TSM on BartPE with Client 6

[TonyS]

Hello all,

I am trying to create a BartPE CD with the TSM 6 client, to restore
images created using online bacup with VSS.

Creation of the BartPE CD goes well, I use the IBM document

"Tivoli Storage Manager Recovery Techniques Using Windows
Pre-Installation Enviroment (WindowsPE)"

Everything up to starting dsm.exe goes well, the splash screen starts
and then;

It seems the dsmagent is a Windows service. Does anyone else have
a bootable CD with the TSM client on it and network support?

Thanks.

Tony.

 

[Efim]

Did you run cmd file (as I remember dsmpe.cmd) for set experiment for dsmc before run it?
Efim

 

[TonyS]

Did you run cmd file (as I remember dsmpe.cmd) for set experiment for dsmc before run it?
Efim

Yes I did. But as the client uses an agent that runs as a service,
will that be the problem?

 

[Efim]

Can you show dsm.opt ?
Efim

 

[TonyS]

Can you show dsm.opt ?
Efim

tcpserveraddr "our IP"
tcpport 1500
nodename "ournodename"
passwordaccess prompt
*tnxbytelimit 25600
tcpnodelay yes
tcpbuffsize 32
tcpwindowsize 63

errorlogname a:\dsmerror.log
encryptiontype DES56

 

[Efim]

try to add ASRMODE YES
it will prevent to run VSS services.
Efim

 

[TonyS]

try to add ASRMODE YES
it will prevent to run VSS services.
Efim

On older client: 5.4.x:

It doesnt seem to like that.

The 6.1 version still just crashes..

You dont happen to have an image with a working 6.1 client on a bootable CD?
Even if I get the older working (dsmc worked but a query image gave me that its
backupped with a newer version of TSM) it wont be usefull..

Thanks.

 

[Efim]

I did it several years ago without problem. But I'm never try to run TSM GUI instead of command line. I don't have image now.

It's my fault. Use option -asrmode=yes but only if you use Windows 2003 code for create bart PE. It's discribed in TFG_Using_TSM_with_WinPE_rev7.pdf.

Also you can check what java is used. TSM must use java from TSM folder. Try this line:
<path to distrib>\program files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\jvm60\jre\bin\java.exe -jar dsm.jar

Efim

 

[Harry_Redl]

Hi,

I have created a HOWTO for building BartPE CD based on WindowsXP SP3 and TSM 6.2.x client
http://adsm.org/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=154
Suggestions welcome

Harry