Good call, Wanda.

Joseph, please post the email addresses and home phone numbers of your upper
management here so we can help you convince them.  Or print our our
responses and anonymously put them in your manager's in box.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:45 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge


That's insane.
Sounds like the best bet for cost savings would be to focus on elimiating
some upper management!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Wholey, Joseph (IDS DM&DS) [mailto:joseph_wholey AT ML DOT COM]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 1:05 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge


A "little" off the subject, and I already heard Richard Simms view on not
having a second copy...  but what are most shops doing with respect to a
second copy.
I'm in a pretty large shop and upper management, in a cost savings effort,
wants us to turn off the creation of a second tape copy.  I'm not too
comfortable with the idea.  What are "your" thoughts?

-----Original Message-----
From: Coats, Jack [mailto:Jack.Coats AT BANKSTERLING DOT COM]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:38 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge


Try doing a move data to get the data off of the tape.  If I find I am
starting to have problems I usually do a:

        update vol VOLUMENAME acc=reado
        move data VOLUMENAME

This should move all data that is recoverable from the volume to another
volume in the same storage pool.  I then eject the offending volume and
check it for apparent physical issues.  Then the part I hate:

        delete vol VOLUMENAME discarddata=yes

Sometimes I am able to re-label the volume and use it again.  But
typically it gets moved to a less critical use, returned to the vendor
for a new tape [my preferred method], or degaused and distroyed by
a certified vendor [least preferred, paying to have it thrown away].

If anyone has a better method, please let me know! ... JC

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerhard Rentschler [mailto:g.rentschler AT RUS.UNI-STUTTGART DOT DE]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:24 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge


Hello,
I forgot to mention that because of lack of resources I can't afford a
copypool for the backup files. I have one for the archives.
Best regards
Gerhard

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Juan Manuel Lopez Azanon
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:02 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Saving data on a defective cartridge
>
>
> Disaster recovery management: Restore it from outside volumes from copy
> stgpool
>