on 6/9/05 9:39 AM, Bruce Black at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> When I worked for large Banks and >>> Utilities, the D/R preparation included contacting all of our ISVs >>> for the appropriate and valid use of their products for D/R. >> > IMHO that would not be a valid DR test. In a real disaster, you could > not verify which DR site you would actually be at, nor would you have > "notification" of the disaster to enable you to get the right keys > before the disaster happened. A proper test would include calling the > vendors from the DR site and getting almost immediate response for > software keys. > > BTW, all Innovation products do not have CPU ID checks or software keys, > they run at DR sites without intervention.
Bruce, Agreed. At one place I worked we had a "dr" site. IT was NOT a DR site it was a duplicate site that ran production on a daily/nightly basis. The vendors were told it was a DR site. In the 10 years I worked there a disaster was declared only once and a few people were shipped off to there. The changed their mind about it being a disaster about 1 hour after the plane took off. The point is that we ran duplicate jobs and theoretically at any point in the production cycle the other site could pick up when the connection was broken. We ran assorted vendors (including FDR) all with the idea that this was a DR site. IBM turned a blind eye to it even though I repeatedly let them know it really wasn't. They wanted the business. I just shook my head and wanted out of the mess as I was sure I would be involved with any law suit. We had fun with the vendors that were cpu serial number enabled. I tried not to get involved with that area and washed my hands of the whole mess. I brought this up to my management several times and was told to shut up. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
