On 31 Mar 2010 09:04:19 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Thanks, Rick. I was beginning to think that my post didn't hit the list, >and I had figured it to raise more than a few hairs on the backs of heads. >;-) > >Anyway... Yes! I think (don't know at all, for sure, so this is just my >opinion) that too many shops back up data and that's it. Without repeated >testing, backups are worth squat. Not to mention all the other required >facilities, such as telephony, internet connectivity, etc., etc., etc.
And the same is true for your personal PC. I hadn't done backups for 2 weeks when the hard drive on my computer decided to crash. I got a new computer and was grateful that I at least had that and that my email is on my USB key. I am now revising my backup and recovery procedures. > >All the best, >Scott > >Scott T. Harder >Mainframe Services, Inc. >Naples, FL > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On >> Behalf Of Rick Fochtman >> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:04 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >> Subject: Re: Mainframe Executive article on the death of tape >> >> ------------------------------<snip>----------------------------- >> I think we would all be appalled and scared crap-less (to put it nicely) >> if we all really knew the true state of BCP's at many companies. There >> should be more customer involvement in DR; built into the contracts. >> IOW, review of required test results, etc., if the customer so chooses; >> at a minimum, so that they can tell that a test was done! Rigid >> accountability to those that make the company viable is the only way >> towards improvement here. >> --------------------------<unsnip>---------------------------------- >> Complete agreement, Scott. But far too many "IT Executives" are >> interested only in the "bottom line". DR planning and testing are an >> insurance policy that is all too often viewed as an unnecessary expense. >> >> During the "Chicago Flood" of 1992, we discovered a number of holes in >> our disaster recovery procedures, but our provider was able to supply >> the necessary expertise and equipment to plug those holes. Consequently, >> we were able to recover our (admittedly small) shop in just over 5 >> hours, at least to the point where our basic business functions could >> proceed. Then we hit issues like how to distribute printed reports, and >> how to print them in a timely fashion. That's when we learned about >> channel extension, power supply and distribution at alternate sites. All >> in all, a very powerful learning experience. >> >> Another shop that I know of never did get running at the DR site; quite >> a few heads were rolled after that little fiasco, and they were >> high-level heads! :-) >> >> Rick >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >> Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
