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[Veritas-bu] Using NetBackup directly with tape drive

2006-09-14 09:19:54
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Using NetBackup directly with tape drive
From: simon.weaver at astrium.eads.net (WEAVER, Simon)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:19:54 +0100
Agreed Jeff - my point that I was trying to get across 

Regards

Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator 

EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Lightner [mailto:jlightner at water.com] 
Sent: 14 September 2006 14:01
To: WEAVER, Simon; Ed Wilts; J K
Cc: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Using NetBackup directly with tape drive


UNIX/Linux have multiple utilities such as tar and cpio.  (In fact NetBackup
actually does its backups using a modified version of GNU
tar.) 

If this is a single server with a single tape drive it does seem using
NetBackup is overkill especially given the cost.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of WEAVER,
Simon
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:10 AM
To: 'Ed Wilts'; J K
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Using NetBackup directly with tape drive


Actually, to add to Ed's comments, if this is a basic box, small environment
and windows, use NTBackup :-) Its FREE, part of the OS!

I am sure Unix must have some sort of other functionaility for doing backups
- might be another option to consider :-)

HTH

Regards

Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator 

EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)
Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU

Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net



-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org] 
Sent: 14 September 2006 12:55
To: J K
Cc: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Using NetBackup directly with tape drive


On 9/14/2006 3:26 AM, J K wrote:
> Hi,  I just joined the list so I'm a newcomer, both in the list and in

> the NetBackup world in general. I've all of a sudden taken over the
> management of a Windows server having NetBackup ver 4.5 installed. 
> There's a tape drive in the machine.
> 
> Now, the server pointed to have been shut down since a long time ago
> and noone has been taking care of making backups since then. Someone 
> said that he was sure it was possible to make a backup to the tape 
> drive in the machine using NetBackup. But, from what I've understood, 
> you can't do anything unless there's a NetBackup server somewhere 
> that, in turn, connects to the tape drive. Is this true?

NetBackup has 3 major components - a master server (which holds the 
catalog), a media server (which writes to backup storage units like disk

or tape), and clients.  All 3 are required although they can all be on 
the same system.

If you do not have a master server, then you're probably not going to 
want to install it just to back up one client - you'd be far cheaper off

going with some like BackupExec.  If you do have a master server, you 
could make your client a media server so that it can drive the tape 
drive.  Those licenses aren't cheap either and you don't typically make 
a server a media server unless it's writing data to tape for multiple 
clients.  A SAN media server license is cheaper and is typically used to

backup just yourself directly to a tape drive.  Again, you need to 
review the price of it versus another product completely especially for 
a small computer club.

All that said, NetBackup 4.5 is old.  You should upgrade to the latest 
maintenance pak in the 5.1 version.

        .../Ed


-- 
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org

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