Background: Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition 5.3.2.2 Op System AIX 5.3 ML 3 Nightly Backup 2 -2 1/2 TB Library - ADIC I2000 Scalar 18 LTO Tape Drives LTO 2 Tapes 600 slots Clients - 135 (Wintel) AIX -26 (Sybase, SQL, and DB2)
We are looking into Virtual Tape Technology for our environment. 1 1/2s TB data first backs up to disk then to onsite tape then we make a backup of our onsite tape to a copy stgpool and store those tapes offsite for disaster recovery. The other 1 TB of data is a DB2 database that we back up directly to onsite tape and of course make a copy of the onsite tape to offsite tape for disaster recovery. We can't get our backups done and out the door to meet our RTO objective. We are looking to add a VTL and reduce our tape drive and slot capacity in a new library to offset some of the cost for a virtual tape library. We would like to also take advantage of collocation and setup library sharing too. I would like to know what vendors you are using for virtual tape? Pros/Cons(Any regrets, Success Stories). Thank You. Nancy Backhaus Enterprise Systems (716)887-7979 HealthNow, NY 716-887-7979 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential, trade secret or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited and may be a violation of law. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this message to an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.