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[Veritas-bu] checking backup quality

2008-10-02 16:46:40
Subject: [Veritas-bu] checking backup quality
From: spaldam <netbackup-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
To: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:28:04 -0400
If you want a 100% fool proof verification, restore the data to /dev/null.  
Even then, who knows what might happen to that tape the very next day...  
That's why multiple copies are so important, or retention periods that overlap 
by a couple of reiterations.

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