When it comes to Windows, you make sure you can recover before you install
anything.
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From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TSM/ODBC connection not working...
Paul, is that just genera
Hello,
I don't see that you would have any problem with unload and load db.
However, if you want to be more secure then backup you database before
starting unload and load exercise. In case, you get into some trouble then
you can restore you database.
Regards,
Mahesh Prasad
DCM Data Systems Lim
Paul, is that just general precaution you exercise with any new software,
or has the ODBC driver actually taken down your system before? I have
never heard of such a problem (I've seen the application crash as you
described earlier, but not an entire system; and I am not aware of any
"crash" defec
I will give this a try when I get brave enough to trust it will no kill my
system.
Thanks.
-Original Message-
From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:36 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TSM/ODBC connection not working...
Hi Paul,
Try the 5.
Has anyone else seen this and solved it?
ANE4993E (Session: 9538, Node: NNSE8_XCH) TDP MSExchgV2
NT ACN3502 TDP for Microsoft Exchange: full backup of
Information Store from server NNSE8 failed, rc = 425.
The biggest problem is the thing gives a good return code when it happens.
Now it happen
We are about to (finally) upgrade our server to 4.2, but we have a lot
of V3.1 clients. Will they continue to work? I sure hope so, because I'd
like to follow the recommendation in the TSM manuals which is to upgrade
the server first, and then the clients, however I've heard rumors of
problems in
Here's how we do it:
At the dsmadmc prompt:
def scr daily_report desc="Create a daily backup report" line=1
upd scr daily_report cmd="q sch * * begind=-$1 begint=now endd=-$2
endt=now" line=2
DON'T omit the negative sign preceding the $1 and $2!
(Sorry if I blew the syntax a little bit on line
Could you not start a second instance of the server on the target server, restore
the db from the source server into this second instance?
Then the server-to-server would still operate, but it would be within the one
machine!
In theory, of course...
M.
>This is such a key point when conside
Try get a brand new Sony tape,
Label the tape first using TSM Web admin or dsmlabel
then check it into the library.
Use that brand new Tape to do TSM operation.
Is your SpectraLogic HVD 64000 drive has latest firmware please check
http://www.spectralogic.com/support/firmware_12k_64k.cfm
How abou
Hey, careful, some of us love the IBM LVM and find Veritas
cumbersome and overly confusing. :-)
While we are on the subject, we recently brought up our first TSM
server on Solaris (our other 10 are on AIX) and had a question as to the
disk setup. VxFs and VxVm are available to be
This is such a key point when considering server-to-server! The short
answer to this question does not begin to actually tell the story.
Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs, CO 80949
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.storsol.com or www.storser
Our experience with TSM on Solaris has been very good. Installation is very
easy, upgrades are very easy and the code has good support from IBM/Tivoli.
And the added benefit of not having to learn the iLogical Volume Manager!
If your customer has a large Solaris site already, let them use TSM on
I'm getting kernel panics on reboot after upgrading to 4.2.1.0 on Solaris.
Once we remove the changes that the README says are required to /etc/system
the machine runs ok...
Anyone seen this before?
Here's the message from the admin:
Here's the section of my '/etc/system' file that appears
I would just use the REDUCE DB as mentioned by some earlier. I've used
it before to move things around. It's fairly quick, can be done with server
running and doesn't require unload/load and space to do it.
David Longo
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/18/02 10:27AM >>>
Hi,
I achieved to define my ext
The Domino guys set up a command for TSM to run every 6 hours. The schedule
calls the command but returns the below errors. Anyone familiar with Domino
that can help? The error code points to an environment setup problem, not
sure what the return code means though. I'm guessing at this point the
e
Does anyone have any ideas on the following errors that showed up in our TSM
activity log? We have TSM 4.1.3 server running on AIX 4.3.3ML9, connected to
a SpectraLogic HVD 64000/Gator (with Sony SDX-500C drives).
We've sent the sense code info to Tivoli as well as SpectraLogic, but they
point at
You can run the archive with the -deletefiles command!
e.g. dsmc archive "/home/*" -deletefiles
Regards,
Demetrius
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From: Jason Schram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Deleting data after an archive
Hi,
Umm...re: the attached...that depends on the switch. The FC/9000
(IBM2042) and (I believe) the Brocades (2109's) will pass IP over fibre.
Not sure about the McData's.
-Lloyd
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:24:13 +0200
Daniel Sparrman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sending IP traffic over your SAN
Hi,
This should be an easy one for you gurus! Does anyone know how to delete
files out of a directory after the archive command has run?
Thank you in advance
check to see if they are protecting the DB & LOG files via OS level
mirroring or maybe via some other form of RAID configuration...
In our environment using plain SSA disks in a JBOD configuration I mirror
(via tsm) the db & log files
but in our environments using our ESS storage unit I don't...
I did not intend to imply you can't restore the DB from the target server.
What I meant is that you cannot restore client files from the target server.
You have to get the source server up and running again.
It's really no different from any other DR situation. If you lose your
primary TSM serve
That is what I guessed from the docs. I was hoping I was wrong !
So, of what value would a DB backup to a "target" server be ? I could
never recover from it !!!
Sounds like a partially implemented and of very limited use feature, to me
!!
Is anybody out there using a "target" server to perform
Hello!
I have a test and a production system that were previously managed by two
different groups. The test system has the DB and Recovery Log Volumes with
copies of the volumes, but on production there are none. I have 18 volumes
for the DB and only 1 volume for the recovery log. I was under t
Jeff,
I unload some of the tsm tables daily and then load them into db2.
The method will depend on your server platform and the target dbms.
My server is on OS/390 and the target is db2. Briefly the process
is a batch job that does 'select * from nodes' with the output
going to a file. the fil
Dear Mrs. Brooks,
can you proof the URL sent is accesible from outside network 9.x.x.x (IBM
Intranet)? AFAIK all w3.*.ibm.com are internal and we being outside IBM
are not even able to resolve those name (for security reasons).
Residencies do have external addresses and I was able to access them.
Zlatko is quite correct - the externally accessible URL for this residency
announcement is:
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/residents.nsf/c0d5c6f1588c774985256ad1005da419/a8deda655431d1ec85256b9e000de509?OpenDocument
Alternatively, go to the Redbooks home page http://ibm.com/redbooks, click
on "R
My understanding is that when you use source/target server, you think of the
"target" TSM server as just an electronic vault. It is NOT the same as
having a backup TSM server.
As you said, the objects in the target server's data base are archive
objects. The metadata needed to restore the data
(See attached file: Disaster Recovery Strategies with Tivoli Storage
Management.htm)
Zlatko Krastev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 04/18/2002 10:29:38
AM
Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:[
This feature is not available without the 5.1 server, which is why you
don't see it available from the GUI.
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
Ooops, I've pressed the send button too fast.
--> Old Value-Based Pricing (VBP) scheme was distinguishing only the
*servers* but not clients.
I was not correct. Both are counting both side processors. VBP scheme used
three "tiers", actually ranges based on number of processors. EVBP scheme
count
Hi guys
A big company here in Iceland is thinking about installing TSM on SUN, they
will be the first one to have TSM on SUN here.
My question is,
Is there anything I should know about (bugs, problems) anything sun related
that is different from the other systems.
Or should I recommend just us
Logical Volume Snapshot Agent requires TSM 5.1.0 server
Tested able to take snap shot of partitions in Fiber Channel Harddisk or
current boot up partitions in local system.
Limitation of LVSA :
TSM not able to backup current system boot up partition.
TSM not able to backup partition where T
Hi *SMers
Having recently taken over an ADSM 3.1 implementation, I come across the
following error when backing up the database. This is the first error I've
seen in the DB since being here. I have one mirrored copy. Is this
something I should be overly concerned with - for instance if the oth
This will be a very interesting project,producing a redbook covering a wide
spectrum of DR-related activities. I encourage any interested parties to
apply.
More details of the residency are at
http://w3.itso.ibm.com/itsoapps/residents.nsf/c0d5c6f1588c774985256ad1005da419/a8deda655431d1ec85256b9e0
04/18/02 09:45:38 ANR0984I Process 334 for CLEANUP ARCHDIR SHOWSTATS
started
in the BACKGROUND at 09:45:38.
04/18/02 09:45:38 ANR0838I CLEANUP ARCHDIR SHOWSTATS: Archive directory
cleanup job 1 started as background process 334.
04/18/02 09:45:39
Hi all,
Just experimenting with this new 5.1 feature, using the Logical Volume
Snapshot Agent (LVSA).
First, when configuring the LVSA Configuration Wizard, I am not presented
with the appropriate panels to configure this feature. The Wizard goes
from the "Install" choice panel, directly to "Fi
Hi
Sending IP traffic over your SAN will at least make your SAN switches
confused, as I believe that they do not talk IP, only SCSI commands.
I have installed two Emulex LP8000 adapters in an IBM P-Series 640. You
cannot use the IBM drivers for the Emulex card, as there are no drivers
for the
Luis,
What version of AIX 5 are you after, AIX 5 32bit? Tivoli has GAed TDP for
Oracle 2.2.1 (aka 5.1.0) that supports AIX 5 32bit and has been available
on the ftp site for some weeks now. If you do not qualify for FTP TDP for
Oracle please see your rep. for the GAed version. AIX 5 64bit support
Hi,
I achieved to define my external 8mm tape drive as a drive and manual library.
Now the point is: How risky is unloading the db and loading again?
Does anybody have experience about troubles I may have?
Best Regards,
Burak
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>From what I recall, the FC6228 cards do NOT support IP over FC. The
Emulex LP8000 cards/drivers, however, indicate that they do support this,
but not concurrently with the FC/SCSI...it's one or the other, and if you
load both drivers, whichever one gets bound to the card first wins.
I have not
Burak
You can use your 3583 by redefining it as a manual library.
Edit the devconfig file and redefine the library as manual - you will also
need to delete all the drive definitions except for one. Then use tapeutil
to move the db tapes between the IO slots and the drive.
eg: DEFINE LIBRARY LIB_
Do you have some spare disk space ? ? ?
You may set up a device class of a flat file and use that to unload and load
from.
I use extra space anywhere I can find it for such things... on one server I
use extra space in the log file system
DEFINE DEVCLASS DISKFILE DEVTYPE=FILE MAXCAPACITY=1048576K M
Hi,
The TSM documentation says that I can do unloaddb with only a manual library.
How can i do it with
a 3583 LTO library? Is it possible to use my external 8mm tape drive?
Thank you very much to all
Regards,
Burak
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Help!
I'm desperately trying to move a DB2 node from a TSM 4.1.0.0 server on
WinNT4 but seem to be getting nowhere fast.
Client and server are physically on the same hardware.
The export is reading from and writing to 3590 carts in a 3494 library. The
export was running for 40 hours
Process Proc
Hi,
A few minutes ago I noticed the buggy help system.
When I enter something like "help q vol" It prints the help like garbage.
Have you noticed it also?
Regards,
Burak
Hi
You don't have to use a manual library, a 3583 library will work.
Best Regards
Daniel Sparrman
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Burak Demircan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent b
In your case the assigned db space is equal to te available space,
therefore you need to reduce the db before you delete the db volume.
For example, if you are going to delete 200MB db volume:
reduce db 200
del dbvol "full path and volume name"
Best regards,
Kolbeinn Josepsson
NYHERJI HF.
B
Do not forget the atldd.driver file also, it needs to be up-to-date for the
newer TSM versions 4.2+
Bernie M
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to TSM 4.2
"ADSM: Dis
But I can reduce it only 60 MBs although it is only 23 percent used?
Regards,
Burak
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18.04.2002 15:26
Please respond to ADSM-L
To:
Burak,
In that case, you have to unload the database and then reload it using
dsmserv unloaddb and dsmserv loaddb commands. So that your database is
reorganized and takes minimum space to distribute itself. I hope, after
doing unload and load database you will enough database space to reduce and
I have 1 x 500mb,2 x 200MB and 2x100MB and 1x 96MB db volumes but I can not
reduce even a 96MB dbvol
Is it logical? It think the database seems to be used more that it shows me?
Regards,
Burak
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Hi
Before deleting a DB volume, you have to reduce the size of you're
database, to free up volumes.
According to you, all volumes are 100/200MB large. However, looking at
the printout from your q db f=d, it seems like you have larger volumes, as
the maximum reduction is only 60MB, but you h
It is worse than this Daniel.
Multiplexed is where many servers are on one tape. It basically single
threads the restores. They do have a feature like TSM for SAP that uses
multiple tape drives to span the data across. There TSM and NetBackup are
pretty equal, when it works.
The big deal wi
The way the data is spread out on the volumes, you will probably have to do
an "unload" and a "load" to reorg the data base prior to being able to
delete some of your volumes...
Dwight E. Cook
Software Application Engineer III
Science Applications International Corporation
509 S. Boston Ave. Sui
Hi,
One of my TSM servers is TSM 4.2.2.0 on AIX 4.3.3
I have a 1.4GB database which is % 24 full as follows.
---
tsm: ADSM01.MBT>q db
Available Assigned Maximum Maximum Page Total Used
Legato will pack fulls and incrementals into the same tapes, or,
separate tapes, depending upon how you set up storage pools. I'd say
the waste of tape comes from having to perform periodic
full/differential backups, depending upon your schedule. If you mix
multiple retention periods on the same
Burak,
You have assigned all the database space available to the TSM Server. You
have to reduce the database size at least up to the size of the volume you
want to delete. When you use Delete dbvolume command the data
already existing in that volume then automatically get moved to the other
volu
Hello
Your database needs to be reorganized, Your maximum reduction is only 60 Mb.
Do a unloaddb and loaddb and after that delete the volumes
Regards
Niklas
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From: Burak Demircan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: den 18 april 2002 13:51
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
Hi Gerrit/Paul,
Here is an extract from the readme.txt that comes with the
QLOGIC drivers for NT:
2. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and follow the tree structure down to
the QLogic driver as follows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Hi Orin,
Just to add to what Paul and Andy has already said:
TDP for Exchange - definately a problem - even a q files nodexyz f=d reports
a successfull backup - although the Rc425 in the exchange log says that
the backup of storage group xyz failed the TDP for exchange does NOT
comunicate
this fa
Hi
Also, at least earlier, Legato used a sequential file to handle
information about clients, tapes, files and so on... TSM uses a DB/2
database, which is much more efficent than using a sequential file.
Also, when having larger environments, the sequential file becomes a
bottleneck, which ca
Hi
Using incrementals on Veritas Netbackup has a disadvantage; it slow down
restores. There is support cases at Veritas confirming that when using
incremental backups, restore times can take up to 10 times normal time.
The solution for this, according to Veritas, is to use full backups
instea
As per my knowledge BRxxx messages are SAP R/3's own messages and can be
found in BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE log files located in oracle//sapbackup
and /oracle//saparch directories. These log files and message numbers
have nothing to do with TDP for R/3. You will get BRxxx messages when you
are taking
Fran,
You can find a device table on here:
http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/devices/atab101.htm
Note: we use W2K with the TSM device driver (TSM 4.2.1) and started with
device 257 in our 3584.
Regards,
Jan Norback
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From: Francisco Molero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT
Folks
I try to have TSM 4.2.2, resp. the included ACSLSAPI programs (ssi,
mini_el) talk to a libstation running on OS/390.
No errormessage on startup /usr/tivoli/tsm/devices/bin/rc.acs_ssi, but
lbtest option 51 & 52 just dont give me something usefull back.
The connection to libstation basically w
Paul,
This look like the problem Tivoli have already warned us in their 3-rd
flash alert (http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/flash_hba.html)
>From TSM Support page
(http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/index.html) select "Flashes & Known
Problems" and from there go to "FLASH 3 - Plea
Old Value-Based Pricing (VBP) scheme was distinguishing only the *servers*
but not clients. New Enhanced VBP (EVBP) is counting the number of
processors on both servers and nodes:
1. Processors managed by the product (i.e. processors on TSM nodes)
2. Processors in which the managing server is inst
Thanks Paul,
I'll try it and let you know.
Regards
Gerrit van Zyl
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Seay, Paul
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 5:39 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SAN Problem - TDP for SAP on Windows 2000
Been
> Not specifically TSM question but more of a question to better
> understand how to discuss pro's/cons to other competing products.
>
> Since my background is all TSM, I'm curious on how the other competitors
> handle media. Is my assumption correct that they waste a lot of tape
> space? As far a
Hi all,
I have 2 libraries 3584.
When I define the drives in the first library no pb.
def drive lib1 drive1 element=256
But when I define de drive in de second library.
def drive LIB2 DRIVE55 element=256
I get a msg :
ANR8419E DEFINE DRIVE: element conflicts...
1.- What should the element be?
I can speak to Veritas NetBackup.
You are correct that a tape is created for each full and incremental, but
there is a feature in NetBackup that allows you to multiplex the server
saves to a single tape up to a limit you specify. This really great until
you try to duplicate the tapes for offsite
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