I was wondering if anyone has started to use the stgpool CRC checks and validate protocol options available in TSM 5.1.x?
Recently I discovered upon a data restoration that a few tapes had bad data. Indicated by a 'data integrity error'. I was able to trace down the cause (I think) to a bad disk that was in a disk storage pool a few weeks back, and that those files were written to the particular tape during a migration process. I called TSM tech support and they seemed to indicate that TSM doesn't do any sort of data read/write checking unless those options are turned on. I don't ever remember those options before verision 5, so it makes me wonder how I never ran into any problems like this before. (I have had bad disks/tapes during migration before and never had a data integrity error). So. is anyone using those CRC checks or validate protocol options and does it work have any side affects, slow things down etc? Thanks Matthew Glanville [EMAIL PROTECTED]
