Robert Clark and Carl Makin, Many thanks for the tips. We will stay waiting .... :-(((
Taketoshi Ide Robert Clark wrote: > > It might make sense to put efforts towards an ndmp client, and abandon > a TSM specifc effort entirely. > > (Assuming TSM will be ndmp compatible at some point.) > > Robert Clark > The Regence Group > Storage Administrator > 503-220-4743 > > Carl Makin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > IA.GOV.AU> cc: > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Subject: Re: FREEBSD + tsm >client > Stor Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > U> > > 03/05/2002 03:09 PM > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor > Manager" > > Hi Taketoshi, > > On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 08:11, taketoshi ide wrote: > > > Our system: > > TSM SERVER 4.1.2 on IBM AIX 4.3.3 . > > TSM CLIENT B/A 4.1.2 LINUX on FREEBSD 4.5-RC > > > We have problems with backup/restore . It doesn't work for some file > > systems. > > We used "emulator linux" for freebsd to install tsm client. > > This is a known problem with linux backup software running under linux > emulation on FreeBSD. The emulation environment basically overlays the > /compat/linux directories over / for linux binaries which means the > linux dsmc executable never sees the real /, /usr and /var filesystems. > > There is currently no easy solution. > > The best solution would be for IBM to produce a client for FreeBSD and > the other BSD systems but I doubt that is going to happen. The next > best would be for IBM to release the source to a v3 client and let us > port the damn thing over. There would be plenty of people willing to do > that! But while IBM may have "embraced" linux, there is little > indication they have embraced open source. :( The current bizarre TSM > licensing doesn't help that either. > > Another partial solution is to run the SCO v2 client instead. It's > ancient but the command line client works under iBCS2 emulation and > since there are no /compat/iBCS2 directories it can see all FreeBSD > filesystems. The big drawback is a 2Gb file limit which has bitten us > occasionally. I have this client packaged up as a FreeBSD package if > you want it. > > There are others in the FreeBSD community trying to run this client. At > least one I know has disabled the filesystem mapping entirely (search > the FreeBSD-Stable mailing list at www.freebsd.org). Not a good > solution for us though. > > I've been playing with using a nullfs mount into another filesystem to > attach the 3 problem filesystems and then backing them up indirectly. A > little nasty but shows promise. The linux client has been flaky and > difficult to install given it's now packaged as an RPM and the nullfs > filesystem hasn't been too stable but I suspect this is how we'll > finally make it work. > > TSM is pretty good. It's a pity IBM haven't realised yet that there are > a lot of sites running FreeBSD that would be happy to pay for TSM > licences if they had a supported client. More than some of the clients > that they officially support I suspect. > > Carl. > > =========================================================================== > IMPORTANT NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains > information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely > for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the > intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified > that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message is strictly > prohibited. Nothing in this email, including any attachment, is intended > to be a legally binding signature.
