I saw that some of you have already snuck in and seen this. A new draft redbook (aka redpiece) is up on theRedbooks website, entitled "Disaster Recovery Strategies with Tivoli Storage Management", SG24-6844. Search on SG24-6844 at www.ibm.com/redbooks, or go directly to http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/sg246844.pdf for now. It still has some formatting/typo errors, however I expect the edited version (real redbook) to be available within the next 4 to 6 weeks. I hope you will find it useful.
Here's the abstract of the book Disasters, by their very nature, cannot be predicted, in either their intensity, timing or effects. However, all enterprises can, and should prepare themselves for whatever might happen in order to protect themselves against loss of data, or worse, their entire business. It is too late to start preparing after a disaster occurs. This book will help you protect against a disaster - taking you step by step through the planning stages, with templates for sample documents. It explores the role that IBM Tivoli Storage Manager plays in disaster protection and recovery - from both the client and server side. Plus, it describes basic sample procedures for bare metal recovery of some popular operating systems - Windows 2000, AIX, Solaris and Linux. This redbook is organized in two parts: the general Disaster Recovery Planning process is presented in Part 1. It shows the relationship (and close interconnection) of Business Continuity Planning with Disaster Recovery Planning. It also describes how you might set up a Disaster Recovery Plan test. Various general techniques and strategies for protecting your enterprise are presented. Part 2 focuses on the practical - how to use IBM Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager to create an auditable and easily executed recovery plan for your TSM server. It also shows approaches for bare metal recovery on different client systems. This redbook is written for any computing professional who is concerned about protecting their data and enterprise from disaster. It assumes basic knowledge of storage technologies and products, in particular, of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Regards, Charlotte Project Leader, Tape and Storage Management solutions, ITSO San Jose email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (408) 927-3641 fax: (408) 927-3616 t/l: 8-457-3641 http://ibm.com/redbooks
