ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Backing up Isilons with TSM

2014-11-26 09:50:33
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Backing up Isilons with TSM
From: Skylar Thompson <skylar2 AT U.WASHINGTON DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 06:49:15 -0800
Are you getting "access denied" when you try to mount the filesystem
(NFS/RPC error) or when you try to read from an already-mounted filesystem
(ENOPERM)?

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:34:55AM -0500, Zoltan Forray wrote:
> Skylar,
>
> Can you give us details on how you setup the Isilon to give a TSM node
> authority to back up the individual mount points?  My SAN/Isilon guy has
> tried setting up a standard TSM node but all attempts at backing up mounted
> filesystems blocks him with "access denied" errors.  We are very new to
> Isilon so any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Feel free to email me directly if you want to take this discussion
> offline/off-list.
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Skylar Thompson <skylar2 AT u.washington 
> DOT edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Zoltan,
> >
> > We backup two large Isilon clusters (one 715TB, the other 2PB) using TSM.
> > We looked at NDMP at ran away quickly due to the full backup requirement.
> > Instead, we worked with the data owners to setup a data organization scheme
> > before hand, then back up individual directories as filespaces using TSM
> > NFS clients connected over 10GbE. Currently we have five of these clients,
> > and have accomodated bursts of as much as 50TB of changed/new data in a day
> > using them. The only nemesis we have are folks who create lots of tiny
> > files; fortunately, though, over time these incidents have gotten less
> > frequent due to education and improvements in genomic tools.
> >
> > We've been asking for Isilon to make a native TSM client since before they
> > were bought by EMC, and unfortunately they're just not intererested. Now
> > that EMC owns them, I think the possibility of a native client is even more
> > remote.
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:00:28AM -0500, Zoltan Forray wrote:
> > > Anyone have experience backing up an EMC Isilon and can share
> > war-stories,
> > > methods, etc?
> >
> > --
> > -- Skylar Thompson (skylar2 AT u.washington DOT edu)
> > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
> > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
> > -- University of Washington School of Medicine
> >
>
>
>
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
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> Virginia Commonwealth University
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--
-- Skylar Thompson (skylar2 AT u.washington DOT edu)
-- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
-- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
-- University of Washington School of Medicine