>
> Hi All,
>
>      Can anyone help me esteemed colleage with the questions below
> concerning backing up DFS filesets via buta?
>
> Please be sure to include Stephen on any replys:
>
> >   I have a couple of questions about the ASDM buta utility for DFS.
> >
> > 1.  Does the "bak" database still need to be backed up, or is all the needed
> > backup information recorded on the ADSM server?  (This implies that during
> > disaster recovery, we don't have to worry about reloading the bak server's
> > database ("bak restoredb") before doing "bak restoredisk" commands.)
> >

It is still needed, because buta is only a replacement for the tape handling
part of the DFS backup mechanism. All backup and restores are governed by the
backup database of the DFS servers.

> > 2.  If the "bak" database does need to be backed up, how should we do
> > that?

I do it with the normal ADSM.

H.G.Borrmann
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