This was actually our first option - remote shadow imaging. The high cost involved and the fundamental requirements of an actual disaster recovery eliminated the proposal.
________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Allinson Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 1:09 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VM:Backup: Twinning Tapes to Remote Tape Unit Thinking laterally about this, there is always another solution. Have you thought about long-distance remote PPRC for your DASD. I am not sure if the official IBM PPRC-XD product can cope with 3000 miles but there are solutions that can. Colin Allinson Amadeus Data Processing GmbH