Paul,

Typically...  I see that people will name their node
the same as their primary SQL node with an extension.
Something like:
    Primary:       SQLSRV23_SQL
    Archive:       SQLSRV23_SQL_ARCH

And they will have a separate DSM.OPT file, something like
DSMARCH.OPT that has the archive nodename.

Thanks,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 08/03/2007
12:53:23 AM:

> I have been told that if I want to create an "archive" backup of an SQL
> database via TDP for SQL, then I should create a separate node name in
> TSM (such as "SQL_Archive") and then backup using that node name once a
> month (for example) and make sure to bind those backups to a management
> class that has the long term settings that meet our requirements.
>
> What else is involved in setting this up? On the client do I have to
> create another dsm.opt file with the new node name to match what I set
> up on the TSM server?
>
> Regards
> Paul Dudley