Networker

[Networker] SUMMARY: single client in multiple groups

2005-07-19 17:25:04
Subject: [Networker] SUMMARY: single client in multiple groups
From: Nick Tan <nick AT WEHI.EDU DOT AU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:22:43 +1000
Hi All,

Thanks to everyone that responded. My original message is below. It looks like I'll be looking into cloning as it seems that even with differential backups I won't get the behavior that I want. From one suggestion, I did look at trying to set different index paths for the client instances (One group backs up all filesystems on the client and the other group backs up certain partitions, so I have two client definitions per client), but Networker seems to want to use the same index path for both client definitions. I am guessing its because the hostname is the same.

Another option is to create a DNS alias for each machine and setup two separate client definitions, but that would take up more client licenses. I think cloning is the way to go.

Thanks again.

Nick

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Nick Tan
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The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
nick AT wehi.edu DOT au


On 19/07/2005, at 10:27 AM, Nick Tan wrote:

Hi All,

I have a client which is in two groups.  This is what is happening:

Group 1 runs first and does a full backup.  The size is 5GB
Group 2 runs later that night and does a full backup.  The size is 5GB.

Looks good so far.  During the day, the clients creates 3GB data.

Group 1 runs first and does an incremental.  The size is 3GB.
Group 2 runs later that night and does an incremental. The size is 500kb.

It looks like both groups are sharing the same file index. Is there a way to make it so each group reads its own index. In the example above, I want Group 2 to be backing up the 3 GB in the incremental as well as group 1.

I am running Networker 7.1 on Solaris 8. The client in question is Solaris 8 also.

Thanks,

Nick

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Nick Tan
Unix Systems Manager
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
nick AT wehi.edu DOT au

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