Or, just back it up to diskpool. When the diskpool gets to the high water mark, it will start migration to the next storage pool (I assume, your tapepool). When the diskpool gets completely full, TSM will automatically send files to the next storage pool (again, assuming your tapepool), meaning, directly to tape. This is all good, as long as you have at least two tape drives.
One thing I would suggest is to run this backup outside of your normal scheduled backups, so you will have this done (and hopefully copied to your copy stgpool (offsite)) before the main backups for all your other clients begin. Hope this helps. Todd "Ford, Phillip" <phillip.ford@S To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PCORP.COM> cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Fax to: Dist Stor Subject: Re: management class question??? Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ST.EDU> 01/31/2003 10:41 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Just change the destination pool of the given management class to the tape pool (the one that the disk pool will migrate to). Make sure you activate the policy set. Then do your first backup. Now go in and change the destination pool to the disk pool. Make sure to activate the policy set again. That should do it. -- Phillip Ford Senior Software Specialist Corporate Computer Center Schering-Plough Corp. (901) 320-4462 (901) 320-4856 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Joni Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: management class question??? Hi everyone! I am creating a new management class for a user that wants all files backed up incrementally no matter if it is open or not. I know that I have to use the dynamic parameter for copy serialization. On a normal day I want the backup to go to the disk pool, but the first time this server backs up it will back up the entire 202 GB server. My problem is that the disk pool is only 34 GB. I want to direct the first backup directly to tape and all future backups to disk. How do I do this? If I tell the user to first use a MC that goes directly to tape and then use a MC that goes to disk for all others, will it not try to do a backup of all files for the second incremental backup since it is technically using a new MC class or does it go by files that exist? Thanks in advance for any help!!! Joni Moyer Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (717)975-8338 ********************************************************************* This message and any attachments is solely for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, use or distribution of the information included in this message is prohibited -- Please immediately and permanently delete.