Hello.

I'm having a conceptual problem with how the Fastback DR system is supposed to 
work or how it's manageable.
And IBM's documentation is a bad on this!

I've been running Fastback 5.5.5 for over a year now. I love it.
While planning to upgrade to the newest 64bit version I took a closer look at 
the DR component because we have not been satisfied with Symantec Backup Exec 
for an off site solution (tape).
Before upgrading I wanted to figure out how it's supposed to work

So I setup a test server on my DMZ, installed Titan FTP and then Fastback DR 
server, then modified the ini like instructed.
Connected to it from my existing Fastback Server and successfully sent one of 
my smallest servers to the DR server.
So...everything looks good so far right?

What exactly transferred to the DR server?
I can see the whole snapshot log for the past year from my Corporate FB server 
on the CCS on my FB DR server.
If I use FB Mount on the DR server I can see not just today's backup like I 
expected but the last two weeks like I can on my existing FB server.
So it transferred everything for that particular server that I had been backing 
up?
Ok, that's still good, if so.

Eventually I'll have a 2nd "cold/warm?"site setup with the DR server and a 
repository that matches my Main corporate site's repository.
Every night they will sync up.
I'll have a good copy of my Repository at an off site location.

Now.....what can I do with this?
I'd like some real world uses for this solution.
I'm not seeing anyway to transfer the data from the DR repository back to the 
existing repository.
Isn't that the point?
If my Corporate repository crashes I have a copy at a remote site.
What are some scenarios of recovery?
How do people use this feature?

Some things I can't use.
I can't use the FastBack Manager on my DR server.
It keeps giving me the "Please verify the IP..."
Now it's probably because that there is no "Fastback Server" Service in Windows 
Services.
Just the Hub and the Mount services.
Is this something I need to install?
Why?
What will it enable me to do?
I just installed the DR server initially.

Is there any use for having the Fastback server installed on the DR server?
Again, this goes back to my not understanding how it's supposed to work.


Let me toss out this scenario I have in my head of how it's supposed to work.
Site 1 and Site 2 are replicating (I know that's probably not the right word).
Site 1 repository is destroyed.
What do I do?
Will I have to transfer the whole 6TB from Site 2's Repository back to Site 1's 
when it's back up and running (say with a blank repository)?

Lots of questions I know but I'd really like to lose Symantec if I can prove 
this is a worthy replacement.

Thanks

David

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