and ... as far as we (well, CA sales people) are concerned VM:Backup and HiDRO are a *single* product. You license VM:Backup and it "comes with" the VM:Backup HiDRO Feature!
So between that "product" you have lots of options for configuring and addressing your z/VM backup requirements. JR JR (Steven) Imler CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1 703 708 3479 Fax: +1 703 708 3267 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walter > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 01:45 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Backup CMS files > > Oops, Richard's correct. Change my mention of CA's Syback > (an ancient > name) to CA's HiDRO. > Something was nagging me when I wrote that, Richard provided the > confirmation why. :-) > > Mike Walter > Hewitt Associates > Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily > represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. > > > In reply to: > VM:Backup from CA if you are interested in the ability to restore > individual files from CMS format minidisks or from SFS. They > also have a > product called Hidro for disk image backups. You might want > to check out > IBM's products for backup. Make sure that whatever you choose is a > product that you can live with as changing at a later date, when you > have a large collection of backup tapes, can be a troublesome task. > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > > The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying > documents may contain information that is confidential or > otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the > intended recipient of this message, or if this message has > been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the > sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, > including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or > other use of the contents of this message by anyone other > than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All > messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be > monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to > ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect > our business. Emails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed > to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or > destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have > accepted these risks if you communicate with us by email. > >