Hi Jane,
  We are a NT shop. We do not have DRM either. Currently we make copies of
all the tapes that were written to and ship them offsite. We also make a
copy of TSM database and ship it offsite. Similarly volhist and devconfig
files are written to our west coast servers daily and backed up. In a
disaster we would have servers in a remote location and would need to
restore TSM server and the database from offsite tapes. Then would need to
restore all the production stuff, DB servers, mail server, data server, etc.

Raminder Braich
SAP/ORACLE DBA
The Davey Tree Expert Company
330-673-9515 X270


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jane Bamberger [SMTP:jane.bamberger AT BASSETT DOT ORG]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:22 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Disaster Recovery Project
>
> 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
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> Jane Bamberger
> IS Department
> Bassett Healthcare
> 607-547-4784
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> George Lesho
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:56 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Disaster Recovery Project
>
>
> It would be easier to speak to this issue if you had mentioned your
> environment.  I am in an AIX / TSM /DRM environment and we do mksysb tapes
> of our production servers and store them offsite. In addition, we allow
> TSM/DRM to decide which tapes are needed offsite in the event of a
> disaster. If a disaster occurred, we have contingency servers available at
> an offsite location (in case this location no longer exists) and we would
> ship copies of the DRM Prepare plan and associated recovery files along
> with all DRM (offsite tapes) to this location. We would then rebuild the
> servers (including the TSM Server) affected using mksysb tapes and then
> reapply production stuff (like Informix databases and critical apps) using
> the DRM media.
>
> George Lesho
> AFC Enterprises
>
>
>
>
>
> Jane Bamberger <jane.bamberger AT BASSETT DOT ORG>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 
> 02/26/2002
> 11:27:41 AM
>
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> Sent by:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
>
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> cc:    (bcc: George Lesho/Partners/AFC)
> Fax to:
> Subject:  Disaster Recovery Project
>
> Hi,
>
> I work for a hospital, and was just given the project of gathering all the
> information I can about disaster recovery. I would appreciate it if I
> could
> get any sites, information from any of you that have already gone down
> this
> road.
>
> I also would like to here any horror stories, or bad reviews about any of
> the major players in DRM. Do any of you use Tivoli DRM, Autovault, or any
> other third party software?
>
> I am pretty new to the list - so if this has already been hashed over in
> detail - let me know - and I'll go searching!
>
> Thanks,
> Jane
>
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> Jane Bamberger
> IS Department
> Bassett Healthcare
> 607-547-4784