Re: TSM tapes out of sync. with Library manager

2001-07-23 Thread Paul Baines
>>...shows the tape as FF00 [Insert category]... >> >>Does anyone know how to remove a tape from the library by using the console >>that's attached? I haven't seen anything but that doesn't mean it can't be >>done. > >The more recent Library Manager software has a Manage Import/Export Volumes >men

Re: IBM 3494 Library Sharing

2001-07-23 Thread Paul Baines
> What I am >looking for is a solution that allows TSM servers to mount tapes in any >available drive. Is that what you have? No, we just have dedicated drives per TSM server, but share the library. We want to share the drives as well, but we are moving to SAN/FC before we attempt any driv

Re: IBM 3494 Library Sharing

2001-07-23 Thread Paul Baines
>Are all the servers connected to the library? >What is the connection the TSM servers have to the library? >TCP/IP or RS232? TCP/IP >What is the connection the servers have to the tape drives? >FC or SCSI? Migrating, some FC, most are still SCSI. >Are you happy with the library sharing solution

TSM Documentation in German or Russian

2001-07-19 Thread Paul Baines
anyone has anything in german or russian, or knows where some is please let me know. Thanks. Paul Baines. -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net GMX Tipp: Machen Sie Ihr Hobby zu Geld bei unserem Partner 1&1! http://profiseller.de/info/index.php

Re: AW: DSM.OPT override question.

2001-04-27 Thread paul baines
Is this not simply using the DSM_CONFIG environment variable to point to a different DSM.OPT file? > >Thank you Andy. Our group is under the impression that the vendor is >thinking about the old-style (non-*SM) type of incremental backups where >an operating system utility is used to take a full

Re: Anyone have any SQL ideas for these stats?

2001-04-25 Thread paul baines
This is cool. But only works in 4.1.x (4.1.2.0) and not in 3.7.3.0 for me. And most of my servers are still 3.7. >This might get you some useful information >from TSM about tape mounting activity: > >tsm> select * from summary where activity='TAPE MOUNT' >START_TIME: 2001-03-26 00:01:00.

Re: AW: finding unused mgmt classes - why didn't this work?

2001-04-18 Thread paul baines
not a bug, it's a feature. >Go to the active policy set and check which Mgmt class is default . >Default is not the mgmt class >:))) > > > > paul baines > TMAIL.COM>cc: (bcc: MUSTAFA >BAYT

Re: AW: finding unused mgmt classes - why didn't this work?

2001-04-18 Thread paul baines
Hi, here is a management class I use for archive: tsm: ADSM_SP02>q copygroup UNIX t=a PolicyPolicyMgmt CopyRetain DomainSet Name Class Group Version NameName Name - -

Re: Export Question

2001-04-09 Thread paul baines
Maybe the missing data is copy storagepool data that isn't included in an export? >I am working on an Export process and I am running into some capacity >discrepancies. >Below is the process that I followed. > >1. Run AUDIT LICENSE >2. QUERY AUDITOCC >3. The node shows that ADSM has 845GB of d

Re: Solaris client tcpip and 3494 mtlib

2001-04-05 Thread paul baines
>3) We have a collection of old management classes laying around that I >would like to get rid of. Is there an easy way to tell whether any client >data is still being stored under these management classes? I was thinking >of "query occupancy" but that doesn't seem to have what I need. Is there

Re: Find Size of a table in TSM DB?

2001-04-05 Thread paul baines
>Does anyone know of a way to determine the size of a particular table that >resides in the TSM DB? select count(*) from table_name ??? or do you mean the amount of Mb it is taking up? The tables are really balanced trees ("SHOW OBJD" command) You can determine the sizes of these by running the S

Re: NT Client - Out of Memory

2001-04-02 Thread paul baines
Or have a look at the MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP parameter. >From: "Chibois, Herve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: NT Client - Out of Memory >Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:42:18 +0200 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [14

Re: Remote Storage Pool Copy.. Urgent Help Needed!!!

2001-04-02 Thread paul baines
Well I ain't no guru, but if you're talking about server-to-server then maybe you can edit this up (and look in the Server to Server Redbook which is very good.) Source server: DEFINE SERVER TARGET SERVERPASS=TARGET HLA=100.100.100.100 LLA=1500 NODENAME=HOST PASSWORD=HOST DEFINE DEVCLASS SERVER

Re: FIVE questions for TSM 4.1.2 (server on AIX, clients on Windows)

2001-02-23 Thread Paul Baines
> 4. Is there a MAC agent that allows for the "illegal characters" > associated with Apple/Macintosh naming conventions? EXAMPLE: We have an > NT > server that the MAC clients connect to. This NT server contains the home > directories for all the MAC clients. Veritas' Backup Exec handles

Re: Server to Server

2001-02-09 Thread Paul Baines
Hi, sorry if this is a silly suggestion, but check your maxscratch on the copy pool definition. Paul. > Hello All > > I have a problem with sending copies of primary stg pool using server to > server. I have a source server defined on a target server that I am able to > send nightly DB backup

Re: import node into a different domain

2001-02-09 Thread Paul Baines
Hi, I assumed that the domain= on import referred to domains on the export volume that you want to import, not that I see much use for this. Whenever I have imported to a different domain I had the new domain already defined with the node registered and then imported the data from the export volu

Re: Export/Import Data between servers

2001-02-08 Thread Paul Baines
Hi, to import the node onto the target server you need to define the target server as a server to itself. Also you need to have the storage pool name defined on your target server that was defined on the source OR you need to predefine the node in a domain/policy/mgmtclass/copygroup that points t

Re: Joining BACKUPS and CONTENTS tables.

2001-02-05 Thread Paul Baines
> >You cannot differentiate between ACTIVE and INACTIVE in the CONTENTS > table, > >so that if you had three versions in the BACKUPS table, you would match > each > >of these three times in the contents table... > > Paul - In the BACKUPS table, a null value for the DEACTIVATE_DATE column >

Joining BACKUPS and CONTENTS tables.

2001-02-05 Thread Paul Baines
Is it possible to answer the question "How much (Mb) data that is over 1 year old is stored on my server?"? The way I see this working is by joining the BACKUPS and CONTENTS tables. The problem is that the join between these two tables cannot be perfectly done. You cannot differentiate between ACT

Question about collocation.

2001-01-26 Thread Paul Baines
Hello, We are running a 3494 library serving, among others, some 1400 NT servers. These servers occupy on average 2 Gb in a non-collocated storage pool. We want/need to switch on collocation at a node level for these clients, but I don t want to let them collocate on 1400 30-50Gb 3590s. How do pe

Re: Virtual volume <-> physical Volume

2001-01-24 Thread paul baines
OrĀ  "select object_id from archives where hl_name='ADSM/'" and then do a "show bfo 0 xxx" where xxx is the object_id(s) from the query, to get the volsers.> > > > Hi, > > > > does anybody know how I can find out on which physical volume a virtual > > volume ist stored. I have only the name of the

Re: Copy Storage-pool Definitions for Cloning a Server

2000-11-22 Thread paul baines
Hi, Is the library definition(s) also left out? It might be that these are deliberately left out of the EXPORT/IMPORT function because they are operating system dependant. Devclass can contain (for FILE) a directory name that is not compatible between, say, Windows and Unix (slashes the "wrong" wa

Re: Upgradedb command

2000-11-21 Thread paul baines
Hello, I noticed during an AIX install of TSM that the install ran the following command: dsmserv upgradedb runfile /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/haltsrvr.cmd I have no idea what this means :-) but you could maybe play with that? Don't hold me responsible ...etc. Paul. >Hi, > When doing

Re: Database Space???

2000-11-13 Thread paul baines
Hi, you can run the amazingly useful "show tree" command (unsupported) against the activity log tree to find out how much of the database it's using up. >show tree Activity.Log add up leaf-nodes and non-leaf-nodes for the number of pages used. I find its usually less then 0.1%. (!show tree sca

Re: Server-to-server COPYPOOL, anyone?

2000-11-03 Thread paul baines
>Still, I'd be grateful for further *sizing* and configuration hints. I would think that sizing for a copypool is simply the same size as your primary data? What I notice at our site is that we use one server as a pure target server, the only nodes defined on this machine are ADSM/TSM servers. Th

Re: what to do with bad tapes

2000-11-01 Thread paul baines
You should also look at the RESTORE VOLUME command which will attempt to recreate your primary storage pool volume (on a different volume) from copy pool volumes. > >update vol access=destroyed looked like what I wanted, but I thought >I ought to get a second opinion. I find the manuals to be use

Re: Export to different server level

2000-10-12 Thread paul baines
As part of the testing I would also recommend strongly that you try restoring/retrieving data for a client you have imported. In versions round about the 3.1.2.40 level this has caused problems. I'm about to try exporting from OS/390 TSM 4.1 and importing to AIX TSM 3.7. We'll see what happens.

Re: Oggetto: Re: Select ??????????

2000-09-27 Thread paul baines
Would this SQL give you what you want? select library_name, volume_name, status, last_use from libvolumes where status='Private' and volume_name not in (select volume_name from volumes) That is, any libvolumes in Private status, that are not in the volume table. Paul. >From: Pieter Groen <[EM

SELECT from the EVENTS table doesn't look right.

2000-09-22 Thread paul baines
Hello, Can anyone explain the following results to me? tsm: TEST>select count(*) from events Unnamed[1] --- 117 tsm: TEST>select count(*) from events where '08/01/2000' < scheduled_st art Unnamed[1] --- 8507 It seems as if by narrowing down

Re: Any way to see which files are associated to a certain Mgt class? ?

2000-09-20 Thread paul baines
The ARCHIVES and BACKUPS tables have a column CLASS_NAME. So you could do "SELECT * FROM ARCHIVES WHERE CLASS_NAME=''" "SELECT * FROM BACKUPS WHERE CLASS_NAME=''" these queries may run for some time so it might be better to include a WHERE clause for NODE_NAME such as WHERE NODE_NAME IN ('xxx',

Re: How does ADSM Map nodenames to IP's?

2000-09-14 Thread paul baines
Hi, if you use 3.7 then the SUMMARY table contains the IP address as well as the node name. Paul. >From: "Taylor, Damon M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: How does ADSM Map nodenames to IP's? >Date: Wed, 13 Sep 200

Re: How does ADSM Map nodenames to IP's?

2000-09-14 Thread paul baines
Hi, this is based totally on my assumptions of how the stuff is stored in TSM. It could be all BS. You can look at the TSM tables(trees) with the SHOW NODE command. Use SHOW OBJD to get the page numbers for the "Nodes" object and the "Schedule.Node.Addresses". Use SHOW NODE and the number for "Nod

Re: Vedr: Full backup with NTGui

2000-08-10 Thread paul baines
Next to the Help button there is a pull down menu, option "always backup" is selective. >I have a user that HAS to have a full backup. The users have access and use >of the GUI.How do you do a full backup . All I can see is incremental on >the Gui >no selective. >Thanks > > > > _

Re: I need delete virtual volumes...

2000-08-07 Thread paul baines
Or you can use the WAIT=YES option on the delete command in a script, which will wait for the current command to run in the foreground before running the next. >From: Matthias Hensel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re:

Re: Weird scratch tape activity

2000-08-04 Thread paul baines
Don't know if this applies to your situation, but I remember once a problem where BACKUP DB stole tapes from scratch when the tapes weren't labelled (library read external barcode labels during checkin.) >From: Ugo Pistacchio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Server to Server reclamaiton vs move data

2000-08-01 Thread paul baines
If your target server storage pool is a backup pool, then the reclaim on the virtual volumes will be built from the primary pool on the source server and sent over the network in only one direction (although sometimes, 1% of the time, it does pull some data across the network in both directions.)

Re: Server to Server reclamaiton vs move data

2000-08-01 Thread paul baines
I see MOVE DATA of a virtual volume bringing all the volume's data from the target to the source server, then sending it all back again. This is at 3.1.2.56. >From: Palmadesso Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Serve

Re: Backing up client from ADSM Server

2000-07-28 Thread paul baines
>dsmc> sel -subdir=y -tapeprompt=n nodename=NTWLAMEZE d:\...\dsm*.log >Node Name: DEVELOPMENT Your nodename paramater should have a hyphen before it ( -nodename), here it is connecting as default, DEVELOPMENT, and attempting to backup a file called nodename=NTWLAMEZE. >Directory-->