Hi, I am something of a TSM beginner, and this is my first post here too, so please excuse any obvious mistakes on my part. I am in the position of having to implement a TSM backup solution for our client. This is (in the first instance at least) an all AIX shop. I've read all the redbooks, and am pretty confident that I know (more or less!) what needs to be done. However, I would appreciate some feedback regarding AIX disk mirroring and how this affects the client-side of the set-up. Without going into too much detail about our current config, are there any special considerations regarding the client if you are using AIX LVM-level mirroring? Our current backups use sysback/sbom which jumps through a number of hoops to break a copy off the (triple) mirror, which is then backed up whilst work continues. For simplicity, as much as anything else, I would far prefer to not have to do this kind of thing as part of the backup procedure. Is there anything in the TSM client which assists in the backup of mirrored volumes? Do the logical volumes have to be varied on (just wondering if varying them off is an option) for TSM to back them up? Does anybody have any experience with this kind of thing?
Thanks in advance, Steve Greatbanks --