Hi Joni
How did your disaster recovery drill go?
Maybe you are recovering(getting rest)for couple of days.
Sung Y. Lee
----- Forwarded by Sung Y Lee/Austin/IBM on 03/10/2005 01:05 PM -----
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 03/08/2005
03:35:13 PM:
> Let us know how everything works out!
>
> I get to re-confirm my process next week.
>
> Tom Kauffman
> NIBCO, Inc
>
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> Joni Moyer
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:31 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: disaster recovery drill: emergency!!!
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Thanks very much! I'm going to try it tomorrow morning at disaster
> recovery. : )
>
> ********************************
> Joni Moyer
> Highmark
> Storage Systems
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> Fax:(717)302-5974
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> All I can say is -- this works. TSM 5.1.6.3, actual library is a 3584
> with 10 drives (becomes a 3584 with 6 drives at our hot-site, per
> contract) We've run this config for three successful recoveries. (And we
> may not even need the path definition for the library, but it doesn't
> seem to hurt).
>
> Tom Kauffman
> NIBCO, Inc
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> Joni Moyer
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 5:21 PM
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> Hi Tom,
>
> I'm just wondering how you have a manual library and then have a path
> with
> desttype=library instead of desttype=drive? And also, can I just update
> my
> lto2_offsite device class to point to my drlib manual library definition
> since that is what will be asking for the tape mounts? Thanks again!
>
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> Highmark
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> Your 'define drive' commands need to reference the library they're in;
> FWIW, here's mine:
>
> DEFINE DEVCLASS NIBLTO DEVTYPE=LTO FORMAT=DRIVE MOUNTLIMIT=DRIVES
> MOUNTWAIT=60 MOUNTRETENTION=60 PREFIX=ADSM LIBRARY=ALEX
> SET SERVERNAME ADSM
> DEFINE LIBRARY ALEX LIBTYPE=MANUAL
> DEFINE DRIVE ALEX DRIVE_01 ONLINE=Yes
> DEFINE PATH ADSM ALEX SRCTYPE=SERVER DESTTYPE=LIBRARY ONLINE=YES
> DEFINE PATH ADSM DRIVE_01 SRCTYPE=SERVER DESTTYPE=DRIVE LIBRARY=ALEX
> DEVICE=/dev/rmtX ONLINE=YES
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> And the 'define path' for the drive is all one line. I've actually got
> this set up as my D/R device config file that I load from floppy just
> before the database restore. Saves editing on-site.
>
> Tom Kauffman
> NIBCO, Inc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of
> Joni Moyer
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 4:53 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: disaster recovery drill: emergency!!!
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> Hi Tom,
>
> Gotcha! So I guess my devconfig file could look like this. And then
> when
> it's up and it has restored the TSM server it will have the identical
> definitions as I have at home and then I will just define more manual
> drives, the paths to the drives and move from there? If I leave the
> other
> definitions there after the TSM DB restore, will conflicts occur? Thank
> you again!
>
> DEFINE DEVCLASS DR_LTO2 DEVTYPE=LTO FORMAT=ULTRIUM2C
> ESTCAPACITY=209715200K MOUNTLIMIT=DRIVES MOUNTWAIT=60
> MOUNTRETENTION=5 PREFIX=ADSM LIBRARY=DRLIB
> DEFINE DEVCLASS NASDEV DEVTYPE=NAS FORMAT=DRIVE
> ESTCAPACITY=209715200K MOUNTLIMIT=DRIVES MOUNTWAIT=180
> MOUNTRETENTION=0 PREFIX=ADSM LIBRARY=DRLIB
> SET SERVERNAME TSMPROD
> SET SERVERPASSWORD 1829fecd5fecda74
> DEFINE LIBRARY DRLIB LIBTYPE=MANUAL
> DEFINE DRIVE LTO1
> DEFINE DRIVE LTO6
> DEFINE PATH TSMPROD LTO1 SRCTYPE=SERVER DESTTYPE=DRIVE
> LIBRARY=DRLIB
> DEVICE=/DEV/RMT#
> DEFINE PATH NAS_SERVER_2 LTO6 SRCTYPE=DATAMOVER DESTTYPE=DRIVE
> LIBRARY=DRLIB DEVICE=C64T0LO
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> Highmark
> Storage Systems
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> Fax:(717)302-5974
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> Would you believe -- both?
>
> Until the TSM database is restored and TSM started, you live off the
> device config file; after the restore, you live off the definition in
> the TSM database.
>
> So -- change the device config file -- I usually go with a one-drive
> manual library, as that's all I need to get the database restore
> running. Once the database is restored, start TSM and make any changes
> required to drives/paths/libraries. I've found it simpler to just delete
> everything and then re-define to match the D/R environment.
>
> Tom Kauffman
> NIBCO, Inc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of
> Joni Moyer
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 4:14 PM
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> Subject: disaster recovery drill: emergency!!!
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> Hey All!
>
> I'm going to do a DR pre-test to see what I need to do concerning the
> devconfig file. I currently have an External and ACSLS library
> configured
> with LTO2 tape drives, the device classes, paths, etc. When I go to DR
> I
> will have just the drives attached to the server. My question is:
> before
> I issue the dsmserv restore command to restore the TSM server from a
> dbbackup, do I want to delete all references to the home TSM
> configuration
> and add the manual library, device class and paths or do I do
> delete/update/add the configuration changes to the server after? I
> have
> everything planned out using my DRM plan, but this is the only portion
> of
> the plan that I am unsure of the order of operations. Thank you in
> advance!
>
> ********************************
> Joni Moyer
> Highmark
> Storage Systems
> Work:(717)302-6603
> Fax:(717)302-5974
> joni.moyer AT highmark DOT com
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