Hi!

I don`t know want your primary business is but not having a copypool is a

VERY VERY BAD IDEA.

Because: If you loose 1 tape due to media error or human error your are will end
up in a very unstable situation.

150 carts (3590`s at 60$/each == 9000$)


I would ask my boss HOW MUCH is business is worth to him? 9000$?

I dont think so... you would not be using ADSM for backups.

I could tell you a little horror story but I`d get fired ... :-)

Yves Morin
AIX System Administrator

rcorona AT ESOC.ESA DOT DE wrote:

> Hi there.
>
> For Disaster recovery   my boss is asking me to bring offsite  tapes from a
> primary stgpool.
> This stgpool ( about 150 Tapes ) is used only for archive on Sunday  and no
> retrieves are normally performed  from it.
> Of course he doesn't like waste 150 more  tapes to create a Copy stgpool
> just for the offsite  copy.
>
> What about if we do the following:
>
> Update the stgpool  so that tape reclamation doesn't occur on this stgpool.
> On Monday: Backup the adsm Database.  Move offsite the tapes used for the
> Archive and the db backup tape.
> Save the  important   files:  devconfig, volhist and dsmserv.opt
> >From time to time bring the 'almost empty'  tapes back into the library and
> run move data  to make them free and reusable.
>
> Any suggestion to improve or discard this idea will be greatly appreciated.

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Yves Morin
Yves Morin
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