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Replacing TSM / ISP server

Posted by xaminmo

I ran into an issue where a primary TSM 7.1.8 server was broken, and it was easier to just move all of the clients over to the secondary 8.1.5 server. These used the new TLS encryption, and I kept running into issues.

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First, I physically shut down the old server, and updated the new server to use the IP as an alias by editing /etc/network/interfaces. (Ubuntu 16 LTS)

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Various errors included:
ANR8599W The connection with host address:host port failed due to an untrusted server certificate. An attempt to reconnect and establish certificate trust might follow.

ANR2284S The server master encryption key has changed. Passwords protected with the previous master encryption key are not available.

I had to make the server trust itself again with:[LINK]
dsmcert -add -server TSM -file /home/tsminst1/cert256.arm

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This error:
ANR0456W Session rejected for server DT – the server name at 192.168.1.99, 1500 does not match.

I removed the server:
REMOVE SERVER DT

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These errors:
ANR1651E Server information for DT is not available.
ANR4377E Session failure, target server DT is not defined on the source server.
ANR3151E Configuration refresh failed with configuration manager DT.

I disabled replication config
REMOVE REPLNODE *
Q REPLSERVER
REMOVE REPLSERVER {GUID}
DEL SUBSCRIPTION DEFAULT_PROFILE

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These errors:
ANS1695E The certificate is not valid.
ANS1592E Failed to initialize SSL protocol.
ANS8023E Unable to establish session with server.
ANR3335W Unable to distribute certificate to for session .
ANR8599W The connection with 192.168.1.2:40250 failed due to an untrusted server certificate. An attempt to reconnect and establish certificate trust might follow.

From the clients, I had to remove /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmcert.* and C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmcert.* on the clients per http://andrewjtobiason.com/index.php/2018/08/16/resolving-ssl-errors/

However, I also had to fix dsmcert / dsmcert.exe which I clobbered in the process.

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And on the server, allow keys to be swapped again:[LINK]
UPD NODE * SESSIONSECURITY=TRANSITIONAL
UPD ADMIN * SESSIONSECURITY=TRANSITIONAL

Swap keys on client:
dsmadmc

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NOTE: I also removed /etc/adsm/* during troubleshooting, but that was not needed. That just lead to me having to re-enter passwords again. Simply deleting the cert database corrected the problem on other clients.

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I tried to order this in dependency order. I was sort of all over the place when I did it, and might have missed something. I just could not exactly get all of the right info from any one documentation source.


New data protection

Posted by xaminmo

Upgrading TSM server from Q9650 Core 2 Quad 3.0GHz, 8GB DDR2 on Win 2008R2.

New system is HP Z600, two-socket, 6-core 2.66GHz Xeon X5650 and 48GB of RAM. Wattage is the same per socket, but two sockets now. 3x the cores, 4x the performance.

SSDs for DB and Log are also moving to EVO 850 from Corsair M100. I’ll set up a container pool to replace the dedupe file class, and put that on 3x 3TB RAID5 instead of 2x RAID1.

OS will be Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS. I’d like to just use Debian 9.1, but Debian and long-term-support seem to not be synonymous. I’d hate to run a patch update and have everything break, then fight with debian testing repo to try to get it all back to normal. Plus, I have no Ubuntu boxes, only Debian. It’ll give me a chance to see what operational differences I run into.

Old TSM is 6.4. New will be “Spectrum Protect” 8.1.3. Yes, the billions spent to rebrand to the same name as Charter Cable’s rebrand really seems like money well spent.

Anyway, Since I lost the offsite replication provider for the dedupe file pool, and it was having trouble keeping up anyway, this will let me change to server-side encryption, and object storage. We’ll see which provider wins out on price once everything is rededuped properly.

If the fan noise is not too bad, maybe this platform can be considered for a low-cost upgrade to the kids’ game machines. Though, these are heavy, with 2 big handles on the top.

Also, really, something new enough to have USB3 on the motherboard is probably better. I have some laptops picked out, but that’s re-buying every component, including ones that are presently decent. *sigh*