On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 06:16:52PM +0200, ropers wrote: > On 13/10/06, Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 06:11:16PM +0200, ropers wrote: > >> I find myself having to use the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup/Archive > >> client (dsmc). > >> > >> As much as I would prefer a free solution, this is the only offsite > >> backup supported in my organisaton and if I want to maintain an > >> OpenBSD server, I will have to get OpenBSD to talk to the Tivoli > >> server.
> >It appears, though I've not done more than take a quick glance, that > >this product can back up from NFS exports. If so, that might be the > >least hackish solution. > > Sorry to appear lazy, but do you remember where you saw that? IMHO > IBM's Tivoli documentation is all over the place, that's why I don't > seem to be finding information to confirm this (much less to help me > to implement this). If you don't remember then nevermind -- I'll get > to test the installed Linux dsmc TSM client fairly soon. If I can > fully test it and IFF it fully works, including restoring the entire > mullarkey to another HDD, then I could probably use the Linux TSM > client as is, though I do understand the earlier poster's concerns. Mostly circumstantial evidence like http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/topic/com.ibm.itsmc.doc/ans50000127.htm#back014. Admittedly, this is not terribly clear; I had hoped that someone who was more familiar with the product would find the note sufficient. Some more research does not help terribly much. Than again, whoever set up the system should be able to answer this question... Joachim
