On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 07:30:48 -0600
Andrew Raibeck <storman AT US.IBM DOT COM> wrote:

> See the client manual chapter "Restoring your data", sections "Standard
> restore process" and "No query restore process".
>
> Also see chapter "Managing Data for Client Nodes", section "Optimizing
> Restore Operations for Clients" in the most current server Admin Guide for
> additional info on optimizing for restore.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>

Hi Andy (and others),

thanks al lot! Who would have thought, the client manual... And I thought
there was nothing I could learn in there :-)

> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
> Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
>
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
>
>
>
>
> Remco Post <r.post AT SARA DOT NL>
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 09/30/2003 06:05
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
>         To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>         cc:
>         Subject:        restore/retrieve optimalisation
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> last week I received a question from a retired professor who was digging
> into back-up solutions. One of his major concers was the amount of
> tape-mounts required in a large restore or retrieve operation. I told him
> that TSM optimises for a minimum amount of tape mount based on the list of
> files to be restored or retrieved (with the possible state of collocation
> as
> a given fact at that point). He then asked me to provide documents stating
> exactly that.. Now we all know it's true, and Andy has been heard making
> this exact statement last week in Oxford, but where is this written down?
> I've been reading through several TSM documents, including the TSM
> concepts
> redbook, but I've not come across any document that explained exactly
> this.
>
> Could anyone point out a document to me that I could give to this
> professor?
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
>
> Remco Post
>
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Met vriendelijke groeten,

Remco Post

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High Performance Computing  Tel. +31 20 592 8008    Fax. +31 20 668 3167

"I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer
industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry
didn't even foresee that the century was going to end." -- Douglas Adams