I am using the "trick" to alternate DB backup to the harddrive and to the library. Therefore I probably am not in such a jeopardy to completely lose it and can work with just one tape.
The thought to backup to a network share haven't occured to me. This might be better than the single tape and local hard drive. Thanks. Bos, Karel wrote: > Hi, > > Looks like this will not work. ITSM will not overwrite the last version > of its database back-up, so you need another tape. > > For some reason, I would be a little more carefull with my database > back-up. If you lose your database and cannot restore it (maybe because > of overusing this database backup tape), you endup with a lot more > scratch tapes than you would like to.... > > Have you looked at defining a file device class using a network share on > a remote server as target, making your database back-ups on that? > > Regards, > > Karel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Michal Mertl > Sent: maandag 10 juli 2006 18:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: DB backup on a DDS drive > > I have a TSM server with LTO tape library and a DDS tape drive. I would > like to backup the database to the DDS tape without human intervention. > I imagine the tape stays loaded in the drive and every day TSM will > rewind and overwrite it with fresh DB backup. I know that this isn't > optimal is it possible? I works flawlessly to do the DB backup to the > library but I don't want to waste all LTO tape with just a couple of > gigs when the library is always almost full. > > Thank you for any help. > > Michal > -- S pozdravem Michal Mertl ICZ a.s.
