Hi There, Been monitoring the list the last couple of weeks. Seeing as we are relatively new to the "world of TSM".
I havent come across this (yet) in any of the admin / installation / user guides but I woudl like to know if there is a "best practises" w.r.t maintaining our tivoli server. (this is where the personal experience out there REALLY comes in handy ...) I have already drawn up a short list - feel free to add to it .... Daily Backups Reclamation (daily) Migration Create Offsite Copies Expiration Backup TSM DB SnapShot TSM DB Backup Volhist Expire Inv If possible any integrity or consistency check that we can run to verify the DB ? TSM internal commands ? or external utilities ? Second Question: (I know I am pushing it - but seeing as I already have the guru's attention) - Does TSM have a utility that "scans" in a tape and re-populates the DB ? Example: We have a tape and we arent sure what data it contains - can one "scan" (for lack of a better term) the contents ? Can one restore from that tape (say to a temp location) to view the contents ? Any help is appreciated. Regards, Riaan Louwrens Source Consulting SA