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Re: Monthly full backups with MODE=ABSOLUTE

2005-09-01 12:13:05
Subject: Re: Monthly full backups with MODE=ABSOLUTE
From: "Mark D. Rodriguez" <mark AT MDRCONSULT DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:12:44 -0500
William,

I agree with Wanda about checking the performance of the DB, but if that
is not the problem then you may need to try something other than file
level backup.  Have you considered using image backups?  Image backups
run much faster and they have the advantage of improving restore times
on systems with large number of files.

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Mark D. Rodriguez
President MDR Consulting, Inc.

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William Boyer wrote:

I have a client with requirements for full monthly backups being retained for 
7-years. 2-years ago we set them up with monthly
schedules in a domain with the copygroups set to MODE=ABSOLUTE. Now these 
backups are running forever and I think it has to do with
so many versions of the files and an INCREMENTAL schedule. The admin of ths 
shop has said that the monthly backups take longer each
month.

My question...would setting -INCRBYDATE help with this? These backups MUST be a 
FULL. No choice on that.

Bill Boyer
"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" - ??