Re: How to perform a GIG MIG

["William A.\(Tony\) Corbett" <corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,
I've never heard of such a thing, but you are much more likely to have a
problem trying to avoid a backup than if you just go ahead and do one.  From
my experience, a DST disk copy (the only thing I know that you could be
talking about) won't work anyway with not-exactly-the-same drives.  (been
there, etc) You're in a perfect position...you have the best backup already,
the drives.  This takes care of the most important part of this project,
CYA.  Here's what I'd do:
1.  Do a good save-21 on a good tape drive using a good tape, if paranoid,
do 2
2.  Mark, number, spray paint, whatever the drives so you can put them back
in the same place.  
3.  Swap in the drives, taking real good care of the originals.
4.  reload the system from the backup, in the right order, refer to the
Backup & Recovery manual for a checklist.

If something hits the fan, well, here's where the afore-mentioned CYA comes
in.

William A.(Tony) Corbett
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