Perform an errpt -a -j21F54B38 and provide more information regarding the
disk errors, are they TEMP or PERM errors?
It shows up at: http://www-aix.gsi.de/~hocks/aix.errpt.codes.html as a
permanent disk error, which is not good. A bad block
relocation is regarded as a TEMP error.
21F54B38 DISK_E
This is a top-of-the-range machine we use, a 3584 D32. Some of the way it
performs functions are a bit mysterious,
like not utilising all available drives when mass loading tape volumes, but
there are ways around that like pre-loading the library,
these are primarily software/firmware improvements
Thanks for that David,
To increase the cache-hit percentage you will need to shutdown TSM.
Backup and edit BUFPOOLSIZE in dsmserv.opt and restart the TSM server.
It's probably worth going through an unloaddb and reload of the database
also to
improve performance. We're looking at doing this as a
Please note, this may be common knowledge to some of you but I thought I'd
mention it again.
TSM Server can have problems if you are accessing a device like /dev/rmtX or
a SCSI media changer
/dev/smc0 with tapeutil. You will see in the actlog the server is unable to
access the device as you
have
Hi I have a problem performing a tape library audit. It's a 3575-L18 library
as
reported via tapeutil.
The library refuses to audit either in a audit library with checklabel=yes
or checklabel=no. The process appears but the library never acts on it.
Actlog just
shows that the process was started.
Hi *SMers,
I have a problem with a 3575L18 library that is
refusing to respond to
an "audit library" (either barcode or not). It just sits there and so does
the process.
Versions are as follows:
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 4, Release 2, Level 0.0
Sess
There are some shortcuts here...
You can load all your additional library tape straight into the slot without
the use of the bulk loader,
make sure your library has been properly audited and knows what's what
first. (I would even be tempted
to mark all the current tapes read-only just in case :)
"delete volhistory" seems to be what you require for the volume, it's
probably seeing that the volume was/is a dbbackup volume
in the existing volhist and hence refusing to allow you to re-use it.
8<8<
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This is correct, 2 drives is not going to cut it, we had similar problems
with a 3575 library with only 2 drives
that used to do our primary backups. The drives are tied up with
reclamations all day long and eventually you
start falling behind and you are not able to migrate data offsite fast
enou
You can pre-load the library directly without using the bulkloader and
presumably
perform a "label libvol search=yes". Make sure the current database and
library
state are consistent with an audit etc. Please research it for your own
piece of mind
before performing this.
This can be a huge timesa
No drives in use, it's been working in the past. The library has had
firmware upgrades over time
too however.
> -Original Message-
> From: David Longo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:09 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: 3575 Audit library failur
At the end of the day, sometimes it's easier to go to the same type of tape
volume.
For example, if you have a DR situation, you will need to source another
library/tape drive
if your DB exists on another form of tape volume. This is a very poor
approach when time
is of the essence in the recover
"update vol access=readwrite" would make it available again in the
library one would
think.
> -Original Message-
> From: Greg Garrison [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 6:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: offsite tape will not reclaim, delete or mo
same type of tape volume that
> we
> are using, we just want to make sure that it is cost effective.
>
> Bill Wheeler
> PDM Administrator
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Benjamin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 9:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTEC
Just a quick one on re: Part 3.
You can also do a "lsdev -Cc tape" rather than a "lscfg | grep rmt" this
will also show the smcX devices..
> -Original Message-
> From: Miles Purdy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 11:24 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: HO
This is touted as the minimum requirement and it is.
To allow tapes volumes to perform space reclamation etc.
you need a minimum of 2 drives for simultaneous tape mounts.
Perhaps you can do fancy things with DASD devices, but this is not
the aim with a tape library really when you want to physic
"update drive libraryname drivename online=no"
Before doing your AS/400 backup which I assume is going direct to a
/dev/rmtX device and
not via TSM in any way.
"update drive libraryname drivename online=yes"
When done. This will tell TSM not to attempt to use the device while you're
doing your
No it's not bad. Here's a variation, just gets rid of the output, and makes
use of an environment file.
Try to use " -ne 0 " as your test value, it's just more correct than:
[ "$temp" = "0" ]
Because you're dealing with a numeric, not a string.
#!/bin/ksh
#
# Check that TSM is accessible fro
Hello,
Here is the first draft of a script for dumping the physical content
of the library. You will no
doubt need to customise it for your environment. It doesn't yet emulate the
physical layout by
putting columns in parallel. That's version 2.0.0 :-)
Your LIBRARY_ADDR parameter may need
Here's an old script I wrote to view the contents of an IBM 7331 library.
Unfortunately our library offered no barcode reader, so you basically had to
remember where you put your last tape and what was on it. We were not using
it
in conjunction with ADSM/TSM at the time, it was being driven entir
Hi All,
Why when I perform the following:
audit library LIBRARYNAME checklabel=barcode, it does not appear to do an
actual scan using the barcode
reader at all. The only way I can get a true audit is to omit the
checklabel, which forces tape mounts, which
takes a long time to complete the audit
you do a checklabel=barcode during your audit, the
> info is stored on a chip in the library and TSM reads this. There is no
> flapping around of the robot at that time.
>
> George Lesho
> Storage/System Admin
> AFC Enterprises
>
>
>
>
>
>
It's much nicer to "arp -d " a specific host address. Flushing the arp table
seems
a bit harsh and unnecessary unless your IP address is DHCP assigned etc. and
not
static.
AIX 4.3.3 :
[mike@xx]:/u/mike> arp -h
Usage: arp HostName
arp -a[n] [/dev/kmem]
arp -d HostName
The Administrators Guide is a bit vague on the process of determining a
file's eligibility due to changes...
I assume ADSM uses, file timestamp, filesize as the main items. I'm doubt if
it delves as deep as changed inode numbers or fat table entries, as this
would
produce very large overhead for
During a tape labelling process (we are in the process of filling the
library with new tape):
"checkin libvol 3584LIB1 search=bulk checkin=scratch labelsource=bar"
Causes the unit to load one drive only, the robot waits for this label
process to complete then
checks the tape in, one at a time.
Great, thanks for that Dwight. Where there's a will
Should work on the 3584-L32 in a similar fashion I guess.
/usr/bin/dsmlabel -help
:-)
> -Original Message-
> From: Cook, Dwight E [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:41 PM
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> Subject:
Time to migrate ext2 to ext3. We had many dramas with ext2, it's O.K. for a
single-user machine perhaps, but
you still can get data loss and f/s probs. Particularly as our machines were
still waiting on UPS's and getting powered
off frequently! We now get machines having power dropped regularly an
This seems like normal behaviour...
q vol
q drm
q libvol
q content
Will return nothing for a library volume marked Private with no last use. It
has not been allocated to
a storage pool, the library doesn't know anything about it, except the fact
it's been marked as private
and therefore not to u
Can anyone help with this error?
Environment:
Server Version 4, Release 2, Level 0.0
AIX 4.3.3.0
Error in actlog:
03/27/02 04:19:50 ANRD smnode.c(5587): ThreadId<57> Error
validating
inserts for event 14995.
Mike Benjamin
Systems Administrator
IT&T Syste
To be sure a tape volume is empty, I do the following:
q vol [volser]
q libvol [volser]
q drm [volser]
q content [volser]
Then once I'm satisfied the tape is empty:
checkout libvol LIBRARYNAME remove=yes force=yes
(reply to request)
Check the tape in the hopper is the one you expect, switch
Cute behaviour, maybe check for "11" and "0" if "11" is not a dangerous
return code.
tsm: ADSM_BBS>quit
ANS8002I Highest return code was 11.
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Thanks, I'm hearing this a lot lately. Time to upgrade to .11
> -Original Message-
> From: Petur Eythorsson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:23 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: smnode.c error
>
> hi Mike,
>
> Dont use the base level 4.2.0.0
>
>
Storage Manager Client Development
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> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
My question is a simple one, can a "tapeutil -f inventory"
interefere with TSM operation to the extent where drives enter a polling
mode?
Remember I'm only talking an inventory here, not attempting to manipulate
the unit in any other
fashion...
Mike Benjamin
Systems Administrator
IT&T Systems
Tivoli Storage Manager
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Hello all, periodically we are
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