Question
The IBM support team requests the db2diag.log file for analysis of DB2 related issues during the Tivoli Storage Manager failure analysis. Many administrators would not be aware of the location of the file in DB2 directory for Tivoli Storage Manager, This document explains on how to...
Problem(Abstract)
During troubleshooting of problems with SystemState backup or Open File Support/Online Image using VSS, it is sometimes useful to test the VSS portion by itself.
Resolving the problem
With Windows 8, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2, Microsoft included a tool called...
Problem(Abstract)
This document provides information on how to obtain the list of indexes that the Tivoli Storage Manager server uses.
Resolving the problem
You can get the list of table indexes that are used by the Tivoli Storage Manager server by using a select command from the...
IBM FTP Site that contains ADSM 3.1,TSM 3.7 - 7.X Server maintenance codes
NOTE: The codes does not contain any license files.
ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/server/
[link https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/PDF%20versions%20of%20the%20IBM%20Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager%20Version%205.5.x%20documentation]TSM 5.5 Manuals in PDF format[/link]
Problem
Frequently opened admin sessions, such as those opened by third party monitoring software, can hang on RedHat 6.5, 6.6 and 6.7 server.
Symptom
The QUERY SESSION command will show sessions hung in a run state, possibly for a long time.
42,082 Tcp/Ip Run 0 S 160 366 Admin WinNT...
Problem(Abstract)
A Tivoli Storage Manager client backs up to a FILE storage pool. The client backup session, and may others, remain in MediaW state for a long period.
Symptom
The QUERY SESSION administrative command shows the session in MediaW. For example :
1 MediaW NODE1 Waiting for...
...start:
ANR0172I rdbdb.c(2356): Error encountered performing action ActivateDatabase.
ANR0162W Supplemental database diagnostic information: -2036:**No State
Information Available (-2)**:-2036 (SQL2036N The path for the file or device "E:\tsm\tsmlog\" is not valid.)
There will be no...
...thresholds use the following command from Tivoli Storage Manager Server Administrative Command Line (dsmadmc):
query statusthreshold def_file*
The command will return an output like the following:
Threshold Name: DEF_FILEDEVCLASSPCTSCRUNALLOCATABLE_E
Activity Name : NON-SHARED FILE...
Problem
An Hyper-V guest backup start message ANE4172I and end message ANE4173I in the Server activity log displays 'VMware' instead of 'Hyper-V'
Symptom
The following Server activity log messages :
ANE4172I (Session: xxx, Node: <target node>) Starting Full VM backup of VMware Virtual...
Problem
After a Tivoli Storage Manager server upgrade from V6 to V7, the register license fails with the ANR9613W message.
Symptom
License registration fails with below error:
ANR9613W Error loading /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmlicense for Licensing function: One or more symbols missing...
TSM 6.X Performance Tuning Guide in PDF format
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/nl/en-us/SSGSG7_6.4.0/com.ibm.itsm.perf.doc/b_perf_tuning_guide.pdf
Question
The Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center can send a daily email report about the status and health of the Tivoli Storage Manager data protection environment. The "to" field in the email received will be shown as empty. Why is this the case?
Answer
This is working as designed...
Question
What are the file size limits used to determine if adaptive subfile backup will be used?
Only Windows os
Answer
Adaptive subfile backup is not used for very small files (less then 1KB in size) or for very large files (bigger then 2GB in size). This information is valid for all...
Problem(Abstract)
After replacing a drive, you may receive the message "ANR8963E - Unable to find path to match the serial number defined for drive drive_name in library library_name ."
Cause
Since IBM Tivoli Storage Manager version 5.2.0.0, the server checks drive serial numbers when...
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