Restore files by TSM on Linux server

Unix/Linux file restoration by TSM:
Logon to server where file is locally stored (i.e. not where the file may be NFS mounted)
User id must be the owner of the file. TSM backups files under the ‘true’ name. Linked files would be backed up the target file’s name

$ dsmc

To get a list of backups available, issue

tsm> q b -inactive -pitdate=04/01/2017 -subdir=yes /u02/app/EBSQA/
Note: 1. The result list is way too long to read
          2. The result list is much short without '/' at the end.
              (I do not know/understand why and what it reports)
          tsm>  q b -inactive -pitdate=04/01/2017 -subdir=yes /u02/app/EBSQA
 
To restore a folder, issue
tsm> restore –inactive –replace=no –pitdate=03/092017 -subdir=yes /u02/app/EBSQA/ ‘

Total number of objects restored:         43,597
Total number of objects failed:             0
Total number of bytes transferred:        24.77 MB
Data transfer time:                                 1.96 sec
Network data transfer rate:                    12,921.81 KB/sec
Aggregate data transfer rate:                 48.57 KB/sec
Elapsed processing time:                       00:08:42
tsm> quit

$ find /u02/app/EBSQA -type f | wc -l
659159

NOTES:

1. Below line also does a restoration
restore -subdir=yes -replace=no -pitdate=02/30/2017 /u02/app/EBSQA/apps/apps_st/appl/*  

2. I saw this on a different server. Do not know why.
tsm> restore -inactive -replace=no -pitdate=03/09/2017 -subdir=yes /u02/app/EBSQA/
Total number of objects restored:         43,393
Total number of objects failed:             0
Total number of bytes transferred:        0  B
Data transfer time:                                 0.00 sec
Network data transfer rate:                    0.00 KB/sec
Aggregate data transfer rate:                 0.00 KB/sec
Elapsed processing time:                       00:19:59
tsm>

3. If getting this error, there may be a permission problem. It does not mean the backup was not running.
$ dsmc
ANS1398E Initialization functions cannot open one of the Tivoli Storage Manager logs or a related file: /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmerror.log. errno = 13, Permission denied

Send concurrent output to email by SMTP

When submit a R12.1.3 concurrent job, we can send the Output file to email directly by simply click on "Delivery Opts" => tab "Email" => Fill it with email info => Ok

Please note that the "From" field has to be an email address (it can be the same as "To:" field). Otherwise, it may fail with a generic error:

Beginning post-processing of request 32163793 on node CM_host_name at 11-JUL-2017 12:10:11.
Post-processing of request 32163793 failed at 11-JUL-2017 12:10:12 with the error message:
One or more post-processing actions failed. Consult the OPP service log for details.

Three configuration steps before the email will be delivered. Note this is not related to Workflow Mailer. When Mailer is down, concurrent job can still deliver Output to email box.

1.  Test SMTP on concurrent node. If SMTP works on the node, it shall deliver an email to yourID@outlook_name.com mailbox. Below test was on RH Linux 6:
$ mail -v yourID@outlook_name.com
Subject: hi
Hello world
done
.                           <-- dot is very important
EOT
Mail Delivery Status Report will be mailed to <xxxxxx>.

2. Ask Linux Admin to confirm that port 25 is used for SMTP on the node

[root@CM_host_name  ~]# lsof -i:25
COMMAND  PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
master  6656 root   12u  IPv4  18028      0t0  TCP localhost:smtp (LISTEN)
master  6656 root   13u  IPv6  18029      0t0  TCP localhost:smtp (LISTEN)
[root@CM_host_name  ~]# ps -ef|grep 6656
root       6656      1  0 May01 ?        00:00:12 /usr/libexec/postfix/master
postfix   6663    6656  0 May01 ?   00:00:02 qmgr -l -t fifo -u
postfix   87114   6656  0 09:32 ?    00:00:00 pickup -l -t fifo -u

3. Setup SMTP in EBS
a. As System Administrator responsibility, navigate to Profile => System
b. Query the %fnd%smtp% profiles
c. Set the following profile values
    FND: SMTP Host (CM_host_name or IP)
    FND: SMTP Port (port number, default 25)

Troubleshooting: Even after about 3 steps worked, the Output was still not delivered to email box. The errors in OPP files under $APPLCSF/log:

[6/16/17 12:41:39 PM] [253931:RT31303430] Beginning email delivery

[6/16/17 12:41:39 PM] [UNEXPECTED] [253931:RT31303430] javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: CM_host_name, port: 25;
  nested exception is:
        java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
        at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1213)
        at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:311)
        at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:233)
        at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:134)
        at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:86)
        at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.connect(SMTPTransport.java:144)
        at oracle.apps.xdo.delivery.smtp.SMTPDeliveryRequestHandler.submitReques(SMTPDeliveryRequestHandler.java:781)
        at oracle.apps.xdo.delivery.AbstractDeliveryRequest.submi(AbstractDeliveryRequest.java:1270)
        at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.EmailDeliveryProcessor.deliver(EmailDeliveryProcessor.java:98)
        at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.DeliveryProcessor.process(DeliveryProcessor.java:91)
        at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPRequestThread.run(OPPRequestThread.java:176)
[6/16/17 12:41:39 PM] [253931:RT31303430] Completed post-processing actions for request 31303430.

It was fixed after Linux Admin replaced localhost in postfix configuration since EBS uses CM_host_name as mailserver.
/etc/postfix/main.cf
#change from localhost to all
inet_interfaces = all
#inet_interfaces = localhost

[root@CM_host_name  ~]# lsof -i:25
COMMAND  PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
master  6632 root   12u  IPv4  197167      0t0  TCP *:smtp (LISTEN)
master  6632 root   13u  IPv6  197168      0t0  TCP *:smtp (LISTEN)