No idea where they're getting winzip from.  The format is tar regardless of
whether the filesystem is Windows or *nix.  I only back up Windows, though,
so I can't comment on mixing Windows and *nix backups on tape.  Seems like
it wouldn't be a problem, though.

I'm not clear on how the existing barcode rules work.  It seems your
colleagues have single wildcards going to multiple rules.  For example, UXA
goes to Unix_Archive and AFS_Archive.

You'll have no problems sending fulls and incrementals to the same pool.  If
you want to keep them on separate tapes, your solution of different
retentions will work.  By default, NBU will not mix retention periods on a
tape.  You can force NBU to do this, though, so you will want to confirm
that this hasn't been done.

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathryn Riddlemoser [mailto:kathy AT mitre DOT org] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 2:14 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Volume Pools and Barcode Rules


I work with a bunch of people that are use to doing things one way and I
think
it's time to make a change.  I'd like your opinion.

We currently have a few barcode rules associated with a bunch of  different
volume pools.  The idea is not to mix Windows data with Unix data on the
same
tape.  Also, not to mix Unix  with AFS on the same tape.  Of course AFS runs
on the unix box. Then there are those special servers that can use the same
barcode rule but should not share tapes.

Here's a few examples:

Barcode                Pool
UXA................Unix_Archive
UXI..................Unix_Incremental
UXA................AFS_Archive
UXI..................AFS_Incremental
WNA..............Windows_Archive
WNI................Windows_Incremental
WNA..............SpecialServer_Archive
WNI................SpecialServer_Incremental

Here's what I think we should do:

Barcode        Pool
A0000#       NetBackup

Let everything go to the same tape.  Scheduled full backups with a retention
level of Infinity will not share the same tape as scheduled incremental
backups with a regular expiration.  So there is no need to have an Archive
pool and an Incremtal pool.  I see no reason not to backup Unix and AFS to
the
same tape, so there goes more pools.

My co-workers say,  Unix and Windows should not backup to the same tapes
because their backup format differs (tar versus winzip).  Bottom line...
NetBackup uses tar so I don't think it matters.  Agree??

Appreciate any opinions on this matter.

Regards


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