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Catastrophic Client Recovery for OS/2 Clients

1994-12-16 08:39:07
Subject: Catastrophic Client Recovery for OS/2 Clients
From: Phil West <pwest AT SPBPDW.GTRI.GATECH DOT EDU>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 08:39:07 EST
Hi, I'm new to this group, but I understand that there has been some
discussion concerning full catastrophic recover of OS/2 clients under ADSM.
Specifically, we are backing up our OS/2 clients to a mainframe over
tcp/ip.  As I understand it, if my hard disk were to fail, I would need to

1) install the new hard disk
2) fully install OS/2
3) install tcp/ip
4) install adsm
5) recover everything.

But since IBM recommends using the following exclude list:
EXCLUDE                   c:\ibmbio.com
EXCLUDE                   c:\os2ldr
EXCLUDE                   c:\os2krnl

these files will not be restored, and depending on how many CSD's I've
applied, the new ones from my fresh install may not match up with what I
had before the crash.  Thus, I may need to add step 2.5 -- Apply most
recent CSD.

The obvious question is, then:  Can I make some boot disks with enough of
OS/2 and TCP/IP on them to allow me to boot my computer with the fresh hard
disk in it, format/fdisk the new disk and then run the dsm command line
program to restore my disk?  Is there some reason that the three files
listed above will be particularly troublesome, like because they are always
open, or something?


Thanks for any input,
Phil West,
Senior Research Engineer,
Electronic Systems Lab, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Atlanta, GA 30332  Phone: 404-894-7289  Phil.West AT gtri.gatech DOT edu
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