Re: [ADSM-L] using different media for permanent offsite copies

A 3584 with 4 frames, looking to add 1 or 2 more frames at present... 


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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Wanda Prather
Sent: Wednesday, 19 November 2008 12:24 AM
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Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] using different media for permanent offsite copies

What kind of library do you have?

(What you are suggesting usually works just fine.)



On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Cheung, Richard
<Richard.Cheung AT santos DOT com>wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Need to know if this is feasible as an idea..
>
> We are about to move to a LTO4 media library instead of LTO3s - by
> replacing the remaining LTO3 drives we have with LTO4s...  by marking
> the existing LTO3 tapes all 'read only' and putting in LTO4 media for
> write operatons etc, eventually our library should then only be
> comprised of LTO4 media, with LTO3 media expired and can be removed
from
> the library.
>
> We are going to have an enormous amount of LTO3 media after this which
> we wont use for the normal backup cycle.  We however do have a
business
> requirement to have regular (quarterly) full copies of the backups for
> permanent offsite archival due to legal requirements.  Yes, aware this
> means we would need to have hardware available to read such data for
the
> next 5 years etc....
>
> Would it be feasible as an idea to define a second logical library -
> call it 'archive' perhaps within my existing physical library, define
a
> new media pool referencing this logical library which will only be
> designated with LTO3, put the LTO3 media in there, and generate
offsite
> copies to this media?   It would either be an export data operation or
> generate backup set to this meda pool..
>
> Does that sound feasible?
>
> Richard
>
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