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Re: TSM Scheduler shows backups completed successfully dsmerror. log shows backups failed ?

2002-12-30 10:57:49
Subject: Re: TSM Scheduler shows backups completed successfully dsmerror. log shows backups failed ?
From: "Nelson, Doug" <DNelson AT CHITTENDEN DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:56:19 -0500
We have a script that runs as part of our morning report that shows file
spaces that have not been backed up in the last 24 hrs. It has been very
successful in catching the ones that say "completed" but didn't really do
it.

select node_name,filespace_name,backup_end from -
 filespaces where 1 < -
 days(current_timestamp) - days(backup_end) or -
 backup_end is null


Douglas C. Nelson
Distributed Computing Consultant
Alltel Information Services
Chittenden Data Center
2 Burlington Square
Burlington, Vt. 05401
802-660-2336



-----Original Message-----
From: Kathleen Hallahan [mailto:Kathleen_Hallahan AT FREDDIEMAC DOT COM]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:36 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: TSM Scheduler shows backups completed successfully
dsmerror.log shows backups failed ?


This is an issue we have raised with Tivoli ourselves recently, even
requesting--and being turned down for-- a Design Change Request.  Their
recommendation was to check the dsmsched.logs on the clients.  This is
impossible for us and presumably for anyone in a large envorinment; we have
over 800 clients and I know there are organizations out there with many
more.  As it is, we've had to write an AIX script to catch the ones that
report as "In Progress," considering that they are rarely, if ever,
actually in progress at that time.  I have no idea how to chase down the
ones reporting as "Completed" when in fact they have not, on a daily basis
across our entire environment.  If anyone has any workable solutions I'd be
very interested in hearing them; I'm at a bit of a loss myself.





                    Mark Stapleton
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On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 14:07, shekhar Dhotre wrote:
>  q eve * * shows all backups are completing successfully but  clients
> dsmerror.log  file shows  schedule command failed ,How I can verify that
> these backups are completing successfully other than restore test?
>
> 26-12-2002 20:45:08 ANS1909E The scheduled command failed.
> 26-12-2002 20:45:08 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'EMEAPROD_HOT_DAILY' failed.

Remember that the *schedule* itself completed successfully. You're far
better off looking for the message numbers that appear in the summaries
that appear in the server activity log at the end of a successsful
backup. (I'm not within reach of a TSM server tonight, so I can't look
them ATM.)

This is a much better indicator of successful backups than the event
list.

--
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)