TSM api and C expert wanted for understanding expire.c !

2001-08-16 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *TSM'ers ! Like lots of TSM administrators backing up informix DB's thru onbar utility, I'm facing an expiration problem for the logical logs created in my storage pools (each log has an unique identifier, what disables TSM expiration capability). I therefore was looking for a solution to get

Re: Upgrading ADSM 3.1 to TSM 4.2 on Windows NT.

2001-08-16 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Stuart, Just a question (could sound stupid, but never mind) : did you re-import your db on the new server ? If yes what was the command you used ? CHeers. Arnaud -Original Message- From: Stuart Pitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Donnerstag, 16. August 2001 10:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Heeeelp : anyone having a working version of expire.c for API v 4.1.2 ??

2001-08-17 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers I already posted a mail on this topic, but with no results, so I try my chance again ... I 'm looking for anybody having a working version of either logexpire.c or expire.c that works with TSM api version 4.1.2, and some explanation how to use it (what user, wich special entries in ds

Moving data to a new storage pool, but still having volumes in old copy pool ...

2002-06-04 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers ! Could someone give me an explanation on following topic : I had a storage pool called stgpoolA, wich had copy made daily on a copy storage pool called CopypoolA. For technical reasons I moved all data from stgpoolA to a new primary stgpool called stgpoolB, wich is having daily cop

Dynamic allocation of FC Ultrium drives ... Is it possible ?

2002-06-04 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Gurus, I would like to know if it is possible to share directly attached FC Ultrium drives in a 3584 library, between multiple TSM servers, without using the 3584 library sharing feature. This would mean a dynamic drive allocation, same style as DDS feature in Legato's Networker. Thanks in

Anybody using TDP for Informix on aix v5.1 64bits ?

2002-08-14 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers ! I'm having trouble trying to backup an Informix database (Informix server 9.30 fc2x5 64 bits) which is installed on an AIX machine (aix 5.1 64 bits) : I cannot find a TDP for Informix client that works on such a system. On Tivoli's web page there is no information about an eventua

Re: SQL timestamp not working when upgraded to 4.2.2 for summary tabl e

2002-08-15 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Denis, Just for information : I tested your query on my system (4.2.2.15) and it worked like a charm (except I had to modify "Node Name" to "Node_Name") Did you apply the latest PTF's to get 4.2.2.15 ? Maybe it could help ... Good luck anyway ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: LTO Bulk Reader filled....

2002-08-16 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi David, You should get a rid of this problem by adding "remove=untileefull" in your "move drm" statement ! Hope it helped ! Cheers. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT Group | | Viaduktstrasse 42, P.O. Box, 4002 Ba

Re: LTO Bulk Reader filled....

2002-08-19 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
rporate Computer Center Schering-Plough Corp. (901) 320-4462 (901) 320-4856 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: PAC Brion Arnaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LTO Bulk Reader filled Hi David, You sh

Infos on TDP for Informix for IAX 5.1 64 bits

2002-08-20 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi List, I already sent a post on that topic, with no valuable response, so I re-post ! Does anyone out here (from IBM or Tivoli) have information on release date for the AIX 5.1 64 bits TDP for Informix client ? I find it rather boring that people working hand in hand (IBM, Informix, Tivoli)

Re: How to exclude all mapped network drives using clopt?

2002-08-22 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Yury, I'm a bit astonished by your question : by default TSM client only handles local drives, except if you included all drives letters in your domain statement in dsm.opt. So normally those mapped drives should not be backuped ! Try eventually domain=all-local to force it ! Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=

2 servers and libraries , 2 sites, I want super disaster protection !

2002-02-06 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Gurus ! I have a question concerning security : we currently have one TSM server (H80 AIX server) connected to a 3584 library. As our library reaches it's capacity limit, we plan to buy a new one, and possibly another server, to build a double server and library solution. I'm looking for an i

Re: 3590 Cartridge with Write Errors

2002-02-06 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi thomas, I would advise you to do an "audit vol x fix=yes" to check if it is ok, and eventually repair it. If not, you can still do a "move data" to copy usable data on another tape, and therefore not loose precious backup data. (the original tape will then return to scratch, if originally c

Re: 2 servers and libraries , 2 sites, I want super disaster protection !

2002-02-06 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
of the database. Because you know that the opposite server will be running during a disaster, you can add other functions as you add link speed. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of PAC Brion Arnaud Sent: Wedn

Re: How to restore x server s data to Y server .

2002-02-07 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Use -virtualnodename=x in your restore command =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT Group | | Viaduktstrasse 42, P.O. Box, 4002 Basel - Switzerland | | Phone: +41 61 226 19 78 / Fax: +41 61 226 17 01 | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: 3494 through SAN Data Gateway

2002-02-07 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Mr Loon, I could be false, be I believe I remember we had the same problem, until we updated values in the SDG, as said before : 1) disableCC 2) setHost 0, "aix" or setHost 0 AIX 3) setHost 1, "aix" or setHost 1 AIX 4) and reboot the device. 5) remove the tape drives (rmdev -dl rm

Re: How to restore x server s data to Y server .

2002-02-07 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
y, 07 February, 2002 16:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to restore x server s data to Y server . should I DEFINE VIRTUAL NODE NAME IN DSM.OPT FILE. bALANAND -Original Message- From: PAC Brion Arnaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 8:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROT

Re: 3494 through SAN Data Gateway

2002-02-07 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
type is set to AIX, so that shouldn't be the cause... Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -Original Message----- From: PAC Brion Arnaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 16:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3494 through SAN Data Gateway

Re: 3584 amd SDG R03

2002-02-11 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Erick, I saw your last mail, and I'm wondering how you can check if you're using HVD or LVD interfaces. Is it related to the SDG's hardware, or just a question of microcode ? Could you please give us some informations ? Thanks in advance. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: add drives in IBM 3583 library

2002-02-11 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Kurt, The response is "NO", you don't have to register 3 drives. You only have to declare 1 library, no matter if there is one or 12 drives in the library. Just issue "reg lic file=1library.lic", it will be in compliance with licensing terms ! Cheers. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: add drives in IBM 3583 library

2002-02-11 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi again, In addition to my previous response, I would add that if you only do an upgrade of your library, you should'nt even declare a new licence, because it should already be licensed in your TSM server ! Hope it helped ... Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | A

Re: How do you pre-config windows dsm.opt file?

2002-02-12 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Keith, You should add missing lines like "nodename x", "tcpserveraddress x" and an eventual incle-excl list in your dsm.opt file, before moving it to baclient directory. This would avoid you to go thru wizard. Cheers. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |

Re: occupancy

2002-02-14 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi burak, Before to do a "q auditocc" you need to do an "audit licences", that is going to update to auditocc values ! Cheers. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT Group | | Viaduktstrasse 42, P.O. Box, 4002 Basel - Switzerl

BMR solution ... what happens with TKG ?

2002-02-20 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SMer's Would like to know if anybody of you has any information about pricing of BMR solution provided by The Kernel Group. I would also apreciate any comments about the possible future of this product : it seems TKG has been ingested by IBM, and Veritas, a former competitor of TSM will now c

Error while deleting a node ...

2002-02-21 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Gurus, I noticed a strange behavior of our server, while trying to delete a node. Problem looks like : the node is deleted, but when looking in the activity log, I have the following message : 02/21/02 14:40:21 ANR2061I Node PACNT150 removed from policy domain NT. 02/21/02 14:40:21 << Message

Re: AW: Setup.ini_1603_TSM_4.2.1.20_Problem_urgent

2002-02-27 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Joachim, I had the same issue as you, and the only solution I found was to unpack the installation program directly on the node itself. If I tried to copy TSM_Images folder on the node, and perform the install from this copy, it was not working ! My 2 cents ... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Upgrade server from 4.1.3 to 4.2.x

2002-03-04 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Gurus ! We plan to upgrade our Unix box (H80 aix 4.3.3) from TSM version 4.1.3 to the latest available version. I already have the V 4.2.1 CD, and corresponding manual, but the explanations provided for upgrading are not very clear to me. Could anyone post a step by step procedure, that would

Tips for upgrading to latest server vesion ?

2002-03-04 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Gurus ! We plan to upgrade our Unix box (H80 aix 4.3.3) from TSM version 4.1.3 to the latest available version. I already have the V 4.2.1 CD, and corresponding manual, but the explanations provided for upgrading are not very clear to me. Could anyone post a step by step procedure, that would

archsyml=no option for a client schedule

2002-03-07 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Gurus ! Could anyone explain me how to use the archsyml option when building a client schedule thru web interface ? I defined a schedule that looks like this : Action --> command Objects --> /home/tivoli/toto.sh Options --> -archsyml=no Toto.sh looks like : dsmc archive -subdir=yes -archmc=

TSM server "buffering" client IP address ?

2002-03-08 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi gurus ! I'm facing the following problem : we have a client node which IP address has been modified yesterday morning, the machine has then been rebooted, and of course, TSM client restarted. But this morning TSM showed me the scheduled nightly backup for this node as "missed". I have a te

Scheduled archive shell script returns no error, but archive script failed !

2002-03-11 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Gurus ! I noticed a strange behaviour of our TSM server (v 4.1.3.0, on AIX 4.3.3) : I defined a client schedule loking like this Policy Domain Name: SP Schedule Name: SERVER_MIGRATION Description: server move 4 og. to 1 ug. Action: Command Options: Objects: /home/tsm/dsmc_archive.sh

onsmsync error XBSA 98 ... anyone seen this before ?

2001-08-24 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers ! I try to use onsmsync utilitily to delete some old logical logs in our informix DB, and obtain an XBSA error 98 as a result in bar_act_log file. When looking into dsierror.log file, I found lots of this message : 08/24/01 09:38:40 ANS4993E TDP Infmx AIX42 ANSO663 Invalid copy type

Urgent : looking for download site for tdp for informix 4.1.3

2001-09-25 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers ! This is a quite unfrequent request, but I'm looking for any link where I could find TDP for Informix v 4.1.3 software. I already tried on Informix, Ibm and Tivoli web sites, but whent unsuccessfull (latest dowloadable version is 4.1.0 on Tivoli site). We also asked our Tivoli represe

tdp for informix 4.1.3 : is it compatible with informix xps 8.31 ? (unable to find storage manager)

2001-10-23 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers, We recently intalled a new version of an informix server (XPS 8.31) on our AIX system (4.3.3), and are planing to use TDP for informix V 4.1.3 to backup this system, in conjunction with our TSM 4.1.3 server. My first question is : does anybody knows if this version of TDP is compatib

Second try : Informix XPS 8.31specialist needed ...

2001-10-24 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers, We recently intalled a new version of an informix server (XPS 8.31) on our AIX system (4.3.3), and are planing to use TDP for informix V 4.1.3 to backup this system, in conjunction with our TSM 4.1.3 server. My first question is : does anybody knows if this version of TDP is compatib

Re: Spill processing please help

2001-10-26 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi John, why don't you just do it the easyest way : q act begint=-xx(hours) s=migration This will tell you immediately when your migration processes are occuring ! Cheers. Arnaud -Original Message- From: Doherty, John (ANFIS) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Freitag, 26. Oktober 2001 13:

Re: TSM scheduler stops by LOGOUT

2001-10-26 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Rene, IMHO the easyest way is not to use nohup (this command has a strange behaviour under aix 4.3.3), but an "at" command, which will look like : echo "/usr/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1" | at now This works perfectly ! Cheers. Arnaud -Original Message- From: Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,GL

configuring TSM with HACMP and informix : help needed

2001-10-31 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *'SM Gurus ! A probably easy question for anybody involved in this kind of installation : we are planing to install HACMP between two AIX boxes, let's call them A and B. The A box is hosting an informix db, wich is doing it's online backups thru onbar, using it's own dsm.sys with hostname A.

equivalent of -virtualnodename for onbar

2001-10-31 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers, A still unresolved question : is there any way modyfiying onbar to have it restoring files created on a different node ? As far as I understood it, it seems onbar looks in dsm.sys file for finding the hostname it's going to use. I need a trick to bypass this, without having to modify

Re: equivalent of -virtualnodename for onbar

2001-10-31 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
under the wrong node name is most likely not retrievable by onbar though or very difficult. We do this all the time, with HACMP and Service Guard systems. If this does not help, please specify concerns. Jeff Bach > -Original Message- > From: PAC Brion Arnaud [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTE

TSM wizardry ?

2001-11-08 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi folks ! Here is a case that seems really strange to me. The picture : we have a node called pacrs170, that hosts a filespace named /fsdbexp. We used to backup this filespace daily, until we found it was useless keeping that data. I then decided do delete this filespace from TSM db, what worke

Re: TSM wizardry ?

2001-11-08 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
its subdirectories and their files are excluded from backup services. Hope this helps Thanks Farren PAC Brion Arnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 08/11/2001 09:33:42 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dis

hidden data, preventing TSM to free licenses whan deleting a node ?

2001-11-19 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers Using TSM 4.1.3.0 on an AIX 4.3.3 system, I'm facing a little license problem : I recently found that our server was not in compliance with licensing terms, and then decided to remove some nodes that where not in use anymore. I deleted the filespaces that where associated with this

Re: Reporting Statistics : will it work for AIX

2001-11-21 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Sreekumar, I did the same as you, and asked the same question to Jan Mortensen (the guy who made this product, I believe) : it seems the collector part of his software has to be installed on a Windows system, but then it can virtually monitor any type of TSM server (inclusive AIX boxes). I had

Re: dsmfmt question

2001-11-21 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Eric, I re-read "TSM implementation guide" Redbook a couple of minutes ago, and they don't speek about any overhead space for a data volume, what they specify is that if you want to format a db volume, then the allocated file size is always a multiple of 4 MB plus an additional 1 MB for overh

TSM doesn't want to release licences from deleted nodes (2nd try...)

2001-11-21 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers Using TSM 4.1.3.0 on an AIX 4.3.3 system, I'm facing a little license problem : I recently found that our server was not in compliance with licensing terms, and then decided to remove some nodes that where not in use anymore. I deleted the filespaces that where associated with this

transmitting the result of an sql query to a script ? + loop struture ?

2001-11-22 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi TSM'ers ! I already saw this in a thread, but can't find it again : I'm looking for a convenient way to stop some reclamation processes in an automated way (script). As those reclamation processes are made on an offsite stg pool, no way stopping them by increasing the reclamation threshold to

Re: AW: transmitting the result of an sql query to a script ? + loop struture ?

2001-11-22 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
-id=xxx -password=xxx -tab "cancel proc $proc" done Mit freundlichen Grüßen - With best regards Serdeczne pozdrowienia - Slan agus beannacht Paul Baines TSM/ADSM Consultant -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: PAC Brion Arnaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. Nove

Re: transmitting the result of an sql query to a script ? + loop struture ?

2001-11-27 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of PAC Brion Arnaud > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 11:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: transmitting the result of an sql query to a script ? + > loop struture ? > > > Hi TSM'ers ! > > I already saw

informix backups ... not working with caching enabled ?

2001-11-27 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers, Just wondering if somebody encountered this problem : we are doing informix backups on a TSM 4.1.1 server, using onbar utility. Informix logical logs are written to a primary disk pool that has caching enabled, and a next storage pool defined to allow migration on tape. It seems that

using TSM as a Veritas repository= library filling up at speed of light !???? how does it work ?

2001-12-17 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi TSM'ers, We are trying to build a solution where Veritas BackupExec would be using TSM as a data repository, but are facing something very strange : although we respected all recommendations while binding applications together, it seems Veritas backups are filling up our library extremely fast

convert archive process ... what does it do ?

2001-12-19 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi TSM'ers, A probably dumb question, but I never saw this before : today we had a user that did an archive of his node using the web client, and shortly following this operation, I saw the folowing entry in activity log : 12/19/01 07:52:39 ANR0984I Process 394 for CONVERT ARCHIVE started in the

Re: convert archive process ... what does it do ?

2001-12-19 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
- client level related action. What is the clients level and on what level is the tsm server? -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: PAC Brion Arnaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: woensdag 19 december 2001 13:47 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: convert archive process ... what does it do ? Hi

Re: convert archive process ... what does it do ?

2001-12-20 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
S 3278 Troy, MI 48098 * phone: 248-265-4596 (8-365) * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: PAC Brion Arnaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 10:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: convert archive process ... what does it do ? Hi Karel, Se

Re: AIX TSM performance improvement (was Re: OS390 TSM Performance questions.)

2003-02-17 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
thin *the same* mirroring scheme (both AIX and TSM use LVM which allows three copies). --> ... and won't be back before Monday Happy Monday! You've got something to play with for the whole day :-) Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant P.S. I am charging my customers for such advices but hopefull

Re: AIX TSM performance improvement (was Re: OS390 TSM Performance questions.)

2003-02-17 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
to play with for the whole day :-) Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant P.S. I am charging my customers for such advices but hopefully I can get a beer (or Swiss chocolate) for this one :-) PAC Brion Arnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

ANR2576W An attempt was made to update an event record for a scheduled operation which has already been executed

2003-02-18 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi list ! Could someone help me with that one : I get a client node (win2k) for which TSM reports following message every night : 02/18/03 03:29:01 ANR2576W An attempt was made to update an event record for a scheduled operation which has already been executed - multiple client schedulers may be

Re: Backup via a script

2003-02-18 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Nicolas, Could you provide us a little bit more details on what you're willing to do, and on your knowledge of TSM and AIX, that we have a better idea of what you're trying to achive and the means to do it ? TIA. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Pa

Re: Recovery log

2003-02-18 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Mark, You are probably suffering from so called "log pinning" symptom. To make it short : log is working on a circular basis, and can only be freed if all transactions that where written into it are commited to TSM DB. If not done, you reach a point where the log bites it's own tail : older rec

Re: incremental restore

2003-02-20 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Xavier, Why not to use "dsmc restore blah -pitdate=xx/xx/xx -pittime=xx:xx:xx" for restoring your files ? My 2 cents ... Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT Group | | Viaduktstrasse 42, P.O. Box, 4002 Basel - Switz

Re: Tape Reliability Recommendations

2003-02-20 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Peter, I sincerely empathize, as I've been living the same martyrdom as you some months ago. We had a brand new 3584 library, equiped with scsi lto drives, attached to the server thru 2108 San data gateways and fiber channeling. After months of investigation, upgrades of all kinds, drive exchan

Wanted : Link to TSM 4.2 peformance and tuning guide

2003-02-24 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi List, I saw a (broken) link to this guide in a previous post, then tried to find this masterpiece on the new IBM-Tivoli website, without luck :-( Was somebody better than me in that hunt ? Thanks in advance ! Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Pan

ODBC driver for Microsoft : the driver was unable to allocate memory required to support execution

2003-02-24 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi list, I would like to use the ODBC driver delivered with TSM Windows client, in conjunction with an Access 2002 database, but when I try to issue following query : SELECT SUMMARY.START_TIME, SUMMARY.END_TIME, SUMMARY.ACTIVITY, SUMMARY.ENTITY, SUMMARY.BYTES, [end_time]-[start_time] AS duratio

Real DR situation : dsmserv format fails; errno = 2 !

2003-02-28 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi List, I had a call from one of our branches, telling me their TSM server crashed. Unfortunately they had their log and db files sitted on the same unmirrored disk, so basically everything is lost. I'm now trying to initiate a DR scenario, but face a first problem : issuing "dsmserv format 1

Re: Real DR situation : dsmserv format fails; errno = 2 !

2003-02-28 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
--Original Message----- From: PAC Brion Arnaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:23 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Real DR situation : dsmserv format fails; errno = 2 ! Hi List, I had a call from one of our branches, telling me their TSM server crashed. Unfortunately they

Re: Real DR situation : dsmserv format fails; errno = 2 !

2003-02-28 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
<http://www.irislink.com> Tel: +32 (0)10 48 75 10 - Fax: +32 (0)10 48 75 40 -Original Message- From: PAC Brion Arnaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: vendredi 28 février 2003 12:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Real DR situation : dsmserv format

Re: License Pricing

2003-03-21 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
> The figures I quote are from the IBM Tivoli Price Estimator tool. Ted, Could you please provide a link to this tool, I would be very interested in it ! Thanks a lot. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT Group | | Vi

Copy job "freezed"

2003-03-31 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *Smers, Could anybody explain me why I consistently see "backup stg" jobs "freezing" ? What happens is that the job begins, but thereafter hangs for a while, doing nothing at all, and suddenly starts copying data on tape. I saw this behavior on severall flavors of TSM (actually on 4.2.3.1),

Re: Copy job "freezed"

2003-03-31 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Richard, That would make sense, if the job was "freezing" in the middle of the copies, but apparently, it just waits a while before starting to write the first bit of data to tape, and then goes fine till the end ! Thanks anyway ;-) Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Copy job "freezed"

2003-04-01 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Richard, Paul, Thanks for the tips, I'll kep an eye on my tape drives, and on DB disk activity ! Emil, > For big storage pools that can take quite some time, and especially if running at the same time as expiration or other DB heavy activity. In my case, the storage pool size is approximatively

Re: HELP

2003-04-03 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Bert, >But how do I get a list of old tapes to take out? I assume you mean copypool tapes that went checked out and stored offsite ... I don't know if you're using TSM's DRM feature, but case of an affirmative response, you should be in a position to issue "q drm wherestate=vaultretrive", t

Re: Windows 2000 - not backing up all drives

2003-04-03 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Brenda, Did you try to modify dsm.opt, and specify each drive in a "domain" statement, like : Domain c: Domain d: Domain x: I had the same problem, and solved it that way ! Cheers Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT G

Migration process unable to locate cluster element ....

2003-06-02 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi list, Using a TSM server v 5.1.6.2 on AIX 4.3.3, I'm sometimes getting following entry in activity log : 30.05.2003 22:36:02 ANRD dfmigr.c(3224): ThreadId<56> Migration process 3464 unable to locate cluster element srvId=0, ck1=603 Should this error be considered as "dangerous", a

Re: web admin gui won't work... any suggestions

2003-06-11 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Joni, I'm living the same kind of experience as yours. TSM version 5.1.6.2, but on AIX platform ! I can use the web GUI, but if I have to push on "stop" button in my favorite browser for any reason, before getting a response from TSM server (sometimes have to do it for long SQL queries), this l

Re: ANR8944E Hardware or media error on drive

2003-06-12 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Klass, I would advise you to try an "audit volume fix=no" on that tape to find out if any file was damaged, then you have two possibilities : 1) no damaged file found : do a move data, to copy that data on another volume, then checkout of defective tape and give it back to you IBM rep. Those t

Re: hmmm... ANR0534W

2003-07-15 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Remco, This message could also be the sign of a filled storage pool : on a disk based pool, check if your migration thresholds are low enough to avoid them beeing filled, and also check if caching is enabled : using cached disks with application like TDP for informix leads to this kind of error

Error backuping Certificate Server Database on win2k client

2003-07-16 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi list, W have a problem here, while trying to backup a win2k system (v 5.00.2195 SP 3) using a TSM client version 5.1.5.15 : the backup consistently finishes with status "failed", and following message can be found in dsmerror.log : 07/16/2003 00:50:49 ANS1183E An unknown error occurred while

Re: ITSM Operational Reporting Technology Preview

2003-07-17 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi all, Sorry to bother you with aforementioned product, but responsible person seems to be away for some days, and I need urgent response ... I just installed it on my machine and find it very helpful for certain purposes, like automatic notification on failed events, detailed reports, etc... (so

Strange query output, using ODBC interface with M$ Access ...

2003-07-21 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi list, I'm currently using TSM ODBC (V 5.1.6.0) interface with an Access 2002 database (V 10.4302.4219 sp-2), and built a query looking like : SELECT SUMMARY.START_TIME, SUMMARY.END_TIME, SUMMARY.ACTIVITY, SUMMARY.ENTITY, SUMMARY.BYTES, DateDiff("w",[START_TIME],Now()) AS timediff FROM SUMMA

Effect of multiple migration processes to a collocated pool - serial or parallel node migration ?

2003-07-30 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi list, A quickie one : when migrating multiple nodes data from non-collocated disk pool to collocated tape pool, using migproc=2, in which order will data be migrated ? 1) node 1 data on 2 different tapes, then node 2 data on 2 different tapes etc 2) node 1 data on one tape and node 2 data

Re: Effect of multiple migration processes to a collocated pool - serial or parallel node migration ?

2003-07-30 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
ool is having collocation=yes, only one process will be lauched and it will migrate all 300 GB. Only if there is another node's data in diskpool, a second process can start to migrate it. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant PAC Brion Arnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "A

Re: Archiving a clients data

2003-07-30 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Farren, Couldn't you use the "export node" functionality ? As the node doesn't exist anymore, I believe there is no other solution but maybe someone has a better trick ! Cheers. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT

Re: Backups bypassing disk pool

2003-07-31 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Bill, Could it be possible that you defined a very low "maximum size threshold" on your disk pool, that would force data migration to tape ? My 2 cents ... Cheers. Arnaud =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Arnaud Brion, Panalpina Management Ltd., IT Group | | Viad

Re: Empty offsite tape reclamed again and again

2003-08-06 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
its status. Hope that helps -- Phillip Ford Senior Software Specialist Corporate Computer Center Schering-Plough Corp. (901) 320-4462 (901) 320-4856 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message----- From: PAC Brion Arnaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:57 AM

Re: tsm client in linux

2003-08-08 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Geetha, TSM scheduler on linux should be started as a service, and the better way to achieve this is to build a little script that would be placed in the inittab, so that when the system boots the service is started. I attached the script we're using to this mail, feel free to use it ! If you i

RE: Réf. : Accidentally issued delete volume ...

2003-08-14 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
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Accidentally issued delete volume ...

2003-08-14 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi List, Quick question : I accidentally issued "delete volume" on a false primary volume (typing error), after I realised my mistake I cancelled the job, but some files where already deleted. Is there a chance, using "restore volume", to get this data back, or does TSM consider those files as

Empty offsite tape reclamed again and again

2003-08-14 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi list ! TSM server 5.1.6.2 on AIX 4.3.3 Could someone explain following behaviour : TSM server insists reclaming an offsite empty tape several times a day, sometimes restarting a new reclamation process seconds after the first one ceased. "Q act begint=-12 s=08" shows (snippet of it) 06.

Getting Hieroglyphs in activity log when using TDP for informix ...

2003-08-21 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi list, Anyone having seen such strange things, using TDP for informix ? 08/20/03 19:48:06 ANE4993E (Session: 109892, Node: X) TDP Infmx AIX42 ANS0302üÑ?Ü 2& /ñƒð -t€ - XÑ6£ÀÑ6´ ANS0302I (RC0) Successfully done. 08/20/03 19:48:06 ANE4993E (Session: 109892, Node: X) TDP Infmx AI

Re: Add license on tsm4.2.0

2003-08-25 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Natthakriss, Check in the activity log after having ben issuing your command, it was probably refused because you didn't provide the full path to your licenses ... i.e. : file=/usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/50mgsyslan.lic Also check (h reg lic) if "number" variable is usable in V4.2 version, I bel

Re: NAS/NDMP backups

2003-08-25 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Zoltan, This may not be the most sophisticated way, but works perfectly on our system, without having to play with ndmp, images backup etc ... We defined a windows node (machine having good networking capability) which will be the central "file ditributor" for NAS backups, granted this machine

Re: Messed-up message in actlog

2003-08-26 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Eric, I'm seeing the same kind of things (double messages in one line), but for informix backups ! I already posted on that topic on 21th of this month (search for informix + hieroglyphs to find my post), without any answer :-( I suppose this is a new "feature" from TSM, but is it due to server

TSM client unable to expire file having wildcard character in it's name

2003-08-27 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi all, I'm facing a problem with one of our TSM clients (v 4.1.2.0 on AIX 4.3.3 , yes I know it's not supported anymore), wich consistently issues the same error message while trying to expire a file created by some IT beginner, using a wildcard character. Message looks like this : 26.08.2003

Re: Question about LTO2 tape error

2004-11-18 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi Zoltan, Just for info (and to avoid buying possibly weak hardware), what type of library are you speaking about ? Is it your IBM 3583-L72 ? Cheers. Arnaud ** Panalpina Management Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, CIT Depa

Re: Reconstruction of aggregates

2004-12-09 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Stephan, You wrote : > I'm not sure if you were on the Technical Exchange this week on TSM Disk Only solutions > but there are reasons not to use large disk pools alone. There were also some tips on > how best to setup storage pools using file device classes. > I will send you a pdf of the Tech

Re: select statement: help!

2005-01-19 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Joni, Maybe this http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0109/730.html will help you ! Cheers. Arnaud ** Panalpina Management Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, CIT Department Viadukstrasse 42, P.O. Box 4002 Basel/CH Phone: +41

Re: select statement: help!

2005-01-19 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
ave to put the statement within single quotes? Thanks! Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems Work:(717)302-6603 Fax:(717)302-5974 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******** "PAC Brion Arnaud" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Current status of reclamation process with original copies on disk

2005-01-27 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi list, Could anyone tell me if the performance problem related to reclamation of copypool data when primary copy resides on disk has been solved ? I'm asking this because we migrated our TSM server (v 5.2.2.1) on a beefy p5 550 series, with disk pools large enough to keep one day data, and recla

Re: Delete file

2005-03-07 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi, You could use the "expire" command on client side to have it removed during next expire inventory. Off course, the file will be backed up again during next incremental if not excluded by any mean. HTH ! Cheers. Arnaud

Directory path backed up again and again ...

2005-03-08 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Hi *SM'ers, I recently found that one (surely others too) of our AIX clients was getting part of it's directory structure backed up everyday although it did not change, but can't find the reason why. As Andy says it in his excellent web page : A normal Incremental Backup will *not* back up direc

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