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1. Does ADSM support "delete on restore"?
1. Does ADSM support "delete on restore"?
He wants to analyze the following scenario:
His system disk crashed, he installs the new system from CD.
Before the crash he deleted /usr/lib/sendmail and used
/usr/local/sendmail instead. After the new installation
the old /usr/lib/sendmail exists again. Now he starts an
ADSM restore of the /usr file system. Will ADSM delete
the now existing /usr/lib/sendmail, because it's not
on the backup?
How can he restore the system to exact the same state
as it was before the crash?

 **  ADSM will restore back to original position, but
will not affect data already stored.

2. How can he be sure that the saved data on a backup medium
is identical to the local data? How can he trust the log
files? Maybe the head of the tape drive is defect, but
ADSM says that the backup completed successfully?
Is it possible for him to verify his backed up data?

  **  You can as ADSM admin list the contents of a storage pool to verify
the
files and size.  You can also experiment by doing a delete of a file, then
restoring from ADSM to show how it works. I had the same questions posed by
my
manager.  After his hard drive crashed on his laptop, he became a big ADSM
supporter.  It has what it says it has, unless you have a tape media error
and
you lose data.

3. How can he manage that the password isn't stored on
the client's local disk, but automatic backup can be
scheduled for late night?


  **  I would advise making a separate backup of your dsm.opt file.  Once
you
install your OS, then next step is install ADSM, copy the dsm.opt file back,
and
log into the server to reconstruct your system from the backups.

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