Well said! :-)

I am somewhat more confident about my TSM server than these AIX mksysbs
:-)
thats all I was going at. I though I could avoid the office politics
talk, but even on usenet it comes and haunts me!




base60 wrote:
> Mag wrote:
> > Actually,
>
> FWIW: top-posting is considered "bad".
>
> >
> > I am not too confident about the tapes/drives at my site.
>
> Then why would you be confident about the tapes that are used to
> back up the TSM?
>
> > 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).
>
> OK... is that your responsibility, did you ask and, if they aren't, is
> it difficult to have the tapes in question added to the off-site tape
> vault?
>
> > 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?
>
> If this isn't something in your paygrade, boot it to mgmt and keep a
> copy of the email expressing concern.
>
> This is a political issue and not a technical one.
>
> That said, I'd make as many backups as I could etc. within the
> policy constraints of your location.
>
> But make mgmt responsible for the issue.
>
> They're paid to make decision.s Don't be a fallguy for some
> gutless putz in mgmt.