Re: TSM loses tape drives (again and again and again...)

2006-09-21 Thread Rob Berendt
ch. So, I don't have that issue. Good point about the separate location. Maybe we'll practice a DR scenario when we get our DR site up and running shortly. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.

Re: TSM loses tape drives (again and again and again...)

2006-09-21 Thread Rob Berendt
e out how to do that either. And my previous inquiries to the list as to how, didn't really fly. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com Remco Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor

Re: TSM loses tape drives (again and again and again...)

2006-09-21 Thread Rob Berendt
between the two. Of course, TSM doesn't like it when path names change. I am thinking the possible solutions are either to get Linux to stop flipflopping the serial numbers or to tell TSM not to give a rip about the serial numbers. Trouble is, I can't figure out either way. Rob Berendt -- G

AIX vs Linux lpar

2006-09-13 Thread Rob Berendt
rket with Linux talent. Not really sure how much it would cost to add an AIX lpar to a 570-7748 iSeries (software wise - I realize there will be considerations for RAID controllers, etc). Of course the real question is: Is AIX that much more reliable to run TSM on than Linux? Rob Berendt -- Group Dekk

Re: How to script a reconfig of tape drives was: TSM loses tape drives (again and again and again...)

2006-09-13 Thread Rob Berendt
Darn, that didn't do it.  Back to the drawing board.  Nice try though. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com Rob Berendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"

Re: How to script a reconfig of tape drives was: TSM loses tape drives (again and again and again...)

2006-09-13 Thread Rob Berendt
You know, we had a speaker from TSM at our local IBM midrange LUG last night.  When I cornered him after the meeting he mentioned something about AUTODetect also.  Thanks. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http

How to script a reconfig of tape drives was: TSM loses tape drives (again and again and again...)

2006-09-13 Thread Rob Berendt
y=TAPMLB01 device=/dev/IBMtape1 define path TSMLINUX TAPMLB012 srctype=server desttype=drive library=TAPMLB01 device=/dev/IBMtape2 q drive TAPMLB01 * f=d Q LIBV CHECKIN LIBVOL TAPMLB01 SEARCH=YES CHECKLABEL=YES STATUS=SCRATCH WAITTIME=5 Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 200

TSM loses tape drives (again and again and again...)

2006-08-28 Thread Rob Berendt
8 9 A B C D E F 0123456789ABCDEF - [] 0010 - 00[... ] I do NOT see the serial number. Am I looking in the wrong spot? Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073

Steps needed to rebuild drive definitions on IBM iSeries Linux

2006-08-02 Thread Rob Berendt
te by (administrator): ROB Last Update Date/Time: 08/02/2006 10:32:20 Cleaning Frequency (Gigabytes/ASNEEDED/NONE): NONE Check in tapes Test with a database backup or some such thing. Additional search words: iSeries AS/400 i5/OS OS/400 as400 os400 LTO Ultrium Many thanks to the IBM team that helped me through this. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

Re: Tivoli books

2006-07-24 Thread Rob Berendt
all the garbage at the end that I trimmed off in my reply? 3 - Some list archives really look screwy when threads go off on a tangent. Not all threads link strictly by subject line. Sometimes they are intelligent enough to catch something less visible in the memo. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko S

Re: Conferences

2006-07-20 Thread Rob Berendt
uldn't sit well with my boss. Perhaps a strong Tivoli presence at http://common.org would help? Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com "Allen S. Rout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: &q

LUG looking for TSM speakers

2006-06-15 Thread Rob Berendt
eetings are the evening of the second Tuesday of the month in September, October, November, January, February, March, April, and May. http://www.statususer.org/statususer/html/index.html Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

Conferences

2006-06-15 Thread Rob Berendt
So is there a TSM conference, much like IBM's COMMON conference for their i5 systems? If so, is it worth it? Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

TSM on Linux hosted on i5 outperforms TSM running on i5/os PASE.

2006-06-12 Thread Rob Berendt
2109-F16 SAN switch to IBM 3582-L23 tape drive. The time it takes to fill up a 3582 cartridge dropped from 6 hours to 3. Just goes to show you that the PASE API's for tape are abominable. And IBM freely admits this. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108

TSM on Linux hosted on i5 outperforms TSM running on i5/os PASE.

2006-06-12 Thread Rob Berendt
2109-F16 SAN switch to IBM 3582-L23 tape drive. The time it takes to fill up a 3582 cartridge dropped from 6 hours to 3. Just goes to show you that the PASE API's for tape suck. And IBM freely admits this. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N

Re: TSM - Can't define drives to library for copy storage pool.

2006-06-12 Thread Rob Berendt
You can search IBM's knowledge base on the web for the 5704 adapter or contact IBM Software Support to find out how to set adapter functions in Linux OS. Thanks For Calling IBM Service. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

Re: TSM - Can't define drives to library for copy storage pool.

2006-06-09 Thread Rob Berendt
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Re: TSM - Can't define drives to library for copy storage pool.

2006-06-09 Thread Rob Berendt
I think I might have left off the meat of the attempt to add the drive ANR8420E DEFINE PATH: An I/O error occurred while accessing drive IBMTAPE0. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com Rob Berendt

TSM - Can't define drives to library for copy storage pool.

2006-06-09 Thread Rob Berendt
that was before our first database backup so we get the privilege of starting over. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

Configuring multiple 3582 drives in one unit as 1 library

2005-05-19 Thread Rob Berendt
time? tsm 5.2.2 for iSeries PASE. os/400=V5R3M0 Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

Re: SV: Best OS for a TSM server

2005-05-04 Thread Rob Berendt
line with very slight modifications. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

Re: Multiple automated libraries in one storage pool

2005-04-26 Thread Rob Berendt
if it can be done, but that might be the only method. Is there any hope to this? Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com Rob Berendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager&

Multiple automated libraries in one storage pool

2005-04-26 Thread Rob Berendt
these. How do I set them up? I want to back up to both devices at the same time. When I used manual libraries, with manual drives, it wasn't too hard to set up. However I can't figure out how to do multiple automated libraries. tsm 5.2.2 iSeries version V5R3M0 Rob Berendt -- Group Dekk

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2005-04-26 Thread Rob Berendt
these. How do I set them up? I want to back up to both devices at the same time. When I used manual libraries, with manual drives, it wasn't too hard to set up. However I can't figure out how to do multiple automated libraries. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Bo

Re: Modifying directory attributes of storage volumes.

2005-04-19 Thread Rob Berendt
I opened up a pmr. IBM's response was that the ptf is misleading. The readme for TSM 5.2.2 on OS/400 pase says to set the Main storage option to *MINIMIZE for all storage volumes. Explains why the first were set up this way, but then we forgot and didn't change the new ones. R

Modifying directory attributes of storage volumes.

2005-04-18 Thread Rob Berendt
say *MINIMIZE. Other ones say *NORMAL. What should they ideally be set to, to work the best with TSM? Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

Re: DELETing a volume from a DB backup

2005-03-28 Thread Rob Berendt
What are the differences between the two courses? Again, I won't be handling the save/restores of individual clients or servers. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com Yiannakis Vakis <[EMAIL P

Re: Preparing a tape storage pool volume for reuse

2005-03-28 Thread Rob Berendt
Judging by one of your other emails, is reclaimation a process to merge partial tapes together? If so, that really doesn't interest us. It doesn't fit into our backup strategy. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN

Re: DELETing a volume from a DB backup

2005-03-28 Thread Rob Berendt
tions gal who left for two weeks in Hawaii just a week after the consultant left. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

Preparing a tape storage pool volume for reuse

2005-03-25 Thread Rob Berendt
I am running TSM 5.2.2 on OS/400 V5R3 under PASE, do I need to INZTAP also? Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

DELETing a volume from a DB backup

2005-03-25 Thread Rob Berendt
When I use a tape volume to perform backup db devclass=3581dev type=full scratch=yes wait=no How do I prepare it for later reuse? Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

5.2.2 or upgrade was [ADSM-L] TSM Scheduler

2005-03-24 Thread Rob Berendt
too often lately, or, we don't have the experience with TSM that we do with OS/400. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com "Jones, Eric J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dis

tape speeds, TSM and pase

2005-03-21 Thread Rob Berendt
Dump OS/400 and try a Linux or Unix partition. Will running TSM on a Linux partition on my i5 get me any faster response from LTO2 and/or LTO3 tape drives than running TSM underneath PASE? TSM 5.2.2 OS/400=V5R3M0 Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 40

PASE version 5.2.2 of TSM vs OS/400 V5R3

2005-03-21 Thread Rob Berendt
able using this OS/400 command prior to using TSM commands on them. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

Using a QIC tape cartridge on an i5,iSeries,AS/400

2005-03-21 Thread Rob Berendt
ernal server error detected. (SESSION: 2551) Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com

Will the IBM lurkers here be joining iSeries community?

2003-02-18 Thread Rob Berendt
IBM has announced a FAQ lookup, instant messaging group, and a lot of other functions to help assist people. http://community.ngi.ibm.com/ How will this affect the participation of the many IBM people who participate in these lists? Rob Berendt -- "They that can give up essential liber

Re: Stop Bagging TSM Developers.

2003-02-17 Thread Rob Berendt
do: 1) Improve quality. 2) Gear up for additional support. Rob Berendt -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin

Re: how to stop mail??

2003-02-07 Thread Rob Berendt
roblems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps the webmasters attempt to fix my issue is what started all the nice blank email's we've been getting :-) Rob Berendt -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Fr

Re: how to stop mail??

2003-02-06 Thread Rob Berendt
When I had problems subscribing to this list I sent a message off to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and quickly got subscribed. I've submitted one new question and a couple of responses already, however I haven't seen them bounced back to me. Does this list not bounce the message back to the se

Re: TSM for Oracle

2003-02-06 Thread Rob Berendt
There is a web forum at adsm.org. I found this thread which may interest you: http://my.adsm.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpBB_14&file=index&action=viewtopic&topic=41&4 Rob Berendt -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety de

Starting/stopping Tivoli Storage Manager for OS/400 PASE - 5.1

2003-02-06 Thread Rob Berendt
. The question now becomes how do I stop TSM from running in an unattended mode? In other words there will be no one on site to click on certain browser sessions, nor enter commands. I want to stop TSM from a CL, (or maybe RPGLE) program. Does anyone know how to do this? Rob Berendt -- "They