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Re: [ADSM-L] Dear Tuscon

2009-03-24 10:49:48
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Dear Tuscon
From: Dwight Cook <cookde AT COX DOT NET>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:47:36 -0500
If you have multiple TSM servers, just backup to a flat file and push the db
backup to your other TSM server. (same with hourly incr db backups)
(and please don't go down the ~just use server to server communications with
virtual volumes~ road... I don't like using virtual volumes on another
server for that because it adds the complexity of having to establish server
to server communications before being able to perform the restore.)
There are also many other options of you don't like using a whole tape...
stick some NAS storage out there and just keep them on that.

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Remco Post
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:08 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Dear Tuscon

On 20 mrt 2009, at 15:39, Nick Laflamme wrote:

> My heart leapt when my RSS reader presented me an article in the TSM
> udpates feed from IBM with the heading, "Keeping more than one TSM
> server database backup on a tape." As I'm implementing a new server
> using 3592 drives, I haven't been happy with my options for this
> particular issue. Maybe, I thought, I was about to learn something of
> immediate use and high value!
>
> My heart sank when I read the actual article, which might be
> paraphrased as, "Sorry, Charlie, too risky."
>
> Back to asking for some LTO drives just for small, inexpensive tapes
> for DB backups.


I had a discussion with IBM development on this subject just a few
months ago in the context of the TSM 6.1 beta program. That person at
that time agreed with me that given current tape capacities, having
multiple db backups on one tape might make sense. This doesn't mean
that this is in 6.1 or even on the roadmap, but it does mean that the
door isn't completely closed either. We'll probably only find out if
IBM decides to follow up on the suggestion....

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Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards,

Remco Post
r.post AT plcs DOT nl

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