We currently have a tape environment which is a mixture of virtual and non- virtual tape. We are soon to be going to a complete virtual tape environment.
In the unlikely event that we might loose all our data we have a process where we could restore from our tape backups. But how could we do this in a virtual tape environment? There are 4 sets of tapes. At the moment sets 1,2,3 are all 3590 non-virtual tapes. A list of the tapes are stored in a word doc (for tape sets 2 and 3). Tape 1 set - standalone IPL volume. Created yearly. Stored in a drawer. Tape 2 set - backup of a a mini (starter) MVS system (3*model9s) which we could IPL. On this starter system are some sample jobs to do the restores etc. Created weekly. Tape 3 set - back up of FDR catalog, TLMS/VMF backup, jobs to init dasd and restore from backups. Created daily. A list of the tape volsers is stored off-mainframe in a word document. Tape 4 set - FDR backups Created daily Assume we have no MVS systems. We would use standalone IPL (tape set 1) to restore the starter system (tape set 2). We would then IPL starter system and restore data on tape set 3 as this would only be a few tapes. The restored data from tape set 3 would the be used to reinit the dasd volumes and do FDR restores from tape backups. ******** I know that we could replace the standalone IPL on a CD instead of a tape. We could also FTP the data from tape set 3 to an off-mainframe server. But how could we create/read the starter tape in virtual envionment? We have a DR site and we PPRC our data cross site and have procedures for that recovery scenario. But this process is to cover the unlikely event that all the data becomes corrupt at both sites and we have to restore from tape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
