Can you use backupsets or export nodes to real tape (no client impact.) Or full restores to a dummy node and then archive those to real tape (once a month), again no direct client impact. Can the "monthlles" be spread over 30 days?
Richard -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Harris, Steven Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 4:51 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Monthly backups of VMs HI All Environment is TSM 7.1.1 server on AIX. 7.1.1 Storage agents on Linux, 7.1.1 BA clients, 7.1.1 VE clients, VMWare 5.5. The VMware backups are via the SAN to a Protectier VTL. My Client is an international financial organization so we have lots or regulatory requirements including SARBOX. All of these require a monthly backup retained 7 years. Recent trends in application design have resulted in multiple large MSSQL databases - up to 10 TB that never delete their data. Never mind the logic, the hard requirement is that these be backed up monthly and kept for 7 years, and that no variation will be made to the application design. Standard process has been a daily VE incremental backup to a daily node and monthly full to a separate node. The fulls are becoming untenable on several grounds. The VBS Servers need to run a scsi rescan on weekdays to pick up any changed disk allocations, and this interrupts any running backups. The individual throughput of the Virtual tape drives is limited so sessions run for a long time and there is not enough real tape to use that. Long running backups cause issues with the storage on the back end because the snapshots are held so long. Does anyone have any practical alternate approaches for taking a monthly VMware backup for long term retention? Thanks Steve Steven Harris TSM Admin/Consultant Canberra Australia This message and any attachment is confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. You should immediately delete the message if you are not the intended recipient. If you have received this email by mistake please delete it from your system; you should not copy the message or disclose its content to anyone. This electronic communication may contain general financial product advice but should not be relied upon or construed as a recommendation of any financial product. The information has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider the Product Disclosure Statement relating to the financial product and consult your financial adviser before making a decision about whether to acquire, hold or dispose of a financial product. For further details on the financial product please go to http://www.bt.com.au Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
