Retention levels are usually a business requirement, but here's some
generalities for you.

Offsite 1 set of fulls each week for DR purposes (rotate as desired; 2 -
4 weeks is usually sufficient).  Offsite 1 set of fulls each month for
archive purposes (permanent, no rotation unless you hit a 7 - 10 year
watermark).  Use Vault to duplicate the fulls you keep onsite in order
to make the offsite copies and set different retention levels on those
if you wish.  Don't forget to send along a good copy of the catalogue
tape...

~JK

"Steven L. Sesar" wrote:
> 
> Ok, so, if you hadn't noticed yet, I'm the guy responsible for NetBackup, who
> had never seen NetBackup, up until a short time ago.
> 
> In a nutshell, I have inherited apretty broken system, that I am trying to
> right-size and correctly configure.
> 
> The way it stands now, retention levels are all over the place; no rhyme or
> reason. Vaulting, for selected classes, is being done once per month. Now,
> once per month sounds almost useless, to me.
> 
> My questions are: do any "best practices" exist where retention is concerned,
> or is purely based upon business requirements. That said, it seems that
> retention and vaulting go hand in hand. Are tere any "rules of thumb" that
> apply?
> 
> Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Steve
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