Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

2008-04-03 Thread Gill, Geoffrey L.
just because some 'used' it someplace else and doesn't know a lick about TSM. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent: Thu Apr 03 05:40:22 2008 Subject: Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM Tim,

Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

2008-04-03 Thread Thorneycroft, Doug
If you or your bosses insist on a Grandfather-father-son backup rotation, buy a product designed for it, not TSM. >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis >Preston >Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 2:49 PM >To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >Subject: [ADSM-L] Top 20 (or so

Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

2008-04-03 Thread Richard Sims
The various cited misunderstandings with end users point out the need for a well written service contract upon entering into a service arrangement with an area of your organization. Such a contract needs to define exactly what will happen, when (backup times, retention policies, offsite schedules

Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

2008-04-03 Thread Bradberry, Kenneth
ginal Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:34 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM Yeah, What about the client who thinks TSM backups up the same file every

Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

2008-04-03 Thread Timothy Hughes
Yeah, What about the client who thinks TSM backups up the same file every night even though it's not been updated. Or who want's a restore on a (specific) file from 6 months ago on a specific date even though that file has been updated 18 times and doesn't understand the a Retention Policy, Versi

Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM - send me my tape

2008-04-02 Thread Steven Harris
On a related note, there must be some sort of audit requirement floating around out there. Every time someone retires a server that has had financial data on it I'm told "we've made the final backup, send me the tape" and they *won't* take no for an answer. Most often at that point the server

Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

2008-04-02 Thread Clark, Margaret
My favorite is the customer who believes their every backup is on their own private tape, and will we just send it to them? - Margaret Clark, San Diego Data Processing -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis Preston Sent: Monday, Mar

Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

2008-04-01 Thread Richard Mochnaczewski
The difference between a backup and an archive. Rich -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy Huebner Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:29 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM #1 -

Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

2008-04-01 Thread Andy Huebner
#1 - A TSM incremental backup is equivalent to a full backup by traditional products. Andy Huebner -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis Preston Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 4:49 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Top 20

Re: Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about TSM

2008-04-01 Thread Howard Coles
1. Retention - how it works and why, which would include variations introduced by various Data Protection agents. (tape verses file, active vs. inactive, live verses deleted, incremental forever, SQL Server Retention vs ORACLE Retention vs Exchange, or file). 2. Archive vs. Backup in TSM. 3. Mo