Be aware, however, that vault itself is slow, and de-mux slows it down even 
further.....

-----Original Message-----
From: Deb [mailto:deb AT tickleme.llnl DOT gov]
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 2:03 PM
To: Gary Andresen
Cc: 'Fabbro, Andrew P'; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Considering moving to NetBackup


Gary Andresen <Gary.Andresen AT veritas DOT com> had this to say,

> You have to de-mux and put to a single stream in order to use gun-tar. So
> when making DR tapes you de-mux a specific client or clients then send the
> tape off site. You now have a DR tape that can be used with GNU-tar for
> recovery without needing the backup software. This is a way to move data to
> a new machine(s) without having backup software installed on them.

Oh, now, this is very cool.  Volatile environment keepers (like myself) would
find this to be a Big Win.

Thanks for pointing this out.  I had wondered about how this might be
accomplished for Disaster Recovery purposes.

Thanks,

deb

Joke (but true):
--
Ever hear of the Ford Nucleon?  It was a 1950s idea that never made it off
the drawing board -- a car powered by a small nuclear reactor in rear.

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