Under the reclamation section:
D.      I don't mess with thresholds at all and use the "reclaim stg"
process with/without duration limits. (NOTE:  this allows running
multiple processes against the same pool where just setting thresholds
does not, and many other benefits.)

Under Installing new clients:
A.      Data Protection Agents and their quirks. (Include setting up
Policy Domains for each type, i.e. Oracle is setup completely different
from SQL Server, which is completely different from Exchange, etc.).
B.      File Backup/Archive tweaks.

You might want to discuss how to get / direct data from clients to
specific media i.e. Disk, Tape, Centera, Optical, VTL, disk file type,
etc. and migrating / copying data between them.  (setting hi & lo
thresholds for migration as opposed to using the "migrate stg" command,
using move data, etc.)

See Ya'
Howard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Curtis Preston
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:14 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM Administrative Tasks
> 
> It's taking me forever, but I'm still developing the outline for my
> latest book.
> 
> 
> 
> I have a question for you about managing a TSM system.  What are the
> things you find yourself doing on a regular basis and how do you do
> them?  Let me give you a few examples.
> 
> 
> 
> 1.    Monitoring backup success/failure.
> 
>       a.      CLI
>       b.      TSM web interface
>       c.      third party product
> 
> 2.    Rerunning failed/missed backups
> 3.    Putting tapes in a tape library, making them ready to use
> 4.    Getting tapes offsite
> 
>       a.      I send originals and don't make copies
>       b.      I send copies and make them via scripting
>       c.      I tell TSM how many copies and it manages everything
> 
> 5.    Expiration
> 
>       a.      Run it every day/once a week, etc
> 
> 6.    Reclamation
> 
>       a.      I set my threshold and forget it
>       b.      I set my threshold to 100% during backups, then back to
> my desired threshold after backups are done
>       c.      I set my threshold to 100% during backups, then
> gradually increase decrease my reclamation threshold
> 
> 7.    Make backup sets/instant archives
> 
>       a.      If you use them, what do you use them for?
> 
> 8.    Active data pool
> 9.    Monitoring for capacity/throughput issues
> 
>       a.      Splitting/migrating part of a TSM instance to another
> instance
> 
> 10.   Installing new clients
> 
> 
> 
> I'm not taking a survey of the different methods, here.  I don't need
> to
> know how many people are doing what -- I'm just trying to make sure my
> list of administrative tasks is complete.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________________________________
> Curtis Preston | VP Data Protection
> GlassHouse Technologies, Inc.