Author: Kurt Beyers <Kurt.Beyers AT DOLMEN DOT BE>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:48:16 +0100
Hi, I've just got a question out of curiosity concerning the TSM database: -is it a DB2 database? -is it a modified DB2 database -or is it a complete propietry database -or based on another database
Kurt - A frequently asked question. See past postings, or topic "Database" in http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ ADSM.QuickFacts or http://www.tsmwiki.com/tsmwiki, which summarize cumulative info. Richard Sim
Author: Kurt Beyers <Kurt.Beyers AT DOLMEN DOT BE>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:10:24 +0100
Thanks Richard, I'm blushing a bit. Should have checked the excellent ADSM.QuickFacts first. Kurt ________________________________ Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager namens Richard Sims Verzonden: do 10/11
Author: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:13:11 -0500
My understand is that it is the old DB1 database and pretty much proprietary. I also heard that IBM has (had ?) plans to move to DB2 with V6 (this is speculation, of course). Kurt Beyers <Kurt.Beyers
One additional point to the proprietary nature of the database. It is my understanding that a large consideration for the design of the database, is down to TSM's random access storage pools and the