That depends on you and your company, and company retention. Standard practice here is to rename the node in TSM if all the data is going to be the same because unless the file spaces autorename you'll have the old file spaces separate from the new anyway. This keeps you from having to keep up with separate nodes. However, if you'd rather create a new node, and lock the old one the result is about the same. The only question is how long to keep the old node / file spaces. That's where retention comes in. You'll need to keep the old file spaces around for at least as long as the numdays setting in the backup archive class.
See Ya' Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of David Hensley > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 1:18 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] Deleting and Adding nodes. > > This is my first post. I have servers that have been decommissioned > that > TSM was backing up. I also have new servers that replaced the old > servers. > My question is should I leave the old nodes in TSM for a while in case > of a > restore is needed? Can I just rename the nodes and point them to the > new > server? > > > > Dave Hensley, Technical Analyst > Information Services > McNeilus Companies, Inc. > PO Box 70, 524 County Road 34 E > Dodge Center, MN 55927 > Direct: (507) 374-8587 > Cell: (507) 244-0921 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Although this e-mail and any attachments are believed to be free of any > virus or other defect which might affect any computer system, it is the > responsibility of the recipient to check that it is virus-free and the > sender accepts no responsibility or liability for any loss, injury, > damage, cost or expense arising in any way from receipt or use thereof > by the recipient. > > The information contained in this electronic mail message is > confidential information and intended only for the use of the > individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in > error, please contact the sender immediately, delete this material > from your computer and destroy all related paper media. Please note > that the documents transmitted are not intended to be binding until a > hard copy has been manually signed by all parties. > Thank you.
