Re: dsmerror.log location.

2002-04-08 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Also, If you have other people loggin into the machine tsm will drop a dsmerror.log file in the current directory the user is in when they execute dsm/dsmc and there is an error condition. Likely the dsmerror.log files which are appearing in odd places are caused by users executing tsm. Look at t

Server Return Code 11

2002-03-26 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Hello, I was looking on the list to see if this had come up before but couldn't find anything.. Nothing earth shattering.. Anyone notice that sometimes when you issue 'quit' from an admin command line it doesn't always quit with a return code of '0'. Many time I get a return code of '11'... tsm

Re: Clientoption Sets not binding proberly to a management class --Again--

2002-03-12 Thread Denis L'Huillier
oftware Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "Denis

Re: Clientoption Sets not binding proberly to a management class --Again--

2002-03-12 Thread Denis L'Huillier
ail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "Denis L'Huillier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Di

Clientoption Sets not binding proberly to a management class

2002-03-11 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Hello, I'm having trouble using client option sets. I want to bind all files in the "/web/prod/web_logs" directory on a unix server to a specific management class called "8YR_CLASS". When I do a backup all Directories are binding to this 8YR_CLASS but the files are going to the default mgm class.

Re: Backup and restore of NDS on Netware

2002-03-05 Thread Denis L'Huillier
This is a really good doc which comes with the install package of TSM for netware. It's located in the install directory of the client. This is an old document which hasn't been updated since V3 but is still very informative on TSM and NetWare. Hope this helps... (See attached file: Ntwback.htm

Re: LANFREE Backups - Feedback?

2002-03-05 Thread Denis L'Huillier
and not that of IBM or Tivoli Corp. - Original Message - From: "Denis L'Huillier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 2:37 PM Subject: Re: LANFREE Backups - Feedback? > Also, as an fyi... > Tivoli also informed us that TD

Re: LANFREE Backups - Feedback?

2002-03-05 Thread Denis L'Huillier
d until TSM V 5.1 comes out. > > > Kvedja/Regards > Petur Eythorsson > Taeknimadur/Technician > IBM Certified Specialist - AIX > Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Professional > Microsoft Certified System Engineer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Nyherji Hf Si

LANFREE Backups - Feedback?

2002-03-04 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Hello, We are currently evaluating the implementation of lanfree backups in our environment. I understand the conceptual benefits of sending data across the SAN vs. the LAN/WAN but am concerned with compatibility issues with our IBM TSM Environment and EMC Connectrix Environment. Has anybody imple

Multiple Device Classes

2002-02-14 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Hello, I currently have one tape device class called 3590_CLASS. All the tapes in the 3494 belong to this devc. I'm using K tapes for this devc. I want to def another devc but I want to specify a specific volume range to use. Is this possible? I have old J tapes which I would like to use for A

Re: Need a select command

2002-02-14 Thread Denis L'Huillier
For total data being managed by TSM I use: select sum(physical_mb) from occupancy Or if you want to know the total MB for nodes in schedules only you can use: select sum(physical_mb) from occupancy where node_name in (select node_name from associations) Regards, Denis L. L'Huiller 973-360-773

Re: Netware 5.1 & 4.2.1 Client

2002-01-22 Thread Denis L'Huillier
e respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Denis, what version of support pack are you running? Were running 4.2.1.19 on 5.1 and we can backup the NDS without errors. What's the version of your tsa500.nlm, tsands.nlm and smdr.nlm??? Mar

Re: Netware 5.1 & 4.2.1 Client

2002-01-17 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Yes, I currently have a PMR opened with Tivoli. I'm warning you.. it's ugly. Tivoli - NDS Transport is a Novell error which Tivoli is only reporting it. Novell - NDS Transport errors are being generated by Tivoli not interfacing properly with Novell. Tivoli - They have no documentation or infor

Re: Ejecting a Tape (Category FF00) from 3494 Library

2002-01-16 Thread Denis L'Huillier
There is an option you need to select for the library to inventory the frame after a door has been opened. I think it's : command --> inventory --> enable. This will inventory the frame the door was opened on and the 2 adjacent frames. I don't think this will remove any inventory references of tap

Optical vs. Tape

2002-01-16 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Does anybody have any input as to what the benefits of Optical vs. Tape are? I currently have 4 3494's with 3590E's and K tapes. I was offered the use of 4 3995's that were being used on the Mainframe for an application which has been retired. Do I want them? I am currently working on an Archive s

Re: Procedure for migrating TSM from on hardware platform to another.

2002-01-15 Thread Denis L'Huillier
There is one import question.. Is your tape technology going to be the same? If your tape technology is the same the task is quite simple. If not... import/export which will be VERY time consuming. Regards, Denis L. L'Huiller 973-360-7739 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enterprise Storage Forms -> http://admp

Re: "Think time" between switching tapes during restore

2002-01-15 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Also, check your mount retention time for the device class. I seem to remember that being an issue during large restores with requested data residing on multiple tapes. For some reason I recall the restore operation only using one tape drive for the restore, even though there were other drives ava

Re: What qualifies as an in use license?

2002-01-15 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Not sure on how the inuse is calculated but here's the sql: select node_name from nodes where node_name not in ( select node_name from associations ) Regards, Denis L. L'Huiller 973-360-7739 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enterprise Storage Forms -> http://admpwb01/misc/misc/storage_forms_main.html

Re: Ethernet connection IBM 3494

2002-01-15 Thread Denis L'Huillier
The LM Web interface was introduced in LM 525 code. Not many open system attached LM's are upgraded to 525 because 525 was built to provide additional support for VTS Peer-to-Peer 3494's. If you request it from your CE he will install it, but it is not yet released as an EC. To enable it: Command

Re: Handling spikes in storage transfer

2002-01-14 Thread Denis L'Huillier
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - voice: 804-828-4807 "Denis L'Huillier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/14/2002 02:33 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc

Re: Handling spikes in storage transfer

2002-01-14 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Try, select sum(bytes) from summary where entity='SuspectedAbuser' and activity ='BACKUP' and start_time between '2002-01-13 00:00' and '2002-01-14 00:00' This will give you in bytes the amount of data a particular node sent to the server in a 24 hour period. Adjust the start_time and entity as

Re: 3494,rs6000 and rs232

2002-01-14 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Brec, Be sure that you are connecting to the correct port of the ARTIC card on the LM. By default the first 4 slots are rs232 and the second 4 slots are rs422. Usually, the config would be: Slot1 - rs232 TSM port Slot2 - rs232 w/ rs422 converter 3590 Cu Port Slot3 - rs232 w/ rs422 converter 3590

Re: Recovery Log behavior after 100% util reached

2002-01-10 Thread Denis L'Huillier
the minute) all client activity came to a HALT ! just something I ran into... Dwight -Original Message- From: Denis L'Huillier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Recovery Log behavior after 100% util reached

Recovery Log behavior after 100% util reached

2002-01-10 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Hello, I have recently inherited an over worked, maxed out TSM server where the recovery log maxes out on just about a nightly basis. I have 2 questions maybe someone can help me with. 1. Why does the server only crash sometimes when the log fills up. For example, yesterday it reached 100% but

Re: Nt clients on DMZ

2002-01-10 Thread Denis L'Huillier
I had the same problem. The recommended fix was to change the client dsm.opt (NT) dsm.sys (UNIX) to 'polling' instead of 'prompted' scheduling mode. I believe it is addressed as a 'known bug' in the readme of the client software. I did just that and it works fine now. The only thing is I now ha

Memory Tuning For AIX

2002-01-02 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Hello- I am having a memory problem. I am runnning AIX 4.3.2 on a H50. TSM is the only application running on the server. When I run vmstat I get the following... kthr memory page faultscpu - --- ---

Multiple Sessions for Netware backups

2001-06-06 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Don't laugh I am trying to set up a backup schedule for a Netware server. I will be backing up approx 500 Gig once a week. Why 500 gig? Our lotus notes storage is out of control. As a fix (yea right) the notes admins are going to make everyone do local archives of their mail to their share d

Volumes required for a restore

2001-05-10 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Does anybody know how I can see how many and which volumes will be needed for a restore. I know the show volusage command but this shows all the tapes that data for a particular node resides on. When I do a complete server restore I will be restoring only the active files. I would assume that th

Using "Incremental Restores" as a DR tool

2001-05-09 Thread Denis L'Huillier
05:00. ( "nodename produnix" is in the dsm.sys of drunix ) Now when we need to restore the DR box 99% of the data is already there.. Does anybody see anything wrong with this plan??? Just an idea.. Thanks for any comments.. Denis L'Huillier

Re: ADSM Activity Log

2001-02-27 Thread Denis L'Huillier
espond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Denis L'Huillier/FlorhamPark/Pershing) Subject: ADSM Activity Log Can anyone tell me the default size of the ADSM Activity log. (version 3.700 server)...I can't find any documentation identifying this. -Dexter King att1.eml

LOGCOPY'S and DBCOPY's

2001-02-26 Thread Denis L'Huillier
One more question To try and better understand what the process would be to restore a ADSM database on a new TSM server I began looking through the PREPARE files. I have 15 dbvols mirrored for a total of 30. tsm: ADSM_AIX>q dbvol Volume Name CopyVolume Name CopyVolume Name

New server migration

2001-02-26 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Hello, I am planning to migrate my ADSM server to a new Server running TSM. ADSM 3.1.2.50 RS/6000 R20 (IBM 3466 B03) 3494 Library 3590 B1A drives- OLD SERVER TSM 3.7 RS/6000 H70 (IBM 3466 C01) - 3494 Library 3590 E1A drives - NEW SERVER AND NEW 3494 Here is my basic plan: From the old server:

Server Migration

2001-02-09 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Hello.. I currently have 1 IBM 3466 B03, 1 IBM 3466 C30, and TSM on 390. The B03 is being replaced by a C01. B03 is a microchannel RS/6000 running ADSM 3.1.2.50 The C01 will be a PCI H70 RS/6000 running TSM 3.7.2.0. I will be responsible for migrating all the data from the B03 to the C01. Both

Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-08 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Mezera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/08/2001 12:45:09 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Denis L'Huillier/FlorhamPark/Pershing) Subject: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO We are reaching storage ca

Re: Novell Server Specific Information Statistics?

2001-02-07 Thread Denis L'Huillier
I have " DOMAINALL-LOCAL DIRECTORY " .. This works fine for me. Good luck... "Fletcher, Leland D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/07/2001 05:22:51 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAI

Hung Sessions

2001-02-07 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Hello, I am still having problems canceling a session. I tried to lock the node but TSM would not let me because the node was "accessing the server". Removed it from the server schedule (which was a clientaction schedule to initiate the backup in the first place). Tried to disable sessions. Re

Can not cancel sessions

2001-02-06 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Hello, I am having problems canceling a backup session. When I cancel the session the command processes successfully but the session starts over with a new session number. I removed the node from the sched. with no help. I am at TSM 3.7.2.0 on AIX 4.3.2. The node is NT running TDP agent for Dom

Re: Latest vesion of ADSM for AIX

2001-02-06 Thread Denis L'Huillier
I am at 3.1.2.50 on AIX 4.3.1. Could not find it on the ftp site either.. As far as I know it is the latest. Patrick Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/06/2001 02:02:40 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECT