----- "Andrew Meadows" <dna1110 AT GMAIL DOT COM> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> We recently started installing fresh tsm 6.2.1 instances in house. I
> was
> wondering if someone could help me with the following
> questions/issues.
>
> Question 1)
>
> We have a 500 GB Database allocated. I have that split up into 4
> filesystems
> with 127 GB each. Currently Only the first filesystem is being used.
> I
> thought they should have been used evenly. is there a parameter i need
> to
> check to enable this?
>
>
> Location                       Total Space(MB)  Used Space(MB)  Free
> Space(MB)
> ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
> ---------------
> /tsmdb001                              128,000          37,389
> 90,611
> /tsmdb002                              128,000             520
> 127,480
> /tsmdb003                              128,000             520
> 127,480
> /tsmdb004                              128,000             520
> 127,480
>

Yes, this should be evenly spread.  If you run 'q dbspace' you will see what's 
going on.  Extend dbspace will allow to you add more dirs if needed.



> Question 2)
>
> With the way Dbbackups are now set up through the client API is is
> now
> possible to set up remote backups to another TSM Server?
> Could i compress or dedupe the backup over to another TSM Server
> remotely?
> Or does it end up using server to server communication to do that?
>

Making a backup is a lot easier than making a recovery from that backup.  I 
think it's technically possible to do it but it might not be supported and 
given the importance of the db backup I'd be keener to keep it simple (and 
reliable).

Maybe if you wanted to go down that route you'd be better to use a server 
device class.