Joni Without meaning to sound too pedantic, is that not cheating. I know they are the client and they know best but.........
Surely they should be aiming to understand the real challenges, performance and timing issues that would occur in a real DR. In essence, they are saying that it would be nice to know when the disaster is going to occur, so we can move all our active data onto high performance disk or single dedicated tapes the day before. They are in the wrong business if they can predict disasters. If their current architecture doesn't give them the RTO that they require then surely it is beneficial to demonstrate this, such that investment is injected into the TSM architecture to achieve acceptable restoral timings. Also, what happens in a real DR when the management expect the services to be functional according to the timings of the last DR trial. It's a false dawn. Having said all this, TSM version 5.4 is planned to have the ability to automatically collocate active data, which in essence is what you are looking for. Sorry if this sounds a little harsh, but I don't think you would be doing anybody any favours by manipulating the results. Leigh -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joni Moyer Sent: 23 January 2007 15:40 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Option other than a Backupset: Help! Hi David, They would like backupsets created so that when we have a dr drill they can restore the filesystems that I put in the backupset immediately and very quickly without needing many tape mounts, etc. So it's mainly a performance & timing issue. Also, for onsite needs if they ever need to rebuild it would be a lot quicker for them as well. If there is a better way of doing this or another method that makes more sense I am open to any suggestions. Thanks! ******************************** Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Senior Systems Programmer Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************** "David E Ehresman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 01/23/2007 10:04 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Option other than a Backupset: Help! My first question when I hear a request like this is always "why do they want it?" I ask because it may be possible to give the customer what they want with a better solution. Customers are good at saying what they need but not always so good at finding the best way to fill that need. What problem is backupsets suppose to address? David >>> Joni Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/23/2007 7:13 AM >>> Hello everyone, Several of my customers want backupsets created of their data. I really don't have the extra tape drives to spare to do this, so what might be your suggestion in getting a centralized backup of their critical filesystems? My TSM server is on AIX 5.3 and is at release 5.2.7.1. Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! ******************************** Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Senior Systems Programmer Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************
