Gary,


At our compagny we write the files to private volumesets. If you want to be
safe, you could try to use more then one logfile on different private
volumesets.

Saves you from crashing ldev 1 problems and from loss of uptime by ftp.


Regards,


Jan Gerrit Kootstra
System Engineer HP3000-MPE/iX
Dept. Cimplex
Roccade Civility Rotterdam BV
Netherlands
tel:  +31-10-4435209
fax: +31-10-4678911
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Gary Nolan wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> After losing the sysdisc last week we have had some questions and discussion
> about Image log files and how to save them.
> Logging to tape is not practical an a pain in the.  Logging to disc is great
> as long as you don't lose ldev 1 (as we found out the hard way).
> So one idea we came up with to use FTP to copy the log file to a PC on the
> network every ½ hour. While this does not save all your info losing a ½ hour
> is better than loosing 8-12 hours work.
> Any body want to shoot holes in this method or come up with another (disc
> raid excluded) please do so.
> I though that there might be a product available that would copy records
> from the log file to a PC backup file as they are written but could not find
> any (any takers out there).
> While I would not bet the farm on a PC it might be a cheap way to save us a
> lot of time and trouble.
>
> Thanks for the time and input
> Gary Nolan
> Sydney Steel Corporation