Networker

Re: [Networker] Spanning savesets across multiple AFTD devices

2012-04-24 12:17:16
Subject: Re: [Networker] Spanning savesets across multiple AFTD devices
From: Davina Treiber <Davina.Treiber AT PEEVRO.CO DOT UK>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:17:02 +0100
On 24/04/12 16:20, Michael Leone wrote:
> I thought for sure I heard that NW 7.6.2 could do this. I have storage 
> nodes that have AFTD devices. And due to some SAN re-configuration, these 
> devices will go from being larger than 2TB to being limited to 2TB (it's 
> complicated). 
> 
> Anyway, what I need to do is then present 2 of these 2TB devices to my 
> snode, and have it so that when the first one fills up, it will 
> automatically "spill over" and start to use the next one. In effect, I 
> need the savesets to span across multiple AFTD devices. I don't want to 
> use both at once; I want it to keep writing to AFTD device #1 until it 
> runs out of space, then automatically continue writing to AFTD device #2. 
> (I'm not looking to "load balance" or write to both AFTD devices at the 
> same time) 
> 
> But I am unsure how to accomplish that, and my searching skills are 
> failing me this morning. 

AFTD devices still do NOT span at any released version. The only thing
you could do is set a staging policy to stage between devices when one
fills, but this is a bit inefficient.

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