Thanks to all those that have assisted.
 
Just one more question...what do I need to keep in mind with regards to 
restores when designing my backup method. From what I have read there could be 
serious issues with restores and I just want to make sure I cover all issues.
 
Jeff

Kurt Beyers <Kurt.Beyers AT DOLMEN DOT BE> wrote:
Jef,

1. TSM requires that the backup devices are connected to the TSM server 
(exception if the library is SAN attached), so the local tape dirves cannot be 
used on the TSM clients 

2. The scheduler on the TSM client either runs in polling or prompted mode. The 
latter is the preferred one (at least I find so). The TSM server then contacts 
the TSM client that a backup should begin. The schedules itself are defined on 
the TSM server either through the ISC console or the good old Administrative 
Command-Line

3. Check the Supported Devices matrix at 
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBM_TSM_Supported_Devices_for_AIXHPSUNWIN.html
 t osee if the Device driver is required. Some backup devices do require it, 
other don't and for some you can choose.

4. Backup to disk on the TSM server is one of the strong points of TSM, so yes 
it is possoble. But the disk space must be on the TSM server.

Hope that this gets you started. 

best regards,
Kurt

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Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager namens Jeff Waiter
Verzonden: wo 12/10/2005 17:11
Aan: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Onderwerp: [ADSM-L] Basic newbie questions



Hi,

I am hoping that someone out there can answer some
very basic questions that I have around TSM 5.3 as i
have to implement the solution and I am having great
difficulty in understanding certain concepts, I've
only started working with the product recently:

TSM 5.3 in a windows environment.

1) I have 10 servers with local tape drives in each
machine. Can I backup the servers to the tape drives
by only installing TSM server on a seperate server and
then installing TSM client on each server and
instructing TSM to backup each server to the local
tape drives or do I have to install TSM server to each
of the servers that I need to backup?

2) Are the backup operations a push from the client to
the server or do you configure the policies on the
server and the server then instructs the client what
to backup. Either way where do I view these policies
and configure them? Using the MMC plugin or the
Integrated solutions console?

3) What is the purpose of Device driver and in this
case do I need to load the device drivers for the tape
drives in all my servers?

4) For testing purposes is it possible to backup a
server to disk on another server via the LAN?

Thank You

Regards
Jeff Waiter




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