ADSM-L

Used to Be PC Magazine Article, morphed to NT/Novell BMR

2015-10-04 17:12:13
Subject: Used to Be PC Magazine Article, morphed to NT/Novell BMR
From: Kelly Lipp [mailto:lipp AT storsol DOT com]
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
I'll put in a plug for my friend Wanda Prather.  In the adsm.org archives
you should find a very nice procedure developed by Wanda.  Perhaps she'll
post it here once more for those of us who missed it.

In general, the method is to install a bare bones OS from the distribution
CDs, configure it, install the TSM client, configure it, and restore the
backup on top of the new installation.  This is an easy procedure to follow.
I'd like to see a side-by-side runoff between this and the BMR product to
get an idea of the time difference.

OK, don't like this idea?  How about using Ghost to periodically snap an
image of your OS (or perhaps have a generic one with TSM installed ready to
go).  Lose the disk?  Ghost the image and do a restore from TSM to bring the
image up-to-date.

As for restoring your TSM server.  That is very easy if you have three
things: a database backup, the devconfig.out file and the volhist.out file.
From these three items, I can restore your TSM server in four hours of less
(very dependent on the size of the database: for very small databases,
you're probably looking at less than an hour, start to finish).  The problem
with this is most of us never practice it.  In my job I have the fortune of
getting to do this periodically (monthly) so I've gotten pretty confident so
to me it's easy.  I recommend doing it the first time when you don't have
to.  When you have to do it, nerves take over and the process is much
harder.

Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs, CO 80949
lipp AT storsol DOT com or kelly.lipp AT storserver DOT com
www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com
(719)531-5926
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