All my offsite copypool tapes are created as virtual volumes on remote
     adsm servers via server-to-server communication.

     If your old mvs box is in a different location than your new AIX one I
     would say you are well on your way to a fully automated offsite
     disaster recovery environment.

     Oh, just make sure and perform an adsm data base backup to a virtual
     volume on the same remote server as contains the virtual volumes that
     make up the copypool... otherwise they won't   do you much good
     (disaster recovery wise... still plenty good if a primary pool volume
     goes bad) so if a DC10 crashed into the aix adsm server taking out the
     3494 also you would just have to acquire another aix box, load adsm on
     it, define the mvs server as a remote adsm environment, run a restore
     db using the dbbackup on a virtual volume on mvs adsm and you're back
     in business... Your minimal aix adsm recovery server would only
     require enough disk for the DB & LOG... once it is up just mark all
     your 3494's 3590 vols destroyed and if a client connects to perform a
     restore, adsm will go straight to the copy pool tape (on the mvs adsm
     server) to get the file and pass it back to the client.

     Slick Ehhhh?

     later,
           Dwight


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Subject: Ejecting Offsite Tapes from 3494
Author:  vhysock (vhysock AT CSC DOT COM) at unix,mime
Date:    1/13/99 8:36 AM


Hi all,
     We have recently set up a second ADSM server on AIX (level 3.1.2.0)
utilizing a 3494 with 4 drives for backup.  We have a large MVS server
backing up to STK silos (wherein lies ALL of my ADSM and hardware
experience).  I am trying to set up an automated process for ejecting
offsite copypool tapes from the 3494.  I know someone out there must be
doing this.  Any help would be appreciated,

                         Ginny