TSM 6.3: Setup Storage Pool Space And Run The First Backup/Restore


1) By default there are 3 storage group (disk type) in TSM. You need to add the volume into storage group that you are going to use. Create a folder named backuppool in G: drive, archivepool in I: drive * Define the volume for backuppool and archivepool, f means how many Mege bytes. def vol … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Setup Storage Pool Space And Run The First Backup/Restore

TSM 6.3: Install Backup-Archive Client


It is a little painful to deploy the TSM BA client, as you are not able to push the client from the server. Instead, you have to login into each target server and manually install the client. There are three types of client: command line, fat GUI client, web-based GUI client. 1) Install JRE first. … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Install Backup-Archive Client

TSM 6.3: Install Server Part 2


There are two ways to manage TSM server: Command line or GUI. 1) If you use command line which I think is the better way. You need to install the Administrative client. Double click ‘C:\TSM_Images\TSM_BA_Client_6.3.0.5\setup.exe’ Make sure you enable ‘Administrative Client Command Line’. 2) Configure the client option file. Copy ‘C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\config\dsm.smp’ to ‘C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\’ … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Install Server Part 2

SQL Server Virtualization Recommendations on Hyper-V


Nice article talking about the best practice of running SQL server on Hyper-V: http://mssqldude.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/sql-server-virtualization-recommendations-on-hyper-v/  Lock Pages in Memory. In fact, this is quickly becoming a STANDARD recommendation on all SQL Server boxes and VMs that are dedicated as database servers. Virtual SCSI-attached virtual disks for all data disks give the best performance for SQL Server. … Continue reading SQL Server Virtualization Recommendations on Hyper-V