Can >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/01/03 02:00PM >>> show volumeusage [nodename]
certainly helps...note too that the "show" commands are undocumented and unsupported. On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Rowan O'Donoghue wrote: > Agreed, it is probably the most important shortcoming! > > In terms of when a DR is performed for a client, surely the TSM client > performs a similar query with the TSM server to identify the files > required to be restored? > > Maybe there's a smooth streamlined script for this purpose that IBM just > dont want us to have ;) > > Ah well.... will keep on looking...... > > regards, > > Rowan O'Donoghue > Technical Services Manager > Unitech Systems > Bracken Business Park > Bracken Road > Sandyford Industrial Estate > Dublin 18. > > Tel: + 353 - 1 - 2942300 > Fax: + 353 - 1 - 2942319 > www.unitech-ie.com > > > > Richard Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 01/10/2003 17:35 > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc > > Subject > Re: TSM & DR > > > > > > > >The one thing I've always found to be a downside to TSM is the ability to > >easily identify the EXACT amount of tapes required to rebuild an > >environment to it's most current state. ... > > That has been a Holy Grail quest for us customers. There remains no > feasible > way to get such a list from the product. This condition probably stems > from > the product philosophy of being file-oriented rather than tape-oriented, > in > that the customer need not be concerned with the current tapes upon which > the files reside. Obviously, DR needs conflict with that neatness, and so > we all would like to see the product accommodate such needs. > > Richard Sims, BU > > Steve Roder, University at Buffalo HOD Service Coordinator VM Systems Programmer UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX) TSM/ADSM Administrator ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564)