Boris, There is a special TSM product to manage all of this for you. It is called TSM for Advanced Copy Services. Take a look at this:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr-advanced-copy-services/ Also... there is a Redbook to help here as well: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247474.html?Open Thanks, Del ---------------------------------------------------- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 05/31/2007 05:59:15 AM: > Hello list members, > > in the near future it's planned backing up our SAP DB2 Databases > (AIX-Systems / DB2 Volumes resides on a Shark System) via > "Flashcopy" to TSM Server. I've absolute no knowlege of this issue. > > Today we are backing up the database via SAN to the TSM Server > without a TDP. We only use a script which calls the command "db2 > backup db xyz online use TSM". > > What do we need for using/implementing FlashCopy for our DB2 > Databases? Is a TDP required or is it optional? Is there some > documentation for implementing FlashCopy? (I've no knowlege of the > Shark - is this required for TSM Administrators? - Today only our > UNIX colleagues administrate the Shark environment) > > Any help / infors about this issue are appreciate. > > With kind regards, > _______________________________ > > Boris Herrmann
