Rob --

Another suggestion. Take a look at http://search.adsm.org/ and search under
'D/R' or 'recovery'; there's been a lot covered (I've babbled on about it
enough :-) that may help as well.

If all you've got so far is a demand from the auditors . . . that's nice,
but not enough.

I've been here at NIBCO for 26 years. 25 years ago we (the IS department)
started complaining to management that we needed a D/R plan and management
commitment. 20 years ago our auditors finally started dinging us for not
having a D/R plan. 7 years ago, the executive board decided we needed a D/R
plan -- and we've been testing our process twice a year for the last five
years. So the IS resources are covered, and the Customer Service and
Marketing groups have bought in.

But our D/R co-ordinator indicates that we have groups that just don't see
the need, and will be left hanging because mission-critical spreadsheets and
contact lists are on the individual desktop, not the servers where they
should be (we don't and won't do desktop backups).

It's good that your auditors are forcing the issue . . . hopefully you'll
get the management buy-in you need to make it work. It isn't cheap, and it
isn't easy. But if you're down for 30 days, will you be in business six
months later?

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Schroeder [mailto:robs AT FAMOUSFOOTWEAR DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:17 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: copy storage pools
>
>
> Here is my dilemma.  I have 50 Win2k servers.  Our auditors demand a
> complete disaster recovery plan, and I only have one data
> center.  I have
> about 2 terabytes of data active.  There are a couple oracle
> servers, sql
> servers, data servers and a whole bunch of application
> servers.  I cannot
> duplicate 60 3590E tapes everyday with a backup storage pool
> command.  I
> also cannot specify 50 generate backup sets and expect my
> operators to do
> it right, much less promptly.  Yet, I still need to have
> offsite copies of
> my data.  You may say that's the cost of doing infinite
> incrementals, but
> tell that to the companies using TSM that worked in the WTC,
> or had their
> building ruined by a tornado last week, or the one that will
> burn to the
> ground next week from arson.  Am I supposed to gamble my
> billion dollar
> business on that?
>
> Rob Schroeder
> Famous Footwear
> robs AT famousfootwear DOT com
>