Ah, that's a great idea. I've always captured the old settings to a file before making changes, but this makes it much faster and more reliable to recover.
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 04:48:25PM -0500, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > Hi Wanda, > > Scenario 1: I am making multiple changes to my policy set. However, in case > I mess something up, I'll first make a backup copy (of the inactive policy > set) which will let me throw away my changes if I mess something up. > > copy policyset standard standard standard_2014-01-31 > > Scenario 1a: Alternative to the first scenario: I'll make a copy of the > policy set, then make my changes to the new copy. I'll have the original > one lying around in case I need to revert. > > copy policyset standard ps_2013-12-20 ps_2014-01-31 > > Scenario 2: I am going to activate my latest policy set. However, in case > something goes wrong and I need to revert, I'll make a backup copy of the > active policy set first: > > copy policyset standard active active_bkup > activate policyset standard ps_2014-01-31 > > Best regards, > > - Andy > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > Andrew Raibeck | Tivoli Storage Manager Level 3 Technical Lead | > stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > Product support: > http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager > > Online documentation: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli > +Documentation+Central/page/Tivoli+Storage+Manager > Product Wiki: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli > +Storage+Manager/page/Home > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu> wrote on 2014-01-31 > 16:22:13: > > > From: "Prather, Wanda" <wanda.prat...@icfi.com> > > To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu, > > Date: 2014-01-31 16:23 > > Subject: Informal Poll: General question about use of policysets > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu> > > > > The TSM books show that you can have multiple policysets per domain. > > I don't mean just the active vs inactive, but you can have multiple > > policysets like NORMAL, OFFHOUR, WEEKEND, within one domain, and > > switch them back and forth. > > > > I've never done that, or had a reason to. Seems inordinately confusing > to me. > > All my customers just have one policyset per domain, with the active > > and inactive copy. > > > > The inactive is the one you update, then you validate it and activate it. > > > > Can I get some feedback on what other people do? > > > > Do you have just one unique policyset per domain? Or what is your > > use case for having multiples? > > > > Thank you!!! > > > > Wanda > > > > > > > > > > **Please note new office phone: > > Wanda Prather | Senior Technical Specialist | wanda.prat...@icfi.com > | > > www.icfi.com<http://www.icfi.com> | 410-868-4872 (m) > > ICF International | 7125 Thomas Edison Dr., Suite 100, Columbia, Md > > |443-718-4900 (o) > > -- -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine
