Yeah, that second part is tricky.  It's occurred to me only recently and I
still have not gone back and revaluated our 200+ policies for any issues
related to that.  

-M

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Thomas
Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 8:06 AM
To: Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Separate Incremental and Full


Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com wrote:

>Nope incrementals only in a second policy won't work - the incremental is
>scoped only within the same policy as its full.
>
>You're going to have to make another policy with both a full and an
>incremental.
>  
>
That did the trick. To make matters worse I was also caught by the 
archive bit on windows. 
http://www.backupcentral.com/foms/netbackup-serve/cache/72.html

>You can keep the incremental for a year if they're cummulative incrementals
>and not differental incrementals but  the baseline has to be kept for twice
>your desired historical depth if you intend to have restorability.
>  
>
Thanks for explaining that, I have not consirered it. Would have been 
fun if I had realised 6 months down the line :-)

Regards
--
Tom
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