[OpenAFS] Backup via Veritas Backup Exec or IBM Tivoli

[M. Jamal Green]

Frode,

I can't speak on using Veritas Backup Exec but we use Tivoli Storage
Manager here at Old Dominion University.  We've been using IBM DCE DFS
and are in the process of making the switch to AFS.

Why we like TSM for backing up DFS and AFS is that you can backup and
restore to the file level instead of the volume level. 

The caveats are

1) IBM only makes the DFS/AFS client for AIX 4.3.3 and earlier  
2) IBM is not supporting AIX 4.3.x after this year


However, because of storage crunch and our requirements, backing up
volumes instead of changed files wasn't going to cut it with us.

Hope that helps you out.

- M. Jamal Green


On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 17:25, fronils wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm working on a student-project at my school,to set up a new linux
> system at the students computer-labs. And OpenAFS is a big part of it.
> AFS is going to replace an existing Samba/NFS combination of
> distributing home directories, that is at the moment in use. We are
> testing out AFS on a few computers, and so far we are very pleased.
> 
> The backup-system that the school is using is Veritas Backup Exec (a
> backup solution for Windows). But we have the option of using IBM Tivoli
> if needed. Thus we wonder: is there an easy solution to getting backup
> of the AFS system/volumes, when using one of these systems?
> 
> (If not, we can as a last resort use a scsi-tapestreamer of some sort.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Frode Nilsen
> 
> 
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