[Networker] Copying data to another tape without cloning?
2010-10-18 10:41:00
1. Is it possible to move or copy data (let's say a save set) from
source tape A (pool type: backup) to tape B (pool type backup) *WITHOUT*
tape B having to be a clone volume?
The earlier post "Stage from tape to tape" got me thinking about this.
When using nsrstage, the target volume will have to a be a clone volume,
correct? After all, nsrstage does clone the data, yes? OK, assuming that
much, could you use scanner with uasm and then somehow re-pipe that to
another uasm command to re-save the data to the target tape? Or, would
it be better to simply recover the data to disk and then re-back it up?
This seems redundant, and in some cases, available disk space could be
an issue. What's the best way to do this sort of thing? How would this work?
The reason this came up is because there have been times in the past
when I had a given tape with a few save sets that I wanted to get off to
another tape but otherwise, I wanted to just recycle the tape. I ended
up just creating a new clone pool and cloning it, but in retrospect, I
didn't really want to have to create a new clone pool to do it, so
copying it to another tape in the same pool would have been logical. I
wasn't really trying to create an additional copy.
2. On another note, is it possible to use a symbolic name for the save
operation to the new tape that's different from the name (or default
name) for the original?
3. I assume that if you wanted to do the equivalent of a move rather
than a copy then you'd have to either recycle the original tape or use
nsrmm to delete the old ssid from the media database, following the copy
to the new tape, yes?
Thanks
George
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