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Re: [ADSM-L] Extend db question

2007-06-13 21:38:43
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Extend db question
From: Paul Dudley <pdudley AT ANL.COM DOT AU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:35:41 +1000
OK - when I run a "q db" the available space in MB is 32,768, the
assigned capacity in MB is 32,768 and the maximum extension in MB is 0.

I assume that this means that I have to run "def dbvol" to create
another database volume file before I can run "extend db"?

Regards
Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf Of David Longo
> Sent: Thursday, 14 June 2007 10:56 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Extend db question
>
> That note in manual means the size of an individual DB Volume,
> not the DB as a whole.  There are more "automatic extensions"
> of disks, filesystems, etc. these days - and more to come.
>
> After you have formatted a DB volume with TSM, you shouldn't monkey
> with it at the OS level.
>
> Extend DB is what you want.  Generally use size of DB volumes.
> As say you have (6) 4 GB dbvols defined, to use one you would
> enter: extend db 4000.  The value is in MB.
>
> This is if you have already use "def dbvol" to create the vol of
course.
>
> David Longo
>
> >>> Paul Dudley <pdudley AT ANL.COM DOT AU> 6/13/2007 7:55 PM >>>
> This morning we received a TSM alert:
>
> The database utilization is too high. Condition (85.1 > 85)
> Recommendation: Consider a database space trigger or increase the size
> of the database.
>
> Going back through my daily TSM reports I have seen that the database
> utilization has increased from 60% to 85% over the past few months.
This
> is to be expected as we are performing more backups than previously.
>
> Is it correct that I should use the extend db command to do this?
>
> The q db command shows that the database is 32 Gb in size. On the
server
> I have 24 Gb of free space so I have room to extend the size of the
> database.
>
> The one thing that confuses me is this statement in the help extend db
> command:
>
> Attention: You cannot change the size of an allocated database volume
> after
> it has been defined to Tivoli Storage Manager. If you do, Tivoli
Storage
> Manager may not initialize correctly and data could be lost.
>
> Can someone clarify this statement for me and confirm that using the
> extend db command is the correct way to do this.
>
> Thanks
> Paul
>
>
>
> Paul Dudley
> ANL IT Operations Dept.
> ANL Container Line
> pdudley AT anl.com DOT au
>
>
>
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