I agree with Richard - the DB incrementals work just fine, no functionality issues. Just remember to update your DR procedures, the RESTORE DB command is a little different, as I recall. My primary use of incrementals is for the DB backup trigger - when your log is getting too full, a DB incremental should get done and clear it much FASTER than a full. Wanda
________________________________ From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Richard Sims Sent: Thu 2/16/2006 12:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Fulls vs. incrementals for TSM DB Allen - The elevated number of tapes would be the biggest issue... That poses more of a burden on your scratch supply. There's also more jeopardy for recovery if one of the incrementals is missing at recovery time. In human terms, it's also more confusing at recovery time to deal with more than one tape. Whereas db backups are principal participants in DR procedures, there's more tape juggling in the going out and coming back. But db incrementals do work well, so there's no functionality problem. Richard Sims
