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Re: [Networker] Backup Level Question....

2006-09-11 16:46:36
Subject: Re: [Networker] Backup Level Question....
From: Steve Warren <swarren AT cresend DOT com>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:40:32 -0500
Nothing wrong with it but for simplicity I'd suggest changing it to:

Friday - Full
Sat - 1
Sun - 1
Mon - 1
Tue - 1
Wed - 1
Wed - 1 (2nd time?)
Thu - 1

Which will function identically without the distraction of all these
different numbered levels that make absolutely no difference in how your
backups work.

Q - why 2 backups on Wed?

-----Original Message-----
From: Librado Pamintuan [mailto:LPamintuan AT REGINA DOT CA] 
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 2:33 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Backup Level Question....

This schedule is already in place and implimented when I assumed the backup=
 admin role and continued on since. I never attempted to change it, but can=
 you please tell me if something is not right here or just keep the current=
 schedule. The retention period for our daily/weekly savesets is 12 weeks,=
 mont end savesets is 1 year and year end savesets is 5 years.
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Friday - Full
Sat - 7
Sun - 6
Mon - 5
Tue - 4
Wed - 3
Wed - 2
Thu - 1
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thanks,
Librado
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>>> Tim.Mooney AT NDSU DOT EDU 11/Sep/2006 12:49:09 pm >>>

In regard to: Re: [Networker] Backup Level Question...., Daniel Rich=
 said...:

> It's a rather odd schedule, but it ensures that you will never need more
> than two tapes to do a restore -- the full and the most recent backup.

That assumes that your full and your most recent each fit on one tape,
which may not be the case.

Of course, AFAIK (and I could very well be wrong), using

    f,8,7,6,5,4,3

for your backup schedule is exactly the same thing as using

    f,N,N,N,N,N,N

where N is any number 1-9.  In other words, there's no reason why the
numbers need to get smaller -- they could all be "5" and the affect
should be the same thing.

> Personally if you're going to play that much with levels I'd recommend a
> "towers of hanoi" schedule.

Agreed.

>  The problem with the Full, 8, 7, 6, 5...
> schedule is that each day uses more tape than the one before it (except
> for the initial level 8, of course).

Exactly.

>  And that it's the same as just
> saying full, incr, incr, incr...

I don't understand this last statement -- f,8,7,6,5 (or the equivalent
f,5,5,5,5) is not the same as f,i,i,i,i, since an incr backs up only
the files that have changed since the last backup of any level (not just
the last backup of a lower level).

Tim
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