ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrade server from 6.3 to 7.1

2016-01-28 11:47:03
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrade server from 6.3 to 7.1
From: Zoltan Forray <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:44:58 -0500
I don't think it does.  I just checked and I have log files with timestamps
going back to January 12 (the day we restored the server) and I do full DB
backups daily.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Lee, Gary <glee AT bsu DOT edu> wrote:

> Shouldn't have to delete anything.  Backing up the db should do it if
> memory serves.
> Been too long since I did it, and can't find my notes.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Zoltan Forray
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:52 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrade server from 6.3 to 7.1
>
> So, if I read correctly, to reduce my activelogsize, I
>
> 1.  Backup the DB
> 2.  Stop the TSM server
> 3.  DELETE everything in the activelog directory/filesystem (in my case -
> /tsmlog) i.e. rm /tsmlog/*
> 4.  Change ACTIVELOGSIZE to 65536
> 5.  Restart the TSM server
>
> Or is it simpler than that, i.e. just change ACTIVELOGSIZE and restart the
> server.  Unless I missed it, the link/article posted by Erwann (
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677011)  doesn't
> clarify.  It just says "*Decrease the ACTIVELOGSIZE to allow the current
> filesystem to be 20% greater than the ACTIVELOGSIZE specified*" but no link
> says exactly how to do it.
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Nixon, Charles D. (David) <
> cdnixon AT carilionclinic DOT org> wrote:
>
> > This is what we had to do too (shrink logs to 50% before upgrade and then
> > grow after the procedure).  It tried to double logs and then I believe
> that
> > it forgot about the mirrored location because we were out of space.
> >
> >
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> > ________________________________________
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] on behalf of 
> > Lee,
> > Gary [glee AT BSU DOT EDU]
> > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 12:50 PM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrade server from 6.3 to 7.1
> >
> > I never saw it in the docs.
> >
> > What I had to do was disable the server, do a full backup on the db, then
> > once I had verified the logs were empty, reduced log size to less than
> half
> > file system space.
> > Then do the upgrade, and enlarge logs as necessary after upgrade is
> > verified working.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
> > Behalf Of
> > Rainer Tammer
> > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 11:16 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrade server from 6.3 to 7.1
> >
> > Hello,
> > Is this mentioned in the docs?
> >
> > That would be a bit difficult in our setup:
> >
> > Filesystem         GB blocks   Free   %Used  Iused %Iused Mounted on
> > /dev/lvtsmactlog   130.00      1.98   99%    262   1%
> > /tsminst1/tsmactlog  <- active log
> > /dev/lvtsmarchlog  197.00      193.37 2%     25    1%
> > /tsminst1/tsmarchlog <- archive log
> >
> >
> > Bye
> >   Rainer
> >
> > On 25.01.2016 16:51, Lee, Gary wrote:
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > Make sure that you have at least double the size of your active and
> > archive logs as available free space in the respective log directories.
> > > i.e. . if your active log size is 32 gB, insure that your log directory
> > has more than 64 gB free.  Otherwise the database upgrade will fail on
> > install.
> > >
> > > Other than that, it went well, going from 6.3.4 to 7.1.3.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
> > > Behalf
> > Of molin gregory
> > > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 10:30 AM
> > > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Upgrade server from 6.3 to 7.1
> > >
> > > Hello everyone
> > >
> > > I plan to upgrade my server from version 6.3 to version 7.1.
> > > Have you had problems with this procedure?
> > >
> > > Thank you beforehand
> > > Grégory
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