> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Street [SMTP:russells AT AUCKLAND.AC DOT NZ]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 2:11 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: "Full" backup suggestions
>
> If the requirement is to keep a snapshot of the system as it existed
> at a given point in time, how about using the "EXPORT NODE" command
> with the "FILEDATA=ALLACTIVE" option.
>
> This will cut a set of tapes with the backup image of the machine(s)
> at a given point in time.
>
> To restore off the exported tapes, you would need to first IMPORT NODE
> them to an ADSM server.

It's certainly a solid approach...but beware the time required.
Export-Import is a high-level, portable operation and as such is
much slower than physical backups.  Expect it to take some 8 hours
to reinstate the filespace for a large file system.  And, of course,
this is just reinstating the filespace within the ADSM server, and
does not include the further step of restoring the file system to
the owning client disk.
   Richard Sims, BU