Thanks, David.
As it turns out, a Sysback developer saw my original note, and sent me
an email -- wow!! how did I rate that!?
Anyway, he had me upgrade to a newer version, and after talking to him
some more about my setup, I realized I didn't have all the required
software installed into the appropriate places, and we corrected that,
as well. One thing he was concerned about was the fact that the
Installation Options menu had no options at all, when it should have at
least had a CD and a network entry, even though I didn't have all of the
required software components installed in the right places.
Further attempts still failed. As we continued to look at the issues,
both of us very perplexed, I noticed something that I had not realized
was happening... I was receiving several errors about "no space" when
the SBR Installation and Maintenance menu was loading (it happened so
fast, I couldn't really tell what was going on until I scrolled up).
Then, he had me check the size of the ramfs, and it was waaay to small.
He ended up walking me through some modifications of a couple of scripts
to increase the size of the ramfs, and then we rebuilt the boot image.
This time it worked, and I have been successful restoring the backup
image I created.
He will be looking into the ramfs issue, and I am back to testing this
product out.
Thanks for the note,
Todd
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
David E Ehresman
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 2:54 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for System Backup and Recovery restore issues
If you're still having problems, you might call tivoli. There was a min
level of sysback that I needed for aix 5.2 and I think it might have
been 5.6.6 but I'm not sure.
>>> Todd_Lundstedt AT VIA-CHRISTI DOT ORG 09/07/05 5:53 PM >>>
Server
TSM 5.2.2.5 running on AIX 5.2
NIM master
TSM4SBR 5.6.5.0
Client
AIX 5.2
TSM Client 5.2.2.14 (or whatever is fairly recent in the 5.2.2.x range)
TSM4SBR 5.6.5.0
I have been successful creating the TSM4SBR System Image backup of the
"Client" to the virtual TSM device, and verified that the backups exist
as a /TSM4SBR filespace in the "Server's" storage pools.
I have installed TSM4SBR into the NIM SPOT assigned to this Client,
rebuilt the Network Boot Image, and reallocated the SPOT and
LPP_Resource to the Client via the NIM Master's SMIT panels.
I have been successful booting the client from the network, pointing the
client to the NIM Master's IP address as a bootp server. I have
received the TSM for System Backup and Recovery Installation and
Maintenance screen after boot. The "Installation Device" is "[not
set]". When I use the menu option to "Change Installation Device", I
receive the next panel that is mostly blank, and indicates "There are no
tape drives or network devices available to install from." (bad grammar,
IBM). Examples of this panel in the manual indicate there might be CD,
Tape, and a "tsmdev" device listed. Nothing is listed.
What am I missing? Where do I set or define the "installation devices"
available to a boot image. I assume I will have to rebuild the boot
image once I make that definition.
Using the NIM Master's smit panels, I have tried entering network
identifiers (ent1, etc) into the "Software Install Device" field of
different "Install Client Defaults" panels, but that has not helped.
Any help would be appreciated. If you think you could help better via a
phone call, I can place that call. Email me directly with your phone
number.
Thanks in advance,
Todd Lundstedt
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
Wichita KS
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