>Due to a company merger and software consolidation we are moving from a
20GB
>Notes environment on NT to 300GB of
>databases running on a 14 node AIX SP !!!
>
>One of the nodes is running the ADSM server connected to a Magstar tape
library.
>The plan from the AIX consultants is to
>shutdown each node in turn and back it up. We are using Notes clustering so
this
>would not affect availability. I think we may
>be able to just about back everything up with this method but then there is
the
>problem of backing up the primary tape pool
>to an offsite copypool. I can't see that there will be time to perform this
>before all the backups start again. A contact from IBM
>does not think we should use the Notes Agent  as there is too much to
process.
>
>Can anyone advise on our best approach to this issue.
>
>Many thanks
>
>Mark