On 21 Mar 2007 12:31:50 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
I learnt that the hard, but not critical way, some time back. We were using
FDR for backups and creating 1 original and a copy at the same time. One
copy would go in the firesafe and one would stay in the robbie (Comparex
On Mar 22, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Clark Morris wrote:
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Over 20 years ago now, I fouled up the backup control statements to
the FDRDSF dump of the development volume so that at least some
libraries weren't backed up. I discovered it when we went to
This is why you TEST your backup tapes, folks...
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:33:55 -0500, Ed Gould
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There was still hope, until the department discovered its third line
of defense, backup tapes, were unreadable.
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:33:25 -0500, Doc Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This is why you TEST your backup tapes, folks...
I learnt that the hard, but not critical way, some time back. We were using
FDR for backups and creating 1 original and a copy at the same time. One
copy would go in the
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Subject: Re: Slightly OT Backups not Good on PC
This is why you TEST your backup tapes, folks...
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Some years ago
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Thompson, Steve
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Some years ago with what today is called a SOHO, I used a
Seagate backup system (before it became Veritas) that wrote
to a tape cartridge where the cartridge unit was attached via
a
Well, it's completely unrelated to PC or mainframe or any other
platform. It could be related to installation size: poor PC with poor
backup HW SW *staff* is not as well protected as rich one.
BTW: Did I mention the staff ?
The only way to have backups restorable is to think about it and
I learnt that the hard, but not critical way, some time back. We were using
FDR for backups and creating 1 original and a copy at the same time. One
copy would go in the firesafe and one would stay in the robbie (Comparex
6388 ACL if anyone remembers those beasts!) Anyway management decided that
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