Frank,
To further add to the previous answer: The database backups don't
necessarily have to be written to the same devices as the client
backups.  I write database backups to little 3480 carts.

Ron Clendenny  <rdclendenny AT cal.ue DOT com>
Callaway Nuclear Power Plant
Fulton, Missouri

> "You can't have everything.  Where would you put it?" - Steven Wright
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Lawson [SMTP:jlawson AT THEHARTFORD DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 1997 8:22 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: UNIX-ADSM Database Backup/Incremental-Full Backups
>
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> From: INTERNET.OWNERAD at SNADGATE
> Date: 5/12/97 4:09AM
> To: Jerry Lawson at ASUPO
> *To: *ADSM-L at SNADGATE
> Subject: Re: UNIX-ADSM Database Backup/Incremental-Full Backups
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> Frank -
>
> To add to the previous answer, there is no way to add the incrementals
> together - each time an incremental is taken, a new tape is requested.
> The
> way you control this is via the delete volhist command given below.
>
> To answer question number 2, I think we need to understand why you
> want to do
> another full backup of the node.  The design principle of ADSM is that
> the DB
> holds all of the info about the backups for a node - you don't need to
> do a
> full backup every so often - why back up data again that hasn't
> changed?
>
> Jerry Lawson
> jlawson AT thehartford DOT com
>
>
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> Subject: Re: UNIX-ADSM Database Backup/Incremental-Full Backups
> Author:  INTERNET.OWNERAD at SNADGATE
> Date:    5/12/97 4:09 AM
>
>
> 1) Using the command DELETE VOLHISTORY T=DBB TOD=-n allows you to
> simulate the retention period n you wish...
> rl
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From:  Mauro-Frank [SMTP:MSMAIL.MAUROF AT TSOD.LMIG DOT COM]
> >Sent:  Friday, May 09, 1997 12:43 PM
> >To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >Subject:       UNIX-ADSM Database Backup/Incremental-Full Backups
> >
> >I have two questions:
> >
> >1) When running a full backup of the database log (BACKUP DB
> DEV=STKDLT) the
> >data goes to one tape. Our tapes hold almost 40 Gigabytes.
> >  Does anyone how to cause the data to be appended to the same tape
> after
> >each
> >backup (FULL or INCREMENTAL) rather then storing on a new 40 gigabyte
> tape?
> >
> >  How can I set the retention period on the tape for each database
> log
> >backup?
> >
> >2) Initially when I do an incremental backup against a NODE in
> essence it is
> >a
> >full backup. If I run incremental backups against the nodes for a
> months time
> >-
> >I now want to run a full backup. Is this possible, does anyone know
> how to
> >run
> >incremental/full backups after a months time?
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Frank Mauro
> >Liberty Mutual
> >Portsmouth, NH, USA
> >
> >MSMAIL.MAUROF. AT TSOD.LMIG DOT COM