I am a proponent of the one-client-per-policy design.  I've blogged about it:

http://www.backupcentral.com/content/blogsection/4/47/



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-----Original Message-----
From: bob944 [mailto:bob944 AT attglobal DOT net] 
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:47 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Cc: Curtis Preston
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] How to plan out policy(schedules), [...]

> This is a really well-thought-out answer to his question.  
> Although I don't agree with ALL of your recommendations (I 
> don't like frequency-based schedules for fulls), this is 
> actually a pretty good summary of what someone should do to 
> setup a new backup environment.  You've inspired me to blog 
> about the same.  (Of course, I may use my own opinions...) ;)

Thank you, Curtis.  I'm just a simple guy; complex setups make my hair
hurt and I've have had enough "Oops, forgot about ____" moments that I
use simplicity to minimize them.

The other approach that I love (though I'd never implement it unless I
had beaucoup time to get the coding right end-to-end) is the exact
opposite:  one person on this list (sorry, I don't rember who you are)
who has a bajillion clients with a policy for each one with an automated
setup, like a scratch-built backup provisioning system.  Took a week for
the concept to grow on me, and I can see it for a very experienced shop
with a fluid mix of clients.






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