Andrew,

If I understand correctly you want to create a script that lets you backup a 
subtree in 3 parts separate from the normal backup of that volume 
e.g.

master_volume = X:\ 
Subtree = X:\all_data\bigdata

and you want to split the Subtree into 3 parts
e.g.

Subtree_1 = X:\all_data\bigdata\[a-k]*
Subtree_2 = X:\all_data\bigdata\[l-s]*
Subtree_3 = X:\all_data\bigdata\[[t-z]*

So now you have in total 4 subtrees on this volume

You allso expect to run Subtree_1 to 3 at the same time and so expect a faster 
backup.

Questions that come to mind:

Can your volume where the data is stored handle 3 datastreams of each 500GB in 
paralell and can your infrastructure (network and target disk) handle it
what times would you like to archieve?

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I have a smaller subtree that I need to backup separately and have chosen to 
skip that subtree during regular backups with a skip statement.

/volume/data1
/volume/data2

so I use a .nsr at /volume 
having skip: data2

then I have a separate client entry for this client that only backs 
up /volume/data2. 

to schedule the second client entry one could create a separate group that can 
be started with a nsradmin script

like 
. type: nsr group; name MYGROUP
update autostart: start now

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Is this making any sense?

Maarten




On Friday 27 May 2005 16:03, Andrew Bridgeman wrote:
> I am running Windows Legato 7.1.3 and i have been asked to create a batch
> file/Script (of which i have never done before) to automate a batch file to
> directory our /projects drive and feed the results into a backup script.
>
> The reason for this is that in our /projects directory we have 150
> directories and it is taking way to long to backup as it is 1.7TB in size
> so we need a good way of separating them out in the backups. We need to
> split one saveset of 1.7TB into three so that we have three savesets going
> to disk at the same time which means it will finish quicker.
>
>
> Could someone please help me on how i acheive this, maybe someone already
> has this sort of thing in place and could send me a copy of the
> batch/script or just some advice on a resource i can use to write something
> to do this job. Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew Bridgeman
>
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