RE: Network backups

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Evan,
Why not  use one of the  High Availability products like Data Mirror i 
Cluster to  create a   DR 400 sight on the other end of the Network 
and  get more value out of what you are doing?

        Glenn
Glenn Ericson

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-----Original Message-----
> From: Evan Harris [mailto:spanner@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 3:04 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Network backups
>
>
> Hi all
>
> I have been asked about doing backups over a network connection from an
> AS/400 to another machine; can be an AS/400, but we also have a pSeries
> running TSM on the network as another option. The AS/400's will be running
> V5R2. Bandwidth should not be a problem as we are talking fibre and gigabit
> ethernet (or so I'm told).
>
> I keep hearing that BRMS can do this, but can never locate anything that
> tells me how; all I can find indicates that BRMS network feature allows
> machines in a BRMS network to share policies, tape pools and the like. I
> figure that BRMS involvement in this scenario is most likely as a client to
> a TSM server.
>
> Any and all opinions welcomed plus any experiences and advice :)
>
> Regards
> Evan Harris
>
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