Background - Earlier this year we moved TSM server from z/OS to Linuxx86_64 server and just then upgraded 2 TSM Servers to 7.1.7 from 7.1.1, each with 9TB of storage divided up across 6 mount points with the storage pool allocated as a device class=FILE. Each systems sequential FILE pool is comprised of 174 - 50GB volumes. Currently the primary server TSMA has 3.2TB of used space, with nothing yet on TSMB. Our intention was to have TSMA be the primary backup server, and TSMB be the offsite server, using Node Replication to sync the servers daily.
Deduplication is not active at this point, but based on my IBM videos and documentation it should be turned on with storage containers. Looking for some assistance. Has anyone converted from using a FILE dev class configuration to Storage Containers? All disk drive space has been allocated. Should I begin removing volumes to free up space so that I can create an LVM for the storage pool container directory? Then slowly move the currently allocated node backup data on the volumes to the storage containers? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Larry Bernacki Project Manager/Systems Programmer Laboratory Technical Services Branch, ANG-E13 FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405
