TSM 5.3 new goody 03/28/2005

2005-03-28 Thread Stapleton, Mark
(from the Windows Administrator's Guide, page 134) IBM 3494 tape categories Typically, a software application that uses a 3494 library uses volumes in one or more categories that are reserved for that application. To avoid loss of data, each application sharing the library must have unique catego

Re: Using multiple Ethernet adapters on AIX TSM server?

2005-03-28 Thread RAMNAWAZ NAVEEN
Hi, I don't know whether you can "merge" your two network adapter cards and associated ip into a logical channel called etherchannel might help you out. I know AIX supports etherchannel. Try smitty etherchannel to help you with the config. All the best -Original Message- From: ADSM:

help:Lan-free backup question

2005-03-28 Thread ming li
Hi all,somebody told me that for TSM lan-free backup client(store agent?) must need two separate fc adapters to transfer backup data and application data,is this ture?From store agent manual I couldn't find any subject about this.But for Veritas Netbackup a media server only need 1 fc adapter to d

3581 2U with Atape 9.2.6.0

2005-03-28 Thread John E. Vincent
Hi all, We're moving our Windows 2000 TSM server to an AIX 5.3 LPAR on a p520 (huzzah!). I'm running into some issues however with the Atape driver on TSM Version 5, Release 2, Level 2.0. The tape library is a 3623-2LX (aka. 3581 2U) I've installed the atape driver and rebooted the LPAR. According

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-28 Thread Mark D. Rodriguez
Andrew, This is a Linux client. I do not believe that journal backups are supported under Linux. As far as I know it is a windows only thing or at least thats what all the documentation says anyway. -- Regards, Mark D. Rodriguez President MDR Consulting, Inc. =

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-28 Thread Richard Sims
Some things to consider with large file systems, and Unix ones in particular: 1. Use CLI type backups rather than GUI type, for speed. 2. "Divide and conquer": Very large file systems are conspicuous candidates for Virtualmountpoint TSM subdivision, which will greatly improve things overall. For th

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-28 Thread Meadows, Andrew
I would also definitely suggest Journaling after the first incremental backup completes, that would help negate the slower backups with memory efficient turned on. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark D. Rodriguez Sent: Monday, Marc

Re: Large Linux clients

2005-03-28 Thread Mark D. Rodriguez
Zoltan, I am not sure if this will fix the problem or not. I have seen in the past when trying to backup directories (including sub-directories) with a large number of files that the system runs out of memory and either fails or hangs for ever. The one thing that I have done and has worked in som

Large Linux clients

2005-03-28 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
I am having issues backing up a large Linux server (client=5.2.3.0). The TSM server is also on a RH Linux box (5.2.2.5). This system has over 4.6M objects. A standard incremental WILL NOT complete successfully. It usually hangs/times-out/etc. The troubles seem to be related to one particular di

Re: select statement

2005-03-28 Thread Justin Derrick
It's a quoting issue... SQL in general prefers single quotes around strings. =) 'You solve the problem by \'escaping\' quote characters with backslashes in most SQL implementations.' "The same works for 'escaping' \"double-quotes\"." You can test your commands by prefixing them with the echo or p

Re: select statement

2005-03-28 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Hi Joni, You do not need to put the SELECT command in single quotes. dsmadmc -id=me -pa=xxx -tabdelimited select blah from blah where blah When comparing strings in the WHERE clause, use single, not double quotes around the string. ... where node_name='CS-NICE-STORAGE' Regards, Andy An

Re: Using multiple Ethernet adapters on AIX TSM server?

2005-03-28 Thread Justin Derrick
Hi Kevin. I am currently using one GigE adapter on my TSM server, and I have so much traffic coming into it during the night that I need to add another. The new adatper will have a different IP, but will be on the same subnet as the first one. I am not sure of the right / best way to configure it.

Re: select statement

2005-03-28 Thread Joni Moyer
Hello! Thanks for the suggestion! I am now getting another bizarre rc=3 when I enter the command: dsmadmc -id= -pass= -tabdelimited 'select statement' within single quotes. The node name is CS-NICE-STORAGE so I entered the following select statement: 'select node_name,filespace_name,hl_name || l

Re: DELETing a volume from a DB backup

2005-03-28 Thread Rob Berendt
What are the differences between the two courses? Again, I won't be handling the save/restores of individual clients or servers. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com Yiannakis Vakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Preparing a tape storage pool volume for reuse

2005-03-28 Thread Rob Berendt
Judging by one of your other emails, is reclaimation a process to merge partial tapes together? If so, that really doesn't interest us. It doesn't fit into our backup strategy. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.

Re: DELETing a volume from a DB backup

2005-03-28 Thread Rob Berendt
We have different areas of responsibility here with TSM. The help desk people set up the save's of the clients and the servers. They also perform any restores, as needed. The operations gal and I are to make sure that we can recover the TSM server in case of drastic damage to it. We did have a

Re: Reserved tape drives

2005-03-28 Thread Richard Sims
A drive state of Reserved most commonly occurs as TSM is engaged in mounting a tape on the drive. If that state persists, it could indicate drive problems where a tape load could not complete. Richard Sims On Mar 28, 2005, at 11:24 AM, Coats, Jack wrote: TSM server 4.1.3 on Windows 2K, 6 LTO-1 S

Reserved tape drives

2005-03-28 Thread Coats, Jack
TSM server 4.1.3 on Windows 2K, 6 LTO-1 SCSI attached with IBM3583 library. We have occasionally some drives that show up as 'Reserved'. No particular drive either. Once I have seen it clear that status on its own, but a couple of times we have had to stop and restart the TSM server to get it to

Re: select statement

2005-03-28 Thread Andrew Raibeck
> Is there a way that I can get all of the info. on 1 > line This was just discussed a week or so ago. You can start dsmadmc with the -tabdelimited or -commadelimited option to get output on a single line, then load the resulting output into a spreadsheet or db for easy viewing. > and also make t

select statement

2005-03-28 Thread Joni Moyer
Hey! I am trying to put together a select statement to find all archives for CS-NICE-STORAGE, but it is showing me the output in the below format. Is there a way that I can get all of the info. on 1 line and also make the archive_date split into date & time? Thanks in advance! Here is the comma

Re: Backing up a 150GB Oracle DB on a datawarehouse server

2005-03-28 Thread Andreas Almroth
Luc Beaudoin wrote: Hi all I have to take a new Oracle server (AIX), it's our new Datawarehouse server I know that I have to stop the Oracle DB before the backup and restart it after. .. Well, you really don't need to take if offline at all, depending on how much work you are willing to spend

Backing up a 150GB Oracle DB on a datawarehouse server

2005-03-28 Thread Luc Beaudoin
Hi all I have to take a new Oracle server (AIX), it's our new Datawarehouse server I know that I have to stop the Oracle DB before the backup and restart it after. .. My question is .. the DB has to be up and running as fast as it could ... so what should be the best way to take that Ora

Re: DSMJ on my new AIX server

2005-03-28 Thread Richard Sims
Did you install Java, per the Client manual? "Java JRE 1.4.1 or higher for the Web client and Java GUI" On Mar 28, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Luc Beaudoin wrote: Hi All I want to run the DSMJ GUI on my new AIX server But I have that message " error Java not found" I kind of new with AIX ... can you help me

Using multiple Ethernet adapters on AIX TSM server?

2005-03-28 Thread Thach, Kevin G
I am currently using one GigE adapter on my TSM server, and I have so much traffic coming into it during the night that I need to add another. The new adatper will have a different IP, but will be on the same subnet as the first one. I am not sure of the right / best way to configure it. It's my

DSMJ on my new AIX server

2005-03-28 Thread Luc Beaudoin
Hi All I want to run the DSMJ GUI on my new AIX server But I have that message " error Java not found" I kind of new with AIX ... can you help me Thanks Luc Beaudoin Administrateur RĂ©seau / Network Administrator Hopital General Juif S.M.B.D. Tel: (514) 340-8222 ext:8254

Re: Is there any method to get data on tape back if no restore TSM server

2005-03-28 Thread Andrew Raibeck
See http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0001/264.html for a response to a similar question. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb qu

Re: Backup expiration

2005-03-28 Thread Yiannakis Vakis
Nico, I have done it the other way. I define the number of versions I need and put NOLIMIT to the retention. This means that even if a file is deleted TSM keeps the last 3 versions forever. This may not be the best solution as the TSM DB grows larger and larger. But at least I'm sure that the files

Re: Backup expiration

2005-03-28 Thread Richard Sims
On Mar 28, 2005, at 2:51 AM, Nicolas Savva wrote: ...If i am correct, based on the above mc an inactive file will be deleted after 33 days. What about the active backup? for example i am trying to restore a file that i took backup, and i can't see any of inactive/active backup versions of this file

Re: selective backup with ANS1115W shows failed

2005-03-28 Thread Richard Sims
An often asked question, most recently last month. See that message number in http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts for rationale. Richard Sims On Mar 28, 2005, at 6:31 AM, Tsm Lover wrote: Hi Experts, I will be glad to hear from somebody. My tsm client 5.3 always shows scheduled backup faile

selective backup with ANS1115W shows failed

2005-03-28 Thread Tsm Lover
Hi Experts, I will be glad to hear from somebody. My tsm client 5.3 always shows scheduled backup failed. However in logs it is completed with ANS1115W warning. In my script i am saying dsmc selective d:\notes\* and in .opt file exlude *.nsf exclude *.ntf While with same settings incremental backup