Hi Mike, Setups like this are possible, but one of the biggest issue's is cross-mounting disks to different O/S's. We are solving that in the near future by extending our licensing of veritas volume manager to enable us to cross-mount disks to different o/s's - although I am unsure if this effects wintel platforms.
Currently, without the ability to cross-mount disks on different o/s's we use a server per O/s. We mirror / bc-copy / rsync etc.. production disk, split the mirrors and mount them up onto the relevant 'mount server' for that o/s. Then a single TSM client & StorageAgent installation on the 'mount server' performs backups to the server. There is quite a supporting set of scripts to handle it all, but we are finding it is working well, and making TSM paths much easier to handle :). We loose some flexibility for manipulating the data once it is in TSM as everything is backed up under a single TSM node-name, so we end up seeing our 'nodes' as 'filespaces' under the mount-server nodename. Matt. _-'-_ -|- -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 5:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: can server-free do this? We have a shark and are looking at getting a fastT. Currently one platform uses the shark's ability to 'snap' backups. We're considering doing the same 'snap'ping of backups with the other two platforms (aix with the shark and intel with the fastT). If the platform snaps a backup, is there a way through the SAN fabric to mount that filesystem (difficult for intel I think) directly to the tsm server (AIX) so the tsm server reads the files instead of using a tsm client on the client nodes? I'm thinking that if I can even mount the intel filesystem (NTFS) that I must backup the filesystem using blocks rather than files. Mike ___________________________ Disclaimer Notice __________________________ This message and any attachments are confidential and should only be read by those to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us, delete the message from your computer and destroy any copies. Any distribution or copying without our prior permission is prohibited. Internet communications are not always secure and therefore Powergen Retail Limited does not accept legal responsibility for this message. The recipient is responsible for verifying its authenticity before acting on the contents. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Powergen Retail Limited. Registered addresses: Powergen Retail Limited, Westwood Way, Westwood Business Park, Coventry, CV4 8LG. Registered in England and Wales No: 3407430 Telephone +44 (0) 2476 42 4000 Fax +44 (0) 2476 42 5432
