Guess the first thing to do is to figure out which servers would need to be
brought back in the event of a disaster. I back up several dozen servers
but only a couple are needed in the event of a total meltdown in order to
maintain company operational capability (the restore of these servers is
mandated by contract). The next step is to figure out what is needed to
bring each of the required servers back up to a running state quickly. In
our case, the mksysb tapes are all that is required. In your case, there
may be a mixed answer. The DRM part is pretty easy using TSM/DRM as TSM
keeps track of which tapes are needed and also offers a "Prepare" file
which has all the info needed to rebuild the TSM environement (along with a
couple other files like the volume history and hardware stuff).

George Lesho
AFC Enterprises






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HI,

Thanks - and sorry I did not give specific details.

I am AIX 4.3.3 with TSM 4.2.1.9 on and THIN SP2 node with a 3494 Tape
library. We currently do not have DRM, and are using an offsite rotation to
another building on our hospital campus. We have 2 Alpha ES40's, AIX sp
frame with 7 nodes, 10 Netfinity servers, 23 NT servers, 1 linux, 2
proliants, 4 Solaris - as you can see - a real mixed bag - so any help
would
be appreciated.

Jane

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Bassett Healthcare
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