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> From: John Kesich <kesich AT nyu DOT edu>
> Date: Thu Nov 01, 2001  03:23:41 PM US/Eastern
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: offsite copies
>
> Currently all our backups are multiplexed onto tape and creating copies 
> for offsite storage is very slow.
>
> What I would really like to do is:
>
> 1) backup to disk
> 2) duplicate to offsite tapes
> 3) duplicate to local tapes
> 4) backup db to offsite tape
> 5) backup db to disk
> 6) expire disk backups
>
> Unfortunately, I believe netbackup's 2 copy limit will force me to:
>
> 1) backup to disk
> 2) duplicate to offsite tapes
> 3) backup db to offsite tape
> 4) backup db to disk
> 5) expire offsite backups
> 6) duplicate to local tapes
> 7) expire disk backups
> 8) restore db info about offsite copies from disk db backup
> 9) backup db to disk
>
> Does anyone have a better approach?
> Would putting the disk copy on a media server allow me to make 2 tape 
> copies on the
> master server?
> BTW, is there a valid reason for the 2 copy limit, or is it solely 
> intended to encourage us to buy bpvault?