John. Forget lan free. That's Client stuff. You want server stuff that comes bundled.
Set up your remote 3494 so that the TSM1 OS can see it. Under AIX you'd use mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 to access one library and mtlib -l /dev/lmcp1 to access the other Set up your SAN so that the TSM1 OS can see the remote 3494 drives. Configure them. define a new library to TSM1 and point it at the device name of the remote library. If you are going to share the library with TSM2 use different 3494 categories. define new drives to TSM1 in that library with the device name of the remote drives define a device class to TSM1 that resides in the new library define a copy storage pool to tsm1 that uses that device class. Run a backup stg to the new copypool. Voila - you have data offsite. You may have to register a library licence too. Test that you can restore. :) Steve. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 18/12/2003 7:40:37 >>> Steve, Thanks for your reply. I thought something like this was possible but had/have no idea how to set it up. Do I need the Tivoli Storage Agent for this? Unfortunately when IBM shipped the latest base level of TSM, they forgot to include the Tivoli Storage Agent so I am in the process of trying to get the base level CD now. If I don't need the Tivoli Storage Agent, can I do what you described using only the TSM server? I'm just not sure how to get this all setup but I think once I do, it will save alot of headaches as I think I should be able to backup our Notes files systems much faster since the Notes Mail files are stored on a Windows 2000 file server with a SAN attached drive. Right now they are backed up the conventional way across the LAN/WAN and it takes a very long time. Instead of me bothering you too much and wearing out my welcome, is there a manual you know of that explains how to do all this? Thanks much for your help and patience, John Forum: ADSM.ORG - ADSM / TSM Mailing List Archive Date: Dec 16, 18:40 From: Steve Harris <nobody at nowhere.com> John, Server to server will only move data over the wan, there is no lanfree opti=on at this time. If you are only using second site for backup then there is no need for TSM2= at all. Just define your second site library and drives with an new device class an=d stgpools on TSM1 Start a backup stgpool and magically, data will transfer to the second site. I'm doing something like this: TSM DB and logs are (AIX) mirrored and my diskpools are split with =BD at e=ach site in separate pools. Primary stgpool data flow is [EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] . The [EMAIL PROTECTED] is normally access=3Dunavailable, so it is usually skippe=d and data goes straight to [EMAIL PROTECTED] During daily migration I point [EMAIL PROTECTED] directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] All backup stg goes to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the event of a disaster, the tsm instance is switched to the second site=. DB and logs run on mirrors and nothing is lost there. Data in disk stgp=ools is lost and can either be recovered from [EMAIL PROTECTED] or marked as des=troyed and backed up again. Primary backups are made to go to second site = by making [EMAIL PROTECTED] available. Yes its complex, but it works. HTH Steve Harris AIX and TSM Admin Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia >>> jdury AT DUQLIGHT DOT COM 17/12/2003 8:20:34 >>> Here is >>> our current setup. We have 2 TSM systems. TSM1 which is where all the TSM clients backup to at night. TSM2 is offsite and only used for keeping a second copy of the TSM1 data using the "BACKUP STGPOOL" command. They are fiber connected like this: Location 1 | Location 2 ------------------------------|---------------------------------- | | Shark1 | Shark2 | | | TSM1 - 2109 - 2029 =3D=3D 2029 - 2109 - TSM2 | | | 3494 Library1 | 3494 Library2 Both TSM1 and TSM2 have a fiber attached 3494 Library in their respective locations. Both TSM1 and TSM2 have a fiber attached shark in their respective locations. We have a few TSM clients that are fiber attached to the Shark drive on TSM1 give that the amount of storage area for that server is rather large. From my understanding, there are LAN free and Server Free options so I would think that I should be able to set it up so TSM1 sends data directly from it's 3494 Library to TSM2's 3494 Library via fiber without having to send the data over ethernet. I'm a little confused on how I make this so. Or for that matter, what my best strategy is at this point. Do I need the Tivoli Storage Agent for this? Would it make the transfer faster? The data is being sent right now but it seems to be pretty slow given that it should be sending the data via fiber (at least I think). Can someone shed some light on what my best strategy here is? Or maybe a suggestion on a publication to read for optimising our environment. I just want to make sure that data going from TSM1 to TSM2 is getting there as fast as possible and also that the TSM clients with fiber attached Shark Drives are being backed up as fast as possible. Thanks much, John *********************************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipients(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is prohibited. 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