Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

2008-04-03 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
Tim, Another good one is de-duplication. Clients and venders alike believe de-deduplication will yield some high level of size reduction with TSM. TSM by design doesn't de-duplicate with the same results as other backup environments. Kenneth L. Bradberry Chief Technology Officer ACS Health

Re: TSM dream setup

2008-02-15 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
Many VTL/deduplication venders pitch a 20:1 or 50:1 ratio, TSM you might see 10:1 or 15:1 because of the progressive backup method. Always question the TSM trials with a venders deduplication claims. Ken Bradberry -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: TSM dream setup

2008-02-13 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
My dream setup has no tape, VTL disk, deduplicated and replicated to an off-site or hot site location. FalconStor and SEPATON are my two choices. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schneider, John Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1

TSM Windows Bare Metal Recovery options

2008-02-05 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
Hello, we have been looking for an agent that can provide Windows BMR and that integrates nicely into TSM. We have look at CBMR with some mixed results. Can anyone provide some perspective on BMR software packages and any experiences deploying and maintaining these environments? We need to make

TSM and Data Domain

2007-10-09 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
I am currently looking at Data Domain as a possible VTL and de-duplication vender. Can anyone share there experiences with Data Domain with TSM? I am also looking at SEPATON as an "out of band" solution as well. Thanks, Ken Bradberry.

TSM Policy Best Practices

2006-06-01 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
Anyone have a best practice guide or details for data retention policies? Specific to # of versions retained.. Thanks, Kenneth Bradberry Regional Vice President, CTO ACS Healthcare Solutions 5225 Auto Club Drive Dearborn MI 48126 (248) 226-4322 Office (313) 673-1686 Cell (248) 226014

TSM 5.3.2 Version Retention Policy

2006-05-30 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
Has anyone heard of or every set there TSM file version retention polices to 30 days across all clients? Traditionally number of versions retained has been specific to the application, data type and the business need to be able to retain versions. We have a TSM server we are evaluating for a clie

Re: Data for 600,000 Time Warner employees MIA

2005-05-03 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
Where there is a will, there is a way. If the full database backups were in that box, it is possible to recover data in one way or another. Without the db backup, there isn't much chance of putting together the pieces. Depending on the systems being backed up (OS, database, etc...). I believe an

Re: Multi-Session Restore vs. Multi-Session backup.

2004-10-12 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
. Yes - for windows clients - see resourceutilization in the client manual. -Original Message- From: Bradberry, Kenneth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Multi-Session Restore vs. Multi-Session backup. I understand the multi

Multi-Session Restore vs. Multi-Session backup.

2004-10-12 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
I understand the multi-session restore concept, can I increase the number of backup session by increasing the number of sessions that can be opened for a client? I have to backup a system across a WAN link and I want to maximize the bandwidth utilization, multy threaded backups appears to be one w

TSM Management software

2004-09-28 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
Anyone have experience with TSM Manager or other multi-server management products for TSM. I'm looking for alternatives to the TSM Manager software. Bumping heads with the new US distributer and a lot of unnessary hassle. Thanks, Ken.

Re: Renaming file spaces

2004-06-01 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
es unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "Bradberry, Kenneth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/01/2004 10:14 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"

Re: Renaming file spaces

2004-06-01 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stapleton, Mark Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 1:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Renaming file spaces From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bradberry, Kenneth >The problem is that I select to view the active / inactive files an

Re: Renaming file spaces

2004-06-01 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
paces From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bradberry, Kenneth >We renamed a file space to it will not be overwritten by the normally >scheduled backups. This copy contained the active and inactive versions >of a database backup. When we attempted to res

Renaming file spaces

2004-06-01 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
We renamed a file space to it will not be overwritten by the normally scheduled backups. This copy contained the active and inactive versions of a database backup. When we attempted to restore from this renamed file space, the inactive versions were not getting listed from the client (Novell). I

Re: Bare Metal Restore Intel [Virus checked]

2004-02-12 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
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Re: Bare Metal Restore Intel

2004-02-12 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
Phil, I would be interested in that procedure as well. Thanks, Ken Bradberry -Original Message- From: Phil Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bare Metal Restore Intel Henrik, we have just tested this on WI

Re: TSM scheduler not working with W2K Advanced Cluster

2004-01-09 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
blems" without being specific about what those problems are (error messages, etc.) means that people will not be able to offer you much help. -- Mark Stapleton -Original Message- From: Bradberry, Kenneth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 1/9/2004 08:40

TSM scheduler not working with W2K Advanced Cluster

2004-01-09 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
We seem to be having trouble with getting the scheduler service to run correctly with an Advanced Server cluster. Are there any guidelines or documents that would be useful, such as lessons learned, hot fixes and common problems that would help in troubleshooting? Thanks, Kenneth Bradberry Direc

Re: 3584 Library issues

2003-08-14 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
NIBCO Inc. -Original Message----- From: Bradberry, Kenneth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3584 Library issues IBM added two extra drives, since I associated them with the zone on the SAN I have been getting the error below. IBM did ha

Re: LTO Tape Drive element address

2003-08-14 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
Thanks for the information, I think I have all the information I need.

3584 Library issues

2003-08-14 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
IBM added two extra drives, since I associated them with the zone on the SAN I have been getting the error below. IBM did have to take slots out of the library to install the two additional drives. Any ideas on how to resolve this issue? Thanks. Ken. ANR8441E Initialization failed for SCSI lib

LTO Tape Drive element address

2003-08-14 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
I just had the IBM CE add two new drives to my 3584 library. I am attempting to add the drives to TSM and the define automated drive page wants an element number, I used the next sequential number and it doesn't like that number. Any ideas where to get that element number? I checked the front pan