do a volhist after a full DB backup.
If it is a dbbackup or copypool volume, take it.
That is roughly what DRM will tell you to do.

I would do a 'quick' install of DRM if you are licensed, and generate a plan
file.  It will tell you what you need.  Configuration is pretty intuitive.

I also suggest you do a 'q license' and take that info with you as well as
your  CD with the license files.  just to make life a little easier if you
have more than the number of clients that the evaluation license allows.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braich, Raminder [SMTP:raminder.braich AT DAVEY DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 1:15 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      DR test - which volumes to take
>
> Hi,
>   TSM Server is 4.1.2 (to be upgraded shortly), clients are 4.1.2 and 4.2.
> We would be doing our Disaster Recovery test shortly. DRM has not been
> implemented. The plan calls for to request courier deliver the necessary
> tapes back and we take these tapes to the recovery site. We run SAP R/3
> with
> Oracle DB on WIN NT platform. All the systems are windows based. I have
> identified the requirements to restore the TSM server as follows:
> 1. Device Confiuration file.
> 2. Server Options file.
> 3. Volume history file.
> 4. Output of q dbv f=d and q logv f=d.
> 5. TSM Database backup volume.
>  The servers we are going to restore are going to be SAP R/3, Mail, File
> Server and Oracle DB server(outside of SAP R/3).
> We do not have collocation turned on. My question is how can I know which
> tapes to request back from offsite to restore SAP R/3 which is backed up
> via
> TDP for R/3, Exchange(Mail) which is backed up via TDP for Exchange and
> File
> Server which is backed up incremental and Oracle DB server which is backed
> up via TDP for Oracle. The requirement is to know all the tapes which are
> going to be needed before hand. It has been implied that the courier is
> not
> going to deliver the tapes to the recovery site (which sounds silly to
> me).
>
>  What are other folks doing for this kind of situation? Are there any best
> practices to follow.
>
> Thanks,
> Raminder Braich.