A1. If maximizing the tapes used is your priority over getting the data OFFSITE 
as soon as possible, then you need to reduce the number of drive pairs that you 
have configured.  Less drive pairs will mean fewer tapes being used and 
subsequently more data on those tapes.  That's really a business decision more 
than it is a function of vault.  bpVault's main purpose in life is to duplicate 
your images as fast as it can in a manner as effecient as possible.  Quick and 
dirty answer is NO vault does not attempt to minimize the tapes it uses for 
offsite duplication.

A2.  You do have that option to run vault daily if you'd like, however if you 
would rather it run at the end of the week, just make sure you have properly 
configured the number of days to be great enough to preview all of those 
incrementals.  You might want it to run twice a week.  You also have the 
option, of vaulting, without duplicating, the originals.

David Chapa

Quoting Karunanidhi Subramanian <karunanidhis AT hotmail DOT com>:

> Hi folks!
> I have some doubts in bpvault.
> 
> 1. How do we make sure the duplicated tapes are full before sending offsite.
> 
> Does bpvault work in a way that it tries to minimize the tapes used?
> 
> 2. Do we need to run the duplication everyday? (for everyday incremental). 
> We want to vault daily incremental backups. Can I run the duplication 
> process at the end of the week?
> 
> If anybody can explain thier vault setup, that will help me a lot.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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