Hi Allen,

there are about 3 pages on NDMP in the TSM admin guide, and that's all there is 
to it. I learned today that if you want TOCs, that you must have the same 
language setting on the TSM server as on the filer.

When you map tape drives to your filer, and the EMC boys do their thing to 
detect them, they become known as mt devices on those boxes. If you're lucky, 
or they're good, they make sure that each tape drive has the same name on each 
filer. Ow, btw, and a filer = a datamover. 

On 10 jun 2010, at 23:05, Allen S. Rout wrote:

> Hi, folks.
> 
> I'm in the happy state of needing to attempt some NDMP backups.
> Remember that 12TB FS conversation we had a while back?  Well boy
> howdy, someone has just presented me with one.  We're failing to
> complete backups in any reasonable timeframe.
> 
> I intend to continue experimenting with The Right Way, but I need a
> stopgap, and it looks like NDMP is it.
> 
> 
> But I'm having difficulty deciphering some of the instructions: they
> talk about telling the DataMover the controller, ID, and lun.  I may
> be dense, but I'm accustomed to using rmt devices or WWNs.
> 
> Anybody got a pointer to the Fine Manual ?  The logs of this list
> include a tantalizing reference to success after "reading between the
> lines a little bit"; but I was unable to find anything concrete.
> 
> 
> I'm on  Version 5, Release 5, Level 3.0 of TSM, in case it matters.
> 
> 
> 
> - Allen S. Rout

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