If you hibernate PCs instead of shutting them down, Windows can run a scheduled task that wakes the machine from hibernation, runs the backup then hibernates again. You get all the power savings of a "proper" shutdown but the machine can still be automatically backed up.
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 August 2006 05:21 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Power saving and TSM backups I can't speak to Mac or Linux, but Windows has the shutdown.exe program. So you could easily write a script to launch the client backup, then run shutdown.exe. Trivial example of a hypothetical script called backup_and_shutdown.cmd: cd /d "c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient" dsmc i > dsmc.out 2>&1 shutdown -s Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageMan ager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 08/16/2006 07:01:38 PM: > One way we are looking to save energy is to turn computers off at > night. As we typically run backups at night, this presents a problem. We > would like to see a way that users could initiate a backup/auto-shutdown as > they leave work for the day so that their computers aren't left on all > night. We estimate that the energy savings would be substantial. Some > other backup products provide this capability. > > Has anyone else figured out a way to do this with TSM on Windows, MacOS, > and Linux? > > Has anyone else wished that TSM had a way to do this? > > ..Paul
