Re: Looking for a solution for DFS backups - a.k.a. how do you do it

2018-01-29 Thread Storer, Raymond
Zoltan, since these are Windows file servers, could Volume Shadow Copies work for you and your users? You'd likely need more disk to store the periodic volume snapshots. And, you'll have to train users how to use the "Previous Versions" feature in the Windows File Explorer. Then, you only hav

Re: Looking for a solution for DFS backups - a.k.a. how do you do it

2018-01-18 Thread Zoltan Forray
Thanks for the feedback. I understand the answers of "you are screwed since IBM killed the part of the software you use - write your own" but Management isn't going to allow a home-brew system. I was hoping for suggestions to re-engineer the whole backup/restore scenario/process. Is anyone out t

Re: Looking for a solution for DFS backups - a.k.a. how do you do it

2018-01-18 Thread Stefan Folkerts
I agree with Steven, the only solutions I can think of are build it or buy it (if it's available, I never heard of anything like this). I would design and build a low-level solution myself and test that with a few users, if that works try and find somebody that can actually create a pretty GUI arou

Re: Looking for a solution for DFS backups - a.k.a. how do you do it

2018-01-11 Thread Harris, Steven
I feel for you Zoltan My users are demanding, but at least the corporate management structure means I have some measure of control over their demands. There is a TSM client REST API that came out at 7.1.3. This can be used to run backups and restores although the API guide explicitly states th