no matter what backup software you use,
or the media to which you use it, the best
way to verify a backup is to duplicate the
backup and then off site one of the copies.

however, a verify is better than nothing
especially if restores a few and far between
and you only have one drive;)

Regards,
Garzo Nolte



>-----Original Message-----
>From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Casey
>Feskens
>Sent: Wednesday, 6 March 2002 6:13 AM
>To: Paul, Jolinda D.
>Cc: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
>Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Verify jobs
>
>
>On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Paul, Jolinda D. wrote:
>
> > > Does anyone out there run verify jobs on their backups when completed? 
>  A
> > Veritas consultant was here recently and stated that he had never been 
>to a
> > client that performed verifies of their backups.  Looking for other
> > opinions...thanks.
> > We run a verify on our backups every morning after they are completed.
>As to whether that is a reasonable indicator of our ability to rely
>on them remains to be seen, but we haven't run into any problems
>with a verified backup yet.
>
>---------------------------------------------
>Casey Feskens <cfeskens AT willamette DOT edu>
>System Administrator/Network Svcs. Consultant
>Willamette University, Salem, OR
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