I explain what I did in this blog post:
http://www.backupcentral.com/content/view/41/47/




Curtis Preston  |  VP Data Protection  
GlassHouse Technologies, Inc.
 
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Infrastructure :: Optimized

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Francis Swasey
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:10 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Networker D2D2T backups and D2T cloning speed

On 8/7/08 12:58 PM, Curtis Preston wrote:
>> No, there is no method to get NetWorker to multiplex a clone tape 
>> (that I have found yet). 
>>     
>
> ...if the source wasn't multiplexed.  If the source was multiplexed, the
> clone will be multiplexed (in most instances).  The problem here is that
> the source isn't multiplexed.  Disk backups are written to separate
> files.
>   

What tool are you using to look at the clone tapes and verify they are 
multiplexed?  I'd love to use it to see how badly multiplexed the source 
tapes are for this one customer who I really need to abuse into giving 
up about 70K for licenses and disk storage...

-- 
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