ISSUE: TSM failed to incremental backup a VM, it ran a full backup instead. CAUSE: The CBT (Changed Block Tracking) feature is set to off in the VM settings Run ‘show vm all’ in dsm client console to confirm the settings - changeTracking: Off SOLUTION: Connect to VCenter and right click the target VM, then … Continue reading TSM 6.3: VMware Incremental Backup Failed →

ISSUE: CAUSE: The CadSchedName value is missing in the Client Acceptor registry settings. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\TSM Client Acceptor\Parameters\CadSchedName SOLUTION: C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\DSMCUTIL UPDATE CAD /NAME:"name of cad service" /CADSCHEDNAME:"name of scheduler service controlled by the CAD service"

1) By default there are 3 storage group (disk type) in TSM. You need to add the volume into storage group that you are going to use. Create a folder named backuppool in G: drive, archivepool in I: drive * Define the volume for backuppool and archivepool, f means how many Mege bytes. def vol … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Setup Storage Pool Space And Run The First Backup/Restore →

It is a little painful to deploy the TSM BA client, as you are not able to push the client from the server. Instead, you have to login into each target server and manually install the client. There are three types of client: command line, fat GUI client, web-based GUI client. 1) Install JRE first. … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Install Backup-Archive Client →

There are two ways to manage TSM server: Command line or GUI. 1) If you use command line which I think is the better way. You need to install the Administrative client. Double click ‘C:\TSM_Images\TSM_BA_Client_6.3.0.5\setup.exe’ Make sure you enable ‘Administrative Client Command Line’. 2) Configure the client option file. Copy ‘C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\config\dsm.smp’ to ‘C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\’ … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Install Server Part 2 →