Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-29 Thread Thomas Denier
Quoting Robin Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'd love to see that script, if you're willing to share! :) I took a look. There is actually a whole complex of scripts, designed to support the use of the snapshot facility of the HP-UX LVM as well as broken mirrors. The top level script is as foll

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-24 Thread Steve Harris
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LD.GOV.AU>cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-24 Thread Zlatko Krastev/ACIT
:03:03 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... I haven't been able to find this Redbook online. Got a number for it? Thanks, Al Barth Zurich Scudder Investments

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-24 Thread Andrew Raibeck
quot; To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... I haven't been able to find this Redbook online. Got a number for it? Thanks, Al Barth Zurich Scudder Investments Steve Harris

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-24 Thread Allen Barth
cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/23/01 06:51 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-23 Thread Greatbanks, Stephen P
Zlatko, ZK>The only way to "break the mirror" and access both copies in AIX known to ZK>me is to pull the disk and put it into another machine importing the VG. ZK>Otherwise the mirror is still transparent to you through AIX APIs and ZK>tools. Not so... The sbom_backup script does some pretty ha

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-23 Thread Greatbanks, Stephen P
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2001 9:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... The ability to do split mirror backups of AIX JFS came in at AIX 4.3.3 see chapter 5 of the AIX 4.3 Differenences redbook. Steve Greatbanks - you should note that sysba

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-23 Thread Greatbanks, Stephen P
Hi Miles, MP>Hi Steve, MP>interesting situation, have you considered, I'm sure you have, but: MP>- do you really need a point in time, why not just try and back it up, say 3 times, and on the last try just MP>back it up? ie. shared dynamic. There should be no downtime at all. Do the files change

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-23 Thread Steve Harris
red dynamic" serialization options? Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant "Greatbanks, Stephen P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 23.10.2001 03:11:44 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored di

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-23 Thread Robin Sharpe
10/23/01 03:50 PM Subject: Please respond to Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Quoting "Greatbanks, Stephen P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Zlatko, > Tha

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-23 Thread Thomas Denier
Quoting "Greatbanks, Stephen P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Zlatko, > Thanks for the information. I do realise that the AIX mirroring > is > totally transparent from the user (and TSM) point of view. That is not > really my question though. The current backup procedure is (roughly) > > (i)

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-23 Thread Miles Purdy
ope that is a little clearer! Cheers, Steve Greatbanks -Original Message- From: Miles Purdy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 22 October 2001 11:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... Hi, Let me try and clarify things and that should answer your q

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-23 Thread Zlatko Krastev/ACIT
onsultant "Greatbanks, Stephen P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 23.10.2001 03:11:44 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... Zlatko, Thanks for the info

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-22 Thread Seay, Paul
8:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... Zlatko, Thanks for the information. I do realise that the AIX mirroring is totally transparent from the user (and TSM) point of view. That is not really my question though. The current backup procedure is (roughly

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-22 Thread Greatbanks, Stephen P
the clients out whilst the backup is in progress. Cheers, Steve Greatbanks -Original Message- From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2001 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... Stephen, It depends on what it is you

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-22 Thread Steve Harris
king at the VG, rather than the LV level. -Original Message- From: Zlatko Krastev/ACIT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2001 12:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... Stephen, there is no any need to vary off the logical volumes. Mo

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-22 Thread Greatbanks, Stephen P
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2001 12:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... Stephen, there is no any need to vary off the logical volumes. Moreover you cannot vary off the LVs but only the whole VG. And you have no access to logical volumes

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-22 Thread Greatbanks, Stephen P
es Purdy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 22 October 2001 11:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks... Hi, Let me try and clarify things and that should answer your question First, are you backing up filesystems or raw logical volumes? (hmm, it

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-22 Thread Zlatko Krastev/ACIT
gt; To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Client and AIX mirrored disks... Hi, I am something of a TSM beginner, and this is my first post here too, so please excuse any obvious mistakes on my part. I am in the position of having to implement a TSM backup solution for our

Re: Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-22 Thread Miles Purdy
Hi, Let me try and clarify things and that should answer your question First, are you backing up filesystems or raw logical volumes? (hmm, it might not matter). Remember filesystems are built on logical volumes, logical volumes point to one ore more physical volumes. So if you are backing

Client and AIX mirrored disks...

2001-10-21 Thread Greatbanks, Stephen P
Hi, I am something of a TSM beginner, and this is my first post here too, so please excuse any obvious mistakes on my part. I am in the position of having to implement a TSM backup solution for our client. This is (in the first instance at least) an all AIX shop. I've read all the