You're absolutely on the money, Donna.
It's critical that a plan be developed to the lowest level of detail and
reviewed with these (or for that matter any) vendors any time there's a
topology/architecture change.
Successful completion of annual testing is a must. Issues such as how
HPSUSAN/Model String (whether HP contracted or 3rd party DR key
provisioning) seem to get handled through the sales/contract agreement
process, but the actual mechanism of who/how/when often seems to become
a sticking point.
Jack Connor
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of donna hofmeister
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:14 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Disaster Recovery
having had experience with one of the two to throw in my two cents....
having had experience with one of the two pricey companies mentioned
below....if you company elects to go with a 'major' DR provider, be
absolutely certain that they can provide the correct architecture mpe
system. if you are currently on a nio system (a- or n-class) and you're
given a cio system (9x8, 9x9, 99x) -- or visa versa -- you may spend an
extraordinary amount of time trying to get up an running on the dr box.
also, don't hold your breath about getting any help from the dr company.
at least in my experience <sigh> - d
--
Donna Hofmeister, HP-CSA Sr. System Programmer dgarverick -at- longs
-dot- com
925-210-6631 Longs Drug Stores
>>>MY opinions, not Longs Drug Stores'<<
----- Original Message ----
From: Jack Connor <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:15:46 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Disaster Recovery
Bob,
I work in the MPE Practice at Abtech Support Services.
Abtech offers a variety of DR solutions from managing/maintaining
remotely located platform(s) located at Abtech/non-Abtech facilities to
"hot ship" equipment staged at an Abtech location closest to the
designated ship-to point.
We've worked with various customers to develop DR/Business Continuity
plans to reduce risk within an affordable budget.
For those clients needing instantaneous failover, big dedicated
bandwidth comm req's, or multiple vendor platform redundancy, Sungard
and IBM Global Services provide extremely comprehensive, albeit pricey,
solutions.
Hope this helps...didn't mean this to be a plug for Abtech, but I do
know we have the solutions in place.
Jack Connor
Abtech Support Services
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Bob Sigworth
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:56 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [HP3000-L] Disaster Recovery
Maybe somebody can steer me in the right direction. I have had more
than a few 3000 users that were interested in a third party company that
offeres DR services. Not every client is comfortable or has the staff
or facilities to manage their own DR 3000 server.
Is there a third party company that still offers the 3000 user remote DR
services? Any contact information would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bob Sigworth
Bay Pointe Technology
800-746-1420
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