I am not an AIX guru, but I think I can answer at least some of your
questions.
I am not aware of any user written manuals on installation - only the
locations you referenced. There may be some IBM Redbooks on ADSM installation
on AIX - I know there are quite a few out there. IBM has a Redbooks web page
now - URL is http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks. They don't have the text o
ut there, but they do have the titles and abstracts, so at least you can get
an idea of what is available.
As for the Weekly backups, it would be possible to set up two schedules for a
machine, one for a full backup (selective) that only ran on the weekend, and
then an incremental. However, assuming you are installing level 2 of ADSM, I
think you might want to take a look at the features to create backup tapes. T
he short version is that you can create a backup tape of your primary backup
tape, and ADSM will keep track of it, and manage it, and expire it for you.
One of ADSM's primary strengths (in my opinion) is the design, which negates
the need for a regular full backup; the new version provides much needed tools
to extend this to offsite tapes.
Jerry Lawson
ITT Hartford Insurance Group
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Subject: AIX/ADSM Install/Newbie Questions
01-11-96 06:56 PM
Hi,
I am trying to configure ADSM on an RS/6000 with AIX 4.1. Is there
a user-written installation guide/FAQ/tips/hints document out there
somewhere? I've seen this document: ftp://198.80.6.2/adsm/info/adsm.FAQ
at the anon ADSM ftp server, but I want something more UNIX-specific.
I have lots of newbie questions also, if anyone would like to answer them.
1. Is there a way to perform a weekly full backup, with incrementals the
remaining 6 days of the week? The way to do this doesn't seem immediately
obvious to me. I want to be able to group tapes from each week together
to send them to offsite storage.
2. I've been attempting to define a 3480 cartridge drive to ADSM but
when I enter the "def drive" command, the console hangs, and I never
get a response. I can type in other commands, but I get no response
for them either.
Appreciative for any help!
Robyn
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