Lizette Koehler wrote: >I am currently working with ABARS process. As I get into it, I was wondering >with today's Storage Array, Replication, Snap, Flash Copy, is it still needed?
I asked my storage guy, just out of curiosity. Apparently they dropped ABARS because usage of VTS is somewhat difficult. They require tapes/cartridges during ABARS usage to be ejected and transported elsewhere. They now use other backup methods depending on different backup needs, frequency and periods for keeping them. As Tom Marchant said, it is useful against DASD failure, but you have also DFDSS dump to consider. But for applications, we use different methods of backup / recovery tools. But it depends, just like Neil Duffee stated in his post. So, to Lizette, the answer is - 'it depends'. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
