Has anyone had a look at a new feature in the TSM5.1 server code that gives you the facility to consolidate a nodes data - either on filespace level or node level? This will address the multiple tapes that a client's data can end up on over an extended period of time. For those that do not know about it, it is a new admin command called move nodedata ....
Cheers Christo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- I am sure TSM will wait. And while we're on this subject, we are looking at Disaster Recovery plans and the path we must take using TSM to recover a couple hundred servers. It looks bleak. We are finding that, due to incremental forever backups, recovery times are extremely long because of tape mount after tape mount after tape mount. In a real disaster, we expect to take an entire day or more to recover a single server. With a limited number of tape drives the recovery time required for 100 servers could take weeks. Has anyone else run into this dilemma? What is TSM's direction? How can I speed up the recovery process? John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal The Timken Company Global Software Support P.O. Box 6927 Data Management 1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390 Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timken.com ______________________________________________ "The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Absa is neither liable for the proper, complete transmission of the information contained in this communication, any delay in its receipt or that the mail is virus-free."