Look in the TSM client manual for Unix/Linux 5.4 or 5.5.
Search for the term PROXYNODE and GPFS.



On 4/2/08, Bjørn Nachtwey <c0034031 AT tu-bs DOT de> wrote:
>
> dear all,
>
> we're running a bunch of Linux machines using a shared GPFS-SAN-volume
> and having all a shared DNS alias (done by round robin change).
>
> I want to backup as well each machine with it's own IP name (as
> nodename) and the GPFS volume.
>
> my idea is to backup the GPFS volume using the DNS alias als nodename,
> so if one machine is down the backup can be done by one of the other,
> the backup should be initiated by a schedule.
>
> but I've no idea how to do :-(
>
> using the mmbackup tool actually i can only backup the GPFS, but not the
> "local" filesystems, _and_ i have to start it by cron instead of a
> schedule.
>
> using a standard schedule, the backup is not started because each node
> waits for it's "local" schedule only.
>
> any idea?
>
> i'm running TSM 5.3 on AIX.
>
> thanks & best regards,
>
> Bjørn
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