[Veritas-bu] DR, catalog backups, disk and tape question

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> Hello experts, I was wondering if the following is a good idea:
> NBU 4.5 HP-UX 11i, XP512 disk (SAN attached, very fast and reliable) ADIC
> scalar 10k with LTO-1 and LTO-2 drives (also SAN attached)
> Our production community requirements mean that backups run nearly 24 x 7
> so the automatic catalog backup never gets a chance to kick off unless we
> stir up the bees nest by killing/suppressing the backups and manually
> kicking one off.  I know that disk backups are fast, we are using
> vaulting. Our DR site is not set up to recover the NBU, they didn't think
> of that yet.  I'd like to perform the catalog backup to disk (different
> file system than the DB) /catalog_backup for example, and then back
> /catalog_backup up to tape at our leisure daily, with an inline copy once
> a week, send one tape copy off to DR site and bank the other at our local
> off-site storage.  Will this work?  Can I do a bprecover on the restored
> data and get it to restore the prod NBU DB onto the remote DR server?
> Currently our catalog backups take 4-5 hours.  Any gotchas trying to
> recover NBU catalogs using a "regular" tape backup of a catalog backup on
> disk? Thanks a lot!  Aren
> 
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">Hello experts, I was wondering if =
the following is a good idea:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">NBU 4.5 HP-UX 11i, XP512 disk (SAN =
attached, very fast and reliable) ADIC scalar 10k with LTO-1 and LTO-2 =
drives (also SAN attached)</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">Our production community =
requirements mean that backups run nearly 24 x 7 so the</FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New"></FONT> <FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">automatic</FONT><FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier"> catalog backup never gets a chance to kick =
off unless we stir up the bees</FONT> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Courier New">nest</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Courier New"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">by =
killing/suppressing the backups and manually kicking one off.&nbsp; I =
know that disk backups are fast, we are using vaulting. Our DR site is =
not set up to recover the NBU, they didn't think of that yet.&nbsp; I'd =
like to perform the catalog backup to disk (different file system than =
the DB) /catalog_backup for example, and then back /catalog_backup up =
to tape at our leisure daily, with an inline copy once a week, send one =
tape copy off to DR site and bank the other at our local off-site =
storage.&nbsp; Will this work?&nbsp; Can I do a bprecover on the =
restored data and get it to restore the prod NBU DB onto the =
remote</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier"></FONT> =
<FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">DR</FONT> <FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">server?&nbsp; Currently our catalog backups =
take 4-5 hours</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">.&nbsp;</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">Any gotchas trying =
to recover NBU catalogs using a &quot;regular&quot; tape backup of a =
catalog backup on disk? Thanks a lot!&nbsp; Aren</FONT></P>

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