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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 23, 2013

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TSM Journal Backup for Network Shares

The TSM Journal Backup only works with local drives on the all TSM versions.

In our company, we have a lot of network shares, like this example:

04/22/2013 03:47:44 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS BEGIN
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total number of objects inspected: 6,037,223
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total number of objects backed up: 174,226
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total number of objects updated: 114,035
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total number of objects rebound: 0
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total number of objects deleted: 0
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total number of objects expired: 349
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total number of objects failed: 0
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total number of subfile objects: 0
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total number of bytes inspected: 2.43 TB
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total number of bytes transferred: 39.91 GB
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Data transfer time: 60,155.74 sec
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Network data transfer rate: 695.77 KB/sec
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Aggregate data transfer rate: 324.81 KB/sec
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Objects compressed by: 0%
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Total data reduction ratio: 98,40%
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Subfile objects reduced by: 0%
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Elapsed processing time: 35:47:35
04/22/2013 03:47:44 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END
04/22/2013 03:47:44 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT END SCHED_SVICTA06VM1 04/20/2013 16:00:00
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Scheduled event 'SCHED_SVICTA06VM1' completed successfully.
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Sending results for scheduled event 'SCHED_SVICTA06VM1'.
04/22/2013 03:47:44 Results sent to server for scheduled event 'SCHED_SVICTA06VM1'.

So, The backup operation takes 35 Hours to complete in this client.

If the journal backup feature could be used for network shares, this action can be reduce the time of backup operation as well.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 2, 2014

    Thank you for submitting this request. While consistent with our current product direction, we cannot at this time commit to delivery of this enhancement in the next release or two.  If, after our next release of TSM, you would like this requirement to be re-considered, please reopen it in RFE and we will again consider it. Thank you for your commitment to TSM and for your support in moving the product forward.

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