Re: Need to understand TSM restoration concept.

2010-09-27 Thread Strand, Neil B.
Cc, An important consideration in restoring a file is understanding the retention settings of a copygroup and the distinction that two settings affect HOW MANY copies of a file are kept after they change or are deleted and two settings affect HOW LONG files are kept after they are changed or del

Re: Need to understand TSM restoration concept.

2010-09-26 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Another way to look at it is TSM keeps a copy of every file on the server at the time of the backup. TSM knows what day it saw each file on the server. When you do a restore, either from the last backup or a point in time, TSM restores only the files that were present during the point you are

Re: Need to understand TSM restoration concept.

2010-09-25 Thread Nick Laflamme
On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:26 AM, cc1702004 wrote: > Hello, I'm new to TSM. I've been doing some reading on this TSM progressive > incremental backup. My understanding with this backup, there is only one full > backup (the base) and then incremental after that. Suppose I've been backing > up a new s

Re: Need to understand TSM restoration concept.

2010-09-25 Thread Steven Langdale
Hello To add a little to Roberts correct reply. I don't know how much you have read about TSM, so forgive me if I'm covering old ground... TSM has a database with details about every file or object that has been backed up. It knows where the file is, when it was backed up, version information a

Re: Need to understand TSM restoration concept.

2010-09-25 Thread Robert Ouzen
Check the option "point in time" Robert Ouzen From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ads...@vm.marist.edu] on behalf of cc1702004 [tsm-fo...@backupcentral.com] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 11:26 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Need to understand