I planned on that for my backup clients. However the majority of the data is archived E-mail, DB dumps and historical Accounting.
Thanks, That will be very helpful Duane -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robben Leaf Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 3:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Combining two TSM servers into one. You can export a node's data directly from one TSM server instance to another one if you use the TOSERVER parameter in the EXPORT NODE command. That being said, depending on your retention policies, it might be simpler - and faster - to simply take the clients that back up to TSM server 1, and point them at TSM server 2, and let the old data expire off of server 1 as time passes. If you need to restore from the old TSM server, just point the client back to server 1 for the restore. When all the data on server 1 is older than your retention policy, it can be decommissioned. Archive data should be copied to server 2, of course. Hope that helps! Robben Leaf Enterprise Storage Backup and Retention 651-962-2698 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Ochs, Duane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] M> To Sent by: "ADSM: [email protected] Dist Stor cc Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU> [ADSM-L] Combining two TSM servers into one. 04/21/2008 03:21 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU> I'm sure someone has done this before. I'm just looking for a little kick in the right direction. I have two TSM servers. One (TSM server 1) with a L700 library using SDLT320 drives with a 50gb db and approximately 90 TB of data and another (TSM server 2) using a SL T950 with LTO-4. Both are behind the same SVC. I'm combining the two TSM servers into the same library and into the same TSM DB. Option one, get a LTO-4 drive connected to TSM server1 and export nodes one at a time, then import the data into TSM server 2. Option two, get a SDLT320 drive connected to TSM server 2, export from TSM server 1 and import into 2. ??? Option three, Is it possible to export to disk, and move the file system from TSM server 1 to TSM server 2 and import ? Option 1 and 2 will be time consuming, Option 3 would probably be the most efficient, if possible. Any advice or any other suggestions ? Both TSM servers are running TSM 5.4.3 on AIX 5.3. Thanks, Duane U.S. BANCORP made the following annotations --------------------------------------------------------------------- Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
