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I have 6.3.3.0 and it works.

I presume you have loaded the necessary IBM drivers, correct?

What happens if you just issue 'perform libaction' - any error messages (well, aside from the one you...

You need to mark the damaged tape as 'destroyed' then follow the process described on the the link.

The link you sent is a general recovery procedure and is applicable for all storage types.

As for tape replacement, tapes cost have gone down over the years and replacing a $150 tape is well worth...

As a Security Professional, I don't agree with this type of policies. A DO policy can be put in place for this type of access.

This argument aside, I don't think there is a way for certificates...

This command is an all-in-one command to define or delete a library's tape drives. Quite a feat from the old individual commands that is used to define the tape drives.

This is not strictly for...

What is the exact 5.5 version are you running?

During your DR test, would you be backing up production data?

If this so, how many nodes and how big do you expect the backups to be? Also, during DR, would you be loading all backup data into a...

I would not go the route of 5.5 to 6.3.2 then 6.3.3. I would update 5.5 to the latest (if you are not on it yet) then go to 6.3.3 directly.

Why would you need a certificate?

This is not a commercial application that the public needs to access. Just put this website on your trusted list.

I would think that somewhere along the line, the process is broken.

I, too, had this experience years back and corrected it by strictly checking DRM tape status through scripts. In my case, the...

If DRM is working properly, and you are using 'move drm' to checkout the data and DB backup tapes, then you should not see a tape of last use as DBBackup AFTER the DB Expire days setting has lapsed....

Quick question:

When you backup your TSM DB to tape, do you eject the DB backup tapes for offsite storage?

DRM will not work correctly if you don't move these tapes out of the library for...

Then assign resources.

If the service drops due to long running times, increase the time out period.

If the service drops because the System Administrator stops it, tie his/her hands to prevent the cancellation of the...

You said the volumes and storage pools are not physically there.

But they are still defined in the TSM server.

Delete the volumes and storage pools.

Warning: any search against the CONTENT table is a long running process. Use the select command below at your own risk! This is for TSM 6.x

select volume_name from content where...

Windows or Unix?

Generally this is a 'write your own' process.

Yes you can - I don't use active log mirroring now since I have my LOGS in a RAID 5 environment on Linux. This is one other option you can use.

Did you setup the TSM services for:

- Client acceptor
- Remote client agent
- Scheduler (to run scheduled backup jobs)

If the schedule mode is prompted, the TSM clock is followed. So if the TSM server sends the 'proceed to backup' command, the node starts the backup regardless of its local clock setting.

In...

Not sure if two storage agent instances work well. I have not done this before. However, there isn't any document saying otherwise.

You can try but this is strictly at your risk basis:

- setup...

If I were to use a Wintel server, I would use this setup but depends on how big the database is:

Three RAID cards:

RAID card 1: for OS with RAID 1 disks, 2 disks total
RAID card 2: for Active...

Let me ask you this:

Without RMAN backup, how would you recover the Oracle DB? You cannot backup a running databases with the BA client unless the databases is stopped, dump the DB to a flat file,...

Are you running the backup manually to test that all is well?

If this manual run completes without any error, then your issue is how you have setup the scheduler portion of TSM.

You can use smitty to look at the installed version details.

My simple solution to this: disable any firewall rule that has to do with the IP addresses of both servers (but you may try entering port 1500 as I don't see it on your list). Thus, the would be an...

Yes. Technically you're on the same version and release but on just a different fix level.

There should be no problem. I have systems that are on 6.3.3 and the library manager is at 6.1.5.104 and...

If you are using TSM EE and DRM is set, the DB backups are expired by 'SET DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS' command. See help 'SET DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS'

If DRM is not in use, use 'DEL VOLHIST...

By automatic cleanups, I mean scripted RMAN task that is triggered by retention policies. Cleanup is not done on all databases at the same time.

How big are the databases in question?

I had a TSM 5.5.6 environment with about 5T of Oracle backup and no way does the cleanup take this long.

On another thought, why is the built-in RMAN...

Nope - VSS errors are node-bound and can only be viewed at the node level.

This is why a TSM admin needs to delegate this task to system admins especially if the environment is medium to large in...

If I have a similar setup, I would also do it this way.

My only concern is running TSM on Virtual machines - I just hope the load will not get bigger which will affect performance for the other...

Unfortunately, there is NO cut-and-paste type document for the whole nine yards.

However, TSM always has the basic topology:

- TSM server - the physical box
- Library (whether virtual or...

You may want to read this.

Place the files on the directory that the instance is running from.

In the old TSM version, it is placed at server. Not so with 6.x

Retention: the longer you retain files, the more you use disk space.

Don't expect big compression ratios with database type files. 3.4X is good.

CLI or at the DOS prompt? Restoring TSM is done with the TSM server stopped. Thus, you should be at the DOS prompt in c:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\server

Put the volhist and other files in the...

A node can schedule a backup of itself without a related TSM schedule. Look a Windows schedule or AT job.

This seems to be coming from a DB2 node that has a backup schedule searching for the storage pool 'TAPEPOOL'.

Look for a backup that has been scheduled locally at the node level.

You can fix the library if you have the Technical manual. The challenge is to find and acquire the manuals.

Time to call IBM service - this is an electrical/mechanical issue. I have seen this before. Don't attempt fixing this yourself.

If you do NDMP backup with the TOC=yes option, the backup is an image backup. On restore, it has the restore the entire image before you can restore a specific file.

With TOC=yes, you can restore...

I don't exactly know what is going on here but in my opinion, you should not use TSM for VE on Guest VM's running Oracle.

I also question, again my two cents, why even run Oracle on Guest VMs and...

What does 'q stgp LTOPOOL1 f=d' give you?

What is the value of Collocate? It should be set to No.

TSM BA 6.3 and TSM for VE 6.3.x (and above) should work with Win 2003.