Have you thought of splitting out into Two or more TSM Servers to reduce DB sizes? It may not be possible, but it might help.
See Ya' Howard -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sharp Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 11:32 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM DR restore query Thanks Charles for responding The majority of the restore time is spent in formatting the DB and logs. They are actually restoring from a fileclass backup of the TSM DB. I know when they told me these times I found them hard to believe as well. On 04/02/2008, Hart, Charles A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the first question id 45GB restored in 5Hours, that's 5 GB > hour / 1.3MBS Second... What kind of Tape Drive are you using, is it > on its own HBA (Don't Mix Disk / Tape I/O down same path) > > Sounds like you have an I/O challenge. As far as the Idea below, > never tried, but take in consideration that if the TSM DR box is in a > different geographical location you'll have to use FCIP or Disk Frame > replication to gain access to those volumes. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Neil Sharp > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:28 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM DR restore query > > Hello I was wondering if anybody could help or advise with the > following question. > > I need to devise a solution to speed up DR for one of my customers. > Currently their DR solution is the classic restore from TSM DB tape > and then load all of the off site tapes into the DR library and then > perform the client restores. The problem is that the TSM DB restore > can take in the region of 5 hours. The TSM DB is 45GB. > > I was thinking of using the following method. Can any one see any > issues with this? > > *On the primary TSM server:* > > They have a Windows 2003 Standard Edition TSM server. I am proposing > that we set up TSM DB and log mirroring, one copy on local disk and > the second copy on SAN attached disk. > > *On the DR site:* > > They also have a TSM 2003 Standard Edition TSM server. When DR is to > be tested / invoked, I would propose that they re-zone the DR TSM > server to access the LUN that contains the DB and logs. Ensure that > the DR TSM server's dsmserv.dsk points to the mapped drives. > > Note the the TSM tape library is also SAN attached. > > Any comments / experiences would be appreciated. > > > This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or > proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity > to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the > intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is > hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of > this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. >
