Wow, quick response, thanks.
        I now see how it all links together. I forgot to take into
account that the inclexcl could influence where that "virtual filespace"
ends up.

Thanks,
Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Mochnaczewski
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 12:45 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: TDP for Oracle question.

RMAN backups using different storage pool
 
1) Verify the  TDPO_FS entry in the tdpo.opt file. The standard entry is
called adsm-rman. This is a "virtual" filesystem used by RMAN. It
doesn't exist physically on the client system, but if I run a  query
filespace on a node in TSM that is using RMAN, this filesystem is
listed.

2) Create a management class called RMAN pointing to the desired storage
pool.

3) Create a new include-exclude entry ( or file if it doesn;t exist )
with the following entry :
 
include /adsm-rman/.../*   RMAN
 
This entry tells TDP to point the backup ( /adsm-rman ) to the RMAN
management class .
 
4) Modify the RMAN stanza portion of the dsm.sys to point to the newly
created include-exclude file.
5) Run the backup and see if it uses the storage pool by doing a q vol
on the voluems in the storage pool. The rman files usually begin with
df_.


NOTE: RMAN uses its own expiration mechanism. Youo have tio keep on top
of the DBAs in order to make sure they are expiring their backups
properly or you could end up with terabytes of old backups ( been there
done that ). What is more fun is when the RMAN catalogue has been
deleted and the DAB cannot gracefully purge the backups so you have to
manually delete the objects in TSM .

Let me know if you have any other questions.
 
Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Ben Bullock
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:39 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TDP for Oracle question.


        I have a question about the TDP for Oracle product. 

        Is there a way to have the RMAN command bind the oracle backups
to a specific management class (so it can go to a different
storagepool)? To this point we have a separate domain for the TDP
clients and only have the 1 required default management class that all
clients use. 
        We now would like a subset of the TDP clients to go to a
different storagepool for higher availability. At this point I am
thinking I might have to just create another domain with a MC that
points to this other storagepool and then move the TDP client to the new
domain to pick up the new location.
        Yea? Nay? It's Friday, who cares, I'm outa here is X hours? ;-)

Ben