A note of caution. Windows has a way of disconnecting your mapped drives when they haven't been accessed for a bit. Most programs will force a reconnect, but I've seen on some systems where the TSM backup expired all the files in an entire filesystem it couldn't access. You may want to run an automated check to be sure the filesystem is available before starting an incremental. If it drops during a backup, I think you are OK and the process will error out without expiring any files.
Bob -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thorneycroft, Doug Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 3:03 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] backing up mapped drives The unc should work, and it does show up with the local drives. You might need to tweak the permissions on the account that the scheduler is running under. A local account probably won't have access across the network -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:56 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: backing up mapped drives I was wondering if someone who might be backing up mapped drives on a particular server could weigh in on this please. We have a server, and I have not seen the setup because I have no access at this point, that I am told has mapped drives from a netapp. They want this drive backed up with TSM and I am looking to find the proper way to do this. Are either of these acceptable and if so when looking to restore data do these drives show up in the 'local' tree? DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL F: DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL \\host\d$ Geoff Gill TSM Administrator PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 (office) (858)412-9883 (blackberry) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This electronic transmission and any documents accompanying this electronic transmission contain confidential information belonging to the sender. This information may be legally privileged. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on or regarding the contents of this electronically transmitted information is strictly prohibited.
