Andy Raibeck wrote: >The issue with ARCHIVE is a little bit different. Because ARCHIVE is >intended for long-term storage,
I took this from a recent post and it reminds me of a "huge" issue I have with archives. I have always wondered why is it that TSM itself is not designed around this philosophy. Wouldn't it make sense that if archives are for long-term storage that those tapes would normally be kept outside the library someplace? If that is true then how is it that TSM cannot somehow tell us in some sort of "preview mode" what tapes would need to be inserted in order for those files to be retrieved? I bring this up because we have over 200 tapes taking up space in the library what are archives only and I would love to get these out and sent offsite. Currently a second copy of these files is sent offsite, but I would like to do away with that extra work too. Sure we've looked at other options, like backupsets, instead of doing an archive. This would eliminate the need for TSM to manage so many files. What I have to take into consideration though is when I would be able to do this since the system is busy doing "other things" with those drives. Has IBM considered this in any new development plans? Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 854-0975
