Tim, Another good one is de-duplication. Clients and venders alike believe de-deduplication will yield some high level of size reduction with TSM. TSM by design doesn't de-duplicate with the same results as other backup environments.
Kenneth L. Bradberry Chief Technology Officer ACS Healthcare Solutions 5225 Auto Club Drive Dearborn MI 48126 (248) 226-4322 Office (313) 673-1686 Cell (248) 22601402 Fax email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACS - People Making Technology Work...In HealthcareTM CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:34 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM Yeah, What about the client who thinks TSM backups up the same file every night even though it's not been updated. Or who want's a restore on a (specific) file from 6 months ago on a specific date even though that file has been updated 18 times and doesn't understand the a Retention Policy, Versioning or Expiration even after explantion. (The server keeps the inactive versions of the file until their number grows bigger than those allowed by the server policy.) Clark, Margaret wrote: >My favorite is the customer who believes their every backup is on their own private tape, and will we just send it to them? >- Margaret Clark, San Diego Data Processing > >-----Original Message----- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis Preston >Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 2:49 PM >To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >Subject: [ADSM-L] Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM > >Hey there, folks! I'm working very hard on my next book, which will have some product-specific information in it. I'm covering multiple products, so I won't go TOO deep on individual products, but I'd like to do my best to cover misunderstood or frequently asked topics for each major product. I figured that no one would know better than this list which topics people tend to get confused. > >What topics do you think should go on that list? (I've got my personal preferences, but I don't want to prejudice your thoughts.) What are the top 5/20/30 things about TSM that you think people get wrong? > >TIA > >--- >W. Curtis Preston >Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com >VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies > >