Patti,

let me make a humble attempt,

In case of a remote fail-over location I could envision such a situation. 

One way of dealing with such a situation is to import each tape after backup 
into the other location using scanner.

This would require frequent travel between locations and a possibility to 
damage the tapes so cloning could be a requirement for this. One would not 
want to lose ones tapes in a car accident or worse.

Scanning would require only enough disk space for the indexes as they are 
rebuild.

importing the resource definitions can also be done in this way. The actual 
clients are most likely not present on the remote site.

restoring data should address cross platform issues ( a unix saveset cant be 
restored on windows and vice versa)

its a first idea

Maarten

On Tuesday 07 February 2006 17:45, Clark, Patricia wrote:
> My task is to design and implement a manageable process for responding
> to restore requests where the original media may not be available to the
> server that performed the backup.  Cloning the original media is not an
> option.  Addressing the cause of the situation is also outside the scope
> of this request.  A separate (only available via sneakernet) networker
> system is available for use in this equation (same versions), same type
> of media, however, currently they are different OS servers, Solaris and
> Red Hat Linux.  I am looking for constructive suggestions on best
> approach that includes use of the sneakernet.
>
> I've stopped banging my head, but it still hurts.
>
> Patti Clark
> Unix System Administrator
>
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