Julie,

from what I read in the TSM 3.7 Technical Guide (see
<http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg245477.html>
pp. 37-56), I would expect you to be able to create the backup set
in a FILE, which then can be transfered by whatever means are appropriate
(e.g. FTP it directly to the client, or transfer it to a small system
near your OS/390 server, burn it on CDROM there (or on JAZZ, or on ZIP)
and ship that media to the client).

Julie Phinney writes:
 > We could use the functionality of a Backupset,  for disaster recovery that
 > requires no TSM server (mainframe)  involvement.
 > Our ADSM server is on OS/390  (getting ready to upgrade to TSM).
 > As I understand it, backupsets can be stored on removable devices, such as
 > a tape drive connected to the client,  but only for devclasses that are
 > supported by both the client and the server??
 > So if I have an OS/390 server, I can only write to mainframe tapes and
 > mainframe disk or another TSM server?
 > So my only choice would be to buy another TSM server and put it on a small
 > platform and generate all backupsets and ship them to that server?
 > Am I missing something,  or are folks with OS/390 servers really out of
 > luck for generating a backupset that doesnt require the mainframe to do a
 > restore?
 > Thanks for any insight,
 > Julie

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