We have looked at TSM for iSeries (AS/400, IBM i) and have never found it to be 
a suitable choice.  The people I have met that have installed TSM on iSeries 
have all said BRMS is a better choice.
Perhaps you should look into a VTL that does de-duplication and replicate the 
VTL.  That is our solution.

Andy Huebner


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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Eric Thompson
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 5:44 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM = iSeries (BRMS?)

Does TSM have an iSeries client?  If so, can it do an 'incremental'
backup of the changed data on an AS/400?

Or does it treat the data like a 'blob' and pick it all up each night?



Do you need to use BRMS?

If you use BRMS and point it to TSM via the API, can BRMS do a daily
'incremental' backup of the data and only send changes each night?



We've got an iSeries that has approx. 800 GB of data (of which a small
amount changes daily).

It isn't feasible for us to pick-up all 800 GB each night and send it to
the TSM server (at a remote location) due to bandwidth limitations.

We would be able to send only the 'incremental' changes each night.





Thanks.   Eric





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