Re: Multiple Archive Tapes

Harold Trammel wrote: > > We are running Online 5.0 on an HP-UX system which has only one DDS tape > drive. We want to make two "identical" tape backups of our Online > system. One tape is to remain on-site, the other off-site for > security/disaster recovery. > > Our Online system is getting new data 16-20 hours out of each day. We > cannot afford to take users off the database to let us do backups (that > is one reason why we have Online). The problem is that in the 1-2 hours > it takes for us to make one backup, the users have entered new data and > the second tape will not contain the same data. In addition, the second > backup will remove the logical log(s) that will have been created > between the first and second backup. This can cause problems with > restoration of the Online system. > > I cannot add a second tape drive for several reasons. How do others > solve this problem? > > Thanks in advance for your assistance. > -- > Harold L. Trammel |"... encourage > ASPCA/National Animal Poison Control Center | one another > Phone:217/337-5030 x 260 Fax: 217/337-0599 | daily ..." - Heb 3:13 Archive to disk, mate! Neil Truby Chase Manhattan Bank Bournemouth, UK