Is this possible to do on a Novell client?  Using a Windows 2000 TSM
server?

Restore a backupset from tape device that is available on both locations?

If it's not possible could I set up TSM to create a backupset to file and
then backup that up on tape with TSM.  If I need it I would then need to
restore the file and then send it to the client and then restore... Doesn't
sound too good actually, but if you can't the backupsets from tape on the
Novell client how do you keep complete monthly copies of backups with TSM?
I can't archive because some of the servers are on the WAN and the speed
won't allow me to do complete archive during the weekend anymore (too much
data).

Help!

Thanks,

Etienne Brodeur


On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:15:33 -0600, it was written:
>>Oh how I wish this were possible.  I have submitted this requirement to
>>Tivoli and I believe others have also.
>>
>>We are currently using LTO tapes (100 GB uncompressed), it is just not
>>economical to only put 1 backupset per tape.
>
>One of the major purposes of backupsets is the ability to restore a
>system without the use of the TSM server. This can particularly useful
>in DR mode when you need to get some mission-critical TSM clients
>*immediately* while you're concurrently getting the TSM box rebuilt as
>well. In this mode, an LTO tape with a backupset on it won't do you
>much good if you can't locally mount the tape on the box to be
>recovered, and I don't know many folk that have a standalone LTO tape
>drive sitting around.
>
>If you've got a beef with using large-capacity tapes for backupsets,
>stick a standalone DLT or 8mm tape drive on your TSM server, and write
>the backupsets to that. Then move the drive to the client to be
>restored as necessary.