This section provides an overview of the tasks involved in recovering the server and clients. It also presents scenarios of both procedures.
Procedure
Here are guidelines for recovering your server:
- Obtain the latest disaster recovery plan file.
- Break out the file to view, update, print, or run as macros or scripts (for example, batch programs or batch files).
- Obtain the copy storage pool volumes and active-data pool volumes from the vault.
- Locate a suitable replacement machine.
If a mksysb or sysback was done that included
a Tivoli® Storage
Manager server
that was already installed, restore an AIX® image
to your replacement machine.
Restore the operating system
and Tivoli Storage
Manager
to your replacement machine.
Restore the Windows operating system and Tivoli Storage
Manager to your
replacement machine. When using the Tivoli Storage
Manager device driver
(ADSMSCSI), you will also need to start ADSMSCSI.- Review the RECOVERY.SCRIPT.DISASTER.RECOVERY.MODE RECOVERY.SCRIPT.NORMAL.MODE scripts because they are important for restoring the server to a point where clients can be recovered (see Disaster recovery mode stanza).
Results
Recovering the Clients: To recover clients, do the following:
- Get the following information by querying the recovered database:
- Client machines that have been defined to Tivoli Storage Manager, along with their location and restore priority value
- The location of the boot recovery media
- Specific recovery instructions for the machine
- Hardware requirements for the machine
- With this information restore the client machines. As a first priority, check into the library the volumes that belong to active-data pools. When a client initiates a restore attempt, storage volumes within an active-data pool have a higher restore priority than standard primarysequential storage pool volumes or copy storage pool volumes.