Further: 1. If there are issues with system objects during a bare-metal restore, you get Microsoft support for the NTBACKUP restore. 2. 1 single NTBACKUP 450MB file restores from tape a lot faster than 3000 files totaling 450MB.
-- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Berbee Information Networks Office 262.521.5627 >-----Original Message----- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Jones, Eric J >Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:27 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Question on the preschedulecmd > >The problem with Win2K is that when you backup the >"SYSTEMOBJECT", it backs everything up each time you run a >backup. We backup the servers nightly and need to keep all >data for a minimum of 90 days(including the system object >backup). I had only ever backed up UNIX machines so I never >had this problem until recently. With the NTBACKUP you can >backup to a single file then have TSM backup that file so 1 >file is backed up to TSM instead of 1900+. The amount of data >does not change but the number of files does to the database. > >Eric > >-----Original Message----- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Steve Schaub >Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:15 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Question on the preschedulecmd > > >All, >Maybe I missed the beginning of this thread, but I'm curious >as to the advantage of scripting the ntbackup over using the >built-in tsm client backup of >systemobject/systemstate/systemservice? Does this help DR in some way? >-steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: Stapleton, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:46 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Question on the preschedulecmd > > >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Jones, Eric J >>I'm at the point where I've tested backing up the SYSTEM STATE with >>NTBACKUP, having TSM backup the drives and exclude the SYSTEM OBJECT, >>then rebuild the system, restore with TSM and >>use NTBACKUP to restore the SYSTEM STATE. I have a batch >>file to kick off NTBACKUP for the SYSTEM STATE backup and want to use >>the "preschedulecmd" to run this before TSM scans for changed >files and >>does the scheduled backup. I need to make sure the batch file >>completes before TSM does the backup. >>Would there be any situation that TSM might start backing up >before the >>prescheduledcmd completes? > >A PRESCHEDCMD batch file must complete successfully (with >RC=0) before the backup will happen; if a non-zero return code >comes up, or the batch file hangs for any reason, the backup >will not happen. > >What some have had better luck with is running the NTBACKUP >batch file as a POSTSCHEDCMD. If the NTBACKUP hangs or fails >(which happens once in a while), using POSTSCHEDCMD will not >prevent the backup from completing. Yeah, the NTBACKUP results >are 24 hours old when they get backed up, but does your system >state change that frequently? > >-- >Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Berbee Information Networks >Office 262.521.5627 >
