ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Backup Online Files

2009-05-03 10:16:25
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Backup Online Files
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 10:14:37 -0400
You can check the List archives for discussions of this kind of
situation, going back years.
It's non-trivial, and why the TDPs exist (but not necessarily all
platforms).  Where there is no TDP, there is the TSM API in
conjunction with the app's API, where provided, for constructing a
substitute, for sites up to the programming task.

In physical file backups, a further consideration is that a given
subsystem may consist of multiple files, where it is important to have
consistency across them for a restoral of the combined elements to be
usable.  And, of course, various data may be "in flight", in the
memory area of the subject application.  The old redbook "Using ADSM
to Back Up Databases" delves into the situation.  Some applications
may provide some accommodation for backups, such as MySQL's commands
'mysqldump' and 'mysqlhotcopy'.

   Richard Sims   http://people.bu.edu/rbs

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