Hi Jaap, we have a similar situation to others on the list. My TSM server has a large filesystem (300 GB). We NFS mount this filesystem to all the nodes with Sybase running. We then perform our dumps to this filesystem. The dumps get backed up as regular files, as far as TSM is concerned, on the TSM server.
I have created a special management class to hold the Sybase Database dumps. We keep ours dumps for 14 days. In our situation this setup works very well. As others have said, there are no extra licensing costs. It is very fast, the bottleneck is the network (SP Switch) in our case, but GigE would suffice. Once the dumps are files, you don't need any 'mods' for TSM to be able to handle them. We also load our test databases a lot. So having the centralized data store really makes this easy. If your on AIX I can provide some scripts, to any one who wants them, to help manage this. Miles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miles Purdy System Manager Information Systems Team (IST), Farm Income Programs Directorate (FIPD), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Winnipeg, MB, CA Office contact: Mobile contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557 Cell: (204) 291-8758 "If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 17-Dec-03 7:48:54 AM >>> dear people, Has anyone of you any experience with backupping of SYBASE databases? Are there already special mods available in TSM or is there another way to backup this with TSM Met vriendelijke groet, Kind Regards, Jaap P. Dijkshoorn Systems Programmer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.sara.nl/~jaapd SARA Computing & Networking Services Kruislaan 415 1098 SJ Amsterdam Tel: +31-(0)20-5923000 Fax: +31-(0)20-6683167 http://www.sara.nl
