Of course we do have  copypool  for important data on other adsm servers.
 The problem  is that  this server   is mainly  used for Lotus Notes
mailfiles and they are not
considered as important as satellite data !
Regards




Yves Morin <yves.morin AT STANDARDLIFE DOT CA> on 29/10/98 16:11:09

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>

To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: Riccardo Corona/esoc/ESA)
Subject:  Re: "Home_made" Disaster Protection




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.

--
Yves Morin
Yves Morin
Tel.: 514-925-7018
Yves.Morin AT standardlife DOT ca



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