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List:       adsm-l
Subject:    Re: Power saving and TSM backups
From:       Remco Post <r.post () SARA ! NL>
Date:       2006-08-29 13:50:10
Message-ID: 44F44612.1030803 () sara ! nl
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Paul Zarnowski wrote:
> One way we are looking to save energy is to turn computers off at
> night.  As we typically run backups at night, this presents a problem.  We
> would like to see a way that users could initiate a backup/auto-shutdown as
> they leave work for the day so that their computers aren't left on all
> night.  We estimate that the energy savings would be substantial.  Some
> other backup products provide this capability.
>
> Has anyone else figured out a way to do this with TSM on Windows, MacOS,
> and Linux?
>
> Has anyone else wished that TSM had a way to do this?
>
> ..Paul

For our laptop users and some others that might not be on-line during night we
schedule our backups during lunch-breaks. Of course, most data is on the
fileserver anyway....

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Remco Post

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