Matt,
I started using TSM fresh here in December 2003 on a Redhat Linux ES 2.1 kernel
2.4.9-e.27, on an IBM Intel x335 e-server. Have been running TSM server for
Linux 5.2.2.2 with an IBM 3582 TapeLib (two LTO2/LTO1 fiber connected drives),
a 7200 SAN, with server fiber optic cards etc.
I'm backing up one main NT 2003 server, several other Linux Redhat ES 2.1
servers, and one new AIX P630 server, plus a few PCs now (more to come), all
running the latest TSM client versions 5.2 something. I backup Veritas & NT
backups of Exchange 2003, plus standard Oracle DB backups and image Informix
DBs.
All is working well and I've had no problems at all (except trying to upgrade
to 5.2.2.3 server), but as you can see we are not a big TSM setup... hope this
gives you some comfort.
FYI - Charlie Hurtubise
Tecsys Inc.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Anderson, Matt
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:39 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Experiences with TSM server running on Linux86
Hey all,
We're currently considering replacing our 2 very large AIX TSM servers with
a large number (maybe 10 or so) of smaller, Linux based servers. The reason
for the change is to reduce the impact of hardware failure, allow for
database maintenance within a reasonable window and (less importantly)
possibly improve backup performance.
The question is, does anyone have any experience running your TSM
environments on Linux and, if so, how did it all work?
Also, we use a piece of software called Distributape by Gresham to manage
our tape library on the mainframe. If anyone uses this on Linux, I'd be
especially interested to hear of your experiences.
Thanks!
Matt Anderson
Backup & Recovery Engineer
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