I don't think the seperate pools for control data are needed with the
container pools.
We used to create a small diskpool storagepool with a seperate copypool or
send the data to a "prio1" type copypool so restores of this data to the
diskpool can be made quickly in case of a DR situation.
When VM's are being backed up in a periodic full schedule they can be
restored from tape after the control data is restored back to a diskpool.

With the container pools there is (atm) no copy to tape option and if that
option comes there will be no restoring directly from tape so the data
needs to be staged back to disk before it can be restored to VMware.

This makes the use of a seperate storagepool for control data unnecessary,
at least I for one no longer see the advantage


On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 4:19 PM, David Ehresman <
david.ehresman AT louisville DOT edu> wrote:

> Koen,
>
> Why different containers?   Why nodupe on vmctl pool.   How do you set a
> the vmctl pool to nodedup?  I thought the container software decided
> whether to dedup or not?
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Koen Willems
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:29 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM/VE and Containers
>
> Hi David,
> I store vmctl and backup data in separate container storage pools with no
> dedupe on my vmctl pool this works like a charm.
> Regards,
> Koen
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] Namens David
> Ehresman
> Verzonden: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 1:38 PM
> Aan: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Onderwerp: [ADSM-L] TSM/VE and Containers
>
> How does TSM/VE fit into a containerized world?  I assume I can write the
> data to a container.  What about the vmctl metadata; can it be stored in a
> container or does it have to stay in a file based storagepool?
>
> If both the data and the metadata are in a container and that data is
> replicated to a remote location, can TSM/VE be run in the remote location
> accessing the replicated data/metadata?
>
> David
>