TSM 3.7 to 4.1 Upgrade

2001-03-15 Thread Roy Lake
?. Anywhere where I can find out more as the docs are as usual very unhelpful. Kind Regards, Roy Lake TBG European IT Tel: 0208 526 8883 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ** This message is intended only for the use of the person(s) ("the Intended Recipient") to

TSM 4.1 Client with 3.7.4 Server

2001-03-22 Thread Roy Lake
Chaps, I pretty much already expect the answer to be a resounding "yes" on this one - but its best to be sure... Can we run 4.1 Clients with a 3.7.4 server on AIX 4.3.3 Cheers, Kind Regards, Roy Lake TBG European IT Tel: 0208 526 8883 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **

Upgrade Problems From L18 to L32 Library?..

2001-05-01 Thread Roy Lake
an audit?... Will I have to remove the devices and re-add them or does an L32 have the same element id's etc...? Any comments and suggestions would be greatfully accepted. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & Tivoli Storage Manager Systems Administrator Axial (UK) Ltd Tel: 0208 526 88

Licencing Proglems when upgrading to TSM 4.1 - HELP!

2001-05-10 Thread Roy Lake
" (It doesnt exist anyway!!), and instead of the old client.lic files, I need to use 1 mgsyslan.lic for each client. Do you guys agree with this??.. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & Tivoli Storage Manager Systems Administrator Axial (UK) Ltd Tel: 0208 526 8883 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Licence Problem after upgrading to TSM 4.1 from 3.7.4 on AIX 4.3.3

2001-05-10 Thread Roy Lake
Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & Tivoli Storage Manager Systems Administrator Axial (UK) Ltd Tel: 0208 526 8883 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ** This message is intended only for the use of the person(s) ("the Intended Recipient") to whom it is addressed. It may conta

RMAN instead of AIX Scripts ???.

2001-05-21 Thread Roy Lake
Hi Chaps, We will soon be moving away from using AIX scripts to backup Oracle databases, and will be using RMAN. Could anyone point me in the right direction as to where I can find out more about how RMAN interacts with TSM, what is needed, etc and how it works?. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS

Best Practice Backup DB and Stgpool Process???

2000-10-05 Thread Roy Lake
backup of everything EARLY morning?...The reason I do the db backup IMMEDIATELY before we send the tapes off, is that at least we then know that we can recover up to the time the tapes go off... Anyone have any better recommendations or suggestions?. Kind Regards, Roy Lake TBG European IT Tel

Compression / No Compression ???

2001-03-08 Thread Roy Lake
d 99.9% of the backups are done overnight, so there is no problem with performance issues. Am I missing something here, or is it REALLY a better idea to forget about compression totally?. Kind Regards, Roy Lake TBG European IT Tel: 0208 526 8883 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** IMPORTANT I

How much data in primary to pool since last backup?

2001-03-09 Thread Roy Lake
Chaps, Easy question... We run a backup of our tape pool every day to our copy tape pool which we then send offsite. Can we tell how much data in the primary pool is to be backed up?...This way, we can see how much longer the backup stgpool will take.. Kind Regards, Roy Lake TBG European

Compression/No Compression...the story continues & findings.....

2001-03-09 Thread Roy Lake
;Estimated Capacity" figure of a tape in TSM - it actually means very little Thanks to everyone for their input!!! Kind Regards, Roy Lake TBG European IT Tel: 0208 526 8883 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ** This message is intended only for the use of the person(s)

AIX TSM Client 4.2.2.1 released

2002-06-05 Thread Roy Lake
Guys, In case you didn't know, 4.2.2.1 client has just been released for AIX. You can grab it from:- ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v4r2/AIX/v4221/AIX43 Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & TSM Systems Administration Team Tibbett & Britten

Contents of a known archive

2002-09-23 Thread Roy Lake
anything between 3-5 minutes to get a result. Anyone know of a quicker way of doing it? - anyone know how the WEB/DSM gui does it so quickly?. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & TSM Systems Administrator P: +44 (0)20 8526 8853 (or Helpdesk number 0870 607 6777, +44 (0)20 8526 ) Internet E-Mai

Example dsm.opt settings for Windows

2002-03-12 Thread Roy Lake
Hi Guys, I am attempting to run a tsm client on windows NT but, to coin a phrase, the backups are "running like a dog". Could anyone provide me with an example dsm.opt for windows so that I can compare settings and hopefully improve the xfer rate?. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 &am

358x Firmware Upgrades

2002-03-12 Thread Roy Lake
ys?. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & TSM Systems Administration Team Tibbett & Britten European I.T. Judd House Ripple Road Barking Essex IG11 0TU 0208 526 8853 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail message has been scanned using Sophos Sweep htt

How do I know what tape/s my data is on?

2002-04-12 Thread Roy Lake
in mind that if reclamation is also run of this pool, then the data may possibly be moved around on a regular basis. Any help would be greatfully recieved. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & TSM Systems Administration Team Tibbett & Britten European I.T. Judd House Ripple Road Barking Essex

How do I know what tapes my data is on? - Part II

2002-04-15 Thread Roy Lake
Now obviously, this is NOT an ideal solution, I realise that!. But what other options do I have?. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & TSM Systems Administration Team Tibbett & Britten European I.T. Judd House Ripple Road Barking Essex IG11 0TU 0208 526 8853 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail me

How do I know what tapes my data is on - The Final Chapter !!! (hopefully!)

2002-04-15 Thread Roy Lake
ALL in to just restore from ONE of the tapes!. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & TSM Systems Administration Team Tibbett & Britten European I.T. Judd House Ripple Road Barking Essex IG11 0TU 0208 526 8853 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail message has been scanned using Sophos Swee

Disaster Recovery

2002-04-16 Thread Roy Lake
en I would be forever in their debt!. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & TSM Systems Administration Team Tibbett & Britten European I.T. Judd House Ripple Road Barking Essex IG11 0TU 0208 526 8853 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail message has been scanned using Sophos Sweep htt

Migration Question

2002-05-07 Thread Roy Lake
saying that option 2 is un-necessary, as this data should already reside on tape anyway (as it would have been backup up sometime when a "backup stgpool" was taken)?. Kind Regards, Roy Lake RS/6000 & TSM Systems Administration Team Tibbett & Britten European I.T. Judd House Ripple

Aggregate rate ??

2000-08-23 Thread Roy Lake
absolutely AGES to restore 47gig, but we managed it quite happily in around 2 and a half to 3 hours. What is the aggregate rate telling me here??..thats its only transferring 500 meg a second, or am I reading this incorrectly??? Kind Regards, Roy Lake TBG European IT Tel: 0208 526 8883 E-Mail