Sure - easy for a client to talk to multiple media servers.

Just make sure bp.conf has a SERVER= entry for each media server (and
port on the media server) that might be used to contact it and you'll be
fine.

You can build this in one policy, use a policy storage unit (on your
primary media server) for your primary backup, then use
schedule-specific storage units for backups to other storage units
located on other media servers. 

-M

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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can a Single NetBackup Client talk to
MultipleMaster?Media?


Hi All,

I am designing a centralized backup/restore solution for 100+ branches.
We are currently using NetBackup to do the data backup at a local tape 
library attached to each branch server. Our business folks do not want
to 
mount/unmount tapes for weekly and incremental backup. So my task is 
to find an innovative way to solve this tape handling problem. We also
have a very strict SLA for data restore ( 4 hrs) with business. 

I am wondering if I can keep the local tape library in a lock down state
and use it for weekly full backup (i.e overwriting tapes) and do the
incremental back at the central site. This means that each NetBackup
client needs to talk to a Master and Media Server for the Full backup
and then talk to another Master/Media Server for incremental backup over
the WAN.  Can a NetBackup client configured to talk ot multiple Master
server?  IF so, what is the way to configure it? 

My Branch servers are all Win2003 Servers and have medium speed WAN
link. Any insight to the proposed solution would be much appreciated. I
exhuasted seraching NetBackup documentation and I could not find an
answer (yes/No) to my question. I hope Fourm members can anser to my
question based on their experience. Thanks

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