Re: Power saving and TSM backups
Paul Zarnowski wrote: > One way we are looking to save energy is to turn computers off at > night. As we typically run backups at night, this presents a problem. We > would like to see a way that users could initiate a backup/auto-shutdown as > they leave work for the day so that their computers aren't left on all > night. We estimate that the energy savings would be substantial. Some > other backup products provide this capability. > > Has anyone else figured out a way to do this with TSM on Windows, MacOS, > and Linux? > > Has anyone else wished that TSM had a way to do this? > > ..Paul For our laptop users and some others that might not be on-line during night we schedule our backups during lunch-breaks. Of course, most data is on the fileserver anyway -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten http://www.sara.nl High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 3000Fax. +31 20 668 3167 PGP Key fingerprint: 6367 DFE9 5CBC 0737 7D16 B3F6 048A 02BF DC93 94EC "I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end." -- Douglas Adams
Re: Power saving and TSM backups
If you hibernate PCs instead of shutting them down, Windows can run a scheduled task that wakes the machine from hibernation, runs the backup then hibernates again. You get all the power savings of a "proper" shutdown but the machine can still be automatically backed up. -Original Message- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 August 2006 05:21 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Power saving and TSM backups I can't speak to Mac or Linux, but Windows has the shutdown.exe program. So you could easily write a script to launch the client backup, then run shutdown.exe. Trivial example of a hypothetical script called backup_and_shutdown.cmd: cd /d "c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient" dsmc i > dsmc.out 2>&1 shutdown -s Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageMan ager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 08/16/2006 07:01:38 PM: > One way we are looking to save energy is to turn computers off at > night. As we typically run backups at night, this presents a problem. We > would like to see a way that users could initiate a backup/auto-shutdown as > they leave work for the day so that their computers aren't left on all > night. We estimate that the energy savings would be substantial. Some > other backup products provide this capability. > > Has anyone else figured out a way to do this with TSM on Windows, MacOS, > and Linux? > > Has anyone else wished that TSM had a way to do this? > > ..Paul
Re: Power saving and TSM backups
Any way to integrate Wake-on-LAN to boot/shutdown systems? | -Original Message- | From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Behalf Of | Paul Zarnowski | Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 19:02 | To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU | Subject: [ADSM-L] Power saving and TSM backups | | | One way we are looking to save energy is to turn computers off at | night. As we typically run backups at night, this presents a | problem. We | would like to see a way that users could initiate a | backup/auto-shutdown as | they leave work for the day so that their computers aren't left on all | night. We estimate that the energy savings would be | substantial. Some | other backup products provide this capability. | | Has anyone else figured out a way to do this with TSM on | Windows, MacOS, | and Linux? | | Has anyone else wished that TSM had a way to do this? | | ..Paul |
Re: Power saving and TSM backups
I can't speak to Mac or Linux, but Windows has the shutdown.exe program. So you could easily write a script to launch the client backup, then run shutdown.exe. Trivial example of a hypothetical script called backup_and_shutdown.cmd: cd /d "c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient" dsmc i > dsmc.out 2>&1 shutdown -s Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" wrote on 08/16/2006 07:01:38 PM: > One way we are looking to save energy is to turn computers off at > night. As we typically run backups at night, this presents a problem. We > would like to see a way that users could initiate a backup/auto-shutdown as > they leave work for the day so that their computers aren't left on all > night. We estimate that the energy savings would be substantial. Some > other backup products provide this capability. > > Has anyone else figured out a way to do this with TSM on Windows, MacOS, > and Linux? > > Has anyone else wished that TSM had a way to do this? > > ..Paul
Power saving and TSM backups
One way we are looking to save energy is to turn computers off at night. As we typically run backups at night, this presents a problem. We would like to see a way that users could initiate a backup/auto-shutdown as they leave work for the day so that their computers aren't left on all night. We estimate that the energy savings would be substantial. Some other backup products provide this capability. Has anyone else figured out a way to do this with TSM on Windows, MacOS, and Linux? Has anyone else wished that TSM had a way to do this? ..Paul
