> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Allen [SMTP:geoff AT WSU DOT EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 7:37 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Restore of UNIX systems
>
> Karen Krowzack <Karen.M.Krowzack AT UCM DOT COM> writes:
>
> > I understand that there is no "bare metal restore" capability for
> UNIX
> > systems.  However, if a major filesystem(s) or disk is lost, is ADSM
> capable
> > of restoring a filesystem onto a replacement disk that you hook up
> to a 2nd
> > server?  If so, how do you tell ADSM to direct the restoration of
> the
> > filesystem(s) solely to that replacement disk?
> >
> > Or is the only restore procedure in use the process whereby you boot
> from
> > bootable media, restore the major OS filesystems from tape and then
> restore
> > whatever else is desired from ADSM?
>
> We currently use the latter approach. We run "disaster recovery"
> backups monthly (from cron). These document system configuration, and
> copy /, /usr, and /var to another host on the network. The theory is
> that in a disaster, we can rebuild the system, load /, /usr, and /var,
> then hook up to ADSM to restore everything else.
>
> For extra paranoia protection, we offsite the month-old "disaster
> recovery backups" (where "offsite" is still on campus, but in another
> part of campus; if a meteor wipes out the campus, we have bigger
> worries than whether we can restore data ;^) ).
>
> The procedures have been tested, and they work!
>
> Geoff
>
> --
> Geoff Allen, geoff AT wsu DOT edu, <http://www.wsu.edu/~geoff/>
>
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>
        Hi Jeff,

        When you refer to your "disaster recovery" backups from cron,
are you referring to some type of standard Unix backup utility like
dump, ufsdump, fbackup, sysback, or mksysb? (Depending on what type of
Unix you are using that is)

        Ed.