Steve, a more important question (assuming these are mksysb or sysback images) -- can you boot and restore from these partitions? At D/R, will you have a good way to tell (a) which tape has the backups, and (b) which partition is system X?
I feel your pain on using an entire tape for a couple of gig -- to the point that all my AIX systems now have an internal 4 mm DDS drive used ONLY for mksysb. Even at $2500 (US) per system, I didn't have much trouble selling this to management. We have a 3584 with LTO drives for the TSM library (and no SAN yet, but it is on the way this year). Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -----Original Message----- From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 6:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3590 Partitioning HI All, This is a 3590 question rather than TSM as such, but this is the best forum for it. I need to take system images of several AIX boxes each week to SAN Attached 3590E drives in my 3494. It seems like overkill to devote a whole 3590 tape to each image as they will only be a few gig each. I stumbled across some doc which implies that a 3590 tape can be partitioned into smaller segments which can then be used independently. (see items 36 and 38 on the tapeutil menu). However, this is old doc, and I assume the feature is from the early days of 3590 when 10GB was an enormous amount of storage. Has anyone used this partitioning feature? in what circumstances? Are there any gotchas? Thanks Steve Harris AIX and TSM Admin Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia. ********************************************************************** This e-mail, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this e-mail is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail message and destroy any hard copies produced. **********************************************************************
