We do this, using the method Wanda suggests. We tried it using just
different management classes, but there was bleed-over and we had some
backed-up data retained for a lot longer than we had intended. Using
different domains, as Wanda suggests, made it work the way we wanted.

Just use include/exclude to make sure each one is backing up only the
data you want it to back up. It's easy to make a mistake and either back
up some data twice, or never.

Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     [email protected]
======I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=====


On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, Prather, Wanda wrote:

>I have several customers doing this.
>One, for example, has a machine called CLIENT.
>It is registered as CLIENT-DAILY to run daily backups, and also as 
>CLIENT-MONTHLY to run monthly backups.
>
>You just have 2 different schedulers, pointing to 2 different dsm.opt files.
>The first dsm.opt specifies NODENAME CLIENT-DAILY
>The second dsm.opt specifies NODENAME CLIENT-MONTHLY
>CLIENT-DAILY is registered in the DAILY domain
>CLIENT-MONTHLY is registered in the MONTHLY domain.
>
>Domains have different schedules, and mgmt. classes have copy groups pointing 
>to different destination disk and tape pools.
>To simplify I use classic schedulers (running without dsmcad and  
>MANAGEDSERVICES SCHEDULE).  Although it should be possible to set up multiple 
>dsmcads too (but it makes my head hurt so I don't).
>
>But have never had a problem getting it to work.
>Can you be more specific about the problems you are having?
>
>W
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
>Ehresman,David E.
>Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 12:48 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] running two distinct tsm client instances pointing to 
>two different servers on windows box
>
>Gary,
>
>Maybe a different approach would work.
>
>Use the same TSM node but use INCLUDE statements to point different 
>filesystems to different management classes pointing to different disk/tape 
>combinations.
>
>David
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee, 
>Gary
>Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 11:11 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [ADSM-L] running two distinct tsm client instances pointing to two 
>different servers on windows box
>
>I need to do some testing where a client machine must be two distinct tsm 
>nodes on different servers; or on the same server but a different domain.
>
>I've been playing with this, but can't seem to get it working.
>
>I want machine client-a backing up to one disk / tape combination, while its 
>alter ego client-b backs up to another disk / tape combination on the same tsm 
>server.
>
>Most clients will be windows, with a few linux thrown in.
>
>Any ideas would be helpful.
>

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