Depends on what you mean by "not dependent on the TSM data base".
If you mean "usable without a TSM server", then BACKUPSET is the only thing that will work. If you mean "not requiring the ORIGINAL TSM data base", you can use EXPORT. If you EXPORT the data to sequential media. you can IMPORT it into any TSM server that can read the media, even on another platform. It can be an EMPTY TSM data base. The only conditions would be (1) the target data base you are IMPORTING into must be large enough to hold the meta data, (2) the targe TSM server must have enough media space in its own storage pools to contain the imported data, (3) the target TSM server must be the same release or HIGHER than the source TSM server. Wanda Prather "I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O" -(me) -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Sparrman Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:08 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Generate backupset with more than one node on one volume? Hi Anders You cannot create a backupset with more than one node(see TSM documentation) per backupset. If you wouldnt have had the prereq that it should be independent of the TSM database, I would've suggested using export node instead, however, this procedure IS dependent of the TSM database in the case of a restore. Could you please explain what the purpose is? One option would be to use some kind of removable media like DVD or a USB connected drive and then generate your backupset to a file device located in that removable media. This way you could connect the removable media to your client, select restore >> File name and point out the name of the file in which the backupset is located. Best Regards Daniel Sparrman ----------------------------------- Daniel Sparrman Chef Utveckling & Drift Exist i Stockholm AB Propellervägen 6B 183 62 TÄBY Växel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 Anders St¦hlbom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 2005-02-23 15:00 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Generate backupset with more than one node on one volume? Hi, I want to create backupsets with several nodes to as few volumes as possible, the deviceclass in this case it LTO2. Is that possible at all? My task is to create one complete set of data on 50 nodes and a lot of the nodes is just about a couple of gigs, and spoil them with one LTO2 volume per node doesn't make sense. Or is there another way to fulfil this task? One of the requirements is that it should not be dependent of the TSM database. Med vänlig hälsning Best regards Anders Ståhlbom exeo ----------------------------------------------- Anders Ståhlbom Adress Box 43 59121 Motala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tele: +46 (0)141 48667 Mobile: +46 (0)736 888667 Fax: +46 (0)141 213330 -----------------------------------------------
