Console Output of dsmcad on sun solaris

Hi, we have a server running sun solaris 8 behind a firewall. Therefore TSM Schedmode is configured for polling (polling intervall 1 h). DSMCAD is started and configured to start the scheduler. Something strange happens: on the console is now a timer counting down every hour and updating every se

TSM scheduler falling - urgent

Hi all, W2K server, SP2, TSM client 4.2.1.20 TSM client scheduler crashes at various times during backup due to unknown reasons, sometimes after 20 minutes, sometimes after 10 hours. There is last part of dsmsched.log: 08-04-2002 20:23:54 Normal File--> 344 c$\WINNT\Tasks\ServerCh

Re: TSM 5.1 Availability

I wouldn't say I understood it, but I was comfortable saying, "How much would an Oracle license cost on a Tier 2 server? OUCH!! YOU MEAN IT'S CHEAPER FOR ME TO BUY A NEW WINDOWS SERVER TO RUN IT ON?!?!" It was really very comforting to have that process established. -Original Message-

Re: TSM 5.1 Availability

You mean you understood it?? David Longo >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/08/02 07:11PM >>> AAARRRGGGH!!! we just get used to the old pricing model and they change it on us >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/04/2002 8:19:58 >>> FYI TSM 5.1 was announced today. Here is the link: http://www.tivoli.com/n

Re: TSM 5.1 Availability

AAARRRGGGH!!! we just get used to the old pricing model and they change it on us >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/04/2002 8:19:58 >>> FYI TSM 5.1 was announced today. Here is the link: http://www.tivoli.com/news/press/pressreleases/en/2002/0408-dis-rec.html Al

Bare Metal Restore

There were some recent discussions about Tivoli and BMR. Here's a statement I just found on the Veritas website. Statement of Intent "VERITAS Software will honor TKG's remarketing agreement with IBM. VERITAS intends to provide support for and maintain BMR for TSM, including BMR support for the u

Re: TSM/ODBC connection not working...

>> When I installed it on W2K, I had to logoff and back on. Do not know why but that was the minimum restart to get it to work. I worked on it for hours. I have never been successful at using EXCEL but I have been very successful with ACCESS. What application are you trying to use to access th

Re: Script information

We get pretty darn close to what you want with the viewacct script. (Great minds think alike?) We get the information from the accounting log. See http://www.servergraph.com/techtip3.htm - Mr. Lindsay Morris CEO, Servergraph www.servergraph.com 859-253-8000 ofc 4

Re: mailbox.pst

I think this may have worked with the old Exchange client (not Outlook). I tried putting the MSPST.INI in my Windows directory with Outlook 2000 and it didn't seem to work. With a few quick tests today, I was able to backup my PST file after 1 hour of inactivity in the PST file (I just use my PS

TSM 5.1 Differences?

Has Tivoli/IBM released any differences articles/papers/pdfs? I'm eager to find out whats new with 5.1 over 4.2 Thanks, gerald

Re: mailbox.pst

This file does not exist on OUTLOOK XP nor anything like it. -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mailbox.pst Sorry folks, I inadvertantly left the "Subject" off my last post. Here it i

TSM 5.1 Availability

FYI TSM 5.1 was announced today. Here is the link: http://www.tivoli.com/news/press/pressreleases/en/2002/0408-dis-rec.html Al

not done...: downlevel client code - has anybody found... "solved "

I don't think this will be solved for you. >From what I understand there are client upgrades that may have some coding changes that will update the TSM server database in such a way that downleveling your client will make "functions" unusable and that's why for some upgrades you will get a messag

Separate Management Class for System Objects?

Hello, Server 4.1.1.0 on AIX 4.3.3, Client 4.2.1.20 on W2K. I'm wondering how other sites are dealing with the system objects in W2K. We have an include statement for adsm.sys in de dsm.opt, and intend to make a separate management Class for it. Sounds that familiar? Thanks, Brian. __

Re: TSM database maximum recommended size

> At 12:08 PM 4/3/2002 -0500, Scott McCambly wrote: > >How many sites are running with databases this large or larger? On what > >hardware? > > Our DB is now 116GB assigned (92% full). > Hardware is RS6000/M80, 2GB RAM, SSA disks (db is mirrored by TSM) > As others have said, "it depends". If you

Script information

Does anyone have a script out there that produces the following output ? Nodename: Schedule: Start Time: End Time: Bytes Transferred: Transfer Time: Transfer Rate: Elapsed Time: Aggregate Rate: Based on an input time. This is kind of a merge between a "q event" and a "q actlog". Duane

Re: downlevel client code - has anybody found... "solved"

At Andy's suggestion, I called this problem into support. Not for the faint of heart, but the critical restore that I needed to get done today has now completed. This only affects WinNT and Win2K clients and the problem is the server, not the client. Support says that it will be fixed in the next

Re: reporting on backup successes/failures

I guess they do compression or something - I see one yesterday that reports 125 MB backed up by the ANE4991 message, but the TSM server's accounting log message says only 65 MB. - Mr. Lindsay Morris CEO, Servergraph www.servergraph.com 859-253-8000 ofc 425-988-8478

Re: AIX system backup

David, Thanks for your insight. So, I would just treat as a client and choose the files that I'd want to backup on daily base. Then, schedule it, right? If wrong, please correct me. I checked our current backup files on mainframe. They are just like financial aids, all lib users, business transac

Re: Installing Second Column

In general, any upgrades/downgrades done to a library require you to halt TSM server and restart it to pick up the new info. David LOngo >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/08/02 08:16AM >>> I have installed a second 18 slot column in to the Ultrium and from the control panel I can see and move a tape with

Re: Installing Second Column

On Aix after a LTO drive was replaced in a 3584, I had to rmdev the drive and then do the cfgmgr again before TSM would recognize the drive again. Don't know if this would help with your problem or not. David

Re: tdp r3 and versioning

Does it then delete them from the TSM database and free up the tapes? Are there any issues with doing this and disaster recovery? thanks Becky -Original Message- From: Martin Trcka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: tdp r3 a

Re: reporting on backup successes/failures

Well the q event, like the level 2 tech mentioned, only reports on whether the batch command started successfully, not on whether the actual tdp commands within the batch were successful. If it is tdp for exchange you are trying to monitor, you may want to try and do a 'q act begint=whenever msg=4

Re: 3590s in a Aix environment

Hi, We have that exact setup - a 3494 library with 4 3590 E drives - about 200 J style tapes and about 200 K's. We have let the library choose from one major scratch pool - it does not seem to matter to the operation of TSM (VEr 4.2.1) - if you want a particular pool to select k's - You can assig

Re: 3590s in a Aix environment

David - We let the library decide what cart goes where - we have roughly 4500 tapes in our TSM environment (on-site and off-site), the majority of which (~2/3) are K's. We had originally planned to phase the J's out as K's came in - but that was postponed (permanently) when we started running ou

Re: 3590s in a Aix environment

=> On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:09:44 -0400, David E Ehresman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > How have folks in an Aix environment handled a 3494 library with 3590 drives > and a mixure of J and K (standard and extended length) carts? Do you try to > control which storage pool goes to which length cart or

3590s in a Aix environment

How have folks in an Aix environment handled a 3494 library with 3590 drives and a mixure of J and K (standard and extended length) carts? Do you try to control which storage pool goes to which length cart or do you just let the library randomly pick? If you control, how do you control which car

Re: AIX Sys Backup

I've done it on a 3575. If I remember right, the steps were: Set the drive offline to TSM Used tapeutil to mount a scratch volume Ran the mksysb using the /dev/rmtX Used tapeutil to eject the volume Updated the volume in TSM Set the drive back online -Original Message- From: Gene Green

Re: client trace runs into DR Watson

You should report the crash (Dr. Watson) problem to IBM support. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked

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I found some info via a Google search: == There is exclusive lock on PST file and backup software cannot even read this file - MSPST.INI should be used for setting locking mechanism : [ndb] DisconnectDelay=60 DisconnectDisable=2 =

Re: TSM database maximum recommended size

Actually, I think the key factor is expiration. And one reason it is an issue is that expiration is also single-threaded. And, expiration can take much longer than full DB backup on an active system, making it a more critical factor in determining ultimate capacity of a hardware configuration. Wh

Re: AIX Sys Backup

In most AIX platforms I worked on we always used mksysb (keep small image) or sysback (keep rootvg as small as possible) and wrote scripts that re-created the other volume groups and their logical volumes then the same scripts would invoke dsmc restores which restored the data to the other volume

Re: AIX Sys Backup

Thanks I'll give it a try. Gene |+-> || "Poland, Neil" | || | || | || 04/08/02 12:12 | || PM | || Please respond | ||

Re: downlevel client code - has anybody found a workaround?

Gretchen, you should contact IBM support. In at least some cases, they can probably help reset your client levels. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T

Re: AIX Sys Backup

If your library supports partitoning (if you have IBM library 3584.) You can partition it so that the AIX has use of one drive and some tapes. thats one idea. Kvedja/Regards Petur Eythorsson Taeknimadur/Technician IBM Certified Specialist - AIX Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Professional Mic

Re: AIX Sys Backup

We used to run a shell script that took one the drives offline temporarily, let AIX use it for mksysb, then set it back online for TSM. We didn't have a good way to have that tape volume be managed by TSM - we just put it in the same box with the rest of the vault tapes, with a manual label on it

Re: reporting on backup successes/failures

When you use the TSM scheduler to launch a script/batch file on the client, then TSM invokes an instance of the operating system command processor and passes it the name of the script. When the script finishes, it passes back its return code to the command processor, which in turn passes back a re

AIX Sys Backup

Does anyone have any other ideas other than sysback for an aix mksysb or savevg to tsm library? It's frustrating trying to automate all backups and put them in a single basket. Thanks for help, Gene

Re: dsmerror.log location.

Also, If you have other people loggin into the machine tsm will drop a dsmerror.log file in the current directory the user is in when they execute dsm/dsmc and there is an error condition. Likely the dsmerror.log files which are appearing in odd places are caused by users executing tsm. Look at t

Re: reporting on backup successes/failures

Mark, I believe the problem is that you are scheduling the command from the excfull.smp script which is shipped with the client. This command is pasted from that script. start /B tdpexcc backup * full /tsmoptfile=dsm.opt /logfile=excsch.log >> excfull.log When you run the start /B it opens a

Re: dsmerror.log location.

yes William the only place i know about where you can define the errorlog retention is in the dsm.sys file. you can do it like this ERRORLOGNAME %the path and the name of the errrolog file% ERRORLOGRETENTION %how long you are going to keep the log% Example ERRORLOGNAME /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/b

Re: Need help - TDP for Oracle on Solaris - Scheduler question

Here are some tidbits to scheduling Rman backups: First off, the method I am going to discuss can be found at: http://www.tivoli.com/asktivoli (registration is required, this is free) When using the TSM scheduler to automate the TDP Oracle backups, the differences in how these two clients wor

dsmerror.log location.

Folks, While I S.A. about 16 TSM servers I am not a TSM administrator and know little about TSM other than how to install and config the client and how to kick off the scheduler. However, I am responsible for the scheduled backup of these TSM servers to other servers and therein lies my dilema.

Re: downlevel client code - has anybody found a workaround?

Gretchen, I had a similar problem and reported it tsm support. They said I should contact TSM support and they could fix the problem by patching the TSM database. Not a very elegant solution. It has something to do with the 4.2.1 client and unicode support I believe. Jim Sporer At 09:46 AM 4/8

mac problem

The switch on which our TSM server (AIX, TSM 4.1.3.0) refreshes his mac tabel every now and then. The back-up client (mostly NT/Win2000, TSM 4.1.x and 4.2.x) will sends its data, but the switch doesn't know were to put it. So it sends it to all its port and the switch will overfloat. Is there a wa

Re: TSM Database migration from AIX to Solaris

Douglas, We've done that same test here, form AIX to Solaris and although the actual process of migration appears to work, there were some huge inconsistencies in the databases post migration. If you value your data its definitely not a viable option. I dont know of any documentation from Tivoli

Re: dsm.opt domains not working

TSMers, Thanks to all who responded to my domain backup issues. Andy, thanks for bringing this setting to my attention. Todd -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: dsm.opt domains not

Re: dsm.opt domains not working

Todd, Here is your trouble, from the client options set information (I've "squeezed" some of the blank spaces out to avoid line wrapping):      Option           Sequence  Override  Option Value                                                                         number      ---  -

Re: Query Output Format

>If this is for digestion by another program, use the -comma or -tab >switches on the dsmadmc command line. It is not. >Note that the WIDTH of your >terminal window can also affect whether >table or list format is selected. So is there a way I can make my (unix) file the same WIDTH as my termin

TSM Database migration from AIX to Solaris

I know that the restoration of a TSM database onto a new platform type is unsupported. To be specific, an organization I know of has standardized on Solaris as a Unix platform. In keeping with this policy, they would like to see the current TSM server, an older RS6000/AIX model, replaced with a

Re: Library

Keith, Did you ever resolve this? If you're having a problem accessing the drives it could be a problem with Windows since TSM connects through Windows drivers to IBm drives (IBM drives are not supported natively by TSM). On W2K check under Computer Management->Removable Storage->Physical Loc

Re: Installing Second Column

Hi I don't know which OS you're using, but the LTO Ultrium driver has to be restarted to be able to use the extra slots. On NT/2000, all you have to do is to tell LTO Ultrium driver to restart. On UNIX, you'll probably have to do a restart. Best Regards Daniel Sparrman --

Re: Audit db

Hi Burak! I know, but I can't afford the downtime, so I like to do it online. The error doesn't affect TSM operations, so it can wait until 4.2.2 is available. Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -Original Message- From: Burak Demircan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: downlevel client code - has anybody found a workaround?

Nope, I know IBM has recognized the problem and is working on it. But really the only way I've found is to delete the client and define a new one. Or alternativly define a second node within TSM for the client. Richard. -Original Message- From: Gretchen L. Thiele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

downlevel client code - has anybody found a workaround?

Server: v4.2.1.11 (AIX 4.3.3) Client: v4.2.1.0 (Win2K), and later patch levels as well I am getting hit hard by the problem with the Windows client (or is it a server problem?) resetting the platform and the version so that an earlier operating system can't access the account. Case 1: Client bac

Re: Audit db

it is still working but your shoud it as a parameter to "dsmserv" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08.04.2002 16:09 Please respond to ADSM-L                 To:        [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: TDP for Exchange follies

I'm not sure what you mean. We currently use long term retention for legal issues and have never had a problem with any of our restores. Like wise we have done many full server recovery tests that work with no problems at all. As a matter of fact in our test W2K lab we have done entire 5.5 recover

Re: Audit db

Hi Burak! This is good news! I'll wait for 4.2.2.0 then. I heard they are working on it, so I guess it will be released soon, maybe together with 5.1? Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -Original Message- From: Burak Demircan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday,

Re: Audit db

We have worked about this problem with IBM. They said it will be resolved with version 4.2.2.x   Regards, Burak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08.04.2002 16:09 Please respond to ADSM-L        

Re: reporting on backup successes/failures

Let me begin by saying that this rant is in no way meant to be directed to Mark Stapleton, his advice has helped me many times and he is a great asset to the group, he never hesitates to help. Be aware, q event ONLY reports on the success or failure of the backup script being ran, NOT the actual

Re: error status in scheduled netware clients

You could look at each filespace (query filespace) and see when its last successful backup date is. "query events" may hve problems both as you describe - event says error when client really completed - and also the opposite - event says completed but nothing happened. The latter may happen if t

Re: Audit db

Eric, > I'm running TSM 4.2.1.9 on AIX and I recently removed and added a couple of > storage pools. Now I'm seeing the famous messages: > > ANRD asutil.c(225): ThreadId<0> Pool id -2 not found. > ANRD asutil.c(225): ThreadId<0> Pool id -2 not found. > ANRD asutil.c(225): ThreadId<0

Re: TDP for Exchange follies

Hi Mark. I'm not sure what your talking about here. I've personally restored data several months old before. What exactly does not work when you do a restore? Mark -Original Message- From: Mark Stapleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 11:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Audit db

Hi TSM-ers! I'm running TSM 4.2.1.9 on AIX and I recently removed and added a couple of storage pools. Now I'm seeing the famous messages: ANRD asutil.c(225): ThreadId<0> Pool id -2 not found. ANRD asutil.c(225): ThreadId<0> Pool id -2 not found. ANRD asutil.c(225): ThreadId<0> Pool i

Installing Second Column

I have installed a second 18 slot column in to the Ultrium and from the control panel I can see and move a tape within it. However, when trying to checkin a tape because column one is full the TSM software does not know about column two and just reads the tape and then places it back in the bulk l

Re: Overwrite volumes

This is not a bug in TSM. Setting a volume unavailable makes the volume not available to TSM and thus, TSM does not try to mount that volume for read or write. But, TSM still has information regarding the valid data in the volume. You can not remove a volume from a storage pool till the volume ke

client trace runs into DR Watson

For a long time we have performance problems with our TSM server. In a attempt to find out where the problem is a run a number of back-ups and restores with the traceflag=perform tracefile=c:\trace.out switches. The back-up works fine, but the dsmc res -traceflag=perform -tracefile=c:\trace.out

Re: tdp r3 and versioning

Becky, yes, we use it in our environment and works exactly as designed; SAP backup (brbackup/brarchive) utilities manage backup IDs and delete apropriate ones according to the option MAX_VERSIONS in an initSID.utl file (see below). Martin Trcka ... . Versioning: enabled Curren

Re: TDP SQL 2.2 problem

> backup of SQL is executed at 03:00 o'clock morning and I am sure no jobs at > SQL were running at this time. It is relatively small system with about 2,5 > GB of full backup ... > My last question, exactly what time-out parameter am I supposed to increase? > I hadn't found any such timeout value

error status in scheduled netware clients

i recently saw a posting relating to nt client scheuled events appearing as "errors" when the backup did really complete. i am seeing the same situation with netware clients. the nt resolution was a ptf level. is there anything i can do so that these netware backup will indicate as completed.. T

Re: dsm.opt domains not working

Andy, Attached are the files that you requested... Thanks for all of your help. Todd -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: dsm.opt domains not working Can you paste in the output f

Re: TDP SQL 2.2 problem

Hi Del, backup of SQL is executed at 03:00 o'clock morning and I am sure no jobs at SQL were running at this time. It is relatively small system with about 2,5 GB of full backup ... My last question, exactly what time-out parameter am I supposed to increase? I hadn't found any such timeout value

Overwrite volumes

Hi, I have problems relabel volumes in TSM. I have volumes defined in my primary archive pool. These volumes I want to reuse so I updated the access for thoose to unavailiable. Then i tried to do a label libv with the parameter overwrite=yes. The command fails with the message that the volume alre

Re: mailbox.pst

The later versions of Outlook, (I think Version 98 onwards) has a timeout on the .pst file lock after 30 minutes of inactivity, so you can back it up that way if users are leaving Outlook running and going home for the evening. I'm not sure if its configurable. > -Original Message- >