Mark, TSM can do bare metal restores, we have successfully done so along with several other users on this list. In a nutshell, the system object contains needed registry settings. If you don't restore it, then you don't get the registry entries needed to make all the program files you have just restored work. You would then need to go back and re-install lots of items that wouldn't be necessary if you restored the system objects as well (patches and hot fixes come to mind as well)
You can however, bind the system objects to their own mgmt class in the dsm.opt file with a Include.SystemObject ALL mgmtclass It escapes me now what version of the client and server is required for this. This cuts down on the DB hit for all the system object entries. Be careful as to not make this mgmt class too restrictive if you need to roll back a server to a point in time that is very old. The B/A client 4.2.0 and above, does do System Object "versioning" which makes point in time rollbacks a lot easier. I hope this helps. Matt Adams Tivoli Storage Manager Team Hermitage Site Tech Deloitte & Touche USA LLP 615.882.6861 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Bertrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 7:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: System Objects Question If TSM alone can't do bare metal restores than why do I need system objects? I believe TSM backs these up by default. I am trying to do some cleanup and have found that some client nodes have 30 or 40 thousand files backed up taking up 4 or 5 GBs. I spoke to Tivoli level 2 support and they told me that under 4.1.3 TSM has no method of overwriting system objects, it falls under the policy settings of the management class for the node, although that will be available in a future release. So, short of creating a new node for each client and putting the system objects under a new management class with shorter retention settings, I though I should ask the question of why do I need these at all. For all past complete server restores, we have always rebuilt, reloaded the OS, reloaded the APPS, reloaded Tivoli and finally restored the data. This is how I understand things to work, since I am pretty new at TSM, I though I should turn to the experts. Server 4.1.3 under W2K, clients are 4.1.2 NT4 and W2K. NT4 domain, no Active Directory. Your help is appreciated. Mark Bertrand - This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. - If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.
