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[ADSM-L] Netware to Linux client migration

2010-01-06 13:31:07
Subject: [ADSM-L] Netware to Linux client migration
From: David Longo <David.Longo AT HEALTH-FIRST DOT ORG>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:29:46 -0500
I have TSM server 5.5.2 and some older Netware clients.  Netware 6.5
and most are TSM client 5.2.2.0.  These are our Network file shares.

The current volumes are NSS (TSM server filespace type "NTW:LONG".)
The team is about to migrate all Netware over to Linux, SLES 10 and
the TSM filespace type will be "NSS".  They have done a small one as a test
and this is how it comes out.

Several questions.

1.  I know that disimilar filesystem types can't be backed up/restored.
So, with the old Netware filespaces, I need to keep them around to
restore old data to one spare Netware server and then they copy data
to new system if a restore is needed after migrating.

I thought I would ask though if there is anyway that this can be migrated
as this is probably a popular move and maybe there is a way to do it,
even if a third party something.  Ha ha!  I know is a dumb question,
but I see Andy Raibeck's standard line about that frequently!

2.  With the new Linux servers, they will also implement Novell's
Dynamic Storage Technology.  This will enable the infrequent accessed
files to be dumped off to a "shadow" space on SATA drives.

Does anybody know if this speeds up  the TSM backup?  In other
words, does the "file scan" done when backups run also have to scan
this also each day?  Any experienced do's/don'ts about this from
TSM point of view?

Thanks,
David Longo



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