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- From: pyron@skndiv.dseg.ti.com (Dillon Pyron)
- Subject: Re: 2 SYS disks vs. Standalone backup
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.202019.25073@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
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- Organization: TI/DSEG VAX Support
- References: <C1IKw1.F75@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:20:19 GMT
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- In article <C1IKw1.F75@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>, dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci) writes:
- >The patient:
- > VAX 6410, 3 x 1Gb hard disks, 1 TK70.
- >
- >The problem:
- > Backups! Also, no money for 9-track or 8mm...
-
- Not an excuse. A single bad backup would cost more than an 8mm with SCSI.
- >
- >Issue:
- > Backups need to be "idiot" proof, so operations personnel can run them.
- >The procedures should also be easy and reliable. Stand-alone backup on
- >TK70 is difficult/impossible to automate.
- >
- >Proposal:
- > Have 2 separate system disks. The 2nd system disk would be used ONLY for
- >backup of *main* system disk. The 2nd system disk would have a "captive"
- >account "backup" for, you guessed it, backup. The operator would boot the
- >2nd system disk, logon as "backup", follow prompts for swapping TK70s needed
- >to backup the *main* system disk, then re-boot the *main* system disk.
- >
- >Question:
- > Is proposal valid?
-
- Changing disks can complicate things. Better to write it down (you're only
- talking about three lines form backup!) and let them boot STB. Besides, build
- the second disk cheats you out of space, and there is always the chance that
- they will leave it running, whereas STB is at least annoying enough to remind
- them.
-
- Personally, I think you're trying to make a big problem to solve a little one.
- IMHO, you need a decent tape drive. The 8mm investment will payoff in a lot of
- different ways.
- >
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