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Enterprise Backup Delivery Report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rachel Sage)
Thu Aug 31 15:50:21 2000
Message-Id: <10008311949.AA02948@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 00 15:46:34 EDT
From: Rachel Sage <SAGE@MITVMA.MIT.Edu>
To: delivery@MIT.EDU
Cc: Peter B Kelley <KELLEY@MIT.EDU>, Roger A Roach <RAR@MIT.EDU>,
ebs-l@MIT.EDU
Project Name: Enterprise Backup System
Project Leader: Rachel Sage
Report Date: August 31, 2000
URL: http://windsurf.mit.edu/ebs
Accomplishments Past Period:
* Installed and configured hardware for W91 portion of backup system
* Recabled SAN system in W91
* Installed OS patches on W91 SAP systems for new hardware support
* Installed NetBackup on E40 master server
* Setup initial NetBackup configuration in E40
* Completed initial backup and restore testing in E40
* Designed production backup configurations for E40 systems.
* Designed phased rollout process for E40 systems
* Negotiated date for E40 Phase I rollout with R3-admin
* Completed test plan document
* Started MIT required customizations
Goals for the Coming Period
* Complete regression testing for Phase I rollout in E40
* Define requirements for alerts and notifications reports
* Continue training and documentation
* Install and configure Vault product for coordinating offsite media storage
* Go live with Phase I rollout in E40
* Determine requirements and dates for rollouts of Phases II and III in E40
* Investigate need for Veritas Advanced Reporter
* Create fiber network of ATL-based tape drives in W91
* Install NetBackup in W91
* Setup initial configuration of NetBackup in W91
Issues:
* Three issues have slowed us down a bit. The first, as described in previous
reports, is configuring new hardware. The second delay resulted due to the
fact that the first Veritas consultant was not qualified to help us and
had to be sent home.
The last issue will probably continue to slow us down. There is
quite a bit of work going on on the SAP systems related to the 4.6
upgrade. We will have to continue to negotiate rollout dates with
R3-admin so that we all can get our work done!
Key Learnings:
* Gotta love that bleeding edge technology. Don't underestimate the
time that new technology will bleed out of you!
Team Dynamics:
* All is currently well. There are a couple of other projects on the
horizon that may reduce the amount of time that team members can spend
of this project.
