Re: Time to reclaim LTO tapes

2008-04-24 Thread Remco Post
Thorneycroft, Doug wrote: We may be going to LTO 3 or 4 in the near future. How long does it take to reclaim a LTO3 tape at 50% full, and how long for a LTO4? If you are able to drive the tapedrive at it's maximum speed, it will take about 2 hours to read a tape 'cover to cover', mostly

Re: DSMSERV FORMAT vs. LOADFORMAT

2008-04-24 Thread Remco Post
Wanda Prather wrote: I have a customer planning a DR test. They run TSM 5.5 server on AIX 5.3. They will be taking a mksysb tape to the DR site to reload AIX. So the TSM code will be reloaded with the mksysb, but the TSM DB log are not in the root volume group. Thus we will need to

estimated release date for Windows BA client 5.5.1 level?

2008-04-24 Thread Schaub, Steve
Can anyone provide an ETA on the 5.5.1 level of the BA client for Windows? I need to provide mgmt with an estimated timeline for upgrading. I want to be at the 5.5 level, but will feel a lot more comfortable with one less dot-zero behind it. Thanks, Steve Schaub Systems Engineer,

Re: estimated release date for Windows BA client 5.5.1 level?

2008-04-24 Thread Laughlin, Lisa
Funny-- I was just looking at this too. According to IBM's release schedule for fixpacks, it should have been at the end of March. The next date they list is June 28. Anyone written an install script for the 5.5 baclient level and feel like sharing? thanks! lisa -Original

Re: estimated release date for Windows BA client 5.5.1 level?

2008-04-24 Thread Schaub, Steve
Lisa, I have one, send to my work email and I'll get you a copy. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laughlin, Lisa Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:56 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] estimated

Problem with management class

2008-04-24 Thread chicharras
Hi everyone. I have a number of Windows servers backing up directly to a disk storage pool (WDISKPOOL). I have a single 3580 LTO4 standalone drive to which I migrate the disk pool weekly. So: Windows Servers ---(daily incremental)--- WDISKPOOL ---(weekly migration)--- WLTOPOOL A few days

Re: Problem with management class

2008-04-24 Thread Wanda Prather
By default, backup versions of directories themselves are bound to the mgmt class with the longest RETONLY value. If the mgmt classes have the same RETONLY value, as yours do, TSM will pick one and use that for the directories. In this case I think it picked the one you don't want. It's sending

Re: Problem with management class

2008-04-24 Thread chicharras
Wanda, thank you very much for your prompt help. This one goes directly to my TSM notes! Cesar On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Wanda Prather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By default, backup versions of directories themselves are bound to the mgmt class with the longest RETONLY value. If the