We're using TapeCopy/VDR by OpenTech Systems and like it. VDR = Virtual Disaster Recovery
The simple versionof our implementation: Applications creates all their DR tapes in our VTS and we vault them using special DR vault codes (CA1). Then we have a set of TapeCopy batch jobs that takes copies of all the virtual tapes vaulted to those vault codes and stacks them on 3590's. These 'container' tapes are then vaulted offsite and taken to DR. Don't remember the exact #'s, but for sure we went from thousands of vaulted cartridges to a few hundred. At DR we restore a subset of the data to a VTS at DR - say the last week's worth of backups. The rest of the tapes are re-cataloged to the container tapes. We control how much of what goes where. A nice side benefit is that application creates 1 tape in their cycle and gets both an on-site & an off-site copy. I'm sure this has been discussed off and on, but technologies have changed over time, too - so I would like to ask anyone has good advice for dealing with virtual tape (STK VSM3 / VTCS 6.1) in a DR environment. We have some application tape that may need to be recovered - but the last time I looked into the issue of moving virtual volumes offsite (back at VTCS 4.1) it wasn't pretty. So, I'm interested to hear if anyone has any workable methods for dealing with the issue... Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 ************************************************************************************** This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, forwarding or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. ************************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
