Database Backup best practice

2014-02-17 Thread Tom Taylor
Good morning Running TSM 6.3.4 I have read the admin guide best practice section on backing up the database and I have also done some google searching but I cannot find a straight answer on this... How many backups of the database should I keep available? I always do a full backup,

Re: Database Backup best practice

2014-02-17 Thread Lee, Gary
Best practice is to keep db backups as far back as the longest reusedelay on tape pools. Otherwise you can't go back to a previous state. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 9:27 AM To:

Re: Database Backup best practice

2014-02-17 Thread Ehresman,David E.
You should keep at least as many TSM DB backups as the largest REUSEDelay on your storagepools. David -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 9:27 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: