<html><body><p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Hi Paul,</font><br>
<p><font size="3" face="serif">Instead of calculating *.ix.* files, please look at a list file in these directories.</font><p><font size="3" face="serif">updatedFiles : contains a file that lists all candidates for backup<br>statechFiles : cantains a file that lists all candidates for meta info update<br>expiredFiles : cantains a file that lists all candidates for expiration</font><p><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Regards, The Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>If your query concerns a potential software error in Spectrum Scale (GPFS) and you have an IBM software maintenance contract please contact 1-800-237-5511 in the United States or your local IBM Service Center in other countries. <br><br></font><br><img width="16" height="16" src="cid:1__=0ABB0D41DF9179268f9e8a93df938690@ibm.com" border="0" alt="Inactive hide details for "Paul Ward" ---01/21/2022 09:38:49 AM---Thank you Right in the command line seems to have worked."><font size="2" color="#424282" face="sans-serif">"Paul Ward" ---01/21/2022 09:38:49 AM---Thank you Right in the command line seems to have worked.</font><br><br><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">From: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">"Paul Ward" <p.ward@nhm.ac.uk></font><br><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">To: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">"gpfsug main discussion list" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org></font><br><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Cc: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">"gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org" <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org></font><br><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Date: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">01/21/2022 09:38 AM</font><br><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Subject: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">[EXTERNAL] Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup file selections</font><br><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Sent by: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font><br><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade style="color:#8091A5; "><br><br><br><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="serif">Thank you Right in the command line seems to have worked. At the end of the script I now copy the contents of the .mmbackupCfg folder to a date stamped logging folder Checking how many entries in these files compared to the Summary: žžžžžžžZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart</font><font size="3" face="serif"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>This Message Is From an External Sender </b></font><br><font size="1" face="Arial">This message came from outside your organization. </font><br><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="serif">ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">Thank you</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">Right in the command line seems to have worked.</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">At the end of the script I now copy the contents of the .mmbackupCfg folder to a date stamped logging folder</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">Checking how many entries in these files compared to the Summary:</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">wc -l mmbackup*</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 188 mmbackupChanged.ix.155513.6E9E8BE2.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 47 mmbackupChanged.ix.219901.8E89AB35.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 188 mmbackupChanged.ix.37893.EDFB8FA7.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 40 mmbackupChanged.ix.81032.78717A00.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 2 mmbackupExpired.ix.78683.2DD25239.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 141 mmbackupStatech.ix.219901.8E89AB35.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 148 mmbackupStatech.ix.81032.78717A00.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b> 754 total</b></font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">From Summary</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> Total number of objects inspected: </font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>755</b></font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">I can live with a discrepancy of 1.</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b> 2</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"> mmbackupExpired.ix.78683.2DD25239.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">From Summary</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> Total number of objects expired: </font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>2</b></font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">That matches</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">wc -l mmbackupC* mmbackupS*</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 188 mmbackupChanged.ix.155513.6E9E8BE2.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 47 mmbackupChanged.ix.219901.8E89AB35.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 188 mmbackupChanged.ix.37893.EDFB8FA7.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 40 mmbackupChanged.ix.81032.78717A00.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 141 mmbackupStatech.ix.219901.8E89AB35.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 148 mmbackupStatech.ix.81032.78717A00.1.nhmfsa</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b> 752 total</b></font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">Summary:</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> Total number of objects backed up: </font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>751</b></font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">A difference of 1 I can live with.</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">What does Statech stand for?</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">Just this to sort out:</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> Total number of objects failed: 1</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">I will add:<br>--tsm-errorlog TSMErrorLogFile </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">Kindest regards,</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">Paul</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">Paul Ward</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">TS Infrastructure Architect</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">Natural History Museum</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">T: 02079426450</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri">E: </font><a href="mailto:p.ward@nhm.ac.uk"><font size="2" color="#0563C1" face="Calibri"><u>p.ward@nhm.ac.uk</u></font></a><br><img src="cid:2__=0ABB0D41DF9179268f9e8a93df938690@ibm.com" width="197" height="107" alt="A picture containing drawing
Description automatically generated"><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>From:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"> gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org> </font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>On Behalf Of </b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">IBM Spectrum Scale</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><br>Sent:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 19 January 2022 15:09</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><br>To:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"> gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><br>Cc:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"> gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><br>Subject:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"> Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup file selections</font><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"> </font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">This is to set environment for mmbackup.<br>If mmbackup is invoked within a script, you can set "export DEBUGmmbackup=2" right above mmbackup command.<br>e.g) in your script<br> ....<br>export DEBUGmmbackup=2<br> mmbackup ....</font><font size="3" face="serif"><br></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>Or, you can set it in the same command line like<br>DEBUGmmbackup=2 mmbackup ....</font><font size="3" face="serif"><br></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>Regards, The Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>If your query concerns a potential software error in Spectrum Scale (GPFS) and you have an IBM software maintenance contract please contact 1-800-237-5511 in the United States or your local IBM Service Center in other countries. </font><font size="3" face="serif"><br><br></font><img src="cid:1__=0ABB0D41DF9179268f9e8a93df938690@ibm.com" width="16" height="16" alt="Inactive hide details for "Paul Ward" ---01/19/2022 06:04:03 AM---Thank you. We run a script on all our nodes that checks to se"><font size="2" color="#424282" face="Arial">"Paul Ward" ---01/19/2022 06:04:03 AM---Thank you. We run a script on all our nodes that checks to see if they are the cluster manager.</font><font size="3" face="serif"><br></font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>From: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">"Paul Ward" <</font><a href="mailto:p.ward@nhm.ac.uk"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>p.ward@nhm.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">></font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>To: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">"gpfsug main discussion list" <</font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">></font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>Cc: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">"</font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">" <</font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">></font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>Date: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">01/19/2022 06:04 AM</font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>Subject: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">[EXTERNAL] Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup file selections</font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>Sent by: </font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><br><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade><br><font size="2" face="Calibri"><br><br></font><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Times New Roman"><br>Thank you. We run a script on all our nodes that checks to see if they are the cluster manager. If they are, then they take responsibility to start the backup script. The script then randomly selects one of the available backup nodes and uses ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><br>This Message Is From an External Sender </b></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><br>This message came from outside your organization. </font><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Times New Roman"><br>ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>Thank you.<br> <br>We run a script on all our nodes that checks to see if they are the cluster manager.<br>If they are, then they take responsibility to start the backup script.<br>The script then randomly selects one of the available backup nodes and uses dsmsh mmbackup on it.<br><br>Where does this command belong?<br>I have seen it listed as a export command, again where should that be run – on all backup nodes, or all nodes?<br> <br> <br>Kindest regards,<br>Paul<br> <br>Paul Ward<br>TS Infrastructure Architect<br>Natural History Museum<br>T: 02079426450<br>E: </font><a href="mailto:p.ward@nhm.ac.uk"><font size="2" color="#0563C1" face="Arial"><u>p.ward@nhm.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"><br></font><img src="cid:2__=0ABB0D41DF9179268f9e8a93df938690@ibm.com" width="197" height="107" alt="A picture containing drawing
Description automatically generated"><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> </font><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><br>From:</b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> <</font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Arial">> </font><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>On Behalf Of </b></font><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM Spectrum Scale</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><br>Sent:</b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"> 18 January 2022 22:54</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><br>To:</b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"> gpfsug main discussion list <</font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Arial">></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><br>Cc:</b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><br>Subject:</b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"> Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup file selections<br> </font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi Paul,<br><br>If you run mmbackup with "DEBUGmmbackup=2", it keeps all working files even after successful backup. They are available at </font><font size="3" face="serif"><b>MMBACKUP_RECORD_ROOT</b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"> (default is FSroot or FilesetRoot directory). <br>In .mmbackupCfg directory, there are 3 directories:</font><font size="3" face="serif"><br>updatedFiles : contains a file that lists all candidates for backup<br>statechFiles : cantains a file that lists all candidates for meta info update<br>expiredFiles : cantains a file that lists all candidates for expiration</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><br></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br><br>Regards, The Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>If your query concerns a potential software error in Spectrum Scale (GPFS) and you have an IBM software maintenance contract please contact 1-800-237-5511 in the United States or your local IBM Service Center in other countries. </font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><br></font><font size="3" face="serif"><br></font><img src="cid:1__=0ABB0D41DF9179268f9e8a93df938690@ibm.com" width="16" height="16" alt="Inactive hide details for "Paul Ward" ---01/18/2022 11:56:40 AM---Hi, I am trying to work out what files have been sent to back"><font size="2" color="#424282" face="Arial">"Paul Ward" ---01/18/2022 11:56:40 AM---Hi, I am trying to work out what files have been sent to backup using mmbackup.</font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br><br>From: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">"Paul Ward" <</font><a href="mailto:p.ward@nhm.ac.uk"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>p.ward@nhm.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">></font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>To: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">"</font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">" <</font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">></font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>Date: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">01/18/2022 11:56 AM</font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>Subject: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">[EXTERNAL] [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup file selections</font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>Sent by: </font><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</u></font></a><br><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade><br><font size="2" face="Arial"><br><br></font><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Times New Roman"><br><br>Hi, I am trying to work out what files have been sent to backup using mmbackup. I have increased the -L value from 3 up to 6 but only seem to see the files that are in scope, not the ones that are selected. I can see the three file lists generated ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><br>This Message Is From an External Sender </b></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><br>This message came from outside your organization. </font><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Times New Roman"><br>ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>Hi,<br><br>I am trying to work out what files have been sent to backup using mmbackup.<br>I have increased the -L value from 3 up to 6 but only seem to see the files that are in scope, not the ones that are selected.<br><br>I can see the three file lists generated during a backup, but can’t seem to find a list of what files were backed up.<br><br>It should be the diff of the shadow and shadow-old, but the wc -l of the diff doesn’t match the number of files in the backup summary.<br>Wrong assumption?<br><br>Where should I be looking – surely it shouldn’t be this hard to see what files are selected?<br><br><br>Kindest regards,<br>Paul<br><br>Paul Ward<br>TS Infrastructure Architect<br>Natural History Museum<br>T: 02079426450<br>E: </font><a href="mailto:p.ward@nhm.ac.uk"><font size="2" color="#0563C1" face="Arial"><u>p.ward@nhm.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"><br></font><img src="cid:2__=0ABB0D41DF9179268f9e8a93df938690@ibm.com" width="197" height="107" alt="A picture containing drawing
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