You can run reclamation with D2D by using Devicetype=file on disk. -----Original Message----- From: Jesse Dotterer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: July 23, 2004 10:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: D2D vs. tape backups with TSM?
There are some other faster restore solutions out there. With Virtual Tape Libraries you get all the speed and reliability of D2D but with all the functionality of tape. For example, I happen to work for a company that provides a VTL solution which is certified by IBM-TSM. There is no way to run reclamation on D2D so that must be done once it is transferred to real tape. With a VTL solution, you backup to a virtual tape library and device, run the reclamation on that, which is nearly instantaneous and then copy to real tape via archive and that saves you hrs and hrs of reclamation time. The other benefit is the near unlimited amount of mount points. With backups and restores, the speed of real tape and libraries are not longer your bottleneck.
