Author: "Neild, Jim" <Jim.Neild AT SSHA.ON DOT CA>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:10:27 -0400
Just wanted to see how people have their schedules configured for various types of backups (system states and drive, exchange, sql, etc.). In particular, I was wondering how people use Backup levels
Author: Dave Mussulman <mussulma AT CS.UIUC DOT EDU>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:36:59 -0500
We found that most of our full backups were cold, unused data so we don't run them as often. It might open us up to some data loss on a bad full tape, but we can probably get most of that data back t
If you are worried about minimizing dependency on your (less frequent) fulls, another option (level) to consider is consolidation. It does a new level 1, then combines that with the full that the lev
Author: Davina Treiber <Treiber AT HOTPOP DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:01:36 +0100
I've worked on a lot of NetWorker sites, and almost all of them do a weekly full with incrementals or level backups the other days. In general if they do level backups they will do the same level eac
That's not quite right. If they do the same level each day (except the day they do the full), they will need the media for the full and ALL level backups since the full (for a complete restore). In
Author: Alain Richard <alain.richard AT MRN.GOUV.QC DOT CA>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:32:56 -0400
Hum! We do monthly full and I have no problem to sleep. But for doing this and make sure everything is perfect, we clone all the full and weekly levels. That way, we are sure there something on the
Author: Davina Treiber <Treiber AT HOTPOP DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:34:55 +0100
No you're incorrect. To quote from the Admin guide, a level backup "backs up files that have changed since the last backup with a lower numbered backup level". So if you always use full and level 5,
Author: Davina Treiber <Treiber AT HOTPOP DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:39:48 +0100
I suppose it's not too bad if you put some low level backups in on a weekly basis, with higher levels or incrementals daily. The real nightmare scenario would be a monthly full and daily incrementals
You're right. I stand corrected. I incorrectly recalled that a level backup picked up anything since the last 'same or' lower level. I hate getting old... Please accept my apologies. CurtisE On Thu,
Author: Dave Mussulman <mussulma AT CS.UIUC DOT EDU>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:23:15 -0500
We were worried about that too... Doing a quarterly full and having to do a full restore from the day before the next full. However, because of our intermediate levels it's not that bad. The monthlie