Do you mean that the Auto Media Management attribute for the device does not
have to be set to 'Yes' for the device to re-use eligible media that is in
the device?

The 20 tape pool will be a full and 2 incrementals each M-F for 4 weeks I
guess I may need to make that a 26 or 27 day retention to ensure that the
media is eligible for recycling by the time it rolls around again.

The Monthly will be a single Full with 20+ year retention.  Index sizes are
not a problem the number of files on this system is only 10K or so.  The
full will go offsite the day after it's completed.





-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Darren Dunham
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:02 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Browse and Retention planning/question

> I would like to implement 2 separate browse/retention policies for this
> single host.  One is a pool of 20 tapes that rotate with browse/retention
of
> 28 days.  The reason for this is so that I can utilize Auto Media
Management
> to automatically re-label the tapes once they rotate around and have
reached
> recyc status.  The other pool is an infinite browse/retention for a backup
> that is taken the first of every month.

Good, but please don't refer to the feature as "Auto Media Management".
AMM is something else.  Automatic recycling is always done by Networker.

> How can I accomplish different browse/retention policies for a single host
> which happens to be the Networker server?

Create separate client instances, each with separate browse/retention
policies.  It doesn't require additional licenses. 

Do you plan on doing 'full' backups in both pools?  With what frequency
in your pool of 20?  How long do you plan on having the "infinite" pool
onsite after the bakcup has completed?


-- 
Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
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