We have been using TSM to backup laptops and workstations for years, and currently backup around 2-3000 of them. Encryption may or may not be a problem depending on what you are using and how you are using it. Full-disk encryption (FDE) can work well with TSM, for example. Encryption containers can be problematic.
..Paul At 03:17 PM 3/28/2011, Nancy L Leugemors wrote: >Hello Group, > >I would like to know what products other TSM folks are using to back up >laptops and desk tops in their environment? We have a business >requirement that started out with only backing up an average of '200' >termed laptops/workstations and need to keep the termed employees data for >10 years. Now the business would like us to look into backing up all our >laptops and workstations(approximately 2,000 Wintel desktops and 600 >Wintel laptops). We believe the average capacity used may be 5-10GB. Our >laptops are already encrypted with encryption software. We have some >remote offices with laptops(maybe 20 laptops). > >We are currently started looking into the EMC Avamar product and IBM so >far? > >Anyone using Avamar, if yes, how is it working out for you,any gotcha's? >Anyone using other products that may fit our needs? > > >Background of our current backup environment: >TSM Server: 5.5.4.0 >TSM OS: AIX, 5.3 >We eliminated our physical tape environment in our open systems and >mainframe environment last year. We replaced our EDLs and physical tape >libraries with Data Domains. We emulated VTL library for 95% of our >clients and have an NFS share for database logs and important TSM files. >Then we replicate our opens systems(TSM) data domain and our mainframe >data domain to an offsite data domain for DR recovery. > > >Thank You, > > > > > >Nancy Leugemors >Enterprise Systems >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. -- Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Services Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: p...@cornell.edu