Hello,
I will soon implement my first TSM Server on a SAN network.
The SAN is connected with a MA8000 storage server, 5 NT clients, and 1 Sun
Unix server
Each machine has local disk + san-attached storage and will use TDP for
oracle to make backups
(data on the MA8000).
I read that a backup/archive of regular files is also possible since TSM
4.2.
Now, is it correct that with LAN-Free backup :
- I can't use diskpools (on the SAN), with migration (next storage
pool)
to the tapelibrary, over the SAN ?
- You always make a "direct connection" from the backup client to the
storage device which takes the backup
(tape). So data transfers twice through the SAN-switch ? From the
MA8000 storage server to the client
(storage agent) and then, from the client to the tape library ?
- The maximum number of concurrent clientbackups is limited to the
number
of drives in the library('s) ?
Because we can't use a SAN diskpool as destination the number of
mount
points is limited to the number of
drives ? (disk has unlimited number of mountpoints)
- If I want to do Serverless backup / use SAN diskpools I need Sanergy
?
Can you give me any advices concerning LAN-Free / Serverless backup ?
Thank you for your help.
Wouter V.
Unix System Engineer.
