Re: weird request for schedule

2006-06-01 Thread Schneider, Jim
Joe, We run TSM on AIX. I've written a script to stop reclamation at a given time. I have modified it to cancel a session. The script issues "q se" and selects the line with the server name. Pipe the line to sed to get rid of the commas, and use the value of field 1 (session number) in a 'canc

Re: symbolic links

2006-07-13 Thread Schneider, Jim
Alex, There is a dsm.opt file option "archsymlinkasfile no" and command line option "-archsyml=no'. According to the Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide=, this will archive the symbolic link and not the associated file or directory. Cheers, Jim Schneider -Original Message-

Re: FTP transferring FILE DEVCLASS objects/files

2014-01-13 Thread Schneider, Jim
I backup the DB, config and volhist files to a FILE device, and restore from a replicated copy (using a Data Domain on both ends). Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 1:38

Re: FTP transferring FILE DEVCLASS objects/files

2014-01-13 Thread Schneider, Jim
at 2:41 PM, Schneider, Jim wrote: > I backup the DB, config and volhist files to a FILE device, and > restore from a replicated copy (using a Data Domain on both ends). > > Jim Schneider > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU

Re: reclaimable tapes in a stgpool

2014-04-15 Thread Schneider, Jim
I use the following script to check reclaimable space by storage pool. The output lines are numbered, makes it easy to check a percentage and a line number to get a tape count. #!/usr/bin/ksh # # This script checks reclaimable space in a tape storage pool # The list is displayed with line numbe

Re: SET DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS

2014-06-18 Thread Schneider, Jim
Our Oracle and SQL database backups are only kept for 7 days. We keep TSM database backups for 10 days. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Plair, Ricky Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 11:32 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.ED

Re: Question about NDMP and TSM.

2014-07-15 Thread Schneider, Jim
Ricky, The Isilon uses the OneFS file system and TSM views it as one huge file system. If backing up to disk, TSM will attempt to preallocate enough space to back up the entire allocated space on the Isilon. Defining Virtual File systems will not help because directory quota information is not

Re: Exchange TDP and Export weirdness

2014-08-05 Thread Schneider, Jim
Your 5/10/14 backup started at 08:00 but your fromtime is 04:00. It could be trying to pull incremental data. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Prather, Wanda Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 11:04 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MA

tsm for ve DR config question

2014-08-27 Thread Schneider, Jim
Hi, folks; I have an upcoming disaster recovery test and will be asked to restore VE data for the first time. I can't run tests because the hardware/network is not in place. Will the DR VE backup proxy server have to connect to a duplicate of the current production vCenter server, or just A v

Re: tsm for ve 7.1 docs request

2014-08-28 Thread Schneider, Jim
Gary, installation guide http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v7r1/topic/com.ibm.itsm.ve.inst.doc/b_ve_inst_guide.pdf user's guide http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v7r1/topic/com.ibm.itsm.ve.doc/b_ve_user_guide.pdf Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Man

Re: tsm for ve DR config question

2014-08-28 Thread Schneider, Jim
tation isn't kidding around when it recommends that a periodic > full strategy is best for tape copypools. > > Matthew McGeary > Technical Specialist > PotashCorp - Saskatoon > 306.933.8921 > > > > From: "Schneider, Jim" > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.E

Re: tsm for ve DR config question

2014-08-29 Thread Schneider, Jim
st Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 4:20 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm for ve DR config question I back up both the VM and CNTL data to separate file device storage pools on a Data Domain. I restore fro

Re: tsm for ve DR config question

2014-08-29 Thread Schneider, Jim
up strategy yet. So I could be wrong. Matthew McGeary Technical Specialist PotashCorp - Saskatoon 306.933.8921 From: "Schneider, Jim" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 08/29/2014 07:16 AM Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] tsm for ve DR config question Sent by:"ADSM: Dist S

Counting VMs

2014-10-03 Thread Schneider, Jim
I have not found an easy way to find out which VMs are backed up. My workaround is 'q occ' for the datamover node and specify the stgpool (to exclude the CNTL data, and remove duplicates), and count the lines. The filespace name has the VM name. Does anyone have a better method? I currently

Re: Counting VMs

2014-10-03 Thread Schneider, Jim
by 2 This will *not* tell you if you have any VM's that have never backed up, i.e. never had a filespace created. For that you have to go to the VE Reports page or talk directly to VCenter. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Beh

Re: Waiting for mount point in device class

2014-10-09 Thread Schneider, Jim
Check the number of mount points for the node. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Stef Coene Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 1:46 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Waiting for mount point in device class Hi, I have mu

Re: checkin libv command

2014-12-23 Thread Schneider, Jim
Did you check maxscratch for that storage pool? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeanne Bruno Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 8:40 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] checkin libv command Hello. We are using TSM manag

Re: Tsm for VE restore question

2014-12-29 Thread Schneider, Jim
Using the GUI, I select the machine, then the snapshot, then the disk to be mounted. I do not know the command line version. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Ouzen Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 1:49 AM To: ADSM-L@V

Re: Mac OS X 'Yosemite' and 7.1.1.1 client: dsmcad won't start

2015-01-20 Thread Schneider, Jim
Ruth, testflags=MACNOEXECCAD,NODETACH Looks like it is set to noexec. Can you change the test flags? Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mitchell, Ruth Slovik Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 1:52 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU S

Re: Ransomware deleted TSM backups from node

2015-02-02 Thread Schneider, Jim
Roger, According to my TSM Data Protection for SQL 6.4 manual, servers that run TDP for SQL require backdelete authority. I don't know how to get around this problem. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Roger Desch

Re: ANS4174E error

2015-03-05 Thread Schneider, Jim
I do not have management classes for VMCTL or VMDATA. They are storage pools. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of McWilliams, Eric Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 9:53 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] ANS4174E e

Re: ANS4174E error

2015-03-05 Thread Schneider, Jim
Eric, Apolog1es for the previous brief reply. dsm.opt has VMMC "1month" VMCTLMC "1monthcntl" Both are backup copy groups. Policy Domain Name: VM Policy Set Name: ACTIVE Mgmt Class Name: 1MONTH Copy Group Name: STANDARD

Re: NDMP

2015-04-01 Thread Schneider, Jim
The Isilon needs to be zoned to the tape library. From the Isilon, generate a list of the tape drives. A partial example from our system is: CH2ISILON-2# isi tape list Tape Device StateWWNN Vendor/Model/Revision/Serial --

Re: How to tell what VM's are running backup in TSM for VE 7.1?

2015-04-23 Thread Schneider, Jim
This is close. I check time stamps to identify failures. The time stamp could also indicate a backup in progress. select substr(filespace_name,9,18) as VM, filespace_id as FSID, cast(backup_end as char(19) ) as "Backup Completed" from filespaces where node_name='VC1_CH2_DM' order by 3 Jim Sc

Re: contents of a .bfs empty but q vol says different

2015-05-01 Thread Schneider, Jim
I think BFS is case-sensitive. Most of TSM is case-insensitive, but this is a exception. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeanne Bruno Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 2:46 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADS

Re: contents of a .bfs empty but q vol says different

2015-05-01 Thread Schneider, Jim
, volume names are only case sensitive for UNIX file names, not Windows. Regards, Joerg Pohlmann -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim Sent: May 1, 2015 12:57 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] contents of a

Re: SQL QUERY FOR AMOUNT OF ACTIVE VS INACTIVE DATA

2016-04-22 Thread Schneider, Jim
Use a server you can access and modify the nodename in the options file, assuming you know the password. Jim Schneider Essendant -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 9:11 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIS

Re: SQL QUERY FOR AMOUNT OF ACTIVE VS INACTIVE DATA

2016-04-22 Thread Schneider, Jim
t not Windows). On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 02:20:38PM +0000, Schneider, Jim wrote: > Use a server you can access and modify the nodename in the options file, > assuming you know the password. > > Jim Schneider > Essendant > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dis

Re: Help with DFS backups

2016-09-08 Thread Schneider, Jim
Do you have the correct capitalization in the backup command? Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 7:54 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Help with DFS backups

Re: Help with DFS backups

2016-09-08 Thread Schneider, Jim
to each department/group/area wanting total control over backup/restore of their "shares". On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Schneider, Jim wrote: > Do you have the correct capitalization in the backup command? > > Jim Schneider > > -Original Message- > From

Re: Versions

2016-10-04 Thread Schneider, Jim
I'm running TSM server 6.3.3.0, TSM for VE 7.1.0.1. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Ouzen Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 10:05 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Versions Hello all A quick quest

Re: trouble with scheduled restore

2017-01-19 Thread Schneider, Jim
Add '-removeoperandlimit' to the command line. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 10:13 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] trouble with scheduled restore Trying t

Re: Inactive active filesystem for vm in script

2017-06-27 Thread Schneider, Jim
An alternative can be run from the backup proxy server. dsmc restore vm bodev -pick -inactive Jim Schneider Essendant -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Schofield, Neil (Storage & Middleware, Backup & Restore) Sent: Tuesday, June 2

Re: Full VM Instant Restore error ans2411e rc=6523

2017-07-27 Thread Schneider, Jim
My VM backup proxy server has a backup network connection but the client does not. I have to disable the backup network NIC before starting the TSM Recovery Agent so that the client can see the iSCSI connection. Jim Schneider Essendant -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [

Re: TSM clients with 1 and 10 GB adapters

2017-08-31 Thread Schneider, Jim
If you have a distinct IP for the 10 Gb connection you can use that name/IP address in the client's TCPServeraddress value in the dsm.opt or dsm.sys file. Use 'q n f=d' to verify that the IP is being used. Jim Schneider Essendant -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto

Re: behavior of existing data when excluding a vm

2018-05-30 Thread Schneider, Jim
I don't know how to freeze existing backups. I rename the server in vCenter and run a backup using the new name. Rename to original after the backup. This will preserve the new backup. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Beh

Re: cluster backup with CSV

2018-08-28 Thread Schneider, Jim
I created a TSM directory on the shared drive, added a dsm.opt file with a domain statement. Registered a cluster name with TSM and created a scheduler service for it on each of the cluster nodes. Only one node was active at a time, and I had to restart the cluster scheduler service every time

Re: cluster backup with CSV

2018-08-29 Thread Schneider, Jim
l docs at the moment. Rick Adamson Information Technology Southeastern Grocers LLC -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 4:12 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] cluster backup with CSV * This email o

Re: saving a vm backup past server destruction

2018-11-15 Thread Schneider, Jim
Using TSM for VE, if you don't back it up again the data is still there. I had to contact a user for permissions to delete a 2-year old backup. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2018 2:

Re: backing up multiple VMs with standard scheduleing

2019-01-08 Thread Schneider, Jim
My VM backup schedule executes a .bat file on the VM proxy server. The file has one or more 'dsmc backup vm host1,host2,host3.etc' commands. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 2:14 PM

Re: systemd.service file example

2019-11-19 Thread Schneider, Jim
I don't have an SP service but I've created a service for BMC control-M Agents. It should be easy to make substitutions. Note: This is for Red Hat 7. It won't work on RHEL 6. create file /etc/systemd/system/ctmag.service === [Unit] Desc

Re: Expiring Files that Have Been Exluded

2007-03-28 Thread Schneider, Jim
Andy, The exclude statements prevent files from being backed up incrementally. The management class determines how long the files are retained (number of versions or number of days). Files that have been backed up are expired according to the management class rules. Regards, Jim Schneider

Re: Exchange restore to another server

2007-05-25 Thread Schneider, Jim
One way is to put both the TSM and Exchange servers on an isolated network. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Kinder Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 10:08 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Exchange restore t

Re: tape loss need help

2007-06-22 Thread Schneider, Jim
Did you run 'checkin libvol status=scratch' and 'checking libvol status=private'? Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 12:37 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] tape

Re: tape loss need help

2007-06-22 Thread Schneider, Jim
These commands would be for a library named ch2tp3500 checkin libv ch2tp3500 search=yes checkl=barcode status=scratch checkin libv ch2tp3500 search=yes checkl=barcode status=priv Check in the scratch tapes first or all of your tapes will be classified 'private'. Jim Schneider -Original Mess

Re: SQL select for primary stgpool data amount

2007-08-13 Thread Schneider, Jim
If the backup session has to retry backing up a file the session byte count will record each attempt. The session total does not always match the amount of data backed up. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Louvier Sent: Monday

Re: ANS2050E message

2007-08-27 Thread Schneider, Jim
Rick, Start a dsm, dsmc or dsmj session from the client so you can set the password. You should only need to do this once. Good luck, Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Harderwijk Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 2:46

Re: Automated Backup Sets

2007-11-30 Thread Schneider, Jim
Kim, I used the '-des' parm to create archive names on Unix systems visible from the GUI interface. This example is for an archive with an 8 day retention. echo $(date +%Y-%m-%d) 8-day > /tmp/backup.name dsmc archive -archmc= ... -des=\"$(cat /tmp/backup.name)\" Hope it helps, Jim Schneider --

Delay in SUMMARY data

2009-06-16 Thread Schneider, Jim
Hello TSM'ers, TSM Server 5.5.1.0 on AIX 5.3 3 dual-core processors, 10 GB ram 105 GB database, 23.6% utilized I have a question about scheduling a database query. I run a daily query to get the total data archived, and the results reported do not include the total of all of the data archived.

Re: Erro - backup of the client Linux

2009-09-11 Thread Schneider, Jim
You have a space between ifwiset an /.../* If that's present in your dsm.sys file, try removing it and running 'dsmc q inclexcl' again. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Bruno Oliveira Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 12:51 P

Re: JR- dsmc multilpe filesystem restore on 1 line

2009-10-27 Thread Schneider, Jim
JR, I can't. The second file system name is the location to which the first file system is restored. I create a script with multiple dsmc commands, each one restoring one file system. Assuming your data is on separate tapes or on disk, you have to run multiple commands to restore more than one

Re: Who is using Admin Center ? >> Specifics, please re: AC improvements

2009-11-09 Thread Schneider, Jim
3.+Women+Speaker+Series+2009 From: "Schneider, Jim" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/06/2009 01:41 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Who is using Admin Center ? >> Specifics, please re: AC improvements I use the Admin Center to register nodes, create schedules, storage devices, sto

Re: TSM write_errors on LTO3 tapes

2009-11-16 Thread Schneider, Jim
We had gripper errors, reported as media write errors. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Huebschman, George J. Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 10:53 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM write_errors o

Re: TSM 6.1.2.1 database backup

2009-12-15 Thread Schneider, Jim
One is the database backup, the other is a backup of the active log files. Incremental backups create two files, full backups create one file. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Grigori Solonovitch Sent: Tuesday, Decem

Re: Changing attributes

2010-03-09 Thread Schneider, Jim
In my environment we get that when server OLORIN was cloned from an image of NIROLO. Both servers have the same nodename value their dsm.sys (Unix) or dsm.opt (Windows) file. The name change occurs when the scheduling daemon or process checks with the TSM server. Fix the dsm.opt/dsm.sys file or

Re: FYI: 64-bit installer of TDP for MS-SQL v5.5.3 ate our license file

2010-05-24 Thread Schneider, Jim
I opened a ticket for this problem and was told I could find the license file at c:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp\1\IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases v 5.5.1.0 - MS SQL Clients\TDPSql\x64\client\Program Files 64\Tivoli\TSM\TDPSql Hope this helps, Jim Schneider -Original

Re: Restore question

2010-06-15 Thread Schneider, Jim
I have found it easier to start a command line or gui session using the 'virtualnodename' parameter. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Skylar Thompson Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:06 AM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [ADSM-

Re: Virtualnodename and access, what m I missing?

2010-06-18 Thread Schneider, Jim
Use the TSM admin account instead of root. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary D. Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 8:25 AM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: [ADSM-L] Virtualnodename and access, what m I missing? Trying to move a

Re: Fwd: issue with rhel 5.5 and dsmc sched

2010-08-04 Thread Schneider, Jim
Entries in /etc/inittab must have unique names. Try using tsmsched1 and tsmsched2. Hope this helps, Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of yoda woya Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 3:23 PM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subjec

Re: rotating private tapes into/out of 3584 manually

2010-10-19 Thread Schneider, Jim
A temporary fix is to use 'move data' commands on filling tapes. If a dataset does not span tapes it's a quick way to get more scratch tapes. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Roder Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 2:06 P

Re: De-dup ratio's

2010-11-12 Thread Schneider, Jim
Amos, We are looking into purchasing one of these options. Do have your DataDomain device configured at disk or VTL? Thank you, Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Amos ADSM Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 12:25 PM To

TSM 6.2.2 CPU requirements

2011-01-11 Thread Schneider, Jim
Good morning, TSM fans! I'm building an AIX 6 TL4 server to run TSM Server 6.2.2.0. The Performance Tuning manual tells me I need one core per expiration or deduplication process. How many processors are you folks using, and does additional processing power have a significant benefit? Thanks in

Re: Does Move Data recover space on virtual volumes?

2011-03-10 Thread Schneider, Jim
Yes. I use 'move data' to consolidate virtual filling volumes and reduce 'Pct Migr' in the storage pool. Judging by the time taken to move data, empty space is not moved. After the data is moved off of the volume it becomes a scratch volume. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM:

Re: Does Move Data recover space on virtual volumes?

2011-03-10 Thread Schneider, Jim
Keith, The status after the move is 'EMPTY.' I have an script that moves data off of 'filling' tapes. I found that while the percent utilization in a storage pool might be low, the percent migratable was high. Every used volume in a storage pool adds to % migratable, even if it does not hold mu

Re: Does Move Data recover space on virtual volumes?

2011-03-10 Thread Schneider, Jim
I was under the impression that reclamation only affected full volumes, not filling ones. I have had backups fail because of lack of space when % utilization was relatively low but % migratable was high. I checked the reclaim stgpool help info and it does not say it excludes filling tapes. Am I

Re: TSM Recovery log is pinning since upgrade to 5.5.5.0 code

2011-05-16 Thread Schneider, Jim
Answer to rookie question: All files backed up create an entry in the transaction log. When the file backup is complete the entry is eligible to be written to the database. TSM only writes the oldest entry in the transaction log. If a file backup takes a long time it can become the oldest entry

Re: Smoothing active backup sessions

2011-05-27 Thread Schneider, Jim
Is it possible to control this with MAXSESSIONS? Associate a large number of servers with a long backup schedule and set MAXSESSIONS to 40. With a MAXSCHEDSESSIONS value of 50 (percent) you would only run 20 backups at a time. The optimistic UNTESTED result would be to start new backups when to s

Re: Help with tsm script

2011-06-07 Thread Schneider, Jim
I have a script that lists reclaimable space by volume for a given storage pool. I've added line numbers so I can see how many tapes would be reclaimed at a given percentage. It runs on Unix from a command prompt. === #!/usr/bin/ksh

DR configuration - instance startup failure

2011-06-13 Thread Schneider, Jim
Hello TSMers. I'm attempting to configure DR recovery for TSM 6.2.2.0 on AIX 6.1 TL 4. I have a Data Domain 880 that holds the storage pools, database backup, devconfig, volhist and prepare files. The data is replicated to a DD880 at a second site. The second site has a production TSM instance r

DR with replicated data - cannot restore client data

2011-07-12 Thread Schneider, Jim
Hi folks, I'm getting anr9905w errors when attempting to restore data from a replicated primary storage pool and have no clue how to solve this problem. TSM 6.2.2.0 on AIX 6.1 has its primary storage pool on a Data Domain 880. The data is replicated to a remote location. The remote TSM server i

FW: DR with replicated data - cannot restore client data - resolved

2011-07-12 Thread Schneider, Jim
I got it working. I was the victim of a file moved by reclamation. When I selected other files I found one that I could restore. I've been pounding my head against the keyboard for the better part of a week over this. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: Schneider, Jim Sent: Tu

Re: DR with replicated data - cannot restore client data

2011-07-20 Thread Schneider, Jim
Mike, I have resolved the problem of restoring with replicated data. I'm using a Data Domain 880 to host the storage pools using file type devices, which is replicated to a DD880 at our second/DR data center. The first issue was file level permissions. The server that backs up the data and the

Re: Syntax for query volume where deviceclass=file

2011-08-23 Thread Schneider, Jim
Keith, This is one case where the quest is case-sensitive. Try: q vol /adsm/vg014/0026.BFS Good lock, Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Keith Arbogast Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:11 PM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.e

TSM 6.2.2. restore from Data Domain 880

2011-08-25 Thread Schneider, Jim
Is anybody else performing Disaster Recovery testing of AIX 6.1 TSM 6.2.2.0 by restoring the database directly from a Data Domain 880 file device? My problem is that I can restore the database some of the time, and get "ANR4522E RESTORE DB failed with LOG file error." the rest of the time. I ha

TSM 6.2.2 unrecoverable DB backup

2011-09-22 Thread Schneider, Jim
Hello TSMers AIX 6.1 TSM 6.2.2.0 I have been testing DR recovery using replicated DB backups and storage pools, recovering to a second TSM instance on a remote server. I have found that I cannot restore from every database backup. I ran successful restores on Monday and Wednesday but today's r

Re: TSM 6.2.2 unrecoverable DB backup

2011-09-22 Thread Schneider, Jim
read only before attempting the restore? Richard Cowen -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Schneider, Jim Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:06 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2.2 unrecoverable DB backup Hello

Re: TSM 6.2.2 unrecoverable DB backup

2011-09-23 Thread Schneider, Jim
on are you using? Did the datetime stamp for all 3 files (dbbackup, devconfig, volhist) match up with the source system? Did you snap the replicated side to make it read only before attempting the restore? Richard Cowen -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARI

Re: Backing up EMC SourceOne

2011-09-29 Thread Schneider, Jim
Bill, We have one SourceOne server using a database on a separate server. We run the job sequence using BMC's Control-M scheduler. SourceOne server1) Activity Suspend vbs 2) Native Archive Suspend vbs Database server 3) Database export 4) A

Re: Question about backup log file(s) verbosity

2008-02-11 Thread Schneider, Jim
Kevin, I've created a script to append 'date' output to the log file every 30 minutes to see how long it takes sessions to reconnect to the TSM server. It's not exact but shows a time range during which events occurred. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ma

Re: Archive ESX virtual machines

2008-02-11 Thread Schneider, Jim
Martins, Try changing objects="/vmfs/volumes/vmserv3:storage1/*" to objects="/vmfs/volumes/vmserv3:/storage1/*" (A '/' before 'storage'). Good luck, Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Armando.ML Sent: Monday, February

Re: Expire inventory.

2008-05-19 Thread Schneider, Jim
Dave, Yes. I got this from IBM support. expire inventory beginnode= endnode= To get the node numbers, use the following case-sensitive commands. >From a dsmadmc session: create sqltable Nodes Mynodes select c0,c1 from Mynodes order by c1 drop sqltable Mynodes Cheers, Jim Schneider -Origina

Re: VTL and TSM - Hyper Reclamation ????

2008-06-04 Thread Schneider, Jim
We run ours at 25% except one pool that we reclaim at 5%. Really, 5%. We ran incrementals direct to VTL with 30 servers backing up at one time, each to a separate virtual tape. Pool utilization was about 42% but %Migratable was at 93%. All those virtual 100 GB tapes with 1.2% utilization messed

Re: Expire Inventory

2008-06-17 Thread Schneider, Jim
Expiration is by node number. Numbers are assigned when the node is registered with the TSM server. Using the beginnode and endnode parameters of the expiration command you can perform selective expiration. To get the node numbers use these case-sensitive commands from a dsmadmc session. create

Re: My backup stg completes very late..

2008-07-28 Thread Schneider, Jim
I increased my storage pool backup to maxprocess=2. It cut several hours off of my processing time. Hope it helps, Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hemi Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:27 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM

Re: A Fun test I dide with dsmadmc and iPhone

2008-08-04 Thread Schneider, Jim
I have an ssh client installed on my Blackberry and can run dsmadmc sessions. The font in awfully small but it is workable. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 7:06 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MA

Re: Expiration

2008-08-15 Thread Schneider, Jim
James and Zoltan, To run expiration for one node use the following undocumented parameters: expire inventory beginnode= endnode= To get the node numbers, use the following case-sensitive commands from a dsmadmc session: create sqltable Nodes Mynodes select c0,c1 from Mynodes order by c1 drop sqlt

Re: DB Mirroring - Poll and question

2008-08-20 Thread Schneider, Jim
We need 4-6 hours for 90GB DB, ~100 clients. The servers have LOTS of files. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Green Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:48 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DB Mirroring - Poll a

Re: DB Mirroring - Poll and question

2008-08-20 Thread Schneider, Jim
to the database intensive nature of expiration, that it should always run by itself. Define LOTS? My specs are: 194GB DB 206TB Occupancy 342,194,690 files "Schneider, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 08/20/2008 01:58 PM Please respo

Re: TSM Administrative Tasks

2008-08-22 Thread Schneider, Jim
Monitoring space in VTL pools. Consolidating data on 'filling' tapes to prevent automigration of data, and inaccessibility of VTL pool during the automigration. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis Preston Sent: Thur

Re: Recovery log removed

2008-10-06 Thread Schneider, Jim
Your COMMmethod should be SHAREDMEM instead of SHAREDMEN. Jim -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 8:04 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Recovery log removed dsmserv loadformat .

Re: Where is the missing 38GB?

2008-12-02 Thread Schneider, Jim
I'm waiting for the firestorm of comments following this suggestions. (Sitting back, waiting for fireworks.) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gee, Norman Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:52 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [

Re: Best way to use TSM to move 2Tb of data

2008-12-11 Thread Schneider, Jim
We installed storage agents on two unix servers that have weekly 2TB archives. Each archive takes about 6.5 hours. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Nicholas Rodolfich Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:36 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.

Re: [Fwd: Re: Windows 2003 Clients failing all of sudden after TSM server upgrade]

2009-01-23 Thread Schneider, Jim
The MAXSESSIONS value determines the number of sessions that can run. MAXSCHEDSESSIONS is the percentage of MAXSESSIONS that can run from a schedule. MAXSESSIONS is set in the dsmserv.opt file. The TSM server application will have to be restarted for the changes to take effect. Hope it helps, Ji

Re: TSM admin processes

2009-01-27 Thread Schneider, Jim
We run 'move data' processes on 'filling' tapes to reduce the percent migratable value for our virtual tape pools. This allows us to allocate fewer volumes to the storage pools. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Paul

Re: JR- specify AIX items to archive

2009-01-29 Thread Schneider, Jim
I created Unix code to generate the archive command needed for a full server backup minus nfs mount points. The archive management class is hard coded in the script. It saves me from having to recreate the command when file systems are added/removed. Contact me offline if you want a copy. Cheer

Re: Delete STGPOOL issue

2012-01-17 Thread Schneider, Jim
Harold, Use 'q stg' to see which storage pool has the target pool defined as 'next'. Update the storage pool definition so the target pool is no longer 'next'. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Vandeventer, Harold [

Re: Generate backupset error issue

2012-01-18 Thread Schneider, Jim
Tim, Look at the TOCMGmtclass parameter of the 'generate backupset' command. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Hughes, Timothy Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:06 AM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: [ADSM-L] Gene

Re: Generate backupset error issue

2012-01-18 Thread Schneider, Jim
ry 18, 2012 11:52 AM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Generate backupset error issue Thanks Jim, We won't be using a TOC for these however shouldn't a generate backup command work. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Beha

Re: million files backup

2012-02-02 Thread Schneider, Jim
Jorge, On Unix systems: I've done it in two steps. Create a tar file of the file system and zip it. Create a second file listing all the files in the tarred directory. The tar extract command allows single files to be recalled if the absolute path name is available. I've used this to backup a S

Re: Firewall problem

2012-02-06 Thread Schneider, Jim
I've had to use schedmode polling to get some firewall backups to run. Jim Schneider -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:35 AM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Firewall prob

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