Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-27 Thread Reinhard Mersch
Mark, as others already said, these utilities (DSMSERV UNLOADDB, DUMPDB, LOADDB and AUDITDB) in fact ARE documented and always have been (Appendix A in the 3.7 and 4.1, appendix D in the 3.1 admin ref.). They are poorly documented though, e.g. not saying anything about the required time, and not

Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-26 Thread Alex Paschal
Paschal Storage Administrator Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -Original Message- From: John Naylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 9:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Reducing/compressing the database Mark, I agree with you that the bene

Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-26 Thread John Naylor
MAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: John Naylor/HAV/SSEG) Subject: Re: Reducing/compressing the database "Thomas A. La Porte" wrote: > Is anybody else a little bit distressed that Tivoli's TSM > administrator needs to seek this advice from the list, rather > than from the devel

Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-26 Thread Lindsay Morris
I have to agree. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Stapleton Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 12:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Reducing/compressing the database "Thomas A. La Porte" wrote: > Is anybody

Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-25 Thread Mark Stapleton
"Thomas A. La Porte" wrote: > Is anybody else a little bit distressed that Tivoli's TSM > administrator needs to seek this advice from the list, rather > than from the developers of the product? I think I've read just about enough whining in this thread about how Tivoli 'distresses' people by not

Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-24 Thread Nicholas Cassimatis
This reminds me of the tech support story where a guy is trying getting errors on a server he is working on, and the errors say to have the SysAdmin run a chkdsk/f (yes, it's been a while). He calls the helpdesk, who tell him, "Have the SysAdmin run chkdsk/f." So he bitches and complains about h

Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-24 Thread Mike Gell
heheheh, take a look -Original Message- From: Thomas A. La Porte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 3:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Reducing/compressing the database Is anybody else a little bit distressed that Tivoli's TSM administrator needs to

Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-24 Thread Dominique Laflamme
> From: Thomas A. La Porte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 6:42 PM > Is anybody else a little bit distressed that Tivoli's TSM > administrator needs to seek this advice from the list, rather > than from the developers of the product? No, not really. Tivoli is large enou

Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-23 Thread Thomas A. La Porte
Is anybody else a little bit distressed that Tivoli's TSM administrator needs to seek this advice from the list, rather than from the developers of the product? This is an issue that has been one that has generated much discussion on and off with regards to the benefits and costs of attempting to

Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-23 Thread Tab Trepagnier
Shawn, One thing you might try: delete the DB volumes individually. When you do that, *SM copies the data from the volume being deleted into free space on other DB volumes. After that copy operation is complete, add that same DB volume back in to the system. It should come in as 0% utilized a

Re: Reducing/compressing the database

2001-04-22 Thread Richard Sims
>So, will defragging the database really improve my restore times? >Seems pointless otherwise. Shawn - One of those issues... Tivoli provided the barely-documented unload-reload db reorg procedure, but at the same time has published no information anywhere about TSM database internals an