Yep, got that.  I just am not sure if the duplicates become primary
automatically when the disk image expires.  Is that assumed by everyone
but me?  It only makes sense that it works that way; after all, why
would you only have copies and no primary?

~JK

Rob Worman wrote:
> 
> Note that if you're using Vault 4.5, this is a built-in feature:
> 
> see p.58 of the vault 4.5 sysadmin guide
> (http://seer.support.veritas.com/246838.htm)
> 
> It's basically a checkbox in the vault profile's "duplication" tab
> that says "expire disk originals after ___ hours"
> 
> hth
> rob
> 
> At 7:46 AM -0700 8/15/02, Jeff Kennedy wrote:
> >I want to get some opinions on whether or not this is a good idea and if
> >I'm going about it correctly.
> >
> >I am backing up to a disk stu attached to master server.  I will use
> >Vault to duplicate the images from disk to tape and have the disk images
> >expire after 48 hours.  I created a vault and profile that duplicates to
> >the NetBackup pool using 3 drives and making these the primary copy,
> >skips the catalogue backup step, and e-mails reports that don't require
> >media to be ejected.
> >
> >Do I need the catalogue backup step?  I am assuming that the catalogue
> >will get backed up after each successfull scheduled backup (that's how
> >it's configured) and didn't want NBDB_Backups or Datastore pools to get
> >full; especially since these are staying in the library.
> >
> >Should I change the disk expiration to 120 hours and leave it as primary
> >for near-term restore performance?  If so, will the duplicates
> >automatically be promoted when the disk images expire?
> >
> >Does anyone see a problem with this setup?  Is anyone using disk stu's
> >with Vault currently?
> >
> >Thanks.
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