Most large organizations I work with have a "Standard build" for their
systems - the OS, applications, etc - so they only need to backup data (we
do that internally in IBM as well).  Minimizes what needs to be backed up,
and makes deploying systems MUCH easier (1 DVD, just over an hour, all
set).  And makes the answer to the question "Zero."

You could even use TSM for this - slipstream the TSM client on a WINPE boot
CD, build the "Base image" system, boot the CD, run an image backup of the
drive.  Then to deploy, boot the WINPE disc, restore.  Chances are, if
winword.exe is gone, the machine needs to be rebuilt.

And any user who deletes winword.exe deserves to not have Word work...  ;-)

Nick Cassimatis

----- Forwarded by Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM on 02/15/2008 10:43 AM
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 02/15/2008
10:10:53 AM:

> We backup complete end user desktops.  Ever since the advent of
> TSM - actually adsm 1.1 - some people, mostly managers, have
> asked how many copies of any file, for example winword.exe, are
> stored in tsm.  When I tell the 1,200, I can see they are thinking
> 'what a waste, what's wrong with tsm'.  So I am looking forward to
> being able to say 'just one copy'.
>
> According to the Oxford presentations, tsm software dedup will only
> happen
> during reclaim and the storage pool is a devtype=file sequential disk
> pool.
> I don't see any need for new targeting features, they wouldn't
> do much in my 'dream system'.
>
> I am spec'ing out a new system now.  Before hearing about version 6, I
> wanted a vtl.  Now my dream system is an x-series running linux and
> version 6 with midrange raid for the database and backuppool and
> 50 - 100T of sata arrays.  No tapes for primary pools.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Colwell
> Draper lab
>