I often think I want to be one of the dead or at least unavailable if we ever have a disaster. If I have to do the recovery, it'll probably kill me. It'll be mostly seat of the pants. Very HOT SEAT.
Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Howard Brazee > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:48 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Mainframe Executive article on the death of tape > > On 31 Mar 2010 09:04:19 -0700, scott.har...@embarqmail.com (Scott T. > Harder) wrote: > > >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. > > We test our backup procedures all the time. > > Testing restore procedures? That would tie up my computer, we can't > afford to do that. > > Running from a remote site? That would cost too much. > > Surviving a disaster? Hopefully that will be someone else's problem. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
