Have you thought of creating/using BACKUP SETS ?





"Pasquale, Joe" <joe.pasquale AT SPCORP DOT COM>
Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
11/18/2003 11:07 AM
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        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        cc:
        Subject:        Re: Catalog Size and large number of files


Full backups are required because of retention requirements set by
government regulations, so the "incremental forever" philosophy is NOT a
solution.

-----Original Message-----
From: David E Ehresman [mailto:deehre01 AT LOUISVILLE DOT EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:04 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Catalog Size and large number of files


> If so, could you please forward some
>possible solutions?
>

The obvious solution is to use TSM's "incremental forever" philosophy and
not do unnecessary full backups.

David


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