Yes, if you watch it closely. Sometimes you can see the migration or backup STG ask for a scratch tape during the process.
When it reaches the end of tape, TSM will ask for a new tape to place the rest of the file on the new tape(s). I have a single NDMP backup that is over 4 TB that is backup to 4 consecutive LTO4 tapes with no problems. All 4 tapes shows the same last written date and time. > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of > Mehdi Salehi > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 7:20 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: backup files larger than tape cartridge size > > Hi, > I have some large files and images backed up to disk pool and then > migrated > to tapes. As the size of images grows gradually, I wonder what happens if > the file size exceeds the cartridge capacity. Can TSM split them into > multiple cartridges during stg migration? > > Thanks
