From: Mario Behring [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have to perform the backup of a Informix database and I > want to know if is possible for TSM to do it without the TDP > for Informix. > > I have been told that the ONBAR tool uses the XBSA libraries > to talk to SM products and that the only thing that the TDP > for Informix does is to act as a translator between TSM and > Informix. Is it true ?
Actually, that's how all TDP agents work; they use the application's own backup facilities (virually all databases have one) to create a backup which is held long enough for TSM to suck it as a backup, and then is deleted. This is because Tivoli (quite wisely) decided a long time ago to make use of the OS and application interfaces. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
