Thanks for clarifying, I was not aware of that specifically.
-- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant -ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Robert L. Rippy Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 1:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: storage agent use If you use LAN FREE the storage agent will push it over the fiber, not over the IP network even if the data resides locally. It doesn't matter where the data is. Thanks, Robert Rippy. From: Joshua Bassi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/13/2002 04:04 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: FW: storage agent use Then how is that considered LAN-free? If the data is not on the SAN then how is it gonna be backed up "LAN-free"? It's just not possible. -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant -ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Robert L. Rippy Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 12:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: storage agent use This is incorrect. LAN FREE either the data from the SAN or not from the SAN it will backup using LAN FREE or through the fiber. Thanks, Robert Rippy. -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Bassi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 3:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: storage agent use If the data to be backed up is not on the SAN, it is my understanding that the SAN agent will send it over the IP network (traditional backup). -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant -ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David E Ehresman Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 8:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: storage agent use The tape drives have to be available via SAN to the Storage Agent machine. The data to be backed up up does not. David >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/13/02 10:56AM >>> Hi, I am confused about Storage Agent use. To use it with SAN, do we have to keep the data to be backuped on SAN storage or can it be local data ? Regards, Tuncel Mutlu
