Orin,
I am not certain if someone has already responded to these questions.
1) My slang "kick off selectives" meant to run a Selective backup instead
of an Incremental backup.
2) Storage pools can be set up that colocate data by node or even by
filespace. If you explain this to the user, maybe he'll be satisfied. Of
course, you can also protect storage pools with copy storage pools.
Good luck,
Dan T.
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> From: Orin Rehorst <rehorst AT POHA DOT COM>
> From: Orin Rehorst <rehorst AT POHA DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Full backups
> Date: Monday, January 12, 1998 8:36 AM
>
> Thanks for your response. This user has a dp
> background and doesn't want his files "spread over many tapes", making a
> tape failure more likely to effect him. That's why he wants a "full
> backup" about once a month. Also, what does "then kick off selectives
> for each of his hard drives" mean?
>
> TIA
>
> Orin Rehorst
> Port of Houston Authority
> (713)670-2443
> Fax: (713)670-2457
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Thompson
> [SMTP:thompsod AT USAA DOT COM]
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 1998 2:58
> PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Full backups
>
> Orin,
>
> This may be a simple answer, or not, depending
> on what your USER really
> wants.
>
> If he simply desires that a full backup be done
> monthly, then kick off
> selectives for each of his hard drives.
>
> If your USER really wants a monthly full that is
> kept for a specific amount
> of time then you have several options. This has
> been discussed in detail
> on this forum in the past and these discussions
> (as well as info. on a
> whitepaper someone wrote) you can extract them
> from the listserv archives.
>
> However, here are some of the options.
> 1) An easy options is to archive the data. If
> the USER wants this data
> kept for more than a month, then you will have
> multiple copies of the same
> file in ADSM's DB and storage, which is
> inefficient and contrary to one of
> ADSM's design features (don't send or store the
> same data more than once).
> For one user, this may not be a major concern.
> Another concern is that
> extra effort must be made to get individual
> file(s) back from an archive.
>
> 2) You can run a backup monthly using another
> nodename. By specifying
> another node, the daily backups and monthly
> backups will not interact with
> one another, so to speak. This solution is
> handy if your user simply wants
> the ability to recover to a backup as it was
> taken at month-end. The data
> stored on ADSM will be doubled due to the
> multiple nodes, but this may be
> more efficient than the archives, depending on
> the desired retention
> period.
>
> I hope this helps. If you want it, I have some
> copies of the
> e-mail/jcl-esque message you send to the
> listserv server to do searchs.
>
>
> Good luck,
> Dan T.
>
> ----------
> > From: Orin Rehorst <rehorst AT POHA DOT COM>
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Full backups
> > Date: Friday, January 09, 1998 3:34 PM
> >
> > Have one user who wants a full backup once a
> month (and he's got the
> > clout to get 'em). How is that done, please.
> (OS is Win95)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Orin Rehorst
> > MIS Project Manager
> > Port of Houston Authority
> > Technical Coordinator, TOPAS, and EDI
> standards committee
> > rehorst AT poha DOT com
> > Phone: (713)670-2443
> > Fax: (713)670-2457
> > http://www.neosoft.com/~rehorst/home.htm
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