Author: Michael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 15:08:01 -0400
I have a request for copies of some old backup tapes. I'm wondering if I can do a job that copies directly tape-to-tape - so that I don't need to do a recover to some other disk location, then run a
Hi Michael Yep, you want the NetWorker clone functionality, implemented in the CLI with the 'nsrclone' command. The 'NetWorker Administration Guide' has lots of information about how cloning works, a
Author: ldugarte <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 13:56:42 -0700
<And if I can, can one new tape hold multiple tape copies? That is, can I do a tape-to-tape copy of an old tape from 2005-09 onto a new blank tape, and then add the contents of 2006-02 onto the new t
Author: Michael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 09:31:44 -0400
I tape, on volume. OK! So if I do nsrclone -v -b "Special Request" -S 1230201028/1280562506 NW should load the original tape with the saveset specified above, and clone it onto a tape that is the ne
Author: ldugarte <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 13:33:12 -0700
<<And if I can, can one new tape hold multiple tape copies? That is, can I do a tape-to-tape copy of an old tape from 2005-09 onto a new blank tape, and then add the contents of 2006-02 onto the new
Author: ldugarte <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 13:39:42 -0700
<<nsrclone -v -b "Special Request" -S 1230201028/1280562506 NW should load the original tape with the saveset specified above, and clone it onto a tape that is the new backup clone pool I created cal
Author: pramod <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 21:47:01 -0700
U can do with "nsrclone" command... +-- +-- To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and type "signoff networker" in the body of the email. Please write to networker-r
Author: Michael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 11:17:07 -0400
Yes, the original savesets have a 7 year browse/retention policy. At every end of month, I run a script that queries for the savesets made on the EOM date(s), and re-sets the browse and retention to