Thought I would throw an idea I had for a TSM feature out on the listserv
and get some thoughts no whether this would be useful or not.

The feature that I would like to see is the ability to create a special disk
storage pool, that would only migrate inactive versions of backup objects to
the next storage pool.  This would keep all the active versions on disk
storage.

I'm sure everyone has certain nodes(systems) that are of more importance
than others.  Could be the CEO's desktop filesystem or a critical server.

Advantages:
Fast restore of active versions.
No tape mounts required for restore of active versions.
Fast creation of backupsets.
No tape mounts required for generating Backupsets (Instant Archives)

Disadvantages:
Higher hardware cost for additional disk storage.


Any thoughts on the matter?

James Thompson


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