>I don't see a problem with the application folks deciding on their own if it >is important enough to back up. >In many shops, the amount of test data is equal to or greater than the amount >of production data.
I have no problem with that, either. Nor, with business analysts deciding which applications are mission-critical. My concern was regarding who does the back-up -- Storage Management. And, they can't abrogate that responsibility by saying "it's not Production"! >Either way, both sides need to set and agree to the rules. Yes! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
