First of all 2.7 is a very bad release of Solaris. We skipped it because it is falling off support soon. Second, 3.7.3.8 is unsupported, so good luck if it does not work. V5.1 is out and the death of 4.2 has already been announced. My point is you had better plan to upgrade your TSM environment. If you plan to use FC tape then 2.7 may not work. It really was not supported well by the vendors until Solaris 8.
-----Original Message----- From: Farren Minns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: What should I know about SAN Hello fellow ##SMERS Running TSM 3.7.3.8 Server on Solaris 2.7 Box (E250 450Mhz 1GB) In the coming months, it looks very likely that we are going to be getting some sort of SAN that will initially just be directly connected to one of our machines (an over-priced array for a while then!), and in the future be connected via a SAN switching device to act as a proper Storage Area Network. Whilst I know that this is a broad subject, I am interested in anyone's personal experiences with this. What questions should I be asking myself in order to get the most out of a SAN and what it can offer. For example, I hear the term Flash Copy quite often. I assume that I could make image backups of an entire system very quickly this way thus providing for some very fast restore times. This is just one thing that I would be interested in understanding. So basically, any people out there who has had good/bad SAN / TSM experiences; I would like to hear from you. Thanks very much Farren Minns Trainee Solaris & TSM System Admin - John Wiley & Sons
