That should not be a problem so long as you have root permissions on the
mount point.

So as long as root can write to it then it should not be a problem

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kennedy" <jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com>
To: "NBU List" <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:18 PM
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Keeping db catalogue's manageable


> Ok, this is a re-visit of my previous post regarding /usr/openv.
>
> What about having the db backup go to an nfs mount (ie. filer) instead
> of tape?  This way you still keep everything on local disk (Veritas
> requirement, thanks Bob), you don't need to span tapes, and you can use
> the DR procedure I mentioned before.
>
> For those who are just joining us, the DR procedure was using SnapMirror
> (NetApp) to keep copies of the catalogue at remote sites.  This way you
> can DR to a remote site very quickly, either by shipping the original
> tapes to the site or snapmirroring the catalogue back to the main site.
> This of course assumes decent size WAN pipe.
>
> Anyone got issues with this setup?
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