Re: Nodes per TSM server

2012-10-10 Thread Ian Smith
eve - there are published IBM recommendations on memory (and CPU ?) - search under 'server requirements'. Regards Ian Smith IT Services, | University of Oxford From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] on behalf of Christian Svensson [ch

Re: Moving to TSM Capacity based licensing from PVU - experiences

2012-07-18 Thread Ian Smith
mpression and quota management ). That vexes my management too and I fear that we will, in the course of the next couple of years, turn our backs on this product as soon as we have rolled our own solution. Which will be a shame, as it is a good product and we won't be able to recreate it. Ma

Re: Moving to TSM Capacity based licensing from PVU - experiences

2012-07-16 Thread Ian Smith
published metric for the conversion from PVU to per TB licensing so I would be really interested and grateful if anyone would like to share their experiences of that conversion in a private email to me. Many thanks in advance. Ian Smith Oxford University England

Re: Stupid question about TSM server-side dedup

2011-11-22 Thread Ian Smith
backup option at the server )? - IIRC the identify processes run but find nothing if this option is set and the data has not yet been backed up to copypool. Ian Smith On 22/11/11 15:17, Colwell, William F. wrote: Wanda, when id dup finds duplicate chunks in the same storagepool, it will raise t

Re: External Disk Unit and TSM Deduplication

2011-11-16 Thread Ian Smith
means longer client sessions and still impacts the TSM server a bit. I'm guessing that the apparent prevalence of hardware-based dedupe on this list is due to people realising that dedupe on a busy system needs to be offloaded from the TSM server. HTH Ian Smith On 16/11/11 06:32, Alper DİLEKT

Re: Dev Class type FILE with multiple directories

2011-11-14 Thread Ian Smith
on demand). Ian Smith Oxford University. On 12/11/11 15:33, Arbogast, Warren K wrote: Rick, I am just getting started with FILE deviceclass storage pools, so take the following with ample grains of salt. However, my experience contradicts swg21497567. Or, I might misunderstand that Technote

Re: vtl versus file systems for pirmary pool

2011-11-03 Thread Ian Smith
and we were happy. Finally finally, I accord with the comments on resourcing your TSM DB instances - the figures reported in the best practices only ever seem to move in one direction ... HTH Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services. England

Re: confused about deduprequiresbackup

2011-09-07 Thread Ian Smith
perly honoured. Ian Smith On 07/09/11 16:18, Alexander Heindl wrote: Hi, I'm a bit confused about this option. when I set it to no, reclamation on my primary dedup filepool works when set to yes, not. although all data is copied to a copypool. reclamaion on copypool works in both situations...

Re: Deduplication question

2011-09-07 Thread Ian Smith
ever, the above document suggests in two places that the data will be copied/moved in its deduplicated 'state' rather than being rebuilt, copied and deduplicated again. Ian Smith Oxford University

Re: TSM v6.2 Diaster Recovery Restore

2011-09-05 Thread Ian Smith
herwise you will get this when starting db2. SQL1092N "XXX" does not have the authority to perform the requested command or operation. HTH Ian Smith On 02/09/11 20:44, Ehresman,David E. wrote: Can I restore a TSM v6.2 database to a tsm instance with a different name? That is, co

Exchange Legacy 2007 to VSS 2010 backup performance

2011-08-24 Thread Ian Smith
d like to have an idea of what we should expect in testing. Thanks Ian Smith Oxford University/ England.

Re: Version 3 client on Version 6 server

2011-04-06 Thread Ian Smith
we say to these clients - while it works, fine, but you are on your own, and we will probably lock you out., if there are any server-side effects in the future. Ian Smith Oxford University

Re: Client support for Ubuntu?

2010-04-30 Thread Ian Smith
Allen, perhaps a little tangental to your request but this announcement (?) certainly passed me by at the time. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&tcss=Newsletter&uid=swg21417165 Regards Ian Smith Oxford University UK On Friday 30 Apr 2010 3:41 pm, Allen S. Rout wrote

Re: 5.5 -> 6.2

2010-03-05 Thread Ian Smith
t when the devil drives ... Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services

Re: date check in a select

2010-02-11 Thread Ian Smith
he first date() is not really necessary. Note that if you put a space between the greater than operator and the number, TSM will treat this as a re-direct and write the output to a file called '30' - no space between >30 There is a manual on pre-version 6 TSM SQL syntax ... somewhere. HT

Re: Searching for TUG Meeting for CPU2TSM

2009-09-10 Thread Ian Smith
Is TSM not moving towards a per TB licensing model? Ian Smith Consultant -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Christian Svensson Sent: 10 September 2009 07:11 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Searching for TUG Meeting for

Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-04 Thread Ian Smith
I believe there is a tool called Backup Migrator that can do automated, hands off migrations of legacy data. There is an initial policy setup stage then the appliance moves the data between the environments. Meaning the old environment can be decommissioned. Ian Smith -Original Message

Re: Virtual Volume Restore Speed?

2009-08-04 Thread Ian Smith
Allen, My only thought - given that you are restoring lots of small files - is that you may be thrashing the target disk. Have you looked at that ? Ian Smith Oxford England On Monday 03 Aug 2009 5:07 pm, Allen S. Rout wrote: > Howdy, all. > > I've done a decent amount of smal

Re: TSM Server 5.5, AIX and xlC version

2009-05-20 Thread Ian Smith
David, AIX installp will say something like 'this version is superseded by a later version' and ignore it. In our experience the TSM server filesets will install fine and will work with xlC 9.0 ( this is on AIX 5.3 TL 8 SP 5 ). HTH Ian Smith Oxford University On Wednesday 20 May 20

Re: restoring a single file from an image backup, possible?

2009-04-29 Thread Ian Smith
What version of TSM Server are you running? To single file restore from an image you need a TOC which was available for NDMP backups but not OLVSA images at TSM version 5. Ian Smith Consultant Global Consulting Services DELL|Solutions -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager

Re: Green issue: How to avoid leaving clients on all night

2009-04-23 Thread Ian Smith
#shutdown 2. implement a wake-on-lan solution - this is more involved, especially if your are crossing subnets ( the wol packet doesn't travel across subnets ) see http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/wol/ for more info on our solution. Cheers Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services: -- On Wednesd

Re: Percent complete

2009-04-17 Thread Ian Smith
t Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Ian Smith Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 7:34 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Percent complete Hi I need a little reminder on how to do a calculation in a SQL statement: I want to divide: Select count(*) from ev

Percent complete

2009-04-17 Thread Ian Smith
Hi I need a little reminder on how to do a calculation in a SQL statement: I want to divide: Select count(*) from events where scheduled_start >current_timestamp - 1 day BY Select count(*) from events where status not like '%Completed%' and scheduled_start >current_timestamp - 1

Preferred TSM Platform

2009-02-25 Thread Ian Smith
Hi I am sure this question has been asked many times, however with server and OS development what is the favored OS for TSM v5? I have always preferred AIX however never been keen on Solaris and am considering Windows instead. Will v6 be compatible with the Windows platform? Ian Smith

Re: TSM v6 - article up on SearchStorage

2009-02-06 Thread Ian Smith
27 March release date stated on Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/tsmv6_gets_dedupe/ -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: 06 February 2009 10:21 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM v6 - a

TSM Syposium 2009

2008-12-19 Thread Ian Smith
hope that we can offer him and his team as much assistance as possible and I'm sure many of you will join us in contributing to a really first-class event. Finally, just to be clear, we also hope to stage the event again in the future - but just not in 2009. Regards Ian Smith & the

Re: How to exclude network drives

2008-12-15 Thread Ian Smith
see the network shares listed at the server when you do 'q files ' , but a 'query occ ' should report no occupancy under these drives. Unfortunately, I've never worked out how to exclude removeable drives :( HTH Ian Smith Oxford University UK/England/GB/* On Saturday 1

Re: TSM Library manager v Gresham

2008-11-20 Thread Ian Smith
ager v Gresham From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Smith > What experiences do people have of library/drive control for SL8500? > > I am trying to work out the pros and cons of either using TSM Library > manager with ACSLS or the Gresham agents. Do

Re: TSM Library manager v Gresham

2008-11-20 Thread Ian Smith
Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Smith > What experiences do people have of library/drive control for SL8500? > > I am trying to work out the pros and cons of either using TSM Library > manager with ACSLS or the Gresham agents. Does anyone have any thoughts >

TSM Library manager v Gresham

2008-11-20 Thread Ian Smith
? Thanks Ian Smith Dell Corporation Limited is registered in England and Wales. Company Registration Number: 2081369 Registered address: Dell House, The Boulevard, Cain Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1LF, UK. Company details for other Dell UK entities can be found on www.dell.co.uk.

Re: What happened to 5.5.1.2 client?

2008-09-17 Thread Ian Smith
Hi Zoltan, we wondered the same, enquired and were told it had been pulled because of 'issues' - I don't know more. Don't touch it. Cheers Ian Smith Oxford University On Tuesday 16 Sep 2008 7:37 pm, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: > Anyone know what happened to the 5.5.1.

Re: Updated VS Backed Up

2008-08-15 Thread Ian Smith
Shawn, in the dsm.opt the syntax is, I think testflag DISABLEATTRIBUPDATE i.e. no '=' Ian Smith On Thursday 14 Aug 2008 7:53 pm, Shawn Drew wrote: > Unfortunately that didn't work when I tried a backup. Anyone else with > an idea on how to get a testflag int

Re: Erroneous files in client log directory

2008-07-16 Thread Ian Smith
In the Windows application log, is there any evidence of the acceptor daemon crashing, and possibly orphaning the files? What version of TSM is the client? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: 16 July 2008 14:37 To: ADSM

Re: Erroneous files in client log directory

2008-07-16 Thread Ian Smith
Is there a schedlogmax defined, or any trace flag that may be configured on the client? What ID is the client running under, does it have the privileges to remove temp files it may be able to create? Ian -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behal

Re: Problems after upgrading 5.3 Linux client to 5.4

2007-12-12 Thread Ian Smith
on the client. At the very least, take a look at the manual on these options, and test them if unsure. HTH Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services. UK -- Begin trace file excerpt -- 06-11-2007 12:08:02.353 [016096] [4144462752] : incrdrv.cpp (14330): Incremental attrib compare for: /b

Re: Orphaned filespaces

2007-04-05 Thread Ian Smith
a 'quiet' time on your server. Regards Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services On Wednesday 04 Apr 2007 4:28 pm, Bill Kelly wrote: > An important little caveat to using the backup_start and/or backup_end > columns in the filespaces table: these values are only updated when a &g

Re: Migrating an HSM filesystem

2007-02-09 Thread Ian Smith
7; ( i.e. server-side only ) backup of each file from migrated stgpool to backup stgpool - all 4TB in yours ( 6TB in ours ) cases. Apparently this is Working As Designed .. Apart from that, it's easy - that README_hsm_enu.htm file is your friend. HTH Ian Smith Oxford University Computin

Re: Tape drive zones for FC drives - best practices

2007-02-07 Thread Ian Smith
new alias in the defined config admin> cfgsave # save the config to internal flash admin> cfgenable# enable the changed config admin> cfgactvshow # sanity check HTH Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services England. On Wednesday 07 Feb 2007 1:57 am, John Monahan

Re: TSM 5.4 cautions

2007-01-29 Thread Ian Smith
site yet. I haven't tested whether this occurs when running the command-line equivalent dsmcutil to do the same. It only appears to happen when setting up a _new_ service. That is, updating an existing service does not have this problem. Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Systems England

Re: J vs K 3590 Tapes

2004-02-24 Thread Ian Smith
gards ------- Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford, UK. --- ~>Mime-Version: 1.0 ~>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ~>Content-Disposition: inline ~>Date: Mon,

Re: dsmscoutd running too long

2004-02-04 Thread Ian Smith
fully, according to patterns of use on it. HTH ------- Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford, UK. --- ~> ~>Does anyone have any suggestions that would

Re: 2 fibre interfaces per drive

2003-11-18 Thread Ian Smith
e and all was OK. Regards ------- Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford, UK. --- ~>Mime-Version: 1.0 ~>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ~>Content-Disposition: inline ~>

Re: install scripts for 5.1.X

2003-03-04 Thread Ian Smith
ant incremental backups. HTH ------- Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford, UK. --- of the clients. ~>X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on GHLNTST5/BTTest(Rel

Re: From TIVsm 4.2.1.8 to TIVsm 5.1.6.1 on IBM H70, AIX 4.3.3

2003-02-10 Thread Ian Smith
9 -> 5.1.6.0 -> 5.1.6.1 HTH ------- Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford, UK. --- ~>X-X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~>X-Acknowledge-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~>Confi

Re: Label new 3590 cartridge

2002-07-12 Thread Ian Smith
FE 3542 FE 3A5B were errors writing the servo-track along the tape. You will need a new tape - send this one back under it's warranty. We experienced this mainly with the early use of 256 track 3590-E1A drives ( along with early microcode ). We still see this occasionally. HTH Ian

Re: a client could not backup?

2002-04-23 Thread Ian Smith
abel the volume before ADSM can back it up. Is this seem possible ? Else, check your folder names for something with a nasty character. ------- Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Servi

Re: connection retry from client.

2002-02-07 Thread Ian Smith
MMRESTARTDURATION to something small. HTH ------- Ian Smith Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford, UK. --- ~>MIME-Version: 1.0 ~>Date: Thu, 7 Feb

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

2002-01-16 Thread Ian Smith
What the CE should have done, and what you can do is put the tape in the 'recovery slot' which is the top left slot in the rack facing the input door ( check your 3494 manual if this isn't clear ). so pause the robot, open the I/O door and stick the tape in there. Close the door and set the robot

Re: Strange 3590/3494-volume-behavior..?

2002-01-08 Thread Ian Smith
. Repeated use of the above mtlib command to manually change the category of the tape to Eject FF10 and Insert FF00 seemed to fix it. HTH Ian Smith --- Ian Smithemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oxford University

linux client backup of Windows vfat partition

2001-10-05 Thread Ian Smith
ition readonly but I'm curious if anyone else has seen this from their users. Thanks Ian Smith -------- Ian Smith - HFS Backup / Archive Services Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford, England.

Re: Include/Exclude needed for Mac?

2001-07-27 Thread Ian Smith
rs:...:Cache Ä" Exclude.dir"...:System Folder:Preferences:Netscape Ä:Cache Ä" Exclude.dir"...:System Folder:Preferences:Explorer:Temporary Files" Exclude "...:Temporary Items:...:*" Exclude "...:...:TheFin

Re: mac client restores failing + mountret

2001-05-11 Thread Ian Smith
. It doesn't look as though this was corrected at 3.7 though :(. Regards Ian Smith -------- Ian Smith - HFS Backup / Archive Services Oxford Univ

Re: Recoverylog

2001-03-16 Thread Ian Smith
ivoli. I know others have and more pressure might persuade them to address this problem. Regards Ian Smith ---- Ian Smith email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oxford University Computing Ser

Win 2000 Client ANS1075E - Program memory exhausted

2000-11-13 Thread Ian Smith
eed I believe the new 3.7.2.19 Win client addresses such an issue - but I haven't seen such a memory problem with backup . Has anyone come across this with the recent Win clients ? Thanks Ian Smith -------- Ian Sm