Mag wrote:
> 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.

We use Storix http://www.storix.com and write the system backups it
creates to TSM. Works fine and I have sued it to restore a few times.
Only problem is that sometimes its difficult to get Storix to netboot a
server, although this normally seems to be if you have a weird network
setup, eg a firewall between servers you are booting from and
installing to.

So in a restore situation we sometimes have had to mess with teh
network a bit. Nothing major though.%