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Title:Storage Library System
Moderator:COOKIE::REUTER
Created:Sun Oct 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2270
Total number of notes:7850

2205.0. "Tape "cloning"?" by IMPERO::BELLONI (CHMP = Change mode to Paraglide) Mon Mar 03 1997 04:18

	Hello,

  A very important customer need to implement a daily off-site storage to 
have a Disaster Recovery capability. Being a full-VMS site the idea to manage 
the backups is to use DLT ATL devices.But they need to to have a local copy of 
the tapes to restore backups if, for example, the accidentally erase something.
The question is: is it there in the SLS a feature which permits them to 
"clonate", in the most automated system, the daily backups, so to have two 
copies of them , on for the local library and one in the DR site?

	Many thanks in advance for any help.

						Max
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2205.1CX3PST::BSS::SAULTue Mar 04 1997 12:3013
Hi Max,

SLS won't do it automatically for you (neither will ABS at this time).

Two ways customers get around...

	- run the backup twice (not very practical but some customers do it).
	- make a copy of the tape using RMS...watch the RMS limitations.
	- use Saveset Manager (SSM)  This will copy backup tapes for
	  you.

Ted
CSC/Colorado Springs