New TSM 5.3.2 install on Windows 2003 Storage Server
Fellow *SMers: I have completed my first installation of TSM for a public school system and would welcome any comments or recommendations as to how things could be improved. Initially, I was a little overwhelmed with the amount of work required to get this all set up and the way I bid this, was to charge the customer ONLY for the few days I spent on site. Since then, I've made a considerable investment to get down the "learning curve." I had no assistance or training other than what was in IBM's online documentation. I opened two PMRs with IBM on specific issues. Here's a description of what has been done so far: There is a single IBM eServer x226 (MS Windows Storage Server 2003 with SP1) with 5 ea. 250 GB SATA drives attached via SCSI controller to an IBM 3582 Tape Library. The server is configured with (only) a 10 GB RAID system partition and a RAID 5 virtual disk which I've partitioned into two volumes. The tape library has two drives and 18 LTO 200/400GB tapes loaded. TSM 5.3.2 was installed and the 5.3.2.2 fix was applied. I've been using the Windows management console and ISC to configure and monitor TSM. I set up the following policy domains: STANDARD - the default policy domain REMOTE_BU - for remote clients over slower links MS_SQL_DOMAIN - for backing up a couple servers with MS SQL databases My storage hierarchy is as follows: ARCHIVEPOOL DISK- - migrates to - > DISKPOOL BACKUPPOOL DISK- - migrates to - > DISKPOOL COPYPOOL LTOCLASS1 DISKPOOLDISK- - migrates to - > LTOPOOL1 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 SPACEMGPOOL DISK My server is using TCP/IP and listening on port 1500. Clients can be accessed over port 1581. I've defined the following schedules: POLICY DOMAIN SCHEDULE NAME DESCRIPTION - STANDARD DAILY_INCR Daily incremental backup NIGHT_BU Nightly Client Backup REMOTE_FULLFull backup from Remote site WEEKLY_INCRWeekly incremental backup REMOTE_BU DOMAIN AFTERHOURS_BU Backup after hours MS_SQL_DOMAIN RENAISSANCE_BU Renaissance DB Backup There are 15 clients including Windows 2003 and Netware 6.5 servers. Two of the Windows servers also have MS SQL databases to back up. Issues: --- One issue I'm trying to come to terms with is how to assign backups to storage pools. I've got most of the backups going to the DISKPOOL and migrating to the LTOPOOL1. Within LTOPOOL1 I have 18 volumes (tapes). Should I divide the tape volumes into LTOPOOL1 and COPYPOOL then dedicate individual tape volumes to each server or should I let TSM handle that? Then check out the tapes assigned to the COPYPOOL for taking offsite on a regular basis? Thanks in advance, Jay Cunningham Netuit, Inc. Durham, NC
New TSM 5.3.2 install on Windows 2003 Storage Server
Fellow *SMers: I have completed my first installation of TSM for a public school system and would welcome any comments or recommendations as to how things could be improved. Initially, I was a little overwhelmed with the amount of work required to get this all set up and the way I bid this, was to charge the customer ONLY for the few days I spent on site. Since then, I've made a considerable investment to get down the "learning curve." I had no assistance or training other than what was in IBM's online documentation. I opened two PMRs with IBM on specific issues. Here's a description of what has been done so far: There is a single IBM eServer x226 (MS Windows Storage Server 2003 with SP1) with 5 ea. 250 GB SATA drives attached via SCSI controller to an IBM 3582 Tape Library. The server is configured with (only) a 10 GB RAID system partition and a RAID 5 virtual disk which I've partitioned into two volumes. The tape library has two drives and 18 LTO 200/400GB tapes loaded. TSM 5.3.2 was installed and the 5.3.2.2 fix was applied. I've been using the Windows management console and ISC to configure and monitor TSM. I set up the following policy domains: STANDARD - the default policy domain REMOTE_BU - for remote clients over slower links MS_SQL_DOMAIN - for backing up a couple servers with MS SQL databases My storage hierarchy is as follows: ARCHIVEPOOL DISK- - migrates to - > DISKPOOL BACKUPPOOL DISK- - migrates to - > DISKPOOL COPYPOOL LTOCLASS1 DISKPOOLDISK- - migrates to - > LTOPOOL1 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 SPACEMGPOOL DISK My server is using TCP/IP and listening on port 1500. Clients can be accessed over port 1581. I've defined the following schedules: POLICY DOMAIN SCHEDULE NAME DESCRIPTION - STANDARD DAILY_INCR Daily incremental backup NIGHT_BU Nightly Client Backup REMOTE_FULLFull backup from Remote site WEEKLY_INCRWeekly incremental backup REMOTE_BU DOMAIN AFTERHOURS_BU Backup after hours MS_SQL_DOMAIN RENAISSANCE_BU Renaissance DB Backup There are 15 clients including Windows 2003 and Netware 6.5 servers. Two of the Windows servers also have MS SQL databases to back up. Issues: --- One issue I'm trying to come to terms with is how to assign backups to storage pools. I've got most of the backups going to the DISKPOOL and migrating to the LTOPOOL1. Within LTOPOOL1 I have 18 volumes (tapes). Should I divide the tape volumes into LTOPOOL1 and COPYPOOL then dedicate individual tape volumes to each server or should I let TSM handle that? Then check out the tapes assigned to the COPYPOOL for taking offsite on a regular basis? Thanks in advance, Jay
Re: Windows 2003 Storage Server
I have customers running it on Dell NAS. It works fine for them as well. We have noticed that the TSM client can scan more objects per hour on Windows 2003 NAS than on the exact same hardware running Windows 2003. It seems the same optimization made for file server also helps the TSM client. This Dual CPU Windows 2003 NAS scans around over 2 million objects per hour. Imre Kloknicer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Is Windows 2003 Storage Server supported by TSM? Is there anyone who backs up data stored on a NAS with Windows 2003 Storage Server? I'm looking for some experience but I didn't really find anything on the net. Regards, Imre - Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.
Re: Windows 2003 Storage Server
Yes, I'm running ITSM 5.2.10 Client on an HP NAS. It is working just like any other Client. Doug Thorneycroft County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (562) 699-7411 Ext. 1058 FAX (562) 699-6756 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Imre Kloknicer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 6:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Windows 2003 Storage Server Hi, Is Windows 2003 Storage Server supported by TSM? Is there anyone who backs up data stored on a NAS with Windows 2003 Storage Server? I'm looking for some experience but I didn't really find anything on the net. Regards, Imre
Windows 2003 Storage Server
Hi, Is Windows 2003 Storage Server supported by TSM? Is there anyone who backs up data stored on a NAS with Windows 2003 Storage Server? I'm looking for some experience but I didn't really find anything on the net. Regards, Imre
