On 22/1/08 7:22 AM, "Curtis Preston" <cpreston AT GLASSHOUSE DOT COM> wrote:

> Correct.  This isn't the case with ALL backup software, but it is the
> case with NetWorker.  (Last time I checked, if you delete the equivalent
> of a backup group in CommVault, it deletes all backup history associated
> with that group.)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On
> Behalf Of Teresa Biehler
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 9:06 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Old Group Names
> 
> Once your backups are completed, the old groups are not needed.  In
> fact, I don't think NetWorker even keeps track of which backup was done
> by which group. 
> 
> If you are no longer using the group, you can delete it.  You will,
> however, need to take the clients out of the group first.

Probably the only correction I'd have on this is that NetWorker does
actually retain the group information in the saveset details - i.e., in the
media database.

mminfo -q "savetime>=24 hours ago" -r volume,client,name,group

Manual backups get an empty group, but all other backups do get the group
associated with the backup tagged to the saveset.

I believe this functionality started around the v6.x release tree.

Cheers,

Preston.


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