My recommendation would be for archiving, then TSM will manage the tapes
for you (and you can make copies, track them, restore them if one is
damaged, etc)...

Backupset tapes are not managed and are one off - so you would need a
business process to manage those tapes yourself, and if you loose a tape,
then you've lost that data. I also hear that generating backupsets is a
slow process (but then archiving resends the data over the network, so
that might be just as slow?). Backupsets do have the benefit that they can
be generated directly from the server (so no network transfer required),
and can be used locally on the client.

The answer should be influenced by the requirement from (or the commitment
you have made to) the data owner...

...deon
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What would be the preferred method for long term backup,  possible
restoration of Groupwise Mail.  A monthly process to save the post offices
for at least 24 months for possible restoration.

Archiving directly to tape or creating a backup set  to tape are long
processes, I have approximately 14 servers w/post offices that range from
20 - 80 GB.

Suggestions would be welcomed.

Paul Roth
Ohio State University Medical Center
614-293-6224