On Jul 13, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Schaub, Steve wrote:
One question I have not been able to figure out is whether HSM & the filesystem ever perform any sort of "reconciliation" - for example, when a user finally decides to delete his illegal mp3 collection from the corporate fileserver, how does the HSM archive receive that notice so it can be reclaimed? Or are we going to have ghosts in the attic forever?
HSM for Windows is little more than the TSM API Archive facility glued to a special MS Windows file interface, as described in its manual and a Redpiece on it. Files endure in TSM server storage per Archive retention period. From all I've read, there's none of the thoroughness of the Unix HSM - no command set, no daemons, no reconciliation. I feel sorry for people who buy into HSM for Windows (or Windows itself, for that matter). Richard Sims
