We are also new ADSM users with AIX servers, and are planning to use
DRM.

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>From:  Hilton Tina[SMTP:HiltonT AT is1.indy.tce DOT com]
>Sent:  Tuesday, January 07, 1997 12:56 PM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject:       Re: off site tape management
>
>I assume you're talking about off-site storage of tapes for disaster
>recovery.  We'll be going production this week with our system using ADSM.
> Our data center already has procedures in place for our mainframe data
>where there are 3 sets of carts containing disaster backup tapes, so we
>decided to conform to this.  Using 3 sets of backup tapes means at least one
>set is offsite at all times (when the oldest set is being returned and
>they're picking up the most recent set they are both onsite, of course).  We
>have 3 copypools in which we've defined volumes (3590's) and we rotate
>between the 3 for the 'backup stgpool' commands.  We decided to not use
>scratch tapes because the operators prefer to not have to pull tapes.  They
>simply take the cases containing the ADSM tapes out of the carts, mount the
>ones that are called for, put the tapes back into the cases and the cases
>back into the carts.
>
>We don't have a tape library, so this works well for us since it doesn't
>require the operators to know which tapes are scratch or to then pull the
>appropriate tapes to put them in the cart for offsite storage.  If you still
>want to use scratch tapes or you don't want to set aside groups of tapes
>(and monitor them to see when you need to add more), then I would recommend
>you purchase DRM (Disaster Recovery Manager).  That makes it much easier to
>track the tapes with commands that are provided just for that.
>
>I would be interested to hear how other people do it to see if we can find a
>better way, although this appears to be working fine so far.
>
>Tina Hilton
>Thomson Consumer Electronics
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>From: Tony Arsneault
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject: off site tape management
>Date: Tuesday, January 07, 1997 10:49AM
>
>
>     We are a new user of ADSM and are currently in a pilot stage of
>     implementation, soon to go into production.  I would like to get a
>     feel for how other users are handling off-site tape management.  We
>     are running ADSM on an AIX box with 2 7331 tape libraries attached.
>
>     What reports or queries do you run to determine which tapes need to be
>     moved off-site or returned? Please feel free to provide as many
>     details of your tape management procedures, any tips or hints will be
>     helpful as we develop our own procedure.
>
>     Thank You,
>
>     Tony Arsneault
>     ARSNEAUT AT OAKWOOD DOT ORG
>