Mark, this is pretty much what I do in a unix environment -- use the O/S
native tools to back up the server and the ADSM tools to back up the
rest of the environment. You'll want to do ADSM database backups as
well.
Then - restore your server platform; make any changes required in the
ADSM device and volhist files; invoke ADSM server at the command-line
level to restore the most recent ADSM database; start ADSM; and make any
changes required to the device definitions (the changes in the device
file only apply when the database is unusable).
With NT as the server platform, you will need to do a bit of
'bootstrap'; you'll need to install NT in one partition in order to use
the NT restore to restore your running partition.
Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc
(219) 295-3297
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Remeta, Mark [SMTP:MRemeta AT SELIGMANDATA DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 3:43 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Another Question
>
> Hello all, I have another question concerning disaster recovery of a
> ADSM
> server. I understand the requirements and the procedures to restore
> another
> NT Server or NT Workstation, basically install NT and ADSM in a
> different
> directory and then use ADSM to restore the old configuration. I also
> have a
> grasp of recovering an ADSM Server in the event of a disaster
> according to
> IBM I.E.: Having the volume history file, device config, server
> options,
> database backup, etc.... Isn't there an easy way of restoring the ADSM
> Server without having to reinstall NT and ADSM and any and all
> customizations you may have made to NT/ADSM without starting from
> scratch?
> What if I installed NT and ADSM Server in a temporary directory, got
> ADSM up
> and running from the temporary directory and then restored NT and all
> the
> ADSM files to the original directories, copied the registry and
> rebooted the
> old configuration. What about shutting down ADSM and using the native
> NT
> Backup to backup all the files and the registry, then reinstalling NT
> and
> use NT backup to restore everything. If ADSM is shutdown I should be
> able to
> access the database and log files, right...
>
> I guess what I am asking is how do I restore the NT portion of a ADSM
> server...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mark Remeta
> Seligman Data Corp.
> 100 Park Avenue
> New York, NY 10017
> (212)716-2810
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