Actually,

I am not too confident about the tapes/drives at my site. And this
isn't really for a DR excersise. I just want to ability of me not using
tapes (because I am not 100% sure if they are even being sent offsite).
I know for a fact, if I backup the system, and create a mksyb image and
have TSM pick up the backup, those tapes indeed are being sent offsite.
Thats why I want to use the TSM way...

suggestions?






base60 wrote:
> Mag wrote:
> > I am a little worried that my tapes won't restore in a DR env.
>
> Why? Bad tapes?
>
> > I am
> > thinking of creating a mksysb file and FTPing it into another server
> > (which is being backed up by TSM). How reliable is this method?
>
> Rhetorical question: have you looked at what's on a mksysb tape?
>
> Why don't you just get a copy of sysback or whatever it's named now
> that it's "part" of Tivoli and do this directly?
>
> > I was
> > thinking of plaing the mksysb image in a NIM server. Does this work?
> > Any idea? I want to avoid using a tape/CD much as possible!
>
> During a DR, tape is your friend.
>
> When you find the network misconfigured, overloaded, etc., tape
> is reliable and predictable.
>
> You can never have too many tapes
>
> Take a complete media set, including MLs, on CD, also.