TSM and iSCSI LUNs

[CV1975]

Hi,

I haven't worked with TSM since 2007 and we certainly didn't use iSCSI LUNs.
We have a client with TSM, and are proposing an EMC VNXe3300 as storage for backups of a SAP environment.
I've run backups of Veeam to iSCSI LUNs as well as Backup Exec backups to iSCSI LUNs, so I have some experience with the iSCSI-part.
My question is this: Will TSM allow backups to run to iSCSI LUNs (most likely spanned disks in Windows) like a normal backup-to-disk? Or does it need anything else in terms of licenses.

Thanks very much!

 

[Harry_Redl]

Hi,

works, no licenses needed. Unless your LAN is really stable I recommend using FILE device class instead of DISK.

Harry

 

[moon-buddy]

I agree with Harry.

Use DEVCLASS=file which is more tolerant of network drops.

 

[CV1975]

It will run on a 10Gbe network so it should be fine.

Thanks guys, I find the TSM information scarce and it would be easier to win the Lotto at times ;-)