The reason they started on the Windows platform is because today everything is available on Windows TSM servers 1st with UNIX being developed on 2nd (sad as it may be).
-- Joshua S. Bassi Sr. Solutions Architect @ rs-unix.com IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant- ADSM/TSM Cell (415) 215-0326 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Thomas A. La Porte Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Network Appliance - Filer backup - (DAR) Direct Access Restore My understanding is that NDMP support will be added to the AIX server in TSM version 5. Don't know if that version changes the requirements of direct-attached. Why Tivoli chose to start with the Windows platform for an enterprise-level protocol like NDMP is still beyond me. We are eagerly anticipating support for NDMP on AIX. -- Tom Thomas A. La Porte DreamWorks SKG [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Prather, Wanda wrote: >.... but, from what I have read on the Tivoli web site, you can only get >NDMP support if your tsm SERVER is on Windows, and if your tape drives are >direct attached to the NAS device, which means you have to be SAN. > >Am I reading that correctly, or am I missing something here? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Joshua S. Bassi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 7:49 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Network Appliance - Filer backup - (DAR) Direct Access >Restore > > >TSM support NDMP at this time. > > >-- >Joshua S. Bassi >Sr. Solutions Architect >IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark >Tivoli Certified Consultant- ADSM/TSM >Cell (415) 215-0326 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-----Original Message----- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of >Gates, Gerald P. >Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:44 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Network Appliance - Filer backup - (DAR) Direct Access Restore > >Can Tivoli backup up a Network Appliance - Filer using (DAR) Direct >Access >Restore? Veritas said they will have this in version 5.0 later this >year. >Gerry > >
