testing dial backup...

2001-02-25 Thread jenny . mcleod
Forwarded by Jenny Mcleod/NSO/CSDA on 26/02/2001 09:53 am --- "Z" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@groupstudy.com on 23/02/2001 02:13:35 pm Please respond to "Z" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: testing dial backup...

2001-02-25 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
>Hi, > > >I am often amused by people that design sytems to work and test them >to work. Why? At least test them to see if they fail to work. > >In a place I worked they had an UPS. This was to supply a backup >for the entire computer room and state wide connumcations centre. >Every other mon

Re: testing dial backup...

2001-02-25 Thread Tony van Ree
Hi, I am often amused by people that design sytems to work and test them to work. Why? At least test them to see if they fail to work. In a place I worked they had an UPS. This was to supply a backup for the entire computer room and state wide connumcations centre. Every other month they w

Re: testing dial backup...

2001-02-23 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
>Brian wisely observed, >You have to test it...no matter what. Thats like having a "Tape >backup" system, but never actually trying to do a restore until you *have* >to. In the great tradition of sea stories, "Hey, this really happened!" A couple of years ago, I had a consulting client t

Re: testing dial backup...

2001-02-23 Thread Z
I know this, why do you think I asked the question??? wow. - Original Message - From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Z <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 12:46 AM Subject: Re: testing dial backup... > > You have to test

Re: testing dial backup...

2001-02-22 Thread Erick B.
Some suggestions. Make sure the ISDN link works first by not placing backup interface commands in the config. Just ping the remote dialer interface IP and see if it is succesful. If its not theres a config issue. Once you know the dialer connection works then place the backup interface command on

Re: testing dial backup...

2001-02-22 Thread Brian
You have to test it...no matter what. Thats like having a "Tape backup" system, but never actually trying to do a restore until you *have* to. On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Z wrote: > Question... Anybody know how I can test to see if our dial backup on our = > devices actually kicks up when the pr

Re: testing dial backup...

2001-02-22 Thread N.Anand
]> From:"Z" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:13:35 -0500 Subject: testing dial backup... Question... Anybody know how I can test to see if our dial backup on our = devices actually kicks up when the primary interface goes down? We have = dialer interfaces as our backup

testing dial backup...

2001-02-22 Thread Z
Question... Anybody know how I can test to see if our dial backup on our = devices actually kicks up when the primary interface goes down? We have = dialer interfaces as our backup and I want to see if they work. I just = got to this place a month ago and have noticed that in most of the = devices