ADSM-L

notes connect agent date-aged material

1998-09-17 14:36:30
Subject: notes connect agent date-aged material
From: Cindy Cannam <CCannam AT GENAM DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:36:30 -0500
To all:

Server: OS/390 running V2.1.13
Client: WINNT 4.0 SP3 with ADSM V3R1L03 (PTF3) and Notes Connect Agent
2.1.8

We're quickly running out of external RAID storage on our Notes servers,
and after running through some statistics, I've determined that less than
7% of the databases and mail files are changing on a daily basis. Due to
long-running political battles, the Notes environment has been allowed to
swallow as much DASD as required in order to keep up with a "no delete"
mentality --- consequently there are multiple users who have mail files in
excess of 700 MB, and are continuing to grow daily.

The question: with the Notes Connect Agent, is there a facility to (1)
instruct ADSM to look for all mail/database files over XX days old; (2)
move these files to tape through some sort of special archival process; and
(3) delete the files from the source DASD element? If this is possible with
the Agent, and mildly painless, what are the steps required to make this
happen? I can see that the use of the BA client would not provide the
granularity required for a non-relational database structure such as Notes,
so moving files via the archive process here is probably not a viable
option. Or is it?

Any suggestions? war-stories?

C.L.Cannam
Storage Management
GENAM/St. Louis, MO/USA
ccannam AT genam DOT com
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>