Yes, this client runs under OMVS and backs up the Hierarchical File System.
So, do I want the Linux390 client?
John
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PLEASE NOTE: The above email address has recently changed from a previous naming
standard -- if this does no
Our mainframe uses TSM client to backup the HFS files. It has come to my
attention that the OS/390 client is TSM 4.1.2 which is out of support. I've
scoured the ITSM web site and cannot find TSM Client downloads for OS/390.
Am I looking in the wrong place? Where would I find the latest client code
Paul,
All of our scratch tapes reside in the 3494 library. I monitor the total
number of scratch tapes available and react when it falls below a threshold.
You mentioned your are 'sending volumes for temp onsite' and that you want
to 'determine what volumes to go to overflow'. Are you limited
Paul,
Please elaborate on what you mean by 'determine what tapes to send for
temp onsite storage'. I'm a bit confused...
To make sure you have enough scratch tapes in your library a simple SQL
query might help:
select status, last_use, count(*) from libvolumes group by last_use, status
For
I too will some day in the future need to reorg a TSM database. I am
currently working to split our 122GB database into two TSM instances. I will
be doing the same as Andy!!!
Andy,
Do I understand correctly that you simply pointed clients to the new
server and did a full backup and some time lat
select sum(bytes)/1000/1000 as "MB_per_day" from summary where
activity='BACKUP' and (current_timestamp-end_time)hours <= 24 hours
However, this only looks at backup traffic. You may want to look at archive
traffic as well.
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken Company
How many clients do you NEED to backup? We run a p650 with:
8 1.45GHZ processors
16GB memory
6 3590-H drives
2.4TB external disk cache
4x146GB internal disks for 2 AIX instances
8x76GB internal disks for TSM DB and Logs
2 IBM 2109 32 port Fibre switches
14 fibre HBA's
We recently moved to this
I have a client that is performing a restore with terrible results. Restores
about 200MB in 24 hours. I tried to perform a TRACE and get ANS1823E Invalid
trace keyword INSTR_CLIENT_DETAIL. I found a hit at IBM's support site that
the trace options have changed for ITSM version 5.
Can anyone point
hite paper specifically addressing disk-only primary storage
pools would give a definitive answer?
-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 9:26 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: anyone using ATA disk systems
We too are considering
Joni,
There have been some real horror stories regarding Inventory Expiration in
TSM versions prior to 4.2.3. In fact, we had the same and similar problems
with expiration while at TSM 4.1.
Get to at least 4.2.3. But, since support for 4.2 expires April 15, you
might as well go to TSM 5!
Best
Hello Joni!
I believe you are correct! The DISABLESCHEDS option is documented as
giving the option to prevent client and administrative commands from
running.
If you are still uncertain, you could update your admin schedules to
ACTIVE=NO and update your client schedules to a startdate in the fu
Dale Jolliff wrote:
I still have not seen an official upgrade to 5.x for the 3466 -
we haven't been really watching anyway, as ours will be decommissioned
shortly anyway.
Dale,
What led to the decision to decommission your 3466? Will it be replaced?
With what?
TIA,
John G. Talafous
I posted a query late last year with subject "3466 End-of-Life" wondering if
anyone else has been informed of a perceived end of life cycle for the 3466.
At that point in time, no one was aware of any announcement. Is this still
the case? Is the 3466 supported after April 15, 2003? How many other 3
Hello ITSMers,
While preparing my agenda for SHARE in Dallas next week, I notice that
there is a TSM Support Certificate Track. I will be investigating this via
http://www.share.org but my first thought is that I could get some quick
feedback from this group.
There seem to be 16 sessions in th
We installed the TSM 4.2.3.2 patches on TSM 4.2.3.0 and AIX 5.1 last
Wednesday. Since then, about every 18 hours, we core dump and TSM goes down.
(Makes for nasty beeps and telephone calls in the night not to mention
ticked off ADMINs with applications that don't get backed up.) TSM support
has sug
IBM U.S. announcements:
ItemDate Description
302-048 20020402 Modification: IBM Storage Machine Removal Program
102-165 20020611 IBM 3466 Model Conversions Enhance Flexibility
302-124 20020702 Modification: IBM Storage Machine Removal Program
302-216 20021105 Modification: IBM Storage Mac
the
back of my mind there was info about moving your NSM/3466 ADSM or TSM
licenses to ordinary RS/6000 (sorry, no details).
Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant
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16.12.
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 8:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 3466 End-of-Life
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 14:00, Talafous, John G. wrote:
> Hey *SM'ers! It comes to my attention that 3466's (all models) not only
> have been withdrawn from marketing but will be withdrawn from s
Hey *SM'ers! It comes to my attention that 3466's (all models) not only
have been withdrawn from marketing but will be withdrawn from support April
15, 2003. Have I missed an announcement? Could someone please point me to
it? How many of you will be impacted by support being withdrawn for 3466's?
First suggestion is to take a good look into the dsmaccnt.log accounting
file. This is a great source of information!!!
john
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Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 12:07 PM
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Subject: How Much Data was Backe
This file is updated dynamically by the Server. Anytime a volume is added
for database or storage pool usage or deleted from storage pool usage, an
entry is placed in the VOLHIST file. Hence, the name of the file. Old
information is removed by the DELETE VOLHIST command. Try HELP DELETE
VOLHIST fro
I successfully use a batch/command file scheduled via Windows Scheduled
Tasks that contains:
echo on
rem
rem * Set environment variables needed for TSM *
rem * NOTE: You may need to change these variables *
rem **
My first guess would be re-install the client code. If you downloaded it
from the web, download it again.
Good luck!
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W.
een posts about H1A drives. What is the difference?
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bout H1A drives. What is the difference?
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-Original Message-
From: Talafous, Jo
Martina,
I'm surprised to hear you are having 'lots' of hardware problems with 3590
drives. Do you have a maintenance agreement and have you called support when
you are experiencing problems? You should!
We have a 3494 library with 6 3590-E1A drives in it. These drives are
work-horses. We have
Greetings *SMers,
There has been discussion regarding TSM performance and a common theme is
DataBase layout. I would like to hear your opinions on the best layout for
our database. We are TSM 4.2.1.9 on AIX 5.1, a 3466-C00 with three full
drawers of SSA disks. We have a 3494 library with 3590E1A
TSM 4.2.2 Client code introduced JOURNAL backup. By installing the TSM
Journal service, changes to files are tracked and the backup takes place
from the journal instead of reviewing each file.
To install, simply start the TSM Client Backup/Archive GUI, select
UTILITIES, Setup Wizard and 'Help Me C
I pose this question because of all of the horror stories related to TSM
Server 4.2.2.x code. Don't want to go there unless things get better instead
of worse.
jt
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This message and any attachments are intended for the
individu
Thanks to Andy and Bill Boyer for clarifying "in use" versus "files that
change" during the backup process. It helps my understanding of this.
jt
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This message and any attachments are intended for the
individual or entity nam
The 'COPY SERIALIZATION' parameter in the 'BACKUP COPY GROUP' of the
'MANAGEMENT CLASS' in the 'POLICY SET' of the DOMAIN specifies what to do
with an 'IN USE' file. Your choices are:
STATIC - Try once and backup only if not in use.
SHRSTATIC - Try as many as CHANGINGRETRIES parameter. Backup if n
Have a look at journal based backups on the TSM client. It is new with TSM
4.2. This new service records changes to files on the client as they are
being made. Then, with this information available, the journal directs the
backup process and the client does not have to review every file it has t
First thing that comes to mind is EXPIRE INVENTORY. Are you running
inventory expiration regularly?
John
-Original Message-
From: Brazner, Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 8:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Space reclamation runs, but tapes don't free up
While following this discussion, I have also looked long and hard at our AIX
5.1 (H50 with 3GB memory and 2GB page space) running TSM 4.1.2.9. I am
submitting vmtune and vmstat information. Any comments on this
implementation would be appreciated. Are we running O.K. Do you see any
problems?
Are t
Mark Stapleton wrote: "There are perfectly sound procedures for BMRing (is
that a verb?) a Windows box."
There are? Are these shared anywhere besides the recently discussed red
piece/book? Any help would obviously be appreciated.
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken Co
Server is TSM 4.2.1.9, AIX 5.1. Client is TSM 4.2.2.0, Windows2000.
Everything is running well until BOOM! This sequence of messages:
08/25/2002 21:36:53 ANR0529W Transaction failed for session 1236 for node
GNWHSTG1 (WinNT) - insufficient memory.
08/25/2002 21:36:53 ANR
To this date I have seen no documentation on the -outfile parameter for
dsmc. However, you can redirect output in any version of window$.
In a command file (or batch file for older window$ versions):
set DSM_DIR=c:\progra~1\tivoli\tsm\baclient
set DSM_CONFIG=%DSM_DIR%\dsm.opt
%DSM_DIR%\dsmc -id=
We take an extra monthly backup of our exchange servers. The last Saturday
of each month. We do it with this schedule:
tsm: FSPHNSM1>q sched server exch_monthly f=d
Policy Domain Name: SERVER
Schedule Name: EXCH_MONTHLY
Description: Exchange Monthl
ssage-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 10:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Backups of a file when it hasn't changed.
I too have seen this same phenomenon. Our environment is TSM 4.2.1.9 Server
on AIX 5.1. Clients where I have seen multip
I too have seen this same phenomenon. Our environment is TSM 4.2.1.9 Server
on AIX 5.1. Clients where I have seen multiple backups of files are on
Windows NT/2000. It is puzzling because we have COPYMODE of MODIFIED in our
management classes. I have various files on my Win2000 workstation that ha
Paul,
Where is the contact info to make this request?
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax :
Along this thread... Are there any guidelines for retention and number of
copies in the DIRMC management class? I've looked and looked and it seems
the best scenario is to clone your management class with the longest
retention. But, is this correct?
John G. Talafous IS Technical Pri
Can you hear me now? 8-) How is it working?
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4
Joe,
I've noticed that no one responded to your post and since I have had some
experience with recovery log filling with TSM 4.1 and normal mode, I thought
I would respond.
My experience is that the TSM log can fill with long running clients. In
our shop, particularly OS2 and VMS clients will
I am sure the original author was inquiring about the image backup and
recovery feature re-introduced in TSM 5.1. The IBM announcing number is
202-078.
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Man
e Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timken.com
-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G.
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 3:
Include "D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\*.*" BACKUPSQL will backup
only the files with a period/dot in the name. Try a single asterisk:
Include "D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\*" BACKUPSQL
to include EVERYTHING.
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken Company
Keeping it simple, just remember that any time your include/exclude
statement has white spaces (the space character) as in 'Microsoft SQL
Server' you must use quotation marks around the entire object specification.
Looking in the Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Using the Backup-Archive
Client m
As I understand, support for TSM 4.1 expires June 30, 2002. So if you want
to be supported, you have no choice but to upgrade to TSM 4.2.
We too have been trying to implement EC017 on our NSM, and have had two
failed attempts at the upgrade. The upgrade to AIX 5 and TSM 4.2.1.9
requires an AIX lo
First, you need the answers to a couple of questions. When was the last time
you did an EXPIRE INVENTORY command. How many tapes are in the storage pool
and what is the storage pool's value for 'Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed'?
Other than that, you should be good to go!
John G. Talafous
Not sure if this is appropriate or will muddy the water. But, we have a
3466-C00 (Network Storage Manager) that will be upgraded this weekend to TSM
4.2.1.x. In the process, the AIX OS will be upgraded from AIX 4.3.3 to
5.1.0.x. My submission is that perhaps you should check your AIX
requirements
Jack,
As TSM ages backup and archive data, the files only get 'marked' for
deletion. You must run an EXPIRE INVENTORY command to actually flip the
switch from 'marked' for deletion to deleted. Then your storage pool
reclamation should work.
That is, unless I am missing something too!!! 8-)
I am sure TSM will wait. And while we're on this subject, we are looking at
Disaster Recovery plans and the path we must take using TSM to recover a
couple hundred servers. It looks bleak.
We are finding that, due to incremental forever backups, recovery times are
extremely long because of tape
It would seem logical to dsmfmt a small volume and add it just to get the
server up. the 1024MB volume will definitely push you over the limit. Could
this be what TSM server is seeing?
Good Luck
John Talafous
-Original Message-
From: chris rees [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday,
. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timken.com
-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Recover log
Thanks to all who responded and helped get our server back up and running.
Now comes the task of figuring out what caused the recovery log to fill up
in the first place and prevent it from happening again. Does anyone have
any tips and tricks on determining what/who is using recovery log space?
http://www.timken.com
-Original Message-
From: Cook, Dwight E (SAIC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 12:05 PM
To: Talafous, John G.
Subject: RE: Recover log at 5120MB and full - Cannot start TSM
Importance: High
I'd try your dsmserv extend log newlogfilenam
I'm down! TSM 3.7.2 (out of support) on AIX 4.3.2 and the recovery log is
full. I've performed the following:
dsmfmt -m -log newlogfilename 13
dsmserv extend log newlogfilename 13
The extend fails with ANR2447E EXTEND LOG: Insufficient space to extend
recovery log by requested
amount.
I then
Greetings.
We have a TSM 3.7.2 server and a TSM 4.1.2 client in a remote location
that connects via a 256K connection. Consequently, we wish to only backup
data files and not program files. The remote computer is located in a sales
office in another state. The concept is for the mobile sales sta
Thanks to all and especially Andy Raibeck. The problem I was having turned
out to be some Windows Registry settings. REGEDIT fixed my problem.
Again, thanks to all...
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927
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05:34:25 PM
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To:
I am installing IP22151_12_ODBC_Driver.exe install on Windows 2000
Professional. I must be missing something. I've tried and tried and just
can't seem to make it work. When trying to configure the Windows 2000 ODBC
Data Source Administrator using the System DSN tab, I consistently get "The
setup r
Pete,
I too have toyed with this concept but never really come up with anything
concrete. The winmsd command will extract a lot of information to a text
file. This would be nice to import into the DRM feature of TSM, but how? If
we can find a way to pump the output of winmsd into DRM via pre and
network twice.
Curt Magura
Lockheed Martin EIS
Gaithersburg, Md.
301-240-6305
-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 1:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Network Appliance
We recently brought in a Network Appliance, so we are
We recently brought in a Network Appliance, so we are new to this. Since you
can't install any software on the Network Appliance, a direct TSM backup is
out of the question. Our intention is to run a TSM command schedule from
another server to perform the TSM backup.
The TSM command schedule comm
Yes, I was told two weeks ago that there was a 9-12 week wait. If it is now
8-10 weeks, there must be some improvement. I am also told that the reason
is the popularity of the product. A simple supply and demand issue. Hope the
manufacturer(s) can ramp up some additional capacity quickly.
John G.
tapes that are like this - i.e., no
valid data but in PRIVATE status caused by a mount failure.
.
-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 4:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Expiration of DbBackup, Volhist and L
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-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 2:43 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Expiration of DbBackup, Volhist and Libvolume status.
I have been keeping two weeks worth of FULL database backups. The Volhist
expi
I have been keeping two weeks worth of FULL database backups. The Volhist
expiration command shows nothing unusual. The command I use is 'del volhist
todate=today-15 type=dbb'. However when I query the 3494 library volume I
find 31 cartridges used for DBBackup. My Database is just below 40GB. Q DB
han you'd think" -
Scott Adams/Dilbert
-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:55 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DEF ASSOC domain_name sched_name * - ARRGGHHH
I had an administrator 'play' with t
I had an administrator 'play' with the concept of running the subject
command against a domain with over 1000 nodes and 5 backup schedules. So,
this administrator ran this command against each schedule expecting it to
function like the QUERY command. (I know, some people shouldn't be allowed
close
e stg diskpool high=1 low=0" type thing...
> What was your other schedule that actually tied things up for a while...
> Like with the dbbackup schedule, it will start a process and then the
> schedule/event is complete...
>
> Dwight
>
> -Original Message-
> From:
hedule that actually tied things up for a while...
Like with the dbbackup schedule, it will start a process and then the
schedule/event is complete...
Dwight
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From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 9:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED
Well what do you know?!? Another ADMIN schedule to manage storage pools was
running. When it finished, the BACKUP_DB admin schedule started. But, does
this mean that only one (1) admin schedule can be active at any given time?
TIA,
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken
I have an Admin schedule to backup the TSM database that has missed it's
schedule start window twice this week. Environment is 3466-C00, AIX 4.3.2,
TSM 3.7.2 and a q schedule shows this:
tsm: FSPHNSM1>q sched backup_db t=a f=d
Schedule Name: BACKUP_DB
Descrip
Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
Gaithersburg, Maryland
301-240-6184
CODA/I Storage Management
-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 1:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Using client option sets with multiple act
Anne,
Only one client optionset should be necessary. For example, you could
create a cloptset of WINDOWS with the include/exclude statements you require
for your WINDOWS clients. Notice the REG NODE and UPD NODE commands. You
specify the CLOPTSET in addition to the DOMAIN. They should work to
co
We have insisted the the client CONTACT information contain an e-mail
address for this very reason.
Wanda,
Would you care to share your e-mail generation routine?
TIA,
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927
APAR IC28571 deals with this issue. It looks like you've come close to
hitting the nail on the head. But, I would suggest reviewing the APAR that
Tivoli currently has.
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927
This is more a TSM internal logic question than anything else. I am seeing
times that a TSM server has more tapes mounted than would be necessary for
Administrative tasks like migration and backup of storage pools. When and
how does this happen?
The details Looking at system queries for this
Bob,
Have you queried your drives? Try the "q drive" command to be sure the
drives show online. Then, quickly check out the 'UPD DRIVE libname drivename
ONLINE=YES' command if they are not.
Hope this helps,
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGloba
My queries into Mainstar revealed that they pulled their TSM monitoring and
reporting product from marketing.
I will be interested in what you find.
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Manag
On January 30, 2001 an announcement dealing with 3466-C00 server upgrade to
4.1 came to my desktop. You can check out the announcement at:
_ 101020 IBM 3466 Network Storage Manager Software Upgrade Feature for
Models C00 and C10 (7.4KB)
http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?it=
Environment is a 3466-C00 with a 3494 library and 3590-E1A drives. The
symptoms are that the TSM Admin (me) just can't seem to understand that the
number of tape drives being used is greater than the number of TSM processes
(stg backup, stg reclaim and migration) plus the obvious number of recover
Oops. I really meant to send this to the list on the outside shot we could
ALL get together in Colorado.
-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G.
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 11:55 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: TSM training?
Kelly,
Thanks for this kind
50 phone/vmail
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From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: TDP for DB2 documentation
I have looked at the Tivoli web site and searched the ADSM listserv archive
but cannot seem to find an
I have looked at the Tivoli web site and searched the ADSM listserv archive
but cannot seem to find any reference to the TDP for DB2 documentation.
Could someone, kindly, point me in the proper direction?
TIA
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGloba
tapes. I would also be curious what tapes others are
using.
John, what brand of tapes are you using?
-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 2:47 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 3590E
Keep in mind that there are
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-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G.
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 5:20 PM
To: '
While discussing the format of dsmaccnt.log and the fact that it can be
easily imported into MS-Excel I wonder...
Has anyone developed any chargeback procedures for TSM? How can I determine
what it costs to provide this service using the dsmaccnt.log file and
MS-Excel? I know, the biggest argumen
Our environment is a 3466-C00, 3494 library with 3590-E1A drives. We stocked
it with 600 extended length cartridges that were initialized and labeled by
a media supplier. To date, we have had NO media problems. We DID have a
micro-code upgrade early on when the 3590-E1A's were reporting data
probl
Steve,
When did you use BMR? I understand NT support is rather new (and I am
interested in this enhancement as well as existing platforms). Could you be
more specific about when and what problems you encountered. Could you be
more specific about your "NT in an AIX environment"? Did The Kernel Gr
Matt,
For canned reporting programs, you may want to look at http://www.mxg.com
where you will find Barry Merrill's Extended Guide to computer performance
evaluation. Hence, the name MXG. If anyone has looked at SMF record type 42,
Barry has. There is also an MXG-L discussion list that you can
There was recently a discussion of the best CLIENT version for
Win2000-server. It turns out our NT admins are beginning to deploy
Win200-server. Our TSM server is a 3466-C00/AIX 4.3.2/TSM 3.7.2. When we
backup these Win2000 servers we get:
ANS1943E The operation is not supported: Downlevel server
Greetings,
I run the TSM Administrative Command line interface on Windows. I use
batch/command files to perform a number of functions. I could use some help
in formatting the output of the SQL SELECT statement.
In this case, what I am trying to do is track tape drive utilization in
order to be
Kelly J. Lipp wrote:
>Of course. You can only have one policy set active per domain, but you can
>have multiple domains so multiple active policy sets.
I then ask: What is the use of policy sets? What purpose do they serve if
only one can be active?
In addition, what is the purpose of the STAND
nodes. So, can I do that?
John
-Original Message-
From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:38 PM
To: Talafous, John G.
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Grant authority by command instead of class?
Hi John,
It sounds like what
Looking at the GRANT AUTHORITY command I see no way to grant an admin
partial authority. For example, I would like to establish an admin that has
only the authority to manipulate NODE and ASSOCIATION attributes in the
POLICY class. In other words, this admin would be able to define nodes,
update t
Let's say, for example, that a 3590 tape drive failed. The IBM CE enters and
wants the TSM Admin to vary the device offline so he can work with it. Where
would something like this be documented? Not TSM, nor 3590, nor 3494, nor
AIX. Are there Redbooks?
Environment is TSM 3.7.2, 3466 (AIX 4.3.2),
Can anyone attest to the value of the information provided by TDS4SMA? Also,
the Tivoli web site indicates that TDS4SMA is "Planned to be integrated as
part of the Tivoli Storage Manager Version 4.1 product". Is it?
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken Company
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