TSM 6.1 Docs Online

I found this link listed on ADSM.org and thought I would pass it along. Here is a link that will take you to the TSM 6.1 documentation. Supposedly the upgrade doc alone is over 200 pagers. Not sure if any of you are "dying" to try 6.1, but I am planning on testing it soon.

Not so bad IBM article about...

...Tivoli Storage Manager Client Incremental Backup Memory Requirements

TSM SQL Tutorials

If you are like many admins out there you might not be very versed in the SQL side of TSM. Luckily, PJ from ADSM.org posted some great TSM SQL tutorial links that I think everyone could benefit from. There is a beginner and an advanced lesson, so there is something for everyone. Check them out.

Great TSM Information

I found this great symposium presentation online that covers the future trends and directions of TSM and covers some of the topics I have been trying to get more information on. Here are some of the topics covered:

• Point-in-time backup sets


• TOC generation for backup sets to allow file level restore


• Differential backup sets


• Application (TDP) backup sets


• File level restores from Image Backups


• Active Only Copy-Pools


• Collocation of active data


• Benefits of TSM conversion to DB2

My only complaint is why I never get any information from Tivoli? I work for IBM! Oh well, at least the info is out there for those of you like me who don’t get invited to Oxford University symposiums.  You can view the presentation or see the program with links to the various presentations given. I would like to thank the people responsible for posting this symposium online as it gave me a great deal to look forward to with TSM.