>>We walk this way. Backup Storage Pools (Criticals) Backup TSM Db Backup Storage Pools (non-Criticals) Expiration Move drmedia Run Drm Prepare DR preparation and mksysb on TSM server to tape Take tapes to Data Vault.<<
I would highly recommend moving your DRM PREPARE to immediately after your DB backup. In a DR situation, you will only be able to recover to the point of your DB backup. You won't be able to recover the current days non-criticals since they aren't refected in the DB backup. The expiration may resulting in emptying tapes that you will be using in the DR situation since they still contained data at the point of the DB backup. I see no benefit in delaying move drmedia until after expiration. David Ehresman
