Author: Jackie Chen

TSM 6.2 Implementation and Administration Training Day 3


Eventually I found something neat in TSM on the third day, it is the TSM for VE (Virtual Environment). Unit 7: Customizing the Tivoli Storage Manager database and recovery log Lesson 1:  Database and recovery log functions and considerations Database and recovery log - Server uses database to manage information about client files- Recovery log … Continue reading TSM 6.2 Implementation and Administration Training Day 3 →

TSM 6.2 Implementation and Administration Training Day 2


The second day of training. One more thing to add to the dislike list – not user friendly. Unit 4: Storage media devices Lesson 1: Media libraries attached to TSM Installing and configuring a media library Library: define library, define pathDevice class: define devclassDrive: define drive Supported device types http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\console\tsmdlst Configuring devices SCSI … Continue reading TSM 6.2 Implementation and Administration Training Day 2 →

TSM 6.2 Implementation and Administration Training Day 1


Today is my first day of the 5 days ‘Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation and Administration’ training (course TS611). More TSM training info can be found at : http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/education/ The things that I don’t like TSM so far are 1) TSM does not offer a push method installation of   TSM client, 2) TSM does not integrate … Continue reading TSM 6.2 Implementation and Administration Training Day 1 →

Batch Script: Install SCOM Agent on Non-Domain Servers


I wrote a script to install the scom agent on some DMZ servers. Those servers are not in domain, so I have to request certificates from a stand alone server for them. SCOM-01 is both the SCOM server and the stand alone server. 32 bits: install32.bat @ECHO OFF REM SCOM INSTALLATION SCRIPT FOR /F "tokens=1-3" … Continue reading Batch Script: Install SCOM Agent on Non-Domain Servers →

Troubleshoot Hyper-V Cluster Node Blue Screen Issue


We had an incident last Friday – couple Hyper-V cluster nodes went to blue screen and rebooted themselves. With the Windows debugging tool and some knowledge of Cluster, I think I have figured it out. 1) Run Windows Debug Tool, and set the symbol path: SRV*C:\Symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols 2) Copy the dump file to your local, the … Continue reading Troubleshoot Hyper-V Cluster Node Blue Screen Issue →