We are trying to get our metapool to backup to a copy pool hosted on another server, to allow faster recovery of these small files, in the event of a disaster. Our recovery plan involves restoring the TSM server to the server which hosts the 'metacopy' pool. (This server is TSM server at another site, also backing up clients, and it will backup its metapool to a metacopy pool on the first server.) We also have the metapools backed up to our tape DRM, in case the disk metacopy pool is lost.
The TSM servers are 5.3.2.1, on Windows 2003 sp1. For test purposes, the destination directories are shared, Everyone Full Control at the share, and also Everyone Full Control ntfs. The metacopy pool is configured to use 50MB volumes, max 200 scratch vols allowed. When we run the 'backup stg metapool metacopy' we see volumes being created in the destination directory, of the correct size. The volumes do not get fully used before they are marked 100% full and another vol is created as shown below. Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status ------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- -------- \\CENTSM01\METACOPY\000- METACOPY METACOPY 0.3 100.0 Full 00F7A.BFS \\CENTSM01\METACOPY\000- METACOPY METACOPY 0.3 100.0 Full 00F7B.BFS \\CENTSM01\METACOPY\000- METACOPY METACOPY 0.3 100.0 Full 00F7C.BFS \\CENTSM01\METACOPY\000- METACOPY METACOPY 50.0 0.3 Filling 00F7D.BFS \\CENTSM01\METACOPY\000- METACOPY METACOPY 50.0 0.0 Empty 00F7E.BFS Has anybody else tried this? Can anyone think of a way of geting this to work? All suggestions gratefully received! Thanks, Adam Crosskey The information in this e-mail, together with any attachments, is confidential. If you have received this message in error you must not print off, copy, use or disclose the contents. The information may be covered by legal and/or professional privilege. Please delete from your system and inform the sender of the error. As an e-mail can be an informal method of communication, the views expressed may be personal to the sender and should not be taken as necessarily representing the views of the Oxfordshire County Council. As e-mails are transmitted over a public network the Oxfordshire County Council cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this message. It is your responsibility to carry out all necessary virus checks. www.oxfordshire.gov.uk