Well, I will give it a go, but this just confirms my belief that TSM is the most user-unfriendly, frustrating, annoying, unwieldy IT system I have encountered in 22 years of IT work.
Regards Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of William Boyer > Sent: Sunday, 27 May 2007 1:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Point in time restore problem > > Instead of doing a SELECTIVE backup on a periodic basis, which won't update > the last backup date/time of the filespace, use the > MODE=ABSOLUTE of the backup copygroup. In your domain, make a copy of > the active policy set and change all the management class > backup copygroups to MODE=ABSOLUTE instead of the default of MODIFIED. > Then on your "occasional" timeframe, run an admin schedule to > activate this policy set, do your backups which are incremental and then the > next day run another admin schedule to activate your > MODE=MODIFIED policyset. This way your schedules don't change and as far > as the client is concerned you just ran a unqualified > INCREMENTAL backup and the filespaces are updated. Since the active > policyset will have ABSOLUTS, you'll get a copy of every file > whether it's changed or not. > > I've been doing TSM not for over 8-years and this is the first time I've ever > thought of a way to use multiple policyset definitions > in a domain. > > Bill Boyer > "Backup my harddrive? How do I put it in reverse?" - ?? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Dudley > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 8:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Point in time restore problem > > From what I read the standard incremental backup is restricted in that it only > backs up new or changed files since the last > incremental backup. > > However I have been told that we need to run "absolute" incremental backups > on a periodic basis - these incremental backups backup > all files whether they have changed or not, so that the "Last Incr Date" is > updated, so that "Point in time" restores don't have to > traverse through a huge transaction log and spend long periods of time > restoring files that were later deleted. > > I quote from the dsmc help option for incremental backups: > > Mode: > Permits you to back up only files that changed since the last backup (modified). > Also permits you to back up the files whether they > changed or not (absolute). > > What I want to know is if you can run an absolute backup from the command > line on the client server. > > The end result I want to achieve from all of this, is to run full backups on a > periodic basis so that when I have to perform a > "Point in time" restore it does it quickly and does not have to traverse a huge > transaction log and restore files that were later > deleted. > > Regards > Paul > ANL - CELEBRATING 50 YEARS ANL DISCLAIMER This e-mail and any file attached is confidential, and intended solely to the named addressees. Any unauthorised dissemination or use is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail from your system. Please do not copy, use or make reference to it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any person.
