What do you want to accomplish???

There is no such thing in TSM as Point In Time Backups.
There is only Point in Time RESTORES.

What are you really asking for? (I know Monthly, Weekly, etc)

IS A FILE you backup today any more valid then the copy you
backed up yesterday IF IT HASN'T CHANGED???

Archives or BACKUPSETS (and also, maybe, EXPORTS) seem to be the answer
to your question.   I would try BACKUPSETS and see if it gets too too
crazy.

It's a shame BACKUPSETS can't be optimized to work better for this
requirement.  What do you say IBM/Tivol???

               ... joe.f.


Joseph A Faracchio, Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley
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On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Cheri Howard wrote:

> I have numerous customers who are requesting that, in addition to their TSM
> daily incremental backups, I also provide them with  "point in time"
> backups of their data on significant days like month end, quarter end, etc.
>
> I would guess there are numerous ways this can be accomplished with TSM.
> I'm looking for input from those who are doing this successfully and would
> be willing to share what method they're using to accomplish this and the
> pros and cons of their chosen method.
>
> Thanks in advance for your input!
>
> Cheri Howard
> Lead Storage Analyst
> Aid Association for Lutherans/Lutheran Brotherhood
> 4321 N. Ballard Road, Appleton, WI  54919-0001
> http://www.aal.org