I have always been told that it is easiest to maintain as few Policy Domains as you can get away with. Currently I have a standard Policy Domain which is the Default for all Windows boxes, a Policy D
By using the Policy Domain as a retention bucket the TSM Admins are able to have a better control of what each clients data actually is retained for. By using the management classes we can only find
Author: EVILUTION <tsm-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:40:25 -0400
Hmmm I'm not sure about that..... I have only a standard active domain. I do have serveral mgmt classes for various types of data and various retention requiresments..... A default for 99% of the nod
I think "best practice" is whatever gives you the most control and consistent results, and it will vary depending on your site conditions. It is extremely difficult to figure out after the fact (say
Author: EVILUTION <tsm-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:30:09 -0400
Okay.... I can see how that would help keep tabs on whats going where. Though it does seem odd that you would need more than a handful of retentions especially defaults. +-- +--
Our general rule here is each node gets its own policy domain, that way I rarely have to deal with any includes for management classes. I think "best practice" is whatever gives you the most control
Author: Norman Bloch <Norman_Bloch AT READERSDIGEST.TM DOT FR>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:48:10 +0200
I remember I read many years ago in the manual : a Policy Domain is a logical grouping of nodes. Rather than splitting between OS, I would make Policy Domains for File servers, Application servers, M
I teach our Level 1 students that having fewer domains rather than more makes more sense. Further, I suggest a separate domain for systems that have vastly different retention policies for most if no