Are you asking for Wintel or you can select Linux/x86? The former does not
have any useful APIs for access to raw partitions while the latter has (as
any UNIX flavour).
I suspect you are actually asking about Windoze, so the answer is NO. ITSM
on Windows can have DB/Log/Stgpool volumes only on files and thus you are
exposed to ChkDsk problem. ITSM on Linux can be viable solution but
probably you will face again same lack of local staff skills.
Whether you will go with UNIX or Linux, it would be better to have the OS
installed and if the server is TSM-only it shouldn't do a problem. Later
Enterprise Management features of TSM ought to allow you to manage it from
your location. The alternative is to go with Wintel and live with ChkDsk
risk.
The choice is up to you.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant






Brenda Collins <brenda.collins AT US.ING DOT COM>
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Hi!

We are considering building a TSM server on Intel but there is concern
about putting a lot of disk behind it and then ending up with a problem
with the check disk process.  (This happened on a production server and it
ran for days, obviously shutting the server down.) Does TSM use raw disk
or
filesystems on Intel?  How would TSM handle the check disk issue?

If anyone has had experience with this, I would appreciate hearing about
it.  We generally run Unix servers for TSM but this particular environment
is a remote location with about 40 clients and the on-site staff only has
Intel experience so that is why it is under consideration.

Thanks,
Brenda Collins
Sr. Systems Engineer
ING - Americas Infrastructure Services
(612) 342-3839  (Office)
Brenda.Collins AT us.ing DOT com