Re: restore q from TSM

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Vishal Gupta <vishal_at_vishalgupta.com>wrote:

> If backups are stored on tape in TSM, then even if you start restore of
> database to 5 machines, other sessions will have to wait as backup stored on
> tape are being restored by first session and first session is holding the
> tape. TSM does not allow more than one session to access the same tape (
> tape being serial access medium) at any point in time. Though if TSM was
> using VTL (virtual tape library) which holds backups on disk on TSM server,
> then you could restore to multiple machines at the same time. Because disk
> is a random access drive unlike tape which are serial access drives.
>
> Cheers,
> Vishal
>
> On 22 Feb 2011, at 16:53, "Peter Hitchman" <pjhoraclel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I do not have much TSM admin background either! But TSM may have been
> > set-up so that you will only be allowed so many tape mounts possibly
> > per session connecting to TSM and probably a TSM global maximum
> > setting as well, which will probably be the number of tape drives you
> > have. Sorry but you really need to talk to your TSM admin, if such
> > exists, or if that is you, look much more deeply into TSM admin.
> >
> > Regards
> > Pete
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> >
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>

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