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I am still new to TSM. I am working on getting my 6.3 server cleaned up and making sure we have enough space in stg pools and trying to get a DR plan in place with tapes sent offsite. I run a backup...
View ArticleAccidental huge SQL query
Hey guys, I'm pretty new to TSM -- please forgive the ignorance. I just ran an extremely large query on the TSM server in dsmadmc, and db2sysc is slaughtering the cpu time. Is there a 'safe' way to...
View Articlelintape & linux kernel update question
We are going to update some of our (RH5) linux kernels this weekend. They are storage agents using lintape drivers. Do I need to recompile/reinstall the drivers after the upgrade? TIA
View ArticleScripting Reclamation
Hi Guys, I am trying to write a script that will do my tape reclamation base on which date. I currently have four streams of storage pool that require tape reclamation and I want to start the...
View ArticleTSm client version information required
team, i need just help recently my boss giving me a task about please find all tsm client version , client type either TDP or BA and node name I HAVE 100+ server with tsm client install with different...
View ArticleNot able to delete the storage copy pool
Hi Team, I am facing issue while deleting the sotrage pool I have deleted all the volumes from this storage pool and when I am trying to delete the storage pool it is giving below error tsm:...
View ArticleLAN-Free backup issues on SAP DB2 database
hi all, i am having some issues with backing up a large (1.8TB) SAP DB2 database using LAN-Free data movement. I have the storage agent configured with 8 dedicated drives for it, meaning nothing else...
View Articleexchange 2010 DAG backup
We have configured TDP for exchange to backup a 2-node DAG cluster .We used the script backup-dag.ps1.This script , as far as I can understand , is intended to create the list of passive DB on that...
View ArticlePending status
Hello Guys, I just install a tsm client 6.3 in my suse server. But, when starts the schedule , the status always stay stuck in 'PENDING'. For the status changes and the schedule run, i need to restart...
View ArticleUninstall Oracle TDP Linux
I need to uninstall v5.5 TDP Oracle from Linux (RedHat). One question. How? <edit> Got it: To get package name: rpm -qa | grep -i ora To remove: rpm -e <pkgname>
View Articlewhat is VTL
HI I am new in tsm i want know about VTL,this is a only software or Hardware component ,I mean when u configure a vtl what things u need,Tape drive etc,and how it work.I think it's create a virtual...
View ArticleDRM setup step by step
Hello All, Could you please help me in configuring DRM. I'm doing it for the first time and need your help in understanding and configuring. Could you please provide a document or link, which shows...
View Articleremove disk storagepool and only use tape storagepool
I have 4 storagepools that first write to disk than at a different time after backups it migrates to tape. I am in need if possible to remove the first part which is the disk and have it write directly...
View Articleneed to delete an incomplete SQL backup
I am running TSM Server 6.3.4 and TDP for SQL 6.4.0 client. I was running a full backup of a database that ended up erroring out. However TSM did not remove the already backed up portion of the...
View Articleprocedure to upgrade TSM server to windows 2008r2
Hi, I'm new to TSM and I want to migrate my TSM server(Physical server) from windows 2003 to windows 2008r2 as it's one of the last that still run 2003 in my infrastructure. TSM was not installed by me...
View ArticleDetermining if a TDP for Oracle Database Backup Completed Successfully
Hello all, I have Oracle DBA's who initiate their own TDP for Oracle Database Backups (i.e. they're not scheduled). Is there a way (FROM THE SERVER SIDE) to determine if the database backup completed...
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IBM LTO5 drives showing up as incompatible on Quantum Scalar i500 tape library
Hi All, (First post.) Background: a friend's client has a Quantum Scalar i500 with 4x LTO3 drives. The friend supplied 2x IBM LTO5 drives to the client as an upgrade but for some reason the LTO5 drives...
View ArticleBad Tape Determination and next steps
Hi, I wanted to know how to handle bad tapes.I should be able to answer following questions: 1) How to tell if a tape is bad or it's the drive? 2) If a tape is bad then what to do after that? Any...
View ArticleTSM NDMP no Differential, only FULL
Hi, We have an EMC Isilon configured with a Backup Accelerator and cannot perform differential backups using TSM 5.5. There are several virtual filespaces defined on TSM, and run backups on a weekly...
View ArticleTSM NDMP no Differential, only FULL
Hi, We have an EMC Isilon configured with a Backup Accelerator and cannot perform differential backups using TSM 5.5. There are several virtual filespaces defined on TSM, and run backups on a weekly...
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