David, Thanks for your insight. So, I would just treat as a client and choose the files that I'd want to backup on daily base. Then, schedule it, right? If wrong, please correct me. I checked our current backup files on mainframe. They are just like financial aids, all lib users, business transaction stuff, etc. They are being written directly on tapes when backup jobs run every night. I don't know if I can 'tell' TSM to do the same way. Should I decide which will go to disk storage and which goes to tape storage?
As we run mainframe, we also back up DB databases files, too. When running Oracle, having users' daily transactions and databases and associated files, how do I back them up? When installed TDP for Oracle, all backups events will be done from Oracle servers? I know my questions might make you, and you all, laugh. If so, please forgive me.. Our vendor said that TSM is installed in a standby server. Does that mean we don't have even a dedicated one? It doesn't sound right to me. Any potential problems with that setup? They will bring the new AIX + Oracle system soon in our place. The vendor is bringing SAN with new systems. We currently are running ADSM 3.7 to backup all network servers and workstations on campus. It's not working very efficiently... Any comment will help me tremendously, Thanks you and you all. Jin Bae Chi (Gus) Data Center 614-287-2496 614-287-5488 Fax e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/05/02 03:01PM >>> A quick Friday afternoon answer: Yes, AIX is a client just like any other platform. (You need to have an AIX mksysb tape made though to do restore from totally crashed system). You say "make backups of regular production jobs", exactly what do you mean by that? If you need to make backups of transaction files or other special stuff, you have to look at it more closely. Is just once a day enough or do certain files need backup at say 4 hour intervals. I would say first approcach it not necessarily from TSM point, but from the point of what do you need to backup and how often. And how long do you need to keep the backups? Then see how to use TSM to acomplish this. You might then have to do some tweaking. Is this your first TSM system or have you been backing up some clients with TSM for a while? If you have Oracle on AIX, the regular Back/Archive client will not backup Hot Oracle DB's. You need TDP for Oracle to interface between TSM and Oracle's RMAN. (Or get SQL Backtrack from BMC is another option.) David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax: 321.434.5525 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/05/02 02:29PM >>> Hi, Everyone. Can anyone help me how to configue the AIX system in order to make backups of regular daily production jobs runnign on it? and how to prepare vault movement? Should I treat the AIX system as a clien node? I just got off the classes and don't have any practical idea. Please help! We are migrating from mainframe; VSE to AIX with Oracle. New system will be in soon and I need to start from scratch!! HELP!! Thansk much. Gus "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following annotations on 04/05/02 15:15:41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. ==============================================================================