At the end of the day, sometimes it's easier to go to the same type of tape
volume.

For example, if you have a DR situation, you will need to source another
library/tape drive
if your DB exists on another form of tape volume. This is a very poor
approach when time
is of the essence in the recovery situation. Same goes if your secondary
drive/library fails,
you will need to start backing up to the LTO anyway, multiple points of
failure.

Secondly, the LTO will write the DB very quickly to tape and continue on
it's merry way.
You can also track these tapes with the same library, and rotate say 7
dbbackups offsite and
expire them for maximum safety, how cool is that?

Cutting corners to save a couple of bucks makes no sense at all when the aim
is the security
of your data. A few hundred bucks of tape is worthwhile.......

Mike.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Wheeler [SMTP:Bill.Wheeler AT LA-Z-BOY DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:22 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      TSM DBBackup
>
> Hello *SMers,
>
>
>
>             I have a couple of questions.  We are possible moving to an
> LTO
> drive in the near future.   I am trying to determine how to do a TSM
> backup
> without sending it to a separate cartridge.  Our DBbackup is small and do
> not see a reason to use such a large cartridge, do anyone have an idea?
>
>
>
> Can it be sent to the same cartridge?
>
> Can I create a flat file and back that up?
>
>
>
>
>
> These are the few questions that I need an answer for, if any one could
> help
> me out.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Bill Wheeler
>
> PDM Administrator
>
> La-Z-Boy Incorporated
>
> (734) 242-1444 x 6170
>
> bill.wheeler AT la-z-boy DOT com <mailto:bill.wheeler AT la-z-boy DOT com>

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