flaw in our backup/recovery
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> From: Joe Shields
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 3:56 PM
> To: 'alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov'
> Subject: flaw in our backup/recovery
>
> We inherited a Digital Alpha box running Digital UNIX v4.0d. The RAID5
> Scsi disk set and the system disk are being backed up using Legato
> NETWORKER. However, if we lose the system disk, we lose Legato NETWORKER
> and our way to get everything back.
>
> We are more experienced with VAX VMS, where we have the ability to do
> Image backups to spare drives. Our strategy for recovering our system
> disk and all the system software (like our backup/recovery app.) that
> resides there is to always have a fairly current image backup of our
> system disk on a spare drive that could be pulled into service.
>
> Is there a way to do something like this with Digital UNIX? We've tried
> using the dd command with identical drives, but the resulting copy would
> not boot and the copying was disappointingly slow.
>
> We are hastily reading Digital UNIX documentation and trying to figure out
> the best strategy for fixing this flaw, but could sure use, and would
> appreciate any help or advice that could be offered by this group.
>
> Thanks
> Joe Shields
> Pittsburgh Post Gazette
>
>
>
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