We replicate images to another DC using 'rsync'.
We decide not to replicate directly to tape(s) - kind of expensive to
have dozen of megabytes per second available between datacenters.
We tried to use bpduplicate to duplicate images from local tape to
remote disk - "error 6: not supported feature" in Netbackup 4.5 (MP6).
May be 5.0 will help us?

So, we backup on disk, replicate images using 'rsync' with bandwidth
control, tweak NBU catalog, 
duplicate from disk to tape in every location using bpduplicate, tweak
catalog :), etc
It works...

Dmitri

 

-----Original Message-----
From: briandiven AT northwesternmutual DOT com
[mailto:briandiven AT northwesternmutual DOT com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:55 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Is anyone doing cross-campus In Line Tape copy Or
IBM 3592 Tape Drives?

We are building a 2nd data center (one for production, the other for
test/stage data) and are planning on backing up locally with the in-line
copy going to the remote data center.  Has anyone done this?  Were any
problems encountered?  Any gotcha's?

Also, does anyone have any feedback on the new IBM 3592 tape drives?
Performance, cartridge capacity, problems, functionality, real life
experience, compatability issues, etc.

TIA

Brian

We are currently NBU 4.5 MP5 (going to MP6 next week) using IBM 3494
with 3590 H tape drives.