making the issue worse. We do a lot of image backups which take several hours, and it would be nice to just allow them to finish and get it over with. Is there a fix for the error message about the log transaction delay? I saw an APAR that showed the 3ms text is bogus, and is actually 1s. This should have been fixed before my current level. TSM: 5.5.4.0 AIX 5.3 - 11 TSM clients 5.5.X - 6.X DB size 243GB Log size 12GB Good luck. > example of error: > 29857) > 04/16/11 04:03:26 ANR0524W Transaction failed for session 24418 for > node > DEVNODE_API (SQL-BACKTRACK) - data transfer > interrupted. > (SESSION: 24418) > 04/16/11 04:03:26 ANR2997W The server log is 81 percent full. The > server > will delay transactions by 3 milliseconds. > (SESSION: > 29846) > > > TSM Background: > > TSM Server: 5.5.5.0 > TSM OS: AIX 5300 -12 > TSM Clients: 5.5.2.0 > TSM Client OS: AIX 5.3 (UDB-DB2 & SQL-Backtrack Sybase seen so far)
TSM V5 TDP installed with TSM V6 backup client
We are attempting to install TSM TDP V5 for Oracle on a Linux system that has the V6 BA client on it. Is this combination even possible, as it seems there is a conflict in the V6 installed API, and the one that comes with the V5 TDP? We also don't have Java installed on our production machines so we have to bypass the Java based installer. Has anyone done this installation? Any hints or tips? Thanks for any help you can provide! bob
Re: Orphaned DB2 data
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 10:00:09AM -0600, Collins, Brenda wrote: > The q occ only provides the total space. The select command I was using > shows actual dates. > > > > Select node_name,backup_date from backups where node_name='xx' > > > > This tells me there are backups out there from almost a year ago when their > scripts are designed to delete backups older than 45 days. When the DBA > tried to delete them, he received the error message below. > > > > Brenda The db2 node running the scripts needs to have backupdel=yes authority I believe. That is the way our oracle, sql, and db2 TDP nodes are set up, since the recovery programs actually manage the data retention, not the TSM server policies.. update node backupdel=yes Should fix you up. hth, bob
Different nodes backing up under same name
I have a situation that I can't quite get my head around. It may not be do-able, however I thought I would ask.. I have a department that wishes to back all of their Windows lab machines under the name of their main server. It already works, as the NODENAME of each lab machine has been changed to the main server name, and the passwords are consistent. The filespace names are unique on the main server, so that is working as well. The main problem I am having is trying to schedule mess. They are behind a firewall, so they are trying to use polling, however when they attempt to run the polled schedule, the server tells them that the schedule has already run (because one of the other clients ran it first). Is there even a way to do this with the scheduler, or should I have each client run a windows schedule instead? Thanks in advance for any advice. Bob
Re: Different nodes backing up under same name
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 02:16:55PM -0500, Ochs, Duane wrote: > I don't think there is a way to get around the schedule already running > issue with a single system name for multiple servers. I'm surprised the > TSM server doesn't balk about multiple backups running with the same > node name at the same time. I think it is because the systems seem to 'poll' at slightly different rates, so some win, some loose. > Scheduling a dsmc backup inc through windows scheduler would be one way > to eliminate that. That is what I figured, but I don't have any control over the systems, they are in a different department than ours, so I wanted to make it as simple as possible for the administrator to deal with. > But they would all try to run at the same time, then they would run at > the same time. Sure, it has happened before, and I have seen the messages about 'multiple schedulers running', it is rare however. > Doesn't each successive backup expire the data from the other systems ? > Or does it ignore it because it's a different filespace ? It seems to ignore it. > Sounds messy. But could be a very interesting licensing loophole ;-) We are trying to do it for accounting reasons. These are 'customers' and we bill by 'client node' with a minimum charge per month. We consider these desktop machines for purposes of licensing. (however, don't get me started on the Tivoli License Nightmare (TM)) Bob
Re: Different nodes backing up under same name
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 03:30:12PM -0400, Richard Sims wrote: > Your posting doesn't mention potential use of client-node proxy. > Did you review and discard that facility as not suitable for some > reason? When I looked at it, it didn't seem to apply to this situation, or maybe too complicated for the remote administrator. I will look at this application again and see if I can understand it better. Thanks for the advice. Bob
Re: Lots of "Wait" on the CPU
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 09:24:49AM -0600, Howard Coles wrote: > Ladies and Gents, of those of you who run AIX I have a question: > > What would cause the wait of the CPU to constantly be this high? (or > > what are some of the things) My Disk is barely busy, the NIC which is > > etherchanneled in failover mode, doesn't appear peaked out, so I'm > > looking for some ideas. Below is a snapshot of the topas screen: Are you doing any tape I/O on this box? Tape drives don't show up in I/O stats, so if you have slow tape, that may be causing your 'wait'. Just a guess. Also, you may want to grab 'nmon' for AIX 5.3. It is another nice real time tool that has better formatting, allows for externalized output, and more stats. hth, bob
Re: TSM v6 -announcement
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:38:11AM -0500, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: > As with anything, YMMV. > > The "planning guide - current goal for upgrade" is "5GB to 10GB/hr" Is there any requirement that the 'source' database be fully audited before the upgrade? Does the upgrade db catch any 'hidden' problems in the pre V6 database, or does it just crash and burn? Any beta testers care to comment? bob
strange 3590 problem?
I am seeing something wierd on my 3590 volumes.. When a tape becomes full, ie, I receive: ANR8341I End-of-volume reached for 3590 volume AD0441. But, when TSM 3.7.3 dismounts the volume, I receive these messages: ANR8336I Verifying label of 3590 volume AD0441 in drive E5632 (/dev/rmt0). ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume AD0441 in drive E5632 (/dev/rmt0). ANR8468I 3590 volume AD0441 dismounted from drive E5632 (/dev/rmt0) in library CCSO3494. (* this is just one example *) I do not receive a ANR8355E when a tape is dismounted on a mount retention expiration... I have both 3590 J and 3590 K tapes in the library, and the ANR8355E is seen on both types of tapes and on any of the 7 drives. A volume audit does not reveal a problem with the tape(s). The tapes mount fine, and read through. Has anyone seen this problem? I am running AIX 4.3.3 and TSM 3.7.3 (.8) 3590 E1A (2x) drives Atape 5.3.9 atldd 4.1.5 Nothing appears in the errpt for the drives after the error. troubling strangness... thanks in advance, Bob Booth
3590E 'K' Tapes
As far as I know, the *only* manufacturer of 'K' tapes in Imation. I recently upgraded my 3590 E1A drives to 2X, and purchased 3 cases of extended length tapes, all were boxed/wrapped from the factory, and indicated no shipping damage at all. When I went to label the NEW tapes, 2 out of 10 would give me an error indicating that there was a problem with the tape. On a second pass however, the tapes would *sometimes* label just fine. On the tapes that just refused to label, I opened the library and ran 'tape diagnostics' on them. The diags would fail. I sent 6 tapes off to Imation for testing: 2 of the tapes indicated 'shipping or handling damage', however Imation replaced them. 1 of the tapes indicated 'a microcode problem'. The tape and diagnostic were sent to IBM Tucson for inspection, and Imation replaced the tape. No report yet from IBM. 3 of the tapes were returned with 'no problem', and I put them in the library, and what do you know.. they labeled fine. After the tapes are labeled, I do not have any problems with them.. No I/O errors at all. I have another case of 30 that have not been labeled yet, and under Imations advise, I will have my CE present when I attempt to use them. Imation, I must admit, was very concerned, and quite willing to test the tapes. They were happy to explain the test process and sent me a detailed report along with the returned tapes. I am currently running D01D_22E microcode on the drives, but my CE just handed me D01D-250, which I hesitate to install until he gives me a 'fix' list. Cheers. Bob Booth
email appliances and TSM
Hi all! I need some help! We are presently looking for a 'NAS' type solution for email delivery. At this time, we use a large number of UNIX boxen to relay, route, deliver, and store *vast* amounts of email for 48,000 students/staff on our campus. We have been approached by several different companies that provide 'dedicated appliances', that do everything from scoop to nuts when it comes to email. When I sit in the meetings with these folks, I ask the hard question... How do we do backups? There answer is 'duh.. don't you use Legato or Veritas? We support those natively' 'Grrr', I say. 'No, we use TSM.' 'oh', they say. Then, we start getting technical, and they tell me that they do 'expose NDMP' and TSM can do that. Well, not exactly true. Tivoli has not GA'd an NDMP client yet, and NDMP is not exactly a pretty protocol for backup/restore. What I am looking for are others, especially Universities, that are using ADSM/TSM to back up email, that may be interested in looking into integrated email solutions. If I can actually tell these vendors that TSM is widely used by universities (and of course, others) for this type of application, they might actually think about supporting it. I am sorry, but Veritas is *not* the only enterprise backup software solution. NAS vendors should start looking for better ways to do backup/restore in large environments. I would also be interested in hearing what others are doing in large capacity email shops. Are people using appliances? Do they support TSM? Anyone doing NDMP? Feel free to reply to me directly. I will not give out names or email addresses to sales people either! Thanks in advance! Bob Booth University of Illinois - Urbana
ANE4018E on Linux
I have been seeing many of these messages when backing up a Linux RH 7.2 client to our AIX 4.2.2 server: ANE4018E (Session: 1254, Node: .x..xxx) Error processing '/home/gale/CommuniGate/Accounts/ahous.macnt/- INBOX.mdir/10005-S___-20020507143808-69': file name too long . . . Continued for hundreds of files all with the same format. The client is TSM 4.2.2 and this is a ReiserFS. Is there an option to allow longer filenames, is there a workaround, or should I proceed with a bug report? thanks, Bob
Scheduler on Solaris stops responding
I have had a strange problem that has been following two our our Solaris boxes. They are both running 5.8 and I had one of the boxes upgrade to TSM 4.2.2. We fire up the scheduler, and it runs normally, once, then it stops responding. Netstat shows that the scheduler is listening on 1501, but the connection from the server times out. If the scheduler is restarted, it runs, but only once. The sched log and error log don't show any errors. Anyone seen this problem? We run tons of Sun boxes the same way, with 4.1.3 TSM clients, and they don't seem to have a problem. We don't have any firewalls to/from the server. Server is AIX 4.3.3, running TSM 4.2.2. Clients are 4.1.3 and 4.2.2. Got me swinging. thanks in advance! bob
Re: Shutting down TSM on AIX
Shutdown and reboot both send a kill -15 to processes. TSM listens to this kill signal and shuts itself down. If you have tape activity going, it is best to stop as much of it as you can, since some threads won't shut down completely until I/O is completed. bob On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 10:01:06AM -0400, David E Ehresman wrote: > What is the preferred method of shutting down the TSM server on a AIX > box when AIX is being rebooted? Is a kill command ok or is there a > kinder way to shutdown TSM without using dsmadmc? > > David
TSM 422 client gone from ftp server?
Does anyone know why or where the TSM 4.2.2 clients for some platforms are now missing from the IBM ftp server? 422 and LATEST are no longer out there for AIX, Solaris .. Among others.. Whats up? thanks, bob
Re: TSM 422 client gone from ftp server?
Has someone reported this? I have not heard anything about UNIX clients at 4.2.2 having problems.. The Windows client still has the 422 directory and LATEST link. IBM/Tivoli? bob On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 04:24:14PM -0400, David Longo wrote: > Perhaps because there seems to be some problems with some of the > 4.2.2. stuff? > > David Longo > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/16/02 03:59PM >>> > I went out there earlier today myself and found what you found too. I'm > curious too. > > Dave Pearson > > > -Original Message- > > From: Bob Booth - UIUC [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:37 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: TSM 422 client gone from ftp server? > > > > Does anyone know why or where the TSM 4.2.2 clients for some platforms are > > now missing from the IBM ftp server? 422 and LATEST are no longer out > > there > > for AIX, Solaris .. Among others.. > > > > Whats up? > > > > thanks, > > > > bob > > > > "MMS " made the following > annotations on 05/16/02 16:39:37 > -- > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, >proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is >waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please >immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies >of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, >distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended >recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications >through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely >those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or >opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by >the entity to give such views or opinions. > > ==
Re: TSM 422 client gone from ftp server?
Well, that certainly explains that problem. Does anyone have a word if this problem is fixed in 5.1? I had plenty of people reporting that problem with Linux after upgrading to 4.2.2. Big whoops! thanks, bob On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:43:06AM -0500, Andrew Carlson wrote: > I am not privy to why it is not out there, but the AIX 4.2.2 client has > big problems. About 1/3 of all the files it backed up were rejected for > filenme too long. I suspect that is why it is gone. > > > Andy Carlson|\ _,,,---,,_ > Senior Technical Specialist ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ > BJC Health Care|,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' > St. Louis, Missouri '---''(_/--' `-'\_) > Cat Pics: http://andyc.dyndns.org/animal.html > > > On Thu, 16 May 2002, Bob Booth - UIUC wrote: > > > Does anyone know why or where the TSM 4.2.2 clients for some platforms are > > now missing from the IBM ftp server? 422 and LATEST are no longer out there > > for AIX, Solaris .. Among others.. > > > > Whats up? > > > > thanks, > > > > bob > >
Re: ANS1228E-Error when backup Linux Client
After reading the documentation for the 5.1 clients, I don't believe that your server level (4.1.X) is supported. As far as I could tell, only 4.2 and above could be used with the 5.1 clients. We were seeing the problems with the 4.2.2 clients under UNIX (mainly Linux), and moved to the 5.1 client (we have a 4.2.2.0 server under AIX), and we are also seeing the problems you are describing. Worse than that, there seem to be problems with restoring files as well. I have not found a description of the problem yet in the APAR database for TSM. I am hoping that some of these issues will be resolved soon, since I have had to stop billing several of my users, since they can't restore their files! bob On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 08:13:49AM +0200, Anja Frey wrote: > Hi all, > when i try to backup a Linux Client with TSM-Scheduler, i get the > following Error-Messages in the TSMerror.log on the Client. > > ANS1228E Sending of object '/db2/home/t4107.old/mdb/DDG_aUsWERTUNG.mdb' > failed > ANS1304W Active object not found > > When i start the Backup from the Client I didn't get the Errors, the > Backup is complete! > > I already tried many Client Versions. Actually we habe TSM Server ver. > 4.1.3 and the Client has Version 5.1. > > Does anybody knows an answer? > > > > Anja Frey > > Gm|nder ErsatzKasse GEK > Abteilung EDV > Gottlieb Daimler Str.19 > 73529 Schwdbisch Gm|nd > > Tel.: 07171/801-647 > Fax.: 07171/801-706 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet: http://www.gek.de
Re: anr4005e File Not Found Message
What is your client type and level, and what is your server level? I am having this issue with the 5.1 client with various UNIX platforms, and it does not look like the file is getting backed up. bob On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 10:06:36PM +0200, brian welsh wrote: > Hello, > > Sometimes I see the message ANR4005E. The helptext says 'file not found' but > the file is really there. I checked this for different files several times. > Why is this message logged in the activity log and does it means the file is > not back-upped at all? > > Is it possible that the file is in use at the moment of back-up? > > Thanks, > > Brian > > > > > _ > Chat online met je vrienden en probeer MSN Messenger uit: > http://messenger.msn.nl
Re: Average Mounts with mtlib command or select statement?
mtlib -l libname -q S should give you the stats that you want for the total library. bob On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 12:03:10PM -0400, Alfred G Welch wrote: > TSMers, > I have a 3494 library and need to compile information on > number of mounts the library has done. It doesn't have to be any certain > drives or volumes. A total would work or if it could be broken down to > specifics. Is there a mtlib command or select statement that anyone knows > of that I could use? Any help would be thankful
Re: labeling 3590 volumes
Check the volume out first, without doing a label check. Insert the volume and do the label libv. I would do further checking if I were you though. I think relabling a volume this way will destroy your data, as it may zero out the index. You don't want to re-initialize the volume, just put on a new label. just a thought or two.. bob On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 11:56:09AM -0500, Jolliff, Dale wrote: > Already tried that, it fails with ANR8816E - volume is already defined to > the library. > I need some way to bypass the checkin step of the label process.. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Pearson, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 11:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: labeling 3590 volumes > > > I did a "Help Label" in TSM and if I'm thinking what you want... here it is > > labe libv library_name volume_name overwrite=yes > > Dave Pearson > Comptuer & Nework Service > Snohomish County PUD # 1 > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jolliff, Dale [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 9:41 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: labeling 3590 volumes > > > > Is there anyway to overwrite the header/label of a 3590 tape? > > > > One of our ATLs had a problem with some 3590 drives and chewed up the > > header > > records. > > The assumption is that the tape is good, the header records are just bad. > > > > I would restore the volumes from the copypools, but it just so happened > > that > > the two volumes that got whacked were a primary and the copy of the > > primary > > -- > > > > Anyway, I'm hoping there is a way to get TSM to overwrite the header > > records > > without destroying the data. If there isn't, we are going to try using dd > > to recreate the headers. > > > > Anybody ever done that successfully?
Re: tsm server show commands.
There are many listed in the archives. Go to www.adsm.org and search on 'show commands' bob On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 01:46:27PM -0400, Justin Bleistein wrote: > Does anyone have a list of all TSM show commands? The only two I know are: > "show library" and "show dev". Thanks!!! > > --Justin Richard Bleistein
Re: Delayed Schedule Start
Check your randomize setting with 'q stat'. By default it is 25%. You can set it with set randomize. bob On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 01:33:40PM -0400, Martin, Jon R. wrote: > The below schedule was scheduled for 1 PM. The client scheduler is > polling and at 1:05 PM it updated, and said the schedule would start in 33 > minutes. What causes a schedule to execute a time later than scheduled? I > am aware of staggered starts for scheduled events, but this is the only > thing scheduled at this time and nothing else is running on the server. Any > ideas? > > Thanks, > Jon Martin > > > Policy Domain Name: SOLARIS > Schedule Name: REBUILD_MR > Description: Daily backup for Solaris Clients > Action: Incremental > Options: > Objects: /rebuild_mr/ATX1/ > Priority: 1 > Start Date/Time: 05/16/01 13:00:00 > Duration: 12 Hour(s) > Period: 1 Day(s) > Day of Week: Tuesday > Expiration: > Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN > Last Update Date/Time: 07/09/02 10:57:07 > Managing profile: > > > > 07/09/02 13:05:12 > > 07/09/02 13:05:12 Schedule Name: REBUILD_MR > 07/09/02 13:05:12 Action:Incremental > 07/09/02 13:05:12 Objects: /rebuild_mr/ATX1/ > 07/09/02 13:05:12 Options: > 07/09/02 13:05:12 Server Window Start: 13:00:00 on 07/09/02 > 07/09/02 13:05:12 > > 07/09/02 13:05:12 Command will be executed in 33 minutes. > 07/09/02 13:05:12
log permissions
Does anyone know off the top of their heads if there is a way to have the default permissions on the dsmsched and dsmerror logs to something other than 666 on UNIX? This does not seem to be a umask issue, we have tried that. thanks, bob
Re: E-mail Notification, Backup Complete
If you mean 'after a schedule completes', then yes, look into a postschedule command. bob On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 02:19:28PM -0400, Brian Dade wrote: > I'm running TSM v4.2.1.10 on AIX v4.3.3. I'd like to send e-mail to the > computer operators so they know when they can log on to continue their nightly > processing. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Brian
Re: TCPNODELAY ?
no.. This is a communication setting. It tells the client not to buffer small transactions, but to send them to the server right away. bob On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 12:26:01PM -0400, Claudio Cofre Caro wrote: > One question... > > If i use in my tsm server "TCPNODELAY = YES" > then this means that the server will no use aggregate files ??? > > Thanks > --- > Claudio Cofré Caro > Ingeniero Especialista de Producto > S&A Consultores - Chile > Fono: +56 (2) 940-1546 > Fax : +56 (2) 940-1501 > Central : +56 (2) 940-1500 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TSM and Solaris 9
Has anyone heard when an ITSM client will be available for Solaris 9? We tried to install the latest patch level, and it failed. thanks, bob
Re: rollforward vs. normal mode
Workstation Data Save Facility On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 09:21:29AM -0400, William Rosette wrote: > Thank you Roger for the info. I'm curious about what WDSF stood for?
Re: TSM and Solaris 9
We did not hack the install package, and the install failed. I would be happy to have the details, and I would be happier if IBM/Tivoli would provide a statement of direction for support on Solaris 9. Thanks for you assistance! Bob On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 11:16:19AM -0400, Stephen E. Bacher wrote: > Bob Booth - UIUC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Has anyone heard when an ITSM client will be available for Solaris 9? > > > >We tried to install the latest patch level, and it failed. > > Do you mean the install failed? The Solaris install package, as built > by IBM/Tivoli, will reject a Solaris 9 system. It is possible to hack > the package to allow it to install (details available on request). > > Or do you mean you were able to install it but it didn't work? > > Please provide more specifics. > > Steve Bacher > Draper Laboratory > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TSM 5.1 HP-UX 11.11 Startup/Shutdown Scripts
What signal is killproc() sending to the server main thread? The server will shutdown gracefully if it gets a SIG 15. See if you send a SIG 15 and the lock file goes away. Just a try. bob On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 03:31:26PM -0400, Scott, Brian wrote: > Hey gang, > > Does anyone have a sample startup/shutdown script for the TSM server on HP? > On the shutdown the bourne shell will run a killproc on dsmserv process but > the adsmserv.lock file under /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin doesn't get deleted. > HP doesn't reuse the lock file when you try to restart TSM so I have to > delete it every time. > > Anyone come across this on TSM 5.1? > > Thanks, > Brian > > Brian Scott > EDS - BUR Engineering > Enterprise Distributed Capabilities > MS 3278 > Troy, MI 48098 > > * phone: 248-265-4596 (8-365) > * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 3494 on MVS vs AIX
You may be able to do this with an SNMP trap from the 3494 to an SNMP monitor station. The 3494 will send interventions to SNMP traphosts, and you can do whatever you want with them.. email, page, etc. bob On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 12:48:44PM -0400, David E Ehresman wrote: > When the 3494 I/O station is full of ejected tapes (with more to come), > the MVS console automatically gets a mesage "All convenience output > stations in library TRROBOT are full." Is there a way for either AIX or > a TSM server running on AIX to detect the condition so a email or page > could be sent to the operator. When running a checkout libvol of more > tapes than the i/o station holds on the tsm server running on aix, the > checkout just waits until the station has been cleared. I assume it > would timeout eventually. > > AIX is v5 and TSM is 5.1.1. > > David Ehresman
Re: Solaris 9
I asked the same question several weeks ago. I have not yet called ITSM support on the issue, however, I was able to hack the install script and Solaris 9 seems to work with no problems (so far). I will let the list know what support tells me about client support for Solaris 9. Good Luck. bob On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 07:25:46AM -0600, John Bremer wrote: > *SMers, > > Some of our users are asking about a Solaris 9 TSM client? It is not yet > listed at the support system page. > > Anyone have an idea about when support for this will be available? Any > experience with the current TSM Solaris client on 9? > > Thanks. John
Re: TSM v5.1 Stability on AIX
What patch level of 5.1 are you running? I have hesitated going to 5.1 after hearing some of the stories on this list about 3494 problems, and resource manager timeouts. thanks, Bob Booth On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:23:56AM -0400, William Rosette wrote: > We went from 4.1 to 5.1 and enjoyed the expire working better with our > backupsets and volume history. I thought I would have a gotcha with our > 3494 tape library but that did not even get me. I do have to watch the > Tape Path along with the Tape Drive for tape issues, but other then most > minor problems our 5.1 seems to be running just as good if not better. We > even did a DR test and TSM seemed to work OK, for restore nodes. Our DR > plan needs to be revisited so that it can work more effecient, but we > always seem to want to do more tests each DR test time (once a year). 4 > years ago we had 20 tapes to restore and 2-3 clients, this year was 351 > tapes and 10 full restores, with network and frame cut overs. > > > > Thank You, > Bill Rosette > Data Center/IS/Papa Johns International > WWJD > > > |-+> > | | Michael Moore| > | || | C.COM> | > | | Sent by: "ADSM: | > | | Dist Stor| > | | Manager" | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | .EDU>| > | || > | || > | | 09/05/2002 11:00 | > | | AM | > | | Please respond to| > | | "ADSM: Dist Stor | > | | Manager" | > | || > |-+> > >>--| > | >| > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >| > | cc: >| > | Subject: TSM v5.1 Stability on AIX >| > >>--| > > > > > We are thinking about upgrading our AIX TSM v4.1 server to v5.1 and > skipping version 4.2. > > My questions are: > Has anyone else done this? > How stable is v5.1 > Any gotchas that we need to watch out for? > > Thanks for any information you can provide!! > > Michael Moore > VF Services Inc. > 121 Smith Street > Greensboro, NC 27420-1488 > > Voice: 336-332-4423 > Fax: 336-332-4544
Re: q act says *No match found*
Hard to tell whats going on. Is this a fresh install of TSM? What version? What platform is it? Do a 'q stat' and check to see what your activity log retention period is.. It is possible to set the ACTLOGRETENTION to 0, thereby turning it off. hope this helps, bob On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 10:23:34AM -0700, Chetan H. Ravnikar wrote: > Any help is appreciated, > I am wondering how can this happen, a fully functional server now does not > give any activity log > > please help > > thanks > > > tsm: server1>q act > ANR2034E QUERY ACTLOG: No match found using this criteria. > ANS8001I Return code 11. > > tsm: server1>
Re: RAW volumes or not
I have used both on AIX, and really have never seen a difference either way. I use LVM raw volumes for both, since I find them easier to deal with. TSM mirrors the database/log volumes, and AIX mirrors the storage pool volumes. TSM V5 can utilize AIO for JFS under with AIX, and this is a different ball- game altogether. I am not actually sure if JFS is native on Solaris, you have to have Veritas installed, and this will render a significant improvment over the native Solaris filesystem I/O. Check with your sources to see if they are indeed running Veritas on their Sun systems. I have compared VXFS and AIX JFS on machines of the same performance characteristics, and they perform about the same (under various tests VXFS did beat JFS, I used IOZONE). Seeing arguments either way, I use raw LV's for ease of configuation and smaller overhead (no jfslog, etc). good luck. bob On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 07:03:38PM -, Arni Snorri Eggertsson wrote: > Hiya, > > I've been reading about using RAW volumes for database and diskpool volumes, my >impression is that when running AIX and using JFS the benefits are trivial. However >I've seen people talking about 200-300% performance increase when running TSM on >Solaris. > > What I am wondering is if anyone has actually done experiments with this on AIX on a >real environment, i.e. performance check using JFS on one hand and then RAW volumes >on the other? > > > > thanks, > Arni Snorri Eggertsson > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NDMP support in TSM
Well, we are in the same boat, however, Mirapoint does not support TSM either, no matter what they have told you. Depending on how you want to do backups, you will not be able to restore individual mailboxes until both support NDMP V4, which is not planned for quite some time. I hope you have tried to do a test backup and restore (we use RMT, since we don't have a tape drive attached to our Mirapoint box). At 3.2 GA, we can't do restores at all... Don't get me started. bob On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 12:48:37PM -0400, Jelinek, David G. wrote: > I've been looking through the TSM documentation on NDMP support in TSM. >From what I >can see, it looks like TSM only supports NDMP with a specific vendor's machines. >Specifically Network Appliance's servers. I hope that this is not true. We are using >a Mirapoint mail server. It only supports NDMP backups. We would like to back it up >through TSM. I know we have to update our server to the latest level before we try >this, but it would be nice to know beforehand if it has a chance of working. What >version or level (if there is such a thing) of NDMP does TSM support?
Solaris scheduled backup and ANS1071E
We have been performing scheduled incremental backups on our solaris machines for weeks with no problems. On several of the machine lately, the schedule will get a return code 4 bacause an 'invalid domain' was entered, yet nothing on the machine has changed. The domain list is placed in the 'objects = ' for the defined schedule on the server. The two domains we seem to be having trouble with are /opt or /var. They seem to just all of a sudden become invalid and produce a ANS1071E in the error.log The next night, the schedule will work fine. This happens to different solaris machines at random times. The filesystems are busy, and they can't become unmounted or go away. Has anyone seen this before? Server: AIX 4.3.3 TSM server @4.1.5 Clients: Solaris 5.7 client version 3.1.8 Thanks, Bob Booth
MS SQL TDP help
I am hoping someone can give some insight into problems I am having getting the MS SQL TDP V2 to run on a Windows 2K box. The main problem I am having is with the scheduler. The box runs both normal backups, and TDP backups via a scheduler service. The TDP options file lists a separate port '1502' for the TCPclientport, and the box is listening on both 1501 (normal) and 1502 (TDP) in it's netstat listing. The TDP options file also lists a different node name for the TDP backup. The problem is, that the scheduler performs both backups, but the one that is supposed to be a TDP backup, remains a regular windows backup. It does not backup the database, but the same windows files that the regular ba client performs. I am a TDP newbie, and I don't do windows, so I am kind of at a loss as to where to start on this one. We have tried removing the node, the schedule, and starting over. If you run the backup by hand, the system lists the node as a TDP type client, but once the schedule runs, it reverts back to WinNT, and backs up C$ and D$. The client does not seem to be invoking the TDP module for this schedule, but we can't figure out why. The server is AIX V4.3.3 running TSM 4.1.5. Thanks for any assistance. Bob
TDP for MS-SQL thanks!!
Thanks for all who helped with the TDP question I had. I stole the manual from the Windows adminstrator, figured out what I was supposed to do, then returned the manual after repeatidly beating him over the head with it.. again, thanks. This list has always been my greatest resource! BTW: Any one want to speak at UserBlue in August? We would sure love to have some of you give presentations! See the UserBlue website: www.userblue.org on how to submit talks! bob
MS SQL TDP ANS0327E
Again, I am at a loss on this one.. TDP for MS sql 2.2 When the scheduler now runs a differential of the database, this is what the log shows: Version 2, Release 2, Level 0.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1997, 2001. All rights reserved. ACO5057I The C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPSql\sqldiff.log log file was pruned successfully. Starting SQL database backup... Beginning difffull backup for database pubs, 1 of 1. Full: 0 Read: 2049808 Written: 2049808 Rate: 982.22 Kb/Sec Backup of pubs failed. ANS0327E (RC32) A duplicate object was found, operation cannot complete. Total SQL backups selected: 1 Total SQL backups attempted: 1 Total SQL backups completed: 0 Total SQL backups excluded: 0 Total bytes transferred: 2,049,808 Elapsed processing time: 2.09 Secs ACO0151E Errors occurred while processing the request. - We are using the sample backup .cmd files found in the tdp directory, with some customization. The error message seems to indicate that the TDP is not creating a new name for the database object. I have looked at the manual *now* and think we are following the guidelines, so this should work. This happens whether we run the backup by hand, or within the scheduler. Data seems to get sent, but nothing gets added on the server side. I do have backupdel set to yes, the client is in it's own domain.. etc, etc. Anybody have experience with this, that can help me out? thanks, Bob
Re: MS SQL TDP ANS0327E
Thanks Del for your advice! Del Hoobler wrote: This sounds like IC31171. Go here to get the latest TSM API (4.2.1) to fix it. (This is the entire client package, and so you may want to just install the TSM API runtime from that download.) ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/ v4r2/Windows/WinNT/LATEST/ .. .. We tried just installing the API portion, unfortunately, it erases before it installs, and wipes out the old version of the BA client executable. We are going to reinstall the older version of the BA client, but if we can't do that, the 4.2.1 version will be installed. It seems to require a reboot, so we will have to wait until test time before testing. I will let the list know what we find. Thanks again for this wonderful resource. Bob
MSSQL TDP License
Thanks to all, especially Del Hoobler, who helped with my last MS SQL TDP problems. Everything seems to be working as designed.. I am having a problem with the license though. At random times, the number of licensed MSSQL clients needs to be increased. It claims now that 4 are in use, but there are only two hosts that are using TDP, and each only has one database. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a correction for it? AIX 4.3.3 ML08 TSM server 4.1.5 (the problem started happening in 4.1.4, when from 2 to 3). thanks, Bob Booth
Patch levels.. Confused..
I had a user come to me today with an error message. On a Solaris 5.8 system running 4.2.1 client code, they get a ANS1074I *** User Abort *** After the backup is completed (after the statistics line). I looked at the patches, and in 4.2.1.15 I found references to in APARS resolved from 4.1.2 code. One of the APARS referenced erroneous ANS1074I messages. I went to tivoli support, and referenced APAR IC29368 Error Description: At the 4.1.2 Client an 'User Abort' message is issued in error after an error message is generated by the client. The message is not specific to a certain error. This problem does not occur on previous level of client code. In the example below a 'User Abort' message is being generated after each error. In previous version of the client the 'User Abort' was not generate. *text deleted* (that is some of the actual text from cut and paste). So my question is this, what code base is 4.2.1.15 based on? Is this actually a patch to 4.2.1 code, or is it a repatch of 4.1.2 code, or did tivoli interpose 4.1.2 with 4.2.1 throughout the readme and APAR references? Can someone explain what I should tell my clients? Actually, I am not even sure if this APAR addresses our problem, but I pretty sure, this is not a serious issue. thanks, bob
TSM 4.2.1 client scheduler problems
We have just upgrade our AIX TSM server to 4.2.1.13. Some of our users have upgraded the clients (AIX and Solaris) to 4.2.1.X (whatever is @LATEST). A strange thing is happening, for clients using the scheduler, that have a pre and post schedule command defined. When the scheduler fires off, it does not send any files, it just runs the pre/post schedule (rc=0) and ends. If we remove the pre/post schedule, the scheduler backs up files normally. Presently, the pre/post schedule commands don't run anything on the clients we have tested, they just exit (they are actually just templates of things to be defined later). The clients did not have this problem at 4.1.3. Anyone seen this problem? For now, we have removed the pre/post from the problem clients, but this will be a glitch in the future. thanks, Bob
Mac client 4.1.3 and 4.2 w/Mac OS 9.1
Is anyone having problems with the latest Macintosh clients and MacOS 9.1? We just had someone install the 4.1.3 client on their system, and finds that the application will not start when dragging the 'preferences' file onto the TSM Backup icon. After further investigation, it seems that it relates to the number of comment '*' lines at the beginning of the file. Reducing the number comment lines will eventually allow you to start the application. The following line gets added to the TSM Error Log when the problem occurs: Invalid parameter passed This happens when the IBM supplied preference file is used as well, and it breaks with both 4.1.3 and 4.2 clients. I am not a Mac user, so I just sit and say umm.. strange. I guess Mac users get really upset about stuff like this, and they don't like it when you say 'reboot and try again'. Seems to work for Windows users... thanks in advance, Bob Booth
Macintosh OSX Support
Has anyone heard of an update as to when Tivoli will be supporting MAC OSX? I can't find anything on the web site... Thanks, Bob Booth UIUC
Re: TSM server crashing
It looks like your server is running out of memory. Some of the threads are crashing, and message reading threads can't get started, therefore you are seeing the Message number errors. I had simular problems with this on AIX, when we were doing server to server communications. Restores from one server to another would cause my AIX TSM server to eat memory and die. hope this helps, your server level looks like a good candidate for upgrade. bob On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 05:50:23PM +0100, Jozef Zatko wrote: > Hello guys, > > Can you help me please with following problem? > I have TSM server v.4.1.1 on Win NT 4.0 SP6i (I know it is quite old) > Recently (about two weeks ago) my server started to crash. > > Here is output from my activity log: > > 02/23/2003 18:32:26 ANR0987I Process 5 for EXPIRATION running in the > BACKGROUND processed 1 items with a completion state of SUCCESS at > 18:32:26. > 02/23/2003 23:52:18 ANRD pkthread.c(962): Unable to create new Thread. > CreateThread error. > 02/23/2003 23:52:18 << Message number 8219 not available for language AMENG > >> > 02/24/2003 04:00:16 ANR2750I Starting scheduled command ADSMDB ( run > adsmdb_backup ). > 02/24/2003 04:00:16 ANR2102I Activity log pruning started: removing entries > prior to 02/23/2003 00:00:00. > 02/24/2003 04:00:16 ANR2017I Administrator RADO issued command: RUN > adsmdb_backup > 02/24/2003 04:00:16 ANR2017I Administrator RADO issued command: DELETE > VOLHISTORY type=dbbackup todate=today-1 totime=now > 02/24/2003 04:00:20 ANR2103I Activity log pruning completed: 364 records > removed. > 02/24/2003 04:00:22 ANR2467I DELETE VOLHISTORY: 1 sequential volume history > entries were successfully deleted. > 02/24/2003 04:00:22 ANR2017I Administrator RADO issued command: BACKUP DB > type=full devclass=DLTCLASS scratch=yes volumenames=ADSMDB1,ADSMDB2 wait=no > 02/24/2003 04:00:22 ANR2753I (ADSMDB):ANR2467I DELETE VOLHISTORY: 1 > sequential volume > 02/24/2003 04:00:22 ANR2753I (ADSMDB):history entries were successfully > deleted. > 02/24/2003 04:02:07 ANR0984I Process 6 for DATABASE BACKUP started in the > BACKGROUND at 04:02:07. > 02/24/2003 04:02:07 ANR2280I Full database backup started as process 6. > 02/24/2003 04:02:07 ANR1462I RUN: Command script ADSMDB_BACKUP completed > successfully. > 02/24/2003 04:02:07 ANR2753I (ADSMDB):ANR2280I Full database backup started > as process > 02/24/2003 04:02:07 ANR2753I (ADSMDB):6. > 02/24/2003 04:02:07 ANR2753I (ADSMDB):ANR1462I RUN: Command script > ADSMDB_BACKUP > 02/24/2003 04:02:07 ANR2753I (ADSMDB):completed successfully. > 02/24/2003 04:02:07 ANR2751I Scheduled command ADSMDB completed > successfully. > 02/24/2003 04:02:15 ANR1409W Volume ADSMDB1 already in use - skipped. > 02/24/2003 04:03:10 << Message number 7838 not available for language AMENG > >> > 02/24/2003 04:03:10 << Message number 7837 not available for language AMENG > >> > 02/24/2003 04:03:11 << Message number 7833 not available for language AMENG > >> > 02/24/2003 04:03:11 << Message number 7833 not available for language AMENG > >> > 02/24/2003 04:03:11 << Message number 7833 not available for language AMENG > >> > 02/24/2003 07:43:18 ANR1412W Volume IP001 access mode is "unavailable". > --- > > After message 02/24/2003 04:03:11 << Message number 7833 not available for > language AMENG >> server crashed > and restarted. > > No error message in dsmerror.log. > > After restarting the server I found this message in activity log: > > 02/24/2003 07:43:18 ANR0362W Database usage exceeds 96 % of its assigned > capacity. > > Could this be a reason for crashing the server? > > Does somebody know, what means this message << Message number 7838 not > available for language AMENG >>? > > Thank you for your help > > > > Ing. Jozef Zatko > Login a.s. > Dlha 2, Stupava > tel.: (421) (2) 60252618
Re: checkin command
I do it every day. I think you need to have the 'devt=3590' option for the 3494. checkin libv libname volname status=scratch devt=3590 checkl=no or checkin libv libname search=yes status=scratch devt=3590 checkl=no bob On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 04:01:21PM -0600, Tommy Templeton wrote: > Does this command work in a 3494 environment? Does there have to be any conditions > to use it. > The last time I tried to run it, I didn't have very good success. I could have been > doing something wrong. > > checkin libvol 3494vts &vol status=scratch > > Tommy Templeton > Senior System Administrator > DFA-MMRS > 601-359-3106 > e-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Checkin multiple tapes to 3494 library
checkin libv libname search=yes checkl=yes/no status=scratch bob On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:30:52PM -0600, Tommy Templeton wrote: > Hi *SM'ers > > Is there a way to check in multiple new volumes (with barcodes) to a 3494 library as > scratch? > > Tommy Templeton > Senior System Administrator > DFA-MMRS > 601-359-3106 > e-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Legato and TSM with a 3494
Is anybody out there sharing a 3494 with Legato and TSM? I am the *very* unhappy TSM administrator which has to try and set this up. Hopefully I am not the first... I am trying to wrap my mind around scratch categories, and volume management between the two applications, and I don't want to have to change my TSM setup at all, since the Legato implementation is brand new, and *better* be temporary. ;-) (sorry, I seem to have something in my eyes that are making them twitch). Any tips and techniques out there? Thanks in advance! Bob Booth UIUC/CITES
Re: Legato and TSM with a 3494
Legato Networker, which I am having to implement as a emergency solution for backups on an appliance. thanks, bob On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:14:27PM -0500, Justin Case wrote: > When you say Legato, does this mean that you using OTG Diskxtender? > > Justin Case > Duke University > > > > > > Bob Booth - UIUC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 03/05/2003 12:26:46 PM > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > > Subject:Legato and TSM with a 3494 > > Is anybody out there sharing a 3494 with Legato and TSM? I am the *very* > unhappy TSM administrator which has to try and set this up. Hopefully I am > not the first... > > I am trying to wrap my mind around scratch categories, and volume > management > between the two applications, and I don't want to have to change my TSM > setup > at all, since the Legato implementation is brand new, and *better* be > temporary. > ;-) (sorry, I seem to have something in my eyes that are making them > twitch). > > Any tips and techniques out there? > > Thanks in advance! > > Bob Booth > UIUC/CITES
Re: client code download
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client Pick your flavor. bob On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 07:56:53PM -0500, Wholey, Joseph (TGAMLOL) wrote: > Can anyone tell me where on the IBM web site I can download the tsm backup archive > client? w/out having to log in as a registered user.
Re: 3590 microcode
You were in the right place. D01F.26E is the latest on the site. Unfortunately, the documentation is not up to date. I have also heard of newer code for the 3590, but it is not on any ftp site. You may have to ask your CE to get an FMR tape for you. bob On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:52:41AM -0500, Steve Roder wrote: > Hi All, > > With all the recent discussion here about I/O errors on tapes being > the result of downleveled microcode, I went looking for the latest 3590E > code, and all I could find was level 350, which we installed 15 months > ago. Can anyone point me at a download site for the newest code? I tried > ftp.software.ibm.com, but 350 was the latest, and service2.boulder.ibm.com > has none at all, even though I got redirected there. > > Thanks, > > > Steve Roder, University at Buffalo > HOD Service Coordinator > VM Systems Programmer > UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX) > TSM/ADSM Administrator > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564)
Re: 3590 microcode
At one point in time, the documentation actually explained that D01F was the newer track for 3590 MC. I don't know why it reverted back to the old index.html page. I'll look around for where that document went. Maybe someone from IBM can get the index updated. ;-) bob On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:18:48AM -0500, Steve Roder wrote: > > > With all the recent discussion here about I/O errors on tapes being > > >the result of downleveled microcode, I went looking for the latest 3590E > > >code, and all I could find was level 350, which we installed 15 months > > >ago. Can anyone point me at a download site for the newest code? I tried > > >ftp.software.ibm.com, but 350 was the latest, and service2.boulder.ibm.com > > >has none at all, even though I got redirected there. > > > > Steve - The following seems to have the stuff: > > > > ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/3590/code3590 > > I guess my problem is two fold: the index.html file there is out-of-date, > and not knowing/realizing that D0IF_26E.fmrz is newer than D0IE_350.fmrz, > and that D0IF_26E.fmrz is for 3590E's. > > I think that was three things! > > Thanks Rich and Bob! > > Steve Roder, University at Buffalo > HOD Service Coordinator > VM Systems Programmer > UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX) > TSM/ADSM Administrator > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564)
Re: old adsm database salvage commands
My problem was always with bad entries in the recovery log. The only command I remember was FORMAT, and start over. Support would always say "I hope you had a backup of your database" The 'database' was rarely the problem. bob On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 11:23:17PM -0500, Justin Bleistein wrote: > I've been reading and from what I read ADSM version 1 had some database > salvaging commands for disaster recovery stuff... Does anyone have a list > of these old commands and what they do? > > Thanks!. > > --Justin Richard Bleistein > Unix Systems Administrator (Sungard eSourcing) > Desk: (856) 566 - 3600 > Cell:(856) 912 - 0861 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Windows 2000 scheduled backup problem
Guess I don't know enough about Windows objects to figure out what is going on here. I hope there is some help out there. I am trying to back up only one folder (and files within) on a Win 2K box. TSM Client level is 5.1.5 Server level is 4.2.4 Windows OS level is 5.01 The folder I want to back up is : C:\Research Folder These are the only files on the machine they want to back up, but I either get it to back up the entire machine, or just the directories in C:\Research Folder In my Objects statement I have "C:\Research Folder\*" which does not seem to backup any files. any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong. I have done things with exclude lists, and include lists, but I can't seem to figure out what I am doing here. TIA! bob
Re: Windows 2000 scheduled backup problem
As directed from the ref guide, I changed my objects to '"C:\Research Folder\*"' Now the schedlog shows every file on the machine backing up, so I am back to where I started. Do I need a 'virtual mount point' on this windows box, for it to only back up this one folder? Any other clues? thanks, bob On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 02:19:34PM -0400, Richard Sims wrote: > ... > >In my Objects statement I have "C:\Research Folder\*" which does not seem to > >backup any files. > ... > > Bob - Follow the "blank characters" instructions in the Admin Ref manual, > under Define Schedule, OBJects explanation. The blank-containing > composite string has to end up in quotes itself. > > Richard Sims, BU
Re: Interesting LTO fault's symptom
Could any of you supply your drive firmware level, so we can all compare notes? thanks, bob On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 03:57:47PM +0200, Tom?? Hrouda Ing. wrote: > We have it on both IBM and Imation tapes (we had first 20 tapes in initial > order with library from IBM and 20 Imation tapes bought 1/2 year later). > Fault tapes are mixed. > > Tomas > > > -Original Message- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,GL-CSC > > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 3:13 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Interesting LTO fault's symptom > > > > > > Hi, > > > > we have exactly the same problem, about 2 -3 tapes / day with write error, > > 2/3 of capacity. Only on Imation tapes, not on IBM ones... > > > > We spend our time to do MOVE DATA ! . . .
Re: new TSM Client Pricing
I am told the only 'client CPU' issues are on pricing of the TDP licenses. That is what I had to gather to renew my TSM license just a week ago. bob On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:08:29AM -0500, Ryan, Phil wrote: > I heard that it is only processors on the tsm server not clients > > -Original Message- > From: Eddie Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 12:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: new TSM Client Pricing > > > I've heard the same thing about the number of cpu's in a server. > > > Eddie Jones > 770-953-1959 ext.2824 > > "The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right > sometimes." > - Sir Winston Spencer Churchill > > > > > > "Klein, Robert > (NIH/CIT)" To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]cc: > NIH.GOV> Subject: new TSM Client > Pricing > Sent by: "ADSM: > Dist Stor > Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > .EDU> > > > 05/13/2003 01:10 > PM > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor > Manager" > > > > > > > I was speaking with our TSM sales rep earlier today about ordering TSM > client software upgrades. She said that as of this past January, a factor > in the pricing of a client software license is whether or not the client is > a server or a desktop and, if a server, how many cpus it has. Has anyone > else heard anything about this? > > Thanks. > > > ---***--- > > > > The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and > do not necessarily represent the opinion of Southern Farm Bureau Life > Insurance Company. Although this E-mail and any attachments are believed to > be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system > into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the > recipient to ensure that it is free of viruses or other potentially > hazardous components, and no responsibility is accepted by Southern Farm > Bureau Life Insurance Company for damage arising in any way from its use. >
Re: AIX quota Question
A good resource for aix questions is the following listserv: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is an archive of the list here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=aix-l&r=1&w=2 There is a FAQ here: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aix-faq Another resource is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you can sign up www.userblue.org good luck. bob On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 10:54:30AM -0700, J M wrote: > Sorry for the off TSM topic question- but given the amount of AIX smarts on > this list I decided to post this question-- > > We are testing AIX as a file server alternative to Win2K with the following > configuration: > AIX 5.1 > JFS Filesystem > TSM+HSM > Samba > Sophos Antivirus > Native AIX quotas > > Can anyone provide links to good resources for setting up and running AIX > quotas? The IBM docs are thin in this space (at least what we know of) and > we have yet to find a good listserv with the content we need. All help is > appreciated! > > Thanks, > > John > > _ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Re: TSM/AIX problem or AIX/TSM problem??!?
Wrong 'tsm'. tsm is the module in AIX (SYSV) that is the login broker (it does getty, and login). The messages below indicate that something is getting a 'password: ' prompt but not typing anything or hitting enter before a timeout value. You are not looking at a TSM (ADSM, WDSF...) problem here, you are looking at a AIX thing. Look to see if you have some type of monitoring set up that trys to log in to the machine at an interval to see if it is responding. bob On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 01:02:23PM -0400, Prather, Wanda wrote: > Need some help from you AIX wizards out there. > > I have a new TSM environment; there are 4 p-series servers, all at AIX 5.1 > in 32bit mode. > > One is a dedicated TSM server, with the unimaginative hostname of "TSM". > (OK, so we're not creative - that's why we have the techie jobs...) > > The other 3 servers have hostnames like P6. > > The TSM server is 5.1.6.3; the TSM clients are all 5.1.6.something. > The P6 severs back up (incremental) to the TSM server nightly, on a > POLLING schedule. > Incrementals are all done by 2am. > The clients contact the server every 8 hours for work (queryschedperiod 8). > >From their dsmsched.log files, everything seems to be working fine. > > Here's the problem: > On each of the P6 hosts, (but not the TSM server), the syslog shows LOTS > of records like the ones below, coming every 20 minutes to an hour apart, > every day. > > It appears that the TSM server is trying to contact them on some sort of > virtual terminal session? > There is no TELNET or FTP scheduled between the servers, and since nothing > is broke, I don't know what to look for to fix. There is no process on any > machine named "TSM". Rebooting the TSM server doesn't stop it. > > Can anybody tell me what these records represent? Thanks! > > + > Jul 9 14:07:29 p6 tsm: /dev/pts/31: 3004-031 Password read timed out -- > possible noise on port > Jul 9 14:07:29 p6 tsm: /dev/pts/31: 3004-031 Password read timed out > -- possible noise on port > Jul 9 14:08:20 p6 tsm: /dev/pts/34: 3004-031 Password read timed out > -- possible noise on port > etc > etc
Re: Page Shadow File not valid
You need to go to the back of the Reference Guide and look at how to add log space to the server. There is a procedure for recovering the server due to overcommited log space. I don't know the answer for the shadow device, but it really isn't the problem here I believe. Once the log is extended and you figure out what pinned the log and fix the problem, you can get rid of the extra space you created. More than likely the clients pinned the log and a database backup was not able to clear enough space. You might need more recovery log space in the future. bob On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 02:31:12PM -0500, Alexander Lazarevich wrote: > We just got TSM 5.1.6.5 running on Windows 2K server. Server configured > and started a couple of weeks ago and it has been running great. I've been > backing up clients, getting all the data on the server, so far so good, > until an hour ago. > > I was backing up 3-4 clients at a time, when all of a sudden the client > displayed a message: "Not enough space in the recovery log". I went to the > server and it was hung. I tried to restart the server and I get the > following errors: > > ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress. > ANR0200I Recovery log assigned capacity is 8000 megabytes. > ANR0201I Database assigned capacity is 4000 megabytes. > ANR0306I Recovery log volume mount in progress. > ANR0287W Contents of the page shadow file dbpgshdw.bdt are not valid. > ANR0285I Database page shadowing started using file dbpgshdw.bdt. > ANR0353I Recovery log analysis pass in progress. > ANR0354I Recovery log redo pass in progress. > ANR0355I Recovery log undo pass in progress. > ANR0352I Transaction recovery complete. > ANRD adminit.c(1269): ThreadId<0> Insufficient log space to update > table Administrative.Attributes. > > So it seems the server can't read the dbpgshdw.bdt, yet it starts using it > anyway, and then the server crashes due to insufficient log space.
Re: Solaris 10 support
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 04:55:47PM -0600, Donnie Cranford wrote: > I suppose I must not have clarified what "I" was looking for... > I am wondering when TSM is going to be support the SPARC version of > Solaris 10, as I want to move my current 5.2 server running on Solaris 9 > to Solaris 10, but the server software will not install. > > I could care less about x86 "right now" but I would like an answer about > Solaris 10 on Sparc and when it should be made available. > I mean cmon, the Solaris Express builds have been public since last year. > > Not like IBM did not have access to the "SPARC" code at the least. > > Thank you for your prompt response in regards to the question about the > SPARC support for Solaris 10. We have been running the 5.3 client on SPARC Solaris 10 for some time now. As far as we can tell, after many tests, it runs just fine. We have run it on Beta and GA. I don't think it is officially supported by IBM/Tivoli, but we have found no problems with it so far and continue to use it. Bob Booth UIUC
Re: Expiration/inactive node
On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 10:26:33AM -0800, Sam Sheppard wrote: > Due to a legal investigation, I have been asked to 'freeze' the backups > on one of my client machines. We removed the client from the schedule > and changed the NODENAME parm in the dsm.opt file to specify a new > name. > > My question regards expiration processing for the 'frozen' node. My > understanding is that, as long as the client doesn't connect to the TSM > server, no expiration will take place. Is this indeed the case or is > there still some expiration of files on this system that will take > place during expire inventory processing? Will a subsequent backup be > the only way to trigger expiration? Expiration will still 'delete' inactive items based on the policy domain mgmtclass (copy group) settings. If you truly need to freeze all activity for this node, including not removing files/directories that have been marked inactive, you may have to create a new domain with unlimited retention for all copies inactive. It is true however, that if another backup isn't performed, the files that are now marked as active, will stay that way, until the administrator deletes them with a delete filespace command. hth, bob
Re: Drive tapes
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 08:48:33AM +0800, Hashim, Shukrie BSP-ISM/116 wrote: > Hi all, > > can someone tell me how can the PATH of my drives be NO on some of my drives > sometimes when I do 'q path' ? and then .. I am getting ... alot of 'DEVICE > DEGRADATION' error from the system. > > Sequence Number : 200759 > Host: > Drive : # > Model : E1A > Microcode : 226E > Message Type: SIM > Message Code: Device Degraded > Severity: 2 -- Serious > First FSC : 3802 > Last FSC: 3802 The unit was not able to adjust the vacuum on the last cleaning cycle, as a result, the 3590 will slow to keep the tape from possibly slopping in the guides. The CE may be able to make a simple adjustment in the rear of the drive or if it is way off, the motor will need to be replaced. You will get this message everytime the drive is cleaned. bob
Re: TCP settings for Jumbo frames
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 11:04:40AM -0600, Miller, Ryan wrote: > Here's a question from one of my cohorts, since this is our first try at > this, I thought I would see if I could get any input from anyone else doing > this. > > We have been testing jumbo frames(8990) using TSM on an AIX client. The base > line test with MTU of 1500 moved 22G in 44 minutes. Changing the MTU to 8990 > and the TCP receive and send buffer sizes on both the mainframe and AIX > client to 256K, the same 22G of data takes 1 hour and 40 minutes. > > Also the largest input packet size is 8192, not 8940. Are their any tcp > parameters to se on the client that would help with the jumbo frame transfer > time? How are your Mainframe and client connected together? Does your switch/router hardware support jumbos? All devices on the network should support jumbo frames, non jumbo routers will need to break the frames back down again. There is no real standard for jumbo frames, and we can't use them on our gear *yet*, so that is why I am asking. Bob
Re: Help me convincing IBM please!!!!
On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 01:40:08PM -0400, David Longo wrote: > I've been following this thread all day. Without running the script, > I know I am getting abround 2.5 million objects per hour examined > and it takes aboput 2.5 hours to run expiration daily. That's this > week. Last week, it took about 8-10 hours to run expiration. > > What's the difference? Last week my DB was on a FAStT200HA > with 4 drawers of 73GB 10K disks. This week it is on a > FAStT 600 Turbo with 4 drawers of 73GB 15K disks and the EXP710 > drawers. That is the only change, Hint Hint! The TSM Buffer pool > stayed the same size and my "Cache hit" pct was still 99% + in both > cases. These disks systems are totally owned by one TSM server. expiration is very I/O database dependent, and I agree with the 'hint' above. I will provide my numbers below, but want to note that some time ago (about 3 months), I moved my database from 10KRPM 9GB drives, to 15KRPM 18GB drives all logical volumes, TSM mirrored. My expiration performance moved up dramatically! I do see a case for 'smaller' is better here, as long as you don't saturate your controllers as well (I have always had plenty). >From 03/08 - 03/29 I was running on a IBM F50 with 4 332MHZ procs and 3GB memory. Cache hit stays around 99% (I allow TSM to manage the buffer pool). On 3/30, I moved wholesale to a P5-570 with 4 1.6GHZ processors and 8GB memory. Same U320 controller set up on the database and log disks as before. I am using the same 15KRPM 18 GB drives for my database and log, all TSM mirrored. TSM server 5.1.9, AIX version 5.2 ML05 PCT_UTILIZED AVAIL_SPACE_MB -- 85.3 69616 ACTIVITY DateObjects Examined Up/Hr -- -- - F50 --> EXPIRATION 2005-03-08 2138400 EXPIRATION 2005-03-09 1864800 EXPIRATION 2005-03-10 1753200 EXPIRATION 2005-03-11 2109600 EXPIRATION 2005-03-12 2602800 EXPIRATION 2005-03-13 2545200 EXPIRATION 2005-03-14 2649600 EXPIRATION 2005-03-15 2278800 EXPIRATION 2005-03-16 2440800 EXPIRATION 2005-03-17 2019600 EXPIRATION 2005-03-18 2278800 EXPIRATION 2005-03-19 2134800 EXPIRATION 2005-03-20 1936800 EXPIRATION 2005-03-21 2599200 EXPIRATION 2005-03-22 2458800 EXPIRATION 2005-03-23 2635200 EXPIRATION 2005-03-24 2484000 EXPIRATION 2005-03-25 2206800 EXPIRATION 2005-03-26 2487600 EXPIRATION 2005-03-27 2206800 EXPIRATION 2005-03-28 1436400 EXPIRATION 2005-03-29 1360800 P5 --> EXPIRATION 2005-03-30 1317600 EXPIRATION 2005-03-31 2041200 EXPIRATION 2005-04-01 1612800 EXPIRATION 2005-04-02 1580400 EXPIRATION 2005-04-03 1872000 EXPIRATION 2005-04-04 1875600 EXPIRATION 2005-04-05 1818000 EXPIRATION 2005-04-06 2048400 EXPIRATION 2005-04-07 1659600 I would be interested in knowing what people are using for their platforms, and specifically what type of I/O infrastructure the database and log is on.. bob
