TSM Admin Tasks

This post would give an idea of the commands and tasks that a backup administrator would carry-on everyday from TSM server end.

Ø  q event * t=a begind=-1 endd=t

Ø  BACKUP DB type=full dev=<device_class_name> wait=yes

Ø  BACKUP DEVCONFIG

Ø  BACKUP VOLHISTORY

Ø  PREPARE source=dbbackup devclass=<device_class_name> wait=yes

Ø  DELETE VOLHISTORY todate=today-7 type=all

Ø  EXPIRE INVENTORY wait=yes duration=240

Ø  RECLAIM STGPOOL <stgpool_name> th=75 du=120

(Repeat this command for all the storage pools)

Ø  QUERY STGPOOL

Ø  QUERY MOUNT

Ø  QUERY SESSION

Ø  select count(*) as Scratch, library_name from libvolumes where status='Scratch' group by library_name

(To check for scratch volumes count in each library)

Ø  select source_name as source, destination_name as target,library_name as library, device from paths where online = 'NO'

(To check any offline paths)

Ø  QUERY DRIVE

Ø  QUERY ACTLOG s=error

Ø  QUERY ACTLOG s=failure

Ø  QUERY ACTLOG s="Server out of data storage space