2-drives per backupset. The times vary, but we co-locate the tape pools for performance. Also helps to have a 2-frame 3494 with 6-drives attached to a RS/6000 S-80. We had 1 client that had over 6million files and that one took 14-hours to create. Most are probably less than an hour each on the average. Unfortunately the generate backupset 'events' are not recorded in the SUMMARY table, so getting timing statistics is difficult as best. You have to Q ACT to the start time of the generate, then Q ACT for the end time of the generate, massage it around alittle bit to calculate the time difference. I was able to do this once with Excel, but it took me a couple hours to figure out. Maybe some PERL code could do it...?
Bill -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William Rosette Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Monthly full backup How many tape drives do you have and how long do your backupsets run? Bill Boyer <bill.boyer@VE To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RIZON.NET> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Monthly full backup "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> 03/13/02 09:15 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Using 1 nodename for both daily and monthly backups...? Don't you have problems with versioning? Or did you take into account that you would always be getting a version of every file at least once a month. Is there a reason you couldn't use backupsets for the monthly backup? You could set up a monthly admin schedule to run a generate backupset for these node(s). We do this for a client. We defined a TSM server script called GENBSET that takes the nodename as a parameter and issues the generate command. We do 4-5 a day, for days 1-28 of each month (since all months have 28-days). They don't care when during the month the 'monthly' tape is generated, just that there is one that they can keep for a year. They also use Autovault to offsite vault these 'monthly' tapes. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Ouzen Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 2:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Monthly full backup Matt I miss something what about the action in the client schedule by default is : Incremental don't we have to change it to: Full and so we have to insert in objects all the filesystems ????????????? Regards Robert -----Original Message----- From: MC Matt Cooper (2838) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Monthly full backup Bill, I do monthly FULL backups by using an admin schedule to changed the COPYMODE to absolute before the desired server is backed up. I also have one that switches it back to modified about a hour after the backup starts. Don't forget to do the ACTIVATE of the updated POLICY. I only use one node name per server. Matt -----Original Message----- From: Bill Dourado [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Monthly full backup Hi , I am new to TSM (mostly self taught) and not too hot on NT either. I need help from someone with a bit of time and patience to spare. My objective is to do a full monthly backup in addition to the daily incrementals for a particular backup client. I intend to use two different node names, two different Domain policies, and two separate schedulers and different dsm.opt files. Maybe run the full backup in command mode & copy control mode absolute. I would like the schedules to run without any manual intervention. Am I on the right track ? Now how exactly do I go about this ? ( as much detail as you like,please!) My TSM Server runs NT 4.1 & TSM 4.1 My Backup Client runs NT 4.1 Cheers Bill Dourado ******************************* Disclaimer ******************************* This email and any files transmitted with it contains privileged and confidential information and is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender at once that you have received it by mistake and then delete it from your system. Any views expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of ALSTEC or its associated companies. Whereas ALSTEC takes reasonable precautions to ensure this email is virus free, no responsibility will be accepted by it for any loss or damage whether direct or indirect which results from the contents of this email or its attachments. ALSTEC Group Limited - Registered in England No.3939840 - www.alstec.com Registered office: Cambridge Road, Whetstone, Leicester. LE8 6LH. England. Telephone: +44 (0)116 275 0750
