> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fenner, Jim > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:54 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust > > > <snip> > > The average time for D/R recoverability on a squatty box is > measured in > days....not hours. > > </snip> > For privacy's sake please do NOT read the anal-retentive message > appended automatically by our email system to this message :-) > > I concur. At our installation , the SAP system which handles a lot of > the personnel and timekeeping data of 20,000 users suffered a 'bit' of > corruption. > The piddling amount of data would have been rolled back - > correctly and > reliably - on mainframe DB2 in hours, IF it ever would have developed > the problem in the first place, which I seriously doubt. > > However, it runs on MS-SQL server on PC servers, and the data recovery > took two *days*.
Agreed, We recover our zSeries production environment (not test or MDOF) in about 8 hours. The LAN people have never completely restored their production environment at DR. They just pick one "system" to restore (maybe 3-4 boxes - MS SQL server, Application Server, IIS Server) and test it, along with the "Active Directory" environment. Also, we backup our production environment in about 3 hours on Sunday (and people complain!). The LAN people schedule all of Saturday and Sunday for their backups. And they rarely complete successfully. They blame it on "obsolete tape technology" and are pushing for off-site replication as the ONLY possible solution. I like off-site replication, but to say it is the ONLY possible solution just points out the immaturity of their solution. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
