I haven't done a full start-to-finish recovery yet; I hope to get enough
disk to test the adsm database reload in September or October.
I have done most of the pieces -- rebuild of the CWS, a re-install of
*a* node from the re-built CWS (not the adsm server, but a test node),
installs from the adsm server -- one at a time, when I could stea////get
system time. We're using ADSM to back up several SAP/R3 instances
(oracle) with backint, as well as the AIX incrementals -- and our four
NT servers, with an average of 14 GB each (and a change rate of 1.4 GB
per day -- some *huge* access databases).
Tom Kauffman
Sr. Technical Analyst
NIBCO Inc
>----------
>From: Hilton Tina[SMTP:HiltonT AT IS1.INDY.TCE DOT COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 1997 2:49 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: AIX SP
>
>I did leave that one part out. Our ADSM server's mksysb goes to the CWS.
> That gets backed up to tape with a savevg. We rebuild our CWS from it's
>mksysb, restore the ADSM server image from the savevg tape, then install the
>ADSM server node from the CWS using it's mksysb. We want to set up our ADSM
>server node as the boot/install server for the other nodes, but haven't
>gotten around to it yet. The ADSM database and disk storage pools are on EMC
>Symmetrix dasd. In the case of a node failure, HACMP will fail the dasd
>over to another node and the server (already installed there) will start up
>and take over.
>
>Have you done a full SP recovery yet Tom? If so, I'd like to hear how it
>went.
>
>Tina Hilton
>Thomson Consumer Electronics
> ----------
>From: Kauffman, Tom
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: AIX SP
>Date: Wednesday, August 20, 1997 12:53PM
>
>
>You always need to be able to re-build the adsm server from the CWS in
>this setup. I currently have the CWS set up as the boot/install server
>for the ADSM node, and the ADSM node is the boot/install server for the
>rest of the SP environment (9 nodes, 2 frames - about to become 12
>nodes, 3 frames).
>
>I've also go an nfs mount of a small filesystem on the CWS that is used
>for a copy of the adsm device config and volume history files. The
>theory works like this:
> Use the CWS mksysb and savevg to rebuild a CWS
> Install the ADSM server from the CWS
> Use the device config and volume history to define a new ADSM
>database
> Restore the ADSM database from the DBbackup
> Use ADSM to restore the other node mksysb images
> boot/install/restore . . .
>
>And, in the event it's only a 'minor' disaster, my ADSM database is on
>external ssa drives that can be hung on any of the nodes.
>
>Tom Kauffman
>Sr. Technical Advisor
>NIBCO, Inc
>
>>----------
>>From: Hilton Tina[SMTP:HiltonT AT IS1.INDY.TCE DOT COM]
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 1997 11:24 AM
>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>Subject: Re: AIX SP
>>
>>Rafael,
>>
>>We have ADSM on one node of our SP. Currently, we only use ADSM for the SP
>>nodes but plan to add other RS6000s and HPs that we have. We have all our
>>traffic going over the switch, since that's supposed to get the highest
>>performance. We also have a client on the server node to back up the files
>>there too. Make sure that the dsm.sys for that node is setup to use
>>loopback (local host) rather than the network.
>>
>>We also use ADSM to back up the mksysb images. When the mksysb gets run on
>>each node, the output is piped to a file system on the server node, then
>>that file is archived. If we ever need to restore that node from the
>mksysb
>>image, we'll restore the proper mksysb to the control workstation and then
>>use nim to restore the node from that image. Of course, all that was set
>up
>>as recommended by the IBM consultants we had in at the time.
> Unfortunately,
>>we didn't get the chance to test it before the nodes became production.
>> We're hoping to test it soon with a new node we just got in so we'll feel
>>more comfortable about it in case we have a real failure.
>>
>>If you have any other questions, let me know.
>>
>>Tina Hilton
>>Thomson Consumer Electronics
>>hiltont AT indy.tce DOT com
>> ----------
>>From: Rafael Goldschmidt
>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>Subject: AIX SP
>>Date: Wednesday, August 20, 1997 11:52AM
>>
>>
>>Hi ADSMers!
>>Has anyone experience or knowledge in installing ADSM in an AIX SP
>>machine? I have to install ADSM in an AIX SP with 5 nodes. I
>>understand that one of the 5 nodes would be the server, and the other 4
>>would be the backup clients. Is this correct? Any kind of help would be
>>appreciated!
>>Thank you.
>>
>>
>>Rafael J. Goldschmidt
>>Buenos Aires, Argentina
>>Telefonos / Phones: (54-1) 553 9909 / 421 4782
>>rafagold AT cano.com DOT ar
>>
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