HSM is the Hierarchical Storage Managment product for ADSM. It extends
ADSM's capabilities to enable files unused for a length of time to be
archived off 'behind the scenes'.When the filesystem needs to access
that file it is automatically recalled from ADSM server storage.

Matthew Warren.
HOIST - Head Office Infrastructure Support Team.
ADSM (FAB) + Unix support.
        Marks & Spencer Plc.
        Baker Street.
        London.
Email: matthew.warren AT marks-and-spencer DOT com




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reinald Gfuellner [SMTP:gfullner AT LPR.E-TECHNIK.TU-MUENCHEN DOT DE]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 9:52 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: exclude.dir not working
>
> > The ADSM Manuals say,
> >
> > exclude.dir     Specifies a directory that you want to exclude from
> > > backup services only.
> >                Use this option when you have both the backup-archive
> > > client and the HSM client installed.
> > Have you both the backup-archive client AND the HSM client
> installed?
> >
> > Matthew Warren.
> > wmarren AT osmf.bt.co DOT uk
> > BT Open Systems Storage Managment.
>
> ... unfortunately the manual
>  ("Usinig the UNIX Backup-Archive Clients, Version 3")
> does not give any idea what an "HSM client" is nor does it give a
> pointer to related publications.
>
> Creating documentation, which is better readable for people who are
> not into the subject to a big extend (like mere client-admins)
> would be a great thing!
>
> Also some post-scriptum-readme ("v3-client crashes with coredump if
> domain-argument becomes too long" ... ) would be highly appreciated.
>
>
> In general I would say that "concepts behind" are sometimes hard to
> understand.
>
> F.e. I still not know, if or not I can get dms(stat) to recognice all
> mounted filesystems as separate ones if the path to the rootfilesystem
> involves a symlink (/NET/elgon/ -> / on host elgon).
>
> I posted the question 2 weeks ago without response.
>
> regards
>   R. Gfuellner
>
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