AIX has NIM: Network Install Manager, which lets you keep bootable images on
a remote network drive.
Other OSes may have similar functionality (does HP Ignite let you keep the
bootable image on a remote network drive?)

So, make that bootable image monthly (say), then back up that remote network
drive with TSM, and you have bootable images within TSM.  TSM cannot
directly manage tape volumes written by mksysb or Ignote, etc. -  a shame,
because TSM does the off-site vaulting, etc.  But TSM *CAN* manage mkysysb
images built like this.

I think some people are using this technique today with good success.  It's
simple enough - you should be able to automate it without too much effort.

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Mr. Lindsay Morris
CEO, Servergraph
www.servergraph.com
859-253-8000 ofc
425-988-8478 fax


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> McDonald, Rick LDB:EX
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:54 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: FW: BareMetalRestore
>
>
> Ignite has the capability to do this, if you have more than 1
> HPUX machine.
> A "Golden Image" can be created and stored on an Ignite server.
> This server
> can then be used to push the image to the target machine.  Alternatively,
> the target machine can be booted using a network reboot(Interrupt the boot
> process, and choose the network option for the boot source.)
> Then from the
> server machine complete the install using the Ignite GUI.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don France [mailto:DFrance-TSM AT ATT DOT NET]
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 9:51 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: BareMetalRestore
>
>
> If you can figure a way to put Ignite tape to a file (Hmm, re-directed
> output?), then figure out how to move that file to 4mm/8mm tape
> when/if you
> need to recover the HP box, the daily backups could be swept during normal
> incrementals -- We use a central NFS server for all the
> mksysb/Ignite/jumpstart images, then when a server needs
> recovery, the most
> recent version is still on disk -- just gotta solve the reverse of the
> re-direct to get put the image back to a tape for the HP system boot.
> Similar approach for Win2K...  run NTbackup for System State to a file,
> backup the file (weekly mgmt class used, to avoid doing 250 MB for every
> server every day).
>
> Don France
> Technical Architect -- Tivoli Certified Consultant
> Tivoli Storage Manager, WinNT/2K, AIX/Unix, OS/390
> San Jose, Ca
> (408) 257-3037
> mailto:don_france AT att DOT net
>
> Professional Association of Contract Employees
> (P.A.C.E. -- www.pacepros.com)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Robin Sharpe
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:58 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: BareMetalRestore
>
>
> I'd be happy if TSM provided a means of managing the media
> containing my HP
> Ignite-UX images...  currently, that has to be done manually.
>
> Robin Sharpe
> Berlex Labs
>