Re: Ghost backups from server-to-server backups

2011-08-02 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Keith, Thanks for the suggestions. Fortunately we don't use lots of virtual volumes. Sounds like the Reconcile command was added as a quick-fix to resolve inherent problem somewhere deep inside. From: Keith Arbogast To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 08/02/2011 08:59 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Gho

Re: Ghost backups from server-to-server backups

2011-08-02 Thread Keith Arbogast
Zoltan, I run 'reconcile volumes < virtual volume devclass_name > fix=yes' once a month. Our TSM servers are both running version 6.2.2.2, and reconcile finds hundreds of invalid volumes each time it runs. Others' experience may be different. In our situation, I should have opened a PMR long ag

Re: Ghost backups from server-to-server backups

2011-08-01 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Hmm - is the RECONCILE command I should run, regularly? I just ran it on all 5.5 servers (they perform daily DBSNAPSHOT backups to an offsite server) and all of them had errors to "reconcile". The 6.x servers didn't have any errors. As for these ghost volumes/storage, reconciling its devcla

Re: Ghost backups from server-to-server backups

2011-08-01 Thread Keith Arbogast
Zoltan, Try running reconcile volumes from both ends. When we do that, it deletes a surprising quantity of orphan virtual volumes. Keith