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Chapter 21. Using Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager

You can use Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager (DRM) product to do any one or all the following:

You can also use the disaster recovery plan for audits to certify the recoverability of the server.

Note:
DRM is a separate program product that must be licensed before using. For more information, see Registering Licensed Features.

Before using this chapter, you should be familiar with Chapter 20, Protecting and Recovering Your Server.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Tasks:
Specifying Defaults for Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager
Specifying Recovery Instructions for Your Site
Specifying Information About Your Server and Client Node Machines
Specifying Recovery Media for Client Machines
Creating and Storing the Disaster Recovery Plan
Managing Disaster Recovery Plan Files Stored on Target Servers
Moving Backup Media
Summary of Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager Daily Tasks
Staying Prepared for a Disaster (No Tape Management Product)
Staying Prepared for a Disaster (with a Tape Management Product)
Recovering From a Disaster
Disaster Recovery Reference:
Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager Checklist
The Disaster Recovery Plan File

In this chapter, most examples illustrate how to perform tasks by using a Tivoli Storage Manager command-line interface. For information about the commands, see Administrator's Reference, or issue the HELP command from the command line of a Tivoli Storage Manager administrative client.

Tivoli Storage Manager tasks can also be performed from the administrative Web interface. For more information about using the administrative interface, see Quick Start.

Task Required Privilege Class
All DRM tasks unless otherwise noted. System
Note:
If you created a recovery plan file with ADSM Version 3 Release 1, some names in that file may no longer be valid. After installing Tivoli Storage Manager, immediately back up your storage pools and database and create a new recovery plan file.

You can use a recovery plan file and database backup that were created on an ADSM Version 3 Release 1 server to restore a Tivoli Storage Manager server. After the restore is complete, start the server by submitting the server startup job with the UPGRADEDB parameter. Use the UPGRADEDB parameter only for the initial startup.

To recover from a disaster, you must know the location of offsite recovery media. DRM helps you to determine which volumes to move offsite and back onsite and, tracks the location of the volumes. DRM offsite recovery media management can work with or without a tape management product.


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