There is a great Redbook which you should be able to find by searching for: getting started with tsm
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Riaan Louwrens wrote: > Hi There, > > Been monitoring the list the last couple of weeks. Seeing as we are > relatively new to the "world of TSM". > > I havent come across this (yet) in any of the admin / installation / user > guides but I woudl like to know if there is a "best practises" w.r.t > maintaining our tivoli server. (this is where the personal experience out > there REALLY comes in handy ...) I have already drawn up a short list - feel > free to add to it .... > > Daily Backups > Reclamation (daily) > Migration > Create Offsite Copies > Expiration > Backup TSM DB > SnapShot TSM DB > Backup Volhist > Expire Inv > > If possible any integrity or consistency check that we can run to verify > the DB ? TSM internal commands ? or external utilities ? > > Second Question: (I know I am pushing it - but seeing as I already have the > guru's attention) - Does TSM have a utility that "scans" in a tape and > re-populates the DB ? Example: We have a tape and we arent sure what data it > contains - can one "scan" (for lack of a better term) the contents ? Can one > restore from that tape (say to a temp location) to view the contents ? > > Any help is appreciated. > > > Regards, > > > Riaan Louwrens > Source Consulting SA >
