[Veritas-bu] Monthly Backup on NT Client

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We added a schedule for the monthly with the same start window as the weekly.
Then set the frequency for the weekly to 5 days and the monthly to 25 days.  For
us this caused the monthly schedule to always be more "overdue" when its time
came to run, than the weekly - so the monthly pre-empts the weekly at that time.
I also overrode the class volume pool with the pool specific to monthlies.
(This is for NT, and we use a 4-week cycle rather than actual calendar months,
but I believe the principle should hold true about the system running the most
overdue of two backup schedules from the same class.)   I hope this is
applicable and helpful.
 
Wally Taylor
Intersil Corp.
Scottsdale AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles R Somogyi [mailto:charles.somogyi AT bms DOT com]
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 11:55 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Monthly Backup on NT Client


All: 

We have an NT administrator that is asking to make the first Saturday's FULL the
monthly backup (with a 13 month retention as opposed to the weekly retention of
1 month). The admin does not want to run user directed backups (does not want to
administer the AT Scheduler or install 3rd party product). Does anybody have any
idea how to automate the process of making the first Saturday's backup the
monthly (or the one with the monthly retention)? There will be 300 NT machines
that need this process in place so it cannot be a manual process to change the
retention on the tapes used on the first Saturday. This would be so much easier
if the scheduler in NetBackup could be used as a scheduler (some type of
calendar). 


Thanks all. 


Charlie Somogyi 
BMS 
Princeton, NJ 
  


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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=391134520-19042001>We 
added a schedule for the monthly with the same start window as the 
weekly.&nbsp; 
Then set the frequency for the weekly to 5 days and the monthly to 25 
days.&nbsp; For us this caused the monthly schedule to always be more "overdue" 
when its time came to run, than the weekly - so the monthly pre-empts the 
weekly 
at that time.&nbsp; I also overrode the class volume pool with the pool 
specific 
to monthlies.&nbsp; (This is for NT, and we use a 4-week cycle rather than 
actual calendar months, but I believe the principle should hold true about the 
system running the most overdue of two backup schedules from the same 
class.)&nbsp;&nbsp; I hope this is applicable and helpful.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
class=391134520-19042001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=391134520-19042001>Wally 
Taylor</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
class=391134520-19042001>Intersil Corp.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
class=391134520-19042001>Scottsdale AZ</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Charles R Somogyi 
  [mailto:charles.somogyi AT bms DOT com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 19, 
2001 
  11:55 AM<BR><B>To:</B> veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT 
edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> 
  [Veritas-bu] Monthly Backup on NT Client<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>All: 
  <P>We have an NT administrator that is asking to make the first Saturday's 
  FULL the monthly backup (with a 13 month retention as opposed to the weekly 
  retention of 1 month). The admin does <B>not</B> want to run user directed 
  backups (does not want to administer the AT Scheduler or install 3rd party 
  product). Does anybody have any idea how to automate the process of making 
the 
  first Saturday's backup the monthly (or the one with the monthly retention)? 
  There will be 300 NT machines that need this process in place so it cannot be 
  a manual process to change the retention on the tapes used on the first 
  Saturday. This would be so much easier if the scheduler in NetBackup could be 
  used as a scheduler (some type of calendar). 
  <P>Thanks all. 
  <P>Charlie Somogyi <BR>BMS <BR>Princeton, NJ <BR>&nbsp; 
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