On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 07:16 pm, you wrote: > You could try running monthly incrementals under a different nodename (ie: > create another dsm.opt file eg: dsmmthly.opt) to your TSM (same or even > dedicated) server.
Have you considered creating a monthly BackupSet tape for each of your file servers? BackupSets have several advantages over a "full archive" for monthly retention: 1/ The file server doesn't need to send any additional data for the "monthly" retention. There is no need for a "special" monthly backup. The backupset is created from existing incremental backup data already in the TSM server. 2/ The BackupSet contents are indexed on the backupset tapes, and not in the TSM database. Therefore your database doesn't need to grow as you retain the monthly backupsets. Steven P. -- Steven Pemberton Mobile: +61 4 1833 5136 Innovative Business Knowledge Office: +61 3 9820 5811 Senior Enterprise Management Consultant Fax: +61 3 9820 9907
