AIX - q ba oddity

2008-06-19 Thread Jim Young
Hi, Situation is this. TSM Server V5.3.2.0 Client V5.3.2.0 both on AIX 5.3 A filesystem was created as "/home/twsprod" and later down the line they removed that filesystem and settled for twsprod to be part of the file system /home instead. Now when running dsmc from /home/twsprod and typing

Re: AIX - q ba oddity

2008-06-19 Thread Richard Sims
This is the overlapping filespace name condition. In the client manual, see "Understanding how files are stored", where you need braces to explicitly tell TSM which part of the path is the filespace. Richard Sims

Re: New Tape Library

2008-06-19 Thread Adrian Compton
Thanks Kelly. Worked like a charm with your advice. Regards Adrian Compton Aspen Pharmacare Port Elizabeth tel: +2741 4072855 Fax: +2741 453 7452 Cell: +27823204495 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly

Re: How do I Solve this issue

2008-06-19 Thread Norman Bloch
I had similar issues on a 5.4.0 server (on windows 2003 server). upgrade to 5.4.3 fixed it. what is your server level ? try also : show mmsv if 71 is displayed while no process or session running, then you could be in that case. let me know Norman Erwin Zavala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "A

TDP for SQL 5.5 error ACO5422E

2008-06-19 Thread Schaub, Steve
Tsm server 5.4.3.2 Tsm client 5.5.0.0 Tdp for sql server 5.5.0.0 Win2k3 sp2 Sql2000 Getting the following error trying to backup or restore to a sql2000 instance that I just installed the tdp on. Cant seem to find any relevant hits on Microsoft or ibm. Any else seen this? It almost looks

Re: TDP for SQL 5.5 error ACO5422E

2008-06-19 Thread Del Hoobler
Hi Steve, In the Data Protection for SQL User's Guide, we mention this... Starting with Data Protection for SQL 5.5.0, if you are still running with SQL Server 2000, there are additional requirements: SQL Server 2000 must be at Service Pack 4 (or later). In addition, the following software is al

Re: Old firmware version - IBM 3582 LTO

2008-06-19 Thread Wanda Prather
Mario, You can find some older versions by going straight to the FTP site: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/ I see the 2.10 level for your library, but still don't see 2.11. What I have done in the past is just place a hardware service call. Tell them you need firmware, and they will connect

Re: Can TSM locks file during backup ?

2008-06-19 Thread David Rigaudiere
Quoting Andrew Raibeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: TSM does not "lock" files per se; however, it does open the files to read them during backup. It could be that SQL server requires exclusive access to the file, so if TSM is currently backing it up, SQL server cannot start. Hi Andy, thanks a lot for t

Re: TDP for SQL 5.5 error ACO5422E

2008-06-19 Thread Schaub, Steve
Thanks, Del. I looked through the guide, but must have overlooked this section. -steve -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Del Hoobler Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:42 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TDP for SQL 5.5 e

Re: Old firmware version - IBM 3582 LTO

2008-06-19 Thread Mario Behring
Hi Wanda, I´ve found the library firmware...2.10C all right. I´ll try this one. However, I couldn´t find the firmware for the drives, drivecode level 3434 or 38D0. Best regards, Mario - Original Message From: Wanda Prather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent: Thursda

Re: trouble w/library manager control point

2008-06-19 Thread Richard Sims
In the absence of any context, my guess would be that the level of software installed was incompatible with its operating system environment. I'd recommend reviewing the requirement specified in the installation material. Richard Sims On Jun 18, 2008, at 3:33 PM, eric wonderley wrote: # /e

Re: Client fails with "Server media mount" when no drives are available

2008-06-19 Thread David E Ehresman
I have no answer to your question. But one of the beauties of a VTL is that you can define additional drives as needed. So why not define as many drives as you have concurrent sessions? David >>> "Schneider, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/18/2008 6:18 PM >>> Greetings, I am trying to underst

Server stgpool volumes and GPT

2008-06-19 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
We are putting up a "big honkin Dell server" for a new TSM server. This box has 8=1TB internal drives. There has been an argument going on about how to properly partition this space, for the LZ. We use GPT since standard tools don't like >2TB filesystems. If we create a 6TB LZ with GPT, will TSM

Re: Backing up NT4

2008-06-19 Thread James R Owen
WinNT4 BAclient v5.1.6.0 works OK w/ AIX 5.3 TSMservice v5.5.0.3. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (203.432.6693) Evans, Bill wrote: Yep, this is what we are planning on trying. I'll update if not successful. Thank you, Bill Evans Research Computing Support FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER -

Re: Server stgpool volumes and GPT

2008-06-19 Thread Howard Coles
Actually, you may get better performance out of Windows if you leave off the GPT. You don't want really large storage pool volumes anyway, so partitioning it out with 2 TB File systems, would be a good idea. That would remove another level of complexity, and overhead on the server itself. The fe

Re: Server stgpool volumes and GPT

2008-06-19 Thread Skylar Thompson
Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: We are putting up a "big honkin Dell server" for a new TSM server. This box has 8=1TB internal drives. There has been an argument going on about how to properly partition this space, for the LZ. We use GPT since standard tools don't like >2TB filesystems. If we crea

LTO Tape Life

2008-06-19 Thread Bell, Charles (Chip)
Is there a way to find out if your tapes are nearing their end-of-use? I use a 3584, and unfortunately am still having to deal with LTO-1/2 cartridges. How can I tell, either from TSM (which I doubt) or from 3584 hardware level what the amount-of-times used/mounted is? Normally, between myself and

Re: Client fails with "Server media mount" when no drives are available

2008-06-19 Thread Schneider, John
Well, As it is, we have 128 virtual drives, which we thought would be enough. But sure, we could define and configure some more. But that actually leads us to another problem we are grappling with. When we get periods of high numbers of simultaneous tape mounts, we sometimes get:

Server stgpool volumes and GPT

2008-06-19 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
I saw the reply to my message (via the web interface to ADSM.ORG) from Howard Coles. Still not coming through via email. >> Actually, you may get better performance out of Windows if you leave off >> the GPT. You don't want really large storage pool volumes anyway, so >> partitioning it out with

Re: Server stgpool volumes and GPT

2008-06-19 Thread Skylar Thompson
Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote: I guess I should have stated the intended platform. I would NEVER use Windoze. This will be a RedHat Linux server. Probably EL/ES 5. I have see discussions of using the XFS filesystem vs. EXT2. Any thoughts on this? I would recommend staying away from XFS. I've se

TSM DB backup - dr, issues and concerns

2008-06-19 Thread Richard Rhodes
We have been having some discussions about our TSM db backups, and, db backups for DR. Environment: - dual datacenters - connected by high speed DWDM network - tape drive san connected between datacenters - libraries and TSM servers at both sites - TSM db backups go directly to tape in t

Re: Server stgpool volumes and GPT

2008-06-19 Thread Andy Huebner
We have our disks in 180GB volumes. Our TSM volumes are 50GB and 30GB. This allows use to spread the load of the stg pools across the disks as we see fit. This also allows a reasonable amount of control on the size of the pools so if a pool needs to be a little bigger or smaller it is just a matt

Re: LTO Tape Life

2008-06-19 Thread Richard Sims
Chip - See the Ultrium entry in http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts for what we communally know about lifetime and access to usage data. Richard Sims

Upgrading from J1A to E05

2008-06-19 Thread Fred Johanson
After years of running with 3592 model J1A mixed with model E05 mixed in a single 3584 used by 6 TSM servers, the replacements are being delivered next week. At present, we have a DEVCLASS of TAPE, which has a FORMAT=3592C. My reading of the documentation leads me to believe that we get the fu

Re: TSM DB backup - dr, issues and concerns

2008-06-19 Thread Wanda Prather
4) is a no. 1) is good, but if you're on vacation when it happens, does everybody else know how to play that tune? 2) would give you the best coverage - no DB data loss past the last sync point However, if you try to use the replicated DB post-disaster, where are your tapes? If you are creating c

Re: TSM DB backup - dr, issues and concerns

2008-06-19 Thread Kauffman, Tom
I've only got one TSM server, so most of your options aren't available to me. We run our off-site storage pool backups with a script. At the end of the script we run two database backups to tape, one right after the other, and then run the automated checkout script which checks out BOTH backups

Re: TSM DB backup - dr, issues and concerns

2008-06-19 Thread Andy Huebner
0) "Too Paranoid" is not good English 2) We use TSM to mirror the DB and Logs to another array in a different building. 3) We have thought about this, but not done it... 6) 2 DB backups per day to tape. Andy Huebner -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: TSM DB backup - dr, issues and concerns

2008-06-19 Thread Remco Post
What I'd reccomend: 1- db backups to remote datacentre, incrementals after major things 2- db snapshots to local datacentre, just to be sure, db snapshots don't interfere with your db incrementals 3- async mirroring of the db and log storage, for fast recovery and minimal performance impact (sync

TSM DB and SRDF

2008-06-19 Thread Shawn Drew
The recent talk about srdf and dr reminded me of our situation Layout: - 2 Datacenters with a routed SAN (90 miles a part) - TSM DB is on DMX that is setup with SRDF in sync mode to the remote site. - The DMX luns are assigned to the AIX host, and formated with JFS2. - The log volume does share on

Re: TSM DB and SRDF

2008-06-19 Thread Wanda Prather
I have a customer that has done this successfully with SVC (IBM product) replication. The trick I believe is to have the DB and logs in a "consistency group", which means that SRDF must enforce the correct order of writes. Here is the TSm doc on what is required: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docv

Fw: TSM DB and SRDF

2008-06-19 Thread Nicholas Cassimatis
Check the Redbook (there's a Redbook for just about anything) http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG246844.html?Open That's SG246844, should that link somehow not work. Talks about doing exactly what you're trying to do. Nick Cassimatis - Forwarded by Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM on 0

TSM HSM failing

2008-06-19 Thread Anil Maurya
Hi We have HSM in our environment and it keep failing with following error. Any body do come across these error ? THX DSMCLC.LOG W: No file security found in reparse data, file security not initialized Concerned file: '\\CBDSAPPOSM01\E$\Tivoli\20070801\234753\NGEF4A8B4A36-98DA-4526-B977-0E B5C3

ASR Restore Problem Win2K3

2008-06-19 Thread Timothy Hughes
ASR Restore Problem Win2K3 I had a problem about a month ago with a similarly built server Basically, the ASR restore completes but Windows is a default state when it returns with a login box that takes only Administrator w/

Re: TSM DB and SRDF

2008-06-19 Thread Andy Huebner
For testing purposes we used SRDF to duplicate the DB and logs and successfully hot split the R1 and R2 several times. The DB always went into recovery mode, but would start. If you split all of the R2's at the same time it is the same as crashing the host, not the best thing, but workable. If yo

Antwort: LTO Tape Life

2008-06-19 Thread TSM
select volume_name,times_mounted from volumes order by times_mounted desc

Re: Antwort: LTO Tape Life

2008-06-19 Thread Schneider, John
Greetings, I thought of this same approach, but it doesn't really address the issue at all. The times_mounted gets reset to 0 whenever the tape goes back to scratch. So times_mounted doesn't track the entire multi-year history of a tape. I just went and looked at some of our tapes that ar