Good point Dave.  I am moving my PREPARE to after my MOVE DRMEDIA that
ejects my database tape.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bronder [SMTP:david-bronder AT UIOWA DOT EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:24 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Re: Order of daily administrative events
>
> Coats, Jack wrote:
> >
> >         Ours is slightly different,
> >
> [...snip...]
>
> >         make DR plan file
> >         eject copypool tape volumes and db backup, put dr plan on
> offsite
> > media to go with the db backup.
>
> [...snip...]
>
> If I understand how PREPARE creates the DR plan file, this order will
> result in a recovery script that won't work like you expect.  It will
> mark all the copy pool and DB backup tapes still on-site at the time
> PREPARE was run as DESTROYED.
>
> If you reverse the order (MOVE DRMEDIA first, then PREPARE), the plan
> file will think the most recent DB backup and copy pool tapes are
> available for use (because they were considered off-site at the time).
>
> =Dave
>
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