Hey DEW!

Cool...bpduplicate is what you want to use.

Whether you script it, use VAULT or use Gray House Solutions DUP SUITE,
bpduplicate will be your tool for the job.

Other stylistic things you will want to address are:

1.  Should I change the retention level of the disk images after the
duplication is done so it expires in say 3 days v. 1 month let's say.  This
will ensure your disk stu will not fill up too quickly.

2.  Should I perform two dupes (if you are running NBU 4.5) from disk to
tape, expire the disk image, make one of the tapes the primary  copy and
send the other offsite for DR purposes?

Whatever you decide, you are heading down the right path!  good luck to you.

David

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David A. Chapa
Backup Storage Consultant
DataStaff, Inc.
http://www.datastaff.com
312 683 1144
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-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Mt Dew
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:23 AM
To: netbackup
Subject: [Veritas-bu] backup to disk then to tape?


Hi

I have serveral hosts that need to be backup through a WAN link.
Since backup are too slow, I would like to backup first to go to local disk
storage unit and write it to tape.

I don't want to create two seperate policy:
1. WAN link to media server disks.
2. media server disks to tape.

Restore is a big problem.

Any suggestion?
Thanks

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