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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 07:41:08 EST
- Sender: VMCENTER Components Discussion List <L-VMCTR@AKRONVM.BITNET>
- From: Ken Koester <MAINT2@ERS.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Off Site Copies of VM/Archive Data
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu,
- 19 Nov 1992 20:38:16 GMT from <J.G.Bryan@BHAM.AC.U K>
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- On Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:38:16 GMT Graham Bryan said:
- >
- >Normally we DO NOT write twins when running VMArchive.
- >(The main reason for this is that with only two tape drives you
- >couldn't then do merge/purge correctly)
- >
- A minor quibble: you *can* do merge/purge correctly in such a situation; you
- just can't create a twin for the merged tape.
-
- >However to make sure that we are in a 'reasonable' position to get
- >back a file in the event of a tape crash, we use VMBTCPY EXEC to
- >copy each set of VMARCH tapes as it is closed and move the copy
- >offsite.
- >
- An interesting idea. Will have to consider that for our site (although I'd
- rather get another tape unit or 2).
-
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