You can move full tapes off-site, but that's not really "the TSM way". The preferred method is to make separate off-site tapes in a copy pool and send those off-site. The trade-off is that it requires more tapes and more time spent copying data.
I'd strongly recommend reading the first couple chapters of the Administrator's Guide (TSM overview, TSM concepts) for an introduction to the fundamental concepts and approach used by TSM. =Dave On 01/28/2014 12:13 PM, Jeanne Bruno wrote: > Hello. We have a script that runs on Saturdays where if the tape has a > 'full' status we mark it offsite: > > expire inventory wait=yes > backup devconfig > backup volhist > run tsmreclaim 60 > update vol * acc=off whereDEV=*_tape whereST=full whereACC=readw > update vol * acc=off whereDEV=*_tape whereST=full whereACC=reado > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom > Taylor > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape rotation > > Hello all, > > Can anyone direct me to a good document that explains how to > manage tapes in TSM. I have backups copying from a disk pool to a tape > pool but I don't understand how to determine which tape should go off site > and which shouldn't. There is of course the administrator's guide but I > was hoping maybe there was something a little more clear and straight > forward before I attempt to read more of the guide and decipher its > meaning. > > Thanks > > > Thomas Taylor > System Administrator > Jos. A. Bank Clothiers > Cell (443)-974-5768 > -- Hello World. David Bronder - Systems Architect Segmentation Fault ITS-EI, Univ. of Iowa Core dumped, disk trashed, quota filled, soda warm. [email protected]
