Networker

Re: [Networker] Preparing for levels and incrementals across 2 groups

2008-01-08 08:16:08
Subject: Re: [Networker] Preparing for levels and incrementals across 2 groups
From: "Coty, Edward" <Edward.Coty AT AIG DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:10:19 -0500
Well when you have two tape drives in an auto-changer and cloning takes
too long your drives are tied up running the cloning process. 


EDWARD COTY
LEAD STORAGE ENGINEER, LCNA, NACP
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-----Original Message-----
From: Francis Swasey [mailto:Frank.Swasey AT uvm DOT edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:08 AM
To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Coty, Edward
Subject: Re: [Networker] Preparing for levels and incrementals across 2
groups

On 1/8/08 7:56 AM, Coty, Edward wrote:
>  I actually do this for field sites. Define your offsite group and 
> assign the level full to it. Run that the day before you run your 
> onsite full. Create another group called onsite with the level of 
> full. Run that the day after or after the Offsite backup is complete. 
> You can then run incr and you will have all tapes needed for a restore

> onsite. You will have a full backup offsite for DR.

Why would you want to do this instead of just cloning the onsite to an
offsite clone media pool?

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