>Richard Sims ...
>
>How do YOU perceive implementing a "neutral" archive format
>given that most storage formats vary from platform to platform
>anyway (e.g., MVS to AIX), and sometimes from one drive architecture
>to another, because of changes in recording density, etc ?
Ray - I think that one
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From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 1:45 PM
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Subject: Re: Long Term Archive for Databases
One thing to keep in min
>Here's an easy answer that'll work some of the time:
>If your organization already has in place a job that archives the necessary
>things to microfiche or local tape, etc, just modify that job to write the
>archive to TSM instead.
One thing to keep in mind: TSM is a proprietary solution, meanin
>
> On top of this, you're probably archiving, in paper format, the original
> stuff that was used to fill the database. The good news about that is you
> could actually read the paper 20 years from now.
Not if the paper is high in acid content.
:-)... joe.f.
(Or hi on drugs :-)
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Kai Hintze
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 12:08 PM
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It's not our job to tell the business what they can and cannot back up. On
the other hand, sometimes
It's not our job to tell the business what they can and cannot back up. On
the other hand, sometimes when we present them with the cost--be sure to
include the cost of maintaining the current tape library plus the new ones
you will need by then--they realize that might be a better way to keep the
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Subject: Re: Long Term Archive for Databases
Jim,
we have this discussion nearly every year. We all know that we need not only
the
backup of the database, but also the appropriate DBM version plus Operating
system, hardware and application software. We have to keep our inventory
data
for 15 yea
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Prather, Wanda
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 9:13 AM
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Subject: Re: Long Term Archive for Databases
Suppose you did restore an Oracle data base that was 7 years old.
How co
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> I keep getting this pressure from clients to keep copies of
> their 500GB
> oracle database for 7 years. They don't seem to know why
> they want it kept
> for seven years. Like most
Suppose you did restore an Oracle data base that was 7 years old.
How confident are you that your Oracle software could still read it?
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From: Jim Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 10:48 AM
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Subject: Long Term Archive
Jim,
we have this discussion nearly every year. We all know that we need not only the
backup of the database, but also the appropriate DBM version plus Operating
system, hardware and application software. We have to keep our inventory data
for 15 years! I have more than 10 years old half inch tap
I keep getting this pressure from clients to keep copies of their 500GB
oracle database for 7 years. They don't seem to know why they want it kept
for seven years. Like most others they don't think of what their restore
requirements are.
Has anyone had to restore/retrieve a large database that
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