One solution is to backup the linux over the firewall. of curse only if the
data aren't cause any problem to the firewall.

Stefanos


-----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
Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:39 PM
To: cheryl.king AT intrado DOT com; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Can Media Servers share Media?

Not directly, at least not in this version of NB, coming soon is the
promise, though.

What you could do is write some data to that tape on your Linux box, then
reassign that tape to a different media server using some magical post-job
or cron process.

bpmedia -movedb -m <tapenum> -newserver <svr> -oldserver <svr> 

(the -oldserver isn't necessary if it's the server you're currently on.)

-M

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of King, Cheryl
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:00 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can Media Servers share Media?


I have several volume pools set up for different retention dates.  I have 4
media servers - Solaris, 2 WIN2003, and 1 Linux.  I have scripts that use
bpduplicate to copy images to certain volume pools, to go offsite.  I just
realized that the media servers don't share tapes.  OK, I'm a little slow.

It's not a problem except for the Linux media server, is behind a firewall,
and isn't backing up much data.  Everyday a tape goes offsite with very
little data.  I didn't calculate for that in my quote to the Business Unit.
They are going to be very upset.

My question is, can I configure multiple media servers to write to the same
tape, not concurrently of course?  I'd really like to get some more data on
those tapes before sending them offsite.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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