AW: urgent: TSM restore problems - ANS1026E (RC136)

2001-05-01 Thread Stefan Holzwarth
Hi, we had the same problem in our environment restoring large files. The problem was a buffer overflow in TCPIP (MVS) happening every max sequencenumber. Instead of beginning with zero again the tcp session dropped. Regards Stefan Holzwarth > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Van Rule

Re: How to assign management class to an archive backup

2001-05-01 Thread
Yap, it can specify this option from the archive schedule, select Operations and add it to the overriding client options. Zosi Noriega -Original Message- From: James Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 8:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to assign

Upgrade Problems From L18 to L32 Library?..

2001-05-01 Thread Roy Lake
Hi Chaps, We may be upgrading our L18 library soon to an L32. I was just wondering what problems I might expect to come across - and also any ideas on how to transfer the tapes over, etc...Do I have to check them out, or can I just remove them physically, put them into the new library and run

Re: AW: DSM.OPT override question.

2001-05-01 Thread Mark Stapleton
Andy Raibeck wrote: > If the product's vendor is making a recommendation about how to back up (or > how not to back up) their product, it's probably a good idea to heed that > recommendation. You do not want to be in a position where you need to > restore, and the vendor can not help because you d

Quick 3590 question

2001-05-01 Thread Steve Harris
Can anyone tell me how many fibre ports there are on a 3590 with the fibre attachment? Thanks Steve Harris AIX and ADSM Admin Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia

Re: Can I send one file to two pools?

2001-05-01 Thread Joe Faracchio
This reminds me of WDSF/VM (ADSM/TSM's predecessor) At that time there was no copypool capability. I wracked my brains out thinking of a scheme where every time a tape was mounted for write mode I would queue up a tape to tape copy job to 'clone' it. (VM's PROPLOG would make it easy and possibl

Re: Can I send one file to two pools?

2001-05-01 Thread Lindsay Morris
I don't think there's a way. I did a competitive evaluation of ADSM vs Harbor, a mainframe-based storage manager. Harbor did have the nice feature that it could make a copy tape on the fly. But I looked hard for a way to do that in ADSM, and at the time, there was none. (Though using a disk stora

Re: tsm and backup versions

2001-05-01 Thread Cook, Dwight E
Yes it was, and here it is...:-) Dwight -Original Message- From: Lee, Gary D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 2:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tsm and backup versions Some time ago, someone (I think dwight cook) sent out a spreadsheet detailing tsm and back

tsm, os/390 and rmm

2001-05-01 Thread Sam Sheppard
Top of message >>--> 05-01-01 14:05 S.SHEPPARD (SHS)tsm, os/390 and rmm We run TSM 4.1, OS/390 2.9, RMM, and 3494/3590. We have been using RMM for 6-7 years and everything works great. Set up the VRS specs in RMM to handle offs

Re: Can I send one file to two pools?

2001-05-01 Thread Alex Paschal
I've actually wondered about this. I've been told that in the mainframe world, they are able to make two copies of the same file at the same time, i.e., mount two tapes, and stream the file off of disk to both tape drives. I'm told this incurs quite a bit less than the 2x overhead you would normal

Re: Restoring files

2001-05-01 Thread France, Don G (Pace)
Yep... and we've seen this problem before. The Oracle file systems may need to be "owned" by the Oracle dba-id; then, the file/directory permissions can be set with user or group permissions that allow the same Ora dba-id to read-write-execute. When this is the case, "root" cannot do backup/res

Re: Can I send one file to two pools?

2001-05-01 Thread Joe Faracchio
Did you at all consider COPYPOOLs? Or are you unaware of them? Copypools were made for DR. Just setup a rotational plan to send tapes out as the fill up and reclam on weekends all the ones that get too fragemented during the week. Call me if you liked to here what we do. On the other hand if y

Re: Can I send one file to two pools?

2001-05-01 Thread Cook, Dwight E
Now I tried one diskpool with a next diskpool followed by a next tape pool I had cache turned on for both diskpools... I noticed strange things and ended up turning off cache on the very first diskpool... does anyone know of a limit on the number of consecutive diskpools which may be "next"ed tog

tsm and backup versions

2001-05-01 Thread Lee, Gary D.
Some time ago, someone (I think dwight cook) sent out a spreadsheet detailing tsm and backup version handling. If anyone has this, could you pass it along please? Gary Lee Senior Operating Systems Analyst Ball State University phone 765-285-1310

Re: urgent: TSM restore problems - ANS1026E (RC136)

2001-05-01 Thread Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-ISES-31
the log shows thousends of the following entries: The code (388) was greater than (381), the next available slot in the string table. 05/01/01 21:35:34 The 932413222th code was found to be out of sequence. The code (486) was greater than (391), the next available slot in the string table. 05/01

Re: using Content Manager w/TSM

2001-05-01 Thread Davidson, Becky
We are using IBM Content Manger CommonStore with SAP R/3 to manage images. It works pretty well for us. Becky Davidson Data Manager/AIX Administrator EDS/Earthgrains voice: 314-259-7589 fax: 314-877-8589 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dmochowski, Ray [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: Can I send one file to two pools?

2001-05-01 Thread France, Don G (Pace)
Have you considered backupsets? Copy pools get fragmented, backupsets are more portable (only need TSM client and compatible media technology, but they're somewhat slow on full-volume restore), image/logical-volume backup strategy (for fastest restore of file-served volumes)... Archive for large

tsm, os/390 and rmm

2001-05-01 Thread Lee, Gary D.
Anyone out there using tsm v3.7 or 4.1 on os/390 using rmm as the tape manager? I would like to here your experiences, good or bad. Thanks. Gary Lee Senior Operating Systems Analyst Ball State University phone 765-285-1310

Re: SQL-Backtrack OBSI Module (via TSM API)

2001-05-01 Thread Scott McCambly
Hello all, We are experiencing this same problem with BackTrack not being able to perform node authentication following the upgrade to 2.5 and I was wondering if there have been any resolution. We are predominantly running on AIX and backing up Sybase. By CC: to BMC support, I would like to ope

Re: version 3 to version 4 help

2001-05-01 Thread Bruce Kamp
I had to go from 3.1 to 3.7 then to 4.1.2 The reason is that I did not want to lose any backups during the upgrade. The 3.1 client is not supported under 4.1 server but is on 3.7 I brought server up to 3.7 upgraded all clients to 4.1.2 (latest available at the time) then upgraded to 4.1 server. W

Re: I am in deep trouble.Can any one out there can suggest me wha t should I do.

2001-05-01 Thread PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)
Hre is the o/p from 14:29pm to 15:22 I shut down and restarted and recreated thre pools. 04/30/01 14:30:06 ANR8341I End-of-volume reached for FILE volume /usr/local/opt/tsm/stgpool/recalim/01FC.BFS. 04/30/01 14:30:06 ANR8340I FILE volume /usr/

Re: anyone else heard this?

2001-05-01 Thread Bruce Kamp
We are looking into ordering the tapes from Imation. They are a lot cheaper than IBM. -Original Message- From: Richard L. Rhodes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: anyone else heard this? Yup, we have an order in for 1500

Re: Can I send one file to two pools?

2001-05-01 Thread Adams, Tracy
I want to send the file to one pool for retention based on the data, but he second copy I want for DR retention on a five day cycle. This is all coming down to DR and hot site recovery... I am trying to ask the questions simply instead of immediately broaching the $1,000,000 question of "how do y

Re: I am in deep trouble.Can any one out there can suggest me wha t should I do.

2001-05-01 Thread Poland, Neil
Could you post your actlog during the time that the reclaimation is running? -Original Message- From: PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 12:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: I am in deep trouble.Can any one out there can suggest me wha t

using Content Manager w/TSM

2001-05-01 Thread Dmochowski, Ray
Is anyone using IBM Content Manager to manage/administer metadata about TSM archive files? Any comments, advice, experience would be greatly appreciated Thanks. Ray Dmochowski Schering-Plough Research Institute Kenilworth, NJ 07033, U.S.A. (908) 740-3261 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: anyone else heard this?

2001-05-01 Thread Richard L. Rhodes
My understanding is that there is only one vendor for the tapes, Imation, even though you might get them from someone else (even IBM). Rick On 1 May 2001, at 13:51, Talafous, John G. wrote: > Yes, I was told two weeks ago that there was a 9-12 week wait. If it is now > 8-10 weeks, there must be

Re: anyone else heard this?

2001-05-01 Thread Richard L. Rhodes
Yup, we have an order in for 1500 tapes with a quoted time frame of 2 months. On 1 May 2001, at 12:42, Lisa Cabanas wrote: > I was getting a price quote from a tape media vendor, and I was told that > there was a 8-10 week manufacturing delay on the 3590E K cartridges. > > Yikes-- it kinda pu

version 3 to version 4 help

2001-05-01 Thread Foley, Joe
Hi All I am (finally!) preparing to upgrade from ADSM 3.1 to TSM 4.1 and am slightly overwhelmed by the choices available. My current plan is as follows: Server (Windows NT) Currently 3.1.2.40 upgrade to 4.1.0.0 then to 4.1.3.0 Windows NT clients Currently 3.1.0.7f2 upgrade to 4.1.2.12 Netware

Re: Can I send one file to two pools?

2001-05-01 Thread Richard Sims
>Anybody know a clever way to do this? One sorta way: Caching, in a storage pool hierarchy. Otherwise: Backup Stgpool. But I think we'd like to hear what your requirements are to better advise. Richard Sims, BU

Re: I am in deep trouble.Can any one out there can suggest me wha t should I do.

2001-05-01 Thread PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)
-Original Message- From: PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI) Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 8:12 AM To: 'ADSM: Dist Stor Manager' Subject: I am in deep trouble.Can any one out there can suggest me what should I do. Importance: High Hi In one of the single drive tivoli server 3.7.2 I am facing one prob

Can I send one file to two pools?

2001-05-01 Thread Adams, Tracy
Anybody know a clever way to do this? Thanks, Tracy

Re: anyone else heard this?

2001-05-01 Thread jsiegle
Lisa, I go through this as well. It doesn't seem to matter how many you order either. I have ordered shipments of 30 and 750 and both take the same amount of time. I wonder if more than one company will be making the 3590 tapes with 384 tracks. Jonathan On Tue, 1 May 2001, Lisa Cabanas

Re: anyone else heard this?

2001-05-01 Thread Talafous, John G.
Yes, I was told two weeks ago that there was a 9-12 week wait. If it is now 8-10 weeks, there must be some improvement. I am also told that the reason is the popularity of the product. A simple supply and demand issue. Hope the manufacturer(s) can ramp up some additional capacity quickly. John G.

anyone else heard this?

2001-05-01 Thread Lisa Cabanas
I was getting a price quote from a tape media vendor, and I was told that there was a 8-10 week manufacturing delay on the 3590E K cartridges. Yikes-- it kinda puts me in a bind.. Anyone else heard this? lisa

TSM upgrade help

2001-05-01 Thread George Lesho
I am going to upgrade from 3.7.3.6 on a 4.3.2 server to 3.7.4. If there are negative issues, can I back the upgrade out gracefully if the package is not committed? I need to answer this question this afternoon. Any assitance would be welcome; I have not upgraded TSM before and am not comfortable w

How to get detailed Informations from API backups

2001-05-01 Thread Thiha Than
hi Clemens, It depends on the application using the API. TDPO 2.1 doesn't send such information to the TSM server. There is nothing you can do to see information like what b/a client sent to the server. We've just released TDPO 2.2 which sends some information like what you are looking for.

Re: urgent: TSM restore problems - ANS1026E (RC136)

2001-05-01 Thread PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)
HI This shows protocol violation error. Pl checkup network packets getting dropped,network errors "netstat" cmd pl. We had network problems. balanand pinni -Original Message- From: Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-ISES-31 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: urgent: TSM restore problems - ANS1026E (RC136)

2001-05-01 Thread Davidson, Becky
What does your TSM activity log say during this time period? -Original Message- From: Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-ISES-31 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: urgent: TSM restore problems - ANS1026E (RC136) Guru's please, I need some

Re: Volume expiration

2001-05-01 Thread Thomas Denier
Quoting "Zosimo Noriega (ADNOC IS&T)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All, > How to determine expiration date of the contents of a volume (media) > from > adsm? > There is a way by using query or select. Is it stored in the db? I am not sure whether you are thinking of a volume in pending status or a

urgent: TSM restore problems - ANS1026E (RC136)

2001-05-01 Thread Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-ISES-31
Guru's please, I need some help here. TSM (4.1) server runs on S/390 2.8. AIX client with latest TSM software tries to restore files but after some minutes the session is rejected check out messages below: BKI0005I: Start of backint program at: Tue May 1 15:21:42 2001. BKI0014I: 48 Object

Re: Preserving Backup Volumes

2001-05-01 Thread Thomas Denier
Quoting "Jolley, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have a strange request. I have an Oracle DB that was taken on April > 20, > 2001. I am being asked to determine the volumes used for db backup and > the > archive logs and preserve these volumes for 6 plus months. My activity > log > is kept for se

Preserving Backup Volumes

2001-05-01 Thread Jolley, Bill
I have a strange request. I have an Oracle DB that was taken on April 20, 2001. I am being asked to determine the volumes used for db backup and the archive logs and preserve these volumes for 6 plus months. My activity log is kept for seven days only; the db backup and the archive logs are offsi

Re: Changing the NT server name and domain name.

2001-05-01 Thread Michael Pirker
Hi Zosi, Please have a look into the registry otf the TSM server - I think that you will have to modify the following key to match your new computer name HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ADSMS Scheduler\Parameters\ClientNodeName I have seen that the scheduler will take this info

User Group for Baltimore, Washington DC, Northern VA meets May 17

2001-05-01 Thread Prather, Wanda
TSMUG (formerly DCAF) is the Tivoli Storage Manager User Group for Baltimore, Washington DC, and Northern Virginia. Please join us at our next meeting on Thursday, May 17, 2001, at the beautiful T. Rowe Price campus in Owings Mills, Maryland. Come and hear our speaker, Chris Dedham of EC Solutions

Re: How to clean the ADSM database before restoring from a backup ?

2001-05-01 Thread PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)
HI If configurations are same then deleting volume swill delete data in db then delete volumes. This will be as if it is new config with all attributes. U can copy db and log from old to nes one. If the charecteristics are same then it will work i did it.U can not restore its direct rcp of dsm

Re: AIX Question

2001-05-01 Thread Jaap Dijkshoorn
Hi Geoff, You can run telinit q or init q that should be enough! > > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > --_=_NextPart_000_01C0D23E.3D05A7C0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > chars

I am in deep trouble.Can any one out there can suggest me what sh ould I do.

2001-05-01 Thread PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)
Hi In one of the single drive tivoli server 3.7.2 I am facing one problem. During reclamation of tapepool which uses sequential disk pool as reclamation pool. It was ok before.That is it worked ok after configuration. But now I see that as reclamation takes place volumes in seq pool get checked

Re: AIX Question

2001-05-01 Thread PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)
Hi I understand that init 2 will do .init q may enable terminals only if i am right. pl look at man init . BALANAND PINNI. PHONE 314-206-5911. EM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PG:1-800-451-6897. -Original Message- From: Gill, Geoffrey L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 4:27

Re: AIX Question

2001-05-01 Thread Cook, Dwight E
Geoff, under aix you only use lsitab (to list inittab) chitab (to change the inittab) mkitab (to make a new inittab entry) and rmitab (to remove an inittab entry) every time one of these commands alters the inittab it is fully "refreshed" ! later, Dwight -Or

discovering 3590 serial numbers on NT

2001-05-01 Thread Richard Bates
I have multiple AIX TSM servers using 3590 tape drives (in two 3494 libraries) across a SAN. When I needed to know the serial numers of the rmtX devices I just used "lscfg -vl rmtX". This enabled me to define the appropriate drives to the correct TSM library. Simple. When I build a similar TS

Re: AIX Question

2001-05-01 Thread Coyle, Jack
After making modification to /etc/inittab, issue the command "telinit q". > -- > From: Gill, Geoffrey L.[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 5:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: AIX Question > > For al

Registration now open : TSM Symposium at Oxford University

2001-05-01 Thread Sheelagh Treweek
Registration has opened today for the TSM Symposium: *** TSM Symposium at Oxford University : 20 and 21 September 2001 'Tivoli Storage Manager : Managing the Impossible' REGISTRATION OPEN REGISTRATION OPEN REGISTRATION OPEN

Volume expiration

2001-05-01 Thread
Hi All, How to determine expiration date of the contents of a volume (media) from adsm? There is a way by using query or select. Is it stored in the db? Any idea. thanks in advance, Zosi Noriega ADNOC P.O. Box 898 AUH UAE