I do not quite understand the question. There are many pieces to the question is the DR volume set good?
1) Are we backing up everything for the DR set that we think we are? 2) Are we doing storage pool copies correctly to create the offsite copy? 3) Are all the tapes in the offsite vault? 4) Do we have the correct database backup for the restore? 5) Is the media good? I am sure there are other questions that should be asked. However, I think this sets the stage for the question points. The audit volume will test the media, but that does not mean it will necessarily read again at the recovery site. Maybe 2 sets of offsite copies are necessary for your business to feel comfortable. Ultimately, the database backup is very crucial, two copies of it are probably prudent. There comes a point of trust in the hardware. If you have enough money, you can get pretty close to 100% certainty of being able to recover. The question is how many 9s are good enough. Each 9 you add will have a logarithmic increase in cost. In your business, not being able to recover timely means you are probably out of business. You may want to thing about other technologies such as remote disk mirroring (hot site). -----Original Message----- From: Joy Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Verification of DR volumes Is there a way other than audit volume or a disaster recovery test, to verify the data on an DR volume is good. Management has asked us to test the a DR volume. We actually had a successful DR of 4 AIX boxes without one bad volume, but still need to prove the validity of offsite volumes..
