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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories TSM FastBack
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 29, 2013

RELATED IDEAS

Allow FastBack DR Hub replication to have both a scheduled Start AND STOP time to limit impact on Business applications.

In DR Configuration / DR Scheduler / Advanced panel, add the ability to schedule a specific time for the DR Replication to Stop, on specified days. This would allow the DR Replication to start at the same time every day, but on certain days, ie weekdays, the replication would be STOPPED at a given time, say 8:30 am. I understand that this means that some data will not be replicated for at least another day or possibly the weekend and this represents an exposure to their DR strategy. But a disclaimer could be added when this parameter is selected to ensure the user understands the risk to replicated data by chosing this parameter.

Idea priority High
  • 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
    |     May 30, 2013

    Thank you for submitting the request. There is network throttling capability in Fastback 6.1.7 that you can use and when they window is over they can set it to a very low rate (almost a stop).

    http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsmfbinf/v6/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.tsm.fb.doc%2Frelnote_6.1.7.0-TIV-TSMFB.html

    Scheduling bandwidth throttling
    You can set the bandwidth throttling to control the rate at which data is transferred from the FastBack Server to the Disaster Recovery (DR) Hub.
    About this task
    Schedule bandwidth throttling for each FastBack Server to control the rate at which data is transferred from the FastBack Server to the DR Hub.
    When bandwidth throttling is not active, data that is transferred over WAN uses the maximum network bandwidth. When bandwidth throttling is active, data is transferred with a limited bandwidth rate so that the network bandwidth is not fully used.
    You can set the throttling parameters to achieve these tasks:
    Enable or disable throttling.
    Add throttling events over the assigned time intervals.
    Modify throttling events.
    Remove a throttling event.
    Display DR throttling information.
    Enabling bandwidth throttling
    If data transfers from the FastBack Server to the DR Hub use the full network bandwidth, enable bandwidth throttling to set limitations on the bandwidth usage.
    Viewing DR throttling tab
    The DR throttling tab provides a calendar where throttling events are created, modified, and deleted.
    Adding a throttling event
    On the DR Throttling tab, add an event to set the time interval and data rate that is used for transferring data. This action controls data transfers to minimize usage of the network load.
    Modifying a throttling event
    After you create an event, you can modify an event to set different throttling values.
    Removing a throttling event
    When throttling events are no longer necessary and need to be removed, follow this task to remove the event.
    Disabling bandwidth throttling
    If your network requirements improve or change in a way where throttling is not needed, you can disable bandwidth throttling.
    Displaying throttling information
    If throttling is active, you can view general throttling information through the Disaster Recovery icon.

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