BTW: you are having an exposure with this bring-back + back-offsite. While
the "box" is onsite you have no off-site copies and are vulnerable to
disaster.
TSM is made to handle off-site copies without any need to bring them
on-site before new copy is send out. Look again through your procedures.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant






Orin Rehorst <rehorst AT POHA DOT COM>
Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
19.11.2002 23:21
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        Subject:        Offsite tape challenge


Worry...worry...worry...about disasters...terrorists...and recoveries. My
bosses worry a lot, me likely not enough.

Am storing copy pool offsite once a week. Box of tapes comes here, we
update
the copy pool, box goes back offsite.

What about a daily? They don't want to bring the box back and forth every
day...just place "dailies" in a building next door. But how might you
manage
that with TSM?



Regards,
Orin

Orin Rehorst
Port of Houston Authority
(Largest U.S. port in foreign tonnage)
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