James is right, you can boot from a Sysback server (your TSM server, most likely), it doesn't have to be a NIM server. Sysback calls this the "classic" method. Since a lot of people already have NIM servers, the Sysback developers decided to leverage that and allow you to install Sysback into the NIM SPOT, so you could restore with a NIM server. But it's not necessary.
Steve On 2/4/08, James Drozynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You don't need a nim server... If you have set TSM up correctly > it will have a spot to start the download. Just set your service menu to > point at > the TSM server at bootup...( it acts as a NIM server) > Sorry I don't have my notes right here with me... > As I recall the TSM server will respond to the bootup from the client > and allow you to > pick from the backups available to the client address you have configured > in your service menu. > > Hope I'm being clear... > > James Drozynski > IBM Pittsburgh Lab > 11 Stanwix Street > Pittsburgh Pa. 15222 > Tel:412-667-4421 > Fax:412-667-6975 > Tie:989-4421 > > > > Sachin V Chaudhari1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > 02/04/2008 08:44 AM > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > > To > [email protected] > cc > > Subject > Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for SYS-back & Recovery!! > > > > > > > HI Steve, > > Thx for the response.. > > But I have one small query.. > > If I m taking the system backup on tape library using TSM for sysback then > at the time of recovery, it requires a NIM server or without that also we > can recover. > > Thanks, > Sachin > > > > > > Steve Stackwick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > COM> To > Sent by: "ADSM: [email protected] > Dist Stor cc > Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject > .EDU> Re: [ADSM-L] TSM for SYS-back & > Recovery!! > > 02/04/2008 06:49 > PM > > > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor > Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > .EDU> > > > > > > > Sysback works great and is cheap, too! Not only can you create backups > and boot and restore from standalone media, but it also integrates > with your NIM server. And if THAT's not enough for a posting on a TSM > listserv, you can send your sysback backups to TSM to store, and > restore from there, too. > > When you boot to restore (either from your sysback-enabled NIM server > or your standalone floppy/DVD/tape), you are presented with a menu > that not only allows you to Just Restore your system (again either > from TSM, standalone media, or NIM), but also lets you make changes to > the LVM structure when you do. > > Dunno why more AIX shops don't use it; it's been a hit wherever I've seen > it. > > Steve > > On 2/4/08, Sachin V Chaudhari1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HI All, > > > > Any one has tried the TSM for sys-back on AIX.. whats the recovery > method > > of this... > > > > > > Any help will be appreciated > > > > > > Thanks, > > Sachin > > > > > -- > Stephen Stackwick > Jacob & Sundstrom, Inc. > 401 East Pratt St., Suite 2214 > Baltimore, MD 21202-3003 > (410) 539-1135 * (866) 539-1135 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Stephen Stackwick Jacob & Sundstrom, Inc. 401 East Pratt St., Suite 2214 Baltimore, MD 21202-3003 (410) 539-1135 * (866) 539-1135 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
