If you're trying to have something for use in a recovery environment, I'd be
inclined to us tar instead.

Think about it -- your TSM server is not available, how do you restore the
TSM server files?

(Yes, backup sets will work -- If you created them beforehand AND the system
has compatible tape drives).

We have gone a different route. I've installed the TSM server code on both
our production S7As; it runs on one and just exists on the other (which runs
SAP). In our D/R process, we bring TSM and SAP both up on the same system.
The TSM code is recovered with MKSYSB when we restore the system, and then
we copy in the current device config and volume history files.

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rupp Thomas (Illwerke) [mailto:thomas.rupp AT ILLWERKE DOT AT]
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 12:17 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Backing up the TSM server itself
>
>
> Hi TSM-ers,
>
> I'm backing up the TSM server files to another machine (DEVCONFG.FILE,
> DSMSERV.DSK, DSMSERV.OPT, VOLHIST.FILE).
> Does it make sense to backup the rest of the TSM Server using the TSM
> client?
> I'm running TSM 4.1.5.0 on AIX 4.3.3
>
> Kind regards and greetings from Austria
> Thomas Rupp
> Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
> MAIL:   thomas.rupp AT illwerke DOT at
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