[Veritas-bu] Specifying tapes for archives, multiple systems, and multiple archives
2004-07-16 16:00:46
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[Veritas-bu] Specifying tapes for archives, multiple systems, and multiple archives |
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simont AT mitre DOT org (Simon Tetelbaum) |
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Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:00:46 -0400 |
Rather than try to write to one tape, why not create another volume
pool. You can add however many tapes you think are necessary to that
pool (i guess 1, in your case), and create an archive schedule that
writes to that pool for each of the relevant policies. Then you can
simply use the -p and -s flags in bparchive to have the same effect.
-Simon Tetelbaum
>Greetings!
>
>I have a question, but actually in three parts.
>
>We would like to set up permanent off-site archives from multiple
>systems/policies executed from the command line, but only a few of the
>policies would actually fill a tape to a capacity worth actually
>removing it from on-site. Most of the archives are only a few gig, not
>even coming close to the capacity of the LTO-1 tapes. I've checked the
>NB SysAdmin guide, but bparchive does not seem to have a flag for this.
>It would be a shame, not to mention expensive, to send tapes out forever
>with empty space. So, with that in mind....
>
>1) Is there a way to specify a particular media to back up to? Can I
>pick a tape to media archives to?
>
>2) If so, is there a way to specify multiple policies on a single
>archive media? 'yes' to #1 would really answer that.
>
>3) Is there a way to ensure that a single archive will be written to a
>single tape, assuming the capacity of the media allows that (i.e., not
>starting the archive on a media that already has another archive or
>possibly even normal backup on it? Again, 'yes' above on #1 would really
>answer that, as well.
>
>I considered a creating a policy-zilla where all my archives were in one
>big fat policy, but a) there are a multitude of different
>files/directories between the systems to archive, and b) it's just not
>sexy. Plus, I'm not sure it guarantees my archives are still on one
>tape, even without the multiple streams checked.
>
>Thanks to all for any info (and for previous help on other topics!).
>
>....k
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