Problem with DISK-type pools is that they're random-access, so one doesn't know where data were written between the time of the last DB backup and the disaster.
FILE-type pools are log-structured (written from beginning to end, and then deleted/reclaimed) so you only have the potential of data loss, not corruption. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 06:36:03PM +0000, Rhodes, Richard L. wrote: > If diskpools, log, and db files are all good, then wouldn't all you really > need to do is reinstall Windows and the TSM binaries, bring in tape devices > (if any), and start TSM up? The database is just find sitting there. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Skylar Thompson > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 1:03 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: basic DR questions > > It sounds like the main thing you'll need is to restore your TSM database. > Having a backup of your volhistory and devconfig files would help but if > you have a small site you might be able to do it from memory. > > If you are using DISK-type diskpools, you'll want to treat them as > destroyed since volumes are not log-structured like FILE-type volumes are. > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 09:15:34AM -0800, Andrew Ferris wrote: > > Hello ADSM-ers, > > > > Our ancient 5.5 (EOL I know) TSM server on windows just corrupted it's C: > > drive (so OS + Server Program Files) but everything else is fine - the > > diskpools, the logs, the db files, the library, etc. I even have copies of > > dsmserv.opt, devconfig.out, and volhist.out. I have a plan file but I would > > prefer to pull back as few tapes as possible from offsite. > > > > What would be the quickest way to restore TSM given the large amount of > > non-destroyed material I have? > > > > Sorry my DRM skills are so rusty. > > > > thanks, > > Andrew Ferris > > Network & System Management > > UBC Centre for Heart & Lung Innovation > > St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver > > http://www.hli.ubc.ca > > > > -- > -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 > -- University of Washington School of Medicine > > > ----------------------------------------- > The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal > and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this > message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering > it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received > this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or > copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original > message. -- -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine
