You are correct: OFS is not (yet) supported on Windows 2003. Some clarification on other details you mentioned:
- OFS (Open File Support) is not the same as LVSA (Logical Volume Snapshot Agent). The LVSA is the underlying mechanism for implementing both OFS and online image backup. - "Open File Support" is actually a bit of a misnomer. TSM does not, nor has it ever, had problems backing up open files, per se. The real problem has been in backing up locked files; that is, files that are locked by the application that uses them, so that TSM (or other applications) cannot read the files. For example, you can open a .doc file in Microsoft Word, and TSM can back up that file just fine -- even though it is open by Word. This is because Word does not lock the file to prevent read access by other applications. On the other hand, a Microsoft Outlook/Exchange *.pst file cannot be backed up by TSM when the Microsoft software is running since that software locks the file from any kind of access by other applications. What OFS provides is not only a mechanism for backing up locked files, but also a "crash-consistent" file-level backup of the disk, even as you continue to access and modify those files. > I've also read the TSM Client version 5.2.3 > does backup opened files without the OFS > feature. Only in the context I've described above, which is applicable to any TSM version: you can back up open files; but *locked* file backup still requires OFS. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 2005-01-26 17:05:51: > I'm looking at any tips to install OFS (Open File Support) also I > believe referred to as LVSA. In reading some of the 'readme' files it > looks like this isn't supported under the 2003 Windows server platform. > I've attempted to install this and when I do I get the following error: > ANS3010E - 'The Logical Volume Snapshot Agent failed. I've also read the > TSM Client version 5.2.3 does backup opened files without the OFS > feature. Has anyone worked on this? > > Melinda Cooper > Senior Information Center Analyst
