[Veritas-bu] Expert advice

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Guys:
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Since I am a system administrator that doubles (when time permits) to do
NBU I would like to ask for your advice. Sorry for the novel, but I
would greatly appreciate your input. We are presently running 5.1MP1on
Solaris 9. I have been asked to try and optimize our configuration for
restorals (BCP/DR-related) not backups.
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The problem right now is that with our current config we can have as
many as 20-30 clients backed up to a single tape. This occurs with our
diffs mostly. Although I have seen multiple clients associated with a
single tape with fulls. When we have multiple clients backed up on to a
single tape it proves to be a significant bottleneck with restorals as
they apply to our BCP/DR plan.
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We have 49 clients that we have slated for recovery within our plan. All
of these clients are part of one backup policy. We do multiplex, but we
have the setting at 2 for right now. Some of these servers have either
Oracle or DB2. The DB backups are handled with a separate policy.
However, we use one volume pool for media for all backups regardless of
their affiliation or nonaffiliation with BCP/DR.
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The thought is to create a separate pool for each of the policies. Do
you think that could help us? I would love to hear how you think we
could minimize the number of clients associated with one tape to make
the restoral process less of a bottleneck. As a matter of fact, I would
love to hear anything you have that would help optimize a config for
restorals.
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Thanks in advance,
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Bill Jorgensen

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<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Guys:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Since =
I am a system=20
administrator that doubles (when time permits) to do NBU I would like to =
ask for=20
your advice. Sorry for the novel, but I would greatly appreciate your =
input.=20
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>We are=20
presently running 5.1MP1on Solaris 9. I have been asked to try and =
optimize our=20
configuration for restorals (BCP/DR-related) not =
backups.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The =
problem right=20
now is that with our current config we can have as many as 20-30 clients =
backed=20
up to a single tape. This occurs with our diffs mostly. Although I have =
seen=20
multiple clients associated with a single tape with fulls. When we have =
multiple=20
clients backed up on to a single tape it proves to be a significant =
bottleneck=20
with restorals as they apply to our BCP/DR plan.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We =
have 49 clients=20
that we have slated for recovery within our plan. All of these clients =
are part=20
of one backup policy. We do multiplex, but we have the setting at 2 for =
right=20
now. Some of these servers have either Oracle or DB2. The DB backups are =
handled=20
with a separate policy. However, we use one volume pool for media for =
all=20
backups regardless of their affiliation or nonaffiliation with=20
BCP/DR.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The =
thought is to=20
create a separate pool for each of the policies. Do you think that could =
help=20
us?&nbsp;I would love to hear how you think we could minimize the number =
of=20
clients associated with one tape to make the restoral process less of a=20
bottleneck. As a matter of fact, I would love to hear anything you have =
that=20
would help optimize a config for restorals.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks =
in=20
advance,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D346391916-20102005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bill=20
Jorgensen</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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