TSM training
May. 20th, 2009 08:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylAnother training day, this time learning about Tivoli Storage Manager — a backup product markedly similar to our old friend Unitree — on a course cut down from five days to one to fit in with busy schedules and, presumably, to save money.
The topics covered included the gory details of how to set up a library and configure its devices and tapes; how to create and manage storage pools; how to repack sparse tapes and recycle old tapes; and how to manage the database and recovery logs. All worthy and, to some extent, interesting stuff presented by an enthusiastic and knowledgable trainer with much sage advice to offer.
There was, however, one slight oversight. Despite all the information provided, by the end of the day we still didn't know how to either, (a) back up, or (b) restore, data using TSM...
The topics covered included the gory details of how to set up a library and configure its devices and tapes; how to create and manage storage pools; how to repack sparse tapes and recycle old tapes; and how to manage the database and recovery logs. All worthy and, to some extent, interesting stuff presented by an enthusiastic and knowledgable trainer with much sage advice to offer.
There was, however, one slight oversight. Despite all the information provided, by the end of the day we still didn't know how to either, (a) back up, or (b) restore, data using TSM...
