Re: TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

2014-04-24 Thread Stefan Folkerts
shCorp - Saskatoon > 306.933.8921 > > > > From: "Ehresman,David E." > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 04/22/2014 12:36 PM > Subject:Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE going to tape copypool, > recommendations? > Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"

Re: TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

2014-04-23 Thread Matthew McGeary
2/2014 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations? Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I don't know how the VMCTL metadata is used. But I see multiple "files" in the vmctl storage pool for a given VM which leads me to beli

Re: TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

2014-04-22 Thread Ehresman,David E.
4 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations? Yes, the VMCTL data is stored in its own stgpool with a FILE devc and we could request additional disk for the test to use for the RESTORE STG command. Would that be faster than restoring individual

Re: TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

2014-04-22 Thread Matthew McGeary
Geary Technical Specialist PotashCorp - Saskatoon 306.933.8921 From: "Ehresman,David E." To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/22/2014 09:48 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations? Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Is y

Re: TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

2014-04-22 Thread Ehresman,David E.
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:28 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations? We've been using TSM for VE for about a year now and while it's been great for onsite restores, our recent DR test was troubling. We've been u

TSM for VE going to tape copypool, recommendations?

2014-04-22 Thread Matthew McGeary
We've been using TSM for VE for about a year now and while it's been great for onsite restores, our recent DR test was troubling. We've been using the IFINCR strategy and while I was expecting restores from tape to be slow, I wasn't expecting restores to drag into the 5-6 hour range for a small VM