I noticed this error still exists in TSM 6.3 – when an I/O error occurs that TSM is unable to access the defined drives, TSM updates the drive path offline and starts polling of the drives. Once the drive is accessible again, the drive is put back online but the drive path is left offline. … Continue reading TSM: Bring Tape Drive Path Online →

As I mentioned last Friday, I can not wait to see how the TSM operation center works. I have installed it in my Sandbox environment. The installation process supposes to be pretty straight if your server is named correctly. In my case, my server does not have a valid name that the TSM Operation Center … Continue reading Install and Configure TSM Operation Center 6.4.1 →

I ran into couple issues when upgrading my TSM server from 6.3.1 to 6.3.4. But I have successfully fixed them and upgraded my TSM. Error 1: Deployment Engine failed to initialize Cause: this was caused by that I forget to run the ‘de_chghostname’ command after I renamed the TSM server name. Fix: Run de_chghostname.cmd comand. … Continue reading TSM Upgrade Failure Troubleshooting →

It is a little bit confusing about the TSM version convention, as different components may be at different versions. In my case, I am going to upgrade my TSM to 6.4.1. The server version is actually 6.3.4 instead of 6.4.1. Tivoli® Storage Manager Version 6.4.1 and Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition Version 6.4.1 are made … Continue reading Upgrade TSM from 6.3.1 to 6.4.1 →

IBM has released the TSM operation center which is the new administration GUI for TSM. I think my next project will be upgrading my TSM 6.3 to 6.4, and install the operation center, as OC only supports TSM 6.3.4 and later version. Two nice tutorial videos that I found on Youtube, enjoy! Tivoli Storage Manager … Continue reading TSM Operation Center →