-----David Tyree wrote: ----- > Are there any folks on the list that are using TSM in a >hospital? > > Sometimes we have to battle with some of our software >venders to allow us to backup their system using TSM. Sometimes they >will tell us that the system is FDA approved as is and must be backed >up using a built-in tape drive and we can't touch the system. Some >times that might be believable but not always. It seems that GE >appears to be especially hard headed in this regard. > > We bought into TSM because you back up anything (well most >anything) and not have to worry about having assorted different tape >drives scattered everywhere. > > I would like to compare notes with other TSM people if >possible.
We have usually been able to get vendors to agree to letting us use TSM. In many cases, this entailed agreeing to a contract clause stating that we accepted responsibility for the risk of not being able to recover a system using TSM backups. There have been a few cases where we were not able to persuade vendors to give up their favorite backup metadology. In most of these cases a hospital department ended up signing a contract despite strong suggestions from the IS department to consider competing products. There have been one or two cases where we ended up with a compromise, such as daily TSM backups of an entire system and weekly backups of the C drive to local tape.