[OpenAFS] TSM and AFS

[Coy Hile]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Russ Allbery wrote:

>
> Timothy G Flynn <tgflynn@stny.rr.com> writes:
>
> >  Are you using TSM as a backend for the AFS backup system or
> > are you using the normal TSM client to backup filesystems under /afs ?
>
> Using the normal TSM client.
>
> >  Since you mention per-file backups I assumed you were doing the later.
> > But if that is the case why do you need any special support from TSM ?
> > Wouldn't /afs look like any other filesystem to the TSM client (assuming
> > the client process is running with an AFS token) ?
>
> Saving AFS ACLs and mount points is a requirement for us.
>

For the record, I think I'd read (perhaps on this list, I don't recall
exactly where now) that post-4.5 versions of NetBackup don't support AFS
anymore either.  Finding a new backup solution might prove problematic.


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Coy Hile
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