Adam Porter wrote:

> We are also wrestling with how to figure out when/how to rotate tapes. 
> What do people do, just swap tapes out when you get "no media 
> available" errors?  (Doesn't that mean at least one backup fails?)  Or 
> just swap them out on a schedule, even if some or many tapes might be 
> empty?  We used to do this, and we put colored dot stickers on the 
> tapes and rotated red, yellow, blue, and green sets and made sure the 
> retention lengths would make the tapes available before we put them 
> back in the jukebox.
>
> I assume Vault simplifies this process.  Can anyone confirm whether a 
> Vault license is or isn't included with a Netbackup Enterprise 5.x 
> base license?  Our reseller tells us it's still sold separately.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Adam
>
>
> JR advises:
>
> Alternately, you could use the Vault option of
> NetBackup without the duplication step. Assuming you
> are using 5.x or above Vault is included in the
> licensing. This is what we use to determine the tapes
> that need to be removed and put back in the library.
> There are multiple reports that will tell you what
> tapes to remove and when they need to be reinserted in
> the library. Even if you don't have 5.x, it might be
> worth looking into licensing for 4.5. It saves a lot
> of headaches of scripting and trying to keep track of
> it yourself.
>
> "A wise man once said 'Wherever you go, there you are'"
>       -Mike Brady
>
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The Vault license is still a separate line item and includes I believe 4 
tape drive for vault
licenses, so after that you have to buy the vault tape drive add on 
licenses.

I don't think vault simplifies this.  But you can set the maximum amount 
of mounts
per media with vmchange.


Thanks
Peter