Re: Websphere Disaster Recovery

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not to sound 'flippant' in another way, but . . .

I'm a 1-person IT shop with a non LPARed 520.  There is no way on God's
green earth that I would try a complete reinstall from scratch over a
weekend just to see if it works.

And yes, I know that means it's untested.


On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Graap, Kenneth <
Kenneth.Graap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Not to sound "flippant" ... But this is way you have regular DR Tests,
> to discover if everything will work.
>
> However, a full save followed by a full restore, will put everything
> back the way it should be and you can expect your Web Applications to
> run just fine. The DR Test will prove that you are saving everything and
> that everything is restoring correctly.
>
>
> Kenneth
> Kenneth E. Graap
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethgraap
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve McKay
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:51 AM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Websphere Disaster Recovery
>
> Up until now, our DR process has been simple - restore from our Save 21
> tape according to the Backup and Recovery Guide.  Now, we've started
> running some apps that use Websphere.  Does that complicate our DR
> process?  It appears that all of the Websphere pieces live in the IFS.
> Will there be tweaks to Websphere after we restore the IFS to the DR box
> or will it 'just run'?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>
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