Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2005-01-13 Thread Eliza Lau
n propose it. > Is there anything I missed in the following 3yr plan? > > Year 1: > convert the frame L12 to L22 > replace two 3590E with 3592 > 300 new 3592 tapes > > Year 2 and 3: > convert the frame D12 to D22 > replace two 3590E with 3592 > 300 new 3592 tapes

Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2004-10-25 Thread Eliza Lau
at a time and spread out the cost over 3 years. > > Can someone give me a rough cost estimate before I even propose it. > Is there anything I missed in the following 3yr plan? > > Year 1: > convert the frame L12 to L22 > replace two 3590E with 3592 > 300 new 2592 tapes > >

upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2004-10-22 Thread Eliza Lau
3592 300 new 2592 tapes Year 2 and 3: convert the frame D12 to D22 replace two 3590E with 3592 300 new 2592 tapes Thanks, Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060

Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library?

2004-09-29 Thread Eliza Lau
t; > After doing this I pointed a test server to backup to DS01DISK and it > wotked without a problem. Pretty simple. > > H. Milton Johnson > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Eliza Lau > Sent: Wednesday

Re: direct attached disk (DAS) at a tape library?

2004-09-29 Thread Eliza Lau
available in Q1 2005. Our goal is to put the VTL or DASD in a building 1.5 miles away and put the primary stgpool on it. The 3494 will stay in the machine room and will keep the 'offsite' tape pools. Then we will never have to mess around with tape vaulting ever again. Eliza Lau Virginia Tech

Re: D2D on AIX

2004-09-21 Thread Eliza Lau
True. Seek time is tiny compared to tape mounts. I am just concerned that the TSM db has to keep track of thousands of volume. How much will it increase the size of the db. Ours is already 90G at 70% utilized. Eliza > > ==> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eliza Lau <[EMAIL

Re: D2D on AIX

2004-09-21 Thread Eliza Lau
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines > > > -----Original Message- > From: Eliza Lau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 19:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: D2D on AIX > > > Our 3494 with 3590K tapes in 3 frames is getting full. Instead of adding

Re: D2D on AIX

2004-09-20 Thread Eliza Lau
t; > > H. Milton Johnson > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Eliza Lau > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: D2D on AIX > > Our 3494 with 3590K tapes in 3 frames is getting

Re: D2D on AIX

2004-09-20 Thread Eliza Lau
created in the stgpool filepool, it creates a volume of 64G, which is the max value you can specify. Where do you define the 500GB you said. Eliza > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Eliza Lau > >Our 3494 with 3590K tapes in 3 frames

D2D on AIX

2004-09-20 Thread Eliza Lau
1TB. Does it mean the largest stgpool I can define is 1TB? My Exchange stgpool alone has 8TB of data. Do I have to split it up into 8 pieces? server: TSM 5.2.2.5 on AIX 5.2 database 90GB at 70% Total backup data - 22TB Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please help me NOT migrate

2004-04-20 Thread Eliza Lau
TECTED] On Behalf Of > > Lloyd Dieter > > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 11:59 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Please help me NOT migrate > > > > > > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 13:45:03 -0400 > > Eliza Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote thusly

Re: Please help me NOT migrate

2004-04-20 Thread Eliza Lau
> > No. The 3494 library manager can handle connections to multiple TSM servers. Using a > library manager/library client is not necessary in your case. > > Consult your 3494 manuals on how to set this up. > > -- > Mark Stapleton > > Thanks Mark. This will be in my recommendation. Eliza

Re: Please help me NOT migrate

2004-04-20 Thread Eliza Lau
> All right. > > 1. The only way to move TSM data from one operating system platform to another is by > using the export/import functions. > > 2. Exporting 24TB of data, even running a direct export from the old TSM server to > an import on the new server will take days. > > 3. How to prove this?

Re: Please help me NOT migrate

2004-04-20 Thread Eliza Lau
But I know it won't fly because it will entail buying a new tape library. Eliza Lau Virginia Tech > > Hi Eliza, > > My condolences; I don't envy the position that you're in. I'm not sure > what arguments have been laid out against staying with AIX, but perhaps

Please help me NOT migrate

2004-04-20 Thread Eliza Lau
advance, Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center Blacksburg, VA

Re: need help with TSM Operational Reporting

2003-11-14 Thread Eliza Lau
Thanks Michael. I reinstalled and chose "Everyone" instead of "Just Me" during setup and it works now. The tricky part is that "Just Me" is the default. Why not just change it to "Everyone" so users who use the default won't get caught. Eliza > > I think this will help you -> > http://msgs.ads

need help with TSM Operational Reporting

2003-11-13 Thread Eliza Lau
ny help is appreciated. Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060

Re: icon disappeared from upgrading to TSM 5.2.0.3

2003-10-10 Thread Eliza Lau
Ted, I just checked my W2k box and 1581 is not listening. I am running the 5.2.0.3 client. Eliza > > >Is it true that if he doesn't configure the > >web client or install CAD then port 1581 is not open? > >Security is on everyone's mind these days. > > Hi Eliza, > > Does port 1581 show up in ne

Re: icon disappeared from upgrading to TSM 5.2.0.3

2003-10-10 Thread Eliza Lau
continue > without snapshot support. > > ...not that the last item has any bearing whatsoever on your question, but I > thought it might be of interest to you. > > Regards, > Mark > > -Original Message- > From: Eliza Lau > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 1

icon disappeared from upgrading to TSM 5.2.0.3

2003-10-10 Thread Eliza Lau
he doesn't want to use the web client. server: TSM 5.1.1.6 on AIX 5.1 client: TSM 5.2.0.3 on W2K SP4 Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: upgrade from AIX 4.3.3 to 5.1 with db and log on ESS

2003-07-02 Thread Eliza Lau
pgraded to SDD 1.4.0 from an earlier version? Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center > > I am in agreement with you there Lloyd. I too have done SDD upgrades but > never had to go through that much hassle. On one of the early versions of > the SDD you used to have to undefine the vpath

upgrade from AIX 4.3.3 to 5.1 with db and log on ESS

2003-07-01 Thread Eliza Lau
SAN switches SDD 1.3.1.3 Thanks in advance, Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center

password encryption

2003-02-19 Thread Eliza Lau
r in plain text or encrypted? Thanks, Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060

Re: TSM Upgrade frequency

2003-02-19 Thread Eliza Lau
Todd, >From talking to a TSM Level 2 consultant, only the first 3 numbers of a release have to match between the server and the storage agent. If all your storage agents are at 4.2.1.7, upgrading the server to 4.2.1.9 should be ok. Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center > > For

3494 and LAN-free backup

2002-09-19 Thread Eliza Lau
t. If you are running LAN-free backups, could you post your client's dsm.sys, dsm.opt and dsmsta.opt? server: 4.2.1.15 on AIX 4.3.3 client: 4.2.2.1 on Solaris 8 storage agent : SUN 4.2.1.14 Thanks, Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center Blacksburg, VA 24060 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: backup performance with db on the Shark ESS

2002-09-18 Thread Eliza Lau
ua S. Bassi > IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark > Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM > eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP > > AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant > Cell (831) 595-3962 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor

backup performance with db on the Shark ESS

2002-09-18 Thread Eliza Lau
ies of the log and depending solely on RAID-5 of the ESS for the integrity of my db. server: TSM 4.2.1.15 on AIX 4.3.3 Thanks to all the people who contributed, Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: backup performance with db and log on a SAN

2002-09-03 Thread Eliza Lau
gt; > Daniel Sparrman > --- > Daniel Sparrman > Exist i Stockholm AB > Propellervägen 6B > 183 62 HÄGERNÄS > Växel: 08 - 754 98 00 > Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 > > > > > Eliza Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist

Re: backup performance with db and log on a SAN

2002-09-03 Thread Eliza Lau
ppy. > > P.S. I'm preparing a presentation for Share in Dallas next spring on > this exact topic; I really appreciate interesting data points like this. > Thank you for sharing it. > > Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On S

Re: backup performance with db and log on a SAN

2002-09-03 Thread Eliza Lau
obil: 070 - 399 27 51 > > > > > Remco Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2002-09-02 10:48 > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] &g

Re: backup performance with db and log on a SAN

2002-09-02 Thread Eliza Lau
pools to tape. It is a fairly quiet time of the day. The dbpoolsize is set to selftune, and db cache is over 99%. I am interested to see how you can backup your 85G database in 1.3 hours. IBM helped set up the Shark and the switches. I assumed that the guy knew what he was doing. Eliza Lau

backup performance with db and log on a SAN

2002-08-31 Thread Eliza Lau
i support but has yet to get a callback. Has anyone noticed that support is now very non-responsive? server; AIX 4.3.3, TSM 4.2.1.15 Thanks, Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 5.1.1 Windows 2000 scheduler won't start

2002-08-14 Thread Eliza Lau
st for the record, I'm seeing the same behavior in the TSM 4.2.2 client > on Windows 2000 Server. > > I haven't done anything about it yet because the service does start > eventually, and we almost never reboot servers. > > Tab Trepagnier > TSM Administrator > Laitram

Re: 5.1.1 Windows 2000 scheduler won't start

2002-08-09 Thread Eliza Lau
e are running 5.11 clients, server is windows 2000 4.2.0. (We've just > started to roll out the 5.11 client - all looked good in testing!) > > Tim Rushforth > City of Winnipeg > > -Original Message- > From: Eliza Lau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: August 8, 2002

Re: 5.1.1 Windows 2000 scheduler won't start

2002-08-09 Thread Eliza Lau
ients, server is windows 2000 4.2.0. (We've just > started to roll out the 5.11 client - all looked good in testing!) > > Tim Rushforth > City of Winnipeg > > -Original Message- > From: Eliza Lau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: August 8, 2002 11:39 AM >

Re: replacing all 3590 with 3590 extended

2002-06-13 Thread Eliza Lau
> and they all are J tapes. > > > > Eliza Lau > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > .VT.EDU> cc: (bcc: MUSTAFA BAYTAR/ATIM/ICECEK) > Sent by: Subject: Re: replacing a

Re: replacing all 3590 with 3590 extended

2002-06-12 Thread Eliza Lau
? Eliza > > Hi Eliza, > Define K tapes to onsite storage pools and J tapes to offsite pools. > > > > Eliza Lau > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > .VT.EDU> cc:

Re: replacing all 3590 with 3590 extended

2002-06-12 Thread Eliza Lau
That's it! I looked up DEF VOL and sure enough you can use both scratch volumes and DEF VOL to add empty volumes to the offsite tapepool. Thanks, Eliza > > Hi Eliza, > Define K tapes to onsite storage pools and J tapes to offsite pools. > > > >

replacing all 3590 with 3590 extended

2002-06-12 Thread Eliza Lau
ay we can use the J tapes for the offsite storage pool only. I looked throught the Admin Reference and there doesn't seem to be a way to do: backup stgpool tapepool tapeback scratch=no volumenames=file:listof3590 Any suggestions? server: TSM 4.1.3 on AIX 4.3.3 tape library: 3494 Thanks,

TSM 5.1 Mac OS X and encrption

2002-04-11 Thread Eliza Lau
Does anyone know if the new Mac OS X client in TSM 5.1 supports encrption since it is UNIX based? It is not mentioned in the product announcement. Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center Blacksburg, VA 24060 540-231-9399 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: HELP with TSM and SAN

2002-03-15 Thread Eliza Lau
hat you are trying to do. I guess the machines/disk you have are > just too slow to drive the tape drives to effectively use SAN. > > -Original Message- > From: Eliza Lau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 11:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > S

Re: HELP with TSM and SAN

2002-03-14 Thread Eliza Lau
rives with LAN-free backup during the backup window. The Exchange backup alone takes 2 hours. Is this doable with a AIX TSM server? Eliza > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Eliza Lau > Sent: Thursday, March 1

Re: HELP with TSM and SAN

2002-03-14 Thread Eliza Lau
t doing > i/o to the disk or tape for backup purposes. This comes with TSM 5.1. > Initially this will be very limited in the clients that are supported > and the TSM server platform. > > Adolph Kahan > > Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

HELP with TSM and SAN

2002-03-13 Thread Eliza Lau
95, SUN, AIX, Macs, Linux 3494 with 6 FC tape drives connected to the TSM server. Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: help with sql

2001-12-21 Thread Eliza Lau
log search=VTCAT.CC.VT.EDU begintime=now-7 > > Do you get anything back? Should be the same records in both cases... > > -Original Message- > From: Eliza Lau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

help with sql

2001-12-19 Thread Eliza Lau
ect date_time, message from actlog where nodename='VTCAT.CC.VT.EDU' and time(actlog.date_time) >= current time - 7 hours' ANR2034E SELECT: No match found using this criteria. ANS8001I Return code 11. ANS8029E Macro processing terminated. Thanks, Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing

Re: FW: v4.2.1 TSM Clients

2001-10-18 Thread Eliza Lau
This is terrible. All the windows clients I installed last week fail with a rc=4. I called this in yesterday and was told to wait for a callback. Tivoli cannot add a "new feature" in a PTF without warnings. It is not even in the README. Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center Blac

Re: Unable to fix tape volume problem on OS/390 server

2001-09-10 Thread Eliza Lau
ibvol 3494lib xx remove=no move media x stgpool=tapeback wherestate=mountablenotinlib wherestatus=empty checkin libvol 3494lib xx status=scratch devtype=3590 Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please reread my or

Re: TSM Win2K 4.2.0 client scheduler problems

2001-08-09 Thread Eliza Lau
> there must not be > > any authenication problems and the password is stored in the registry. > > > > Has anyone seen this with their W2K 4.2.0 clients? Is this > > normal behavior? > > > > server - TSM 4.1.3 on AIX 4.3.3 > > client - Windows 2000 4.2.0 > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Eliza Lau > > Virginia Tech Computing Center > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 540-231-9399 > > >

Re: New M80

2001-08-08 Thread Eliza Lau
ers crossed and hope that the IBM CEs know what they are doing this time. Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, Va 24060 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Well folks, my M80 arrived and is sort of up. There is still much work to do > before it will be moved to produ

TSM Win2K 4.2.0 client scheduler problems

2001-08-02 Thread Eliza Lau
problems and the password is stored in the registry. Has anyone seen this with their W2K 4.2.0 clients? Is this normal behavior? server - TSM 4.1.3 on AIX 4.3.3 client - Windows 2000 4.2.0 Thanks in advance, Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] 540-231-9399

test - please discard

2001-07-03 Thread Eliza Lau
I haven't received any mail from this list. Just testing.

Re: What is the diff between LAN-free and Server-Free backups

2001-04-18 Thread Eliza Lau
Thanks to Bill, Ted, George, and Seth for the quick response. I see the difference now. LAN-free is actually TSM server free. Server free is TSM server and TSM client free backup. I wish Tivoli made a better choice of names. Eliza - Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center [EMAIL

Re: What is the diff between LAN-free and Server-Free backups

2001-04-18 Thread Eliza Lau
another > without going through the server. In other words, the SAN knows where the > data is and where it is going and handles the transport without the > assistance of the client node. > Seth Forgosh > > -Original Message- > From: Eliza Lau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

What is the diff between LAN-free and Server-Free backups

2001-04-18 Thread Eliza Lau
then migrate to SAN attached 3494 (3590E tape drives)? Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center [EMAIL PROTECTED]

TDP for Exchange - Is this normal?

2001-03-19 Thread Eliza Lau
- but going one way and not the other server: tcpwindowsize=63 tcpbufsize=31 client: tcpwindowsize=63 tcpbufsize=31 tcpnodelay=yes largecommbuffer=yes server: TSM 4.1.2 on AIX 4.3.3 client: TDP for Exchange 1.1.1.01 on NT 4.0 SP4 Thanks in advance. Eliza Eliza Lau Virginia

Re: Exchange Problem

2001-03-05 Thread Eliza Lau
Upgrade to TDP for exchange v1.1.1.01. You can ftp it from the IBM site: service.boulder.ibm:/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/tivoli-data-protection/ntexch/1.1.1 We are running TSM server 4.1.2, and exchange backup/restore works just fine. Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center

Re: Estimated Capacity of 3590-K tapes

2000-12-19 Thread Eliza Lau
(MB) --- -- - - 301271TAPEPOOL 3590TAPE 36,474.2 98.7Full Eliza > > when the tapes go into use and reach full status there capacity will be > updated. > > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Eliza Lau w

Estimated Capacity of 3590-K tapes

2000-12-18 Thread Eliza Lau
e K tapes show up as 40GB? Server: AIX 4.3.3 ADSM 3.1.2.58 Thanks, Eliza ------ Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Centeremail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Universit

Re: Can't retrieve another client's files

2000-08-31 Thread Eliza Lau
> > >Richard, what is the difference between using "dsmc retrieve -fromnode" > >and "dsmc retrieve -virtualnode -pa". Why do you prefer -virtualnode over > >-fromnode? > > Eliza - -FROMNode and -FROMOwner are part of the facility for users sharing > server-stored files, defined by filena

Re: Can't retrieve another client's files

2000-08-31 Thread Eliza Lau
> > > dsmc> set access archive "/home/user/*/*" myclient root > > Eliza - Something that I should have suggested yesterday: > > Given that root is retrieving the files, and root can have global access > to files on a system, you could use -VIRTUALNodename instead of doing > a Set Access. So with

Re: Can't retrieve another client's files

2000-08-30 Thread Eliza Lau
> > >On spider01.cc.vt.edu: > >dsmc> set access archive "/home/user/*/*" myclient root > > > >On myclient: > ># dsmc retrieve -fromnode=spider01.cc.vt.edu -fromowner=root >"/home/user/lau/test.f" "/tmp/test.f" > ... > >ANS4005E Error processing '/tmp': file not found > > I'd say it's because you

Can't retrieve another client's files

2000-08-30 Thread Eliza Lau
-- Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Centeremail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg VA 24060 phone : (540) 231-

Re: Veritas BackupExec interface to *SM

2000-08-21 Thread Eliza Lau
vendor supports both products. -- Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Centeremail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg VA 2

Re: magstar 3494 / 3590 / AIX question

2000-08-10 Thread Eliza Lau
d I will send it to you. > > Becky, I am also interested in the docs your have for B1A -> E1A migration. We are planning to upgrade in the near future. Thanks. ------ Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Ce

Re: temp license ran out

2000-08-08 Thread Eliza Lau
gt; Thanks, Aubrey > FedEx Technical Services > Aubrey, The license is stored in the database. Reinstalling the code will not reset it. If you have purchased the ADSM 3.1 cd you can install the license from the cd. This worked on my AIX server. Eliza Lau Virginia Tech

Re: 3590 K

2000-08-01 Thread Eliza Lau
Support r/w both the old J tapes and the Extended Length K tapes? Can I use both kind of tapes or do I have to replace all 1000 J tapes with K tapes? ------ Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Centeremail : [EM