Shawn, You can set up NDMP backup destination to a TSM server via ethernet which is nice in that the data can be put in a regular storage pool and an offsite copy created. You can also set the NDMP backup destination to a tape drive(s) physically attached to a filer. I suspect that you may also be able to use SAN shared tape drives if your TSM server is configured as a library manager. I am using the first configuration - data txfr through ethernet to the TSM server with good results. Another option that makes CIFS share file restores simpler (compared to NDMP restores) is to set up a windows box which performs the backups using the "-snapdiff" option. If your virus scanning servers perform this backup function, they serve a dual role and don't have to scan every file as it is backed up.
Cheers, Neil Strand Storage Engineer - Legg Mason Baltimore, MD. (410) 580-7491 Whatever you can do or believe you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:16 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Does TSM support 3-way NDMP backups? The way TSM does this is in the TSM 5.4 and 5.5 Technical Guide under the section "10.1.2 Filer-to-server" They use the NDMPv2 3-way spec to perform this task, which is why they are calling it "3-way". The difference is that the library manager is acting as the destination data mover. It doesn't look like TSM performs a "3-way" backup where the data can be routed through a filer destination. Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew Internet r.p...@plcs.nl Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 10/22/2009 02:34 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Does TSM support 3-way NDMP backups? On 22 okt 2009, at 02:01, Tribe wrote: > Hi, > > I didn't find this in the TSM manual (I'm currently using TSM 5.5) so > I was hoping to get some help here: > > Does TSM support 3-way NDMP backups as described here? > http://www.ndmp.org/info/faq.shtml#9 > > I found the term "3-way" in a few TSM docs, but it was used to > describe an environment with 1 NAS server and the tapes directly > connected to the TSM server. So this is not what I would call a "3- > way" setup. > since TSM 5.5 this is supported. The documentation on how to configure it is quite un-IBM like, almost non-existant. I believe that there is exactly one page in the TSM server admin guide on this topic. > Thanks, > Jan > > + > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by m...@janseidel.net via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. > + > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards, Remco Post r.p...@plcs.nl This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc. IMPORTANT: E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send any confidential or sensitive information to us via electronic mail, including social security numbers, account numbers, or personal identification numbers. Delivery, and or timely delivery of Internet mail is not guaranteed. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send time sensitive or action-oriented messages to us via electronic mail. This message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author by replying to this message and then kindly delete the message. Thank you.
