>> On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 11:51:33 -0500, "Kauffman, Tom" <KauffmanT AT NIBCO DOT 
>> COM> said:

> Which, in part, is why my db volumes are on an ESS raid array, with
> the mirrors on a separate array. One of these days my paranoia will
> take over again, and I'll put the mirrors on the other ESS.

> And, speaking of DB exposure -- WHEN are we going to get the ability to
> do something like: backup db devclass=lto type=full scratch=yes copies=2
> so I can cut two IDENTICAL database backup tapes?

I do this now: send your DB backups to a virtual-volume devclass, and
then make stgpool copies to your heart's content.

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