Re: review of recent addition of sata array storage pool

2005-03-11 Thread Tab Trepagnier
Steve, Thanks for sharing that and starting that thread. We're about to implement SATA storage on a SAN in about two weeks that will be used with TSM. Tab Trepagnier TSM Administrator Laitram, L.L.C.

review of recent addition of sata array storage pool

2005-03-11 Thread Steve Bennett
For what it is worth I'll provide my experience with installing a sata storage pool and some observations about potential issues. Dell 2550, 1gb ram, 2 x 1ghz pentium cpus TSM server v5.2.3.2 Windows 2000 sp4 160gb local scsi disk 6.4tb (16 x 400gb) local sata array fiber attached IBM 3494 with 2 d

Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui back?

2005-03-11 Thread Joe Howell
OK - I just got back from a user group meeting where there was a briefing by IBM on ITSM 5.3. They stated categorically that under NO circumstances would the web interface be coming back. ITSM 5.3.1 is supposed to be out in April and will be largely made up of fixes to the Admin Console and the I

Re: Novell output redirection

2005-03-11 Thread Gerald Michalak
I'm told that the sample shown below elicits a message like " Excessive command line arguments ". Gerald Michalak 630-691-4819 pager 800-759-8352 # 1076423 AIX - Certified Support Technician "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 03/11/2005 01:39:54 PM: > only had to this once, think i remember but

Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui back?

2005-03-11 Thread Andrew Raibeck
> ... How 5.3 could be released with the GUI interface > on a windows only platform ... Not true. See http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21195062. Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui back?

2005-03-11 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Jolliff >I and others have been complaining about that horrible >IBM/Tivoli web site >for years, and I haven't seen IBM budge on something that >simple, so why >do any of us expect them to react to making changes in the pr

Re: restore error - '': file space does not exist.

2005-03-11 Thread Richard Sims
When posting, please include vital details: platform type(s), software levels. We've seen this before where the From and To platform types and or file system types were not the same. All bets are off when you attempt something like that. Note that -FROMNode can be problematic if this was not in con

Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui back?

2005-03-11 Thread Dale Jolliff
I'm speaking as an individual. Please keep that in mind. I and others have been complaining about that horrible IBM/Tivoli web site for years, and I haven't seen IBM budge on something that simple, so why do any of us expect them to react to making changes in the product? How 5.3 could be releas

Re: Novell output redirection

2005-03-11 Thread Aaron Durkee
only had to this once, think i remember but ... load sys:tivoli\tsm\client\ba\dsmc q backup > sys:etc/out.log Maybe rabbit maybe ... Aaron Aaron Durkee Infrastructure Analyst Networking and Technical Group Catholic Health Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (716) 862-1713 fax: (716) 862-17

Re: Novell output redirection

2005-03-11 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerald Michalak >My Novell admins are try to figure out how to redirect the >output of the 'q >backup' command to a text file. I don't see any options in the >user guide. Does q backup > vol1:/blahblah/backup.txt work? --

restore error - '': file space does not exist.

2005-03-11 Thread Kjell Kaspersen
Hi I try to run a restore of a folder/partition to a different server: rest -fromnode= /home/ -subdir=yes -pitd=02/27/2005 /home/ But, this fails after restoring parts of this folder: Total number of objects restored:29,664 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes trans

Novell output redirection

2005-03-11 Thread Gerald Michalak
My Novell admins are try to figure out how to redirect the output of the 'q backup' command to a text file. I don't see any options in the user guide. Any help would be appreciated. Novell Version5.01f TSM Client V 5.1.6.6 Gerald Michalak 630-691-4819 pager 800-759-8352 # 1076423 AIX -

HELP

2005-03-11 Thread KEN HORACEK
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Re: Lock within TSM

2005-03-11 Thread TSM_User
If you run a q mount and don't see the tape mounted and you run a q vol f=d and the access mode is still set to readw then TSM should be fine and there is nothing more you have to do. Sometimes when a tape fails to dismount from a drive the volume will go "unavailable" in TSM. You change that b

Lock within TSM

2005-03-11 Thread Joni Moyer
Hey! I had a tape mounted in a drive, but TSM didn't know it was mounted. I forced the tape to dismount from the drive, but do I have to do anything within TSM? The TSM 5.2.2.5 server is AIX 5.2 and it has an STK SL8500 library with LTO2 drives. Thank you in advance! **

reactivate

2005-03-11 Thread KEN HORACEK
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Re: 1 drive not backing up

2005-03-11 Thread Thorneycroft, Doug
Compare the NT permissions at the root of M with the other drives Backup may not have access. Doug Thorneycroft Systems Analyst Computer Technology Section County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (562) 699-7411 Ext. 1058 FAX (562) 699-6756 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-

1 drive not backing up

2005-03-11 Thread Andy Huebner
I have an NT 4.0 system running 5.1.6.0. (Please hold the laughter) This server will not backup one of its hard drives. The system has drives C: - N:, drives C D E J & M are hard drives, all other drives are CD-ROMs. Only drive M is not backing up. I have tried domain all-local, domain C: D: E:

Re: Windows 2003 systemstate backup

2005-03-11 Thread Jones, Eric J
What we do is 1: In the dsm.opt file have domain c: f: (data drives) 2: Have a preschedcmd which runs NTBACKUP that does the system state backup 3: Run the TSM backups. The NTBACKUP is in a directory that is backed up so we have that to cover us. Once some minor bugs were worked out we ha

Re: Speaking of the ISC

2005-03-11 Thread Andrew Raibeck
One of the folks here in development mentioned to me that this might be a good time to remind everyone of the Admin Center FAQ lists that are available on the IBM web site. Go to http://www.ibm.com, then search on: TSMADMINCENTER This will bring up several (10) articles, including: 1193327 -

Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui back?

2005-03-11 Thread Adrie van Tuyl
Thans for your post, some of my thougths to it: At 19:19 3/10/2005, you wrote: Hi Everyone, I am an IBM Business Partner. I have been listening to what everyone has been saying about the ISC/AC. I, also, have some concerns about this since I not only have to use it I have to be able to sell it to

Re: Windows 2003 systemstate backup

2005-03-11 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Levi, Ralph >I know that client systemstate backups are not supported with Tivoli >Storage Manager 5.1 but has anyone found a way around this ? >I am stuck >on TSM 5.1 for a few more months but need to get systemstate backups >

Re: Windows 2003 systemstate backup

2005-03-11 Thread Andrew Raibeck
You can add a PRESCHEDULECMD operation that invokes ntbackup to back up the Windows system state to a disk file. Then let normal TSM incremental backup pick up that ntbackup disk file. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail:

Windows 2003 systemstate backup

2005-03-11 Thread Levi, Ralph
I know that client systemstate backups are not supported with Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1 but has anyone found a way around this ? I am stuck on TSM 5.1 for a few more months but need to get systemstate backups from my W2K3 clients. Thanks for any help, Ralph

Re: offsite archives?

2005-03-11 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
How about creating a different storage pool with the desired volumes and do a MOVE DATA (by NODE or TAPE) selecting just the ARCHIVE data ? Tim Piqueur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 03/11/2005 08:57 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.E

offsite archives?

2005-03-11 Thread Tim Piqueur
Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to move archives to an offsite location? We have several archives (varying in size from 10 to 250GB). Since this takes several tapes I was wondering if I could move those archives to tapes that I can take out of the library to make room for others? (TSM 5.2.3.

Re: WAIT=YES

2005-03-11 Thread Cory Heikel
Joni, Yes it will. Or at least it should. ; ) I use that to control the flow of several of my scripts. cory *E-Mail Confidentiality Notice* This message (including any attachments) contains information intended for a specific individual(s) and purpose that may be privileged, confident

WAIT=YES

2005-03-11 Thread Joni Moyer
Hello All! If I create a script called nas_backup and it contains the following commands, to run it I just have to issue: run nas_backup. Will the first backup have to complete before the second backup job starts? Thanks in advance! BACKUP NODE NAS_SERVER_2

Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui back?

2005-03-11 Thread Richard van Denzel
I've got it installed on AIX 5.2ML3, but that does not make the ISC run any faster :-( Richard. goc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 11-03-2005 11:02 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc: Subject:Re:

Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui ba ck?

2005-03-11 Thread Thomas, Matthew
AIX (5.1 and upwards) is listed as a suitable host OS on the IBM site: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center Requirements: http://www1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&context=SSGSG7&q1=TSMADMINCEN TER&q2=Integrated+Solutions+Console&uid=swg21195062&loc=en_US&cs=utf8&lang=e n Matt T

Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui back?

2005-03-11 Thread goc
- Original Message - From: "Remco Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 10:33 AM Subject: Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui back? One of the reasons we won't be setting up the ISC is that it requires a dedicated windows server to run. This

Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui back?

2005-03-11 Thread Remco Post
Steven Harris wrote: Mark, That is a great post from you, and yes ISC is Version 1 and will improve with time and use. Hopefully so. When TSM 5.3 is mature enough to be used in larger production environments (bugs like not being able to restore files larger than 2 GB all be solved) we'll upgrade. C

Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add the WEB gui back?

2005-03-11 Thread P Baines
Yes I agree most stongly. Please IBM, give us access to the admin API. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Harris Sent: Friday 11 March 2005 01:49 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: If we all complain, do you think they will add