Re: do adsm supports image-backups

TSM will support image backups for Win2K, not NT... in the 5.x timeframe (1Q2002, we've been told). Don France EDS Infrastructure Engineering San Jose, CA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PACE - http://www.pacepros.com Bus-Ph: (408) 257-3037 -

Re: Netapps for ADSM Server?

Until the NDMP support comes in, I'd avoid using NFS-mounts for such i/o-intensive storage; on the other hand, we configured EMC storage for disk pools, across fiber channels... "runs fine, lasts a long time". TSM is expected to support NDMP soon... Don France EDS Infrastructure Engineering San

Re: LTO 3583 terrible reclamation performance

Search the archives for "LTO Performance", for full history... the essential item is your firmware level... For 3580, 3581, and 3583 mach types (Customer Setup), the customer can download 0CE1 from: ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/358x Choose 0CE1.fmr Instructions for verifying the current

Re: DHCP and TSM

Also, by using the "prompted" method, you give up (ie, lose) the benefit of schedule randomization. I recommend you use polling method, and make the backup window large enough to "catch" the most of your users. (Else, have you tried using DNS name for the parameter? The book says it "should" wo

Re: Oracle Agent NT backups

Yes, it works pretty well, once you figure out the different levels to support -- RMAN needs a separate repository db for each different release level of the db's supported. The bulk of your questions are answered in the TDP for Oracle install guide (including a sample script for the TDP-Ora back

Re: Diskpool size for DirMc

I use DIRMC via CLOPTSets for Windows & AIX clients; one server with about 20-30 clients is using abit over 400 MB. We started with 50 MB, and that's probably okay, given the ultimate solution -- I am set at 1.3 GB with 34% utilization... my DIR_FILE has grown to just under 2.0 GB (can you belie

Re: Disk pool size vs large file

Inspect your server activity log; there's probably better info, there -- like a tape mount request that didn't get satisfied within the "mount wait" time on the device class of the storage pool your management-class/copy-group points to. I've seen this happen where the max-scratch was set too lo

Re: Which version of TSM Win32 to install - 4.1.2.12, 14, 17,18 ? ?

I think .12 is the requisite level (for the DST fix), the rest are for the apar's they fix. BTW, I think your statement of the SysObj issue, if correct, will make the "normal incremental" a nightmare -- I vote we stick with the "Microsoft" way (avoid the TSM SysObj backup feature, use ntBackup to

Re: Does TSM support the 3581 LTO changer in manual mode?

/dev/console. Works like a charm (stole the idea from the IBM SP startup process). Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc > -----Original Message- > From: France, Don G (Pace) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 11:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Does T

Re: Does TSM support the 3581 LTO changer in manual mode?

6 Single, manual drives would be 6 different, manual libraries to TSM... see the README file (you are using 4.1.x, right?), for full info -- you should get "mount" requests (and unload messages) for the tapes... no big deal, but you'll need a console monitor. Don France EDS Infrastructure Enginee

Re: corrupt Active Directories with restore of Win2K

No, we've not seen it -- but an IBM friend has referred me to the following KBase article. We specifically tested full recovery of both Domain Controller and Exchange 5.5 servers, including authoritative restore of the registry, and all worked fine. Q295932: Windows 2000 Domain Controllers Rest

Re: Backup & Restore time

Restore is typically about half the backup speed -- this is because the receiving client must re-insert filesystem entries for the restored data. Database (SAP) files are large, os-level backups are usually small files, so there's alot more file system open/close/dir-create activity, which is what

Re: Backing up Windows Terminal Server

We're doing several Citrix servers on NT4 and Win2K, no special problem except to run install under the "special" app-install mode ("change user /install" for install, then "change user /execute" for normal operation). Don France Technical Architect - Unix Engineering/P.A.C.E. San Jose, CA mailt

Re: DISK reclamation?

Fragmentation *will* be something you'll want to consider for the database; but, not for your diskpools, because you should be migrating them off to tape (nearly) every day... the whole idea is to get backup data onto portable media to fully protect the environment, one copy stays in the silo, 2nd

Re: Problem downloading latest Windows Client

We had numerous occasions like this; found out the way "around" it was to ftp-login to our firewall, then ftp to the site (using "quote site" command) --- seems some firewalls get snotty when using a browser for ftp. Alternatively, go home (or to offsite client) and download via DSL or T1 ... bo

Re: Identify tape volumes

If you have the activity log, a cheap&dirty method would be to select from volumeusage, then reconcile with the tapes that were used during that period (ie, search=' mounted' on the act-log query)... alternatively, do a query vol & query content for each tape returned from the volumeusage table.

Re: Slow restore for large NT client outcome.. appeal to Tivoli

I have two fundamental suggestions, I have not seen item 2 mentioned yet: 1. Use Microsoft folder-copy (be sure to run WinDiff - it's notorious for *not* copying all the files/directories) - and compare performance for copying large number of customer files; 2. Run the instrum_client_detail trac

Re: Slow restore for large NT client outcome.. appeal to Tivoli

- From: France, Don G (Pace) Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: Slow restore for large NT client outcome.. appeal to Tivoli I have two fundamental suggestions, I have not seen item 2 mentioned yet: 1. Use Microsoft folder-copy (be sure to run

LTO support on Win2K -- no longer requires RSM

For those who want to spell "relief" on Win2K with LTO, an excerpt from the 4.1.3.0 TSM server read1sts (README) file: * $$3 Additonal information on support for LTO Tape Drives on Windows * *

Re: LTO restore performance - seek problem?

TSM Level 2 responded to John, he forwarded their response... IBM located a microcode problem, they developed a patch, a customer is already testing the fix. -Original Message- From: Bern Ruelas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: PIT Restore

Sure... do weekly incrementals (instead of or in addition to daily)... use a different node name (eg, client1 and client1_we, like we do for TDP agents - as in client1 and client1_SAP or client1_EXC). That would ensure you have your 8 weekly "snapshots", given 8 week retention (RE=60), VE=8, VD=8

Re: urgent: TSM restore problems - ANS1026E (RC136)

We've seen this problem with "bad" NIC drivers; try watching your log for TCP comm.. errors (we hade a lot), or watch your switch. In our case, it was the NIC renegotiating (often) the speed & duplex settings; we resolved by getting off of the motherboard NIC, using external (Intel PCI) NIC, an

Re: C-Format XL Tapes

You maybe don't have pre-labelled tapes; try using "label libv 3570lib search=y labels=b checkin=scr". You'll need to ensure there is a drive available, etc. (Do "help label libv" for more info.) -Original Message- From: Gisbert Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday,

Re: LTO restore performance - seek problem?

I would hope/expect to see at least 10 GB/Hr restore speed, especially if there was no need to mount a lot of tapes; have you opened PMR with IBM and/or Tivoli on this problem?!? Also, are you seeing 20 GB/Hr on backup speed? We just ordered a six drive 3583, along with H80, specifically intend

Re: Can I send one file to two pools?

But you all do know that it's coming, right?!? Future plans include added replication (e.g., similar to what BackInt already allows SAP dba to do, but in a LAN-free way for copies beyond the first). -Original Message- From: Lindsay Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, Ma

Re: Restoring files

Yep... and we've seen this problem before. The Oracle file systems may need to be "owned" by the Oracle dba-id; then, the file/directory permissions can be set with user or group permissions that allow the same Ora dba-id to read-write-execute. When this is the case, "root" cannot do backup/res

Re: Can I send one file to two pools?

Have you considered backupsets? Copy pools get fragmented, backupsets are more portable (only need TSM client and compatible media technology, but they're somewhat slow on full-volume restore), image/logical-volume backup strategy (for fastest restore of file-served volumes)... Archive for large

Re: Help me please !!!

This is one of those "classic" situations where you just gotta listen to elevator music... call Tivoli for support. It may be as simple as upgrade to a module (there's been some history of problems with the dsmperf.dll, could be you just have a down-level version, due to the sequence of your up

Re: dbbackup tapes expiration

3) Yep... run the infamous SELECT query to find volumeusage for the node and storage pool you're going to restore (*or* just create a backupset & restore from it?), empty sufficient slots (use MOVE MEDIA DAYS=nn), then MOVE MEDIA & CHECKIN the volumes (as PRIvate) before starting the restore. Co

Re: Can't backup MSCS shared disk using schedule

Actually, you should consider using the Exchange Site Services account to run the schedule; we had the same problem, went back to the books (via IBM friend) which reminds you to use the admin account for the db engine - as it sometimes has special rights that either local system lacks or standard

Re: Exclude List for NT 4.0

Check your clientopts... or, better yet, do a "show inclexcl" from an interactive session, as it resolves both dsm.opt and clientopts. Cloptsets are added to the bottom of the list, so I would ensure no "include" is in the clientopts, else could render your dsm.opt excludes ineffective. Don Fran

Re: ADSM database backup to a file.

There are specific-path references, and file-system-dependent things in the TSM data base - which makes each server you install PLATFORM-SPECIFIC. So... the short answer is "no". -Original Message- From: Rainer Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 6:04 AM

Re: Win2K/NT restores taking too long...

We just went thru *TWO* very painful NT server disk-array failure outages; ultimately, we got info from Tivoli/IBM corroborating our observations (REGARDLESS OF PLAFORM): large numbers of small files will restore very SLOWLY Consider 2 to 7 GB per hour as "normal"... whereas we get upwards o

Re: tsm upgrades and testing

(a) absolutely not - UNLESS you don't care about the results; this is why a certification or development (or LAB?) environment is necessary (and not just for TSM - all apps.) (b) absolutely yes - any deviation from this practice is like flying trapeze without a net 1) yes, if you know what you'r

Re: I cant delete a backupset . . .

There is a known APAR for this; it's fixed in 3.7.4 (for 3.7),,, don't know when it's fixed for 4.1. Hope this helps. Don France Technical Architect - Unix Engineering/P.A.C.E. San Jose, CA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PACE - http://www.pacepros.com Bus-Ph: (408) 257-3037 -Original Mess

Re: Scratch tapes...

If you really have lots of disk to work with, you would configure disk pools to hold one night's worth of backup load (check dsmaccnt.log for actuals, size the disk pool at 125% or more), then trigger migration when backups are finished. Then, only send the big globs straight to tape; send all t

Re: Tivoli 4.1 Best Practises

The "Getting Started" RedBook is the very best starting point; also, SHARE has excellent sessions, usually with usable hand-outs, so there's much info out there, and for a (very modest?) small fee... there are folks who would visit for awhile and make pointed recommendations, some even in writing

Re: Running TSM server as a WIN2000 Service

Firstly, review the doc - mainly, readme files for server install and quick start book (on the CD and Tivoli web site). On Win2K, the install procedure should create the service; all you gotta do is configure it (Auto start, run as service, use local system account, etc.) either thru the AdminTo

Re: 3590k's

You may need firmware upgrade, for the extended-length tapes; also, (check README files) you may need Atape 6.x to match with the firmware change... just a couple ideas. I think Label Libv is a single-thread/process command; if you want to use more than one drive, try issuing the command twice(

Re: Failure of Archive Events with 4.11.16 client on NT

Methinks it's not a universal bug... we've got plenty of 3.1 & 3.7 clients that get marked "failed" when archive can't access a file. Sounds like they regressed the event process somewhere in 4.1(?), or am I mistaken? Don France Technical Architect - Unix Engineering/P.A.C.E. San Jose, CA mailt

Re: Scheduled backup anomalies

uccesses on 3 (only 3) Win2K PROFESSIONAL systems running 3.7.2.01 client. Still trying to figure out what is different about those 3 WIn2K systems. I've got other Win2K systems that don't have the problem. > -----Original Message- > From: France, Don G (Pace) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >

Re: ANE4007E - Access is denied

Make sure you have proper user rights for the account that runs TSM client; there are 3 rights needed: backup, restore *AND* modify audit & security logs (see the install doc. this last one is not default for Backup Operators). Also, locked files cannot be copied (or backed up); probably, you s

Re: Scheduled backup anomalies

I've seen scheduler stops with 3.7 (Solaris client, as well)... if the tcp server address is wrong/not-defined, the client-scheduler stops (seems to be sensitive to the specific connection error). I've not seen false successes, lately; only saw them on ADSM ConnectAgents (and other command-scrip

Re: DIRMC - disadvantages only?

RMISSIONS YES to the DSM.OPT file on the client. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of France, Don G (Pace) Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 4:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DIRMC - disadvantages only? < clip >

Re: NT Backup/recovery

You could, alternatively, do any of the following: * Install a temp NT system in the same partition, using different name from "WINNT"; * Consider using the TDP for Workgroups, to protect C-drive (storing its results on a local tape drive); * Consider TKG's product set for bare metal restore (they

Re: DIRMC - disadvantages only?

As with any OS that's capable, AIX and NT both allow ACL's and long paths; I think TSM database has room for 160 bytes, then (if exceeded) goes to storage pool. They are more prevalent in our NT systems, probably because our AIX is predominantly used as the TSM server platform (so its security st

Re: How to restore data from one TSM Server to a client on anothe r TS M Server (separate TSM Databases)

You could use export/import node across the network with server-to-server virtual volumes; or, you could use physical tapes (especially if they're collocated), which would eliminate the network data transfer. These are just TWO ways to "skin this cat"... but that's what you asked. Some folks

Re: Windows NT Restore Performance

Josh, You might consider using a Perl script to generate a load-balanced list of directories then run INCR for multiple items in that list (say 10 at a time). This may work, for you as it will use the "selective incremental" feature (which doesn't update the last-incr-date for the file system), t

Re: inclexcl problems

So, Jeannine,,, did you ever discover your error (or did any of the help do you any good)??? You never did say your client or server maint. Levels, either. Inquiring minds like to know... -Don -Original Message- From: Jeannine Walter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, Nov

Re: TSM 3.7.4.0 Servers Are Out

We've been running 3.7.4 on Solaris for about a month without noticeable problems; so, we upgraded an AIX box from 3.7.3 to it this past Tuesday,,, all is going well, so I am now preparing to do it on Win2k server. We need the fixes for expiration and server crashes we were getting on 3.7.3. I

Re: moving a server

I haven't done it myself, and I've seen others report there are platform-specific data stored in the TSM db, which means you'd need to do the equivalent of export/import from AIX to Solaris (UNLOAD/LOAD maybe?), to overcome those dependencies. If it were me, I'd try doing a "restore" of the AIX d

Re: FWD: inclexcl problems

F Y I ... there is a SHOW INCLEXCL command you can issue from dsmc client that will resolve the list - makes it easy to see what kinds of changes work vs. don't work when trying to solve these kinds of puzzles. It is the client code that controls this, but it also must resolve inclexcl entries as

Re: Archiving and database growth

Yep... and there is currently an APAR (not yet fixed) for incomplete expiration handling; if it's for long-term storage, (like 7 years) but you only do it once a year, then archive may be your answer... maybe to build tar files for each file system and archive them instead of the thousands of lit

Re: Client ver 3.7.2 - no SA software

Yep... we see the same phenomenon for some customer environments. Maria's suggestion may fix your browser-admin experience. Just a suggestion, though - sounds like you're wanting to do some "more than casual" administering - so, I recommend a couple things: (a) use the dsmaccnt.log file to extr

Re: Problem Installing 4.11.16 client on NT4 Server SP6a

Sounds like you have an MS installer problem... If you haven't already, you may need to re-install MSI and/or SP6a. Also, consider doing NT repair-install (from the decision-path that uses existing disk-based backup files, not the ERD), as that would be least likely to add to your problem. This mi

Re: Configuring dsm.sys and dsm.opt for multiple clients on one h ost

Check pp. 69-75, Chapt. 8 (Setting Common Options) in the "TSM for Unix: Using The Backup-Archive Clients" book; dsm.sys belongs in the installation directory, dsm.opt (or other "xxx.opt") file can reside anywhere, and can be pointed to via DSM_CONFIG. You could create multiple stanzas in dsm.sy

Re: Running with only one drive

ach with their own DLT8000 autoloaders). -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX Support, HACMP, Enterprise Disk(Shark)& Tape Solutions Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of France, Don

Re: Running with only one drive

I have a similar-but-different problem; two sites with single drive library and one site with two single-drive libraries. The goals are (a) lights-out operation, (b) backup data is stored on at least two pieces of tape (ie, never trust your backup data to a single piece of tape), (c) 14-day poin

Re: DLT Drive Upgrade

In our experience, ADSM always re-writes the volume label on tapes when it re-uses it; I worked on a problem with ADIC Scalar library containing DLT drives, where ADSM failed to use properly activate compression, but consistently set the drive to low-density for writing the label... when we set t

Re: Restore Sun Solaris from scratch

Our daily cron-script attempts to ensure the mksysb was successful; if success, eject the tape - else, do not eject. Daily operator procedure includes either (a) tape rotation (14 tapes for two weeks of retention at off-site vault) or (b) trouble ticket (routed to the tools team) if the tape did

Re: Restore Sun Solaris from scratch

We use the internal 8mm drive; since we need a librarian for the DRM pool, they just make daily rounds, so the OS mksysb tape goes offsite along with the daily DRM pulls. On the subject of Solaris, all OS CD's are bootable, so it's not such a stretch to use that to get started with a TSM restore

Re: Restore Sun Solaris from scratch

We have two schools-of-thought in use by our shop: - using ADSMPIPE, re-direct "ufsdump" or "dd" to TSM storage --- currently, we have this in place for about 30+ machines; the OS file systems are the only ones handled this way; full system recovery starts with the OS, redefine the remaining phy

Re: DLT Drive Upgrade

Historically, some vendors will tell you things are backward-compatible but mean that "you can read the old format, but you cannot write the old format"... we had this with 3490 and 3590 upgrades. In those cases, the ADSM doc. clarified that we needed to mark "read-only" all the older-format tape

Re: how is a weekly FULL bkup scheduled?

You need to realize that the include/exclude list is used for SEL as well as INCR; if you must have varying kinds of overlapping/conflicting inclexcl lists, you must use different node names --- all backup data is subject to the inclexcl list. (I understand this is not the case with NetBackup, b

Re: Running with only one drive

Sounds like you've got a handle on the issues... you will help performance of concurrent sessions by defining the disk pool volumes so they're the lined up with the physical volumes, and match or exceed the number of concurrent sessions you plan to run. You might just use 4 volumes, one each for

Re: Client Code Level

Check the README file on each (server and client); should find both combinations are okay, but... occasionally, there's no turning back once you move up to a newer level. You can (almost always) migrate upward either client or server, on independent schedules; I have never seen (since v.1!) a c

Re: Warning - Windows NT/2000 Sev1 Flash

And, for what it's worth, the stated "Local Fix" (aka, circumvention) DOES NOT WORK!!! I tested both 3.1.7 and 3.7.2, on NT and W2k. The problem is definitely there on NT with 3.7.2 (and not with 3.1.7); also, we did not see it fail with 3.7.2 on Win2k (FAT32 & NTFS)... but I didn't try every c

Re: TSM Upgrade

In the tradition of ADSM, I would avoid the first release; we waited until 373 for the first TSM, now I recommend the 4.1.1 level, BUT only if you need a new feature only found in 4.1. We've been running 373 with 372.01 clients on Win2K servers for the past 6 weeks, on two separate environments.