To allow migration to onsite tape. If it is not collocated by filespace, only one migration process will fire. Hope to change this soon when I upgrade from 6.3.4 to 7.1.x.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stefan Folkerts Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 3:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] going to all random disk pool for tsm for ve But if enough volumes are in the filling state this is not a problem and may I ask why use collocation on a filepool? On Monday, August 24, 2015, Lee, Gary <[email protected]> wrote: > No deduplication. > > However, I have the trouble of a file class pool, collocated by filespace, > showing full and not allowing backups even though the pool shows 75% full, > just used itx maxscratch allocation. > This causes an inordinate amount of human interfvention to keep afew > volumes below maxscratch. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>] > On Behalf Of Stefan Folkerts > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 6:07 AM > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] going to all random disk pool for tsm for ve > > I believe a fileclass storagepool is better suited for this kind of > "permanent" storage on disk. > A diskpool should be used for things such as disk between the backup client > and tape for temporary random I/O storage that can handle an unlimited > amount of sessions. > A fileclass storagepool is better suited for long term storage. > I create a diskpool for VE metadata when using dedup on the filepool and > use fileclass storagepools for permanent storage on disk with or without > deduplication. > > Are you planning on using deduplication on disk? > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:12 PM, David Ehresman < > [email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Gary, > > > > TSMVE 7.1.2 makes file level restores a reality. You may want to work > > with them a bit before deciding if you want to go to all random disk. > > > > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of > > Lee, Gary > > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 3:31 PM > > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Subject: [ADSM-L] going to all random disk pool for tsm for ve > > > > Hoping to get upgraded to tsm server 7.1.x within the next month. > > At that time, we are considering changing our storage strategy to all > > random disk pool. > > > > This because we cannot do a file level restore from a vmware backup from > > sequencial media, (be it tape or disk). > > > > Has anyone done this, or is there a better way? > > > > Looking for guideance and others' experience. > > >
