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TSM Interview Questions and Answers

This document contains a list of 45 questions related to Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) backup software. The questions cover topics such as: - Using TSM commands like select to check tape drive status, view nodes, sessions, and errors - TSM configuration parameters like database retention periods, storage pool thresholds - Backup and recovery procedures like moving data between servers, restarting schedules, resetting the database and logs - Tape drive and library issues such as mismatched serial numbers, scratch tape errors - Backup types including LAN-free, NDMP, and VMBackup - Troubleshooting space errors, I/O errors, and log pinning issues

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TSM Interview Questions and Answers

This document contains a list of 45 questions related to Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) backup software. The questions cover topics such as: - Using TSM commands like select to check tape drive status, view nodes, sessions, and errors - TSM configuration parameters like database retention periods, storage pool thresholds - Backup and recovery procedures like moving data between servers, restarting schedules, resetting the database and logs - Tape drive and library issues such as mismatched serial numbers, scratch tape errors - Backup types including LAN-free, NDMP, and VMBackup - Troubleshooting space errors, I/O errors, and log pinning issues

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TSM Interview Questions

1. Vaultretrieve status tapes is damaged how can I know using select


command?
2. What is the Reclamation default value?
3. Some timeTape drive serialnumber and wwn is mismatched in that time what
will u do?
4. How can u start a storage agent in aix and redhatlinux and solaris?
5. How to move a data from one server to another server?
6. How to delete a file among the 10files from dbvolume I want to delete
One file is it possible or not suppose it is possible how can I do?
[Link] tsm 5.5version by default collocation?no or group or filespace or node?
[Link] drive companys?
9.i want lable a volume using autolabel command how can I do this?
[Link] node is missing long time what will u do what steps u follow?
[Link] can I mention db retention period parameter?
[Link] copggroup parameter what is the use of frequency?
[Link] stg I want take a particular node data backup how can I do?
14. volume errors using select command?
15.i have lto 3 tapedrive and I have only lto4 tapes is it possible to r/w
operations
In lto3 tapedrive?and lto4 tapedrive can I perform r/w operations using lot3
tapes is it possible or not?
[Link] can I check lanfree and stg nodes using select command I have 5000nodes
I want to know only stgnodes how can I know using select?
[Link] can I know whether that node is tdp node using select command?
[Link] can I know whether how many stg sessions is running using select
Command?

[Link] tapes are not checkedin what is the problem ?i\o slots also working fine
slots also working fine and grippers also working fine and labeling also fine and
path also fine and libraryalso working fine ?
[Link] is i/o errors?
21.i want to add a frame wat will u do ? and how many steps u can follow tell that
Process?
22.500 session is running I want to know only storage agent sessions using select
Command?
23.d/f movenodedata and backupstgpool?
[Link] of storage space errors? Lot of space also available but I am getting this
error? Then wat is the problem how many steps we need to follow?
[Link] backup is going on what lanfree backupground process?
26.i have only single volume I want to delete particular file from the volume?
How can u do? How many steps u can follow?
[Link] info stored in tsm db I want to see that information how can u see?
Tell me that steps?
[Link] is the d/f upd stg stgname reclaim=% and reclaim stg stg threshold=%
Both or same or not?
[Link] can u restart a schedule is it possible or not?
30.i have 21 servers I want to particular server node using select command
But server name is vissu2 ? .
31. i have 21 servers I want to particular server node using select command
But I dont know server name I know only node name node name is path ? .
[Link] to reset db?
[Link] to reset log?
[Link] is vmbackup?
[Link] session is unwanted sessions?

[Link] is the cause of logpining?


37.i have one diskstgpool it utilized only 43% hi=0% lo=5% data cannot move
nextstgpool?why wat is the problem?how many step can I follow?
[Link] can u escalate the tickets?
[Link] is meant by infly transaction?
[Link] aix errpt file is there can I check tapedrive error info mation here?
41. differences between tsm6.1 and 6.2?
42. I have 4 drive 2 scratch volume some 2 drives working fine and some times 1
drive working fine and some time 4 also working fine some time 3 and pathalso
Fine I have cleaned the tapedrive also but still I am getting this error?
[Link] is meant by ndmp?what is meant by ndmp backup? How to take a ndmb
Backup?
[Link] frames using ur environment?
45.

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