ADSM-L

Re: Restore of a NetWare Cluster... what's happening?

2003-07-24 14:19:39
Subject: Re: Restore of a NetWare Cluster... what's happening?
From: Jim Kirkman <jmk AT EMAIL.UNC DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 14:19:12 -0400
David,

I'd like to see an example of this. What do you mean when you say "it
backs up the remote volume to itself"?

Jim

"Marsh, David" wrote:
>
> As long as my server can see the clustered volume, my restore works
> fine. I mention that because I use this as a migration method. In the
> dsm.opt of a clustered volume, I specify a volume on another Novell
> server so that it backs up the remote volume to itself. Then I restore
> to the directory structure on the clustered volume. All in all, my
> backups, restores, and failovers work very well.
>
> With regards,
>
> Dave Marsh
> Scottsdale Healthcare
> Information Services
> 480.675.4395
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Flemming Hougaard [mailto:flhou AT NETVAULTING DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:04 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: SV: Restore of a NetWare Cluster... what's happening?
>
> Hi Dave
>
> Thanks for your input, our setup is quite similarly...
>
> Only difference are:
>
>  - I have followed Jims idea, copying the dsmcad to dsmcadr1 for
> resource 1 and so one!
>  - Furthermore I use the PASSWORDDIR option in my DSM.OPT
>
> Have you restored your cluster without having the trouble I have had...
> or have you been lucky, and by accident avoiding any
> migrations/databasebackups?
>
> Regards
> Flemming
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Marsh, David [mailto:dmarsh AT SHC DOT ORG]
> Sendt: 23. juli 2003 19:53
> Til: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Emne: Re: Restore of a NetWare Cluster... what's happening?
>
> I'm coming into this kind of late, but here is a copy of the
> configuration I use to configure all of my NetWare clusters.
>
> With regards,
>
> Dave Marsh
> Scottsdale Healthcare
> Information Services
> 480.675.4395
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Flemming Hougaard [mailto:flhou AT NETVAULTING DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:46 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Restore of a NetWare Cluster... what's happening?
>
> Hi all
>
> I've been restoring some data on a NetWare Cluster... and I have had
> several problems doing this:
>
> The TSM Server is a 5.1.6.2 on a AIX 4.3.3.
> Client software, NetWare 6, SP3 and TSM Client 5.1.6.0.
>
> Problem:
> Every time I tried to start a restore on the cluster, the following
> happened:
>  - Client went to MediaWait (but no media was mounted)
>  - Client went to Run (still no media mounted)
>  - Client went to Receivewait, and after 600 sec. the server disconnects
> the server:
>
> Logs:
> On server: ANR0481W Session 49492 for node <NODENAME>
> (NetWare)terminated - client did not respond within 300 seconds.
> On Client: ANS1005E TCP/IP read error on socket = 11, errno = 54, reason
> : 'Connection reset by peer'.
>
> The scary thing is, if I made a restore of a filespace from the SYS:
> volume (not backed up as a cluster), then it all worked fine!!
>
> Solution:
> Stop all migration and databasebackups - and all works fine!!! What's
> happening?? is it a designfailure... or is it working as planned? It
> cannot be true you can't make a restore on a NetWare Cluster, and a
> migration and/or a databasebackup at the same time.
>
> I have tried to reproduce the failure... and everytime I start to
> migrate or make a databasebackup - the restore fails!!
>
> What's happening???
>
> Regards
> Flemming

--
Jim Kirkman
AIS - Systems
UNC-Chapel Hill
966-5884