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

2014-11-26 09:56:33
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Backing up Isilons with TSM
From: Zoltan Forray <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:54:15 -0500
As I understand it, from the backups themselves.  They seem to be mounted
OK.

I think he finally got it.  Mentioned something about giving it root access.

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Skylar Thompson <skylar2 AT u.washington DOT 
edu>
wrote:

> 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
> > BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator
> > Virginia Commonwealth University
> > UCC/Office of Technology Services
> > zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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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
>



--
*Zoltan Forray*
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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