Off-Site Server Recovery

Our client wants the quickest possible access to their data in case of a
disaster occuring.

We are considering the following suggestions:
1. Backup their exchange mailboxes, store and data as well as system state
to DLT.
Move DLT tape to our office on the daily basis. In the office we will
have an exact duplicate
of their machine with the same OS/exchange/hotfixes/service packs. In
case of disaster we recover Exchange info and data.
However the downside of this setup is that their miscellaneous
applications used on the server wont be restored.


Solution 2 is what we really want to make work:
In this solutions Veritas would backup _entire_ server (sort of like Ghost
making image of the drive) to the DLT
tape every day. We would bring the tape to our office on the daily basis. We
would also keep the exact
replica of their machine in our office. In case of disaster we would restore
entire server to the spare machine from one of
our own machines with a DLT drive.

My question is: Does Veritas have capability to make 'image' of the entire
drive? Or is the solution 1 the only way to accomplish what we want.

Thank you much in advance for all suggestions.

I may be mistaken but Veritas should back up everything (if you hav
it set correclty). Give them a call and verify it with them

Another alternative would be to set up a high speed connection betwee
the boxes (client location & your location) and have them mirro
each other. At that point you would maybe lose a few minutes of dat
at the most

Pete C