[Solved] Problems with TSM 5.3 under Linux

[damogran]

Hi,



i installed the three TSM packages on a RedHat 8 x86 machine



TIVsm-license-5.3.0-0.i386.rpm

TIVsm-server-5.3.0-0.i386.rpm

TIVsm-tsmscsi-5.3.0-0.i386.rpm



with success.



My next step, setting up 1 db-file and 1 log-file, was faultless as well.



[root@almechd02 bin]# ./dsmfmt -m -db dbvol01 50

Allocated space for dbvol01: 55574528 bytes

[root@almechd02 bin]# ./dsmfmt -m -log logvol01 10

Allocated space for logvol01: 13631488 bytes



[root@almechd02 bin]# ls -l | grep '[(log|db)]*01$'

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55574528 Mar 23 13:20 dblog01

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13631488 Mar 23 13:20 logvol01



And now i want to initialize the db's with dsmserv and there i get my fault.



[root@almechd02 bin]# ./dsmserv format 1 logvol01 1 dbvol01



Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux/i386

Version 5, Release 3, Level 0.0



Licensed Materials - Property of IBM



(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2004.

All rights reserved.

U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure

restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation.



ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 05:35:17 on Dec 6 2004.

ANR7801I Subsystem process ID is 1178.

ANR0900I Processing options file /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmserv.opt.

ANR4726I The ICC support module has been loaded.

ANR8556E An error (22, ) occurred during a write operation to disk /opt/tivoli/tsm/s-

erver/bin/logvol01.

Explanation (writev error): Success

ANR9999D lvminst.c(573): ThreadId<0> Error in broadcast physical page write.

ANR9999D lvminst.c(435): ThreadId<0> Error formatting LVM data area pages.



If i try to start the dsmserver now he still says



[root@almechd02 bin]# ./dsmserv



Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux/i386

Version 5, Release 3, Level 0.0



Licensed Materials - Property of IBM



(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2004.

All rights reserved.

U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure

restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation.



ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 05:35:17 on Dec 6 2004.

ANR7801I Subsystem process ID is 1191.

ANR0900I Processing options file /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmserv.opt.

ANR4726I The ICC support module has been loaded.

ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress.

ANR0212E Unable to read disk definition file dsmserv.dsk.



I would realy appreciate if somebody can help me.



thx and greets from germany

nils reimann

 

[damogran]

Nobody got an idea? I really need help with this. I saw that only Suse is supported but i think i has to run on Redhat to!



Best regards

 

[toofarnorth]

The only thing I can think of is, what file system are you using? Depending on the FS, you may need an additional ACL to run things correctly, see below. And, are you sure you've allocated enough space for the db?



We're running TSM on Red Hat eneterprise systems without any problem (it's the Windows ones where we have the problems....)



For more info on what's supported, check:



http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/topic/com.ibm.itsmc.doc/ans5000030.htm#linux86





Hardware requirements



* X86 based PC architecture (Pentium or higher)

* Disk space: see the README file that is shipped on the product

installation media

* Memory: 128 MB

* A minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels is required to

display the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Java GUI

and Web GUI.





Software requirements



The backup-archive client requires the following software to run:



* |Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0

* |SUSE SLES 8 and 9

* |Java JRE 1.4.1, or later

* For GPFS ACL support on Linux86, the Tivoli Storage Manager client

uses libgpfs.so library (which comes in the standard GPFS

package). |For Ext2/Ext3/XFS |ACL support on Linux86, the Tivoli

Storage Manager client uses libacl.so (which comes in |the libacl

package).

* |A Mozilla 1.4 or higher browser



|For EXT2/EXT3/XFS ACL support, you also need the acl-2.0.19-17 |package.



|Attention: To use the Shared Memory Commmethod or LAN-free functions, |the client must meet the Tivoli Storage Manager server or Storage Agent software |requirements.





Linux X86 Server Requirements

<http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/topic/com.ibm.itsml.doc/anrli5302.htm#ToC_18>



The Tivoli Storage Manager server on Linux x86 (IA32 architecture) requires the following hardware and software:



* An i686 symmetric multiprocessor (SMP), or uniprocessor (UP)

* 256 MB of RAM

* 72 MB hard disk space (includes full install, 9 MB recovery log,

17 MB database). Add 6 MB for each additional language support

package.

* Operating system requirements:

o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8/United Linux 1.0 - Service

Pack 3 or higher

o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

* Version 2.2.5-213 or higher of the GNU C libraries installed on

the Tivoli Storage Manager machine.

* Communication Protocol:

o TCP/IP, standard with Linux

o Shared Memory Protocol (with Tivoli Storage Manager V5.3

Linux x86 Client)

* A CD device available for installation or an Internet connection

to obtain the Linux installation packages.





+ More than you ever wanted to know about TSM and what is supported:



http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBM_TSM_Supported_Devices_for_Linux.html

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21107360

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21111628



http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&tc=SSGSG7&uid=swg21053215

 

[damogran]

Oh boi, it works!



The RedHat8 acl package is acl-2.0.11-2! But as you wrote, a version from 2.0.19-17 is required. I read my manuals again but this hint was'nt on the TSM Installation Guide or the README file either.



Thank you toofarnorth for your help!



Best regards

Damogran

 

[damogran]

Ok, i can't belive it, so i read it again!



When you look at the SERVER Installation guide ...



http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/topic/com.ibm.itsml.doc/anrli5317.htm#wq16



... you can't find any software requirenments. But the link you send me was for the client! Anyway it works an i'm happy



But i think it's important that other peoples who had the same problem know about this. If you install the server, look at the client guide too.