We forgot one part...

Since it would appear you are working for the military, you have to dispose
of the data "properly".

When I helped relocate the AMC command from Eisenhower Ave in Alexandria to
Fort Benning, we were given permission to take the tapes to a the coolest
auto shredder I had ever seen.

They put the boxes of tapes in a car at a recycling plant and watched them
go through the smelting process.. Very cool!

Beat the heck out of degaussing...

Just a general curiousity, how is it that you only have to hold the data for
60 days? You mentioned exchange/SQL, etc... When I worked for the Air Force
& while I was in the Marine Corps, we had to hold on to all that data for 7
years. In the Air Force because they were working with real estate deals
(closing bases, etc) we had to hold on to that data for 15 years (yeah try
to keep that data accessible across various technology for 15 years! But we
did it!) /ALE

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Tim Mooney
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 2:22 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Migration


In regard to: [Networker] Migration, Skinner, Alan C Mr CTR USA IMCOM
said...:

> I am about to migrate (FROM) a Tape Library that houses 100 cartridges 
> and two sdlt320 tape drives (TO) a 256 slot library that houses 4 LTO3 
> tape drives.
>
> Here's my environment:
> Entire Windows 2003 shop
>       Backing Up about 30 Servers
>       2 month retention policy
> Running Networker 7.2.2 with exchange and sql modules.
>
> How do I migrate to the new but still have the capability to restore 
> from the old for the 2 months???

What part of the migration process in particular is causing you problems?
Your question is pretty general, so it's hard to know what in particular one
should concentrate on when trying to provide help.

The general procedure would be

- define the new jukebox (and drives)
- get all new backups going to the new jukebox
- leave the old jukebox around until all the tapes in it are listed as
   recycleable, then delete the old volumes and the old jukebox

How many jukeboxes are you licensed for, and how big is/are your license(s)?
If you're only licensed for one jukebox, you're going to run into problems.
The problems will be worse if the one jukebox license is limited to less
than 256 slots.  ;-)

Tim
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