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image, and backup set requirements that should be suitable for a real-life
situation. In any case, you must evaluate whether all such requirements are
really important in your case and decide whether to implement them.
Complete Table 2-1 using a column for data from each client being considered
for this Tivoli Storage Manager implementation. Analyzing client data helps you
make decisions about the Tivoli Storage Manager server environment. The
information collected in the table is used for node definitions and for calculating
database, recovery log, and storage pool sizes.
This table is presented in a portrait orientation in the book due to space
considerations. If you have a large number of nodes or use a spreadsheet
version, you may find the table more workable by transposing it to a landscape
orientation.
Table 2-1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client requirements worksheet
Number of similar clients
ClientName
Contact information
Operating system
Total storage available (GB)
Total storage used (GB)
Total data changed per backup (GB)
Number of files or total GB to be backed up
Number of backup versions to be kept
Data compression
Backup window times
Number of hours to complete backups
Total recovery time frame per server
Tivoli Storage Manager restore time
Average GB copied per archive
Number of files archived
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Client Type1
Workstation
20
WORKSTN1..20
John at x1645
Remote users
Windows XP
80
60
6 = 10%
3,000 * 20 = 60,000
2
.5
17:00–23:00
14
48 hours
24 hours
10 * 20 = 200
4,000 * 20 = 80,000
Client Type 2
Database server
4
DBSERV1..4
Nick at x3761
UNIX and AIX
UNIX servers
150
100
100 = 100%
2,000 * 4 = 8,000
7
.66
22:00–04:00
6
8 hours
4 hours
4* 20 = 80
3,000 * 4 = 12,000
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