The Business owners in cooperation with the System Admin for TSM. It's a cooperative thing. The SLA for recovery will dictate the policy, with RPOs and RTOs dictating frequency, retention, etc. The business owners may want backups every 5 minutes with data kept forever, but they have to know and be willing to contribute to the cost, which usually leads to a more reasonable schedule and retention setting. :D
You also have to consider Regulatory requirements, such as HIPAA, PCI, etc. which may trump anyone's wants or budget constraints. If you're in health care you should have a Security officer, and compliance officer who should be able to help address those issues. I often tell people I do not "set" policy, I just enforce it, but I do in some degree influence it. :D See Ya' Howard Coles Jr., RHCE, CNE, CDE John 3:16! -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mehdi Salehi Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 5:03 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] who makes policy for TSM? Hi, There are different kinds of servers and their corresponding teams in a company: Windows-based, Linux-based, AIX and mainframe. Who should normally design/dictate backup policies for a central TSM?
