This is my understanding also.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Agnew, Doug [SMTP:dagnew AT CHARLOTTEPIPE DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 1999 5:37 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: ADSM Disaster Recovery
>
> Pardon me for jumping in, but from what I've been able to find, there is
> NO
> WAY to dual copy your ADSM backup tape.  However, if you have a second
> ADSM
> server, you run your database backup there, where it appears as an
> 'archived' file, and that should be 'copyable'.  The alternative I was
> given
> was "make two backups sequentially, that should be good enough".
>
> Doug Agnew
> DBA
> Charlotte Pipe & Foundry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Salamone, John [mailto:john.salamone AT T-T DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 2:59 PM
> Subject: Re: ADSM Disaster Recovery
>
>
> Steve, I have a question for you, I also backup my clients using a 3494
> ATL
> which has 2 tape drives. Is there a way I can backup my ADSM DB on two
> tapes
> at the same time as a dual copy? If so, whats the command for it? I want
> to
> send a copy off-site for disaster recovery purposes. Thanks    John.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Royal, Steven [SMTP:SROYAL AT INTEGON DOT COM]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 2:36 PM
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      ADSM Disaster Recovery
> >
> > I have a 3494 Tape Library and use ADSM to backup clients. In case
> > of a disaster, I will only have a single 3590 standalone tape drive to
> > recover files from. Has anyone recovered files from a 3590 tape
> originally
> > defined as part of a 3494 Tape Library using a standalone 3590 tape
> > drive? I do not have a standalone 3590 tape drive to test with so I
> > am in the dark as to weather or not this will work. I do not want to fly
> > from Winston-Salem N.C. to Comdisco in Chicago to find out.