"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 06/22/2006
08:20:19 AM:
> One of the main things I can't figure out though is how will I be
> backing the new TSM server up? Besides the database I mean. With
> the mainframe I've just added the defined TSM environment disk
> volumes to the nightly MVS full-volume backups that rotate offsite.
> If there was ever a "disaster", we would have just restored the
> mainframe environment at the hot-site, which in turn would have
> restored the TSM environment. As the client servers are restored by
> their administrators, they would use the offsite backup copies to
> restore the TSM client data.
>
> My question is...how do I backup the new TSM server environment on
> the pSeries box? I know to do a daily TSM db & config backup but
> will I have to recreate the whole rest of the environment on a new
> server, then restore the db? Or can I do a full backup of the
> server to cd or tape and just restore the whole TSM environment that
way?
A few suggestions:
1. Run a regular mksysb (to tape or separate disk) on the AIX box. This
creates a bootable image that will rebuild your root volume group. (A
weekly backup should be sufficient, with special mksysb creation before
and after maintenance level upgrades, firmware updates, etc.) Restoring
your mksysb image will get your base server back up and running quickly.
If you're up to the challenge, look into AIX's NIM technology.
2. When you build your TSM system, create a separate volume group for your
TSM database, log, and storage pool volumes. Back up your TSM db regularly
(as you well know how to do); do two full backups daily, and keep one in
your library and send one offsite daily. (Look at the dbbackup and db
snapshot details; this will help you with proper expiration of old
databases.)
3. You might want to consider the first level of AIX administration course
from IBM.
> Sorry if this seems like such a dumb question...please take into
> consideration that I'm of a mainframe mind-set and will have to
> start to adjust my whole way of thinking :~)
NST as a dumb question, as Mr. Raibeck points out.
--
Mark Stapleton
US Bank MR Backup/Recovery engineer
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