Re: Database Backup best practice

[Ehresman,David E.]

You should keep at least as many TSM DB backups as the largest REUSEDelay on 
your storagepools.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom 
Taylor
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 9:27 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Database Backup best practice

Good morning


Running TSM 6.3.4




I have read the admin guide best practice section on backing up
the database and I have also done some google searching but I cannot find
a straight answer on this... How many backups of the database should I
keep available? I always do a full backup, is there any reason to keep any
of the older full backups if I have a recent good one?








Thomas Taylor
System Administrator
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers
Cell (443)-974-5768

TSM/VE VMCTL Storage Pools

[Ehresman,David E.]

Do you reclaim your disk VMCTL storage pools?

David

Re: Exchange single mailbox restore

[Ehresman,David E.]

Del,

At what version/release did the the Data Protection for Exchange Mailbox 
Restore Browser start giving you the option to keep the recovery database?  

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Del 
Hoobler
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 1:41 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Exchange single mailbox restore

Hi Wanda,

In case you didn't know... the Data Protection for Exchange
Mailbox Restore Browser gives you the option to leave the
recovery database around for future restores,
so you don't need to restore it each time.
Data Protection for Exchange detects if there is an existing
recovery database. If a recovery database is found,
the browser automatically connects to that database and
displays the database contents.

As for the comment about "reliability", some of those issues
have revolved around some of the Exchange Server
service packs and rollups that have introduced new security
and access permission requirements. To our knowledge,
those should be resolved.

Thank you,

Del




"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 03/10/2014
01:00:32 PM:

> From: "Prather, Wanda" 
> To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu,
> Date: 03/10/2014 01:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Exchange single mailbox restore
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
>
> By all means use one of the later versions, they work better.  And
> open a Tivoli ticket if it still doesn't work.
>
> But just in case this helps you in the short term
> :
> I have 2 customers that cannot reliably do mailbox restores for
> Exchange, one at TDP 6.4 with 2010, and one at TDP 7.1 with 2013.
> By "reliably" I mean sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
> Or it worked for a long time, then stopped working.
> We think it has to do with Windows updates and/or AD updates that
> are causing the problems.
> Neither customer has been willing to pursue the problem vigorously
> with support because:
>
> No matter what options you choose, when you start the mailbox
> restore, TSM is first going to restore the whole mailbox DB (and
> apply any necessary logs.)
> It puts the mailbox DB into a recovery DB, extracts the mailbox for
> you, then deletes the recovery DB.
> And while that is nice, what my customers do is just restore the
> mailbox DB to the recovery DB and then turn it over to the Exchange
> guy, who happily extracts the mailbox with Exchange tools.
> Result is the same, except you then have to delete the recovery DB
> on your own.
>
> So while I believe it can be fixed, they are happy with the
> workaround.   The time involved is mostly in getting the DB restore
> done anyway, and the extra step for the Exchange guy is trivial.
>
> W

Re: Moving the TSM DB2 database (AIX)

[Ehresman,David E.]

I've used migratepv to move oracle DBs around with no problems.  I would not 
expect any issues with using LVM mirroring or migratepv to move the TSM DB.  
That is what I would do in your situation.

But your comments about taking days to backup and restore your TSM DB worries 
me.  How long does it take to backup your DB?  I have a 600G allocated/415G 
used TSM DB.  It backs up in under an hour and restore time is about the same.

David Ehresman
University of Louisville

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Roger 
Deschner
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:35 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Moving the TSM DB2 database (AIX)

Now that TSM V5 is gone from our shop and we're all TSM V6.2, it's time
to move some things around. Such as the TSM DB2 database. The manual
says to do a full database backup and restore. That could take days of
downtime with our 150-300GB databases, and a lot of angst, so that is
not really acceptable.

What I'm planning to do instead, is what I've always done on AIX. It's
one of the reasons I like AIX for hosting something like TSM. That is,
to basically walk the database over to the new location using AIX LVM
mirroring. All this with TSM up and running, albeit with a performance
impact. (It's Spring Break, so the performance impact is acceptable.)
The end result will be that the database has exactly the same Unix
filesystem names, path names, and file names as before, except that it
will be on a nice new faster disk subsystem.

Other than the obvious performance impact while AIX LVM is doing the
mirroring, is there anything wrong with moving a TSM DB2 database by
this method? Anybody done this and had problems?

Roger Deschner  University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu
==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: Moving the TSM DB2 database (AIX)

[Ehresman,David E.]

Kevin,

My gut reaction is that your disk drives can't feed the data fast enough.  If 
it were me, I would open up a PMR to find out what the real bottleneck is.  

David Ehresman
University of Louisville.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Kevin 
Kettner
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:34 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Moving the TSM DB2 database (AIX)

On the original question, I have moved DBs on AIX with LVM several times
with good success. The only real concern is the performance impact. The
benefit over mirroring is you can do it with no outage at all.

I have 3 servers with similar sized DBs on AIX with NetApp SAS disk on
the back end, backing up to IBM 3592 drives, and my DB backups take 4-6
hours. I'm on 6.3.4 now and I've tried using more streams but that has
not made much difference.

My smallest production DB is around 200 GB and it takes about an hour to
backup.

I wonder what's going wrong. Do you have any advice?

Thanks!

On 3/21/2014 15:42, Prather, Wanda wrote:
> Was just thinking the same -
> It's only the conversion from V5 to V6 that takes forever.  Once you are 
> V6/DB2, DB backup-restore is fast again.
>
> I have TSM 6.3.4 on Windows, DB is 930G used, DS3512 disk, and it will back 
> up to LTO5 in 90 minutes if the server isn't doing a lot else at the time.  
> Restore takes maybe 15 minutes longer.
>
> You've got other issues you should address, if your DB backup is taking many 
> hours @ 300GB
>
> W
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
> Ehresman,David E.
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 9:11 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Moving the TSM DB2 database (AIX)
>
> I've used migratepv to move oracle DBs around with no problems.  I would not 
> expect any issues with using LVM mirroring or migratepv to move the TSM DB.  
> That is what I would do in your situation.
>
> But your comments about taking days to backup and restore your TSM DB worries 
> me.  How long does it take to backup your DB?  I have a 600G allocated/415G 
> used TSM DB.  It backs up in under an hour and restore time is about the same.
>
> David Ehresman
> University of Louisville
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
> Roger Deschner
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:35 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Moving the TSM DB2 database (AIX)
>
> Now that TSM V5 is gone from our shop and we're all TSM V6.2, it's time to 
> move some things around. Such as the TSM DB2 database. The manual says to do 
> a full database backup and restore. That could take days of downtime with our 
> 150-300GB databases, and a lot of angst, so that is not really acceptable.
>
> What I'm planning to do instead, is what I've always done on AIX. It's one of 
> the reasons I like AIX for hosting something like TSM. That is, to basically 
> walk the database over to the new location using AIX LVM mirroring. All this 
> with TSM up and running, albeit with a performance impact. (It's Spring 
> Break, so the performance impact is acceptable.) The end result will be that 
> the database has exactly the same Unix filesystem names, path names, and file 
> names as before, except that it will be on a nice new faster disk subsystem.
>
> Other than the obvious performance impact while AIX LVM is doing the 
> mirroring, is there anything wrong with moving a TSM DB2 database by this 
> method? Anybody done this and had problems?
>
> Roger Deschner  University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu
> ==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=

Re: Assigning management class to VM backups

[Ehresman,David E.]

Stefan,

Thanks for the tip on include.vm.  That is apparently new in VE 7.1 and is a 
feature I have been needing for over a year.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Stefan 
Folkerts
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:08 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Assigning management class to VM backups

Have a look at include.vm  
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v7r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.client.doc%2Fr_opt_includevm.html



On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 1:55 AM, Bill Boyer  wrote:

> I have a bunch of VM's that need to be handled differently than most of the
> others being backed up. I created a mgmt. class for it and in the script
> file used to run the dsmc backup vm -optfile=, I specified the -VMMC=. But
> they did not get assigned to that class. I have different opt files for the
> VM backups specifying the DOMAIN.VMFULL= of the ones I want to process. I
> tried putting the VMMC in the opt file and still the don't get assigned
> correctly. Is there an INCLUDE or something I also need to specific?
>
>
>
> I have a lot of VM's that only need a once a week full backup, so I have
> them spread out across each day. Each day has its own opt file with the
> DOMAIN.VMFULL speicying the VM's for that day. I then have a .CMD file to
> run the DSMC BACKUP VM command with -OPTFILE= for that day of week. I just
> can't seem to get the VM's to be assigned to other than the default
> management class. I don't want to have to create a whole new policy domain
> and set of nodes for this.
>
>
>
> Any help is appreciated as always.
>
>
>
> Bill Boyer
> DSS, Inc.
> (610) 927-4407
> "Enjoy life. It has an expiration date." - ??
>

TSM for VM Renames

[Ehresman,David E.]

If I rename a VM and its TSM for VM filespace, eg, \VMFULL-box   to  
\VMFULL-boxtest, will the backups still be valid?  Or is information stored in 
the vmctl storage pool in such a way that a rename results in data that is no 
longer valid?

David

Re: Relabel/checkin Tapes marked as "empty"

[Ehresman,David E.]

Delete volume VT0164L3

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Leonard, Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 8:03 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Relabel/checkin Tapes marked as "empty"

I have about 100 volumes that are defined in my storage pool as "Empty" (See 
Below).  How would I change the status to scratch?  I've tried running "update 
libvol xdcvtl VT0164L3 status=scratch" however I receive the following error:
ANR8443E UPDATE LIBVOLUME: Volume VT0164L3 in library XDCVTL cannot be assigned
a status of SCRATCH.
ANS8001I Return code 12.


tsm: SXDCTSM01>q vol VT0164L3 f=d

   Volume Name: VT0164L3
 Storage Pool Name: VTLPOOL
 Device Class Name: VTL
Estimated Capacity: 0.0 M
   Scaled Capacity Applied:
  Pct Util: 0.0
 Volume Status: Empty
Access: Read/Write
Pct. Reclaimable Space: 0.0
   Scratch Volume?: Yes
   In Error State?: No
  Number of Writable Sides: 1
   Number of Times Mounted: 4
 Write Pass Number: 0
 Approx. Date Last Written:
Approx. Date Last Read:
   Date Became Pending:
Number of Write Errors: 0
 Number of Read Errors: 0
   Volume Location:
Volume is MVS Lanfree Capable : No
Last Update by (administrator):
 Last Update Date/Time: 04/16/2014 06:13:13
  Begin Reclaim Period:
End Reclaim Period:
  Drive Encryption Key Manager: None

Regards,

Matthew J. Leonard
Network Infrastructure Administrator
IT Network Operations
AtlasAir, Inc.
matthew.leon...@atlasair.com
914-701-8042


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
bjoern.nacht...@gwdg.de
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:37 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Question about "Storage hierarchy"

Dear all,

switching to an new employer allows me to read all^H^H^H some of IBM's 
documentation about TSM ;-)

inside the server documentation there's a short description on "Example: 
How the server determines where to store files in a hierarchy" [1]. 
within this there's written:

"If the DISKPOOL storage pool has no maximum file size specified, the server 
checks for enough space in the pool to store the physical file. 
If there is not enough space for the physical file, the server uses the next 
storage pool in the storage hierarchy to store the file."

=> does this really mean, that when one client is flooding my staging pools the 
migration processes becme concurrent to new data that is written directly to 
the NEXTSTGPool, because the first pool is full? if the next pool has a limited 
number of mount points (e.g. tape drives) this will cause the next, eben bigger 
problem.

if so, what's the best practise to empty the staging pool?
- setting a max filesize does not solve the problem, especially if there are 
many files
- perhaps "DISABLE SESSIONS CLIENT" -- this seems to be no really good answer 
:-(

Thanks & best regards,
Bjørn

[1]
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v7r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.srv.doc%2Ft_volume_seq_define.html
[1] http://tinyurl.com/p23j5eo

-- 

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Re: VTL label unreadable, I'm stuck.

[Ehresman,David E.]

Use the RESTORE VOLUME command to move the data from your copy pool to a new 
volume.  That will leave the old volume with status DESTORYED.  At that point 
you should be able to do a DELETE VOLUME and then the relabel.

If you don't have a copy pool, a DELETE VOLUME xxx DISCARDDATA will 
forceably delete it with loss of data and then the relabel should be possible.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Loon, 
EJ van (SPLXM) - KLM
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:12 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] VTL label unreadable, I'm stuck.

Hi TSM-ers!
In one of my virtual libraries I found 4 tapes which were unavailable. I 
updated them to read-only and issued a move data for them. This failed due to 
the following error:

04/22/2014 14:39:13 ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume 020408 in drive 
TVTL_TLSP2_1_DR38

This looks like an unlabeled tape, but it's a private tape used in a primary 
storage pool! So I tried relabeling it with overwrite=yes:

04/22/2014 14:59:11 ANR8816E LABEL LIBVOLUME: Volume 020408 in library 
TVTL_TLSP2_1 cannot be labeled because it is currently defined in a storage 
pool or in the volume history file.

Now what... I can't read the data on the tape since the label is corrupt and I 
can't relabel it because there is data on it!
Thank you very much for your suggestions in advance!
Kind regards,
Eric van Loon
AF/KLM Storage Engineering

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Re: TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

[Ehresman,David E.]

Is your PRIMARY VMCTL storage pool on FILE type disk?  Can you create a 
corresponding FILE storage pool at DR and do a RESTORE STGPOOL prior to 
starting the VME restores?

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Matthew McGeary
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:28 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

We've been using TSM for VE for about a year now and while it's been great
for onsite restores, our recent DR test was troubling.  We've been using
the IFINCR strategy and while I was expecting restores from tape to be
slow, I wasn't expecting restores to drag into the 5-6 hour range for a
small VM (40 GB.)   I know that the admin guide recommends periodic-full
for VM tape retention, but we use dedup disk onsite and we're already
experiencing pressure on our daily backup intake volumes and disk usage,
so I'd prefer not to have to change our backup strategy due to the
increase caused by periodic-full in both daily traffic and storage.

Is there any other way I could conceivably improve restore times from a
tape copypool while still using IFINCR as my backup method?  Here are a
few things I considered:

1) A separate collocated copypool for the VECTL data.  This would live on
one tape easily and would reduce the number of mounts required for a
restore.  However, if that tape goes bad, I'm totally screwed in a DR
situation because there's no way to restore VM backups without the control
files.  I'm assuming that if I use collocation by node, TSM will generate
a new tape every day with all the CTL files and call back the old one.  Am
I right in that assumption?
2) Could I do an IFFULL backup every few weeks or even every month to
limit tape mounts?
3) ???

If anyone with some practical experience in using TSM for VE with tape
copypools could offer some guidance, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,

Matthew McGeary
Technical Specialist
PotashCorp - Saskatoon
306.933.8921

Re: TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

[Ehresman,David E.]

I don't know how the VMCTL metadata is used.  But I see multiple "files" in the 
vmctl storage pool for a given VM which leads me to believe that TSM will need 
to read more than one of those metadata entries for a given VM restore.  If 
that is true, I am guessing it would be a significant benefit to restore them 
from tape to disk before beginning the VM restores.  By the way, are we talking 
about physical tape?

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Matthew McGeary
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

Yes, the VMCTL data is stored in its own stgpool with a FILE devc and we
could request additional disk for the test to use for the RESTORE STG
command.  Would that be faster than restoring individual VM's?  Should I
still look at collocating the VMCTL data on a single tape?

Matthew McGeary
Technical Specialist
PotashCorp - Saskatoon
306.933.8921



From:   "Ehresman,David E." 
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Date:   04/22/2014 09:48 AM
Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE going to tape copypool,
recommendations?
Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 



Is your PRIMARY VMCTL storage pool on FILE type disk?  Can you create a
corresponding FILE storage pool at DR and do a RESTORE STGPOOL prior to
starting the VME restores?

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
Matthew McGeary
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:28 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

We've been using TSM for VE for about a year now and while it's been great
for onsite restores, our recent DR test was troubling.  We've been using
the IFINCR strategy and while I was expecting restores from tape to be
slow, I wasn't expecting restores to drag into the 5-6 hour range for a
small VM (40 GB.)   I know that the admin guide recommends periodic-full
for VM tape retention, but we use dedup disk onsite and we're already
experiencing pressure on our daily backup intake volumes and disk usage,
so I'd prefer not to have to change our backup strategy due to the
increase caused by periodic-full in both daily traffic and storage.

Is there any other way I could conceivably improve restore times from a
tape copypool while still using IFINCR as my backup method?  Here are a
few things I considered:

1) A separate collocated copypool for the VECTL data.  This would live on
one tape easily and would reduce the number of mounts required for a
restore.  However, if that tape goes bad, I'm totally screwed in a DR
situation because there's no way to restore VM backups without the control
files.  I'm assuming that if I use collocation by node, TSM will generate
a new tape every day with all the CTL files and call back the old one.  Am
I right in that assumption?
2) Could I do an IFFULL backup every few weeks or even every month to
limit tape mounts?
3) ???

If anyone with some practical experience in using TSM for VE with tape
copypools could offer some guidance, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,

Matthew McGeary
Technical Specialist
PotashCorp - Saskatoon
306.933.8921

Re: Upgrading a Linux client

[Ehresman,David E.]

For Linux clients, I've always had to remove (rpm -e) and install (rpm ivh or 
rpm -Uvh) the client rpms.  If upgrade now works without a remove first, I'd 
love to know at what client level that started.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Remco 
Post
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:54 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrading a Linux client

what he said, or rpm -Uhv will maybe do (-U for upgrade, -i for install), h for 
nice hash marks as a progress bar and v for not Very quiet ;-)

Op 14 mei 2014, om 16:19 heeft Erwann Simon  het volgende 
geschreven:

> Eric, 
> 
> You need to uninstall (rpm -e) and then reinstall (rpm -i).
> 
> 
> On 14 mai 2014 16:17:02 CEST, "Loon, EJ van (SPLXM) - KLM" 
>  wrote:
>> Hi guys!
>> I'm not really an Linux expert, but I'm trying to upgrade a 6.2 client
>> to 7.1 on a Linux nodes. When I follow the commands from the manual to
>> install the API client (rpm -i TIVsm-API64.x86_64.rpm) it fails with
>> several of the following messages:
>> 
>> file /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/sample/dapiutil.c from install of
>> TIVsm-API64-7.1.0-0.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
>> TIVsm-API64-6.2.4-0.i586
>> file /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/sample/dpsthread.h from install
>> of TIVsm-API64-7.1.0-0.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
>> TIVsm-API64-6.2.4-0.i586
>> file /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/sample/dsmapips.h from install of
>> TIVsm-API64-7.1.0-0.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
>> TIVsm-API64-6.2.4-0.i586
>> 
>> I tried the -U switch, but that doesn't help either. What am I doing
>> wrong here? Isn't it possible to upgrade the client and should I
>> uninstall 6.2.4 first?
>> Thanks again for your help!
>> Kind regards,
>> Eric van Loon
>> AF/KLM Storage Engineering
>> 
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TSMVE Excludes

[Ehresman,David E.]

If I exclude some VMs (-VM=XXX) in the TSM schedule and also have a different 
exclude in the dsm.opt of the data mover, which one takes precedent, or are 
they merged?

David

Re: possible RFE - multiple TSM VE plugins to one datacenter

[Ehresman,David E.]

You can setup multiple datamovers to do the backup work while using only a 
single VE plugin.  We run one datamover per physical host, each datamover using 
6 parallel threads.

David

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Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:34 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] possible RFE - multiple TSM VE plugins to one datacenter

Hi,

We were discovering the possibilities of running more the one TSM VE plugin to 
the same datacenter (for the obvious performance reasons) and were told by IBM 
support it can't be done. They advised splitting the VM guests under several 
datacenter and run a plugin for each, but our VMWARE admins oppose it. They 
prefer consolidated datacenters. But that creates problems for me when I try to 
backup a huge datacenter with a single TSM VE host.

I am eager to hear your thoughts, what do you think ? Is there a possible RFE 
in here ?

Regards,

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Re: possible RFE - multiple TSM VE plugins to one datacenter

[Ehresman,David E.]

We occasionally see -50 timeouts but certainly not on any regular basis.  We've 
had one incident in the past month.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Ball, 
Mike
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 3:23 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] possible RFE - multiple TSM VE plugins to one datacenter

Do you ever see TCP/IP disconnects while running multiple DM's?  We run a DM 
for each cluster that can have 2-10 hosts and sometimes I am seeing -50 results 
with TCP/IP disconnects.  Each DM is set to run 2 parallel processes.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Ehresman,David E.
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:43 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] possible RFE - multiple TSM VE plugins to one datacenter

You can setup multiple datamovers to do the backup work while using only a 
single VE plugin.  We run one datamover per physical host, each datamover using 
6 parallel threads.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tuncel 
Mutlu (BT Isletim ve Teknik Destek Bölümü)
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:34 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] possible RFE - multiple TSM VE plugins to one datacenter

Hi,

We were discovering the possibilities of running more the one TSM VE plugin to 
the same datacenter (for the obvious performance reasons) and were told by IBM 
support it can't be done. They advised splitting the VM guests under several 
datacenter and run a plugin for each, but our VMWARE admins oppose it. They 
prefer consolidated datacenters. But that creates problems for me when I try to 
backup a huge datacenter with a single TSM VE host.

I am eager to hear your thoughts, what do you think ? Is there a possible RFE 
in here ?

Regards,

Tuncel 






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Re: TSM and VTL Deduplication

[Ehresman,David E.]

If TSM moves data from a (disk) dedup pool to tape, TSM has to un-dedup the 
data as it reads it and sends it to tape.


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Dan 
Haufer
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 8:03 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL Deduplication

Greetings,

We are trying to evaluate the  possibility of introducing deduplication into 
our backups. Our initial deployment will be based on quadstor vtl 
http://www.quadstor.com/virtual-tape-library.html but at the same time we are 
trying to understand the TSM deduplication feature. Could anyone tell me what 
the following means from the TSM deduplication FAQ  
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Deduplication%20FAQ

--
 (Q4) When should I consider using TSM deduplication?

Consider using TSM deduplication when the following conditions apply:
You plan to use a disk-only backup solution (your primary backup 
storage pool will remain on disk).
--

I understand why the backup pool should be a disk pool, but the "disk-only 
backup solution" confuses me. Does tape migration cause any effects ?

TSM Server version v6.3.3
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Re: TSM and VTL Deduplication

[Ehresman,David E.]

Unless you have a specific requirement, I would suggest you choose either TSM 
dedup to disk or go straight to virtual tape.  There is not usually a need to 
do both.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Dan 
Haufer
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 2:41 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL Deduplication

Thanks for all the answers. So SSDs (Looking at  SSD caching) for the database 
storage and 10GB  per TB of total backup data on the safer side. 


On Thu, 6/12/14, Erwann Simon  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL Deduplication
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Date: Thursday, June 12, 2014, 8:47 AM
 
 Hi,
 
 I'd rather say 6 to 10 times, or 10 GB of
 DB for each 1 TB of data (native, not deduped) stored.
 
 -- 
 Best
 regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
 Erwann SIMON
 
 -
 Mail original -
 De: "Norman
 Gee" 
 À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Envoyé: Jeudi 12 Juin 2014 16:55:29
 Objet: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL
 Deduplication
 
 Be prepare
 for your database size to double or triple if you are using
 TSM deduplication.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU]
 On Behalf Of Prather, Wanda
 Sent: Thursday,
 June 12, 2014 7:15 AM
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Subject: Re: TSM and VTL Deduplication
 
 And if you are on the
 licensing-by-TB model, when it gets un-deduped (reduped,
 rehydrated, whatever), your costs go up!
 
 -Original Message-
 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU]
 On Behalf Of Dan Haufer
 Sent: Thursday, June
 12, 2014 9:48 AM
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL
 Deduplication
 
 Understood.
 Thanks !
 
 
 On Thu, 6/12/14, Ehresman,David E. 
 wrote:
 
  Subject: Re:
 [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL Deduplication
  To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
  Date: Thursday, June 12, 2014, 5:33 AM
 
  If TSM moves data from a
  (disk) dedup pool to tape, TSM has to un-dedup
 the data as  it reads it

Re: TSM and VTL Deduplication

[Ehresman,David E.]

Just so we're all clear here.

You cannot TSM dedup to virtual tape, even though the virtual tape is actually 
disk.  TSM dedup has to go to a TSM defined FILE storage pool, not a TSM 
defined tape storage pool.

If you write to a virtual tape storage pool, the data will be written to those 
virtual tapes un-deduped by TSM.  It the virtual tape does dedup, it will do so 
but TSM will have no part in that operation and will in fact not know that it 
has been done.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Dan 
Haufer
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 4:31 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL Deduplication

Yes, one of the two. If TSM deduplication is enabled and the target is a 
virtual tape, i doubt if the VTL can deduplicate anything from the write data.


On Thu, 6/12/14, Ehresman,David E.  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL Deduplication
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Date: Thursday, June 12, 2014, 12:51 PM
 
 Unless you have a
 specific requirement, I would suggest you choose either TSM
 dedup to disk or go straight to virtual tape.  There is not
 usually a need to do both.
 
 David
 
 -Original Message-
 From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU]
 On Behalf Of Dan Haufer
 Sent: Thursday, June
 12, 2014 2:41 PM
 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL
 Deduplication
 
 Thanks for
 all the answers. So SSDs (Looking at  SSD caching) for the
 database storage and 10GB  per TB of total backup data on
 the safer side. 
 
 
 On Thu, 6/12/14, Erwann Simon 
 wrote:
 
  Subject: Re:
 [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL Deduplication
  To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
  Date: Thursday, June 12, 2014, 8:47 AM
  
  Hi,
  
  I'd rather say 6 to 10 times, or 10 GB
 of
  DB for each 1 TB of data (native, not
 deduped) stored.
  
  -- 
  Best
  regards / Cordialement /
 مع تحياتي
  Erwann SIMON
  
  -
  Mail
 original -
  De: "Norman
  Gee" 
  À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
  Envoyé: Jeudi 12 Juin 2014 16:55:29
  Objet: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL
  Deduplication
  
  Be prepare
  for your database
 size to double or triple if you are using
 
 TSM deduplication.
  
 
 -Original Message-
  From: ADSM: Dist
 Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU]
  On Behalf Of Prather, Wanda
 
 Sent: Thursday,
  June 12, 2014 7:15 AM
  To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
  Subject: Re: TSM and VTL Deduplication
  
  And if you are on the
  licensing-by-TB model, when it gets un-deduped
 (reduped,
  rehydrated, whatever), your costs
 go up!
  
  -Original
 Message-
  From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
 [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU]
  On Behalf Of Dan Haufer
  Sent:
 Thursday, June
  12, 2014 9:48 AM
  To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
  Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL
  Deduplication
  
  Understood.
  Thanks !
  
 
 
  On Thu, 6/12/14, Ehresman,David E. 
  wrote:
  
  
 Subject: Re:
  [ADSM-L] TSM and VTL
 Deduplication
   To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
   Date: Thursday, June 12, 2014, 5:33 AM
  
   If TSM moves data from
 a
   (disk) dedup pool to tape, TSM has to
 un-dedup
  the data as  it reads it
 

New management class

[Ehresman,David E.]

If I move a node to a new management class (e.g. "include * 15day"), is there a 
message in either the server actlog or the client dsmched.log that indicates 
that backup entries have been rebound to the new class?  I looking for some 
indication that the change to the new management class was effective.

David

TSM DB replication

[Ehresman,David E.]

Where is the most current documentation for setting up DB2 replication for the 
TSM DB to keep an DR instance of TSM in-sync with a production TSM?

David

Re: TSM DB replication

[Ehresman,David E.]

Thanks for that information.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Angela 
Robertson
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 12:39 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM DB replication

FYI - There is information re: this question
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.srv.doc/t_mng_drm.html?lang=en
 and
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli
+Storage+Manager/page/Electronic+vaulting+using+deduplicated+remote+copy
+storage+pools. If the information isn't answering the question, you can
post here or comment in the 'comments' section for each topic. Angela

Angela Robertson
IBM Software Group
Durham, NC 27703
aprob...@us.ibm.com


"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote on 07/28/2014
09:50:50 AM:

> From: "Ehresman,David E." 
> To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu
> Date: 07/28/2014 09:53 AM
> Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM DB replication
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
>
> Where is the most current documentation for setting up DB2
> replication for the TSM DB to keep an DR instance of TSM in-sync
> with a production TSM?
>
> David
>

Re: TDP for VE clientschedules

[Ehresman,David E.]

We are backing up 359 VMs distributed across 10 VMWare host machines.  Our 
datamovers are VMs.  We have one datamover per VMWare host and each can do up 
to 6 parallel sessions.  From the dsm.opt we have the following options set:
resourceutil 8
vmmaxparallel 6
vmlimitperdatastore 0
vmlimitperhost 0

Our schedules, one per datamover, have the following options:
   Options: -vmfulltype=vstor -vmbackuptype=fullvm
 -asnodename=  -domain.vmfull="VMHOST=;
-VM= " 
-MODE=IFIncremental

This works well in our environment.

David Ehresman
University of Louisville

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Meuleman, Ruud
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:14 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TDP for VE clientschedules

Hi all,

We have a VMware vSphere environment with 246 virtual machines. We have 4 
datamovers to do backups with TDP for VE.
In the client schedule we define the command:

-vmfulltype=vstor -vmbackuptype=fullvm -asnodename= -domain.vmfull="VM=" -MODE=IFIncremental

This command is limited to 512 characters. So, it isn't possible to schedule 
all virtual machines at one timestamp, because the hostnames of the virtual 
machines don't fit in 4 times 512 characters.

We could make more schedules for the 4 datamovers, but there would be a risk 
that client schedules are missed, if a client schedule starts while another one 
on the same datamover is still running.

Does anyone have an easy idea for scheduling 246 virtual machines with TDP for 
VE?

Kind Regards,
Ruud Meuleman

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Re: Spectrum Protect for VE - how to get started

[Ehresman,David E.]

It's been reported here that the restore time in the v8.1 CLIENT is much 
improved over v7 so I would recommend that one for the client.  I am not sure 
the server version makes a difference for this situation.

David Ehresman

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Rhodes, Richard L.
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 10:51 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect for VE - how to get started

Hello,

Up till now we have used BA clients in VM's.  We would like to look into 
implementing VE.  I would appreciate any wisdom on bringing it up first time.  
A specific question would be which version.  Our current TSM servers are 
v7.1.5, but I'm wondering if bringing up a v8.1 server and VE would be best.


Rick


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Re: checkout libvol on 3584 - says slots are full

[Ehresman,David E.]

My recollection is that when I eject something to the "bulk" I/O drawer on our 
3584, I cannot check those tapes back in until I remove them from the I/O 
drawer, close the door, open the door, and reload them.  This sounds like the 
behavior you saw on your virtual I/O slots.

David Ehresman

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Richard Rhodes
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 9:02 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] checkout libvol on 3584 - says slots are full

We figured out what was wrong, but no idea why/how.

The 3584 is running with virtualization, so the logical lib has virtual I/O 
slots.  These virtual I/O slots were full and prevented the checkout from 
working.

Previously in trying to figure out this problem  I had found a doc on IBM's web 
site that talked about full virtual I/O slots and that the solution was to run 
a checkin.  At that time we didn't know the virtual slots were full, but I ran 
throught the  procedure and ran a checkin - nothing came in (first a private 
checkin, then a scratch checkin).  The problem persisted so I figured the 
virtual slots were empty.  I had tried many things: multiple checkout/checkin 
cmds with various parms, running an inventory, bouncing the library manager tsm 
instance . . . nothing worked.

Another team member took a "q libvol" and compared it against the volumes the 
Specialist GUI said the library had.  There was a discrepancy - the lib had 
vols that tsm didn't know about.  She saw that the element addresses of these 
volumes were of the virtual I/O slots (from logical lib details).  TSM did not 
know about these tapes and could not  check them in.  It's like they were in a 
limbo/stranded state of some kind.  She used the Specialist gui to remove the 
tapes from lib.  After this the checkout we were trying to perform worked as 
expected.

This was very strange.

Rick



From:   "Baker, Jane" 
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Date:   08/26/2011 08:40 AM
Subject:Re: checkout libvol on 3584 - says slots are full
Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 



Hiya -

Is the cover to the i/o station clicked shut, maybe it thinks this is open?

Or library could have gone out of sync with TSM.  We've had this recently.

We fixed it by:

Shutdown TSM servers (library manager & client).
Force inventory on library in question by opening and shutting door, rescans 
barcodes.
Startup TSM library manager, then library client.
Run audit library on all virtual libraries in question.

This then worked ok for us, but might be worth checking the i/o station door is 
clicked shut!

Hope you get it fixed, sounds like an annoying one!

Jane.



-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
Richard Rhodes
Sent: 25 August 2011 18:57
To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] checkout libvol on 3584 - says slots are full

tried that a bunch of times.  This is so frustrating!

oh well . . . .

Rick




From:   Ben Bullock 
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Date:   08/25/2011 01:49 PM
Subject:Re: checkout libvol on 3584 - says slots are full
Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 



Could be the sensor for the IO slot still thinks the door is open. Might try 
opening it and closing it to see if it clears.

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Richard Rhodes
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 10:36 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] checkout libvol on 3584 - says slots are full

I'm trying to checkout of a 3584 a bunch of tapes. THe 3584 has one logical 
library.

I'm issuing cmd:

 checkout libvol 3584go J04432 remove=bulk checklabel=no
   (origionally had vollist=a,b,c,etc)

It's failing with q request:

 ANR8352I Requests outstanding:
 ANR8387I 026: All entry/exit ports of library 3584GO are full or inaccessible.
 Empty the entry/exit ports, close the entry/exit port door, and make the ports 
accessible.

Anything I try doesn't change this, other than canceling the request.

The door cap slots are empty.
I ran a "checkin libvol 3584go search=yes status=scratch label=barcode"
and it find no volumes to checkin, so the virtual slots are empty also.

I'm stumped . . . cap door slots are empty and there isn't anything in the 
virtual cap slots.

Any help is appreciated!

Rick


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TSM v6.2 Diaster Recovery Restore

[Ehresman,David E.]

Can I restore a TSM v6.2 database to a tsm instance with a different name?  
That is, could I restore a db backup from a tsm with a instance user id of 
libmgr1 to a new machine which has been configured with a instance user id of 
libmgr2?

Re: TSM v6.2 Diaster Recovery Restore

[Ehresman,David E.]

I am trying to do a DR type restore of a TSM 6.2 DB onto a tsm instance on a 
different machine.  After the DB backup tape mounts, I get a "Database restore 
terminated. DB2 sqlcode: -2033. DB2 sqlerrmc: 106.".  What are the DB2 codes 
trying to tell me?

The restore is running on TSM 6.2.3.0 server level. The OS is AIX 
6100-06-05-1115  

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Christian Svensson
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 2:37 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] SV: TSM v6.2 Diaster Recovery Restore

Hi David,
Yes you can do that.
Make sure you have backup the database to a media that both Instance Users can 
read/write and also copy Volhist/Devconfig and copy both of them in to your new 
instances home directory (same as dsmserv.opt) after you have configured the 
new instance.

Best Regards
Christian Svensson

Cell: +46-70-325 1577
E-mail: christian.svens...@cristie.se
Supported Platform for CPU2TSM:: 
http://www.cristie.se/cpu2tsm-supported-platforms

____
Från: Ehresman,David E. [deehr...@louisville.edu]
Skickat: den 2 september 2011 21:44
Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Ämne: TSM v6.2 Diaster Recovery Restore

Can I restore a TSM v6.2 database to a tsm instance with a different name?  
That is, could I restore a db backup from a tsm with a instance user id of 
libmgr1 to a new machine which has been configured with a instance user id of 
libmgr2?

Re: [adsm] Re: TSM v6.2 Diaster Recovery Restore

[Ehresman,David E.]

Thanks.  The underlying problem turned out to be that I was trying to run the 
db restore as root instead of as the instance owner.  That in turn created a 
log file in the instance directory that was owned by root that had to be 
corrected before the instance owner could do the restore.

The V6 DRM restore script needs a LOT of work.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lloyd 
Dieter
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 7:03 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] [adsm] Re: TSM v6.2 Diaster Recovery Restore

See:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.tshoot.doc%2Fr_pdg_cmonerrsbkupdbrstordb.html

A "106" seems to indicate a permissions problem.

-Lloyd


On 09/06/2011 10:44 AM, Ehresman,David E. wrote:
> I am trying to do a DR type restore of a TSM 6.2 DB onto a tsm instance on a 
> different machine.  After the DB backup tape mounts, I get a "Database 
> restore terminated. DB2 sqlcode: -2033. DB2 sqlerrmc: 106.".  What are the 
> DB2 codes trying to tell me?
>
> The restore is running on TSM 6.2.3.0 server level. The OS is AIX 
> 6100-06-05-1115
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
> Christian Svensson
> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 2:37 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] SV: TSM v6.2 Diaster Recovery Restore
>
> Hi David,
> Yes you can do that.
> Make sure you have backup the database to a media that both Instance Users 
> can read/write and also copy Volhist/Devconfig and copy both of them in to 
> your new instances home directory (same as dsmserv.opt) after you have 
> configured the new instance.
>
> Best Regards
> Christian Svensson
>
> Cell: +46-70-325 1577
> E-mail: christian.svens...@cristie.se
> Supported Platform for CPU2TSM:: 
> http://www.cristie.se/cpu2tsm-supported-platforms
>
> 
> Från: Ehresman,David E. [deehr...@louisville.edu]
> Skickat: den 2 september 2011 21:44
> Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Ämne: TSM v6.2 Diaster Recovery Restore
>
> Can I restore a TSM v6.2 database to a tsm instance with a different name?  
> That is, could I restore a db backup from a tsm with a instance user id of 
> libmgr1 to a new machine which has been configured with a instance user id of 
> libmgr2?
>

TSM 6.2 installer

[Ehresman,David E.]

Anyone had the TSM 6.2.1 server (AIX) installer fail saying there is not enough 
space when in fact there is plenty of space?  If so, what did you do?

I'm trying to install on AIX 6.1 TL6.

David Ehresman

Re: TSM 6.2 installer

[Ehresman,David E.]

Yes, running as root.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan 
Forray/AC/VCU
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:12 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 installer

Dumb question.Did you have the correct permission/root?  When I had a 
similar issue, it was because I wasn't root or the filesystem owner.



From:   "Ehresman,David E." 
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Date:   09/13/2011 10:09 AM
Subject:[ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 installer
Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 



Anyone had the TSM 6.2.1 server (AIX) installer fail saying there is not enough 
space when in fact there is plenty of space?  If so, what did you do?

I'm trying to install on AIX 6.1 TL6.

David Ehresman

Virtual library bar code length

[Ehresman,David E.]

I have a virtual tape library that is emulating a 3584.  It is set to Autolabel 
and Relabel Scratch so that any time a tape in this library goes scratch, its 
label gets rewritten. The library is currently set to use a bar code length of 
6.  If I change that to 8, as tapes goes scratch they will get rewritten with 
the longer bar code label.  Existing tapes should still be accessible using the 
shorter vol/ser.  As long as I don't do an 'audit library' which would empty 
all the shorter vol/ser, do you foresee any problems?

David

Re: Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl versus file systems for pirmary pool

[Ehresman,David E.]

I guess it just goes to show 'that your mileage may vary'.  We've been happily 
backing up 3-5 TB a night to VTL as primary storage with no random disk 
frontend for four years now.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Daniel 
Sparrman
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 2:45 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl versus file systems 
for pirmary pool

Just to put an end to this discussion, we're kinda running out of limits here:
 
a) No VTL solution, neither DD, neither Sepaton, neither anyone, is a 
replacement for random diskpools. Doesnt matter if you can configure 50 drives, 
500 drives or 5000 drives, the way TSM works, you're gonna make the system go 
bad since the system is made from having random pools infront, sequential pools 
in the back.  A sequential device is not gonna replace that, independent being 
a sequential file pool or a VTL (or, for that question, a tape library).
 
b) VTL's where invented because most backup software (I've only worked with 
TSM, Legato & Veritas aka Symantec) is used to working with sequential devices. 
That havent changed, and wont change in the near future. VTL's (and the file 
device option) is just a replacement. Performance wise, VTL's are gonna win all 
the time compared to a file device, question you need to ask yourself is, do I 
need the VTL, or can I go along with using file devices. According to the TSM 
manual (dont have the link , but if you want i'll find it) the maximum 
supported file device pool for deduplication is 6TB... so if you're thinking of 
replacing a VTL with a seq. file pool, keep that in mind. The limit is because 
the amount of resources needed by TSM to do the file deduplication is limited, 
or as the manual says, "until new technologies are available".
 
The discussion here where people are actually planning on just having a 
sequential pool (since noone is actually discussing that there's a random pool 
infront) is plain scary. No sequential device is gonna have their time of the 
life having a fileserver serving 50K blocks at a time.
 
So my last 50 cents worth is:
 
a) Have a random pool infront
 
b) Depending on the size of your environment, you're either gonna go with a 
filepool and use de-dup (limit is 6TB for each pool, you might not want to 
de-dup everything), or you're gonna go with a fullscale VTL. Choice here is 
size vs costs.
 
I've seen alot of posts here lately about the disadvantages with VTL's .. well, 
I havent seen one this far with mine. I have a colleague who bought a  VTL 
and found out he needed another VTL just todo the de-dup, since one VTL wasnt a 
supported configuration to do de-dup. I have another colleague who bought a 
very cheap VTL solution (from a very mentioned name around here) and ended up 
with having same hashes, but different data, leaving him with unrestorable data.
 
Comparing eggs to apples just isnt fair.  Different manufactures of VTL's do 
different things, meaning both performance and availability is completely 
different.
 
Just to sum up, we've had both 3584's and (back in the days) 3575, and I've 
never been happier with our VTL (and yes, we do restore tests).
 
Best Regards
 
Daniel



Daniel Sparrman
Exist i Stockholm AB
Växel: 08-754 98 00
Fax: 08-754 97 30
daniel.sparr...@exist.se
http://www.existgruppen.se
Posthusgatan 1 761 30 NORRTÄLJE



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Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Från: Rick Adamson  Sänt av: "ADSM: Dist Stor 
Manager" 
Datum: 09/27/2011 18:02
Ärende: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl versus file systems for pirmary pool

Interesting. Every VTL based solution, including data domain, that I looked at 
had limits on the amount of drives that could be emulated which were nowhere 
near a hundred let alone a thousand. Perhaps it's time to revisit this.

The license is a data domain fee, and a hefty one at that. 

The bigger question I have is since the file based storage is native to TSM why 
exactly is using a file based storage not supported?

~Rick


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Daniel 
Sparrman
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:30 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl versus file systems for pirmary pool

Not really sure where the general idea that a VTL will limit the number of 
available mount points.

I'm not familiar with Data Domain, but generally speaking, the number of 
virtual tape drives configured within a VTL is usually thousands. Not sure why 
you'd want that many though, I always prefer having a small diskpool infront of 
whatever sequential pool I have, and let the bigger files pass the diskpoool 
and go straightly to the seq. pool.

As far as for LAN-free, the only available option I know of is SANergy. And 
going down that road (concerning both price & complexity) will probably make 
the VTL l

Re: Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl versus file systems for pirmary pool

[Ehresman,David E.]

OK.  I only have about 600 clients going to 125 virtual drives.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Daniel 
Sparrman
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:13 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl 
versus file systems for pirmary pool

It's not so much the amount of data as the amount of clients though Dave. I 
dont mind having a few nodes backing up straightly to the VTL (my database 
servers are doing just that), but having 1000 nodes mounting 1000 virtual tapes 
in the VTL is what I'm trying to avoid with having a small random pool infront. 
Especially if you're using resourceutil on your nodes.
 
Regards
 
Daniel


Daniel Sparrman
Exist i Stockholm AB
Växel: 08-754 98 00
Fax: 08-754 97 30
daniel.sparr...@exist.se
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Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Från: "Ehresman,David E."  Sänt av: "ADSM: Dist Stor 
Manager" 
Datum: 09/28/2011 14:46
Ärende: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl versus file 
systems for pirmary pool

I guess it just goes to show 'that your mileage may vary'.  We've been happily 
backing up 3-5 TB a night to VTL as primary storage with no random disk 
frontend for four years now.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Daniel 
Sparrman
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 2:45 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl versus file systems 
for pirmary pool

Just to put an end to this discussion, we're kinda running out of limits here:
 
a) No VTL solution, neither DD, neither Sepaton, neither anyone, is a 
replacement for random diskpools. Doesnt matter if you can configure 50 drives, 
500 drives or 5000 drives, the way TSM works, you're gonna make the system go 
bad since the system is made from having random pools infront, sequential pools 
in the back.  A sequential device is not gonna replace that, independent being 
a sequential file pool or a VTL (or, for that question, a tape library).
 
b) VTL's where invented because most backup software (I've only worked with 
TSM, Legato & Veritas aka Symantec) is used to working with sequential devices. 
That havent changed, and wont change in the near future. VTL's (and the file 
device option) is just a replacement. Performance wise, VTL's are gonna win all 
the time compared to a file device, question you need to ask yourself is, do I 
need the VTL, or can I go along with using file devices. According to the TSM 
manual (dont have the link , but if you want i'll find it) the maximum 
supported file device pool for deduplication is 6TB... so if you're thinking of 
replacing a VTL with a seq. file pool, keep that in mind. The limit is because 
the amount of resources needed by TSM to do the file deduplication is limited, 
or as the manual says, "until new technologies are available".
 
The discussion here where people are actually planning on just having a 
sequential pool (since noone is actually discussing that there's a random pool 
infront) is plain scary. No sequential device is gonna have their time of the 
life having a fileserver serving 50K blocks at a time.
 
So my last 50 cents worth is:
 
a) Have a random pool infront
 
b) Depending on the size of your environment, you're either gonna go with a 
filepool and use de-dup (limit is 6TB for each pool, you might not want to 
de-dup everything), or you're gonna go with a fullscale VTL. Choice here is 
size vs costs.
 
I've seen alot of posts here lately about the disadvantages with VTL's .. well, 
I havent seen one this far with mine. I have a colleague who bought a  VTL 
and found out he needed another VTL just todo the de-dup, since one VTL wasnt a 
supported configuration to do de-dup. I have another colleague who bought a 
very cheap VTL solution (from a very mentioned name around here) and ended up 
with having same hashes, but different data, leaving him with unrestorable data.
 
Comparing eggs to apples just isnt fair.  Different manufactures of VTL's do 
different things, meaning both performance and availability is completely 
different.
 
Just to sum up, we've had both 3584's and (back in the days) 3575, and I've 
never been happier with our VTL (and yes, we do restore tests).
 
Best Regards
 
Daniel



Daniel Sparrman
Exist i Stockholm AB
Växel: 08-754 98 00
Fax: 08-754 97 30
daniel.sparr...@exist.se
http://www.existgruppen.se
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Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Från: Rick Adamson  Sänt av: "ADSM: Dist Stor 
Manager" 
Datum: 09/27/2011 18:02
Ärende: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: 

Data change rate

[Ehresman,David E.]

Is there any way from the server side to get an estimate of overall client data 
change rate?

Windows dsmadmc client

[Ehresman,David E.]

I'm running the 6.2.2.0 Windows dsmadmc client.  I accidently hit a key 
combination that popped up a window of my last 10 commands.  Does anyone know 
what that key combination is?

David

Re: vtl versus file systems for pirmary pool

[Ehresman,David E.]

That is what I've heard from an IBM Business Partner.  I don't have written 
documentation to verify that.

David Ehresman

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:09 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl versus file systems for pirmary pool

Just asking,
I was told that a Protectier doesn't use SHA1 and can't have a hash collision.
Can anybody verify that?


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Remco 
Post
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 3:15 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl versus file systems for pirmary pool

Hi,

I saw last week that about half of the people visiting the TSM Symposium were 
running V6, it's been stable for me so far.

The likeliness of an accidental SHA1 hash collision is relatively small even 
compared to the total number of objects that a TSM server could possibly ever 
store during its entire lifetime, insignificant. That being said, if you think 
that your data is to valuable to even risk that, don't dedup. 


-- 

Gr., Remco

Op 5 okt. 2011 om 19:24 heeft Shawn Drew  
het volgende geschreven:

> Along this line, we are still using TSM5.5   Some of the features
> mentioned previously require TSM6.  TSM6 still feels risky to me.  
> Maybe more risky than a hash collision.
> Just looking for a consensus, Do people think its mature enough now 
> that it is as stable/reliable as TSM5 ?
> 
> PS. Test restores are the only way to be sure your backups are good.  
> You shouldn't just "trust" TSM.
> 
> Regards,
> Shawn
> 
> Shawn Drew
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Internet
> rrho...@firstenergycorp.com
> 
> Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> 10/05/2011 11:03 AM
> Please respond to
> ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> 
> 
> To
> ADSM-L
> cc
> 
> Subject
> Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang:
> Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl 
> versus file systems for pirmary pool
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> When TSM is duplicating your data (aka backing up storage pools), 
>> there is no logical connection between your primary storage pool and 
>> your copypool.
> 
> Well . . .yes . .. no . . .
> 
> All our eggs are in one basket no matter what.  The logical connection 
> between pri and copy pools is TSM itself.  A logical corruption in TSM 
> can take out both. Your data could be sitting there on tape and 
> completely useless.  Yes, that's why we have TSM db backups, but are 
> they good?  What if there is a TSM bug that renders all your backups 
> bad - we don't find out until we need it!
> 
> At some point you have to trust something.  We all trust TSM.  Yes, we 
> do the db backup, create pri and copy pools, use reuse delay . .
> .everything to allow for problems . . . but we are still trusting that 
> TSM workss as advertised.  A really, really paranoid would run two 
> complete separate/different backup systems - but who can afford that, or want 
> to?
> But then, we do do that for our biggest SAP/ORacle systems.  We use 
> Oracle/RMAN-to-flasharea/RMAN-to-TDPO/TSM, but we also run EMC/clone 
> backups off our DR sites R2's . . but also to TSM.
> 
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: tsm restores

[Ehresman,David E.]

My experience has been that -quiet can dramatically decrease restore time over 
-verbose

David Ehresman

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim 
Brown
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:42 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm restores

That would suppress skips and restores, would it it still show files processed.

1000...
5000...

If there was a prompt for any reason that would still appear

Would this also greatly speed up the time it takes to restore


Tim

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan 
Forray
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:37 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: tsm restores

Have you tried -quiet?

Tim Brown  wrote:

Can a dsmc restore command line window run without showing the messages for 
skipped files that exist ANS1946W

and just the message for restored files.



Thanks,



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Central Hudson Gas & Electric
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Re: Question about Deduplcation feature with TSM6 - part 2

[Ehresman,David E.]

I believe a deduped primary storage pool has to be backed up to a copy pool 
before the reclaim process will discard the duplicate bytes.

David Ehresman

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert 
Ouzen
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 3:17 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Question about Deduplcation feature with TSM6 - part 2

Hi

Another question as I said , doing a node backup with dedup=clientorserver 
(server side)

Turn identifyprocess to 0

When checking the deduplicates bytes with the command:show deduppending  
STGPOOL_NAME
I got :ANR1015I Storage pool DEDUP6 has 5,356,954,147 duplicate bytes 
pending removal.

How can I delete those pending bytes ? Tried to run a reclaim on this storage 
but "No data to process"

T.I.A

Regards

Robert


Hi to all

I just beginning to test the DE duplication feature with TSM 6 , I did all the 
configuration required

My node name as those  parameters: dedup=clientorserver (server side)   , 
deduplication YES (client side)

My Storage pool as those parameters:  deduplicate=YES  , identifyprocess=1

As I understand the manual if the nodename is configure with the option 
dedup=clientorserver , during the backup client-side data deduplication 
processing, duplicates are identified on the backup-archive client.

So why in the query process I see:  need to change the parameter:   
identifyprocess=0   

sm: POSTBACK>q pr

Process Process Description  Status
Number
---  
-
119 Identify Duplicates  Storage pool: DEDUP6. Volume: NONE. State: 
idle.
  State Date/Time: 10/31/2011 12:58:05. 
Current
  Physical File(bytes): 0. Total Files 
Processed:
  4. Total Duplicate Extents Found: 0. Total
  Duplicate Bytes Found: 0.

Any help  or tips on this matter will be appreciate

Here the output of a backup test
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4952I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Total 
number
  of objects inspected:  734 (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4954I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Total 
number
  of objects backed up:  513 (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4958I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Total 
number
  of objects updated:  0 (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4960I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Total 
number
  of objects rebound:  0 (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4957I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Total 
number
  of objects deleted:  0 (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4970I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Total 
number
  of objects expired:  0 (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4959I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Total 
number
  of objects failed:   0 (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4982I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  ANE4982I 
Total
  objects deduplicated: 337 (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4977I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  ANE4977I 
Total
  number of bytes inspected:  301.22 MB (SESSION:
  11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4975I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  ANE4975I 
Total
  number of bytes processed:  244.40 MB (SESSION:
  11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4984I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  ANE4984I 
Total
  bytes before deduplication: 288.07 MB (SESSION:
  11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4198I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Total bytes
  after deduplication: 244.15 MB(SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4961I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Total 
number
  of bytes transferred: 244.40 MB (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4963I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Data 
transfer
  time:3.31 sec (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4966I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Network 
data
  transfer rate:75,555.49 KB/sec (SESSION: 
11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4967I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Aggregate 
data
  transfer rate:  9,992.35 KB/sec (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4968I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  Objects
  compressed by:0% (SESSION: 11856)
10/31/2011 12:58:08  ANE4981I (Session: 11856, Node: DEDUPNODE)  AN

Re: tsm services hung on red had linux

[Ehresman,David E.]

That's a very old version of Red Hat.  Has this ever worked?  

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim 
Brown
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:37 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] tsm services hung on red had linux

Server is red hat linux 3.5

TSM client is 6.1



TSM log



Executing scheduled command now.

11/09/2011 21:31:19 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT BEGIN LX_WKD_5E4 11/09/2011 20:30:00

11/10/2011 10:23:42 ANS2820E An interrupt has occurred. The current operation 
will end and the

client will shut down.



Ps -ef | grep dsmc



root  4938 1  0 Nov01 ?00:02:28 dsmc schedule

root 23223 23132  0 13:33 pts/300:00:00 grep dsmc





Cant kill dsmcad service via command  kill 4938



Can start another process but cant seem to get TSM to re-contact server



TSM issue?

Linux issue?



TSM tech <---> Linux tech



Thanks,



Tim Brown
Systems Specialist - Project Leader
Central Hudson Gas & Electric
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Re: Windows 2008 client ..TSM schedule won't run

[Ehresman,David E.]

Then Harold has the right answer.  If you can telnet from the tsm server to the 
client at the port the listener is suppose to be using, than it is not a 
firewall problem.  If the telnet attempt times out, either the cad (or 
scheduler) is not running, it is using a different port (see the cad startup 
messages in dsmwebcl.log), or there is a firewall/network issue blocking access.

David

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Hughes, Timothy
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:23 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows 2008 client ..TSM schedule won't run

Hi Wanda 

We use prompted mode

Thanks

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:55 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Windows 2008 client ..TSM schedule won't run

Are you running in polling (the default) or prompted mode?

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Hughes, Timothy
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:24 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Windows 2008 client ..TSM schedule won't run

Hi,
We have 4 windows 2008 that are missing consistently the TSM scheduler is set 
to start however the backups don't run.
f.y.i - We had this issue about  5 months ago and the admin set the UAC to the 
lowest settings and turned the firewall off and the backups worked until 
recently. The admin says the firewall is turned off and the settings are the 
same.
Anyone else have or have had this issue?

Windows 2008 64 bit R2 servers
Tivoli clients 6.2.2.2

Thanks for any help/advice in advance!

Adding TSM DB volumes

[Ehresman,David E.]

My TSM 6.2.3 TSM DB (running on AIX) was getting a bit full for comfort, so I 
added a 5th DB volume.  It immediately showed 19.28BM used on the new volume 
but no more space has been used there over the last week or two.  Is this the 
way it is supposed to work?  When should it start to use the new space?

tsm: ULTSM>q dbspace

Location   Total Space(MB)  Used Space(MB)  Free Space(MB)
-- --- --- ---
/tsm/tsmdb1 122,880.00  102,939.29   19,940.71
/tsm/tsmdb2 122,880.00  102,939.30   19,940.70
/tsm/tsmdb3 122,880.00  102,939.29   19,940.71
/tsm/tsmdb4 122,880.00  102,939.30   19,940.70
/tsm/tsmdb5 122,880.00   19.28  122,860.72

Re: linux restore to different server

[Ehresman,David E.]

Try adding a closing clahs to your destination file spec:

dsmc restore -fromnode=drbelus /u01/app/oracle/*.* /u01/app/oracle/-pick

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim 
Brown
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:23 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] linux restore to different server

Need to restore files from one linux server to another



Using this command but fails, executing this from node India



dsmc restore -fromnode=drbelus /u01/app/oracle/*.* /u01/app/oracle -pick



Error



Invalid destination file specification /u01/app/oracle







Thanks,



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Re: Collocaton by group

[Ehresman,David E.]

>From Tsm Admin Reference:
"GRoup
Specifies that collocation is enabled at the group level for client nodes. The
server attempts to put data for nodes that belong to the same collocation
group on as few volumes as possible. If the nodes in the collocation group
have multiple file spaces, the server does not attempt to collocate those file
spaces.
If you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP but do not define any collocation
groups or if you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP but do not add nodes to a
collocation group, data is collocated by node. Be sure to consider tape
usage when organizing client nodes into collocation groups"

The documentation is available online.

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Christian Riksheim
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:23 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Collocaton by group

By default a stgpool has Collocaton=group.

Does that mean it does no collocation if no collocaton groups are
defined? Or does it collocate by node?

We have a stgpool with collocaton=group but no collocaton groups
defined and tape utilization is very low. Should we set
collocation=no?

Hans Chr.

Re: Collocaton by group

[Ehresman,David E.]

You could make two stgpools, one collo and the other not.

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Hans 
Christian Riksheim
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:31 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Collocaton by group

Thanks, that was counter intuitive to me and it should not be the
default setting for stgpools.

I have 1 node where I want collocation, the rest not. Then I should
make one collocgroup with that node in it. The rest of the nodes
should then be lumped together in another collocgroup. And every time
I add another node, I must remember to put it into the collocgroup
with all the others or tape usage will climb.

I think I just go for collocate=no.

Hans Chr.


On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Ehresman,David E.
 wrote:
> From Tsm Admin Reference:
> "GRoup
> Specifies that collocation is enabled at the group level for client nodes. The
> server attempts to put data for nodes that belong to the same collocation
> group on as few volumes as possible. If the nodes in the collocation group
> have multiple file spaces, the server does not attempt to collocate those file
> spaces.
> If you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP but do not define any collocation
> groups or if you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP but do not add nodes to a
> collocation group, data is collocated by node. Be sure to consider tape
> usage when organizing client nodes into collocation groups"
>
> The documentation is available online.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Hans 
> Christian Riksheim
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:23 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Collocaton by group
>
> By default a stgpool has Collocaton=group.
>
> Does that mean it does no collocation if no collocaton groups are
> defined? Or does it collocate by node?
>
> We have a stgpool with collocaton=group but no collocaton groups
> defined and tape utilization is very low. Should we set
> collocation=no?
>
> Hans Chr.

Re: Problems backing up Linux client - missed filesystem

[Ehresman,David E.]

Have you checked your dsmsched.log on the client for errors?  Have you checked 
your tsm server actlog for the same time period for informative messages?

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Minns, 
Farren - Chichester
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:01 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Problems backing up Linux client - missed filesystem

OK, thanks for the advice.

Regards

Farren




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Denier
Sent: 12 December 2011 16:49
To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Problems backing up Linux client - missed filesystem

-Farren Minns wrote: -

>TSM Server 5.5.2.0 on Solaris
>
>Linux Client 5.5.0.0 - Real Application Cluster v6
>
>I have the following issue. When the backup runs as a scheduled
>service it only checks/backs up the /boot filesystem.
>
>I put the following in dsm.sys and that certainly allows me to run
>manual backups, but the incremental still doesn't work.
>
>virtualmountpoint /
>
>Any ideas?

I generally don't recommend using maintenance level 0 of a new
release of TSM code. Before Version 6 came out we were generally
getting good results with 5.5.1.0 client code. We are now getting
good results with 6.2.2.0 client code on systems with OS levels
supported for use with 6.2 client code.

Thomas Denier


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Re: 3494 library questions

[Ehresman,David E.]

Its been a long time since I've worked with 3494's.  But I don't think you even 
have to partition them.  You just have to use different category codes for the 
different systems.

An old dog, 
David

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Daniel 
Sparrman
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:07 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3494 library questions

Hi Steven

A TSM library manager isnt mandatory in a 3494 library environment. If the 
libraries are partitioned, he can just connect his two hosts to each library 
and assign access through the 3494 CU.

Which is simplest is just a matter of how the existing environment looks. If 
the libraries are already partitioned for the two hosts, no TSM library manager 
is needed, just make an entry for each library in the ibmatl.conf and assign 
access in the 3494 CU.

if the libraries are not partitioned, and there is limited 3494 competence 
on-site, perhaps TSM library sharing is the way to go. It all depends on Gary's 
requirements (like, can we share volumes between the two TSM servers, or do 
they need to be divided).

Best Regards

Daniel Sparrman


Daniel Sparrman
Exist i Stockholm AB
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Fax: 08-754 97 30
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Ärende: Re: [ADSM-L] 3494 library questions

Gary

A library manager is mandatory to coordinate library access.  Than can be a
standalone instance or the existing instance that has exclusive access (the
latter being the easier option with an environment of this size)

Thanks

Steven

On 14 December 2011 14:22, Lee, Gary D.  wrote:

> I have two 3494 libraries at different locations.
> I would like to have both defined to both of my tsm servers.
>
> Is it possible to define two libraries in the ibmatl.conf file, and if so,
> how to define them to tsm?
>
> If not, am I correct that the other option is to share the libraries as
> necessary defining appropriate tsm servers as library managers?
>
> Thanks for the assistance.
>
>
>
> Gary Lee
> Senior System Programmer
> Ball State University
> phone: 765-285-1310
>
>

Re: 3494 library questions

[Ehresman,David E.]

If you have two 3494s defined to one (aix) machine, they will have different 
lmcp and you would use the different lmcps in the path definitions for the two 
tsm libraries.

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, 
Gary D.
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:59 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3494 library questions

To clarify.

Two tsm servers tsm1 and tsm2.
Two librarys lib1 and lib2

Tsm1 is  connected to lib1 directly.
Tsm2 is connected to lib2.

Lib2 is actually in our offsite location, and I would like to create a 
connection from tsm1 to lib2 and get our current offsite data moved into it. 
Then, I can copy storage pool directly to lib2 and illiminate carrying tapes to 
a static offsite storage location.

Both libraries are 3494s containing ts1120 drives.

No library sharing is being used at the present time, but has not been ruled 
out.

Hopefully that has clarified things a bit.

Questions are

1. If I define both 3494s to one machine, how to define them both to tsm?  By 
serial number?

2. If I can't define both to a single server, will library sharing with tsm 
work?

Some sample definitions would be helpful.

 


Gary Lee
Senior System Programmer
Ball State University
phone: 765-285-1310

 
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Daniel 
Sparrman
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:07 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3494 library questions

Hi Steven

A TSM library manager isnt mandatory in a 3494 library environment. If the 
libraries are partitioned, he can just connect his two hosts to each library 
and assign access through the 3494 CU.

Which is simplest is just a matter of how the existing environment looks. If 
the libraries are already partitioned for the two hosts, no TSM library manager 
is needed, just make an entry for each library in the ibmatl.conf and assign 
access in the 3494 CU.

if the libraries are not partitioned, and there is limited 3494 competence 
on-site, perhaps TSM library sharing is the way to go. It all depends on Gary's 
requirements (like, can we share volumes between the two TSM servers, or do 
they need to be divided).

Best Regards

Daniel Sparrman


Daniel Sparrman
Exist i Stockholm AB
Växel: 08-754 98 00
Fax: 08-754 97 30
daniel.sparr...@exist.se
http://www.existgruppen.se
Posthusgatan 1 761 30 NORRTÄLJE

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Sänt av: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
Datum: 12/14/2011 15:39
Ärende: Re: [ADSM-L] 3494 library questions

Gary

A library manager is mandatory to coordinate library access.  Than can be a
standalone instance or the existing instance that has exclusive access (the
latter being the easier option with an environment of this size)

Thanks

Steven

On 14 December 2011 14:22, Lee, Gary D.  wrote:

> I have two 3494 libraries at different locations.
> I would like to have both defined to both of my tsm servers.
>
> Is it possible to define two libraries in the ibmatl.conf file, and if so,
> how to define them to tsm?
>
> If not, am I correct that the other option is to share the libraries as
> necessary defining appropriate tsm servers as library managers?
>
> Thanks for the assistance.
>
>
>
> Gary Lee
> Senior System Programmer
> Ball State University
> phone: 765-285-1310
>
>

Re: How to start learning about DB2

[Ehresman,David E.]

Can't help with DB2 info but fortunately you do not need to know very much 
about DB2 to run TSM v6.

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Richard Rhodes
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:02 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] How to start learning about DB2

It's a new year.  On our schedule for later this year is our TSM v6
upgrade.  I'd like to start doing some reading about DB2 in anticipation
of this work.  We are an Oracle shop with absolutely no knowledge of DB2.
  I would appreciate any pointers to recommended DB2 intro materials that
you might have round helpful.

THanks

Rick


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Q NODEDATA

[Ehresman,David E.]

There is a "q nodedata" cli command.  Is there a table in TSM v6.2 one can run 
a select against that contains the nodedata data?

Re: Drive and Path Definition

[Ehresman,David E.]

What you describe sounds like normal behavior to me.  AIX can dynamically 
recognize new devices and can talk to them.  TSM Define Drive does not try to 
communicate with a device.  The Define Path does try to connect to the device 
but in my experience TSM has to be cycled before it will recognized newly 
defined devices.

David

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Tailor, Mahesh C.
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:41 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Drive and Path Definition

Hello.

I have a PMR on this, but not making much progress on it so thought I would 
send this out on the User List to see if anyone else encountered this issue and 
can suggest a fix.

Here's what I have:

TSM 6.2.3.100
AIX 7.1 (oslevel: 7100-00-04-1140)
IBM FC 5729 8-Gbps FC adapters

SAN Switch: IBM SAN-768A (Brocade DCX)

Atape 12.1.5.0
Sepaton VTL emulating 3584L22 and 3592 tape drives
SANDISCOVERY ON

We define a tape drive on the VTL and present it to the TSM server.  AIX 
discovers the tape drive and I can use itdt (tapeutil) to query the drive.  For 
example...

./itdt -f /dev/rmt0 inquiry
Issuing std inquiry...
Inquiry Data,  Length 96
0 1  2 3  4 5  6 7  8 9  A B  C D  E F   0123456789ABCDEF
 - 0180 0302 3300 1130 4942 4D20 2020 2020  [.�..3..0IBM ]
0010 - 3033 3539 324A 3141 2020 2020 2020 2020  [03592J1A]
0020 - 3035 3039 3638 3030 5347 3131 3032 3330  [05096800SG110230]
0030 - 3031 2030 0500 0181      [01 0...�]
0040 -          []
0050 -          []

Exit with code: 0
./itdt -f /dev/rmt0 inquiry 80
Issuing inquiry for page 0x80...
Inquiry Page 0x80,  Length 14
0 1  2 3  4 5  6 7  8 9  A B  C D  E F   0123456789ABCDEF
 - 0180 000A 5347 3131 3032 3330 3031   [.�..SG11023001  ]

Exit with code: 0

I log into TSM and define the drive.

01/17/12   11:55:36  ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: DEFINE 
DRIVE
  kvtl1p1 rmt11 serial=autod elem=autod  (SESSION: 15)
01/17/12   11:55:36  ANR8404I Drive RMT11 defined in library KVTL1P1. 
(SESSION:
  15)

Then I try to define the path.

01/17/12   11:56:16  ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: DEFINE 
PATH
  tsmprd01 rmt11 srct=server destt=drive autod=yes
  devi=/dev/rmt11 library=kvtl1p1 online=yes  (SESSION: 
15)
01/17/12   11:56:16  ANR8972E DEFINE PATH: Unable to find the element number
  for drive RMT11 in library KVTL1P1.  (SESSION: 15)
I stop and restart TSM and issue the same command.

01/17/12   12:00:00  ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: DEFINE 
PATH
  tsmprd01 rmt11 srct=server destt=drive autod=yes
  devi=/dev/rmt11 library=kvtl1p1 online=yes  (SESSION: 
1)
01/17/12   12:00:00  ANR8955I Drive RMT11 in library KVTL1P1 with serial 
number
   is updated with the newly discovered serial number
  SG11023012. (SESSION: 1)
01/17/12   12:00:00  ANR1720I A path from TSMPRD01 to KVTL1P1 RMT11 has been
  defined. (SESSION: 1)
Has anyone else seen this problem?  Any ideas?

TIA

Mahesh


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3592 drives in 3584 library

[Ehresman,David E.]

On TSM 6.2, a "q drive f=d" displays the WWN of the 3592 drives in my 3584 
library.  However, a "select * from drives' does NOT display the WWN.  Is there 
a table I can run a query against that does display the WWN of tape drives?

David

Re: Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix

[Ehresman,David E.]

Oscar,

Before you upgrade TSM or AIX, check out the level of bos.mp64 and 
bos.iocp.rte.  They need to be at 6.1.7.1 NOT at 6.1.7.0 for the fix.  They 
issued two version of AIX 6.1 TL7 SP0.  You have to get the 2nd version of the 
SP to get the real fix.

David Ehresman

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Oscar 
Kolsteren
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:44 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix

Hi all,

 

This is just a warning; we had updated our AIX servers to TL6 FP6 and
had issues with our TSM server rebooting unexpectedly at random times.

Raised a call with IBM and they came back with the response that it had
to do with "APAR IV08112: POSSIBLE CRASH POSTING AIO/IOCP PACKET".

 

Solution was to upgrade AIX to TL7 hence I did.

 

Since then the TSM database backups are terrible slow so raised another
call for this.

 

Shockingly TSM support came back that AIX TL7 isn't supported for TSM
6.2 so they recommend either:

 

-  Upgrade AIX to v7 and TSM to 6.3

-  Roll back to AIX 6 TL2 

 

You can imagine how annoying this is so please be aware

 

Best Regards,

Oscar



 

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Re: Device mapping utility

[Ehresman,David E.]

But be aware that this script warns that it interrupts active I/O and should 
not be run when tape processing is occurring.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Andrew 
Davies
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:02 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Device mapping utility

I noticed recently several posts discussing utilities or scripts to assist with 
device mapping.

Here's a utility that works on AIX and Linux and lists tape drive WWNs, device 
paths and HBAs:
http://greshamstorage.com/freeware/worldwide-name-mapping-utility

[31]: DRIVE: F0A1BC6000
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt291 0x500308c0a1bc6001  0x0  
 fscsi0  0
/dev/mt54   92 0x500308c0a1bc6001  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt2   93 0x500308c0a1bc6001  0x0  
 fscsi0  0
/dev/rmt37  94 0x500308c0a1bc6001  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
[32]: DRIVE: 50013032
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt44   95 0x500104f000755592  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt28  96 0x500104f000755592  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
[33]: DRIVE: 57200192
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt46   97 0x500104f000b399a1  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt29  98 0x500104f000b399a1  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
[34]: DRIVE: 531001003623
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt47   99 0x500104f000b50a41  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt30  1000x500104f000b50a41  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
[35]: DRIVE: 47900138
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt48   1010x500104f000702a7f  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt31  1020x500104f000702a7f  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
[36]: DRIVE: 1221688608
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt38   73 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x24 
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt76  74 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x24 
 fscsi0  0
/dev/rmt92  75 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x24 
 fscsi1  1
[37]: DRIVE: 1229351247
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt39   76 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x25 
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt77  77 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x25 
 fscsi0  0
/dev/rmt93  78 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x25 
 fscsi1  1
[38]: DRIVE: 1228377413
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt40   79 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x26 
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt78  80 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x26 
 fscsi0  0
/dev/rmt94  81 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x26 
 fscsi1  1
[39]: DRIVE: 1226554618
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt41   82 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x27 
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt79  83 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x27 
 fscsi0  0
/dev/rmt95  84 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x27 
 fscsi1  1
[40]: DRIVE: 1227020230
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt42   85 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x28 
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt80  86 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x28 
 fscsi0  0
/dev/rmt96  87 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x28 
 fscsi1  1

Re: reclaim space in stgpool

[Ehresman,David E.]

Now that we know this is a de-duped storage pool, you need to know that before 
TSM will reclaim a de-duped volume, it has to be completely backed up to a copy 
pool.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim 
Brown
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:24 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] reclaim space in stgpool

Trying to reclaim space in disk pool defined with devc=file,l TSM level 6.3



The query command shows the volumes have reclaimable space but the reclaim gets 
the message



ANR2111W RECLAIM STGPOOL: There is no data to process for DEVT_PRIM.



tsm: TSMPOK_SERVER1>q vol 0038.bfs f=d



   Volume Name: D:\DEVT_PRIM1\0038.BFS

 Storage Pool Name: DEVT_PRIM

 Device Class Name: DEVT_PRIM

Estimated Capacity: 2.0 G

   Scaled Capacity Applied:

  Pct Util: 47.3

 Volume Status: Full

Access: Read/Write

Pct. Reclaimable Space: 55.1

   Scratch Volume?: Yes

   In Error State?: No

  Number of Writable Sides: 1

   Number of Times Mounted: 24

 Write Pass Number: 1

 Approx. Date Last Written: 02/03/2012 04:02:19

Approx. Date Last Read: 02/03/2012 04:43:34

   Date Became Pending:

Number of Write Errors: 0

 Number of Read Errors: 0

   Volume Location:

Volume is MVS Lanfree Capable : No

Last Update by (administrator):

 Last Update Date/Time: 01/31/2012 13:09:15

  Begin Reclaim Period:

End Reclaim Period:

  Drive Encryption Key Manager:

   Logical Block Protected: No



Thanks,



Tim Brown
Systems Specialist - Project Leader
Central Hudson Gas & Electric
284 South Ave
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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Re: Device mapping utility

[Ehresman,David E.]

Be aware that downloading this free utility which can only be run with your 
tape drives quiesed will also generate a sales contact from Gresham

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Andrew 
Davies
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 7:10 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Device mapping utility

The tape drive mapping utility now includes fully integrated support for 
ACSLS-attached libraries. The utility does not rely on TSM's API for 
communications to ACSLS and can be run on a system where TSM is not present.

http://greshamstorage.com/freeware/worldwide-name-mapping-utility 

Andrew

-Original Message-
From: Andrew Davies 
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:09 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: RE: Device mapping utility

That is correct, you should first cease all mount activity on the system where 
you run the utility. If you do not do this, I/O can be interrupted on the local 
system where the utility is being run.

In a shared drive environment you can use the utility even when drives are in 
use by other initiators in the environment. 

Andrew

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Ehresman,David E.
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:09 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Device mapping utility

But be aware that this script warns that it interrupts active I/O and should 
not be run when tape processing is occurring.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Andrew 
Davies
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:02 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Device mapping utility

I noticed recently several posts discussing utilities or scripts to assist with 
device mapping.

Here's a utility that works on AIX and Linux and lists tape drive WWNs, device 
paths and HBAs:
http://greshamstorage.com/freeware/worldwide-name-mapping-utility

[31]: DRIVE: F0A1BC6000
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt291 0x500308c0a1bc6001  0x0  
 fscsi0  0
/dev/mt54   92 0x500308c0a1bc6001  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt2   93 0x500308c0a1bc6001  0x0  
 fscsi0  0
/dev/rmt37  94 0x500308c0a1bc6001  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
[32]: DRIVE: 50013032
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt44   95 0x500104f000755592  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt28  96 0x500104f000755592  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
[33]: DRIVE: 57200192
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt46   97 0x500104f000b399a1  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt29  98 0x500104f000b399a1  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
[34]: DRIVE: 531001003623
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt47   99 0x500104f000b50a41  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt30  1000x500104f000b50a41  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
[35]: DRIVE: 47900138
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt48   1010x500104f000702a7f  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt31  1020x500104f000702a7f  0x0  
 fscsi1  1
[36]: DRIVE: 1221688608
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt38   73 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x24 
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt76  74 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x24 
 fscsi0  0
/dev/rmt92  75 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x24 
 fscsi1  1
[37]: DRIVE: 1229351247
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt39   76 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x25 
 fscsi1  1
/dev/rmt77  77 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x25 
 fscsi0  0
/dev/rmt93  78 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x25 
 fscsi1  1
[38]: DRIVE: 1228377413
DEVICE  list#  wwn lun 
serialnum hba hba#
/dev/mt40   79 0x50060b2ddcfa  0x2600

What if

[Ehresman,David E.]

What if there were a

1)  storage pool with retonly=15 and retextra=15

2)  it received data from a backup node (NDMP) process

3)  the NDMP runs a full backup once every six months

4)  the NDMP run an incremental monthly on the months a full is not run

What data does TSM actually retain?

David

Re: What if

[Ehresman,David E.]

Same management class is used for both full and incremental

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Christian Svensson
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:27 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] SV: What if

Hi,
The Full Backup and Inc Backup are the same object for TSM.

That mean if you backup the Full Backup with Managment Class A then backup 
Incremental with MG Class B, TSM will then change the FULL backup to MG Class B.

Best Regards
Christian Svensson

Cell: +46-70-325 1577
E-mail: christian.svens...@cristie.se
CPU2TSM Support: http://www.cristie.se/cpu2tsm-supported-platforms

Join us at Pulse 2012: http://www.ibm.com/pulse


Från: Ehresman,David E. [deehr...@louisville.edu]
Skickat: den 22 februari 2012 14:20
Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Ämne: What if

What if there were a

1)  storage pool with retonly=15 and retextra=15

2)  it received data from a backup node (NDMP) process

3)  the NDMP runs a full backup once every six months

4)  the NDMP run an incremental monthly on the months a full is not run

What data does TSM actually retain?

David

Re: What if

[Ehresman,David E.]

I'm thinking since they are indeed DIFFs not incrementals, I'll end up with one 
Full and one Diff most months, and just a Full on the month I do a full.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:30 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] What if

Yes, but I'm still looking for the answer to your original question.
If the diffs are tied to the fulls as a set/same object, doesn't that mean if 
you do one full and then do diffs for 6 months, that you end up with 6 months 
of diffs in storage, no matter what the retextra/retonly setting?


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Ehresman,David E.
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:06 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] What if

Same management class is used for both full and incremental

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Christian Svensson
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:27 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] SV: What if

Hi,
The Full Backup and Inc Backup are the same object for TSM.

That mean if you backup the Full Backup with Managment Class A then backup 
Incremental with MG Class B, TSM will then change the FULL backup to MG Class B.

Best Regards
Christian Svensson

Cell: +46-70-325 1577
E-mail: christian.svens...@cristie.se
CPU2TSM Support: http://www.cristie.se/cpu2tsm-supported-platforms

Join us at Pulse 2012: http://www.ibm.com/pulse

____
Från: Ehresman,David E. [deehr...@louisville.edu]
Skickat: den 22 februari 2012 14:20
Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Ämne: What if

What if there were a

1)  storage pool with retonly=15 and retextra=15

2)  it received data from a backup node (NDMP) process

3)  the NDMP runs a full backup once every six months

4)  the NDMP run an incremental monthly on the months a full is not run

What data does TSM actually retain?

David

Re: Slow TSM DB Backup

[Ehresman,David E.]

My TSM 6.2.3.0 DB backups on AIX have increased in elapsed time from a little 
over an hour to almost four hours.  I am at AIX 6.1.7.1 but I can't say for 
sure that the increase in backup times corresponds to the time that I did the 
AIX maintenance.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lamb, 
Charles P.
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:52 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Slow TSM DB Backup

Hi.

We are experiencing slow TSM DB backup process on both of our TSM systems using 
AIX V6.1.7.x, TSM V6.2.3.100, Atape v12.4.1.0.  The issues began immediately 
after we upgraded from AIX v5.3.12.3 to AIX v6.1.7.x. We have created a 
performance PMR#53387,379,000 with TSM support.  With 100GB data in a DB2 
database, we are seeing 30 to 60sec waits between .1/.2GB database transfers to 
IBM LTO4 tape drives via TSM q se screen. It is taking a very long time to 
complete a TSM DB backup. Before the AIX upgrade, the full DB backup took about 
10 minutes; now we are seeing backups of hours in length.

Anybody having these types of issues??

Re: TSM Export issue unavailable tapes causing the exports to suspend themselves

[Ehresman,David E.]

Have you tried an "audit library".  That would tell you whether TSM can see the 
tapes or not.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Hughes, Timothy
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:04 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM Export issue unavailable tapes causing the exports to 
suspend themselves

Thanks again George!

I think I am going try this


run the audit command >>  AUDIT VOLUME volser FIX=YES


That shouldn't hurt anything.


regards

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of George 
Huebschman
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:38 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: TSM Export issue unavailable tapes causing the exports to suspend 
themselves

That is a q vol, not q libvol.

It sounds like TSM or the library can not find the tapes.


   - The location is blank, so TSM believes the tapes are home.  That does
   not guarantee they are, or that they are in the right address in the
   library.


   - Then the actlog should show if there are read errors (although these
   tapes are not in error state and show no read or write errors.)


   - I don't know what library you have and I only have experience with a
   few, but libraries do lose tapes.  You could try a library audit.

These tapes were last read/writen from half a year to almost a year ago.
Have there been any changes to the library or virtual library since then?


   - Try ejecting the tapes from the library (checking them out) then
   checking them back in.
  - If they won't checkout try ejecting them via the library.  Then
  check them out with "remove=no"...then check them back in.


   - You could try a move data on one of the tapes as a test.  Put the
   console up and look for error/warning messages as the command processes.



George H

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Hughes, Timothy <
timothy.hug...@oit.state.nj.us> wrote:

> George, Thanks for your reply
>
> Yes they are there
>
>
>  VOLUME_NAME: C07498L3
> STGPOOL_NAME: LTO64POOL
>DEVCLASS_NAME: LTO64CLASS
>  EST_CAPACITY_MB: 102400.0
> SCALEDCAP_APPLIED:
> PCT_UTILIZED: 0.0
>   STATUS: FILLING
>   ACCESS: UNAVAILABLE
>  PCT_RECLAIM: 0.1
>  SCRATCH: YES
>  ERROR_STATE: NO
>NUM_SIDES: 1
>TIMES_MOUNTED: 1
>   WRITE_PASS: 1
>  LAST_WRITE_DATE: 2011-05-06 07:25:51.00
>   LAST_READ_DATE: 2011-05-06 05:11:00.00
> PENDING_DATE:
> WRITE_ERRORS: 0
>  READ_ERRORS: 0
> LOCATION:
>MVSLF_CAPABLE: No
> CHG_TIME: 2012-03-06 07:52:03.00
>  BEGIN_RCLM_DATE:
>END_RCLM_DATE:
>  VOL_ENCR_KEYMGR: None
>

Re: TSM Export issue unavailable tapes causing the exports to suspend themselves

[Ehresman,David E.]

If you use the checklabel=barcode parm of the audit library it runs very 
quickly.  It does require that there be no activity involving the tape library.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Hughes, Timothy
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 9:33 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM Export issue unavailable tapes causing the exports to 
suspend themselves

Thanks David! No didn't try this I thought about it but have to discuss this 
with the other Admins I believe this is a long process and if I am not mistaken 
this was performed recently.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Ehresman,David E.
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:23 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: TSM Export issue unavailable tapes causing the exports to suspend 
themselves

Have you tried an "audit library".  That would tell you whether TSM can see the 
tapes or not.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Hughes, Timothy
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:04 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM Export issue unavailable tapes causing the exports to 
suspend themselves

Thanks again George!

I think I am going try this


run the audit command >>  AUDIT VOLUME volser FIX=YES


That shouldn't hurt anything.


regards

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of George 
Huebschman
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:38 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: TSM Export issue unavailable tapes causing the exports to suspend 
themselves

That is a q vol, not q libvol.

It sounds like TSM or the library can not find the tapes.


   - The location is blank, so TSM believes the tapes are home.  That does
   not guarantee they are, or that they are in the right address in the
   library.


   - Then the actlog should show if there are read errors (although these
   tapes are not in error state and show no read or write errors.)


   - I don't know what library you have and I only have experience with a
   few, but libraries do lose tapes.  You could try a library audit.

These tapes were last read/writen from half a year to almost a year ago.
Have there been any changes to the library or virtual library since then?


   - Try ejecting the tapes from the library (checking them out) then
   checking them back in.
  - If they won't checkout try ejecting them via the library.  Then
  check them out with "remove=no"...then check them back in.


   - You could try a move data on one of the tapes as a test.  Put the
   console up and look for error/warning messages as the command processes.



George H

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Hughes, Timothy <
timothy.hug...@oit.state.nj.us> wrote:

> George, Thanks for your reply
>
> Yes they are there
>
>
>  VOLUME_NAME: C07498L3
> STGPOOL_NAME: LTO64POOL
>DEVCLASS_NAME: LTO64CLASS
>  EST_CAPACITY_MB: 102400.0
> SCALEDCAP_APPLIED:
> PCT_UTILIZED: 0.0
>   STATUS: FILLING
>   ACCESS: UNAVAILABLE
>  PCT_RECLAIM: 0.1
>  SCRATCH: YES
>  ERROR_STATE: NO
>NUM_SIDES: 1
>TIMES_MOUNTED: 1
>   WRITE_PASS: 1
>  LAST_WRITE_DATE: 2011-05-06 07:25:51.00
>   LAST_READ_DATE: 2011-05-06 05:11:00.00
> PENDING_DATE:
> WRITE_ERRORS: 0
>  READ_ERRORS: 0
> LOCATION:
>MVSLF_CAPABLE: No
> CHG_TIME: 2012-03-06 07:52:03.00
>  BEGIN_RCLM_DATE:
>END_RCLM_DATE:
>  VOL_ENCR_KEYMGR: None
>

Re: Slow TSM DB Backup Update #3

[Ehresman,David E.]

So should lo_perf be set to 0 or to 1?

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Jonathan Kaufman
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:13 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Slow TSM DB Backup Update #3

For my environment (TSM 6.2.3 on Aix 7.1 TL1 SP3) this fix is to disable
the lo_perf network option and reboot.

no -p -o lo_perf

and a reboot later I was back to speedy DB backups.

Just did this last Friday...

The tech I talked to said this problem affects Aix 6.1 TL7 and Aix 7.1
TL1.

I did not have a problem when I was at Aix 7.1 TL0 SP4.

Jonathan Kaufman







From:
"Lamb, Charles P." 
To:
ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu
Date:
03/20/2012 09:59 AM
Subject:
Slow TSM DB Backup Update #3
Sent by:
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 



Hi...

IBM has a fix for slow TSM DB Backups.  It is called loopback TCP address
problem referenced to PMR #54435,379,000.  TSM DB backups will run as fast
as before you performed  the AIX V6.1.7.x/V7.1.x.x O/S upgrade.





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Re: Move NodeData

[Ehresman,David E.]

The stgpool parameter on Move Data is only valid for primary storage pool 
volumes.  You cannot use the Move Data command to move copypool data from one 
storagepool to a different one.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of George 
Huebschman
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 2:30 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Move NodeData

I think I have misunderstood how the command "move nodedata" works in
regard to offsite media.
I had believed that it functioned in the same way that reclamation and move
data operations worked, utilizing onsite media to write new offsite media.

This quote relates to  the "move data" command:
You can use this command to move files from an offsite volume in a copy
storage pool or active-data pool. Because the offsite volume cannot be
mounted, the server obtains the files that are on the offsite volume
from either a primary storage pool, another copy storage pool, or
another active-data pool. These files are then written to the
destination volumes in the original copy storage pool or active-data
pool.

I see nothing like that in the description of the "move nodedata" command.
It looks like I made a false assumption.
Is that so?
--
George Huebschman
Cell 301 875-1227

"When you have a choice, spend money where you would prefer to work if you
had NO choice."

Re: Move NodeData

[Ehresman,David E.]

You CAN use Move Data on copy storagepools but only to move to other volumes in 
the SAME storagepool.  You cannot Move Data copy storagepool data to a 
different storagepool.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of George 
Huebschman
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 10:20 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Move NodeData

David,
TSM says you can use it for copy pool data:
3.35.5 MOVE NODEDATA (Move data by node in a sequential access storage
   pool)

Use this command to move data located in a sequential-access storage
pool. You can move data for one or more nodes or for a group of
collocated nodes. You can also move selected file spaces for a single
node. The data can be located in a primary storage pool, a copy storage
pool, or an active-data pool.


On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Ehresman,David E.
wrote:

> The stgpool parameter on Move Data is only valid for primary storage pool
> volumes.  You cannot use the Move Data command to move copypool data from
> one storagepool to a different one.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> George Huebschman
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 2:30 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Move NodeData
>
> I think I have misunderstood how the command "move nodedata" works in
> regard to offsite media.
> I had believed that it functioned in the same way that reclamation and move
> data operations worked, utilizing onsite media to write new offsite media.
>
> This quote relates to  the "move data" command:
> You can use this command to move files from an offsite volume in a copy
> storage pool or active-data pool. Because the offsite volume cannot be
> mounted, the server obtains the files that are on the offsite volume
> from either a primary storage pool, another copy storage pool, or
> another active-data pool. These files are then written to the
> destination volumes in the original copy storage pool or active-data
> pool.
>
> I see nothing like that in the description of the "move nodedata" command.
> It looks like I made a false assumption.
> Is that so?
> --
> George Huebschman
> Cell 301 875-1227
>
> "When you have a choice, spend money where you would prefer to work if you
> had NO choice."
>



--
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Cell 410 522-8581

"When you have a choice, spend money where you would prefer to work if you
had NO choice."

Re: Migration duration default?

[Ehresman,David E.]

"help mig stg" on TSM 6.2 on AIX says " DUration
   Specifies the maximum number of minutes the migration will run before
   being automatically cancelled. When the specified number of minutes
   elapses, the server will automatically cancel all migration processes
   for this storage pool. As soon as the processes recognize the
   automatic cancellation, they will end. As a result, the migration may
   run longer than the value you specified for this parameter. You can
   specify a number from 1 to . This parameter is optional. If not
   specified, the server will stop only after the low migration
more...   ( to continue, 'C' to cancel)

   threshold is reached."

Don't know if it is different for linux or 6.1 but try issuing the help command.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan 
Forray/AC/VCU
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:44 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Migration duration default?

Linux Server - 6.1.5.100

Is there a default value for manual Migration, that I am not aware of? I
never use the DUR value.  Yesterday around 14:40, I started a manual
migration (mig stg backuppool lo=0).  This morning at 7:26am I see the
message:

ANR4925W Migration process 1727 terminated for storage pool BACKUPPOOL -
duration exceeded.

Zoltan Forray
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Re: delete volume failure under TSM 5.5.6

[Ehresman,David E.]

Call TSM support and have them help you fix your TSM DB.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Davis, 
Jim J - (jjdavis)
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:26 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] delete volume failure under TSM 5.5.6

This is on a RHEL 5.7 x86_64 system; an old stgpool volume on external storage 
failed, so I marked it "destroyed", and then tried to run

del vol /the/volume/name discarddata=yes

That fails with

ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: DELETE VOLUME /TSM_POOL/19/data19
discarddata=yes
ANR0984I Process 1836 for DELETE VOLUME (DISCARD DATA) started in the
BACKGROUND at 01:19:56 PM.
ANRI Discard Data process started for volume /TSM_POOL/19/data19 (process
ID 1836).
ANRD_2990890315 PrepareClusters(dftxn.c:875) Thread<22998>: Logical
occupancy went negative for Pool 25, Ck1=75, Ck2=1.
ANRD Thread<22998> issued message  from:
ANRD Thread<22998>  0xb95ba2 OutDiagToCons
ANRD Thread<22998>  0xb986a9 outDiagfExt
ANRD Thread<22998>  0x610e01 DfPrepareTxn
ANRD Thread<22998>  0x5e05a1 bfPrepareTxn
ANRD Thread<22998>  0xb682c1 CollectVotes
ANRD Thread<22998>  0xb686b4 tmEnd
ANRD Thread<22998>  0x4b220c AdmVolDelThread
ANRD Thread<22998>  0xc01af4 StartThread
ANRD Thread<22998>  0x39ba00677d *UNKNOWN*
ANRD Thread<22998>  0x39b94d325d *UNKNOWN*
ANR1181E dftxn.c(212): Data storage transaction 0:3.186769174 was aborted.

Any ideas?  

Oracle VM

[Ehresman,David E.]

Is Oracle VM a supported environment for TSM clients?  If so, could you point 
me to the appropriate supporting statement?

David

Re: TSM 6.3 NAS Filer backup stg issues

[Ehresman,David E.]

I'm confused.  A "backup stg" copies data from a primary TSM storage pool (tape 
in your case) to a copy TSM storage pool (again tape). During this process 
there should not be any N-Series involvement.  It strictly a TSM tape to tape 
function.  What am I missing?

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Steven 
Harris
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:11 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.3 NAS Filer backup stg issues

Hi All

I've got a problem with running backup stg of nas filer NDMP backups.

I have a TSM 6.3.1 server on RHEL 5.7 X86_64, an N-Series filer at Data
On-Tap 8.1RC2 and A shared TS3310 library with LTO5 drives. Actually I
have two setups exactly the same in different cities, except one has
more data and 3 drives and the other has less data and two drives.

NDMP backups are configured to write directly to tape and seem to work
fine.  The backup completes cleanly if slowly, and the limited restores
I have done worked once I went to 6.3.1.

But, I want an offsite copy, and so run backup stg against the NAS
primary tape pool.  This is consistently failing - but only on certain
filer volumes. On the first filer with the problem it seems to copy
correctly on volumes that are cifs shared, but fail on volumes that  are
used by FC,  at least I thought that was the difference.  On the second
filer there are no FC volumes, but somehow those copies are failing too.

TSM support points at the filer people because the error is a bad return
code from an operation that is handed off to the filer.  I have been
working with N-series hardware support on this for a month and only now
realize that they have co concept of what the problem is. they
thought backup stg produced an NDMP backup.

Has any one else seen this problem?  Does anyone on the list know how to
get traction on these sorts of issues from Nseries hardware support ?

Regards

Steve

Steven Harris
TSM Admin
Canberra Australia

TSM V6.2 DB Directories

[Ehresman,David E.]

Is doing a TSM DB backup/restore the only way to remove a TSM DB directory in 
V6.2?

David

Re: ANR8213W schedule fails client timeout

[Ehresman,David E.]

This is a classic symptom of a firewall blocking the cad port.  It works the 
first time because the cad initiated the session and then the tsm server times 
out the next time it reaches out to the client because the firewall is 
blocking.  So you have to use webports to designate what port cad is going to 
use and then open that port in the fire wall which can be a enterprise firewall 
or a firewall running on the client.

David Ehresman

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim 
Brown
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 9:23 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] ANR8213W schedule fails client timeout

 A few clients are failing with ANR8213W Session open with
10.1.4.130 timed out

 If we restart the tsm service on the client the next
scheduled backup runs ok but the
next one times out. I even coded the hla and lla and set
the client option
file with tcpclientaddress, still issues. Any suggestions.
Issue with 3-4 clients.

Tim Brown


 

Re: ANR8213W schedule fails client timeout

[Ehresman,David E.]

That's not quite right.  The port you want to telnet to is specified as the 
first port on the webports option.  If there is no webport option, the 
tsmclient picks one "randomly".  The tsm server will try to connect to the port 
that cad connected on when it started up.  If it is "random", not specified on 
a webports option, it is kind of hard to write the firewall rule.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Alex 
Paschal
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:56 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] ANR8213W schedule fails client timeout

 From the TSM server:
telnet hla lla
Example:
telnet servera 1501
If it hangs and eventually times out, you have a firewall problem, as
David mentions.  If it says "Connection Refused" or similar, the CAD is
not listening on that port.  If it connects, your plumbing is fine.

Some other things to check:
  Have you set tcpclientport?
  Does netstat show your port in LISTENING state?  netstat -an |
find /I "listen"

Alex

On 6/6/2012 7:19 AM, Ehresman,David E. wrote:
> This is a classic symptom of a firewall blocking the cad port.  It works the 
> first time because the cad initiated the session and then the tsm server 
> times out the next time it reaches out to the client because the firewall is 
> blocking.  So you have to use webports to designate what port cad is going to 
> use and then open that port in the fire wall which can be a enterprise 
> firewall or a firewall running on the client.
>
> David Ehresman
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim 
> Brown
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 9:23 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] ANR8213W schedule fails client timeout
>
>   A few clients are failing with ANR8213W Session open with
> 10.1.4.130 timed out
>
>   If we restart the tsm service on the client the next
> scheduled backup runs ok but the
> next one times out. I even coded the hla and lla and set
> the client option
> file with tcpclientaddress, still issues. Any suggestions.
> Issue with 3-4 clients.
>
> Tim Brown
>
>
>
>

Re: ANR8213W schedule fails client timeout

[Ehresman,David E.]

I may have made a false assumption.  Are you using the TSM Client Acceptor 
service, dsmcad?  If not, then all I've said about ports (except the right one 
has to be open thru the firewall) is wrong.  But if you are using cad, the 
Windows client manual says:

Webports
The webports option enables the use of the Web client outside a firewall.
The webports option enables the use of the Web client outside a firewall by
specifying the TCP/IP port number used by the Tivoli Storage Manager client
acceptor service and Web Client Agent service for communications with the Web
client.
Values for both the client acceptor service and the Web Client Agent service are
required.
If you do not specify this option, the default value, zero (0), is used for 
both ports.
This causes TCP/IP to randomly assign a free port number for the client acceptor
service and the Web Client Agent service. The port value TCP/IP assigns is in 
the
range of 1024 through 5000.
Supported Clients
This option is valid for all clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API 
does not
support this option.
Options File
Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt).. You can set this 
option on the
Web Client tab, WEB Ports fields of the Preferences editor.
Syntax


 WEBPorts cadport agentport 

Parameters
cadport
Specifies the required Tivoli Storage Manager client acceptor service port
number. The range of values is 1000 through 32767. If a value is not specified,
the default, zero (0), causes TCP/IP to randomly assign a free port number.
agentport
Specifies the required Tivoli Storage Manager Web client agent service port
number. The range of values is 1000 through 32767. If a value is not specified,
the default, zero (0), causes TCP/IP to randomly assign a free port number.
Examples
Options file:
webports 2123 2124
Command line:
-webports=2123,2124
Chapter 12. Processing options 517

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim 
Brown
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 2:26 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] ANR8213W schedule fails client timeout

Netstat is listening on port 1501, tcpport is 1500 in dsm.opt
Telnet to server via 1501 works 1500 doesn't.

We have always coded tcpport 1500 in client dsm.opt ?
Other 2008 servers configured same work.

Thanks,

Tim

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Alex 
Paschal
Sent: Wednesday, 06 June, 2012 12:56 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: ANR8213W schedule fails client timeout

 From the TSM server:
telnet hla lla
Example:
telnet servera 1501
If it hangs and eventually times out, you have a firewall problem, as
David mentions.  If it says "Connection Refused" or similar, the CAD is
not listening on that port.  If it connects, your plumbing is fine.

Some other things to check:
  Have you set tcpclientport?
  Does netstat show your port in LISTENING state?  netstat -an |
find /I "listen"

Alex

On 6/6/2012 7:19 AM, Ehresman,David E. wrote:
> This is a classic symptom of a firewall blocking the cad port.  It works the 
> first time because the cad initiated the session and then the tsm server 
> times out the next time it reaches out to the client because the firewall is 
> blocking.  So you have to use webports to designate what port cad is going to 
> use and then open that port in the fire wall which can be a enterprise 
> firewall or a firewall running on the client.
>
> David Ehresman
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim 
> Brown
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 9:23 AM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] ANR8213W schedule fails client timeout
>
>   A few clients are failing with ANR8213W Session open with
> 10.1.4.130 timed out
>
>   If we restart the tsm service on the client the next
> scheduled backup runs ok but the
> next one times out. I even coded the hla and lla and set
> the client option
> file with tcpclientaddress, still issues. Any suggestions.
> Issue with 3-4 clients.
>
> Tim Brown
>
>
>
>

ANR0299 log is full

[Ehresman,David E.]

Does message  ANR0299I mean the ACTIVELOGDIRECTORY is full or the 
ARCHLOGDIRECOTRY is full?

Journaling support question

[Ehresman,David E.]

On Redhat Linux 5.5 with TSM client 6.3, is journaling on a gpfs filespace 
supported?

David

Re: Journaling support question

[Ehresman,David E.]

I am backing up to physical tape.  Is there any way to get mmbackup to back up 
more than 100 files at a time?

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Kenneth Bury
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 6:11 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Journaling support question

Are you using mmbackup? http://ibm.co/NbcaQk

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Erwann Simon  wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Journaling is supported for most filesystems (ext3, ext4, vxfs...) but is
> not supported for gpfs.
>
> Regards,
> Erwann
>
> - Mail original -
> De: "David E. Ehresman" 
> À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Envoyé: Jeudi 5 Juillet 2012 18:52:33
> Objet: [ADSM-L] Journaling support question
>
> On Redhat Linux 5.5 with TSM client 6.3, is journaling on a gpfs filespace
> supported?
>
> David
>



-- 
Ken Bury

DB2 hang or crash

[Ehresman,David E.]

AIX APAR IV22062 describes a situation in which a hang or a crash might occur 
in DB2 versions earlier than DB2 10.1. At the time of this document's initial 
publication, all Tivoli Storage Manager servers are running a version of DB2 
that is affected. The DB2 product provides a techdoc for all known operating 
system issues. This techdoc should be referenced by Tivoli Storage Manager 
users to determine if they might be exposed to problems based on the operating 
system level:

This AIX APAR addresses a problem causing private memory corruption on all DB2 
versions prior to DB2 Version 10.1. Only systems running AIX 6.1 TL06 SP8, TL07 
SP4, or AIX 7.1 TL01 SP4 are vulnerable, with corresponding bos.rte.libc levels 
of 6.1.6.18, 6.1.7.15 and 7.1.1.15. The common symptoms are a DB2 server hang 
or crash due to malloc heap corruption, with the trap file diagnostics 
frequently including malloc or initializeXalan functions.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21606126&myns=swgtiv&mynp=OCSSGSG7&mync=E

Base release(s) of TSM 6.2

[Ehresman,David E.]

What is/are the base release(s) of AIX TSM Server 6.2, i.e. which install media 
include the licenses?

David

TSM for Sharepont vs Docave version numbers

[Ehresman,David E.]

Can anyone tell me what the newest TSM for Sharepoint version/release is?  And 
what Docave version/release is distributed with that TSM for Sharepoint level?

Re: Schedule Port on client?

[Ehresman,David E.]

Is the TSM Client Acceptor Daemon service running on the exchange box?  That is 
the service that listens on 1502 when "webports 1502 " and "managedservices 
schedule" are in dsm.opt.  Also does the Windows firewall, if running, allow 
incoming on 1502?

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Vandeventer, Harold [BS]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:53 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Schedule Port on client?

We're running a TSM Schedule to prompt TDP-Exchange 6.x to start a backup.  It 
issues the C:\EXCINCR.CMD command.

Two Exchange servers  one will run a TSM-Server initiated backup, one will 
not.

The node manager claims that 1502 is the port-spec in the Exch DSM.OPT file and 
that both are configured identically.

Port 1502 isn't listening, which would explain why a prompted backup would not 
start.

But, ONE of the servers does backup via schedule.

TELNET  1502 fails on both; we've checked firewalls and that traffic is 
passable.

Thus, trying to see what TSM THINKS it is supposed to use.

Have found that Q N F=D reports null value for low-level address on several 
nodes, regardless of BAclient or TDP client.


Harold Vandeventer
Systems Programmer
State of Kansas - Office of Information Technology Services
harold.vandeven...@ks.gov
(785) 296-0631


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas 
Denier
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 2:21 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Schedule Port on client?

-Harold Vandeventer wrote: -

>Somewhere, on the TSM Server side, is stored the port number the client 
>has specified in their DSM.OPT file.
>
>Wherever the prompted schedule keeps the value to call the node at its 
>IP and then port number.
>
>I'm trying to find that value.  
>
>It'll be 1501 for the BAClient we're confused re the value for the 
>TDP-Exchange client.
>
>Just trying to prove a condition before I open a PMR.

We get messages like:

ANR2716E Schedule prompter was not able to contact client JUPITER using type 1 
(10.123.123.123 1501).

when the server is not able to make the network connection needed to start a 
scheduled event using prompted mode scheduling. Are you getting this kind of 
message for the Exchange client events?

Thomas Denier,
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

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Re: ANR0162W resource limit was reached

[Ehresman,David E.]

See the Flash at http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21428557

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 11:31 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] ANR0162W resource limit was reached

WARNING: TSM03: ANR0162W Supplemental database diagnostic information: 
-1:54067:-1589 ([IBM][CLI Driver] SQL1589N The database connection failed 
because an operating system resource limit was reached. SQLSTATE=54067 ).~ 
Source:TSM-TSM_SERVER

I am receiving this message from one of my TSM servers and I think it is a 
connection limit to the DB. IBM says the limit is 1024 connections.
The errors happen around the same time each night when there are not any 
scripts or queries running, only backups.


The question is what generates a connection?
Is each session 1 connection?
The server is limited to 900 sessions.

Is there a command to see the number of connections to the DB?

TSM 6.2.3.100
AIX 6.1


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Re: ibm hsm for windows download

[Ehresman,David E.]

We download licensed TSM software from Passport Advantage,

 http://www-01.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/



-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, 
Gary
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 2:19 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] ibm hsm for windows download

I need a little help from sone one out there.

Trying to download ibm hsm for windows.
We have purchased it, and I even have the proof of entitlement document.

However, no amount of searching in the ibm download site has lead me to the 
product.  The closest I've gotten is a quick start guide.

Can anyone out there point me in the right direction? I find tsm for space 
management, tsm for databases, tsm extended edition, but no hsm for windows.

Thank you in advance for any assistance.



Gary Lee
Senior System Programmer
Ball State University
phone: 765-285-1310

 

Re: Stopping backups from running during certain hours

[Ehresman,David E.]

You would want to grep for Node in the q sess output so that you don't cancel 
Admin sessions.

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Alex 
Paschal
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:41 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Stopping backups from running during certain hours

As far as killing those sessions goes, something like this might do the
job.  Just put it in a script, cron it for 7am.
dsmadmc -id=id -pa=pa cancel session all
Heheh - talk about a big stick.

If you need it to cancel only certain nodes' sessions, you could try
something like this.  Put the node names in a text file, and ...
dsmadmc -id=id -pa=pa -dataonly=yes -tab query session  | grep -wf
nodes.txt | awk -F\asdf '{print $1}' | tr -d , | awk '{print "cancel
session ", $1}' | dsmadmc -id=id -pa=pa
Note:  The "asdf" is actually a typed tab character.

It will definitely need polishing before being ready for production,
error checking, logging, notifying, stuff like that, but that's the
essense of the script.

On 9/26/2012 7:32 AM, Zoltan Forray wrote:
> *"Could you monitor the TSM sessions and ensure that if one is still going
> it it put on hold from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm during the work week."*
>
> Yes, the above sentence is what I have been tasked with.
>
> Some back-story
>
> We have some non-local nodes that often backup terabytes of data, thereby
> sometimes running for >16-hours and often many days.  Unfortunately, due to
> their physical location and other networking issues, their traffic comes
> across a 10/100 connection. We recently had some "networking slowdowns" and
> someone noticed a large amount of traffic across this switch (never mind
> the problem was actually diagnosed to be a firewall problem) .
>   even-though this has been happening for a long, long time.  So, TSM has
> become the whipping-boy for network related slowdowns (<2% of the TSM nodes
> are not local/on private GB connection)
>
> I am not aware of a server-side function/process that can kill a running
> backup (never-mind that a physical body will have to check active backup
> sessions and figure out which might cause problems) and stop the node from
> reconnecting almost immediately (unless something has changed, you can't
> update a node to lock it while it is active).
>
> Thoughts.suggestions...ideas..rants
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
> zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807
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Re: unaccounted for volumes

[Ehresman,David E.]

Here is a script that I got at a Share conference years ago that lists tapes 
that are marked Private but are not being used:

tsm: ULTSM>q script q_lost_tapes f=l

Name   Line   Command
   Number
-- -- 
Q_LOST_TA- 10 select volume_name as "Private Tapes NOT in Use" -
 PES
   20 from libvolumes -
   30 where status='Private' -
   40 and libvolumes.volume_name not in -
   50 (select volume_name from volumes) -
   60 and libvolumes.volume_name not in -
   80 (select volume_name from volhistory -
   90 where type in ('BACKUPFULL', -
   100'BACKUPINCR', -
   110'DBSNAPSHOT', -
   120'EXPORT'))

tsm: ULTSM>

I update such tapes to status Scratch.

David Ehresman

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, 
Gary
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 2:36 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] unaccounted for volumes

Tsm server 6.2.2 running on RHEL v6 with a 3494 library and 8 ts1120 drives.

Was doing some checking on tape inventory and usage for one of our tsm servers.

A 

Select count(*) from libvolumes

Shows 298 volumes in the library.

Checking volhistory for database backup volumes shows 3 tapes in that capacity.

Check of pending volumes shows 1

And summing up all tape pool volumes gives 118.

A 
Select count(*) from libvolumes where status='Private'

Shows 160
And 
Select for scratch volumes gives 137.
 
The upshot is that I have around 40 volumes in the libvolumes table listed as 
private, but not accounted for in the volumes or volhistory?
Audit library ields no errors.

Can I just check these out and re check them in as scratch?

What would account for this.

p.s.

I have the volhist file from the moment the server was placed online.  The lost 
volumes do not appear there anywhere.

Thanks for any help.


Gary Lee
Senior System Programmer
Ball State University
phone: 765-285-1310

 

Bad rman/TSM for Oracle restore performance

[Ehresman,David E.]

I have a Linux box running oracle and using rman/TSM for Oracle for backup and 
restores.

TDPO is 5.5.1.0.  The TSM client API is 6.3.0.0.  The TSM Server, running on 
AIX,  is 6.2.4.0.

Backups times are acceptable, approximated 250GB in an hour using two rman 
channels.  This drives the TSM server 1G Ethernet link at about 80MB/sec.

Restores are so slow I do not have a time yet for restoring the 250GB.  The 
linux server has no load; top shows:

top - 14:54:09 up  4:39,  8 users,  load average: 0.03, 0.02, 0.00
Tasks: 274 total,   1 running, 273 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  0.0%us,  0.1%sy,  0.0%ni, 99.9%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
Mem:  16463088k total, 16368212k used,94876k free,   305156k buffers
Swap:  8388600k total,0k used,  8388600k free, 15201560k cached

TSM "q sess f=d" commands against the two TDPO sessions issued every 15 seconds 
shows each thread in a SendW state that lasts about 3.5 minutes, then the 
client receives a chunk of data, then goes into another 3.5 minute SendW.  This 
repeats:

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 6, Release 2, Level 2.0
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2010. All Rights Reserved.

Session established with server ULTSM: AIX
  Server Version 6, Release 2, Level 4.0
  Server date/time: 10/19/12   14:53:02  Last access: 10/19/12   14:43:04

ANS8000I Server command: 'q sess 2508358 f=d'

  Sess Number: 2,508,358
 Comm. Method: Tcp/Ip
   Sess State: SendW
Wait Time: 3.6 M
   Bytes Sent: 477.4 M
  Bytes Recvd: 693
Sess Type: Node
 Platform: TDPO LinuxAMD64
  Client Name: DBULSD4T
  Media Access Status: Current input volumes:  VR0742L3,(2615 Seconds)
User Name:
Date/Time First Data Sent:
   Proxy By Storage Agent:
  Actions: ObjRtrv


ANS8002I Highest return code was 0.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 6, Release 2, Level 2.0
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2010. All Rights Reserved.

Session established with server ULTSM: AIX
  Server Version 6, Release 2, Level 4.0
  Server date/time: 10/19/12   14:53:02  Last access: 10/19/12   14:43:04

ANS8000I Server command: 'q sess 2508359 f=d'

  Sess Number: 2,508,359
 Comm. Method: Tcp/Ip
   Sess State: SendW
Wait Time: 3.6 M
   Bytes Sent: 546.1 M
  Bytes Recvd: 693
Sess Type: Node
 Platform: TDPO LinuxAMD64
  Client Name: DBULSD4T
  Media Access Status: Current input volumes:  VR0746L3,(2615 Seconds)
User Name:
Date/Time First Data Sent:
   Proxy By Storage Agent:
  Actions: ObjRtrv


ANS8002I Highest return code was 0.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 6, Release 2, Level 2.0
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2010. All Rights Reserved.

Session established with server ULTSM: AIX
  Server Version 6, Release 2, Level 4.0
  Server date/time: 10/19/12   14:53:17  Last access: 10/19/12   14:43:04

ANS8000I Server command: 'q sess 2508358 f=d'

  Sess Number: 2,508,358
 Comm. Method: Tcp/Ip
   Sess State: SendW
Wait Time: 9 S
   Bytes Sent: 517.4 M
  Bytes Recvd: 693
Sess Type: Node
 Platform: TDPO LinuxAMD64
  Client Name: DBULSD4T
  Media Access Status: Current input volumes:  VR0742L3,(2630 Seconds)
User Name:
Date/Time First Data Sent:
   Proxy By Storage Agent:
  Actions: ObjRtrv


ANS8002I Highest return code was 0.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 6, Release 2, Level 2.0
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2010. All Rights Reserved.

Session established with server ULTSM: AIX
  Server Version 6, Release 2, Level 4.0
  Server date/time: 10/19/12   14:53:17  Last access: 10/19/12   14:53:17

ANS8000I Server command: 'q sess 2508359 f=d'

  Sess Number: 2,508,359
 Comm. Method: Tcp/Ip
   Sess State: SendW
Wait Time: 9 S
   Bytes Sent: 591.8 M
  Bytes Recvd: 693
Sess Type: Node
 Platform: TDPO LinuxAMD64
  Client Name: DBULSD4T
  Media Access Status: Current input volumes:  VR0746L3,(2631 Seconds)
User Name:
Date/Time First Data Sent:
   Proxy By Storage Agent:
  Actions: ObjRtrv


ANS8002I Highest return code was 0

So what is rman/oracle doing in the 3.5 minutes between its contacts with TSM?  
Any ideas for to fix this or at least how to troubleshoot it?

David Ehresman
University of Louisville

Re: Bad rman/TSM for Oracle restore performance

[Ehresman,David E.]

Its virtual tape

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Shawn 
Drew
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 4:03 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Bad rman/TSM for Oracle restore performance

is this VTL or physical tape?

Just as a troubleshooting step,  I would attempt a single-channel
backup/restore to see if that makes a difference. (whether it's physical
or virtual)

It's been a while, but I remember having weird problems like this in the
past with multi-channel restores on physical tape.

Regards,
Shawn

Shawn Drew





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I have a Linux box running oracle and using rman/TSM for Oracle for backup
and restores.

TDPO is 5.5.1.0.  The TSM client API is 6.3.0.0.  The TSM Server, running
on AIX,  is 6.2.4.0.

Backups times are acceptable, approximated 250GB in an hour using two rman
channels.  This drives the TSM server 1G Ethernet link at about 80MB/sec.

Restores are so slow I do not have a time yet for restoring the 250GB. The
linux server has no load; top shows:

top - 14:54:09 up  4:39,  8 users,  load average: 0.03, 0.02, 0.00
Tasks: 274 total,   1 running, 273 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  0.0%us,  0.1%sy,  0.0%ni, 99.9%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,
0.0%st
Mem:  16463088k total, 16368212k used,94876k free,   305156k buffers
Swap:  8388600k total,0k used,  8388600k free, 15201560k cached

TSM "q sess f=d" commands against the two TDPO sessions issued every 15
seconds shows each thread in a SendW state that lasts about 3.5 minutes,
then the client receives a chunk of data, then goes into another 3.5
minute SendW.  This repeats:

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 6, Release 2, Level 2.0
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2010. All Rights
Reserved.

Session established with server ULTSM: AIX
  Server Version 6, Release 2, Level 4.0
  Server date/time: 10/19/12   14:53:02  Last access: 10/19/12   14:43:04

ANS8000I Server command: 'q sess 2508358 f=d'

  Sess Number: 2,508,358
 Comm. Method: Tcp/Ip
   Sess State: SendW
Wait Time: 3.6 M
   Bytes Sent: 477.4 M
  Bytes Recvd: 693
Sess Type: Node
 Platform: TDPO LinuxAMD64
  Client Name: DBULSD4T
  Media Access Status: Current input volumes:  VR0742L3,(2615 Seconds)
User Name:
Date/Time First Data Sent:
   Proxy By Storage Agent:
  Actions: ObjRtrv


ANS8002I Highest return code was 0.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 6, Release 2, Level 2.0
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2010. All Rights
Reserved.

Session established with server ULTSM: AIX
  Server Version 6, Release 2, Level 4.0
  Server date/time: 10/19/12   14:53:02  Last access: 10/19/12   14:43:04

ANS8000I Server command: 'q sess 2508359 f=d'

  Sess Number: 2,508,359
 Comm. Method: Tcp/Ip
   Sess State: SendW
Wait Time: 3.6 M
   Bytes Sent: 546.1 M
  Bytes Recvd: 693
Sess Type: Node
 Platform: TDPO LinuxAMD64
  Client Name: DBULSD4T
  Media Access Status: Current input volumes:  VR0746L3,(2615 Seconds)
User Name:
Date/Time First Data Sent:
   Proxy By Storage Agent:
  Actions: ObjRtrv


ANS8002I Highest return code was 0.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 6, Release 2, Level 2.0
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2010. All Rights
Reserved.

Session established with server ULTSM: AIX
  Server Version 6, Release 2, Level 4.0
  Server date/time: 10/19/12   14:53:17  Last access: 10/19/12   14:43:04

ANS8000I Server command: 'q sess 2508358 f=d'

  Sess Number: 2,508,358
 Comm. Method: Tcp/Ip
   Sess State: SendW
Wait Time: 9 S
   Bytes Sent: 517.4 M
  Bytes Recvd: 693
Sess Type: Node
 Platform: TDPO LinuxAMD64
  Client Name: DBULSD4T
  Media Access Status: Current input volumes:  VR0742L3,(2630 Seconds)
User Name:
Date/Time First Data Sent:
   Proxy By Storage Agent:
  Actions: ObjRtrv


ANS8002I Highest return code was 0.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 6, Release 2, Level 2.0
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2010. All Rights
Reserved.

Session established with server ULTSM: AIX
  Server Version 6, Release 2, Level 4.0
  Server date/time: 10/19/12   14:53:17  La

Re: HP/UX SAP backup

[Ehresman,David E.]

Scratch tapes available in the library associated with LTO-5?

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Huebner, Andy
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:26 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] HP/UX SAP backup

I am trying to get SAP LAN free backups working.  Everything seems fine until 
it reaches the end of a tape, then we get :
11/14/2012 12:50:10  ANR0522W (Session: 189263, Origin: HP-SAP)
  Transaction failed for session 63740 for node
  HP-SAP (TDP R3 HP) - no space available in storage
  pool DB_D_VIRTP_09 and all successor pools. (SESSION:
  189263)

We have looked at everything we can think of with no luck.  The backup will not 
go to the next tape. Does anyone have any ideas on what I am missing?

AIX 6.1
TSM version 5.4.6.2 (built just for this)
HP/UX 11.11 (cannot be upgraded)
Storage Agent 5.4.6.2 (newest available)
DataDomain VTL - LTO1 tape drives.

We have tried 1 - 8 mount points.  It will fill the first tapes then will fail 
to mount any more tapes.

We are not out of space in the pool:
tsm: TSMServer>q stg db_d_virtp_09 f=d

   Storage Pool Name: DB_D_VIRTP_09
   Storage Pool Type: Primary
   Device Class Name: LTO-5
  Estimated Capacity: 204,800 G
  Space Trigger Util:
Pct Util: 0.1
Pct Migr: 0.1
 Pct Logical: 100.0
High Mig Pct: 90
 Low Mig Pct: 70
 Migration Delay: 0
  Migration Continue: Yes
 Migration Processes: 1
   Reclamation Processes: 1
   Next Storage Pool:
Reclaim Storage Pool:
  Maximum Size Threshold: No Limit
  Access: Read/Write
 Description:
   Overflow Location:
   Cache Migrated Files?:
  Collocate?: No
   Reclamation Threshold: 60
   Offsite Reclamation Limit:
 Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed: 1,000
  Number of Scratch Volumes Used: 1
   Delay Period for Volume Reuse: 0 Day(s)
  Migration in Progress?: No
Amount Migrated (MB): 0.00
Elapsed Migration Time (seconds): 0
Reclamation in Progress?: No
  Last Update by (administrator): ANDY
   Last Update Date/Time: 11/15/2012 09:03:03
Storage Pool Data Format: Native
Copy Storage Pool(s):
 Active Data Pool(s):
 Continue Copy on Error?: Yes
CRC Data: No
Reclamation Type: Threshold
 Overwrite Data when Deleted:

show sspool
-> Pool DB_D_VIRTP_09(76): Strategy=30, ClassId=2, ClassName=LTO-5,
   Next=0, ReclaimPool=0, HighMig=90, LowMig=70, MigProcess=1, Access=0,
   MaxSize=0, Cache=0, Collocate=0, Reclaim=60, MaxScratch=1000,
   ReuseDelay=0, crcData=False, verifyData=True,
   ReclaimProcess=1, OffsiteReclaimLimit=NoLimit, ReclamationType=0
   Index=11, OpenCount=0, CreatePending=False, DeletePending=False
   CopyPoolCount=0, CopyPoolIdList=, CopyContinue=Yes
   Shreddable=False, shredCount=0
   AS Extension: NumDefVols=1, NumEmptyVols=0,
   NumScratchVols=1, NumRsvdScratch=0



Andy Huebner

 

Re: Who is performing Client Based Encryption and Compression

[Ehresman,David E.]

I think "q actlog begindate=today-ndays msgno=4968" is more efficient.

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:18 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Who is performing Client Based Encryption and Compression

For compression:

q actlog begindate=today-ndays search=ane4968

Non-zero values mean the client is compressing.




-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Harris, Chad
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:04 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Who is performing Client Based Encryption and Compression

Fellow TSM Admins,

We are in the process of bringing VTLs into our TSM Environment.  In order to 
take full advantage of deduplication features on the VTL we need to go after 
the clients that are performing client based encryption and compression.  With 
that in mind, does anyone know an easy way to tell which clients are using 
these features?

Thanks,
Chad Harris 

DR scenario

[Ehresman,David E.]

Anyone doing non-TSM replication to their DR site, e.g. ProcTier IP 
replication?  If so, I would be interested in talking to you about how you do 
DR recovery, especially how you sync up what tapes got replicated vs what your 
recovered TSM DB knows.

David Ehresman
University of Louisville
deehr...@louisville.edu

Re: Stable Version of TSM 6

[Ehresman,David E.]

Anyone running TSM 6.4 in production?  How does it look?

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 11:34 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Stable Version of TSM 6

# 1: Is there a STABLE version of 6 that would be recommended?  Right now, we 
are running TSM at version 5.5.2.0, but we are thinking about upgrading.  I am 
not interested in getting to the "latest and greatest version".  I am 
interested in getting to a supported, stable version.

>>I"ve got several customers running 6.3.2 on AIX and Windows.  Some were done 
>>as new servers, some as upgrades, no difference.  I have been very impressed 
>>with stability.  Really.  

# 2: Based on the recommendation in question # 1, can we run that version of 
TSM 6 on Windows?  

Sure.  But:

a)  make sure you have the recommended quality of hardware (For example, RAM 
requirements are much higher for V6 than V5.  Check the web site for 
recommendations)

b) you can't convert from one platform to the other as part of upgrading a 5.5 
DB, so if you're upgrading the server you have, it will be on the same platform.

c) whether you choose Windows as your platform for a new server, depends on how 
much I/O you have to move per day, can you get enough HBA's in the box, etc.   
I've got no problems with somebody asking me to move 5-8 TB per day on say, a 
relatively new Windows box, at least 4 cores, Win2K8 64, 32G RAM, good disk 
array.  More than that, I question whether Windows is suitable.   Everybody 
else on this list will have their own opinions about that.

#2a:  What about a VM?
TSM server is not supported as a Windows VM (VMware or the MS equivalent) if 
there are tape drivers involved.
That means if you are doing all disk backups, it's supported.  
If you have physical tape or a VTL attached, the answer is no.  

Hope that helps!
W

  

More files in copy pool than primary pool?

[Ehresman,David E.]

I'm running TSM 6.2.4.0 on AIX.

How can a node have more files in the copy storagepool (nr-ofl) then in the 
primary storagepool (nr-pvl)?

tsm: ULTSM>q occ idmtest5

Node Name  Type Filespace   FSID StorageNumber of  Physical   Logical
Name Pool Name  Files Space Space
   Occupied  Occupied
   (MB)  (MB)
--  -- - -- - - -
IDMTEST5   Bkup /  3 NR-OFL   141,877  7,498.54  6,189.31
IDMTEST5   Bkup /  3 NR-PVL   141,877  7,498.54  6,187.91
IDMTEST5   Bkup /boot  4 NR-OFL70 84.64 80.92
IDMTEST5   Bkup /boot  4 NR-PVL70 84.64 80.91
IDMTEST5   Bkup /u02  11 NR-OFL45,576  7,317.32  6,744.50
IDMTEST5   Bkup /u02  11 NR-PVL45,575  7,315.12  6,741.28
IDMTEST5   Bkup /u03  10 NR-OFL 8,003  1,082.73938.76
IDMTEST5   Bkup /u03  10 NR-PVL 8,001  1,082.20937.93
IDMTEST5   Bkup /u04   9 NR-OFL55,928 38,242.34 37,251.88
IDMTEST5   Bkup /u04   9 NR-PVL55,865 38,242.29 37,250.60

Re: More files in copy pool than primary pool?

[Ehresman,David E.]

As the q occ shows, there are two storage pools.  nr-pvl is the primary and 
nr-ofl is the secondary.

David 

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Chavdar Cholev
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 5:20 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] More files in copy pool than primary pool?

how many pri stg pools do you have and what is hierarchy (next stg)
the other thing is check expire inventory process for errors
Chavdar

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Ehresman,David E.
 wrote:
> I'm running TSM 6.2.4.0 on AIX.
>
> How can a node have more files in the copy storagepool (nr-ofl) then in the 
> primary storagepool (nr-pvl)?
>
> tsm: ULTSM>q occ idmtest5
>
> Node Name  Type Filespace   FSID StorageNumber of  Physical   Logical
> Name Pool Name  Files Space Space
>Occupied  Occupied
>(MB)  (MB)
> --  -- - -- - - -
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /  3 NR-OFL   141,877  7,498.54  6,189.31
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /  3 NR-PVL   141,877  7,498.54  6,187.91
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /boot  4 NR-OFL70 84.64 80.92
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /boot  4 NR-PVL70 84.64 80.91
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u02  11 NR-OFL45,576  7,317.32  6,744.50
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u02  11 NR-PVL45,575  7,315.12  6,741.28
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u03  10 NR-OFL 8,003  1,082.73938.76
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u03  10 NR-PVL 8,001  1,082.20937.93
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u04   9 NR-OFL55,928 38,242.34 37,251.88
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u04   9 NR-PVL55,865 38,242.29 37,250.60

Re: More files in copy pool than primary pool?

[Ehresman,David E.]

No move data involved.

In fact, the problem persists after deleting all the copy pool volumes for this 
node and doing a fresh backup stg.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Skylar 
Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 9:19 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] More files in copy pool than primary pool?

I think if you do a MOVE NODEDATA to migrate data from one primary pool
to another, the data in the copy pool stays intact. I don't think there
is a way to expire it other than through the normal node-prompted
expiration.

On 12/05/2012 11:20 AM, Ehresman,David E. wrote:
> I'm running TSM 6.2.4.0 on AIX.
>
> How can a node have more files in the copy storagepool (nr-ofl) then in the 
> primary storagepool (nr-pvl)?
>
> tsm: ULTSM>q occ idmtest5
>
> Node Name  Type Filespace   FSID StorageNumber of  Physical   Logical
> Name Pool Name  Files Space Space
>Occupied  Occupied
>(MB)  (MB)
> --  -- - -- - - -
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /  3 NR-OFL   141,877  7,498.54  6,189.31
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /  3 NR-PVL   141,877  7,498.54  6,187.91
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /boot  4 NR-OFL70 84.64 80.92
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /boot  4 NR-PVL70 84.64 80.91
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u02  11 NR-OFL45,576  7,317.32  6,744.50
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u02  11 NR-PVL45,575  7,315.12  6,741.28
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u03  10 NR-OFL 8,003  1,082.73938.76
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u03  10 NR-PVL 8,001  1,082.20937.93
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u04   9 NR-OFL55,928 38,242.34 37,251.88
> IDMTEST5   Bkup /u04   9 NR-PVL55,865 38,242.29 37,250.60
>

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Re: Reclamation of Virtual Tapes

[Ehresman,David E.]

We reclaim our virtual tapes.  They have the same waste patterns as physical 
tape and are certainly as expensive.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, 
Gary
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 2:10 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Reclamation of Virtual Tapes

Sounds like someone set the reclaim storage pool on the virtual tape pool to 
the physical tape pool.

I know of no reason why not to reclaim virtual tapes.

Wish I had one to play with.


Gary Lee
Senior System Programmer
Ball State University
phone: 765-285-1310

 

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Welton, Charles
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:10 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation of Virtual Tapes

Hello:

We have a TSM instance that uses virtual tapes as our primary backup data pool. 
 The data on the virtual tapes are eventually migrated to tape.  We are 
currently down to 3 virtual scratch tapes and 6 physical scratch tapes.  I 
noticed that we are not running any reclamation processes on our virtual tape 
pool.  It seems we have a hand-full of under-utilized virtual tapes.  I went 
ahead and ran a manual reclamation on the virtual tape pool and I noticed the 
output tape pool is a physical tape.  I assumed that the virtual tape would 
reclaim to another virtual tape.  Is that not the case?

Could there be a reason why reclamation shouldn't be ran on a virtual tape pool?

Thank you...


Charles

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Re: TS3500 test environment

[Ehresman,David E.]

Yes, you can remove drives and control path from a logical TS3500 library that 
has volumes.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas 
Denier
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:14 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TS3500 test environment

I agree that we would not be able to retain a control path to
the partition when all the tape drives were gone, but that would
not in itself be a problem at times when we were not performing
tests involving tape activity. The question is whether the TS3500
firmware would allow us to remove all the drives and the control
path from a partition with tape volumes, leaving the partition
unusable until we brought back at least one tape drive.

-"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"  wrote: -

>To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
>From: Paul Zarnowski 
>Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 
>Date: 01/09/2013 11:56
>Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TS3500 test environment
>
>
>On TS3500s, I believe the library control interface for a partition
>is assigned to one of the tape drives in that partition.  Thus, with
>no drives, there can be no control of the partition.  I believe the
>answer is that this is not possible - you must have at least one
>drive assigned to each partition.
>
>..Paul
>
>At 11:25 AM 1/9/2013, Thomas Denier wrote:
>>I am in the process of setting up a test environment for our Version
>6
>>TSM servers. The servers run under zSeries Linux and are currently
>at
>>the 6.2.2.0 level. The main motivation for setting up a test
>environment
>>at this time is to support an upgrade in the near future.
>>
>>Our production environment uses a TS3500 tape library with the ALMS
>>feature. We will need tape infrastructure available to the test
>>environment for some tests, but we do not wish to have any tape
>drives
>>permanently attached to the test environment. Is it possible to have
>a
>>logical library remain in existence with tape volumes assigned but
>with
>>no tape drives assigned?
>>
>>Thomas Denier
>>Thomas Jefferson University
>
>
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Re: TSM for VE 6.4 Questions/Recommendations

[Ehresman,David E.]

Does the datamover's ability to run multiple threads in VE 6.4 mitigate the 
need for multiple data-movers per ESX?  Is it now reasonable to have a single 
data-mover per ESX?

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 8:36 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE 6.4 Questions/Recommendations

Hi Ken,

Yes, TSM/VE 6.4 lets you do backups of many VM's in parallel by making the data 
mover multi-threaded.
But each thread is still just doing one VMWare snapshot of each VM - snap, 
backup, remove the snap.

I have a customer with some non-TSM software which also makes VMware snapshots.
Having  multiple VMWare snapshots of the same VM in progress should be avoided.
Should it work OK? yes
Does it work OK?  not always
VMware is famous for getting tangled in its own underwear removing snapshots.  
V5 does it better than V4, but there's no reason to temp fate. 

Removing a snapshot requires merging all the changed blocks from the snapshot 
back into the VM image, and the more you have outstanding, the worse 
performance problem you are creating when you try to remove the snap.  We've 
seen snapshot removal processes render VM's completely non-responsive before.

This really has nothing in particular to do with TSM/VE, except the fact that 
TSM/VE is using VMware snapshots to do what it does.  
The same caveat applies to any two things, including human beings, that are 
trying to use VMware snapshots of the same VM at the same time.  I was merely 
pointing out that this would be a reason one might need to be careful when 
scheduling TSM/VE backups.  

W
   


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Kenneth Bury
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 7:48 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE 6.4 Questions/Recommendations

Wanda,

Please expand on your statement where you suggest "making sure we don't run 
backups at the same time that other software is running that also uses 
snapshots". One of the new features in TSM for VE v6.4 is the ability to run VM 
backups in parallel, many of them.

Ken


On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Prather, Wanda wrote:

> I agree that using the "in guest" client in a VM is easier for back 
> up; the big deal is when it comes time to do a DR.
> Then having the VM image from TSM/VE is easier to do your full machine 
> restores with.  (I'm willing to do most anything to avoid having to 
> deal with a MS System State restore!)
>
> As far as scheduling, my customer uses the plugin to create the 
> schedule for the VM's.
>
> But, once you do that, go over to the TSM server/TIP and look at the 
> schedule it created; it's just a normal TSM client schedule, but with 
> a bunch of options that are specific to VE.  So you can doctor it on 
> the server side.
> That seems to be the easiest route - create with the plug in, tweak 
> with the TIP.
>
> Creating separate schedules for specific VM's is tricky because of VMotion.
> The beauty of being able to wild-card the schedule with the ESX 
> hostname, is that if/when VMotion moves a VM to another ESX host, the 
> backup for that ESX host will detect the "new" VM and it will still get 
> backed up.
>
> To set up schedules that are specific to a single VM, you are going to 
> have to be a little sneaky about using multiple schedules and 
> wildcards so that you still can back up that VM when it moves, and not 
> back it up multiple times.  Although that shouldn't be a big deal in 
> terms of data with these VE block-level backups (which are so 
> delightfully small!), I can foresee unpleasantness if you have 
> multiple backup runs creating overlapping VMWare snapshots.
>
> The only thing we've really had to work around, though, is making sure 
> we don't run backups at the same time that other software is running 
> that also uses snapshots.  We havent' tried to isolate a schedule for a 
> single VM.
>
> YMMV
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Mike De Gasperis
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 2:16 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE 6.4 Questions/Recommendations
>
> I posted this up on the adsm.org forum but I'm hoping I get more hits 
> here.
>
> We're getting ready to implement the agent at one of our facilities 
> and I'm curious to see how everyone else is accomplishing some things 
> we did relatively easy the "old" way.
>
> How are you scheduling certain VM's at different time frames? 
> Wondering if folks are using the TSM scheduler to do it and how that 
> looks or if the vCenter plugin has been an easier option for you.
>
> Policy and retention wise how are you handling VM's that may require a 
> longer retention than others? Wondering if folks are just using 
> separate management classes within the same policy or using multiple 
> data 

dsmadmc 6.4.0.0

[Ehresman,David E.]

Just installed TSM client 6.4.0.0 64 bit on a WIN 7 machine.  Now when I try to 
run dsmadmc as an Administrator, I get the following error:

c:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmadmc
ANS1398E Initialization functions cannot open one of the Tivoli Storage Manager
logs or a related file: c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsmerror.log. errno
= 13, Permission denied

Anyone else seen this?

David

Re: dsmadmc 6.4.0.0

[Ehresman,David E.]

>>you might have to hold down the shift key to get this option.<<

Thanks Sven.  It was the shift key that I was missing.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Sven 
Seefeld
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 4:34 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] dsmadmc 6.4.0.0

Hi David,

> Just installed TSM client 6.4.0.0 64 bit on a WIN 7 machine.  Now when I try 
> to run dsmadmc as an Administrator, I get the following error:
>
> c:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmadmc
> ANS1398E Initialization functions cannot open one of the Tivoli Storage 
> Manager
> logs or a related file: c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsmerror.log. 
> errno
> = 13, Permission denied
>
> Anyone else seen this?
being a and running a program as administrator are two different things on
windows (with UAC on)!
Right click on the dsmadmc (or the "cmd / command prompt") and choose "run as
administrator", you might have to hold down the shift key to get this option.


Regards,


   Sven

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

[Ehresman,David E.]

Why?  Because its different than a 3494.  It uses IP to provide a web pages for 
managing the library.  It uses fibre channel to communicate with the host about 
tape mounts/dismounts as well as actual data movement.

David
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan 
Forray
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 1:43 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

As this project moves forward, I am doing more and more research since I am
unfamiliar with this beast (3494 has been my baby since it was installed in
1995).

The book talks about "*to communicate with a server, the IBM System Storage
TS3500 Tape Library uses a Fibre Channel interface (also called a port).*"

Why?  What is this "fibre channel interface" used for?   The 3494 use IP to
communicate/manage the library and the drives inside the library used fibre
plus an RS422 connection to the library manager.

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Prather, Wanda wrote:

> Ah.  2-legged robots will work OK too.
>
> If there isn't a cartridge assignment map, when the operators (who are
> paying attention!) put the cartridges in the I/O door, they use the library
> panel (or the web interface) to tell it  which logical lib to assign that
> batch of cartridges to, then you run a TSM checkin as usual.
>
> The exact sequence varies depending on whether you have "virtual" I/O
> slots enabled with ALMS, but it's documented in the Operator's guide.
> So you should get the same resulting function as with your 3494.
>
> W
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Zoltan Forray
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:52 PM
> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull
>
> Operators paying attention when loading them ;-)
>
> Using category codes there are 2-library manager servers. Since only one
> LM is used for offsite, 99.9% of tapes bring checked in are handled by it
> with bulk check-in.
>
> -
> Zoltan Forray
> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
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>  On Jan 26, 2013 5:18 PM, "Prather, Wanda"  wrote:
>
> > >>>Carts get assigned to the logical libraries based on a volser range
> > filter in the library interface.
> >
> > No, that's not an absolute restriction, it's just a convenience.  It
> > allows the case where operators throw scratch tapes into the physical
> > I/O door and the library itself can shift them to the virtual I/O door
> > of the TSM library you want them checked in to, assuming the library
> > is partitioned into multiple logical libraries.
> >
> > How do you get the 3494 library "divided" now so that scratch tapes
> > get the category code of the appropriate library?
> > Or have you implemented 1 library with TSM library sharing, or what?
> >
> > 'Splain, and we'll help you figgur it out
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Prather, Wanda
> >  > >wrote:
> >
> > > Yep, pretty much that simple.
> > >
> > > Check the tapes out of one library, check them into another.
> > > No more complicated than if you are going to a DR site that has a
> > > 3584 rather than a 3494.
> > > TSM doesn't care.
> > >
> > > There are some differences in the library management:
> > >
> > > If you are talking to the 3494 library interface via TCP/IP now,
> > > that changes.  (Some people use the TCP/IP interface, some use a
> > > serial
> > > cable.) TSM talks to the 3584 library via the atape drive over the
> > > fibre, it has its own device number/path.
> > >
> > > Thomas already mentioned that the 3584 can be partitioned into
> > > logical libraries.
> > > If you have multiple TSM servers or other apps using the 3494, you
> > > keep them separated now by 3494 category codes, those go away.
> > > You have the logical libraries now instead.  Carts get assigned to
> > > the logical libraries based on a volser range filter in the library
> > interface.
> > >
> > > W
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On
> > > Behalf Of Zoltan Forray
> > > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM
> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
> > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull
> > >
> > > We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494
> > > (installed
> > > 1995) due to difficulty in getting parts and having more frequent
> > > outages due to robot issues.
> > >
> > > Since we have 17-TS1130 drives, the natural transition would be to a
> > > TS3500/3584.
> > >
> > > If we g

TSM Admin Center

[Ehresman,David E.]

I am only ever going to use TIP to run TSM stuff.  Should the TSM Admin Center 
install be run as root or as non-root?

David

Re: TSM Admin Center

[Ehresman,David E.]

Thanks for the advice, Remco.  My boss says that is not an option. Since I have 
gotten conflicting opinions on this question, I was interested in what an 
experienced  user base thought.

David  

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Remco 
Post
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 3:50 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM Admin Center

Hi David,

to be blunt, if you don't know the answer... it should not be run (by you).

On 5 feb. 2013, at 20:39, "Ehresman,David E."  wrote:

> I am only ever going to use TIP to run TSM stuff.  Should the TSM Admin 
> Center install be run as root or as non-root?
> 
> David

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Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards,

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Re: Info Center link for TSM 6.4 manuals?

[Ehresman,David E.]

It loaded for me at that link but it loaded extremely slowly.

David

-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:59 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Info Center link for TSM 6.4 manuals?

Anybody else have a working link for the 6.4 info center?

I'm getting a blank page from this one since yesterday:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r4/index.jsp

It used to work..

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