Andy Raibeck wrote:
>The issue with ARCHIVE is a little bit different. Because ARCHIVE is
>intended for long-term storage,

I took this from a recent post and it reminds me of a "huge" issue I have
with archives. I have always wondered why is it that TSM itself is not
designed around this philosophy. Wouldn't it make sense that if archives are
for long-term storage that those tapes would normally be kept outside the
library someplace? If that is true then how is it that TSM cannot somehow
tell us in some sort of "preview mode" what tapes would need to be inserted
in order for those files to be retrieved?

I bring this up because we have over 200 tapes taking up space in the
library what are archives only and I would love to get these out and sent
offsite. Currently a second copy of these files is sent offsite, but I would
like to do away with that extra work too.

Sure we've looked at other options, like backupsets, instead of doing an
archive. This would eliminate the need for TSM to manage so many files. What
I have to take into consideration though is when I would be able to do this
since the system is busy doing "other things" with those drives.

Has IBM considered this in any new development plans?

Geoff Gill
TSM Administrator
NT Systems Support Engineer
SAIC
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