Re: [SAGE] current state of backup software

[Michael Barrow <michael@michaelbarrow.name>]

On Nov 2, 2006, at 11:55 PM, Michael Barrow wrote:

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> On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:03 AM, Derek J. Balling wrote:
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>> On Oct 30, 2006, at 10:04 AM, Michael Barrow wrote:
>>> I don't know about TSM, so I won't comment on how it would handle  
>>> this situation. However, with NetBackup, you would just have it  
>>> synthesize a full backup from the previous full (real or  
>>> synthetic) and all of the subsequent incremental backups.
>>
>> But this is all predicated on the presumption that "the first copy  
>> was good". If the source of all the derivatives is bad, corrupted,  
>> etc., there's *no* redundancy in such a backup solution.
>>
>
> Make sure your backups work!

Sorry for spamming the list with this. I was meaning to be tongue in  
cheek and only send to Derek. Clearly, I'm sleepy and will put down  
the keyboard now....



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