> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Berger [mailto:tim.berger AT gmail DOT com] 
> Sent: March 30, 2005 1:08 PM
> To: Paul Keating
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Audit script...
> 
> 
> How come they're not demanding md5sum discrepancy reports? ;-)

They're not demanding anything but a "fix" right now.

Just had a meeting on the issue, and it looks like we may implement
something to publish our backup results on a webpage so that our clients
can verify their own backups.

> 
> If you can demonstrate that your backup system is functional, that you
> perform restores on a frequent basis, and keep logs of all restores
> and their status that ought to be good enough.

In a perfect world ;-)

> 
> It's unfortunate that we need to build our own reporting system or buy
> something to get useful reporting.

Absolutely.

Paul