Networker

Re: [Networker] Disaster Recovery

2004-02-11 09:08:04
Subject: Re: [Networker] Disaster Recovery
From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:07:43 -0500
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Evan Gold wrote:
>
>i run a "mminfo -a" everyday, save it to a remote location and email it to
>myself.
>then in DR i order the last months of tapes from our tape vault then use, i
>then look at the mminfo -a output for the client i want and get the last
>clone tape of it.
>load that tape in the drive, make a giant disk volume called /restore and
>restore the clients data from that tape to the restore folder, then i copy
>the data back to its original location and im done. Ive tested this many
>times in DR and its works fine, i can rebuild a machine in less than 24
>hours:
>
>if anyone has a better idea id love to know about it.

Yup, just email the output of "mminfo -b" offsite and use mmrecov to
restore your Legato server. Or perhaps I am missing something in terms
of what you're trying to accomplish.

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