Hi,
        I am something of a TSM beginner, and this is my first post here
too, so please excuse
any obvious mistakes on my part.
        I am in the position of having to implement a TSM backup solution
for our client. This is
(in the first instance at least) an all AIX shop. I've read all the
redbooks, and am pretty confident
that I know (more or less!) what needs to be done. However, I would
appreciate some feedback
regarding AIX disk mirroring and how this affects the client-side of the
set-up.
        Without going into too much detail about our current config, are
there any special considerations
regarding the client if you are using AIX LVM-level mirroring? Our current
backups use sysback/sbom
which jumps through a number of hoops to break a copy off the (triple)
mirror, which is then backed
up whilst work continues. For simplicity, as much as anything else, I would
far prefer to not have
to do this kind of thing as part of the backup procedure. Is there anything
in the TSM client which
assists in the backup of mirrored volumes? Do the logical volumes have to be
varied on (just wondering
if varying them off is an option) for TSM to back them up? Does anybody have
any experience with this
kind of thing?

Thanks in advance,

Steve Greatbanks
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