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Re: [ADSM-L] One to many replication in Spectrum Protect 8.1

2017-07-21 13:21:26
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] One to many replication in Spectrum Protect 8.1
From: Matthew McGeary <Matthew.McGeary AT POTASHCORP DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:20:01 +0000
I'm very interested about this as well, since we will have requirements for 
one-many replication in the coming months.

Thanks,

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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Golbin, Mikhail
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 10:29 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] One to many replication in Spectrum Protect 8.1

Disk based replication is quite expensive, we are not using it now.
Any particular reason IBM does not recommend replication server switch as part 
of the script?
It appears to me that it will work just fine

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Del Hoobler <hoobler AT us.ibm DOT com> wrote:

> Hi Mikhail,
>
> IBM does not recommend the switching technique below.
>
> A few other ideas for creating a tertiary copy...
>    - use disk-based replication (it's not integrated into Protect 
> replication... but could be done) and create a "consistency group" 
> that covers the the database DB (db, instance dir, other related 
> parts) and the storage pool
>    - HADR (Example:
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/storageneers/entry/
> tsmptha?lang=en
> )
>
> Check Youtube... there are a few presentations out there that talk 
> about it as well.
>
>
> Del
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 07/21/2017
> 10:41:51 AM:
>
> > From: "Golbin, Mikhail" <mikhail.golbin AT ROCHE DOT COM>
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Date: 07/21/2017 10:42 AM
> > Subject: Re: One to many replication in Spectrum Protect 8.1 Sent 
> > by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> >
> > Will switching replication server as part of the maintenance script
> work?
> > Something along these lines:
> > Set REPLSERVer tsm2
> > UPDate STGpool DIR_POOL_TSM1 PROTECTstgpool=DIR_POOL_TSM2 protect 
> > stgpool DIR_POOL_TSM1 maxsessions=2 wait=yes replicate node * 
> > maxsessions=2 wait=yes
> >
> > Set REPLSERVer tsm3
> > UPDate STGpool DIR_POOL_TSM1 PROTECTstgpool=DIR_POOL_TSM3 protect 
> > stgpool DIR_POOL_TSM1 maxsessions=2 wait=yes replicate node * 
> > maxsessions=2 wait=yes
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Mikhail Golbin
> <mikhail.golbin AT roche DOT com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Del,
> > >
> > > We are all disk, no tape, so that is not an option.
> > > Any possible workarounds?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike G
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Del Hoobler <hoobler AT us.ibm DOT com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Mikhail,
> > >>
> > >> One-to-many node replication is not currently supported. It is a
> known
> > >> requirement.
> > >>
> > >> One way to create two copies of your backup data stored in 
> > >> directory-container storage pools is to use PROTECT STGPOOL to a
> second
> > >> Spectrum Protect server and a PROTECT STGPOOL to tape.
> > >>
> > >> Del
> > >>
> > >> ----------------------------------------------------
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 
> > >> 07/20/2017
> > >> 11:07:28 AM:
> > >>
> > >> > From: "Golbin, Mikhail" <mikhail.golbin AT ROCHE DOT COM>
> > >> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > >> > Date: 07/20/2017 11:12 AM
> > >> > Subject: One to many replication in Spectrum Protect 8.1 Sent 
> > >> > by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> > >> >
> > >> > Hi guys,
> > >> >
> > >> > I was wondering if anyone tried to replicate to more than one
> server -
> > >> we
> > >> > would like to have one copy nearby and one offsite.
> > >> > I was reading IBM presentation from almost couple years ago
> discussing
> > >> node
> > >> > replication and directory pool replication in then brand new
> Spectrum
> > >> > Protect 7.1.3 -
> > >> >
> http://www.empalis.com/fileadmin/templates_empalis/PDFs/Events_2015/
> > >> >
> TSM_Symp_2015_Nachlese/02_TSM_Symp_2015_Nachlese_Node_Replication.pdf
> > >> >
> > >> > Towards the end of the presentation they talk about future
> direction and
> > >> on
> > >> > page 26 about one-to-many replication. We have the latest 
> > >> > Spectrum
> > >> Protect
> > >> > 8.1 and I can't find a way to do it.
> > >> >
> > >> > All suggestions and workarounds are greatly appreciated!
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks,
> > >> >
> > >> > --
> > >> > Mikhail Golbin
> > >> > bus (908)635-5705
> > >> > cell (908)210-3393
> > >> > RMD IT Client Services
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mikhail Golbin
> > > bus (908)635-5705
> > > cell (908)210-3393
> > > RMD IT Client Services
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mikhail Golbin
> > bus (908)635-5705
> > cell (908)210-3393
> > RMD IT Client Services
> >
>



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