Hi Paul,
Do you have DRM installed with ADSM?  I'm planning to install DRM and
will
want to do DR testing in the future. Please share your experiences with
us.
Thanks you in advance.
Khiem Phan 817 870-0460

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> From:         Paul D Brown[SMTP:pdbrown AT ASHLAND DOT COM]
> Sent:         Tuesday, March 25, 1997 11:35 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Julie,
>
> Julie,
>   I have recovered several machines in DR tests with no problems.
> We have MVS/ADSM Server 2.1.12 and many flavors of clients.
> Collocation is a must for quick restores!
> The 'SHOW VOLUMEUSAGE nodename' command is very helpful to review the
> tapes
> that will be needed.
>   Any other inforamtion needed give me a call.
> Thanks,
> Paul Brown
> Storage Systems Manager
> Ashland Inc.
> Lexington, Kentucky
> 606-357-7585
>
> To:       ADSM-L @ VM.MARIST.EDU
> cc:        (bcc: Paul D Brown)
> From:     julphinn @ EMPHESYS.E-MAIL.COM
> Date:     03-25-97 12:34:40 PM
> Subject:  Julie,
>
>
>
>
> Hi Ted,
> Thanks!  Yes, we've already tested recovery from onsite tapes.
> I'm being asked to do a server and client test during the big
> disaster test the company has scheduled.  When they heard the horror
> story about how long it took to recover a client from offsite tapes,
> they asked me to do that part of the test ahead of time, as a trial.
> Are you saying that in the event of a real disaster, I would recover
> the onsite tapes from the offsite tapes, before restoring any clients?
> Will ADSM put them back in collocated order?
> Julie
>
> *** Original Author:  I1014833 @ IBMMAIL - ** Remote User **; 03/25/97
> 11:25am
>
> Date:         Tue, 25 Mar 1997 10:20:18 -0700
> From:         Ted Spendlove <SPENDEE AT THIOKOL DOT COM>
> Subject:      Julie,
> To:           ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>
> Julie,
>
> It seems to me that you are testing TWO things here.
> 1. loss of a client.
> 2. loss of a server.
>
> Perhaps it would be easier to test them separatly.  For example, test
> recovery
> ...of a lost client by
> doing a recovery with the 41 tapes in your onsite pool.  At a
> different
> test
> ...recover the 41 onsite
> tapes from the 158 offsite tapes.
>
> Ted Spendlove
> Thiokol Corp.
>
>
>
> >>> Julie Phinney <julphinn AT EMPHESYS.E-MAIL DOT COM> 03/25/97 10:05am >>>
> I need to do a restore test of our biggest ADSM client, from offsite
> tapes (I've been asked to do a test, someone heard a horror story
> about
> how long it took.)
> I ran a Q CON batch job on the Offsite tapepool that ran about 7 hours
> and wrote out 1000+ cylinders of mainframe DASD.  The client I'd need
> to restore has files spread across 158 tapes.  (As opposed to 41 tapes
> in the collocated onsite pool.)
> So it seems
> to me, I'll need to:
> 1) Request those 158 tapes be brought back from the vault.
> 2) Mark every onsite tape belonging to this node DESTROYED.
> 3) Mark the 158 tapes ACC=READW
> 4) Restore the client.
> My questions:
> 1) If I do this, can I take them back when I'm done and return the
>    destroyed onsite tapes to not destroyed status?
>    (If I have to leave them onsite, then I no longer have offsite
>     copies of all the data on those tapes belonging to OTHER nodes.)
> 2) Do I really need all 158?  Is it possible that some have only
>    inactive versions of files on them, and ADSM wouldn't call for
> them?
> 3) Is there an easier way to find out which tapes ADSM will call for?
> 4) There must be a better way to test a recovery of a client from
>    offsite tapes.  Does anyone know of a way?
> Thanks for any help!!!!!
> Julie Phinney
> JULPHINN @ EMPHESYS.E-MAIL.COM
>
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