Todd:
Set up a DISK Storage Unit (*this is actually how NBU
used to work if the Media Mgr option wasn't purchased --
-this goes WAY BACK).
When you create that DISK storage unit, you can have
your client's class configured to use it (nice thing
about a DISK storage unit is of course it is a random
access device so you can scream, given you don't
saturate your disk channels).
What I have done in the past is script the following
for my clients.
After you have completed the backups to the DISK STU,
run bpduplicate to duplicate the images that have been
newly created to TAPE (2 copies - MAX in NBU 3.xx).
After all the images have been successfully duplicated,
next I expire the image on DISK, set the primary copy
to 2 using bpimage or bpduplicate and run another
duplication job against my new primary copy that I have
dup'ed to tape from my DISK STU. The tape that have
been dup'ed can now be flagged for OFFSITE storage
while the TAPES left in the library would be used as
the primary copy to restore data from.
You have now architected a very fast (albeit klunky)
backup solution to disk with restore capabilities from
tape for your client.
I may have missed a couple of steps in my logic above,
but I think the idea is clear enough. If you want to
discuss this further, email me directly.
Thanks
David
Quoting Todd Suiter <todd AT s4r DOT com>:
> Folks,
>
> Okay, some questions regarding netbackup and
writing to devices
> other than tape. Basic gist is, I'm looking at a
value add for my
> customers,
> offering 'near line' backups. In other words, I want
to write, via veritas
> NBU,
> to a large (say, 1.2TB), disk array. So, the
questions are: can this be
> done with NBU? If yes, do you set the device to
something lile
> /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s2?
> Could I set it up to write to a veritas volume mgr
partition?
>
> if this doesn't make sense, let me know....thanks
folks....todd
>
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David A. Chapa
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DataStaff, Inc.
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