AW: 5.2.3.5 Upgrade and Slow Expiration

2004-12-16 Thread Schaub Joachim Paul ABX-SECE-ZH
Wats about your logpoolsize and logutil at this moment? regards joachim -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Hart, Charles Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. Dezember 2004 21:10 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: 5.2.3.5 Upgrade and Slow Expiration

Re: Best practice for backing up same data different schedule?

2004-12-16 Thread Richard Sims
On Dec 15, 2004, at 3:54 PM, Robert Knutsen wrote: What is the best way to automatically backup the same data at different intervals? I want weekly, monthly and yearly backups of the same data on a schedule I setup, with expiring old data automatically. ... Robert - "Full-Incremental Rotations

5.2.4.0 Servers available for download

2004-12-16 Thread Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM
Hi *SM-ers! For those of you who haven't noticed it yet: IBM has quietly put the 5.2.4.0 server codes on their FTP server. Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ** For information, services and offers, please vi

Re: 5.2.4.0 Servers available for download

2004-12-16 Thread Das, Samiran (IDS ECCS)
A new client code 5.2.3.11 is posted with yesterdays date. [BINARY] TSM523C_11_WIN32.exe . . . . . . . . . .[Dec 15 16:37] 18M Regards, Samiran Das -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joni Moyer Sent: Thursday, December 16, 200

Re: license costs

2004-12-16 Thread Richard Rhodes
>You can't. To be short, you need 1 license / cpu for the servers. OS doesn't >matter. The license count on the server is based on the number of active >nodes. So the number of license you have to buy have nothing to do with the >numer reported by the TSM server. Here is an example of how TSM

Re: 5.2.4.0 Servers available for download

2004-12-16 Thread Das, Samiran (IDS ECCS)
Eric informed about 5.2.4.0 server code, not client code. Regards, Samiran Das -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joni Moyer Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 5.2.4.0 Servers available for dow

Re: 5.2.4.0 Servers available for download

2004-12-16 Thread Richard Sims
On Dec 16, 2004, at 7:04 AM, Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM wrote: For those of you who haven't noticed it yet: IBM has quietly put the 5.2.4.0 server codes on their FTP server. Thanks, Eric. IBM: The TSM support page, http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/ IBMTivoliStorageManager.html is th

Re: Tdp for Microsoft Exchange server question

2004-12-16 Thread Del Hoobler
Robert, You need to make sure that you have enough space on your volumes that contain the transaction logs for each Exchange storage group. With Exchange differentials, the transaction logs are not truncated until the next full backup. And so, you will need to make sure there is enough space to ho

Re: how to move an NT client to a new backup server

2004-12-16 Thread Park, James
This is under one of the menu Options in the normal Backup/Restore GUI on the client. Cheers, James. James Park. Infrastructure Specialist. EDS Production Engineering Service Delivery Systems Management Team -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] O

Re: license costs

2004-12-16 Thread Heineman, Joyce
Well said, Rick. And a downside to this (new in 2004 i think) TSM way of licensing, where you actually end up having to pay MORE: If you have an 8-processor Windows server for each of 50 different applications in your business (sort of the opposite of consolidation) .

Re: license costs

2004-12-16 Thread Stef Coene
On Thursday 16 December 2004 14:13, Richard Rhodes wrote: > >You can't. To be short, you need 1 license / cpu for the servers. OS > > doesn't > > >matter. The license count on the server is based on the number of active > >nodes. So the number of license you have to buy have nothing to do with

Re: TSM 5.2.3 journal service crashes?

2004-12-16 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Howell >I'm having problems with the journal service on one of my >clients and need some idea if the problem is with me or with >the service. This particular system is a large Windows 2000 >file server, with around 175GB

Re: Special Technique for Recovering lost Backups

2004-12-16 Thread Andrew Raibeck
See my response to a similar question in the adsm-l archives at http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0001/264.html. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: how to move an NT client to a new backup server

2004-12-16 Thread Weinstein, Stephen
Should this GUI utility be on the client somewhere, or do I need the CD. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rushforth, Tim Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: how to move an NT

Re: license costs

2004-12-16 Thread Prather, Wanda
FWIW, You may know this already, but make sure you are only paying for REAL processors. A lot of 4-processor servers that have HYPERTHREADING capability APPEAR to have 8 processors, but really only have 4. So you only have to license 4. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Andrew Raibeck
The dsmcutil.exe utility has a "showpw" command that displays the password for the node: dsmcutil showpw /node:yournodename This has to be run on the machine where the password is encrypted (password is encrypted in the registry). There is no email facility for sending the new password. In g

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Prather, Wanda
On Windows it's not on disk, it's in the registry, but it's encrypted. You shouldn't ever need to know it, there are other ways to do everything I can think of. What problem are you having that you need it for? Maybe I can tell you how to get around it -Original Message- From: ADSM

Re: POLICY SET Question

2004-12-16 Thread Prather, Wanda
You are exactly correct! Changes to the management classes/copy groups do not take effect immediately, they take effecty when you Activate the policy set. That will make the Changed policy set and Active the same. Changing RETEXTRA and RETONLY to 180 will do what you want. The only time you shou

scripts.smp missing on Windows server

2004-12-16 Thread Joerg Pohlmann
A question for the development folks: I have been upgrading my Windows-based TSM server and for the last 5.2.3.x releases as well as 5.2.4.0 scripts.smp was not reinstalled into the server directory. I found the sample scripts extremely useful - it would be nice if they were re-packaged into the s

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Chris Rodgers
You shouldn't ever need to know it, there are other ways to do everything I can think of. What problem are you having that you need it for? Maybe I can tell you how to get around it My computer is backed up via TSM to my university's central ADSM server. If I want to do anything which needs mor

Re: 5.2.4.0 Servers available for download

2004-12-16 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Richard, good suggestion. Consider it noted. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Prather, Wanda
If you have a TSM administrator's id, you can use that with virtualnodename option, instead of needing the individual client password, but from your email I assume you do not have an administrator's id. But you probably DO know the TSM name of the machine you are likely to use to recover if your m

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Chris Rodgers
OR alternatively, you can use the TSM command line command: SET ACCESS. Read about this in the book, or the HELP. OK, I see that this provides a work around. Also under UTILITIES, you can change your own password, instead of letting the TSM server do it. If your TSM admin has set up to force passw

Re: scripts.smp missing on Windows server

2004-12-16 Thread Richard Sims
On Dec 16, 2004, at 1:24 PM, Joerg Pohlmann wrote: A question for the development folks: I have been upgrading my Windows-based TSM server and for the last 5.2.3.x releases as well as 5.2.4.0 scripts.smp was not reinstalled into the server directory. I found the sample scripts extremely useful - i

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Chris, If this function is important to you, I recommend that you work with your IBM representative or IBM support to draft a formal requirement, to which you will get a response. Scheduled backups do not require a TSM-generated password, but they do require the use of PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE. If

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Chris Rodgers
Can't remember if you have to restart the scheduler, I don't think so. (And yes, that's a hassle for you, too. You may want to stick with SET ACCESS as a solution, if your admins require frequent changes.) OK, I'll try it like that. Do you think that perhaps future versions might see the password

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Prather, Wanda
> Also under UTILITIES, you can change your own password, instead of > letting the TSM server do it. > If your TSM admin has set up to force password change every 30 days, and > you change it on day 29, the TSM server won't change it again. So you > WILL know what it is. ***Except that you need to

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Andrew Raibeck
> Do you think that perhaps future versions might see the password storing > and password changing features split into two options? It's no problem > not to be able to recover the password iff the system doesn't change it > automatically i.e. only the storing option enabled. Similarly, at many > si

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Chris Rodgers
Andrew Raibeck wrote: Chris, If this function is important to you, I recommend that you work with your IBM representative or IBM support to draft a formal requirement, to which you will get a response. Scheduled backups do not require a TSM-generated password, but they do require the use of PASSWOR

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Prather, Wanda
I still think TSM provides the necessary facilities to deal with the problem, WITHOUT having to know/compromise/reset/muck with the password. When your client node was registered with TSM, YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD a TSM admin id created for it. Ask your TSM support group to give you the password for th

Re: AW: 5.2.3.5 Upgrade and Slow Expiration

2004-12-16 Thread Dave Canan
I would be interested to see the output from a server instrumentation trace. Could you please run one and then forward it to my IBM address? I can take a look at it and see if I can find anything. To run the trace, do the following (from the TSM administrator) when inventory expiration

Re: POLICY SET Question

2004-12-16 Thread Jones, Eric J
Thanks. Just wanted to double check since I've never done this before. Thanks again, Eric -Original Message- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:14 PM To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Cc: Jones, Eric J Subject: RE: POLICY SET Question You are e

Drives become unavailable

2004-12-16 Thread Mohsin Saleem Khan
Hi, We have two drives define in TSM 5.1 Level 6.5, it has been happening now from few days that every drives become unavailable quite often, and I update them as online=yes they become available againI am not sure why it is happening and what should i do, to get stable drives, any he

Re: Drives become unavailable

2004-12-16 Thread David N. Reiss
Hi there, More info is needed. * What are the messages in your activity log? * What OS is it attached too? If AIX, check the errpt. If Windows check your event viewer. * How long do they work for after you make them available again? Do they break right away as soon as they use a tape, or it is

Re: scripts.smp missing on Windows server

2004-12-16 Thread Andrew Raibeck
The omission is not intentional. A defect has been opened to address this missing file in the install package. Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: POLICY SET Question

2004-12-16 Thread Andrew Raibeck
I strongly encourage you to read the TSM Administrator's Guide from cover to cover, as it provides a pretty thorough overview of what TSM can do, and how to do it, including information how TSM policy management works. Yes, it's a pretty big book, but should be considered essential reading for TSM

legato cluster and handling of filespaces

2004-12-16 Thread TSM
hello, we have two cluster nodes, server1 and server2. one cluster ressource (partition f) is backed up under the filespacename \\server1\f$ in case of failover of our legato cluster ressource, the filespace now appears under the second node name, \\server2\f$ ibm support tells us, to use the p

Re: 5.2.3.5 Upgrade and Slow Expiration

2004-12-16 Thread Richard Sims
On Dec 15, 2004, at 3:09 PM, Hart, Charles wrote: We have two identical TSM Server (AIX 5.2 / p630 / TSM 5.2.3.5) They were both @ TSM 5.2.3.4 then we upgraded to 5.2.3.5 on the same day. One of the servers has been running just fine (TSM Server1). When the other TSM server (TSM Server2) runs Expi

Re: 5.2.4.0 Servers available for download

2004-12-16 Thread Joni Moyer
Could you please send a link to where you found this code? I just went out to try to get the 5.2.4.0 code for a Windows 2000 client and I couldn't find it. Thank you in advance! Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems Work:(717)302-6603 Fax:(717)302-5974 [EMAIL PROTE

Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Chris Rodgers
Dear All, I am using Tivoli Storage Manager v5.2.10 on a Windows Server 2003 machine with the PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE option in my dsm.opt file. Is there a way to be notified of the new password when the TSM client changes it (e.g. in the same manner as the MAILPROG option to the unix client) or to

TSM 5.2.3 journal service crashes?

2004-12-16 Thread Joe Howell
I'm having problems with the journal service on one of my clients and need some idea if the problem is with me or with the service. This particular system is a large Windows 2000 file server, with around 175GB of stuff on one drive. Because of processing constraints I am restricted to a 5-hour ba

Special Technique for Recovering lost Backups

2004-12-16 Thread Jorge Salinas
Hi all. I want to know if there is a special technique that can be performed to recover backups on tapes from a server that lost the DB completely. Apparently one of our branches was still doing backups using a 3.7 ADSM server. They lost their DB, no backups but they have the library :D Does Tiv

Re: Special Technique for Recovering lost Backups

2004-12-16 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorge Salinas >I want to know if there is a special technique that can be >performed to recover backups on tapes from a server that lost >the DB completely. > >Apparently one of our branches was still doing backups using a >3.

Node User ID Question

2004-12-16 Thread Curtis Stewart
As part of our SOX compliance work, we are currently reviewing all user accounts, password policies, etc Historically, when TSM nodes were created here, everybody just went ahead and created a userID as well. These don't appear to get used. I assume it's so a user can log into TSM with access t

Re: TSM 5.2.3 journal service crashes?

2004-12-16 Thread Sebrosky, Amanda
I am having the same problem and currently have a ticket open with Tivoli. On the server with this issue, 2 of the 8 journal databases remained valid -- all remained active -Original Message- From: Joe Howell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:32 AM To: [EMAIL P

Re: Node User ID Question

2004-12-16 Thread Prather, Wanda
Yes, you are correct. Those default ids all have "client owner" privilege to the machine of the same name, and are only needed if you want to run the web client instead of the usual Windows GUI to do restores. We delete them (in cases where we forget NOT to create them in the first place).

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Andrew Raibeck
> Why has this facility (or the MAILPROG equivalent) been removed from > v5.3 and upwards? This seems a useful sort of thing to me. While its usefulness under certain circumstances cannot be denied, we felt that this change was an improvement in security, which we weighted with a higher priority.

Re: TSM 5.2.3 journal service crashes?

2004-12-16 Thread Joe Howell
Hmmm. I'd already set RESOURCEUTILIZATION up, but I hadn't thought of actually setting up a separate node. What are the licensing implications of this? Have you noticed any throughput problems from running multiple backups through the same NIC? Not to mention CPU or disk activity.

Re: Passwordaccess Generate

2004-12-16 Thread Chris Rodgers
Prather, Wanda wrote: I still think TSM provides the necessary facilities to deal with the problem, WITHOUT having to know/compromise/reset/muck with the password. When your client node was registered with TSM, YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD a TSM admin id created for it. Ask your TSM support group to give yo

Re: TSM 5.2.3 journal service crashes?

2004-12-16 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Howell >Hmmm. I'd already set RESOURCEUTILIZATION up, but I hadn't >thought of actually setting up a separate node. What are the >licensing implications of this? Have you noticed any >throughput problems from running mu