On 21 feb 2009, at 01:05, Clark, Robert A wrote:
Microsoft DFS is now present in our environment, and we're getting some questions about how to back it up.
Ok, MS DFS as I understand it is a piece of information hiding (I'm a unix admin). The DFS links are just pointers to the DFS replica servers (DFS targets), which serve normal windows shares on normal NTFS filesystems. So the latter are the ones to backup. The only exception is formed by DFS replicas that do actual replication. If there are multiple systems that serve identical data, synchronized using DFS replication, you might not need to backup all replicas of that data. I've learned all this from http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows2003-Distributed-File-System.html . Basically, a good windows admin should understand this way better that I do and could have told you this.... (There are a lot more articles on DFS on that same site, short, well written and quite clear on the concepts, it got me up to speed on DFS in about an hour).
I've read the appropriate page on the Tivoli Information Center, but it is a little terse. (I searched the Tivoli Information Center, the Redbook site, and the IBM Publications Center. Lots of DCE/DFS stuff, but nothing on MS DFS.) Has anyone seen a doc with more background on DFS and TSM? Thanks, [RC] DISCLAIMER: This message is intended for the sole use of the addressee, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete this message.
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