I would say it is a problem. If the backup can't get to some of the data then it is an error.
- Kai > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:04:04 -0500 > From: "Seay, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Backup StgPool Issue Discovered > > The question I have: Does anyone consider this a problem or are you OK with > it working like this? > > I found out today it appears that a BACKUP STGpool command will just skip > tapes that are in an UNAVAILABLE, DESTROYED, or DAMAGED status and put out a > little warning message and give you a SUCCESS. DESTROYED is not a problem > because I took the overt action to say it was destroyed, but skipping > UNAVAILABLE or DAMAGED is not good. I would bet there are hundreds of > customers not aware of this. The exposure is your copypool (disaster > recovery set) may not include all of the data and not a valid restore point. > Unfortunately, a tape can get in the UNAVAILABLE status just because the > tape library had a problem dismounting the tape. >
