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List:       adsm-l
Subject:    Re: Non-default management classes with mmbackup
From:       Skylar Thompson <skylar2 () U ! WASHINGTON ! EDU>
Date:       2017-04-03 17:12:28
Message-ID: 20170403171228.3zhpnwuk4kx4meok () utumno ! gs ! washington ! edu
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I've figured this problem out - after poring over the documentation, it turns out \
that updating INCLEXCL rules requires running "mmbackup -q" to update its shadow
database.

On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 02:37:59PM +0000, Skylar Thompson wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone has experience assigning non-default management
> classes to new files via mmbackup (I know that it's not possible to rebind
> existing files). Until recently, we've gotten away with just using the
> policy domain default management class, but the documentation here suggests
> that it should be possible to assign non-default management classes as
> well:
> 
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699569
> 
> Unfortunately, when I've tested it, all I get is the default. For
> instance, we have this rule in dsm.sys to assign all files in
> /gpfs/gs1/noble in directories marked "backups" to the noble_lab
> management class:
> 
> SErvername  gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3
> ...
> include /gpfs/gs1/noble/.../backups/.../* noble_lab
> 
> And I make a test file:
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 bs=1M count=1000
> 
> I create a snapshot (noble_vol3 is in a fileset so we can manage quotas for
> it):
> 
> # mmcrsnapshot gs1 noble_vol3:TSMsnap
> 
> And run mmbackup:
> 
> # mmbackup /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3 \
> -t incremental \
> --tsm-servers gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 \
> -N tsm_clients \
> -S TSMsnap \
> --tsm-errorlog /var/log/dsmerror-gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3.log \
> -a 4 \
> --expire-threads 4 \
> --backup-threads 4 \
> --scope inodespace
> 
> Querying the backups afterwards shows that it's in the DEFAULT management
> class, not NOBLE_LAB:
> 
> # dsmc q b -se=gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7
> ...
> Size        Backup Date                Mgmt Class           A/I File
> ----        -----------                ----------           --- ----
> 104,857,600  B  04/03/2017 07:25:53             DEFAULT              A  \
> /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 
> But I know that rule is valid, because I can run "dsmc incremental" afterwards and \
> thefile gets rebound: 
> # dsmc i -se=gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/
> ...
> Rebinding-->         104,857,600 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 [Sent]
> 
> # dsmc q b -se=gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7
> ...
> Size        Backup Date                Mgmt Class           A/I File
> ----        -----------                ----------           --- ----
> 104,857,600  B  04/03/2017 06:48:24            NOBLE_LAB             A  \
> /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 
> Thanks!
> 
> --
> -- Skylar Thompson (skylar2@u.washington.edu)
> -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
> -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
> -- University of Washington School of Medicine

--
-- Skylar Thompson (skylar2@u.washington.edu)
-- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
-- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
-- University of Washington School of Medicine


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