Re: strategy to prove backups are good -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: strategy to prove backups are good
From: Gavin Inman <midrangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 20:18:20 -0400
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We back up to a vIrtual Tape device. After the system comes back up, we issue a DUPTAP command from the Virtual drive to a physical tape. If the virtual backup tape isn't good, the DUPTAP job will fail. We consider that a verification.

Gavin.

On 4/20/2025 3:55 PM, Jerry Draper wrote:
Auditors want proof that the backups indeed did a backup.

Strategy?

Perhaps read jog log for confirmation of each step?

SAVSECDTA
SAVCFTG
SAVLIB *ALLUSR
SAVDLO
SAV <IFS>

TIA,

Jerry

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