TSM 6.

3 Node Replication - Using

nodegroups to make it easy.
Tivoli Storage Manager from 6.3 onwards has had a feature called node
replication. This brings up a new command called replicate node. The only prerequisite is that you have two TSM servers on version 6.3 or above, and serverto-server communications are configured.
The command replicate node, can replicate an individual node, or a group of
nodes. I would strongly recommend using node groups, because you can have a
single group containing many nodes, then have a schedule to replicate the
group. Having a schedule for each node to be replicated, would be a headache.
TSM nodegroups are typically used for server backupsets, but using them for
replication is really useful.
So, to get this going is VERY easy. Once the below steps are complete, and you
have the data replicating, you can point your backup/archive or TDP client at
either TSM server and perform restores. If you have a standby site, it would
make DR tests a lot simpler doing this.
On the DR TSM Server, define the server to server communications to the
production server:
define server TSMSERVER_PROD SERVERPA=passw0rd hla=192.168.0.100 lla=1500
ping server TSMSERVER_PROD
set replserver TSMSERVER_PROD

On the Production TSM Server, define the server to server communications

to the DR server:
define server TSMSERVER_DR SERVERPA=passw0rd hla=192.168.100.100 lla=1500
ping server TSMSERVER_DR
set replserver TSMSERVER_DR

On both TSM servers, create the TSM node groups, and add the members:
define nodegroup 2_hour_repl_nodes desc="TSM Node Replication nodegroup"
define nodegroupmember 2_hour_repl_nodes nodeA

define nodegroupmember 2_hour_repl_nodes nodeB

define nodegroupmember 2_hour_repl_nodes nodeC

On the production TSM server, enable replication for each node:

update node nodeA replstate=enabled
update node nodeB replstate=enabled
update node nodeC replstate=enabled

On the production TSM server, add an admin schedule to run the

replication:
define schedule replicate_nodes type=admin cmd="replicate node
2_hour_repl_nodes wait=yes" desc="2 Hourly Node Replication Schedule"
dayofweek=any period=2 perunits=hours active=yes starttime=00:00

Now we have nodes nodeA, nodeB and nodeC replicating their backup data
every two hours to the DR TSM server.