Re: [ADSM-L] Celerra NDMP backup failure

How many  volumes are setting on the stgpool, I can´t see any error on log.

Regards



2014-06-23 15:24 GMT-05:00 Huebner, Andy <andy.huebner AT novartis DOT com>:

> After years (at least 5) of working with no issues our Celerra NDMP
> backups suddenly started failing.  No known changes at the time the problem
> started.
>
> IBM says the Celerra is reporting a media error.  EMC says the Celerra is
> timing out.
>
> TSM on AIX, 6.2.3.0
> NDMP backups are LANFree.
>
> Original config:
> Celerra to NDMP pool of format "EMC Celerra Dump"  Last change to the pool
> was 2 years ago.
> Device class, type NAS.  Target tape drives 3592-E05.
>
> Current config: (EMC wanted to try a DD target)
> The target device is now an LTO-1 in a DD990.
>
> A week after the backups started failing we upgraded the code on the SAN
> switches, a pre-planned changed.
>
> The week after that the Celerra code was upgraded, a pre-planned change.
>
> The only backups that complete run under 120 minutes.  We cannot find any
> setting that would control this.
>
> The backups that fail, fail in about 60-120 minutes.
>
> We have tried and looked at many things, but obviously the switch to make
> this work is still off and hidden.
>
> Any suggestions on where to look will be appreciated.
>
>
> tsm: TSMSERVER>q act s=15139 begint=11:30
>
> Date/Time            Message
> --------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 06/23/2014 13:19:42  ANR0984I Process 15139 for BACKUP NAS (FULL) started
> in
>                       the BACKGROUND at 13:19:42. (SESSION: 52993, PROCESS:
>                       15139)
> 06/23/2014 13:19:42  ANR1063I Full backup of NAS node NASNODE1, file system
>                       /root_vdm_4/NAS01_1, started as process 15139 by
>                       administrator ADMIN. (SESSION: 52993, PROCESS: 15139)
> 06/23/2014 13:19:42  ANR8337I NAS volume DD0008 mounted in drive
> TSMSERVER_N_501
>                       (c80t0l0). (SESSION: 52993, PROCESS: 15139)
> 06/23/2014 13:19:42  ANR1340I Scratch volume DD0008 is now defined in
> storage
>                       pool NAS_V_TAPE_02. (SESSION: 52993, PROCESS: 15139)
> 06/23/2014 13:19:42  ANR0513I Process 15139 opened output volume DD0008.
>                       (SESSION: 52993, PROCESS: 15139)
> 06/23/2014 14:17:44  ANR0515I Process 15139 closed volume DD0008. (SESSION:
>                       52993, PROCESS: 15139)
> 06/23/2014 14:17:44  ANR8336I Verifying label of NAS volume DD0008 in drive
>                       TSMSERVER_N_501 (c80t0l0). (SESSION: 52993, PROCESS:
> 15139)
> 06/23/2014 14:17:45  ANR8468I NAS volume DD0008 dismounted from drive
>                       TSMSERVER_N_501 (c80t0l0) in library
> VLIBTSMSERVER_N. (SESSION:
>                       52993, PROCESS: 15139)
> 06/23/2014 14:17:45  ANR1104E NAS Backup process 15139 terminated - NDMP
>                       session errors encountered. (SESSION: 52993, PROCESS:
>                       15139)
> 06/23/2014 14:17:45  ANR0988I Process 15139 for BACKUP NAS (FULL) running
> in
>                       the BACKGROUND processed 140,172,591,104 bytes with a
>                       completion state of FAILURE at 14:17:45. (SESSION:
> 52993,
>                       PROCESS: 15139)
> 06/23/2014 14:17:45  ANR1893E Process 15139 for BACKUP NAS (FULL)
>  completed
>                       with a completion state of FAILURE. (SESSION: 52993,
>                       PROCESS: 15139)
>
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> Andy Huebner
>