TSM4VE storage pools

2019-09-27 Thread Chris McKay
Hi there, I currently have a basic TSM4VE implementation setup that backs up to our VTL by default. I have a requirement now though to back up some VM's and templates directly to physical tape. I'm not 100% sure how to achieve this. Do I create a new data mover node for this? How do I backup to a

Re: TSM client support

2016-03-11 Thread Chris McKay
i: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 2016-03-09 > 13:54:18: > > > From: Chris McKay > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 2016-03-09 13:59 > > Subject:

TSM client support

2016-03-09 Thread Chris McKay
Hi there, We are currently running TSM server version 6.3.4.200 and the majority of our Windows client nodes are running version 6.4. We do have a few old Windows 2000 server nodes running version 5.2.2.0 of the B\A client. I plan on upgrading the TSM server to version 7.1.4 in the near future, bu

Windows TSM server upgrade advice

2007-11-21 Thread Chris McKay
Hello, I'm looking for some advice if possible on upgrading a Windows TSM server. The current server is built on Windows 2000, running TSM version 5.3. I have very limited system partition space available (approx 2GB free), which houses the OS and TSM server files. I would like to upgrade the O

Re: Cannot define a path to a drive: help, please?

2007-06-19 Thread Chris McKay
int I'm not >quite sure what the real issue is with the defining the path, but as you >can see it's not liking the element number. > > >Joni Moyer >Highmark >Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III Phone Number: (717)302-9966 >Fax:

Re: Cannot define a path to a drive: help, please?

2007-06-19 Thread Chris McKay
Hi Joni, I did have this exact problem, but with a Windows server. What type of Library do you have?? Did you update any firmware lately?? We have a 3584 library, and found the firmware was the problem. I had to downgrade the firmware, let it detect the drive define the drive, then update the fir

Re: Define path problems

2007-06-12 Thread Chris McKay
info. Cheers, Chris Chris McKay writes: >Yes, I tried both serial and element=autodetect > > > >"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" writes: >It sounds like the serial information to me. Did you try the >serial=autodetect when defining it? I had to do this the last time I a

Re: Define path problems

2007-06-12 Thread Chris McKay
Yes, I tried both serial and element=autodetect "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" writes: >It sounds like the serial information to me. Did you try the >serial=autodetect when defining it? I had to do this the last time I added >some LTO3 drives. > >On 6/12/07, Chris McKay

Re: Define path problems

2007-06-12 Thread Chris McKay
config, >- reboot Windows >- define drive serial=autodetect >- define path to drive > > >Regards, > >Karel > >-Original Message- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Chris McKay >Sent: dinsdag 12 juni 2007 14:25 >To: ADS

Define path problems

2007-06-12 Thread Chris McKay
notice the library specialist does report a different serial number than the library itself reports though.. The server is Windows 2000. Has anyone seen this before? Any ideas??? Take Care, Chris Chris McKay Systems Administrator York Catholic District School Board

Re: TSM Error Log path:

2007-06-01 Thread Chris McKay
Hi Murugan, The easiest way would be to start the b/a gui on the client, go to EDIT>PREFERENCES and select the scheduler tab. Look for the SELECT... button beside 'schedule log' and this will allow you to change the location of the log file. Check off 'prune old entries' and set for a value of 7 d

Mixing drive types in logical library 3584

2007-05-30 Thread Chris McKay
Hi all, I have been told by IBM that fibre LTO2 drives are no longer available. We wish to expand the number of drives in our 3584 library from 2 to 5. The current 2 drives are fibre LTO2 drives, would it pose a problem by adding an additional 3 LTO3 drives to that logical library? Is it possible

Re: Safe to delete or move .dmp files

2007-05-25 Thread Chris McKay
>Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Safe to delete or move .dmp files > >On May 25, 2007, at 9:17 AM, Chris McKay wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I currently have quite limited system drive space on one of my TSM >> servers >> (Running on Windows 2000). In an effort to cle

Safe to delete or move .dmp files

2007-05-25 Thread Chris McKay
Hi all, I currently have quite limited system drive space on one of my TSM servers (Running on Windows 2000). In an effort to clean up some space I was wondering if it would be possible to move or delete a couple of files. The file names are dsmserv.dmp and dsmsvc.dmp. As they are .dmp files I am

Re: Tape checkin

2007-05-23 Thread Chris McKay
sends them off via the courier. Unless >less you like putting your Sherlock hat on and putting your spyglass to >the offsite vendor's downloaded tape inventory, comparing what you think >should be in your library, just use the checkl=b. :) > >-Original Message- >From: ADSM:

Tape checkin

2007-05-23 Thread Chris McKay
Hi all, We were told to use the following command to check-in tapes brought back from the vault: 'checkin libvol 3584lib search=bulk checklabel=yes status=scratch waittime=0 I have also checked in tapes using the checklabel=barcode option (usually only when checking in brand new tapes), which byp

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server BA client setup

2007-04-25 Thread Chris McKay
Hi, I'm trying to setup the Windows BA client on a Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 and I am unable to complete. The install goes normally, but when I try to finish the install and create the dsm.opt file it gives me a TCP\IP error, and I have to cancel. The administrator o

Re: available slots left

2007-04-12 Thread Chris McKay
Hi Avy, We have a 3584lib, and I would reccomend using the IBM Ultrascalable specialist. It is the web-based utility for managing the library. This will tell you exactly how many slots are available in the library, etc.. Very nice for updating firmware, and managing the library, drives and media c

SAP offline backup problems

2007-01-29 Thread Chris McKay
me this backup kicks in. Also I never have a problem with online backups. The TSM server is running on Windows at version 5.3, and the SAP Oracle database server is also a Windows server using the TDP for Oracle. Any ideas would be appreciated. Chris McKay Systems Administrator Phone: (905

Re: Communication address different than node name

2007-01-19 Thread Chris McKay
I have done this for all nodes involved and all IP addresses match the respective node. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" writes: >Chris - > >Do Query Node F=D >and check the network addresses in play, including High-level Address. > > Richard Sims __

Re: TSM Client

2007-01-19 Thread Chris McKay
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Communication address different than node name

2007-01-19 Thread Chris McKay
I have two nodes that when a backup kicks in with the scheduler, lists a different node in the communication address. This different server is listed for both nodes. I have checked DNS and everything is fine there. Also I have checked the host file on all nodes and there isn't anything unusual ther

Novell server backup

2006-03-07 Thread Chris McKay
We have noticed on our Novell servers, each night a large amount of data is getting backed up. From our investigation all \most of this data isn't accessed regularly, so in fact it really shouldn't be getting backed up. Could someone refresh my memory on the rules TSM uses to determine if a file or