Re: Stacked backups Was: Virtualizing Tape VIOS vs IBM 1

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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So because I just replied to another thread that got me thinking VTL you 
can use a SPHiNX VTL as the target from BRMS then from the SPHiNX do a 
stacked export of the BRMS "tapes" to a single LTO volume for off-site 
storage. This gives best of both worlds. Your "tapes" (Virtual) are 
still local and in BRMS control for any needed restores (and QUICKLY 
too, it's virtual) AND you've off-sited them on a single cartridge which 
you created without any system overhead since it's done on the SPHiNX. 
Plus the SPHiNX looks like multiple drives to i and as a consequence you 
can back up all your partitions at any time.
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On 9/26/2014 7:47 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Kirk,
>
> Have you thought about submitting a DCR, or a COMMON requirement, to allow
> BRMS to stack multiple lpars onto a single tape?
> IDK if we could use that as I would be concerned about timing the saves on
> each lpar.
>
> Rob Berendt