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Thanks for the feedback...the admin heard back from the library vendor today who it sounds like told them essentially the same thing...in addition, they had to power cycle a fiber I/O blade in the...

I work mainly with IBM libraries and am struggling with a Scalar i6000 library with HP LTO4 drives connected to two physical AIX servers running TSM.

The scenario:
Server 1...AIX 5 with TSM...

If you have a relationship with any IBM partner -- or even IBM themselves -- they should be able to give you some good bullets.

I am 10+ year TSM consultant who is looking at Commvault as another...

Try starting it from a DOS window...you should get some good info there...

Any chance of backing them and storing there data in a disk pool (rather than onsite tape)...you could than do client side dedup...

My experience in doing this a number of times has been that I need to be able to do a TSM DB backup on the DR server after I've created the initial instance but before I do the db restore...

This...

When you talk about the AD account you created that runs TSM...assuming you are using the TSM client scheduler/acceptor to automate and run the script at the desired time, is that TSM client...

Moon-buddy is correct...you can't take a TSM DB on Linux/Unix and migrate/upgrade it to WIndows based TSM Server.

Export is the way to go...depending on your retention policies, I'd hold off for a...

Hey GregE,

I just went through building out 3 TSM FB servers and one FB DR Hub server...so I've experienced a lot of the pain you're probably going to come across.

I know - from reading your...

I assume you see this with your scheduled backups...

Can you successfully do a manual backup using the GUI?

If yes, open a DOS window...cd to where the sqlfull.bat file is (the one you call...

Buried in that gem of a tool...Fix Central.

I searched for patches for (I believe) 6.1.4 and found the 6.1.5.2 patch...

Remember -- at least from what I've experienced -- you see more results...

I recently built out three FB servers for a client...in talking with IBM support, all the ".0" versions you download from Fix Central are full versions.

They also strongly suggested applying fixes...

You might consider holding of for 30 days or so before exporting the data to the TSM 6 server. The big advantage in doing this -- depending on your retention settings -- is you may be able to expire...

I just set this up for the first time last week...and am doing storage pool and TSM DB to my DR TSM Server using electronic vaulting.

Here is what I did:
On prod server (source server):
-...

I've found that more often than not, if all the TSM Services were stopped prior to the upgrade start, I can ignore the reboot request and TSM functions as expected.

Sometimes when that doesn't do...

I am working with a small VMWare shop...4 ESX Servers with around 20 total VM "Guests".

They want me to install the TSM for VE on their Vcenter server at is a very powerful Win2k8 server with very...

Each policy domain can have multiple management classes -- though only one is the "Default mgmt class" which all node data is bound to unless otherwise called out in the client config file or client...

In talking to IBM Support...you can download 6.1.3 (where support for 2008r2 is introduced) from IBM Fix Central...and it will be a fully functional/licensed version. You do need appropriate log in...

I've installed TSM 6.3 TIP on an AIX TSM Server...and I've installed TSM 6.3 reporting and monitoring on a Windows 2008 VM...

I can't figure out how/where to tell TIP that the "data source" for...

Looking at your example above:
server-5A is the library manager -- tape traffic cop -- so it is used to put tapes back in to the library.
server-2A is a library client -- it is the owner of the...

Make sure to check the act log after the next label job you run...I'm betting the tape(s) isn't getting labeled correctly but does get checked in. TSM can read the barcode so a fast audit won't...

I think you may have a couple steps mixed up...when ever I set up library manager / library client(s) relationship, I do the following:
1. On library manager...for the library manager TSM instance...

I assume you are talking about TSM Operational Reporting???

If yes...take a look at this link...it steps you through making Operational Reporting functional with TSM 6.X
...

I assume you are talking about TSM 5 Operational Reporting...if so...try this...Right click on report and edit it...unchecking the "custom Summary" section...then run report again.
- If that fixes...

Assuming you are running on Windows OS...

Are you executing the "install_exclusive" file in the driver download package...rather than using the "update driver method" of the "old days".

If you...

To see if ISC is running:

ps -ef | grep ISC

If it is running, you should see a significant amount of text return as a result of the command.

If it is not running, take a look in the...

There is a way to do it...IBM/Tivoli did an online technical presentation recently on how to do this...elegant and easy to configure, it is not. You may be able to find the presentation out on the...

Create a new shortcut on the desktop for the GUI...right click, properties...in target field add:
-optfile=dsm2.opt

(replace dsm2.opt with whatever opt name you have for the additional...

Are you logged in as "tipadmin"...or did you create a new account and log in as that?

The tipadmin account sees everything in TIP. However, when you create a new user for TIP, I believe you need...

Thanks Tony...this will get me much further down the path of creating the script...

I'll post the final iteration once I get it working.

I am looking for a TSM script to do the following:

Give me the results of client schedules for the past five days for clients that have a specific contact name associated with them (entered...

My understanding -- and from all the times I've been bit by this product...

TSM R/M 6.1 only installs on Windows 2003

TSM R/M 6.2 installs on both Windows 2003 and Windows 2008.

You can definitely run TSM R/M 6.X on a VM...my biggest success has come installing it on Windows 2003.

The process I use -- that has worked for me a number of times -- is the following:
1. ...

I'm following the steps from IBM...using 5.5.3 reporting so I think that is OK.

I've tried setting up the "old" TSM 5 reporting tool to collect information from a TSM 6.1.3.3 Server running on AIX. I followed the instructions on line.

I've done this on three different TSM...

There are good instructions on how to do this in either the readme that comes with the driver or the manual that can be downloaded from the same area as the driver.

When connecting a library to TSM on Linux, I've always used the Device drivers downloaded from the IBM site.

The following URL should get you to where you need to go:
...

During installation do a Windows search for *.log and sort them by time...it is a very chatty app and there should be a number of current log files.

I've seen it sit there for quite a while and...

Thanks Jeff...

I am a definite fan of backup sets for longterm data storage.

Unfortunately, this project has one "deal killer" for BackupSets...the need for tape encryption.

I understand...

As I recall, the archive job got the drives and data it was supposed to, but showed failed on the report.

Unfortunately, the admin and his mgr didn't find this acceptable. I kind of...

Thanks GregE...

I tried listing the range of drive letters -- granted about 5 years ago...good news, it archived the drives...bad news, if a node didn't have all the drives listed (which was...

I need to archive a number of Windows servers and the drive letters across these boxes is not consistent.

I'd like to set up one client schedule per domain and have that schedule try to archive...

My company requires me to take the TSM Cert each time a new version comes out and I took the 6.1 test last month. One thing I found different about this one (big surprise)...quite a few questions...

Data moves to the dr pool through a command called backup stgp...in your environment (you wouldn't see a nextstgp relationship that involves the drpool), it would be:

I assume online file is a...

I would bet on collocation being the culprit..

Type Q STGP

Verify collocation settings for your tape pools are what you intended.