Hi.. I do this. We have a smaller setup Running TSM 5.2.2.nn everywhere (2003, Linux,
XPs, AIX). The server is on Linux ES 2.1, and we have a two LTO2/1 drive fiber
connected IBM 3582 tape library, with IBM SAN FastT 7200 (works great). We are a
smallish shop and were used to doing daily to a vault, and weekly offsite either a
scripted cpio or Veritas NT backup. Restores from offsite were 99% recent data,
occasionally back maybe 6 months.
With Tivoli, daily and now at noon backups are done to a LTO2 pool. Then besides doing
a regular COPY STGPOOL that ends up being vaulted, I archive what I want every 5
weeks or so to LTO1 tapes, do a full DB backup, mark the tapes as
read-only/unavailable and offsite, then ship them with the DB backup offsite as a unit
to offsite storage. Later, when I'm feeling stingy, I blow the tapes away in the DB! I
realize at this point, I have to be careful if a restore is needed from long ago, ref
server date time etc.
I tested a BACKUP, but it's one big glob on tape, which makes it hard to restore one
or a few files. And I'm still doing the other regular cpio/NT backups to tape that go
offsite from a vault weekly too.
If anyone has comments on the above and/or the non-flexibility of doing a Tivoli
BACKUP versus easier file restore via ARCHIVE, please educate me, because I will be
all Tivoli one day. And I see the gaps for offsite frequency versus disasters.
Thanks
Charlie Hurtubise
Tecsys Inc.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
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Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 8:25 PM
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Subject: backup set or archive copy group w/ 7 year retention
Input appreciated.
2 AIX servers and I want to have something very similar to a End Of Month Backup set
that I run. I would like to know if anyone sees any problems with using a long term
archive copy group to fulfill the same job as a backup set. If you ask why I dont use
a backup set, a legacy configuration is in place to just have a long term archive copy
group be utilized (just as a backup set would be). The LTO's would be shipped offsite
with a full backup tape sent at the same time. Let me know if anyone sees a problem
with using an archive copy group instead of a backup set.
Rick.
