Everyone!

There is a way with Windows TSM 6.x servers when activlogsize is full to
bring the server online and do a full backup!

Change the advanced properites of the activelog folder to 'compress files
and folders' and compress it.

After several minutes that will compress enough of those logs to give you
enough space to start your TSM server to then get a full backup in!
You can then cancel the compression, or just let it run to compress
everything, though you may want to decompress again once there are just a
few archive logs.

I wonder if considering leaving activelog directory compressed all the
time would work..... I'll have to do some performance tests to figure that
out.
Matthew Glanville
Eastman Kodak

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 04/08/2010
03:26:37 PM:

> From:
>
> "Prather, Wanda" <wPrather AT ICFI DOT COM>
>
> To:
>
> ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>
> Date:
>
> 04/08/2010 03:27 PM
>
> Subject:
>
> Re: TSM 6.1.3 WIndows no log space how to restart server
>
> Sent by:
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> To prevent it happening again:
>
> -put the workaround in your dsmserv.opt:
>   ALLOWREORGTABLE NO
>
> -On Windows, the physical size of the log can grow significantly larger
> than what you specify with the ACTIVELOGSIZE parm.
> I've learned to keep a dummy 2G file on the drive with the activelog.
> That way if the log goes nuts and eats up all the drive space, I can get
> the server restarted just by removing the file, without having to grow
> the LUN.  (Although I've had no such problem since re-implementing
> ALLOWREORGTABLE NO).
>
> W
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Dave Canan
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:31 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.1.3 WIndows no log space how to restart
> server
>
> See if the following helps. What you need to do is get a db backup done
> so
> that logs are then cleared.
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21394424
>
>
> Dave Canan
> IBM TSM Advanced Technical Support
> TSM Performance
> ddcanan AT us.ibm.com
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Nicholas Rodolfich <
> NRodolfich AT cmaontheweb DOT com> wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> >
> > I have a client with a new TSM 6.1.3 server on Windows 2008. It
> crashed
> > earlier because it is out of log space. How can I bring the sever back
> up.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Nicholas
> >