Hi, Geoff...
We back up our .75 TB AFS cell using ADSM, and hopefully soon TSM.
In short, backing up AFS is painful no matter how you do it... Backup by
volume (using the *SM replacement for butc) is fast, but can easily
consume a LOT of *SM storage space. To do backup by file properly, you
need to keep a list of mount points and have a backup server (or set of
clients) that has a lot of memory so that you can use an AFS memory cache.
I assure you, using a disk cache will take forever.
If you'd be interested in more info, let me know.... We've been using *SM
for about 2 years for AFS as well as Novell and NT servers.
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Geoff Pusey wrote:
// Hi,
//
// I would like to know if any of you are Backing up and restoring AFS (Andrew
// File System) files/directories.
// I have got the red book about it but I would like to know the Joy or Pain
// any of you have with Backing up or restoring using ADSM or TSM, and maybe
// some of the limitations with AFS and TSM.
//
// Any help would be gratefully received.
//
// Regards,
//
// Geoff Pusey
// Tivoli Advisory Consultant
// Tivoli Systems.
// Office : +44 (0)1753 780881
// Mobile : +44 (0) 780 8203704
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