Grant,
Snapdiff support was added in TSM 6.1, only for 64-bit AIX. But it was added
to Linux in v6.2. From "TSM for UNIX and Linux B-A Clients v6.4"
(SC23-9791-06), page 463:
>Restriction: Incremental backup using snapshot difference is only available
>with
>the Tivoli Storage Manager 64 bit AIX client and the Tivoli Storage Manager
>Linux
>x86/86_64 client.
This indicates that snapdiff is supported on both AIX and Linux. This is from
their manual, not from a RedBook. It was also prominently stated in slide
decks and announcements for the 6.4 client. If someone in IBM Support is
indicating that SnapDiff is not supported on Linux, direct them to this page as
they are mistaken. There is no requirement to use NFS v4 for snapdiff that I
am aware of, and we have been using it with NFSv3 for some time.
I don't know what resistance you are running into, or why, but perhaps it is
because NFS can be problematic because of all of the mount and tuning options
that surround it.
..Paul
At 07:16 PM 10/8/2013, Grant Street wrote:
>Got confirmation this morning. Essentially they will only offer "Best Efforts"
>with any NFS that is not NFSv4 on AIX. The following are quotes from the
>ticket.
>
>"As my colleague Dave pointed out we will give our best effort to resolve any
>problems you may have with NFS, but since it is not supported in most
>environments except AIX, we can not guarentee that we will be able to resolve
>all issues related to NFS."
>
>"My understanding is that snapdiff will work in the environments specified in
>the restriction but it is not fully supported, in other words only on a best
>effort basis."
>
>Grant
>
>
>On 09/10/13 01:53, Paul Zarnowski wrote:
>>You may be confusing NFSv3 with v4. I can believe that v4 support is
>>limited, but v3 is supported on aix, Solaris, Linux, et al. Snapdiff
>>incrementals are only supported to a NetApp from AIX and Linux for NFS (v3).
>>
>>..Paul
>>(excuse my brevity & typos - sent from my phone)
>>
>>>On Oct 8, 2013, at 1:11 AM, "Grant Street" <grants AT AL.COM DOT AU> wrote:
>>>
>>>I'm confirming this now ... But it doesn't look good. I'm not talking
>>>will it or won't it work I'm more concerned about technical support. I
>>>had an issue with restoring data to an NFS file system on a mac and was
>>>told that it wasn't supported. That's when I started getting concerned.
>>>
>>>The following does not contain NFS except AIX. eg. I would expect it to
>>>list NFS against linux with ACL Support as "NO"
>>>
>>>http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r3/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.client.doc%2Fc_bac_aclsupt.html
>>>
>>>Grant
>>>
>>>
>>>>On 08/10/13 14:38, Alex Paschal wrote:
>>>>Hello, Grant. I'm certain NFS filesystems are supported on clients
>>>>other than AIX. In fact, the URL below links to the UNIX BAClient
>>>>manual, which contains the sentence:
>>>>"Note: On Solaris and HP-UX, the nfstimeoutoption can fail if the NFS
>>>>mount is hard."
>>>>
>>>>http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r4/topic/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/c_bac_nfshsmounts.html
>>>>
>>>>Perhaps your source confused NFS support with NFS Version 4 ACL support?
>>>>
>>>>http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r4/topic/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/c_bac_nasfs.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On 10/7/2013 4:41 PM, Grant Street wrote:
>>>>>Hello All
>>>>>
>>>>>Just a heads up to something I found out last week. I have been informed
>>>>>that backing up an NFS server from a non AIX client is NOT supported.
>>>>>
>>>>>This could also include using the snapdiff functionality on Netapps.
>>>>>This is being confirmed now.
>>>>>
>>>>>This may be old news to you, in which case , sorry, but this is a big
>>>>>concern for us. I have created an RFE
>>>>>http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=40014
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>Grant
>
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