Re: Servers supported on virtual machines--anything new?

2009-03-02 Thread Roger Deschner
. One reason you won't find much about this, is that TSM makes it very easy to run more than one TSM server instance on a single OS image. This will be inherently more efficient than virtualization via VMware, Sun LDOM, IBM z/VM, or IBM pSeries LPAR. Instructions are in the TSM Installation Guide a

Re: Backup of NFS filesystem fails to automount.

2009-03-02 Thread Andrew Raibeck
John, have a look at the "automount" option in the TSM client manual. Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/i...@ibmus Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Sto

Servers supported on virtual machines--anything new?

2009-03-02 Thread Nancy R. Brizuela
Hi All, I found this document describing the virtual machines supported for TSM servers, below. Is there anything newer on this? I don't see anything about TSM servers and supported virtual machines in the V6 announcement. For instance, is running a TSM server on a Sun Solaris LDOM supported?

Backup of NFS filesystem fails to automount.

2009-03-02 Thread Schneider, John
Greetings, We are trying to backup a filesystem that is an automounted NFS. The automount is not happening; as you can see it only backs up the directory. If I issue 'cd /mnt/mksysb' down to the directory the automount works. I can run the schedule then and the scheduler sees and backs up the

Re: JR- backup CIFS share on NAS box using TSM Client

2009-03-02 Thread JR Trimark
Here is how I did it for Windows. register node in TSM, verify dsmc works correctly before proceeding. Create userid and assign it to the local admin group, disable local login Change the logon tab for TSM Client Acceptor, Remote Client and Scheduler to use the userid you created Create 2 scripts

Re: NTUTIL Erase Tape causes an error after checkin and labeling the tape.

2009-03-02 Thread Daniel Lane
Richard, Thank you for the reply. When each was labeled the activity log shows them as successful after each process. My apologizes for leaving that out. The tapes were used prior to the erase by the same TSM server, library and drives without any issues. I did not get these errors until afte

Re: Alternatives to TSM

2009-03-02 Thread Conway, Timothy
I hate my "mushroom"* status. The old price we "doubled" from was a 7-month pro-rated price to align us with our new fiscal year, which means the price we rejected was a 58% discount over last year. * (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_management) -Original Message- From: ADSM: D

Re: Is it possible to integrate mksysb and Windows OS backup into TSM?

2009-03-02 Thread David E Ehresman
I don't know about mksysb, but you can certainly make bootable TSM for Sysback backups to TSM and use them for AIX bare metal restores via NIM. David >>> Mehdi Salehi 2/28/2009 10:41 AM >>> Hi experts, I have some questions about Tivoli Storage Manager, Sysback and FastBack. I appreciate your c

Re: NTUTIL Erase Tape causes an error after checkin and labeling the tape.

2009-03-02 Thread Richard Sims
On Mar 2, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Daniel Lane wrote: Hello everyone, We are using TSM version 5.5.2 We have used the ntutil.exe for long erase to erase some of our tapes which was successful. The issue though is that when the tapes are checked back into the library TSM goes to use the tapes and ca

Re: Query Backup syntax for Windows 5.2 Client

2009-03-02 Thread Andrew Raibeck
OK... so that shows it can be made to work, but I'm still puzzled why the batch mode does not work. It would be interesting to see the results of the query when you run from both batch mode and loop mode (complete copy & paste of the output, not just selected lines; except for lots & lots of file

Re: Query Backup syntax for Windows 5.2 Client

2009-03-02 Thread Thorneycroft, Doug
Andy, Thanks Andy, it works if I start dsmc first, the run the query -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu]on Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 10:34 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Query Backup syntax for Windows 5.2 Cl

Re: Query Backup syntax for Windows 5.2 Client

2009-03-02 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Hi Doug, I'm not sure why you are seeing what you are seeing. It should work. Try running "dsmc -nod=ct100". Once you are in the TSM command prompt, do a QUERY SESSION to make sure the node name in session is indeed CT100. Next, do a "q fi" command to see if the \\ct120 shares show up. If they

Re: Query Backup syntax for Windows 5.2 Client

2009-03-02 Thread Thorneycroft, Doug
Andy, I tried your suggestions with the same results. I'm running the commands from my desktop, not from the server that is performing the backup. That is why I'm using the -nodename option. (the client level is the same on both machines) I went to source machine (CT100) and the command worked f

Re: Query Backup syntax for Windows 5.2 Client

2009-03-02 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Ah, I reread the original post, and I see it is necessary to use the -nodename option in this case. :-) Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/i...@ibmus Internet e-mail:

Re: Query Backup syntax for Windows 5.2 Client

2009-03-02 Thread Andrew Raibeck
How about this? dsmc q ba \\ct120\apps\ -nod=ct100 Hints: a) Put your hyphenated options at the end of the command, e.g., after the file spec as in my example above. b) If you mean "all files", use "*" instead of "*.*". Otherwise "*.*" will include only those files that have an extenstion. F

Query Backup syntax for Windows 5.2 Client

2009-03-02 Thread Thorneycroft, Doug
Hello, I'm trying to issue a query backup for a filespace that is backed up as a UNC, and can't get the syntax right. The filespace is a shared drive on a remote drive using the UNC in the domain statement. Backup is run on Node CT100 the share I'm trying to query is on CT120 the domain stateme

NTUTIL Erase Tape causes an error after checkin and labeling the tape.

2009-03-02 Thread Daniel Lane
Hello everyone, We are using TSM version 5.5.2 We have used the ntutil.exe for long erase to erase some of our tapes which was successful. The issue though is that when the tapes are checked back into the library TSM goes to use the tapes and cannot read the label. ANR8311E An I/O error occur

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-03-02 Thread Morris.Marshael
We are not on 12e with nmon. We are at 11e. I just saw an email that said the fcstat came with 5.3 TL05 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Wallace.Dwight Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 9:53 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Tap

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-03-02 Thread Kamran Rao
To be exact fcstat was introduced in AIX 5.3 @ TL05. Regards, Kamran Rao -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of James Choate Sent: March 2, 2009 10:06 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape performance (was: Re: Pref

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-03-02 Thread James Choate
The fcstat was introduced in AIX 5.3. It is included in the devices.common.IBM.fc.rte fileset. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Wallace.Dwight Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 7:53 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Tape perform

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-03-02 Thread Wallace.Dwight
And on this one . . . Have you tried nmone with ^ ? And what is the fcstat command in? AIX? Not in my man pages and find doesn't show "fcstat". -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of David Bronder Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 7:2

Re: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)

2009-03-02 Thread Yudi Darmadi
Need your advice. I had a scheduled monthly archive for a file server, data stored direct to tape LTO4 with total size approx. 900GB, and it takes 26 hours! I had try using NT backup for the same object, and it's just take 10 hours. What's wrong with this TSM-tape performance? The aggregate rate

Re: TS error - ANR1330E and ANR1331E

2009-03-02 Thread Baker, Jane
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&uid=swg21259460 This may help you. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Abayomi Oni Sent: 02 March 2009 12:44 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TS error - ANR1330E and ANR13

Re: TS error - ANR1330E and ANR1331E

2009-03-02 Thread Abayomi Oni
The command run to initiate the migration is upd stg stgp_disk hi=0 This caused the data in the disk pool to be migrated to the tape pool The platform and TSM server is Storage Management Server for AIX-RS/6000 - Version 5, Release 3, Level 4.0 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Ma

Re: TS error - ANR1330E and ANR1331E

2009-03-02 Thread Bos, Karel
Hi, Sounds like corruption (due to HW failure?). http://www.adsm.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8304 Met vriendelijke groet, Karel _ Karel Bos Technical Expert PU EIS SMS MSS-WEST Atos Origin Nederland B.V. Naritaweg 52 1043 BZ Amsterdam Office: +31 (0)88 265

Re: TS error - ANR1330E and ANR1331E

2009-03-02 Thread David McClelland
Hi Abayomi, Could you provide us with some fundamentals such as the OS platform, TSM Server version you're running and what operation was being performed (if any) that might be related - these might have a significant bearing on identifying what your problem is. For example, the following looks l

TS error - ANR1330E and ANR1331E

2009-03-02 Thread Abayomi Oni
I get the error below when I run the command to initiate migration. Kindly help with possible solutions 03/02/2009 13:07:52 ANR1330E The server has detected possible corruption in an object being restored or moved. The actual values for the

Re: How do you keep track of DB Backup

2009-03-02 Thread Bos, Karel
DRM :) select state,count(*) as "DRMEDIA" from drmedia -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Christian Svensson Sent: donderdag 26 februari 2009 19:51 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: How do you keep track of DB Ba