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[Networker] Staging only the full backups

2004-05-24 11:50:51
Subject: [Networker] Staging only the full backups
From: Joseph Mesterhazy <jmesterh AT IASTATE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 10:50:36 -0500
Hello,

I have a question regarding staging. We just set up a 4TB disk array,
and I am backing that up as a file_adv type device, with monthly full
and daily incremental. I then I have that setup to stage to a tape
jukebox. I am under the impression that networker will just migrate the
save sets off the RAID, to the tape, then expire the corresponding RAID
save set.

I am wondering if it is possible to stage only the full backup sessions
to the tape jukebox, leaving out the incremental backups. My goal is to
use the RAID for people that lost data in the immediate past, and keep
the tapes as monthly snapshots. I know you can do something like this
with the Archiving feature, but we do not have a license for that. We
have a couple thousand users so the incremental backups can be quite
large, and I would like to save cost of tape by only storing full
backups.

Any ideas on how to go about this?

Thanks,

Joe

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Joe Mesterhazy
ECpE UNIX Administrator
2101 Coover Hall, Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011.  (515) 294-7359
http://www.mesterhazy.net/

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