The following scenario demonstrates the use of the MOVE DRMEDIA and PREPARE
commands to generate an up-to-date disaster recovery plan for disaster
recovery preparation.
- Schedule automatic nightly backups to occur in the following order:
- Primary Storage Pools
- Database
- Daily, create a list of the previous night's database and storage
pool backup volumes to be sent offsite:
query drmedia * wherestate=mountable
- Eject the volumes from the library. To indicate the ejected volumes
that are unavailable for onsite processing, issue the following command:
move drmedia * wherestate=mountable
This command marks the volumes unavailable to TSM.
- Create a new recovery plan:
prepare
Copy the recovery plan file to a diskette to be given to the
courier.
- To determine if any tapes need to be returned from the vault, generate a
list with the following command:
query drmedia * wherestate=vaultretrieve
- Give the courier the database and storage pool backup tapes, the recovery
plan file diskette, and the list of volumes to be returned from the
vault. Then issue the following command:
move drmedia * wherestate=notmountable
- The courier gives you the tapes that were on the previous day's return
from the vault list. Update the state of these tapes:
move drmedia * wherestate=courierretrieve
- Call the vault and verify that the backup tapes arrived and are secure,
and that the tapes to be returned to the site have been given to the
courier.
- Set the location of the volumes sent to the vault:
move drmedia * wherestate=courier
- Set the location of the volumes given to the courier by the vault:
move drmedia * wherestate=vaultretrieve