Hi,

assuming on each of those four sites there is an tsm server
a workaround (a symptoms cure) might lookt like this:
- Depending on the site use most appropriate tsm server for backup (along
with separate log-files).
  This could be automated in different ways.

While it would solve your traffic problem, 
it still remained a workaround only since it has major drwabacks as well: 
quadruple backup of data,
eventually necessity to manually select another site´s TSM server for
particular restore,
more complicated TSM management,
maybe licensing issues.

But I cannot imagine the backup is the only area of interest - how do you
cope with 
another (probably) centralised ressources, like e-mail information stores or

file servers?


Regards
Juraj Salak







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Von: Douglas Currell [mailto:dlcurrell AT YAHOO DOT COM]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 07. Mai 2003 14:31
An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Betreff: GBs over WAN - ouch!


My suspicions are that this problem that I have will
need to be addressed from an operating system/network
level but I thought that I would see would the TSM
community thought first.

The organization I work in has four main sites. If a
user from site A goes to site B and commences a backup
with TSM, the backup goes to the server specified in
his dsm.opt which is the TSM server in site A. This is
not a problem if it involves only a few MBs but some
users have attempted to backup one or two GBs over the
WAN - this is a problem. The organization has
responded inb kind by blocking the port so that remote
backups are simply not allowed.

This workaround is acceptable to the organization if
the user spends but a few days at Site B but a
solution must be found if the user should spend an
extended period at Site B.

The details: TSM Server level is at 5.1.15. Most
clients are at 4.1.3. and are on >Windows 98 - a
migration is ongoing to XP clients.

I know about subfile backup but that is not the
answer. Any suggestions or ideas? Thank you.

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