RE: the whoops! and off site tape storage

["Mark A. Manske" <mmanske@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry,

Here we have next to the computer a "box" with daily "changed only objects"
that
go back 4 weeks, then rotate.   It is policy in an emergency to grab the
box,
or risk having your legs and arms amputated (well, ok, just slapped up side
the head ;)

We then do full back up each Friday night, those go off site.  They come
back in after
they have been out for two months for rotation.
We also keep "forever" year-end back ups, two sets, one on-site, and one
off-site.

Has worked well in our situation.

We are not using a service to place these, the VP is keeping them at his
residence.

HTH
Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jerry
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 11:03 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: the whoops! and off site tape storage


What are other doing with regard to moving backup tapes off site?

Just curious.

We send them out every AM and I'm finding that it would be convenient to
have a
tape on site to restore a "whoops!" file (one that got whacked in error by
an
embarrased pgmr).  It costs us $300 to retrieve a tape and takes 2 hours.

So....

Are others sending tapes off immediately or waiting a day or so?

Jerry
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