I like the "clean system" idea... On the hardware encryption: This would
assume that your disaster recovery facility had those same encrypting tape
drives in place, wouldn't it? It would limit your possible recovery sites
considerably. And even if your DR vendor installed the same drives on one of
their platforms, what if someone else declares before you, and is already in
the shell that has your needed tape drives?
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On 6/12/07 11:45 AM, "Tom Duerbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Other than an encryption tape drive, there is no real other options for
> disaster recovery.
>
> i.e. standalone utilities don't like encrypted tapes.
>
> One of the items somewhat discussed at WAVV was having a "clean" system for
> standalone purposes. That is a copy of VM (VSE or Linux whatever your
> flavor), that doesn't have any of your data on it. You can backup and do
> standalone restores of the clean copy without hitting legal problems. Once
> you have this "clean" system running, you can take software based, encrypted
> tapes and restore them to "other" packs. Then IPL your production systems.
>
> I've had a disaster recovery "starter" system for years, but I never thought
> about making it a "clean" system.
>
> Obviously, much easier under VM, but also doable with LPARs.
>
> Tom Duerbusch
> THD Consulting
