If the data to be backed up is not on the SAN, it is my understanding that the SAN agent will send it over the IP network (traditional backup).
-- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant -ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David E Ehresman Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 8:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: storage agent use The tape drives have to be available via SAN to the Storage Agent machine. The data to be backed up up does not. David >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/13/02 10:56AM >>> Hi, I am confused about Storage Agent use. To use it with SAN, do we have to keep the data to be backuped on SAN storage or can it be local data ? Regards, Tuncel Mutlu
