I have a user who wants to archive their old Solaris SPARC system before killing it, and keep the archives for 5-years.
This is a Solaris 5.9 system so the most current client is v5.5. I am about to upgrade my servers to 7.1.6 (from 6.3.5.100). What are the chances the archives will be restore/retrieve-able in 5-years when SP V10 or 11 is the server level? This isn't our oldest client. There are 2-Solaris 5.8 servers with 5.3 client still backing up. Until last year, we still had a 4.x client. How do you handle long-term archiving (yes I realize 5-years really isn't that long) or discontinued/decommissioned servers? What is the largest gap between client and server version that someone has successfully restored/retrieved data from? -- *Zoltan Forray* TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Xymon Monitor Administrator VMware Administrator (in training) Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services www.ucc.vcu.edu [email protected] - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
