I am not quite sure what your question is, but I do understand this much.
1. The Storage Node attribute of the client controls where (which machine)
the data is directed to.
2. The Clone Storage Node attribute controls where this clients data is
cloned to.
3. I don't believe there is any independent control of the data at the
storage node level.  It is all handled at the server and client level.
4. The storage node is treated as a device.  The only control you have is at
the device level (as you surmised).

I havn't tried staging yet (just setting it up now), so I do not know if it
allows automatic cloneing at the end of the staging process.  I do know you
can use NSRCLONE  cmd line to create it if it doesn't.

Calvin Thomas
UNIX System Admin
NACA Logistics




----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Bourne" <mbourne2001 AT LYCOS.CO DOT UK>
To: <NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 9:01 AM
Subject: [Networker] Cloning, Staging, and Storage Node Devices


> Hi folks,
>
> My set-up is as follows:
>
> 1 x NetWorker Network Edition server v6.1 running on HP-UX 11.0
> + 1 x 8-slot DLT7000 jukebox
> + 1 x single external DLT7000 drive
> + 1 x single internal DDS3 drive
> + 1 x disk storage device
>
> and
>
> 1 x NetWorker Storage Node running on NT4 SP6a
> + 1 x 8-slot DLT7000 jukebox
> + 1 single internal DLT7000 drive
>
> I am currently fooling around with cloning & staging with a view to doing
> clever things with the transaction logs on some of our SQL clients.
>
> My tests suggest to me that the following is true:
>
> 1. Cloning and staging direct data to media pools dependent on the value
of
> the "clone storage node" attribute of the NetWorker server
>
> 2. The "clone storage node" attribute is only relevant to the client
> records for the server and the storage node.
>
> 3. The attributes "Save mount timeout" and "Save lockout" actually apply
to
> the storage node to which the device is attached, not the device itself.
>
> If I have got this all correct, then I have a problem.  We want to carry
> out backups to the disk area on the NetWorker server which would be cloned
> to the tape device on the storage node.  No problem, you say.  I also,
> however, want staging to occur such that data is staged from the disk area
> on the NetWorker server to the single DLT drive also on the NetWorker
> server.
>
> Any ideas ??
>
> TIA
>
> Matthew
>
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