Re: Oracle Database Backups

2001-03-14 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
look at copygroup MODE parameter, ABSOLUTE vs MODIFIED. This works for a non-DB files just fine for controlling FULL vs INCREMENTAL. I do not know how well it fits with a DB. I would suspect you would have to go through an API to do an incremental. Matt -Original Message- From: Shekhar

Re: jcl to run admin client in batch

2001-03-20 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
We run some of the admin scripts through batch initiated jobs. Some things are just better scheduled by a real job scheduler (can handle dependencies etc). Anyway here is an example of how we handle doing our DB backup processing. It makes an offsite copy, and the batch job waits for it so the

Re: Daylight Savings Fix for Windows NT Clients/fix 4.1.2.12

2001-03-29 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I downloaded the doc on 4.1.2.12 because I just put TSM in and have about 30 NT servers with 4.1.0 client code in them. There is a warning saying THIS FIXTEST SOFTWARE HAS NOT BEEN FULLY SYSTEM TESTED. Is this an old warning? Is it O.K. to put this fix in? I haven't tried pu

very few tapes expiring

2001-04-11 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am running TSM 4.1.3 (just upgraded from 4.1.1) on OS390 2.7. We have been up and running for about 5 months now and the tape people (who initially said tapes were returning from offsite) have told me that not to many tapes return from offsite. So I start looking at things.

Re: very few tapes expiring

2001-04-11 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
tended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > -Original Message- > From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 11. April 2001 16:03 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

Re: very few tapes expiring

2001-04-11 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
check that the media access status is "readwrite" or it is "unavailable? Cyril Todorov System Administrator BULBANK AD 7 Sv. Nedelya Sq. Sofia1000 Bulgaria tel.: +359 2 98412662 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - Original Message ----- > From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) <

Re: very few tapes expiring

2001-04-11 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: very few tapes expiring Can we get some Q STG F=D, Q SCHED T=A, Q VOL F=D, Q DEVC, and Q DRM output for some effected tapes and tape pools? Alex -Original Message- From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April

Re: very few tapes expiring

2001-04-12 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Well that doesn't sound anything like what I will want to happen. But I believe I do understand what you are saying and I had not thought of it. Each DB backup is its own unique file name and therefore will be processed as a unique deleted file. What are the 3 or 4 methods out of this? Matt ---

Re: very few tapes expiring

2001-04-12 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Thanks a lot for this one. I was thinking this was a possible solution but I had no idea as to what would really happen with old now 'inactive' backup files. It does seem like a good straight forward way of handling things. But this being a new area to me, would probably been looking around for

Re: SQL for Amount Backed up Daily:

2001-04-19 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Bill, I also run 4.1 on OS390. I have found that activating the ACCOUNTing records to work the best. I take the SMF records and go through them with a SAS program. It was pretty quick to write. I run it everyday and put the summarized records in a SAS DB so I can put together some hist

Re: 500GB Backup

2001-04-30 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I can't get anywhere close to that on 9840. I am happy when I get 11 MB/sec on them. Are you sure numbers are right? -Original Message- From: Burton, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 500GB Backup We have benchma

Is there an FTP site to get newest MS-XCHANGE API?

2001-05-02 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I was wondering if there is an FTP site to get the newest release of the MS-EXCHANGE API. We haven't even installed the 1.1. version everwhere it needs to be. So I am looking for the fastest way to get the newest release. Thanks Matt

Seven year retention issue

2001-05-07 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I have TSM 4.1 on OS390. My issue is keeping a copy of 'some data' from an AIX platform for seven years. My difficulties arise from the fact that the Policy that this server is on has the Archive group retention set to 1 day. This has to be this way because the server also ha

Re: Tivoli Storage Manager

2001-05-10 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Tim, I control my FULL backups by using SERVER SCRIPTS that change the COPY MODE of the MANAGEMENT CLASS to ABSOLUTE and do an ACTIVATE to put the change of the POLICY SET into use. Then the backup for servers using that MANAGEMENT CLASS will be doing FULLS. Right after the backup starts

How to stop all the inspections?

2001-05-22 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hi all, We are testing the use of SUBFILE backups. We have many users that want to backup their laptops over the phone system. The nature of the work has them initiating the backup with the client GUI. The INCLUDE/EXCLUDE correctly limits the data backed up to the desired 3 sub directo

How Much of c:\ADSM.SYS should be backed up?

2001-05-23 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hi all, I am cleaning up my include/excludes on our future desktop backup plan. I do not know how much or all/none of the c:\adsm.sys directory should be backup in the NT environment. My first thought would be to just back it up. However, we have many laptops that will be backed up ove

ANYONE ELSE TRY USIG SUBFILES?

2001-05-31 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello All, We are testing out the use of SUBFILE processing. We have a user group that would have to do dial-in backups or we buy them zip drives. Using SUBFILE processing, a very narrow include/exclude list, and compression we still se backups that are close to 40MB. We insist that the

Re: ANYONE ELSE TRY USIG SUBFILES?

2001-05-31 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
circumstances isn't it? With lossage due to a less than optimal PPP implementation, 2k doesn't sound all that unusual. (To me anyway.) Is at least one of the ends a digital connection? [RC] On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 12:31:52PM -0400, MC Matt Cooper (2838) wrote: > Hello All, > We are

Re: Multiple Sessions for Netware backups

2001-06-06 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
You may want to put your INCLUDE/EXCLUDE lists, 6 of them, in CLIENTOPTION sets. Then write a server script that will associate and dis-associate the desired node before/after the scheduled backups. I realize that you are now synchronizing the server schedules and client schedules but it should

Re: TSM Offsite Copy Pools

2001-06-07 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I remember asking the same question and received the most perfect response. So I am just doing a cut and paste of it. I truly would like to say thanks to the author, Bill Boyer. It works perfect. He saved me a lot of time and I appreciate it. Matt -Original Message- From: William Boye

list of last write date on all tapes

2001-07-09 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Does anyone know an easy way to list off all the last write dates of all tapes? Or of at least selected pools? I know I have tapes that have not gone back to scratch status. Many of them are old and I need to see how old. Thanks in advance Matt

things NOT expiring

2001-07-10 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am looking through the contents of some tapes that I would have expected to be empty yet still have active data. I come up with the following questions after looking at the data that is still on the tape. 1) If I move a node from one POLICY to another, does the expiration of

Re: things NOT expiring

2001-07-10 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I have gone through the process you are describing a few months ago and am now past the "retain last Version" date. Which leaves me quite puzzled. I did not set my new value to zero though, I used 2. It matches my DB backup count. I still have some non API stuff hanging around and am now under

backup DB doesn't reflect discarded data from TAPE DELETE

2001-07-11 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am in the process of finding out why some of the DATA on my tapes are not expiring. I have been learning a lot doing this but it is time consuming (surprised right?). Anyway to just correct some past injustices I deleted most of the tapes that I know should not hold valid DA

Re: backup DB doesn't reflect discarded data from TAPE DELETE

2001-07-11 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I do run Expire Inventory daily. I did ntice that if it does not finish, in the 3 hour window that I give it, that it starts where it left off the next day. But it does NOT look at the nodes at the beginning of the list again, that day. Kind of odd but that is what it does. You are correct in

Re: SQL on OS390

2001-07-13 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I use the same mechanism but I can fit it all on 1 PDS member. //TSMJOB1 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 //STEPLIB DD DSN=SYS1.CEE.SCEERUN,DISP=SHR //DSCLANG DD DSN=SYS1.TSM.SANSMSG(ANSMENU),DISP=SHR //DSCOPT DD DSN=AGPP.TSM.TSOADMIN.OPTIONS,DISP=SHR //SYSHELP DD DSN=SYS1.TCPIP.SEZAHELP,DISP=SHR //SYSI

Re: Cannot restore 12Gb file

2001-08-06 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
We were having a problem that looks very similar. We ended up doing the restore in pieces, a couple of files systems at a time. IBM pointed me to apar PQ46754. I put the PTF in and have not experienced the problem since. The apar is for TCPIP. Hope it helps. Matt -Original Message- Fr

how to get backup-archive client to erase

2001-08-08 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello, I am researching the use of the ARCHIVE function. I am looking at page 259 of the TSM for MVS and OS/290 Administrator's Guide. It says, 'When a users archive files, they can choose to have the backup-archive client erase the original files from their workstation after the client arch

Re: Expiring DB2 backups/what about ms-exchange?

2001-08-15 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am having a similar looking problem but it involves MS-Exchange. I do not handle that client. But it sure would help if I can tell the NT administrators were to look to fix this problem. Right now it looks like the MS-EXCHANGE backups stay forever with a date/time stamp as a

how to EXPIRE UNIX files from unmounted/deleted file system

2001-08-16 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, In my seemingly never ending quest to get my tape retention clean, I have come across a UNIX CLIENT problem. There were some file systems that were created for doing a temporary move/copy procedures. While the File system existed, it was backed up. Now I have a tape that is 5

ADSM on OS390, using JOBTRAC scheduler

2000-10-04 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello, I am new to TSM/ADSM. I have installed it on OS390 2.7. We are replacing STK's CAM system with ADSM. So I am dealing with replacing a current running backup procedure for over a hundred servers, (mix of AIX, SYbase, NetWare, and NT). WHat I would like to know is what is the best

anyone using the USEREXIT for event handling?

2000-10-12 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello, I am working with TSM 4.1 on OS390 2.7 as the server. I am looking for information or an example of the USEREXIT to handle some EVENT output processing. Maybe someone has already coded this. I need to use it to put out a message with the completion status of a scheduled backup.

Re: Platforms for TSM

2000-10-16 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Howard, I am in the process of installing TSM on the mainframe. Do you use the USEREXIT? I am trying to set things up to run schedules from JOBTRAC instead of TSMs scheduler. I need a way to report back to JOBTRAC when the backup is complete. How has support for TSM on MVS been fo

how is a weekly FULL bkup scheduled?

2000-10-31 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello, I am trying to figure out how to set up a scheduled job that will do a Full backup every weekend of a client. I will be running daily incrementals and will have the POLICY set to keep 4 copies of the backup. I just don't see how to get the client to do a full backup after the inti

Re: how is a weekly FULL bkup scheduled?

2000-10-31 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Why is this so strange? I need the data for many servers for a months worth of data. I have to be able to restore to any date they (user) says. We keep the tapes offsite and exercise our DR plan yearly. I will be restoring whole servers. Not a file here and there. I would think a full backup

Re: how is a weekly FULL bkup scheduled?

2000-10-31 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I am in the process of replacing another backup solution (CAM by STK). It had a lot of problems and we out grew it. Anyway, the network wasn't really a big issue. Most of the 100+ servers have ATM cards and the ATM network is used only for backups. The CAM system was more of a bottleneck than

Re: Offsite Vaulting

2000-11-01 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Let me know how/when that works out. I will have to travel that same path soon. Trying to work out an offsite handling procedure with CA1 and *SM. Matt -Original Message- From: Gill, Geoffrey L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 4:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sub

anyone use CLIENTACTION from external scheduler?

2000-11-10 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am looking at running some CLIENTACTION scripts from our TSM server on MVS. I am trying to set it up so the client will do the backup, the MVS job/script waits for the backup to complete (WAIT=YES) , then have the script query the completion of the backup. This way I can fin

Re: What Level OS/390 MVS Server?

2000-11-14 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I have recently installed TSM for the first time in our shop. We put TSM 4.1 on OS390 2.7. As a rule I always put in the most recent release. Two things I saw on 4.1 that grabbed my attention. One is the support for Os390's Unix System services at (os390 2.8). Before that there is no GUI inte

Re: What Level OS/390 MVS Server?

2000-11-14 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
ne and have just let ADSM run itself. Ginny "MC Matt Cooper (2838)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 11/14/2000 06:59:04 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manage

when can make offsite copy?

2000-11-21 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am reading through the doc on using a copypool for offsite DR tape handling. I keep reading on how it is desirable to wait to all backups to disk are complete, then make a copy to copypool, db backups, etc. My problem/question is pressed by two issues. If I would wait for t

1 server with two policys?

2000-12-04 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am trying to get some more interesting servers setup on our new TSM 4.1 system. (TSM is new to our site, we are getting rid of STKs CAM system). I am dealing with an RS6000 with DB2 on it. Most of the data for the server should have an entirely different backup schedule and

Re: exclude archive question

2000-12-15 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I believe If the management class has copymode=absolute it should do a full backup but still go through the include/exclude list. What I would like to do is be able to have two management classes in the same policy,(one doing incrementals one doing fulls) and be able to switch betweeen them.

Re: Monthly Full backups

2000-12-19 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I am working on doing something similar. I hate the way a selective works, having to name all file systems etce etc. So I made another management class in the same policy that has copymode of ABSOLUTE. I am going to schedule a command instead of a backup. The command will be basically DSMC.exe

Re: Monthly Full backups

2000-12-19 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hey, that sounds like a much better idea!!! Thanks Matt -Original Message- From: Jerry Caupain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 11:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Monthly Full backups Hello, I also make monthly full backups. I made another managemen

Re: Monthly Full backups

2000-12-19 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
It would be truely nice if one could create the full backup the same way that the backup set is created. No net traffic, no months worth of incrementals. -Original Message- From: Rushforth, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 2:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj

where to find admin scripts?

2000-12-08 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello All, I am rolling out to production on TSM 4.1 and am beginning to deal with some of the reporting issues. I see that there are about 20 scripts provided with the base install. However, just from the reports provided by the old CAM backup system I see there are a lot more scripts

what is the size and transfer rate of DB2 backup?

2001-01-03 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, The DB2 and ESSBASE backups are initiated at the client. I can not find a way of getting the same type of backup information (size, transfer rate) that is easily available for JFS backups that are initiated by the TSM scheduler. Does anyone know where this information can be obtai

Re: ADSM and multiple TCP/IP

2001-01-04 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hi Valeriano, I had a lot of discussions with the Tivoli people before I installed TSM 4.1 on our OS390 box. They told me that TSM can only use 1 TCP stack. I don't know if that is really true because I didn't actually try it. What I did was just add the extra adapters to the box and includ

Re: ADSM and multiple TCP/IP

2001-01-04 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
stack to be used by my USS client? Thanks again for your cooperation Best regards Valeriano Bassi [EMAIL PROTECTED] "MC Matt Cooper (2838)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/01/2001 15.09.14 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

intermitant backup failure ANS1017E

2001-01-24 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello, We are receiving ANS1017E (-50) messages in every client log that we look at. They seem to be very random in their timing. Our real problem involves our DB (db2, SYBASE) backups which are started by an external scheduler triggering a client script that initialates the backup. These b

Re: Volhistory file and DR

2001-02-01 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Your Volhistory file has the information needed to know which tapes your DB backups are on. -Original Message- From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Volhistory file and DR >Does anyone know of a reason

Re: Backupsets vs. copy storage pools

2001-02-06 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I use COPY POOL. I to am a OS390 guy. I setup a different device class so there is a different high level qualifier for the offsite COPY POOL. This works real well with the tape management software, CA-1. By the way, We executed our DR plan once already with TSM included. It was no problem wi

Reading os390 smf 42 subtype 14, making a report

2001-02-12 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone on OS390 is using the accounting function to write SMF type 42 (subtype 14) records. And if they are, what are they using to read them. ANy canned report pgms availalble anywhere? Any help here would be greatly appreciated. Matt

yes/no tape question for os/390 server people

2002-05-21 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello, I have been running TSM 4.1 on z/OS for a year and a half now, (started on OS390 2.7). I wanted to take advantage of and follow the standard usage of our tape systems so I set up the TSM tape system in a way that I now question. I would like people to let me know if they are doi

BEST WAY to MIGRATE TO NEW DEVICE CLASS

2002-06-03 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am in a situation where I want to migrate a COPYPOOL to a different DEVICE CLASS. (I would settle for a change to the high level qualifier on the tape but that can not be done.)I asked TSM and they said that I have to define a new COPYPOOL, associate it with the new DE

Re: BEST WAY to MIGRATE TO NEW DEVICE CLASS

2002-06-03 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 10:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BEST WAY to MIGRATE TO NEW DEVICE CLASS => On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:21:26 -0400, "MC Matt Cooper (2838)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I am in a situatio

TSM v4.1 clients NOT compatible with V5.1 server?

2002-06-06 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, If I am reading things correctly, all my v4.1 clients are NOT compatible with V5.1 server. Nor is a V5.1 client (where supported) compatible with a V4.1.5 server. Is this supposed to be a multi-step upgrade? Am I therefore supposed to tell management that the presence of W

Region size for TSM

2002-07-17 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am looking at the TSM 5.1 Quick Start book for Os/390 + z/OS. In chapter 2 there is a section 'REGION SIZE FOR YOUR TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER SERVER. The section goes through a process for determining the best region size to assign to TSM. The last sentence says, 'Specifying

Re: Minimizing Database Utilization

2002-08-02 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Look to make sure your TDP's are actually deleting their backups. I was burned by DB2, Oracle and MS-EXCHANGE platforms not sending the command to TSM to delete their old backups. These files are NOT really being managed by the copygroup policy the way you may think they are. The clien

Where are the TSM 5.1 error message books?

2002-08-12 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Does anyone know where the TSM 5.1 error message books are.I can only find the QUICK START, ADMIN GUIDE and ADMIN REFERENCE books. Matt

Re: ANR9999 message Lock acquisition - TSM 4.2.1.15 server

2002-08-15 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Uh oh, I just went from 4.1.5 to 5.1.1 Monday, z/OS 1.1. This morning I am looking at my EXPIRATION process was hung and a backup of local tape to the copytape is hung and it all started with very similar message.. Matt ANR0538I A resource waiter has been aborted. ANR0538I A resource waiter

Re: ANR9999 message Lock acquisition - TSM 4.2.1.15 server

2002-08-15 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
w information since this day. > Best regards > Gerhard > > --- > Gerhard Rentschleremail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Regional Computing Center tel. ++49/711/685 5806 > University of Stuttgart fax: ++49/711/682357 > Allmandring 30a > D 70550 > Stuttgart

Re: Unload/load db and long expirary

2002-09-03 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hi Rodney, I am at about the same place. My question is, How long did it take to do the UNLOAD and RELOAD of your DB? Matt -Original Message- From: Rodney clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 3:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Unload/load db and l

CPU usage growing z/OS 1.1, tsm 5.1.14

2002-09-05 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all I am working with z/os 1.1 on a 9672-x57 with TSM 5.1.1.4. Our capacity planner gave me some CPU usage over time reports that show TSM uses more and more and more CPU the longer it has a process running. IN particular, I will refer to my easy to observe and control morning envi

Re: archiving with different management classes

2002-09-26 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Kurt, I have the exact same requirements. I solved the problem by putting the management class in the schedule options. You can not override the DSM.OPT file used through the scheduler. It will use the one that was in effect when the client scheduler started. The schedule I run is l

Is there a good reporting tool for TSM on z/OS?

2002-10-08 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I know the question has been asked before but this is slightly different. I am running TSM 5.1.14 on z/OS 1.1. Does anyone have a recommendation for a TSM reporting tool that works well in the mainframe environment? I am getting tired of writing my own SAS reports from SMF

PRESCHEDULECMD on OS390 unix, rc 127

2002-02-01 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am trying to get a PRESCHEDULECMD script that will automount all the users HFSs for backup. I know there is a command for automount but I have to update the list of users automounted daily. We are just getting into this area and it is growing. Anyway, I execut the script

Re: PRESCHEDULECMD on OS390 unix, rc 127

2002-02-04 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
e error you're running into is security, or the filemasking in the /etc/u.map file. The DSNAME of the HFS is determined by incorporating the userid of who is currently logged on. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On B

Re: Anybody can help me on this?? Please help!!!! dbbackup does not help to reduce log pct....

2002-02-06 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I believe that is a known problem with a fix available. Matt -Original Message- From: Thida Chin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Anybody can help me on this?? Please help dbbackup does not help to reduce log pct

Re: Anybody can help me on this?? Please help!!!! dbbackup does not help to reduce log pct....

2002-02-06 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Thida, That is a known problem with a known fix. I see it in the readme.txt at the ftp site. IC30181 ROLLFORWARD RECOVER LOG PERCENT UTIL DOES NOT DROP AFTER A DATA SYSROUTES: IC30181 5698TSMAX R410 R420 IC31968 5698TSMHP R410 R420 IC31969 5698TSMSU R410 R420 IC31970 5698TSMNT R410

pc client scheduler looks at 1 server, gui looks at another serve r

2002-02-12 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello, I have TSM 4.1.4 on one z/OS 1.1 lpar and I am trying to test TSM 4.1.5 on a different z/OS 1.1 lpar. The client that I am testing is a Win2000 4.1.12 client. I changed the IP address in the DSM.OPT file, stopped the scheduler, client acceptor, and remote client. The client is defin

Re: WARNING about Tivoli 4.2.1.0: .0 means none of the bugs found yet

2002-02-19 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
I give client installation, maintenance, AND MONITORING, to the platform administrators. I work with them to get them going and help as needed. We give them the means to backup their data. But it is still their data. I work with them and setup all the schedules, client and Admin. Matt -Or

Re: Full backups

2002-03-05 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
My experience has been to reset the MODE an hour after the backup starts. It appears that once it actually starts doing the backup that it no longer looks at the MODE.It makes it easier to schedule administrative tasks before and after the backups start for the monthly FULLS. Does this seem

Re: Monthly full backup

2002-03-12 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Bill, I do monthly FULL backups by using an admin schedule to changed the COPYMODE to absolute before the desired server is backed up. I also have one that switches it back to modified about a hour after the backup starts. Don't forget to do the ACTIVATE of the updated POLICY. I only us

Re: TSM 5.1

2002-03-12 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Can it be used to do both a MIGRATE and a COPY? Ie, as it moves from disk to tape, it is also writing to a 2nd tape that is a part of the COPYPOOL which will go offsite? That would make it more in line with other mainframe copy products. Dual write, one for onsite and one for offsite. Matt --

Re: Monthly full backup

2002-03-13 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
tt I miss something what about the action in the client schedule by default is : Incremental don't we have to change it to: Full and so we have to insert in objects all the filesystems ? Regards Robert -----Original Message----- From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] S

Re: Monthly full backup

2002-03-13 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
objects all the filesystems ? Regards Robert -----Original Message- From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Monthly full backup Bill, I do monthly FULL backups by using an admin sched

Re: People running OS/390 TSM servers - maybe for the development guys......

2002-03-20 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
At what point does it make sense to split your TSM address space? I have a 28GB 80% utilized DB using TSM 4.1.5 on a 9672-x57 that is running O.K.. I know the DB is going to grow because the TSM requirements are growing. Where should I expect to see problems? Christo, If your TSM on OS

NEED HELP CONTROLLING SCRIPT OUTPUT, FIELD LENGTHS

2002-03-27 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am trying to write a simple script that shows the nodes that were not accessed by TSM for more than x days and then do an E-mail notification from there. I AM RUNNING TSM 4.1.5 on z/OS 1.1. The select command to get the node name, last access date, and contact name (the e-ma

Re: NEED HELP CONTROLLING SCRIPT OUTPUT, FIELD LENGTHS

2002-03-27 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NEED HELP CONTROLLING SCRIPT OUTPUT, FIELD LENGTHS Matt, What do you do to execute the select command in the z/OS environment? -Original Message----- From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [mailto:[EM

Re: NEED HELP CONTROLLING SCRIPT OUTPUT, FIELD LENGTHS

2002-03-27 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
-TAB and use -DISPLAY=LIST instead. I believe this is what you are looking for. - Rejean Larivee IBM TSM/ADSM Level 2 Support "MC Matt Cooper (2838)" To: [EMA

Re: NEED HELP CONTROLLING SCRIPT OUTPUT, FIELD LENGTHS

2002-03-28 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
reformat it the way I want. What would you like your output to look like? I could send you a REXX exec. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of MC Matt Cooper (2838) Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re

Re: NEED HELP CONTROLLING SCRIPT OUTPUT, FIELD LENGTHS

2002-04-01 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
either. I input the data into REXX code to reformat it the way I want. What would you like your output to look like? I could send you a REXX exec. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of MC Matt Cooper (2838) Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2

Anyone know how to have TSM script read an input file?

2002-04-02 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, In the life of ever changing requirements... I must include in an e-mail sent to a PC user that they missed a backup, exactly how long it has been since they were backed up. I am scanning the log to see what schedules were MISSED. But now for each node that was miss

Re: Anyone know how...

2002-04-02 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
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Re: NEED HELP CONTROLLING SCRIPT OUTPUT, FIELD LENGTHS

2002-04-03 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
] Subject: Re: NEED HELP CONTROLLING SCRIPT OUTPUT, FIELD LENGTHS To control the length of character fields you can use: CHAR(expression,n) LEFT(exppression,n) RIGHT(expression,n) where n is the length of the string you want returned -Original Message- From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [mailto

Re: NEED HELP CONTROLLING SCRIPT OUTPUT, FIELD LENGTHS

2002-04-03 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
ields you can use: CHAR(expression,n) LEFT(exppression,n) RIGHT(expression,n) where n is the length of the string you want returned -Original Message- From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NEED HELP CON

Re: TSM DB Fullbackup 19GB takes 4 hours on OS/390 VTS

2002-04-12 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
My 80% full 25gb FULL DB backup takes 1hr 20 minutes on 9672-x57 going to a 9840 tape. What else is going on in your TSM system at the time? Expiration processing slows it down quite a bit. Have you gone through the normal steps of maximizing the throughput on your TSM system? Matt -Orig

Re: TSM DB Fullbackup 19GB takes 4 hours on OS/390 VTS

2002-04-12 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
limited by ESCON. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Freitag, 12. April 2002 12:43 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: TSM DB Fullbackup 19GB takes 4 hours on OS/390 VTS My 80% full 25gb FULL DB backup takes 1hr 20 minutes on 9672-x57

need script to stop all PROCESS's

2002-05-13 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I have a need to clear all active processes so I can run a large backup straight to tape. It is a DB2 data warehouse so the only decent way to do this is 5 session to the 5 tape drives. However, the data warehouse backup is initiatated by an out side scheduler so there are oc

Re: ADSM Monitor ...

2001-08-21 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Your delete command is looking at a different volume, 31 not 27 -Original Message- From: Hunley, Ike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ADSM Monitor ... I have a good one . I issue the following MOVE DATA SYS

repetitive script stops at 1st RC=11

2001-08-22 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I am running TSM 4.1.3 on OS390. I am trying to run a batch job that has a list of select commands to validate the contents of different filespaces. If one of the filespaces is empty or the does not have a match for the select command I get the following message and it does n

how to get rid of OLD ACTIVE file backups

2001-08-22 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has figured out how to get rid of OLD backups that were put in by BMC BACKTRACKS. We are running TSM 4.1.3 on OS390. I am trying to understand and cleanup a bunch of old backups that should not exist and are holding up the scratching of tapes. I know

Re: how to get rid of OLD ACTIVE file backups

2001-08-23 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
x27;s and BMC uses if the TDP's don't know the existance of the files anymore. If tapes are only 5% used, why you don't run reclamaition? Update your stgpool with the reclamation on jl. 50% Maurice ----- Original Message - From: "MC Matt Cooper (2838)" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: expiration of backups ....

2001-08-29 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
After 10 days you will have only the ACTIVE (most recent backup) that will not go away by itself. Matt -Original Message- From: Zosimo Noriega (ADNOC IS&T) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: expiration of backups i have

Re: Versions data exist problem

2001-08-29 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Are you using the TDP for Oracle? -Original Message- From: Cyril Todorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Versions data exist problem It is set to "No limit" - Original Message - From: "Remeta, Mark" <[EMAIL P

Re: expiration of backups ....

2001-08-30 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
rage. -Original Message- From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 5:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: expiration of backups After 10 days you will have only the ACTIVE (most recent backup) that will not go away by itself. Matt -Orig

Anyone know a Ballpark cost of HSM

2001-08-30 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello all, I need to get a ballpark figure for the cost of Tivoli SPACE MANAGER. We are investigating using TSM's HSM function on UNIX. I have a few calls into Tivoli. This is day two and management is pushing me for at least a ballpark figure. Can anyone answer this? Thanks in advance

Archival with different retentions?

2001-09-05 Thread MC Matt Cooper (2838)
Hello All, As word gets out that we now have a central backup system, some new requirements have appeared. In general our NETWARE servers have a FULL backup, (copymode=absolute), every 2 weeks and a daily incremental. This is retained for 45 days. The financial group wants an ARCHIVE ev

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