You cannot use a backup set. They are not supported with "TSM API" data.
---------------------------------------------------- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 03/11/2009 09:04:54 AM: > [image removed] > > Re: TDP Exc Backup full to empty tape > > Buddy Howeth > > to: > > ADSM-L > > 03/11/2009 09:13 AM > > Sent by: > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Use a backup set. This creates a tape with data already stored in TSM > which can be exported from the library and kept for as long as you wish. > You don't even need TSM to restore the data from the backup set you > create, only the client software is needed and someway to read the tape. > We do this to keep a long term backup of clients we drop from TSM. I then > manually recycle the tapes per our policy.