Author: timothy.arnold AT becta.org DOT uk (Timothy Arnold)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 14:15:43 +0100
Hi Veritas users! I am hoping someone could give me some information regarding backup to disk. I would like to perform backups to disk to another building (connected via 1gbps fibre) Monday thru Thur
I am currently working on the same solution. Veritas 4.5 does support backup to disk. As far as cheap disk space you may want to check around for the best price. Hi Veritas users! I am hoping someone
It works just fine, staging to disk, except for NDMP backups. Why don't you just stage *all* your backups to disk, and then write to tape when you're done? I'd probably just put a media server in a
Author: timothy.arnold AT becta.org DOT uk (Timothy Arnold)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:14:04 +0100
John, Thanks for this. All very useful information. We currently run Netbackup 3.4 and it appears you cannot write to disk - does this mean I will have to upgrade to 4.5? Following your suggestion, i
John what type of problems are you having with NDMP backups when staging to disk? It works just fine, staging to disk, except for NDMP backups. Why don't you just stage *all* your backups to disk, an
In 3.4 you can create storage groups which are comprised of disk storage versus tape storage. I just got a quote for a 4TB RAID capable FC disk array for ~$8800USD (no, I'm not a salesman ; ) ). I'm
Author: TsiamisP AT unisystems DOT gr (Tsiamis, Panagiotis)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:35:24 +0300
Well actually you can (at least in 3.4.1 I've seen around, but I think it should be there in 3.4 also). You can create a Storage Unit of type "Disk" and subsequently specify the Media Server and the
Author: timothy.arnold AT becta.org DOT uk (Timothy Arnold)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:38:03 +0100
Thanks everyone for all the useful information. I think my proposal will be: Install master (or media server) offsite in secondary building. This server will be connected to a disk array filled with
That's what I plan to do. In addition, I have another Filer in our remote office and I replicate mission critical data to that filer for a fast recovery. Management insist on doing this. I have some