==> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:06:42 PDT, Sam Sheppard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Our main customer is having some potential legal problems and has made the > following request: > "I am requesting that all File Server Backups taken prior to June 15, 2005 > be preserved pending further instructions." Well, when you get extreme requests... I've thought about just such a request, and I came up with: - Disable client access on the TSM server in question - Disable expiration scheduling on the TSM server in question - Start generating N backupsets at a time, where N is your count of beefy tape drives, divided by 2. :) You are collocated, right? Huge disruption of ongoing backup work, yes. But it's a hugely disruptive request. Then send complainers to the legal folks. Luckily, while 4-5 TB of data is still rather a lot, with current tech it ought to be doable in one or two 24-hour days. Unless you're non-collocated. Shudder. - Allen S. Rout
