RE: HMC backup

Hi, all. Our HMC was WAY behind (original install from 2004), and I
just completed a series of upgrades to get it up to version 7 (very
nice, by the way). Between each stage of the upgrade, I used BART PE
and Symantec Ghost to image the machine's hard drive in case of some
calamity or misstep on my part. Fortunately, I did not need to use the
Ghost image to restore it, but I have little doubt that it would have
worked. Every time I make a substantive change to the HMC, I take
another Ghost image. Never timed it, but I think it takes less than 20
minutes...

Regards,
Charlie


Charlie Prothero
CIO

Keystone College
One College Green * La Plume, PA 18440
570-945-8015


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Snyder
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:53 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: HMC backup


I just upgraded our HMC from 7.3.2 to 7.3.4 (with MH01152) - very
smoothe
and farely quick process.

I did backups before to DVD-RAM and it took more than 1 hour.
I did a backup after to DVD-RAM and it took about two minutes.
These were the full HMC backups, not just the upgrade backup.

I am all for picking up the pace, just want to make sure I am not
taking
speed and ignoring a problem. The boot process of the HMC seemed much
faster as well.

Anyone else experience such a thing? Should I be concerned or any way
to
test and make sure the backup worked? The dialog box did say it was
doing
the integrity checking.

Thanks.
Dave