Re: Upgrading drives in jukebox.

2004-01-14 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: Ochs, Duane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I have 3 TSM servers each with a SCSI attached L700 jukebox with 8 - DLT7000 drives and 300 + full tapes. I intend on upgrading to SDLT320 by the end of next month. Now for the problem. How do I get the data off the existing tapes and onto the new tap

Re: Novell Client TSM 5.1.5.15 Deleted File Error

2004-01-14 Thread Wolfgang Bayrhof
Hi Roger, >>> We have found that when there is a large change of data (over 2 gig's) on a Novell Server, the scheduled job looks at the files, compares to the include/exclude list and then starts the incremental backup. By the time it reaches certain files, they might have been deleted. (ie. user

Novell Client TSM 5.1.5.15 Deleted File Error

2004-01-14 Thread Roger Nadler
Does anyone know of an option that can be put into the dsm.opt for TSM 5.1.5 on a Novell 5.1 sp5 machine that does not continually try to backup a file that a user deleted after the original backup list was created during a scheduled incremental job? We have found that when there is a large change

Re: Backing up NDS/eDirectory server

2004-01-14 Thread Wolfgang Bayrhof
Hi, >>> I need to backup a Netware 6.0 SP3 server with eDirectory (NDS + LDAP). Do I need to code anything special in the DSM.OPT / INCLUDE or is this an automatic thing ? If it is automatic, how can I tell ? Is it part of the "server specific" stuff ? <<< you have two requirements to backup eD

Re: Backing up NDS/eDirectory server

2004-01-14 Thread Matt Zufelt
The answer on the automatic part is "it depends". The newest version of the TSM client for NetWare (5.2.2.0) will automatically backup NDS on a server that holds a master replica. For other servers and previous versions of the TSM client, you need to add NDS: to the domain line in your dsm.opt

Backing up NDS/eDirectory server

2004-01-14 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
I need to backup a Netware 6.0 SP3 server with eDirectory (NDS + LDAP). Do I need to code anything special in the DSM.OPT / INCLUDE or is this an automatic thing ? If it is automatic, how can I tell ? Is it part of the "server specific" stuff ? Also plan to do a test recovery of this server to

Re: Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread French, Michael
I have been struggling with this issue recently myself, Richard was kind enough to answer my stupid questions several weeks ago too *8<). I originally looked at the accounting file, but it did not contain all of the info that my management and customers wanted so I wrote my own script that

Win 5.2.2 Client on W2003 Server CAD Error

2004-01-14 Thread Charlie Hurtubise
Hello. I have installed TMS Client 5.2.2 on a new Win2003 server to backup non C: disk data. All is fine except when I try to use the CAD daemon (service), page 14 in the Tivoli 5.2 Users Guide for Windows "Configuring the Web Client". This is to access Tivoli on the W2003 server via http 1581 to d

Upgrading drives in jukebox.

2004-01-14 Thread Ochs, Duane
I have 3 TSM servers each with a SCSI attached L700 jukebox with 8 - DLT7000 drives and 300 + full tapes. I intend on upgrading to SDLT320 by the end of next month. Now for the problem. How do I get the data off the existing tapes and onto the new tapes ? Is there a way to define two drive types

Re: setting max capacity for storage pools

2004-01-14 Thread Tim Brown
ted disregard previous note i thought that fixed it, i set maxnummp=2 still same problem toim - Original Message - From: "Ted Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 11:13 AM Subject: Re: setting max capacity for storage pools > Take

Re: setting max capacity for storage pools

2004-01-14 Thread Tim Brown
Ted Works!!! thanks tim - Original Message - From: "Ted Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 11:13 AM Subject: Re: setting max capacity for storage pools > Take a look at maxnummp for the node backing up the data. If it's set to > 0, you

Re: setting max capacity for storage pools

2004-01-14 Thread Ted Byrne
Take a look at maxnummp for the node backing up the data. If it's set to 0, your data will not go to tape. Ted At 10:49 AM 1/14/2004 -0500, you wrote: i have a disk storage pool which i previously never coded a maximum size threshold for i changed the disk storage pool to a max of 100mb, the serv

Re: Dwindling Performance

2004-01-14 Thread Ben Bullock
Hmmm, interesting that the expire inventory grinds to a halt during incremental backups. My setup is AIX similar to yours (host, DB size) although my disks are on locally attached SSA drives. I recently upgraded my 8 TSM servers from TSM 5.1.1.0 to 5.2.1.3 (mainly to get the NDMP file-level

Re: Dwindling Performance

2004-01-14 Thread Scott, Brian
Andy, Have you thought about using the TSM Journal Service? If you're building a ton of directories/files but not backing up much the journal will cut down on the processing and keep your sessions down to a minimum. Just a thought... Brian Scott EDS - EOGDE GM Distributed Management Systems Engi

setting max capacity for storage pools

2004-01-14 Thread Tim Brown
i have a disk storage pool which i previously never coded a maximum size threshold for i changed the disk storage pool to a max of 100mb, the server started backig up. it was running ok till it tried a 300mb file, i thought the 300mb file would then go to the next storage pool directly which is a

Re: Dwindling Performance

2004-01-14 Thread Andy Carlson
I'll supply as much information as anyone wants if they have any clues about what could be going on. I will take a look at the current performance book, but I have looked at it in the past. Andy Carlson|\ _,,,---,,_ Senior Technical Specialist

Re: Dwindling Performance

2004-01-14 Thread Andy Carlson
Thanks for the quick response. Expiration is not finishing. Before the main backups start, it maybe expires 20 objects, but during the backup window it slows to a crawl. It picks up some during the day when the backups and migrations are running, but since we now have some 100 sessions not f

Re: Dwindling Performance

2004-01-14 Thread Richard Sims
>We are having terrible performance with one of our instances of TSM. ... Andy - We'd like to help, but would need a lot more information about the context of the issue, and in particular what you've already investigated. I'd refer you first to the TSM Performance Tuning Guide at http://p

Re: Dwindling Performance

2004-01-14 Thread Joe Howell
Andy - what kind of clients do you have? I've had problems with Windows clients all trying to do systemobject backups simultaneously and had to reorganize my nightly work to split out the systemobject backups from the regular files and then to serialize them because of contention problems with

Re: Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Robert Ouzen
Ted By the way I almost always search for subject dealing with the same question , but sometimes the answers are very old and quite not absolutely cleared. So sorry if I ask again . Regards Robert -Original Message- From: Ted Byrne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, J

Re: TDP for SQL backup fails

2004-01-14 Thread Del Hoobler
Yiannakis RC=418 means there was a TSM API error. The DSIERROR.LOG file should have something that explains what the TSM API thought was the problem. Please look there. Also, look in the TSM Server activity log file to look for a message that might tell you what went wrong. RC=402 is the general

Re: Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Ted Byrne
Robert, As Richard suggested, the many postings to ADSM-L regarding the summary table's contents (or lack thereof) are very informative. Among other things, the location of the Accounting records is detailed. Repeatedly. (The format is recorded in the Admin Guide.) Before posting a question to AD

Re: Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,GLOBE Center CSC
Hi, also please note there is a bug about accounting records, up to version 5.1: as soon as your reach session number 64k, accounting will be erroneous, TSM server has to be restarted, René LAMBELET NESTEC SA GLOBE - Global Business Excellence

Re: Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Richard Sims
>OK Richard, then why did the propeller heads at IBM decide to use the >summary table for collecting stats for the Operational Reporter? > >I'm now sitting with ten nodes that don't get reported on, and the number is >growing. > >Leigh. Check for there being only one blade on the propeller. :-)

Re: Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Richard Sims
>Richard > >Thanks for the advice . Do you know where I can found the >format/structure of the accounting records (dsmaccnt.log) Sure, Robert: in the Admin Guide manual. See also "ACCOUNTING RECORD FORMAT" toward the bottom of http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts for further insight on fi

Re: Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Greyling Leigh
OK Richard, then why did the propeller heads at IBM decide to use the summary table for collecting stats for the Operational Reporter? I'm now sitting with ten nodes that don't get reported on, and the number is growing. Leigh. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[

Re: TDP for SQL backup fails

2004-01-14 Thread Richard Sims
>I'm running 5 backups using TDP for SQL on Win2000 SP3 servers. One of them >fails with errors that don't give me any clues as to what goes wrong. >I've got TSM Server at 5.1.5 on Windows and TDP for SQL 5.1.5. >The error message ANS1017E is unknown to my TSM. ACO5436E suggests to look >for the ne

Re: Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Robert Ouzen
Richard Thanks for the advice . Do you know where I can found the format/structure of the accounting records (dsmaccnt.log) Regards Robert -Original Message- From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 2:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: I

Re: Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Richard Sims
Robert - As you go through your professional life administering TSM, keep one thing in mind: the Summary table is unreliable. It has historically been unreliable. As testament, see the many postings from customers who have wasted their time trying to get reliable data from it. As we kee

Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Robert Ouzen
Hello to everyone Run every day a script to collect the amount and time for clients backup as: SELECT ENTITY AS NODE, - CAST(SUM(BYTES/1024/1024) - AS DECIMAL(8,2)) AS "MB", - substr(cast(min(start_time) as char(26)),1,19) as "DATETIME ", - cast(substr(cast(max(end_time)-min

Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Robert Ouzen
Hello to everyone Run every day a script to collect the amount and time for clients backup as: SELECT ENTITY AS NODE, - CAST(SUM(BYTES/1024/1024) - AS DECIMAL(8,2)) AS "MB", - substr(cast(min(start_time) as char(26)),1,19) as "DATETIME ", - cast(substr(cast(max(end_time)-min

Recall: Inconsistency between summary and actlog

2004-01-14 Thread Robert Ouzen
רוברט אוזן would like to recall the message, "Inconsistency between summary and actlog".

Errors in Windows client gating more and more vague

2004-01-14 Thread Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM
Hi *SM-ers! I have several Windows clients (a mix of NT, 2K and 2003) which produce vague errors every now and then. I see errors like "ANS1301E Server detected system error", "Sending of object 'C:' failed" and "ANS1931E An error saving one or more eventlogs." Just one line every time, no further

Re: Automated / manual DRM actions

2004-01-14 Thread Wijnbergen, AMv
Maybe this is what you're looking for. Only one question ? Was the customer also not backupping the tapepool to copypool ? Maybe this could be the answer, because no updates ( changes) we're done on the copypool. Then you cannot restore the tsm environment with the latest db backup volume . You nee

TDP for SQL backup fails

2004-01-14 Thread Yiannakis Vakis
Hi, I'm running 5 backups using TDP for SQL on Win2000 SP3 servers. One of them fails with errors that don't give me any clues as to what goes wrong. I've got TSM Server at 5.1.5 on Windows and TDP for SQL 5.1.5. The error message ANS1017E is unknown to my TSM. ACO5436E suggests to look for the nex

Re: Dwindling Performance

2004-01-14 Thread Roger Deschner
I have posted many times in the past saying you should never do a database unload/reload to gain performance. But this just might be the one case where it might make sense - the remaining half of a split server. But before you do something that drastic, dangerous, and time consuming, look for the t