NetWare performance issues

2006-02-02 Thread Brecton Whitten
Hi all, Netware group at our location is not happy with backup and restore performance using TSM. We are seeing roughly 4 to 5 GB per hour at best. We have tested going to SSA disk pools, SATA disk pools and directly to 3590/3592 tape FC. We don't see very much difference in these methods. Typic

Re: ANR8355E

2003-09-16 Thread Brecton Whitten
Have you tried changing access to read-only? We had a problem when we went from 3590e to 3590h where a single drive was not upgraded properly and any tape that that drive had written was labeled as 3590e. After drive problem was solved, the only way we could be sure and read all tapes was to make t

Cloning Oracle databases using TDP and RMAN

2003-09-09 Thread Brecton Whitten
If anyone has cloned or restored an ORACLE database (9i) to another client (Solaris 8) using RMAN and TDP, could you please share your scripts/tips/experiences ? We have changed all references ( tdpo.opt, dsm.opt, etc.) on the target client to match the source client and used tdpoconf to reset the

Encryption for TDP

2003-07-09 Thread Brecton Whitten
Does anyone know when or if the encryption option will become available for TDP ( Oracle / SQL )? Thanks, Brec Whitten UAB Hos

Netware restore problem

2003-06-16 Thread Brecton Whitten
TSMers, I've looked through the postings but could not find a definitive solution to a Netware restore problem. When using the Web client to restore a directory to a new, empty location on the same client I get overwrite requests that will not be replied to. The only response it will accept i

TSM DB from 4.x to 5.1.5

2003-02-04 Thread Brecton Whitten
Could anyone who has upgraded from TSM 4.x to 5.1.5 on AIX please share your DB size and how long upgradedb process ran? We do not have disk space for a test DB and cannot test upgrade process to determine how long this takes. Thanks,

DB size, multiple servers and sharing 3590s

2002-08-20 Thread Brecton Whitten
Hi all, I know that this has been discussed a lot on this list, but I'm hoping someone has crossed this specific set of bridges before. Configuration - TSM 4.2.2 running under AIX 4.3 on an H50 with 2 G of ram. One ATM nic and one GigE nic. Two ( soon to be 4 ) 3590E drives native attached in

Re: ADSM-L Digest - 12 Jan 2002 to 13 Jan 2002 (#2002-14)

2002-01-14 Thread Brecton Whitten
There are 2 messages totalling 124 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. 3494,rs6000 and rs232 2. Oracle backup ---------- Date:Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:33:49 -0600 From:Brecton Whitten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:

3494,rs6000 and rs232

2002-01-13 Thread Brecton Whitten
TSM'ers, If anyone is using rs232 to communicate with a 3494, some help would be appreciated. We are currently running TSM 4.1 on AIX 4.3.3 on a 604e High node ( MCA ) in an SP2 complex. 3590 drives SCSI attached in a 3494 using rs232 serial LM connection on a serial attached port extender.

No Subject

2001-09-20 Thread Brecton Whitten
select node_name,volume_name from volumehistory where node_name='XX' >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/20/01 09:00AM >>> All, I need some quick help, I need the show command that shows all tapes that contain data for a particular node. Can anyone help? Jeff Bach Home Office Open Sy

Re: Boot from CD

2001-08-15 Thread Brecton Whitten
Look at bootlist command in man pages. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/15/01 10:12AM >>> This a little off topic since it's an AIX question but I'm sure with the knowledge out there it can be answered. How do I get an M80 to boot from the AIX CD instead of the disk. Inserting the CD and starting after

Netware - Unable to allocate directory handle

2001-06-15 Thread Brecton Whitten
*sm'ers, In combing the postings, I have seen several references to the problem of Netware being unable to allocate a directory file handle. I have tried all of the solutions that have been mentioned ( reloading smdr and tsa's, removing .pwd files and regenerating them, etc. ), yet none of them

Fwd: 3570 Cases

2001-06-08 Thread Brecton Whitten
Perm-A-Store makes Turtle cases for 3570 tapes. We have several and they work fine. Try www.turtlecase.com.

Netware and Btrieve

2001-06-05 Thread Brecton Whitten
*SMer's, In searching the postings, I did not see a solution concerning the question I currently have. Does anyone out there backup Btrieve databases without stopping them first? I am somewhat familiar with OFM from St. Bernard as we use it on other clients. The problem we are having seems to

Netware restore from one client to another

2001-05-17 Thread Brecton Whitten
TSM'ers, If anyone can help with this, I would appreciate it - I am trying to restore files from one Netware client to another using command line and -fromnode parameter. The original client has crashed and I am trying to move its data to a directory on another Netware client. Using the follow

Converting TSM Platforms

2001-01-31 Thread Brecton Whitten
*SM admins, Thanks for all the responses on my conversion help request. It's a relief knowing that we don't have to export/import for this. I guess I just got confused in sifting through the postings. I think I learn more from observing this group than I do from the actual documentation. I hope

Converting TSM Platforms

2001-01-30 Thread Brecton Whitten
*SM admins, We are currently planning to move our TSM server from a 604e high node in an SP2 complex to an H50 standalone. Both platforms have the same number of CPU's and amount of memory ( 2 G ). The big difference being MCA vs. PCI. We are on TSM 3.7.4 and are going to move up to TSM 4.1.2 (

TSM 3.7 and Netware 5.1

2001-01-19 Thread Brecton Whitten
*SM group, If there is anyone running TSM 3.7 on AIX4.3 and backing up Netware 5.1 servers and would be willing to talk to me about their experiences, I would greatly appreciate it. We are seeing TSM crashing and abending Netware servers. I have seen some of the posts referring to new TSA patc

Netware 4.1/5.1, OFM62, and TSM 3.7

2000-10-06 Thread Brecton Whitten
Hello, Is there anyone out there using OFM 6.2 and TSM 3.7.2 to back up Netware 4.1/5.1 servers? We are seeing problems with servers running out of memory. We have also seen some servers with unable to run low priority threads. Occasionally we have problems with servers hanging in the TSM sess