Also, as an fyi...
Tivoli also informed us that TDP for oracle on EMC is not supported when
TSM is running on
an AIX RS/6000.. Kinda funny huh?  It's actually only supported for
Oracle
databases running on a
Solaris system and TSM ALSO must be running on Solaris.  Don't vendors
usually make things work for
their products first then make it compatible with other systems?  I
think
IBM/Tivoli forgot to get together
on this one.  And, from what I understand, which may not be accurate...
The
TDP for EMC Oracle is used
only for backing up a BCV (Business Continuity Volume - like a ESS flash
copy).  So, to use the TDP you can
do online backups of a copied volume... hmmmm... no thanks.

Regards,

Denis L. L'Huiller
973-360-7739
dlhuillier AT pershing DOT com
Enterprise Storage Forms ->
http://admpwb01/misc/misc/storage_forms_main.html



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I think a little clarification is needed.

LAN-free with the B/A client does Backup and Restore through the SAN.
Also
the API client can do backup/restore through the SAN.

I understand there is one TDP product for EMC using the timefinder
function
that backs up LAN-free, but must restore over the LAN.  All other
products
do not have this limitation.

I say again this limitation is on the TDP EMC/Oracle, and does not
effect
LAN-free as a whole.

Jason Bamford
Tivoli Software
Pan-EMEA Storage Product Specialist
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX
Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Professional