How about this. Being in an organization that brought in another system, 
netbackup, it has confused things to no end. There are a lot of things I could 
say but typing on a blackberry prevents that, and keeps my blood pressure down. 
So my main comment is the grass isn't always greener just because some 'used' 
it someplace else and doesn't know a lick about TSM.

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From: owner-adsm-l AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU <owner-adsm-l AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
Sent: Thu Apr 03 05:40:22 2008
Subject: Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

Tim,

  Another good one is de-duplication.  Clients and venders alike believe
de-deduplication will yield some high level of size reduction with TSM.
TSM by design doesn't de-duplicate with the same results as other backup
environments.  


Kenneth L. Bradberry

Chief Technology Officer
ACS Healthcare Solutions
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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Timothy Hughes
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:34 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

Yeah,

What about the client who thinks TSM backups up the same file every
night even though it's not been updated. Or who want's a restore on a
(specific) file from 6 months ago on a specific date even though that
file has been updated 18 times and doesn't understand the a Retention
Policy, Versioning or Expiration even after explantion.

(The server keeps the inactive versions of the file until their number
grows bigger than those allowed by the server policy.)

Clark, Margaret wrote:

>My favorite is the customer who believes their every backup is on their
own private tape, and will we just send it to them?
>- Margaret Clark, San Diego Data Processing
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
Of Curtis Preston
>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 2:49 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: [ADSM-L] Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM
>
>Hey there, folks!  I'm working very hard on my next book, which will
have some product-specific information in it.  I'm covering multiple
products, so I won't go TOO deep on individual products, but I'd like to
do my best to cover misunderstood or frequently asked topics for each
major product.  I figured that no one would know better than this list
which topics people tend to get confused.
>
>What topics do you think should go on that list?  (I've got my personal
preferences, but I don't want to prejudice your thoughts.)  What are the
top 5/20/30 things about TSM that you think people get wrong?
>
>TIA
>
>---
>W. Curtis Preston
>Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
>VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies
>
>