Yes we currently have BMR setup in the lab, and are doing some testing
right now.....as a matter of fact, a win2k3 server is rebooting as I
type this.....definately seems easier, to a point.
BMR still can't restore SDS mirrored disks the way they were
originally.....you end up with one disk and have to rebuild the
metadisks.....but it's a lot easier than building the machine to start,
restoring, breaking metadisks to get the restored disk to boot, then
repairing the metadisks.

Yeah, I'd definitely be interested in seeing this case you have
documented.
You can post it to the list, or send directly to me.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mickey Baker [mailto:mbaker AT glasshouse DOT com] 
> Sent: December 16, 2004 1:05 PM
> To: Paul Keating; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Solaris DR
> 
> 
> BMR makes things really easy - once you set up your BMR 
> server and make everything work, it will restore system 
> images that you create from a system to identical hardware 
> until the cows come home.
>  
> There are quite a few steps getting a Solaris server restored 
> exactly like it was before the rebuild.  You are correct in 
> assuming that a rebuild/restore of a bootable system in a 
> subordinate file system (as explained in the Troubleshooting 
> Guide) is not sufficient to restore the system. I have a 
> specific case documented (Solaris 8 on a Sun 6800) and will 
> be happy to post it if you want when I return home this weekend.
>  
> Mickey Baker
> Senior Consultant
> GlassHouse Technologies
> mbaker AT glasshouse DOT com
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu on behalf of 
> Paul Keating
> Sent: Thu 12/16/2004 9:44 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Solaris DR
> 
> 
> just a general question, but how are most of you folks 
> handling disaster recovery for Sun.
>  
> We're currently evaluating Veritas BMR, but right now our 
> process is as follows.
>  
> All of our machines have, at the minimum, mirrored OS disks.
>  
> Our recovery involves jumpstarting the machine with a single 
> disk, c0t0d0...configuring netbackup, then creating slices on 
> the second disk, c0t2d2 and mounting those from the OS 
> running on the first......so c0t0d0s1 is mounted on /mnt/a 
> and c0t0d0s7 is mounted on /mnt/b.......the restore is then 
> performed, dumping the data onto /mnt/a and mnt/b.
> once completed, we edit the config info on the disk, 
> /mnt/a/etc/system, /mnt/a/etc/fstab, etc.....to remove any 
> reference to the SDS meta disks.
>  
> The machine is then rebooted on the c0t0d1, and the 
> metadevices are created, with one way mirrors, then the 
> mirror is resynced back to c0t0d0.
>  
> pretty tedious, but i've been told that building the OS, with 
> mirrors, then restoring in place and overwriting existing 
> files will not get the system back to it's original state.
>  
> any comments???
>  
> Paul
> 
>