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Re: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box

2015-01-23 13:08:41
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box
From: Remco Post <r.post AT PLCS DOT NL>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 19:04:35 +0100
> Op 23 jan. 2015, om 18:54 heeft Erwann SIMON <erwann.simon AT FREE DOT FR> 
> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> It won't change anything since /etc/inittab is not processesed anymore (on 
> RHEL 6+ witch used upstart). See links to Red Hat documentation I provided 
> earlier or man 5 inittab.

and then there is systemd… yet another solution and more likely part of the 
next OS/distro release.

> 
> I can send you a sample init script (to be placed in /etc/init/) if you want 
> to start dsmc sched.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> Erwann SIMON
> 
> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Jeanne Bruno" <JBruno AT CENHUD DOT COM>
> À: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Envoyé: Vendredi 23 Janvier 2015 18:31:14
> Objet: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box
> 
> Hello.  Well, after checking the steps for Traditional method on page 235, 
> the difference we had was on the entry in the inittab file.
> 
> 
> 
> Book:
> 
> tsmsched::once:/usr/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1 # TSM scheduler
> 
> 
> 
> Ours:
> 
> "item::once:/usr/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1 # TSM scheduler"
> 
> 
> 
> 1.        Are the quotes assumed?
> 
> 2.       Any difference by using the word ‘item’?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Prather, Wanda
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:24 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box
> 
> 
> 
> On Linux I always just set it up with dsmcad; all my customers run dsmcad 
> anyway because so few of them have XWindows environments, and so they use the 
> dsmcad webclient for GUI access.
> 
> 
> 
> On Windows I still tend to use the old scheduler-only mode, as most of my 
> customers had rather just RDP into the server because it's faster and you 
> don’t get hung up with java issues on Windows with the browser.
> 
> 
> 
> So I guess that's a way of saying I do whichever the customer prefers!
> 
> 
> 
> Wanda
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Erwann SIMON
> 
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:17 AM
> 
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU<mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box
> 
> 
> 
> I'm used to associate the scheduler with the dsmcad. Which mode do you prefer 
> ?
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> 
> Erwann SIMON
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Mail original -----
> 
> De: "Wanda Prather" <Wanda.Prather AT ICFI DOT COM<mailto:Wanda.Prather AT 
> ICFI DOT COM>>
> 
> À: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU<mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Envoyé: Jeudi 22 Janvier 2015 17:11:48
> 
> Objet: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box
> 
> 
> 
> Missed that point!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Erwann SIMON
> 
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:57 AM
> 
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU<mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box
> 
> 
> 
> Hello Wanda,
> 
> 
> 
> Please note that Jeanne seems to use the TSM Scheduler in the "traditional 
> autonomous" mode, not in "CAD managed" mode.
> 
> The script provided with the client package begining with TSM 6.3 only allows 
> to start the dsmcad, and not "dsmc sched".
> 
> 
> 
> A news script must be written, or the managedservices option must be change 
> to include schedule also.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> 
> Erwann SIMON
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Mail original -----
> 
> De: "Wanda Prather" <Wanda.Prather AT ICFI DOT COM<mailto:Wanda.Prather AT 
> ICFI DOT COM>>
> 
> À: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU<mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Envoyé: Jeudi 22 Janvier 2015 16:05:06
> 
> Objet: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box
> 
> 
> 
> It's not the redhat book, it's just the TSM client  book for Unix.  I'll mail 
> you a copy directly.
> 
> And those are all the instructions!
> 
> 
> 
> The client install *should* have created everything you need.
> 
> 
> 
> Once you have set up the dsm.sys so that you can successfully run dsmc i, try 
> doing this (as root):
> 
> 
> 
> chkconfig  --add dsmcad  (that's a space and 2 hyphens) service dsmcad start
> 
> 
> 
> Then do:  ps -ef | grep dsm
> 
> 
> 
> You should see the dsmcad daemon running, and it should restart after a 
> reboot.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Wanda Prather
> 
> TSM Consultant
> 
> ICF International Enterprise and Cybersecurity Systems Division
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Jeanne Bruno
> 
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 8:29 AM
> 
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU<mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks.  We are only at v 6.4.1 for linux right now.
> 
> But I will find the redhat book for 6.4.1 and see there in instructions for 
> the auto startup.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Prather, Wanda
> 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 5:53 PM
> 
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU<mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box
> 
> 
> 
> Dunno what version of the client you are installing, or what version of Linux?
> 
> But the client manual says how to do it on Linux now if it's relatively 
> recent.
> 
> 
> 
> All I do on Redhat is follow these instructions from the book below.
> 
> I do the :"hkconfig --add dsmcad" (those are 2 hyphens), then "service dsmcad 
> start".
> 
> 
> 
> << snip from 7.1.1 book >>
> 
> On Linux clients, the installation program creates a startup script for the 
> client acceptor daemon (dsmcad) in /etc/init.d. The client acceptor daemon 
> (dsmcad) must be started before it can manage scheduler tasks, or manage the 
> web client. As root, use the following command to start, stop, or restart the 
> daemon, or check its status:
> 
> service dsmcad start
> 
>                stop
> 
>                restart
> 
>                status
> 
> To enable the Client Acceptor Daemon to start automatically after a system 
> restart, add the service as follows, at a shell prompt:
> 
> # chkconfig --add dsmcad
> 
> <<snip>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Wanda Prather
> 
> TSM Consultant
> 
> ICF International Enterprise and Cybersecurity Systems Division
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Jeanne Bruno
> 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:30 AM
> 
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU<mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM on Linux Box
> 
> 
> 
> Hello.  On a windows box, when installing TSM, there's the option towards the 
> end of the client install to choose whether you want the TSM server to start 
> up automatically when the client server (node) has been restarted.
> 
> How do I do this on a linux box?  I thought if I put:
> 
> "item::once: /usr/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1 # TSM scheduler"
> 
> in the etc/inittab file, this was the auto startup.
> 
> 
> 
> But this does not auto start the 'dsmc schedule', because the node missed the 
> backup and I have to manually do the 'nohup' command.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm not seeing anything on the GUI and I don't know if I need anything 
> additional in the .opt or .sys file.
> 
> I have 'managedservices  webclient' currently in the .sys file.
> 
> 
> 
> In this link:  
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__kb.mit.edu_confluence_display_istcontrib_TSM-2B6-2Bfor-2BLinux-2B-2D-2BInstall-2C-2BConfigure-2C-2BSet-2BUp-2C-2Band-2BConfirm-2Bthe-2BScheduler&d=AwIFAg&c=BY0WRPt8vrhqs_gNwjcMsqT0O3k78MJMGj95ah0eDEA&r=7l_gtgCLb17w6YLNyl5xk2NLH8XcWIQUFrWhANDp1mE&m=7jle81k8NcMseFKXenq1iad-MMDOzObZDCjFHcc1Zcs&s=Hew1At-2H4Pku2TnCueQs4CRN9mx8L6HhAquwJirGu8&e=
> 
> It mentions that using the /etc/inittabl to autostart doesn't seem to work 
> any more and it suggests to create a /etc/init/dsm-sched.conf file with some 
> start,stop,respawn and exec options.
> 
> 
> 
> Any thoughts, knowledge, comments will be appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> ____________________
> 
> Jeannie Bruno
> 
> Senior Systems Analyst
> 
> jbruno AT cenhud DOT com<mailto:jbruno AT cenhud DOT com<mailto:jbruno AT 
> cenhud DOT com%3cmailto:jbruno AT cenhud DOT com>>
> 
> Central Hudson Gas & Electric
> 
> (845) 486-5780

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 Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,

Remco Post
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