Re: TSM Operational Reporting notification of Failed/Missed schedules

2005-09-26 Thread Todd Lundstedt
till asking the question... does TOR allow multiple contacts and email addresses? If so, what is the appropriate syntax? ____ From: Todd Lundstedt Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:47 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: TSM Operational Reporting notification o

TSM Operational Reporting notification of Failed/Missed schedules

2005-09-21 Thread Todd Lundstedt
In the properties box of the daily report, on the automatic notification tab, after I "query" the server for the list of nodes and contacts, one of my nodes doesn't show up with the correct contact information. That node happens to have multiple contacts; four different contacts. I remember enter

Re: TSM Server Recovery (AIX)

2005-09-19 Thread Todd Lundstedt
- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stef Coene Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 1:25 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM Server Recovery (AIX) On Monday 19 September 2005 19:47, Todd Lundstedt wrote: > This is more along the lines of AIX serv

TSM Server Recovery (AIX)

2005-09-19 Thread Todd Lundstedt
This is more along the lines of AIX server recovery, but it plays into TSM, too. Without using addtional software, just AIX, how does one create a boot CD that contains all the necessary info to restore a server using a mksysb tape? I understand the process for recovering an AIX server from a mks

Re: backup stgpool

2005-09-15 Thread Todd Lundstedt
any issues. -Original Message- From: Todd Lundstedt Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 9:03 AM To: 'ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU' Subject: RE: [ADSM-L] backup stgpool Sandra, As I read through your initial request, it sounds like, every Friday, you want all of your offsite copy

Re: TSM Operational Reporting just stops functioning

2005-09-15 Thread Todd Lundstedt
7;s in ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/ser ver/NT/5.3.1.5/TSMCON5315_WIN.exe Bill Boyer "Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield" - ?? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: TSM Operational Reporting just stops functioning

2005-09-15 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Bingo! Mike and Steve hit it. The password thing was not it, since it does work for a while. After reading about IC44976, I found the trace file and could see those error messages in the file. I am off to find the latest patch for TOR 5.3. Unfortunately, the files at ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/

TSM Operational Reporting just stops functioning

2005-09-14 Thread Todd Lundstedt
TOR is 5.3.1.0, running on W2K3. The hardware also runs ISC/AC, but we don't use that much. TOR is set to monitor two TSM servers, one at 5.3, and one at 5.2, both running AIX, if it matters. For each TSM server, I have the standard hourly report, and two daily reports; the standard daily report

Re: TSM for System Backup and Recovery restore issues

2005-09-09 Thread Todd Lundstedt
build the boot image once I make that definition. Using the NIM Master's smit panels, I have tried entering network identifiers (ent1, etc) into the "Software Install Device" field of different "Install Client Defaults" panels, but that has not helped. Any help would be

Re: backup stgpool

2005-09-08 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Sandra, As I read through your initial request, it sounds like, every Friday, you want all of your offsite copy pool tapes consolidated onto fewer tapes. If that is what you are wanting, you can delete vol with discarddata=yes for each of your offsite pool tapes prior to your backup stgpool (now t

TSM for System Backup and Recovery restore issues

2005-09-07 Thread Todd Lundstedt
tried entering network identifiers (ent1, etc) into the "Software Install Device" field of different "Install Client Defaults" panels, but that has not helped. Any help would be appreciated. If you think you could help better via a phone call, I can place that call. Email me directly with your phone number. Thanks in advance, Todd Lundstedt Via Christi Regional Medical Center Wichita KS

Image Backups and SANs

2005-03-14 Thread Todd Lundstedt
TSM server 5.2.2.5 on AIX 5.2 BAClient 5.2.2.0 on Windows 2003 I noticed the following in the "help" regarding BACKUP IMAGE: "Image backup of IBM TotalStorage SAN File Systems is not supported." ... and in the Backup/Archive Installation manual, 5.2.2, Technical changes for version 5.2.2 - Dec

Re: Server 5.2 with 5.1 clients?

2005-03-02 Thread Todd Lundstedt
The only issue we have seen here is NT4 is no longer supported with 5.2 Storage Agent. That hit us hard since we weren't informed of it by the company that performed the 4.2 -> 5.2 upgrade (with an AIX upgrade as well). We had to scramble to re-schedule large database servers so all the databases

migr_mb in stgpools is not reporting correctly

2005-03-02 Thread Todd Lundstedt
TSM 5.2.2.5 on AIX 5200-03 select stgpool_name, migr_mb from stgpools Why do all but one (sometimes two) of my disk storage pools that migrate to tape only have "0.0"? It even displays this value when a migration is in progress, with GBs of data transferred. Am I missing something here? The two

Re: Select for Tape Storage Pool Report

2005-02-21 Thread Todd Lundstedt
; > This Script will give you the number of volumes per stg and maxscratch > allocated > > select a.stgpool_name,a.maxscratch,count(*) as "Number of Vols" > from stgpools a, volumes b where a.stgpool_name = b.stgpool_name and > a.devclass = 'SCALARCLASS' group by a.s

Re: Why can't I delete an "other server" entry?

2005-02-21 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Interesting... I verified that the define server command used serverpassword= instead of password=. This "other server" name was defined via the GUI anyway, so it would make sense that it used the correct syntax (one can assume). 02/11/05 14:31:28 ANR2017I Administrator MYID issued command:

Re: Why can't I delete an "other server" entry?

2005-02-21 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Sorry.. Forgot to mention what I had checked out as a result of the ANR1664W message... I have no devtype definitions of "server" (at least, in the GUI, when I go to "Objects, Server Storage, Device Classes, Server Device Classes", there are no entries)... We don't have an event server... And I

Why can't I delete an "other server" entry?

2005-02-21 Thread Todd Lundstedt
TSM 5.2.2.5 on AIX 5.2 ML3 I installed and setup Storage Agent on a W2K node for testing purposes. Everything tested out fine, and now I am wanting to remove everything, including the "other server" entry on the TSM server. I have already uninstalled the Storage Agent and device drivers from

Re: Select for Tape Storage Pool Report

2005-02-21 Thread Todd Lundstedt
ch Regards Robert Ouzen Haifa University Israel -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Lundstedt Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:00 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Select for Tape Storage Pool Report I created this SQL select

Select for Tape Storage Pool Report

2005-02-18 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I created this SQL select statement... select - cast(stgpool_name as char(22)) as "Stg Pool ", - cast((est_capacity_mb/1024/1024) as decimal(5,2)) as "TB", - pct_utilized as "Util", - pct_logical as "Logi", - cast(recl_running as char(4)) as "Run?", - cast(reclaim as dec(3)

TSM Windows Client 5.2.4?

2005-02-15 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Is there a release date on this? I am using 5.2.2.0 on a W2K node (server is 5.2.2.5 on AIX 5.2-03). Tried to do an Image backup and we got a few error messages during the backup. A quick search at ibm.com returned a single entry that matched my error almost to the letter, and indicated the pr

Re: Filespace query

2005-01-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Shouldn't you be using the "query occupancy" command? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jones, Eric J Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 12:54 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Filespace query Thanks. I can now query the v

Re: resourceutilization

2005-01-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
OK.. I will look at the manuals again, and see what I have downloaded.. Must have mislabeled one, or something. Thanks -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 1:03 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Su

Re: resourceutilization

2005-01-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Found in the Windows version of "Backup Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide.pdf", v5.2, page 329, RESOURceutilizaion value... Supported Clients This option is valid for all Windows clients. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support thi

Re: resourceutilization

2005-01-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I thought resourceutilization was a Windows Client option only.. Did that change? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joni Moyer Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 11:59 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] resourceutilization Hell

Re: DB2 LANFree reconfiguration to use LAN

2005-01-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
We just moved some of our LANFree W2K and W2K3 clients from one datacenter to another. The SAN is still in the old datacenter, to LANFree from those clients is currently impossible (without additional hardware). I instructed the move team to stop, and disable the StorageAgent service on those

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2005-01-10 Thread Todd Lundstedt
We will be moving our 3584 library (including the TSM server, shark, and everything else in our data center) across town to a new facility. I am trying to decide what the best method is to accomplish certain aspects of the library move. We don't want to leave the tapes in the library during the m

Multiple nodes in dsm.opt (or dsm.sys).

2004-08-12 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Client is 5.2.2.9 running on AIX5.2 with HACMP. On AIX, how do I setup the baclient to recognize more than one node name, so I can start multiple "dsmc sched" processes; one for the local drives, and one for each shared resource group (I have made this work on Windows boxes, but this is the first

Multiple copy pools per primary pool

2004-07-07 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I am just trying to consider all the pros/cons of having multiple copy storage pools per primary pool. I was considering having one copy storage pool that never gets taken offsite (remains in the library), and two copy pools that get checked out and set to "offsite". Obviously, the pros are that,

Re: TDP, Exchange 2003, and SANs

2004-06-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Thanks, Del. My comment regarding living with an incomplete/incorrect point of recovery was solely meant to represent that in a complete data center wipe-out, the existing full and incrementals that we have offsite would not accurately represent what was in a particular mailbox at the time of the

Re: TDP, Exchange 2003, and SANs

2004-06-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Del, Thanks.. follow up question... You said... >> Data Protection for Exchange performs incremental and differential backups by backing up the full transaction log files to TSM. They are all placed into a single TSM backup object. << >From this, would it be safe to assume that the data from hundr

Re: TDP, Exchange 2003, and SANs

2004-06-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Ns From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Lundstedt >I read through the TDP for Exchange v5.2 documentation. It >appears that I >cannot split up the different data types (meta, data, logs) >into different >management classes, but I can put the

TDP, Exchange 2003, and SANs

2004-06-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I am working up my plan to backup our new Exchange 2003 storage groups. Our environment includes: Exchange 2003 running on Windows 2003 TSM 5.2.2.5 running on AIX 5.2 Shark storage for the AIX server's disk based storage EVA (I think) storage for the Exchange server data LTO1 in a 3584 accessed acr

Re: Move Nodedata starts and ends without doing anything

2003-11-11 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Well, there it is then. We'll see if TSM support comes back with this bit of information on their next attempt to "resolve" this issue. Their first attempt was to tell me that I couldn't move nodedata from a copy storage pool to another storage pool. I guess they didn't read the entire ESR. Anyw

Re: Move Nodedata starts and ends without doing anything

2003-11-11 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Shouldn't it use primary storage volumes to get the data, just like a reclamation or a move data for acc=offsite volumes? >But nothing moved. What is wrong? The tapes are offsite and thus the data can't be moved?

Move Nodedata starts and ends without doing anything

2003-11-11 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Recently, I moved data for several nodes from one Primary storage pool to another. That new primary storage pool is backing up to a different copy storage pool. Data for those servers in the original copy storage pool (stgpool_name='OFFSITE') is no longer needed. So, I was going to perform a "mo

Re: How to mark all TAPEPOOL volumes read only

2003-11-05 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Or.. (if your storage pool name is TAPEPOOL, then) update volume * access=readonly wherestgpool=tapepool goran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/05/2003 09:16 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tapes being set to Unavailable (was Re: 3584 Cleaning Frequency)

2003-10-16 Thread Todd Lundstedt
ext 109 Cell: 952-221-6938 http://www.compures.com Todd Lundstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IA-CHRISTI.ORG>To Sent by: "ADSM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dist Stor

Re: Tapes being set to Unavailable (was Re: 3584 Cleaning Frequency)

2003-10-16 Thread Todd Lundstedt
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Fax to: Subject:Re: 3584 Cleaning Frequency Todd, what kind of tapes do you use (Imation, 3M, IBM, Fuji ? We had much much more r/o tapes with Imation than with IBM ones ! rené -Original Message- From: Todd Lundste

Tapes being set to Unavailable (was Re: 3584 Cleaning Frequency)

2003-10-16 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Re: 3584 Cleaning Frequency Todd, what kind of tapes do you use (Imation, 3M, IBM, Fuji ? We had much much more r/o tapes with Imation than with IBM ones ! rené -Original Message- From: Todd Lundstedt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,13. October 2003 18:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: I/O errors

2003-10-14 Thread Todd Lundstedt
TSM 5.1.7.1 on AIX 4.3.3 ML10, Fiber Channel HBA, IBM LTO1 We recently upgraded from 4.2.1.7 to 5.1.7.1. I started seeing the "unavailable" and "read-only" tapes soon after that. I haven't done anything else to determine the issues. I thought it might be due to dirty tape drives (recently sent

3584 Cleaning Frequency

2003-10-13 Thread Todd Lundstedt
What is the normal clean frequency for LTO-1 drives in a 3584? I have the drives defined to TSM with a cleaning frequency of "none", and the 3584 library set to Automatic cleaning, per recommendations. Yet, when I use the front panel of the 3584 to look at the cleaning cartridges, one has never b

Re: BackupSet creativity

2003-09-30 Thread Todd Lundstedt
he Netware volume? I don't remember seeing what version of Netware and if you're at a level that supports this, but then you can access the Netwar volume from the Windows box without a Netware client loaded. Bill Boyer DSS, INc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manage

Re: BackupSet creativity

2003-09-29 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Newp.. This NT server is a locked down NAS server. That was option suggested, investigated, and declined. We will probably just use multiple workstations to do copies. Ted Byrne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/29/2003 03:50 PM Please respond to "AD

Re: BackupSet creativity

2003-09-29 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Oops.. forgot to mention that.. yeah. we did a restore to a specific location, with the default path setting. It does look like it is just reading through the entire tape. This was a backupset of a single filespace, not everything on the server. So I would hope that it is merely file/folders on

BackupSet creativity

2003-09-29 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Although this shouldn't matter, I am running TSM 5.1.7.1 on AIX 4.3.3. We are moving a large number and size of files from a Netware server to an NT server, and I am trying to come up with a way to help the process so we don't have to use a workstation to copy files from a Netware mount to a Windo

Re: Very long Netware restore

2003-09-23 Thread Todd Lundstedt
MTU=Maximum Transmission Unit and is a parameter of the network card/driver. "Kamp, Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/23/2003 04:43 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Fax to:

Re: Deleting a copypool

2003-09-23 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Return the tapes to your library (if you have one) and update each volume to readonly or readwrite. They will be deleted from the storage pool, and then you can delete the storage pool. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/23/2003 02:21 PM Please respond

Re: SQL server backups

2003-09-23 Thread Todd Lundstedt
One option would be to redirect those backups to storage pools that don't reclaim. Simply let the retention expire the data, and empty the volumes. It is what I had to do to prevent reclaiming three 280+GB striped files. Thomas Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[E

Re: SQL server backups

2003-09-23 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Yes, but you could stripe the full backup across multiple tape drives (if you have more than one tape drive). This spreads the database backup across multiple tapes, and makes reclamation of those files less problematic. Note: if you stripe a backup, you *must* send the backup to a collocate=file

Move NodeData, and copy storage pools

2003-09-16 Thread Todd Lundstedt
TSM 5.1.7.1 on AIX 4.3.3 I have moved data for several nodes from one primary storage pool to another primary storage pool. Each of these primaries has a different copy storage pool defined. OrigPrimaryStg --> OrigCopyStg NewPrimaryStg --> NewCopyStg move nodedata node1,node2 from=OrigPrimaryStg

Re: Internal Server Error Detected

2003-08-14 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I can't speak to how different NW 4.10 and 4.11 are. Our Netware guy did some research, and found that version TSM BA 3.7.x.x (can't remember the x's) supported NW 3.1, 3.2, 4.11, and some other higher versions, but it skipped 4.10. TSM BA 3.1.0.8 does specify NW 4.10. When we installed TSM, star

Re: Internal Server Error Detected

2003-08-14 Thread Todd Lundstedt
ients didn't exhibit the problem. We used the V 5.1 upgrade to get the clients, too, so now almost all of our clients are running 5.1. We had been running a mix of 3.1, 4.1, and 4.2 clients. Tab Trepagnier TSM Administrator Laitram LLC Todd Lundstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by

Internal Server Error Detected

2003-08-14 Thread Todd Lundstedt
We just upgrade our server version from 4.2.1.7 to 5.1.7.1 on AIX 4.3.3. We had to upgrade to stay in support. The client having problems is 3.1.0.8 running on Netware 4.10 (I understand Netware 4.10 cannot use TSM B/A Clients higher than 3.1.0.8). I understand B/A 3.x is way out of support. This

Re: Open File Support v5.2.0.1

2003-08-14 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I had my first experience with 5.2 client code a few weeks ago. We had initially manually selected to install the open file module (among others) when we installed the client on a WinXP machine. I received the same errors you listed. After much trial and error, we had ran the setup again, chose

Re: Reclamation of Copy Dirs

2003-08-12 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I ran into this exact problem when I had one 1GB random access DISK based primary storage pool (about 27% used). I didn't backup it up to it's own copy storage pool, but I did back it up to the same copy storage pool where I copied the other management classes. When reclamation occurred, I would

Version 5 features

2003-08-04 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I could swear I read somewhere that TSM v5 added a feature to client schedules that allowed for Pre- and Post-schedule commands. I can't remember where I read that, nor can I find the information about it in the version we have installed now (just upgraded from 4.2.1.7 to 5.1.7.1). Does v5 allow t

Re: Cancel All Processes

2003-03-25 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I have a script that cancels any migration, reclamation, move, and backup stgpool processes. I modified it slightly here, but it should work to cancel any process running in TSM. However, remember that the process will not necessarily cancel immediately. It has to finish what it is doing at that

Re: Netware backup oddities

2003-03-25 Thread Todd Lundstedt
John, Correct assumption.. No new management classes created. No management classes are set to absolute. This node didn't change management classes, nor had anyone modified it's Node definition or dsm.opt files. As far as things that require a backup, we can find no evidence of anything changing

Netware backup oddities

2003-03-25 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Server is AIX 4.3.3 running TSM 4.2.1.7 Prior to this weekend, everything seemed to be fine on this Netware 4.11 server running B/A Client 4.1.3.0. Compression is set to ON at the Node Definition level. It was inspecting its 111K+ files and backing up between 200-1000 files a day (about 60-200MB

Re: Selective backups

2003-03-18 Thread Todd Lundstedt
ge eye to i to reply) The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. Todd Lundstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/18/2003 09:53 Please

Re: Selective backups

2003-03-18 Thread Todd Lundstedt
id. If this is your situation, then great! I'm assuming that most people today only use DIRMC to avoid binding to a management class that has NOLIMIT for object retonly. Does anyone else out there use DIRMC? Todd Lundstedt wrote: >I have recently setup a Directory Management Class, some s

Selective backups

2003-03-17 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I have recently setup a Directory Management Class, some server-side Client Option Sets pointing DIRMC to that management class, and assigned those option sets to nodes. So now, all new/changed directories should be being managed by that management class (disk based storage, no migration, etc.). I

Re: Renaming a W2K node

2003-03-13 Thread Todd Lundstedt
efaults except put in the the new nodename and password. 7) Click FINISH. 8) restart the scheduler service Bottom line is that the service installation saves stuff in the registry and you have to fix it this way. If this doesn't fix it, I would try using the setup wizard to uninstall the old service

Client Connection Issues

2003-03-12 Thread Todd Lundstedt
TSM server 4.2.1.7 running on AIX 4.3.3 TSM Client 5.1.5.0 running on Netware 5 Start a Backup Archive GUI session from the Client Node list (click on the Link to Node icon). The Java GUI loads (if this is the first time accessing a 5.x client from that workstation, the Java install runs without i

Renaming a W2K node

2003-03-05 Thread Todd Lundstedt
AIX 4.3.3 running TSM Server 4.2.1.7. I have a few client nodes that are W2K servers. Oddly, they are named after our NT servers (NT-ServerA, NT-ServerB, etc..). The dsm.opt file contains the NT machine name as the NodeName. I would like to change the NodeName to W2K-ServerA, but not rename the

Backup Strategy and Performance using a PACS Digital Imaging System

2003-03-04 Thread Todd Lundstedt
this? (probably should have asked that question first.) <:+) Thanks in advance. Todd Lundstedt Technical Specialist Via Christi Information Management Services ofc. (316) 261-8385 fax. (316) 660-0036 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

TSM Upgrade frequency

2003-02-18 Thread Todd Lundstedt
For you folks that patch your TSM server frequently (like the individual from Oxford University who upgraded from some version to 5.1.6.0 on Feb3, then to 5.1.6.1 on Feb7, and now planning to upgrade to 5.1.6.2 within a couple weeks), how many of you have Storage Agent nodes? I am still on 4.2.1.7

Re: Another Expiration question

2003-02-14 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I am not certain on the order in which filespaces are processed during expiration, but, from looking at the log of my expiration processing, it appears to go in node (or perhaps filespace) order, based on when they were added to TSM (certainly not alphabetical). Oldest node (or filespace) gets pro

Re: management class question???

2003-01-31 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Or, just back it up to diskpool. When the diskpool gets to the high water mark, it will start migration to the next storage pool (I assume, your tapepool). When the diskpool gets completely full, TSM will automatically send files to the next storage pool (again, assuming your tapepool), meaning,

Re: AIX question

2003-01-07 Thread Todd Lundstedt
may not be fully formatted. There was a version of the shark code that said that everything was formatted yet it wasn't. The only way you could tell was to go into the shark under where you configure paths and refresh the screen. good luck and let me know if I can be of further assistance Becky

AIX question

2003-01-06 Thread Todd Lundstedt
wo entries for "hdisk2" and two for "hdisk3". Smitty won't let me remove them (not enough information to uniquely identify the device) and similar error messages for "change/show charactaristics". How can I remove "hdisk2" and "hdisk3"? The 10-

Mulitple Schedule backup strategy

2002-12-18 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I am trying to see if I am on the right track here. I don't have a test Netware server to play with. Please let me know if I am thinking correctly, or if I am way off base. Thanks I have recently been told that we need to backup certain files on a machine weekly, and the rest of the files on th

Re: Idle system fails with Media mount not possible

2002-12-17 Thread Todd Lundstedt
How strange.. I just went through something similar. Running on AIX 4.3.3, TSM 4.2.1.7. What are you running? The short answer was to reboot the AIX operating system, and everything started working fine.. The long answer follows (well, not really an answer, just my situation, and what I tried to

Re: include/exclude syntax question for TSM Unix Client

2002-12-04 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I believe exclude.dir is processed first regardless of where it is stacked in the list. You will have to work your exclude.dir statements so there isn't one that will hit true on the "u38" directory; exclude.dir /u[0-2,4-9][0-9] exclude.dir /u3[0-7,9] Hope this helps. "Peppe

Re: OK IBM _ ENOUGH ALREADY with the IBM/Tivoli TSM website -

2002-10-23 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I think that may be because all of the functionality at Tivoli.com has been (or soon will be completely) replaced with functionality at IBM.com. I received several emails over the last month regarding this last week, and I think Friday, Oct. 18 was officially the last day we were to try to use Tiv

Re: System Object / Mgmt. Classes / Policy Sets / Backup Groups - - Wh at's the best way??

2002-10-23 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Correct me if I am wrong, but this will only change the management class for the backups after the changes are made. All of the other systemobjects that exist in the database that are managed by the old management class will be retained for their 60 days. In order to facilitate the move to the ne

Re: Audit Library question.

2002-10-22 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Not true on my library, Ken... I have run several audits using checklabel=barcode before with success. The arm has never moved in the library with an audit using checkl=b. |+> || KEN HORACEK | || | || Sent b

Re: Audit Library question.

2002-10-22 Thread Todd Lundstedt
The reason I started the audit was because TSM was not reporting the tape in the library, yet the library knew the tape was inserted. I could see the tape in the library (with my own eyes). Using the manual operations | move tape functions from the LCD display on the library, the library was able

Re: offsite tape destroyed

2002-10-04 Thread Todd Lundstedt
When dealing with multiple primary storage pools being copied to a single copy storage pool, it might be better to use "move data". And yes, you can move data from a copy storage pool volume as long as it is set to access=offsite (unavailable works, too, I think). move data will work OR delete v

Re: Anyone tried 5.1.1.6?

2002-09-25 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I am interested in reading your write-up. Is it complete, and if so, under what subject? If not, do you have an estimate on when? Thanks for doing this Gretchen, Todd |+> || "Gretchen L. | || Thiele" | ||

Re: Is reclamation working?

2002-09-11 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I have seen the number of reclaimable tapes grow steadily over the course of a week, but the percent utilized average would go down over time. If I remember correctly, reclaiming tapes in offsite pools is similar to a migration, in that the reclamation process moves the data in the largest "chunks

Re: Backups of a file when it hasn't changed.

2002-08-02 Thread Todd Lundstedt
it". If set to no, then tsm will rebackup the file when netware compresses or decompresses the file. -Original Message- From: Todd Lundstedt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: August 2, 2002 3:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backups of a file when it hasn't changed. I h

Re: How to save volhist and devconfig

2002-08-02 Thread Todd Lundstedt
After the backup of our database, we backup the device config and volhist files from TSM to the text files, then we perform a maksysb on our AIX server. That backup tape (4mm) goes offsite with the TSM tapes (LTO). |+-> || Rob Schroeder | |

Re: Backups of a file when it hasn't changed.

2002-08-02 Thread Todd Lundstedt
ubject: Re: Backups of a file when it hasn't changed. | >| Check that your copy group "copy mode" is not set to absolute. Is this windows? Are file permissio

Re: Backups of a file when it hasn't changed.

2002-08-02 Thread Todd Lundstedt
---| Did the permissions change on the file or owner or group? If any of these change, TSM will take a new copy of the file as if the file had changed. -- Phillip Ford Senior Software Specialist Corporate Computer Center Schering-Plough Corp. (901) 320-4462

Backups of a file when it hasn't changed.

2002-08-02 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Does anyone else see this issue? I have seen several instances where TSM backed up a file when it had not been modified in anyway. Even when you look at the restore application, there are several versions of a file, each with the same create date, the same modified date, and different backed up d

Striped backup speeds.

2002-08-01 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Environment Server: TSM 4.2.1.7, AIX 4.3.3, two fiber gigabit ethernet cards, each accessing disk and tape (I know, this is bad, but it shouldn't impact this situation) Client: W2K, 4 processors (around 900mhz, I think), just over 3GB of physical memory, TSM B/A client 4.2.1.32, TSPSQL 2.2, Storag

Re: Minimizing Database Utilization

2002-07-31 Thread Todd Lundstedt
rver that the file (the TDP backups are all date/time stamped and therefore UNIQUE) has been deleted. Then your deleted file policy in the copygroup is in effect. Matt -Original Message- From: Todd Lundstedt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:15 AM To: [EMAIL PR

Re: Minimizing Database Utilization

2002-07-31 Thread Todd Lundstedt
matically lengthening expiration process run times are a true sign that a TSM server is out of gas, and needs an upgrade just for its present workload, not to mention adding more work to it. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Todd Lunds

Re: Minimizing Database Utilization

2002-07-30 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Well, well.. I totally read my book the wrong way. I will go recalculate. Thanks for pointing out this huge error on my part. Now I have to go figure out where the rest of my database utilization is going, too. |+> || "Thomas Denier" | |

Minimizing Database Utilization

2002-07-30 Thread Todd Lundstedt
other way to do this without increasing the size of my database more than the size of the files being backed up (what is that... 3 million times more?)? Thanks in advance for your help. Todd Lundstedt Technical Specialist Via Christi Information Management Services [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Changing Storage Pools/Management Classes

2002-07-02 Thread Todd Lundstedt
ons of those files. They stay on whatever media they were on originally.Nothing triggers them to move or relocate. They aren't hurt, you can still restore from them if you need to. The best thing to do is just leave them where they sit, and let them expire when they normally would.

Changing Storage Pools/Management Classes

2002-07-02 Thread Todd Lundstedt
vance for your help. Todd Lundstedt Technical Specialist Via Christi Information Management Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps FYI. Since the first time I sent this note out, I have done some testing. After working with TSM support on an issue that came up in my testing, I find out that a management

What would be the SQL select to determine....

2002-06-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
... a list of files (with directory names) in a storage pool that only have one version? Or can you do that with an SQL select? I am trying to identify files with unique names that may be of a temporary nature, so I can point them to a different management class with a Retain Only Version count

Changing Storage Pools/Management Classes

2002-05-30 Thread Todd Lundstedt
point to the new management class? If so, what happens to the files in the current storage pool and the current management class? Is there another way to do this? Thanks in advance for your help. Todd Lundstedt Technical Specialist Via Christi Information Management Services [EMAIL PROTECTED]

TDP for SQL and Stripes

2002-05-16 Thread Todd Lundstedt
I am starting to play with the "stripe" function of the TDP for SQL. I got to wondering... If you have a database backed up directly to tape using 4 stripes... you need 4 tape drives to do that.. and, 4 tape drives to do a restore. I got that much... But.. What happens if, by reclamation proces

Re: SQL Output

2002-04-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
If you are doing this from the command line in AIX. dsmadmc -id= -password= "select whatever from whereever, etc" | tail +XX | grep -v YY > new_filename If you are doing this to a file that was created from the dsmadmc client already.. it is very similar... cat | tail +XX | grep -v YY > new_

Re: Expiring specific files

2002-04-24 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Wow! Steve, that sounds like.. um.. fun?! I follow along with what you are trying to do, but I am not sure what this would do to the application, since that application watches this directory (as, I am guessing, a sort of queue). I would hesitate to create any file on my own in this directory, ev

Re: Expiring specific files

2002-04-23 Thread Todd Lundstedt
Nope.. sorry .. I didn't include any specific info.. TSM Server 4.2.1.7 running on AIX 433 the node in question is Netware 4.11 running TSM B/A Client for Netware 4.1.3.0. It is an application and fileserver, so no, there is a LOT more stuff on this filespace than just the files I want to expire o

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