Re: Test restore to alternative server?
Eugene, Install the client normally Register the client to TSM with some name that tell you its a test box One way to test your restore is to fool TSM into thinking that your test box is the box you are restoring from. You do this by changing the node name in the dsm.opt file to the name of the client you are testing. You then can kick off you restore from the test box and the data will be restored to it. The only thing you need to be careful if you do this is that you do not run any sessions with the real client until you have finished your restore to the test client. Eugene Awyong - Singapore [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/10/2001 02:56:08 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: John Naylor/HAV/SSE) Subject: Test restore to alternative server? Hi *SMers', I have a spare server which we are installing the TSM client now. What I would like to do is to do a test restore from one of our actual TSM clients to see if this actually works. Can someone tell me how I should be actually installing the client on the test restore server (normally or ?) and how will I be able to actually do a restore of server A's data to the test server (instead of restoring to the original server). Many Thanks, Eugene ** The information in this E-Mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It may not represent the views of Scottish and Southern Energy plc. It is intended solely for the addressees. Access to this E-Mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any unauthorised recipient should advise the sender immediately of the error in transmission. Scottish Hydro-Electric, Southern Electric, SWALEC and S+S are trading names of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group. **
Test restore to alternative server?
Hi *SMers', I have a spare server which we are installing the TSM client now. What I would like to do is to do a test restore from one of our actual TSM clients to see if this actually works. Can someone tell me how I should be actually installing the client on the test restore server (normally or ?) and how will I be able to actually do a restore of server A's data to the test server (instead of restoring to the original server). Many Thanks, Eugene
Re: Test restore to alternative server?
Just install the client software on your test machine in the same way as you would your real client. DON'T set up the scheduler. Then insert a line in the dsm.sys (Unix) or dsm.opt (Windows, Netware) file: NODENAMErealclientname You'll need to enter the node password when you do the test restore. The TSM server doesn't know it isn't the real client (which is why you don't set up the scheduler). You can test bare metal recovery procedures this way, which is a much better idea than waiting until some calamity befalls your real client. _ William Mansfield Senior Consultant Solution Technology, Inc Eugene Awyong - Singapore To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: MSUNG.COM Subject: Test restore to alternative server? Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] T.EDU 12/09/2001 08:56 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Hi *SMers', I have a spare server which we are installing the TSM client now. What I would like to do is to do a test restore from one of our actual TSM clients to see if this actually works. Can someone tell me how I should be actually installing the client on the test restore server (normally or ?) and how will I be able to actually do a restore of server A's data to the test server (instead of restoring to the original server). Many Thanks, Eugene
Re: Test restore to alternative server?
Hi Eugene, do you want to install all the security for the OS as well? this will affect how you do your install of the test box. Cheers Dallas -Original Message- From: Eugene Awyong - Singapore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 10 December 2001 1:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Test restore to alternative server? Hi *SMers', I have a spare server which we are installing the TSM client now. What I would like to do is to do a test restore from one of our actual TSM clients to see if this actually works. Can someone tell me how I should be actually installing the client on the test restore server (normally or ?) and how will I be able to actually do a restore of server A's data to the test server (instead of restoring to the original server). Many Thanks, Eugene
