Wouldn't you want to backup primary to copy before migration?  That way
you're doing that from disk.  If you migrate then backup primary to
copy, you're doing the copy from tape to tape, rather than from disk to
tape.  In addition, it gets your offsite copies created earlier in the
cycle, so that you can hand them to your offsite storage vendor.

What about this order?

Backup
Backup primary to copy
Backup db
Get copies & DB backup offsite
Migration
Expiration
Reclamation
Second DB backup if you've got time (perhaps to disk)
Start all over again

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W. Curtis Preston
Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies 

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Mark Scott
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:30 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM Server DB Backups

I believe the best practise is

Backup
Migration
Backup primary to copy
Backup db
Expiration
Reclamation
Start all over again

:)

Cheers 

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Timothy Hughes
Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2007 9:14 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM Server DB Backups

We actually backup ours after nightly backups complete and before
migration. Is there a
specific recommended order or is it up to each individual site and it's
environment?

Helder Garcia wrote:

> You should backup db after migration and before expiration.
>
> On 7/17/07, Gregory Lynch <gjlynch AT notes.cc.sunysb DOT edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> How many times a day should I be backing up the TSM DB and should it
be
>> after migration?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
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