Sandra, Sorry, I am a bit late catching up on this tread.
Short answer is YES, and you got it right.. (Now see my earlier post on this) To answer your question a little more fully ....... It might be? Depends on the disaster..... and the price your organization places on reacquisition, of the data. (This is bean counter "accountant" work - but we need to advise them of the risks. The database backup alone will certainly not save you. You need to get the data off-site, ie... a backup of backups. Lets say we are lucky enough to have the budget some companies have. They ask? What is the cost of reacquisition? What is the cost of lost opportunity, due to total or partial failure. As Data Management professionals we have to try and minimise these risks. My experience says to be totally sure..... For data..... DISK - TAPE STORAGE POOL - COPY STORAGE POOL (which then goes off site) Just in case of the following events:- a) Total disaster Fire, tempest, storm water etc,,,,,,, b) Partial loss due to tape failure, media failure This will cost you a bit to start, but remember you can minimise costs a bit by expiring and reclaiming etc.... ie. Manage the risk a bit. Likewise ..For the ADSM/TSM database - you need this.... You also have to backup the database, ie .... To TAPE ... which stays where it is, then make another copy for offsite. In the event of the any of the events above..... This won't cost to much... But will save you heaps.. Databases are not that big really compare to the size and volume of data. Stephen Pole Operations Manager - IBM RS6000/TSM/HACMP Specialist 61 Delonix Circle Woodvale WA 6026 Austalia Office Phone +61 8 9409 3014 Home Phone +61 8 9409 3012 Mobile Phone +61 4 2121 0157 Time Zone : WAST - GMT + 08:00 hours -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sandra Ghaoui Sent: Tuesday, 30 April 2002 6:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Recovering from a disaster .... Hello everybody, I have one more question ... is it possible to recover from a disaster just by having the TSM database backup and our data backup on tapes? I've been reading about the Disaster Recovery Manager and if I got it right, I would need to have copy storage pools to recover from disaster? thx for helping ... Sandra __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com