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2004-03-24 Thread fred johanson
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Re: ANS1302E on TDP Oracle restore

2004-03-24 Thread Bill Boyer
It is in fact the same machine, just different instances. The DBA was logged in as ORATEST when he did the backups, and again as ORATEST when he attempted the restore. I made sure they were from the same userid as I saw some documents on IBM about not being able to delete backup objects via RMAN an

Re: need help!! long time archiving and storing corresponding systemstatus

2004-03-24 Thread Richard Sims
Original requirement: the environment is w2k and nt client nodes (over 200) and in near future w2003. short description of my problem: i have to archive data for long time retention, with the possibility to recover servers completely out of this archived data. >thank you for your comment, usi

Re: ANS1302E on TDP Oracle restore

2004-03-24 Thread Neil Rasmussen
Bill, Most likely the problem is due to the fact that your target machine is not configured correctly - that is, from a DP for Oracle point of view. Generally, if you configure your target machine exactly as your source the duplicate command should work without a hitch. My method for doing this is

Re: Sizing an AIX platform and tape libraries

2004-03-24 Thread Prather, Wanda
Ditto on previous responders - A current AIX box like the p660 is the absolute best way to go. Rember that I/O, I/O, it's all about I/O - don't skimp on fast disk for the server, enough buses to your tape drives. When in doubt, assume you will have the same performance issues as on your mainframe

Re: Restore MS Exchange to another server

2004-03-24 Thread Del Hoobler
William, Go to: http://www.ibm.com/us/ Search for: "a required Microsoft Exchange database log file could not be found" Thanks, Del "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/24/2004 11:58:48 AM: > > > No I am doing

Re: need help!! long time archiving and storing corresponding systemstatus

2004-03-24 Thread TSM
hello Doug, thank you for your comment, using ntbackup was one of our suggestions to solve this problem. in my opinion the solution with ntbackup will work, but the customer don't want to have it. what about generating backupsets instead of archiving the data. is it possible to restore a complete

Re: NODE table weirdness

2004-03-24 Thread Dmitri Pasyutin
TCP_NAME corresponds to the hostname of your node, which may not be the same as the node name you are using to contact the server. Likewise, TCP_ADDRESS is the IP address corresponding to the hostname, as returned by gethostbyname(), which may not be the same as TCPCLIENTADDRESS in dsm.sys. The two

Re: GIGE connectivity via TSM

2004-03-24 Thread Josh-Daniel Davis
Joe, TCP/IP is always routed based on the IP addresses used. If you want your traffic to go over the gigabit card: If it's on a machine that will be a server for transaction X, then specify to your client the host name or IP address of the gigabit card. If it's on a machine that will be a clinet

Re: need help!! long time archiving and storing corresponding systemstatus

2004-03-24 Thread Thorneycroft, Doug
You can run ntbackup, and backup the system state to a file. You can then archive the file. Do you really need the system state though. If you're talking long term, your chances of finding matching hardware to do a bare metal restore is slim. In most cases you can build a new server, reinstall t

Re: IBM3584 Tape Drives won't write to Media

2004-03-24 Thread Josh-Daniel Davis
Rajesh, 3A/00 means "media not present". Is this a new library? Has it ever worked? If not, there may be a drive cabling or definition problem such that the tape is being loaded into one drive, but TSM is trying to read from a different drive Is the tape you're trying label in the slot that TS

ANS1302E on TDP Oracle restore

2004-03-24 Thread Bill Boyer
TSM Server 5.2.2.1 on AIX 5.2 TSM Client 5.2.2.1 on Solaris V8 TSM For Databases Oracle 5.2.2.0 Oracle 8.1.7.4 I have a client trying to restore a database into a new instance using the RMAN DUPLICATE command. The channel gets allocated, but then the command fails with ANS1302E no objects match q

Re: Restore MS Exchange to another server

2004-03-24 Thread William SO Ng
No I am doing a full backup of MS Exchange through TDP for Exchange i.e. online backup of Exchange. I have successfully restore it to another server with different hostname. Then I shutdown the original server, change the restored hostname, registry and IP address. Then Exchange is able to sta

Re: Archiving does not delete directories ???

2004-03-24 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Khalid, Yes, you could schedule the script with ACTION=COMMAND. However, please note the following: - The script is just a sample. In order to be more useful in a production environment, you should add things like output redirection (to get the output from the dsmc commands into a log file), and

NODE table weirdness

2004-03-24 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Just did a query of the NODE table of my TSM AIX 5.2.1.3 and noticed something weird. The TCP_NAME and TCP_ADDRESS fields from one node has been overlayed onto a completely different nodes entry. Checked the DSM.SYS (both of these boxes are AIX systems) and they are correct/haven't changed for a

Re: mksysb tapes on fibre-attached 3590

2004-03-24 Thread Josh-Daniel Davis
Dwight, You can't stack mksysb's on a tape, but you can stack Sysbacks. The first tape file on a bootable tape is in 512 byte blocks and is the actual boot program. This is basically the kernel and a backup file used to populate the ramfs as defined by the proto files. On a mksysb, the second, I

Re: Archiving does not delete directories ???

2004-03-24 Thread Khan, Khalid B.
Andy, Thank you very much for the explanation, your point is well take. Also thank you for the script. I suppose I can create a schedule and use COMMAND as the ACTION for the schedule and use your script to run it. That should work, correct? Khalid -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist S

need help!! long time archiving and storing corresponding systemstatus

2004-03-24 Thread TSM
hello, the environment is w2k and nt client nodes (over 200) and in near future w2003. short description of my problem: i have to archive data for long time retention, with the possibility to recover servers completely out of this archived data. my first joice is to archive this data, but ther

Re: Archiving does not delete directories ???

2004-03-24 Thread Ochs, Duane
I am making the assumption that if files were moved there during the archive process they may also be deleted but not archived. But I also had the same issue and had to have our archive processor delete the directories manually upon successful completion. On our vms platform, I wrote a script that

Re: Spectra Logic T950 support

2004-03-24 Thread Ochs, Duane
Is there another source in IBM that would have an idea of what is on the certification schedule ? We are also testing the T950 and the whitepaper on the spectralogic site indicates testing with ITSM has not been started yet. > Duane Ochs > Enterprise Computing > > Quad/Graphics Inc > > 414-566-237

Re: Trying To Establish Last TCPIP Address

2004-03-24 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff White >I am trying to establish the TCPIP address used the last time a node >connected. This is because some of our nodes are local and many come >'other' networks within the organisation, but through firewalls. On some of >t

Re: restore volumes list. It's possible??

2004-03-24 Thread Richard Sims
>I'm looking for a query or sql script that allow me to see what volumes I'll >need for a restore process. ... This is a frequently asked question. The short answer is that there is no way for you to obtain such a list. See topic "Restoral preview" in http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts for

Trying To Establish Last TCPIP Address

2004-03-24 Thread Jeff White
Hi, TSM server: 5.1.5.2 Platform: Z/OS 1.3 Clients: Mixture, mainly 5.1.5 I am trying to establish the TCPIP address used the last time a node connected. This is because some of our nodes are local and many come 'other' networks within the organisation, but through firewalls. On some

Re: restore volumes list. It's possible??

2004-03-24 Thread James Lepre
Here is what you will need select distinct node_name,volume_name,stgpool_name from volumeusage where node_name='x'

Re: Archiving does not delete directories ???

2004-03-24 Thread Andrew Raibeck
The -DELETEFILES option was originally designed to operate on files only, not directories (as was the original implementation of ARCHIVE). The -DELETEFILES option is not designed to differentiate between archive of full trees and archives of partial trees. For example, in which cases should TSM del

Re: Sizing an AIX platform and tape libraries

2004-03-24 Thread Wilcox, Andy
I think your easiest solution, seeing as you have some idea of what the server would need to be capable of is just to talk to IBM and get them to spec out a suitable solution for you. The reason for this is that there are so many different solutions to do the job, but I would assume you have a limi

restore volumes list. It's possible??

2004-03-24 Thread Jose Antonio Atala Olaechea
Hi TSM Friends. I'm looking for a query or sql script that allow me to see what volumes I'll need for a restore process. I want to see the volumes before the starting of the process. Likewise I need a query or script that allow me to see what volumes I'll need for a backup stgpool process. When I

Archiving does not delete directories ???

2004-03-24 Thread Richard Sims
>Can someone please explain to me why TSM client does not delete the >directory structure of the archived files? I am using the "deletefiles" >option, but the client leaves the directories on the file system and >successfully deletes the files within those directories. > >Is there something I can d

Re: Sizing an AIX platform and tape libraries

2004-03-24 Thread Dwight Cook
we are currently on S70's and 3590-B1A's and backup (across various tsm servers) between 500 GB and 1.7 TB of "client compressed data" so that is between 1.5 & 5 TB of client filespace nightly per S70 (6 major ones...) If you use client compression you will find that the network is still the b

Archiving does not delete directories ???

2004-03-24 Thread Khan, Khalid B.
Can someone please explain to me why TSM client does not delete the directory structure of the archived files? I am using the "deletefiles" option, but the client leaves the directories on the file system and successfully deletes the files within those directories. Is there something I can do to d

Re: Restore MS Exchange to another server

2004-03-24 Thread Ward, Stuart
Are you doing a flat file backup of the whole system with Exchange services off or are you doing an online backup of the stores? -Original Message- From: William SO Ng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 4:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Restore MS Exchange to an

Re: Spectra Logic T950 support

2004-03-24 Thread Ted Byrne
If you have not done so already, check the server README files for the newer maintenance and patch levels. If you're relying on the website for this information, you may be missing something that is already supported. The device support web page, while a good idea, tends to lag (sometimes signif

Re: Sizing an AIX platform and tape libraries

2004-03-24 Thread Steve Roder
Hi Nancy, We have a pair of servers, each backing up about 200GB/night over Gige. The machines are both running AIX 5.2 ML02 and TSM 5.2.1.0: 7026-6H1, 4 x 600MHz CPU's 2.5GB Memory 7026-H80, 4 x 600MHz CPU's 2.0GB Memory Each machine has a pair of HBA's for access to 10 3590H's in our 3

Spectra Logic T950 support

2004-03-24 Thread Dean Winger
Could anyone comment as to when TSM for Windows might support the Spectra Logic T950 library? We are considering purchasing this library but it is currently not listed on TSM's supported device list. Thanks Dean Winger Information Systems Manager School of Education Wisconsin Center for Educat

Re: TDP for MS SQL - Restore DB

2004-03-24 Thread Del Hoobler
Yiannakis, Saturday. If you want to restore it to a later point, you will need to specify /RECOVERY=NO on the restore of the full and then restore the last differential backup with /RECOVERY=YES (default). Thanks, Del "ADSM: Dist Stor Manage

TSM for Sysback

2004-03-24 Thread David E Ehresman
Has anyone successfully tested a TSM for Sysback bare-metal restore using a NIM boot? David

Re: Restore MS Exchange to another server

2004-03-24 Thread Sal Mangiapane
MS Exchange is a real problem to restore. Everything has to be the same even the drive letters and directory structure. Sal > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > William SO Ng > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 4:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROT

Re: Restore MS Exchange to another server

2004-03-24 Thread Tuyl Adrie, A.C. van
Exchange needs the same hostname of the original server to start when fully restored. If you restore the mail to a server in the same network (to restore a single emailbox) you off course install the server to a server with a different hostname. You then only restore the Information store. The proc

5.1.9 Server

2004-03-24 Thread Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM
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Restore MS Exchange to another server

2004-03-24 Thread William SO Ng
Hello team, My environment is using MS Exchange 5.5 with TSM 5.2 and TSM for Mail 5.2. I would like to backup the existing exchange server and restore to another server. I am not a MS Exchange guru, so I need your advise here. I have a production Exchange with hostname ABC. I setup another Exch