I’ve got a large (~16 TB) file server that I want to back up onto a ~40TB RAID array connected to

the fileserver  via fiber channel (so there is no backup traffic on our network).

I need to ease into the backups – I don’t want to  try to back up the whole file system at once because

everything will grind to a stop trying to move that much data.   I want to distribute the backups over 4 successive weekends,

doing about 5Tb  each time.

How do I set up the configuration file(s)  so I can start the backup process one Friday and turn on the  subsequent

sections every Friday until everything is running. If I turn I on now with the full backups on succeeding Fridays  with incremental backups

on other days those incrementals will all get promoted to full on the first night it tries to backup.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

J. Chris Johnston
Polymers Branch, Structures and Materials Division   (216) 433-5029
NASA John H. Glenn Research Center                              (216) 977-7132 (fax)
21000 Brookpark Rd MS 49-3                              James.C.Johnston-1 AT nasa DOT gov
Cleveland, Ohio 44135
                    

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