Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-21 Thread Bell, Charles (Chip)
, 2008 9:13 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? A VTL vendor said he is seeing a number of mid-sized businesses migrating from TSM to NBU (Symantec). Do you think this is true? My concern is that the pool of support techs will shrink and put us in a bind. Regards

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-21 Thread Howard Coles
10:36 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? During our audit, I was commissioned to perform an exhaustively thorough search of the current backup vendors out there, and I included VTL and de-dupe technologies, etc. NBU or CommVault were a couple I was looking

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-20 Thread Francisco Molero
Hello colleagues,   TSM being abandoned ?   I don't know but IBM 6.1 will have much more functionality than previous versions. IBM has bought two companies FilesX and Diligent . FilesX will be add to TSM in Windows environments, and Diligent improves the dedup technologies.   First question

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-20 Thread Hart, Charles A
. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francisco Molero Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 6:33 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? Hello colleagues,   TSM being abandoned ?   I don't know but IBM 6.1 will have much

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-20 Thread Stef Coene
Fourth question :  In my opinion VTLs provide not too much possibilities, in general VTLs aren't matures but it is ideal for lanfree backup.  Speeking of lan free, if a VTL can emulate a tape drive, why can't TSM do this? If TSM can simulate a tape drive to the client, the client can do LAN

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-19 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Timothy, There was a discussion session about this at the Oxford TSM Symposium last fall, facilitated by some folks in TSM Development. I cannot say what will be in the next version of TSM, but I can say that IBM appears to be well aware of this issue, and they have taken steps to listen to

Re: Fw: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-18 Thread Paul Zarnowski
A few more points: - It's true that hardware compression is faster than software compression, and off-loads the server. Hardware compression often is an extra-cost item. This can also be true of encryption, if done in hardware. The question is, where do you want to do your encryption? At the

Re: Fw: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-18 Thread Matthew Large
Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Zarnowski Sent: 18 April 2008 15:25 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Fw: TSM being abandoned? A few more points: - It's true that hardware compression is faster than software compression, and off-loads the server. Hardware

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-18 Thread Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM
PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/16/2008 2:46 PM It is slotted to be released Jan 2009. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:19 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-18 Thread Timothy Hughes
PROTECTED] 4/16/2008 2:46 PM It is slotted to be released Jan 2009. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:19 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-18 Thread Remco Post
Timothy Hughes wrote: Well, on that note I have a possible stupid question does anyone think it's will be possible for a customer to have a choice of staying with the current TSM database if they liked they way it is and still upgrade to TSM V6? Sorry I was just curious No, but you will

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-18 Thread Timothy Hughes
Remco Post wrote: Timothy Hughes wrote: Well, on that note I have a possible stupid question does anyone think it's will be possible for a customer to have a choice of staying with the current TSM database if they liked they way it is and still upgrade to TSM V6? Sorry I was just curious

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-18 Thread Jim Neal
AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? Remco Post wrote: Timothy Hughes wrote: Well, on that note I have a possible stupid question does anyone think it's will be possible for a customer to have a choice of staying with the current TSM database if they liked

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-18 Thread Strand, Neil B.
genius, power and magic. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 1:49 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? Remco Post wrote: Timothy Hughes wrote: Well

Re: TSM being abandoned? [--]

2008-04-18 Thread Ben Bullock
genius, power and magic. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 1:49 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? Remco Post wrote: Timothy Hughes wrote: Well

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Hans Christian Riksheim
and the performance is questionable. Best regards Hans Chr. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orin Rehorst Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:13 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: TSM being abandoned? A VTL vendor said he is seeing

What to dedup.. was TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Henrik Vahlstedt
Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Christian Riksheim Sent: den 17 april 2008 14:32 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? We look at dedup VTL as a possible target for active storage pools containing ordinary file backup. This way we don't risk very

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Curtis Preston
Technologies -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Coles Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:19 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? I'd say businesses are migrating in all kinds of directions. I'd

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Curtis Preston
Deduplicating VTLs fit better into NBU sites. TSM's progressive incremental methodology already reduces the data stream, making deduping VTLs less of a win, though it can still be beneficial. As I've said before, TSM's progressive incremental does tend to reduce the total dedupe ratio by

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Curtis Preston
: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:15 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? I have been configuring a new TSM server since last November. At first I wanted a VTL. But when I learned from the Oxford symposium presentations that TSM would have its own dedup in version 6

Re: What to dedup.. was TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Curtis Preston
Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henrik Vahlstedt Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 6:07 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] What to dedup.. was TSM being abandoned? Hi, Isnt dedup most beneficial at deduplicating databses ex. Oracle

Re: What to dedup.. was TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Richard Rhodes
There is a presentation out on the web from the Oxford 2007 Symposium about TSM dedup. From reading it, I'm sure just how useful it will be. It only supports FILE devices (files are re-duplicated when written to tape) and duplicate blocks are not removed until reclamation (you don't get the

Re: What to dedup.. was TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Hans Christian Riksheim
: to 17.04.2008 15:07 Til: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Emne: What to dedup.. was TSM being abandoned? Hi, Isnt dedup most beneficial at deduplicating databses ex. Oracle and Domino etc...? No pre-compression or encryption. Even Data Domain dedup thoose types av data pretty well. But I tend to agree

Fw: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Nicholas Cassimatis
/IBM on 04/17/2008 01:51 PM - ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 04/17/2008 12:13:08 PM: Re: TSM being abandoned? Curtis Preston to: ADSM-L 04/17/2008 12:18 PM Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Just

Re: Fw: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Curtis Preston
@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Fw: TSM being abandoned? Compression and encryption are also much faster in hardware than software - especially when the software is running on a processor doing other work. Nothing new under the sun - it's just the same paradigm applied to a new function

Fw: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Nicholas Cassimatis
04:02 PM - ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 04/17/2008 02:29:00 PM: [image removed] Re: Fw: TSM being abandoned? Curtis Preston to: ADSM-L 04/17/2008 02:34 PM Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager

Re: Fw: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-17 Thread Remco Post
Nicholas Cassimatis wrote: As an appliance, I call that Hardware, as in it's a device outside of the host getting the service, performing the service. You can call an apple a pear, but that will not make it so. Now, more to the point, of course an appliance doing exactly one task (dedup

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Howard Coles
] On Behalf Of Orin Rehorst Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:13 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? A VTL vendor said he is seeing a number of mid-sized businesses migrating from TSM to NBU (Symantec). Do you think this is true? My concern is that the pool

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Remeta, Mark
AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM being abandoned? I'd say businesses are migrating in all kinds of directions. I'd think that you'd see some migrating from other products to TSM as well, however, it would be interesting to see current numbers. See Ya' Howard -Original Message

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Howard Coles
-Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Remeta, Mark Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:43 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? Maybe it has something to do with IBM's recent audit of TSM licensee's

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Hart, Charles A
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? Maybe it has something to do with IBM's recent audit of TSM licensee's. I know our management is seriously thinking of abandoning TSM due to cost. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Deduplicating VTLs fit better into NBU sites. TSM's progressive incremental methodology already reduces the data stream, making deduping VTLs less of a win, though it can still be beneficial. My point is that VTL vendors may not look as positively on TSM as they do on other less-efficient backup

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Gill, Geoffrey L.
Administrator PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Coles Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:49 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM being

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Colwell, William F.
] On Behalf Of Paul Zarnowski Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:08 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM being abandoned? Deduplicating VTLs fit better into NBU sites. TSM's progressive incremental methodology already reduces the data stream, making deduping VTLs less of a win, though it can still

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Strand, Neil B.
it. Boldness has genius, power and magic. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colwell, William F. Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:15 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? I have been configuring a new TSM server

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Howard Coles
with a TSM system. See Ya' Howard -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colwell, William F. Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:15 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? I have been configuring a new TSM

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Timothy Hughes
Colwell -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Zarnowski Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:08 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM being abandoned? Deduplicating VTLs fit better into NBU sites. TSM's progressive incremental

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Colwell, William F.
@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM being abandoned? Is Version 6 going to be released this Year or Next? regards Colwell, William F. wrote: I have been configuring a new TSM server since last November. At first I wanted a VTL. But when I learned from the Oxford symposium presentations that TSM would

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Kamran Rao
It is slotted to be released Jan 2009. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:19 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? Is Version 6 going to be released

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Nicholas Rodolfich
PROTECTED] 4/16/2008 2:46 PM It is slotted to be released Jan 2009. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:19 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? Is Version 6

Re: TSM being abandoned?

2008-04-16 Thread Evans, Bill
-Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Rodolfich Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:03 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM being abandoned? An IBM TSM person told me that TSM v6 will have db2 for its database