Re: tsm for ve DR config question

2014-08-28 Thread Schneider, Jim
I back up both the VM and CNTL data to separate file device storage pools on a Data Domain. I restore from a snapshot of replicated data. I was under the impression that the mbobjrefreshthresh parameter triggered additional (megablock) backups and substituted for periodic fulls. It's my ferve

Re: tsm for ve DR config question

2014-08-28 Thread Stefan Folkerts
>The documentation isn't kidding around when it recommends that a periodic full strategy is best for tape copypools. This and make sure you restore your VE metadata to disk first, this only works if you place this metadata in a seperate copypool. On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Matthew McGeary

Re: Systemstate backups

2014-08-28 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Hi David, You should use: include.systemstate all where is the name of the desired management class. New backup objects will appear bound to the specified management class. Older objects will still show up as bound to the older class, but the system state as a whole will be managed to the

Systemstate backups

2014-08-28 Thread David Ehresman
Are systemstate backups always bound to the default management class? I added a "include * mgmclass" statement to my client options. As expected, on the next backup the files were rebound to the new mgmclass. But all of the systemstate entries in the backup table (select ... from backups) stil

Re: tsm for ve DR config question

2014-08-28 Thread Matthew McGeary
TSM for VE will connect to any VCenter server you specify. When we did our test, the VMWare team built a new VCenter instance and I built a new datamover, connected it to the fresh VCenter and started restoring VMs. A word of caution, however, if your data is on tape and you don't have any fulls

Re: tsm for ve 7.1 docs request

2014-08-28 Thread Lee, Gary
Got them. Thanks. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 10:41 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm for ve 7.1 docs request Gary, installation guide http://pic.dhe.ibm.

Re: tsm for ve 7.1 docs request

2014-08-28 Thread Schneider, Jim
Gary, installation guide http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v7r1/topic/com.ibm.itsm.ve.inst.doc/b_ve_inst_guide.pdf user's guide http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v7r1/topic/com.ibm.itsm.ve.doc/b_ve_user_guide.pdf Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Man

tsm for ve 7.1 docs request

2014-08-28 Thread Lee, Gary
Just went through the tsm for ve info center for v7.1. Cannot find pdf downloads, and my screen reader won't show me the system requirements doc. Would someone please send me a url for downloadable docs for the latest tsm for ve? Thanks for any help.

Re: tsm for ve DR config question

2014-08-28 Thread David Ehresman
Jim, I do not have an answer to your question but I would be very interested in hearing about your TSM/VE DR experience. We have not yet had the opportunity to use VME in a DR test. David Ehresman deehr...@louisville.edu -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L

Re: Backup fails with no error message

2014-08-28 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Thomas, I haven't forgotten about this... I did find one place in our code where, if a memory allocation fails, a message is logged only to a trace file (not the dsmerror.log file). This is currently targeted for a future release. I do not know if this covers all the various scenarios you encount

orphan libvol

2014-08-28 Thread Rhodes, Richard L.
Hi, We upgraded our 3584 libs to new drives, and are in the process of converting to new media. I have a orphan libvol - a library manager libvol for which there is no library client volume. LIB MGR libvol - private, owned by TSM5 ./run_cmd.ksh tsmlm2 "q libvol 3584isoc j03829" 3584I

Q monitorsettings question

2014-08-28 Thread Robert Ouzen
I to all I need clarification about the option “monitorsettings” for the Operations Center (Installed version 7.1.0.200) I have two backup servers om O.S windows2008R2 64Bit with TSM server version 7.1.0.100. When loading the query monitorsettings , I wonder if I have to configure it on each

Re: Installing Operations Center after installing and updating TSM 7.1

2014-08-28 Thread Michael Roesch
Hello Lee, thank you for the information. Regards, Michael Roesch On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Lee Miller wrote: > Either method will work. I would go to the more current fix level on the > OC 7.1.0.200 > > > Lee Miller > Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery Development