hi ppl
as a tsm newbie i try to plan a backup strategy with TSM. i used backupexec(symantec/veritas) and dataprotector (Hp) before but never tsm.
The incremental forever strategy used by tsm worries me a little bit, because i was used to do full-backups every week and offsited them.
now, in tsm i dont know (also after reading redbooks and more...) how to realise this in the best way... maybe some of you TSM experts can give me an advice
i have to backup about 30-40 servers with tsm.
so i planned to backup with 3 storage pools with migration:
1. Disk_Pool (disk)
2. Tape_Pool (tapes)
3. Offsite_Pool (also tapes)
every week or month (interval not sure now) i want to copy disk and tape pool to the offsite_pool and define the tapes as offsite to take them out of the lib and to another place. of course i also want to backup the database and offsite this tape too. so if the tsm server crashes i could set up a new one, restore the database and everything is fine.
my questions are:
- does this work like i imagine?
- is this the best solution/strategy to deal with offsite media with tsm?
- if files expire, are they unavailable/deleted in the database or can they be restored with offsite tapes?
i would be very grateful if i get some opinions of expierienced tsm-users/admins to get this working in a right way
as a tsm newbie i try to plan a backup strategy with TSM. i used backupexec(symantec/veritas) and dataprotector (Hp) before but never tsm.
The incremental forever strategy used by tsm worries me a little bit, because i was used to do full-backups every week and offsited them.
now, in tsm i dont know (also after reading redbooks and more...) how to realise this in the best way... maybe some of you TSM experts can give me an advice
i have to backup about 30-40 servers with tsm.
so i planned to backup with 3 storage pools with migration:
1. Disk_Pool (disk)
2. Tape_Pool (tapes)
3. Offsite_Pool (also tapes)
every week or month (interval not sure now) i want to copy disk and tape pool to the offsite_pool and define the tapes as offsite to take them out of the lib and to another place. of course i also want to backup the database and offsite this tape too. so if the tsm server crashes i could set up a new one, restore the database and everything is fine.
my questions are:
- does this work like i imagine?
- is this the best solution/strategy to deal with offsite media with tsm?
- if files expire, are they unavailable/deleted in the database or can they be restored with offsite tapes?
i would be very grateful if i get some opinions of expierienced tsm-users/admins to get this working in a right way