Yes it is.

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Seay, Lisa 
        Sent: Wed 8/15/2007 5:00 PM 
        To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU 
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        Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TDP for Oracle question.
        
        

        Richard,
        
        The dba would like to know if the last part of the file name, the part 
after
        the instance i.e. WSLX in your case, is synonymous with the "piece 
handle"
        in Oracle.
        
        Thank you,
        
        Lisa Seay <mailto:seayl AT flalottery DOT com>
        Technical Analyst I
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        -----Original Message-----
        From: Richard Mochnaczewski
        [mailto:Richard.Mochnaczewski AT STANDARDLIFE DOT CA]
        Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:45 PM
        To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TDP for Oracle question.
        
        
        RMAN backups using different storage pool
        
        1) Verify the  TDPO_FS entry in the tdpo.opt file. The standard entry is
        called adsm-rman. This is a "virtual" filesystem used by RMAN. It 
doesn't
        exist physically on the client system, but if I run a  query filespace 
on a
        node in TSM that is using RMAN, this filesystem is listed.
        
        2) Create a management class called RMAN pointing to the desired storage
        pool.
        
        3) Create a new include-exclude entry ( or file if it doesn;t exist ) 
with
        the following entry :
        
        include /adsm-rman/.../*   RMAN
        
        This entry tells TDP to point the backup ( /adsm-rman ) to the RMAN
        management class .
        
        4) Modify the RMAN stanza portion of the dsm.sys to point to the newly
        created include-exclude file.
        5) Run the backup and see if it uses the storage pool by doing a q vol 
on
        the voluems in the storage pool. The rman files usually begin with df_.
        
        
        NOTE: RMAN uses its own expiration mechanism. Youo have tio keep on top 
of
        the DBAs in order to make sure they are expiring their backups properly 
or
        you could end up with terabytes of old backups ( been there done that ).
        What is more fun is when the RMAN catalogue has been deleted and the DAB
        cannot gracefully purge the backups so you have to manually delete the
        objects in TSM .
        
        Let me know if you have any other questions.
        
        Rich
        
        -----Original Message-----
        From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On 
Behalf Of
        Ben Bullock
        Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:39 PM
        To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject: [ADSM-L] TDP for Oracle question.
        
        
                I have a question about the TDP for Oracle product.
        
                Is there a way to have the RMAN command bind the oracle backups
        to a specific management class (so it can go to a different
        storagepool)? To this point we have a separate domain for the TDP
        clients and only have the 1 required default management class that all
        clients use.
                We now would like a subset of the TDP clients to go to a
        different storagepool for higher availability. At this point I am
        thinking I might have to just create another domain with a MC that
        points to this other storagepool and then move the TDP client to the new
        domain to pick up the new location.
                Yea? Nay? It's Friday, who cares, I'm outa here is X hours? ;-)
        
        Ben