Cheri This is our biggest headache with TSM which has NO suitable facility to provide what you want. Backupsets and archiving are not viable ways of doing it.
It has been raised as an issue before and there was an excellent description of how Tivoli could resolve this submitted as a product suggestion at the TSM Symposium in Oxford, England last October and supported by many other users. We have one of two solutions that we use at the moment - either a second node which justs backs up at the required interval (e.g. monthly) or to use alternative software which does support the concept of holding monthly/quarterly backups. I am still hoping that Tivoli will address this soon because we are finding that it is an increasing inhibitor. Be cautious if you go the "monthly incremental" route. It can dramatically affect the size of your tsm database. Also, you will want to consider using the "dirmc" option for the normal daily nodes, otherwise every directory you have will bind to the long retention class. regards, -=Dave=- -- +44 (0)20 7608 7140 A burger shy of a Happy Meal. -----Original Message----- From: Cheri Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 March 2002 21:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Point in Time Backups I have numerous customers who are requesting that, in addition to their TSM daily incremental backups, I also provide them with "point in time" backups of their data on significant days like month end, quarter end, etc. I would guess there are numerous ways this can be accomplished with TSM. I'm looking for input from those who are doing this successfully and would be willing to share what method they're using to accomplish this and the pros and cons of their chosen method. Thanks in advance for your input! Cheri Howard Lead Storage Analyst Aid Association for Lutherans/Lutheran Brotherhood 4321 N. Ballard Road, Appleton, WI 54919-0001 http://www.aal.org _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. www.guardianit.com The information contained in this email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Guardian iT Group will accept no responsibility or liability in respect to this email other than to the addressee. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately via email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by MessageLabs Virus Control Centre.
