Author: Mehdi Salehi <iranian.aix.support AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:08:47 +0330
Hi, What are the requirements for LAN-free backup? TSM server is V6.1 on AIX 6.1. Do I need Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks or GPFS? Thanks, Mehdi Salehi
Author: Richard van Denzel <RDenzel AT TDMI DOT NL>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:06:07 +0200
Mehdi, You will need Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks. Met vriendelijke groet, Richard van Denzel +31 (0) 6 15 83 82 48 Hi, What are the requirements for LAN-free backup? TSM server i
Author: Mehdi Salehi <iranian.aix.support AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:18:34 +0330
Thanks Rechard, Is one "Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks" server would be enough for all windows-based, linux-based and AIX-based client? Thanks
Author: David McClelland <david.mcclelland AT NETWORKC.CO DOT UK>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:06:06 +0100
You might want to take a look at the TSM Admin Guide first to make sure you understand the concepts here: http://tinyurl.com/opoeqn LANfree backups are still host-driven, whereby a client sends data
Author: Mehdi Salehi <iranian.aix.support AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 13:56:26 +0330
Is that based on marketing reasons that IBM don't try to merge some TSM products such as B/A client and storage agent? Even the continuous protection for windows-based clients. Mehdi
Author: David McClelland <david.mcclelland AT NETWORKC.CO DOT UK>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:40:26 +0100
the TSM SAN Storage Agent is a significant piece of code in its own right (pretty much a cut-down TSM Server I understand) to be sparingly used (in my opinion) for very specific applications and sce
Author: Mehdi Salehi <iranian.aix.support AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 10:39:21 +0330
Hi, This is how storage agent 6.1 works which might be one of the differences of this version: "the storage agent can support several clients while installed on only one of the clients. You can also
Author: Steven Langdale <Steven.Langdale AT CAT DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 08:33:27 +0100
Hello No, it's not different in 6.1, earlier versions work the same. What you need to remember though is that you normally install a LAN-Free agent to get the data OFF the ethernet network. If you're
Author: Mehdi Salehi <iranian.aix.support AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:56:59 +0330
Good point, thanks. I conclude that for a multi-platform environment, TSM for SAN is required for all systems that need LAN-free data movement. Another vague issue for me is the shared resource. Evid