In <199803061751.JAA10694 AT boreas.SLAC.Stanford DOT EDU>, on 03/06/98
   at 09:51 AM, Neal Adams <neal AT SLAC.STANFORD DOT EDU> said:

>Hello,

>I was wondering if any of you are handling your offsite backups without the
>use of DRM? If so, how did you go about doing it?

We submit a command like this and capture the output --

 update volume * access=offsite whereaccess=readwrite
                       wherestatus=full,filling wherestgpool=copypool

The output is a list of the volumes that the command updated.  We then
massage the list into a volume eject list to eject them from the STK silo
and to make the shipping document for the offsite courier.

You can add 'preview=yes' while testing.

you can get a list of volumes used by database backup with the command --

 query volhistory begind=today type=dbbackup

and massage its output too.  this assumes you just ran the backup.  Adjust
the begindate as necessary.

Use 'delete volhistory' to free database backup tapes.  Use storagepool
reclaim to free copypool tapes.  Again, capture the output to make a list of
what to bring back from offsite.


>What type of procedures have you implemented ?
>Is there an FAQ that covers this subject?

>We're running ADSM Version 2 on AIX with a 9714 and if it isn't obvious I'm
>pretty new to the ADSM game.

>Thanks!

>Neal

>========================================
>Neal V. Adams
>SLAC Computing Services -- Systems Group
>phone: 650-926-2821
>email: neal AT slac.stanford DOT edu
>========================================

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