For the easy question the ADSM database is backed up with the backup db
command which can be
set up using the administrative schedule.  Chapter 14 of the ADSM for AIX
admin guide or
something similar for your environment has full details on how to backup
ADSM as compared to
backing up your data.

Since you are using Oracle and it applies to other DB's as well, you must
consider when you
can issue a dbstop to shut down your Oracle Instances.  We perform an export
and back that
file systems using ADSM.  This is good as long as you have sufficient disk
space.

Your memo indicates that you realize that ADSM only does ONE base backup and
all the
other incremental build on that.

It looks like you are planning on having a large database to keep track of
all these cartridges.
You will have to revisit collocation and manual updates to your database for
vaulting.

Good Luck.

At 12:11 AM 9/23/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>My company has just purchased an ADSM system (with a 10-cart mag) and we are
>at a loss at how to perform a full corporate implementation. ADSM just isn't
>like a conventional backup system (ie 4mm DAT tapes), and have features that
>I cannot fully comprehend. I have been reading the Admin Guide pretty
>fervently and these are a few things I have in mind... I would appreciate it
>if anyone here could help me fill in any blanks I have.
>
>1) The main corporate data is an Oracle database.
>
>2) We plan to do incremental backups on Mon-Sat.. retaining the data for up
>to 3 months. Monday backups will go into tape 'BU-MONDAY' and tuesdays into
>tape 'BU-TUESDAY' etc.
>
>3) We plan to do full (absolute) archiving on Sundays.. retaining the data
>for 5 years. New tapes will be used every Sunday for 5 years, hence we have
>backup data for up to 5 years for each week.
>
>4) Full restoration will be performed by first retrieving the most recent
>Sunday archive, followed by a restoration of the following incremental
>backups. (Will this work?)
>
>Does anyone have an opinion on whether this will work, or is anyone else
>implementing a different strategy?
>
>How about backing up the ADSM database? How is that done?
>
>Is there anything I might have missed out?
>
>Thanks in advance. I hope to be able to contribute later as soon as I get my
>hands dirty in it.
>
>-------------
>Alvin Yuen
>Consultant
>Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad
>
>alvin AT flcgut.po DOT my
>