This is very close the set up I have at my work.  I couldn't find any
way to set this up that avoided multiple schedules and overrides, which
of course are updated at the  start of each year.  Basically, I think
you already know what has to be done  :o\

 
Best regards,
 
Vince
 
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Vince Howard
Programmer/System Administrator
IT Section
Wansbeck District Council
Front Street West
Bedlington
Northumberland
NE22 5TU
UK
 
Tel (DDI): +44 (0)1670 843472
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of bbemis
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:37 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: How to schedule a Grandfather-Father-Son rotation?
> 
> I'm new to Networker, so I apologize if this is a dumb question...
> 
> I'm interested in scheduling a Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) 
> type tape rotation in Networker. We're running Networker 
> 7.4sp1 on a Windows 2003 box connected directly to a Quantum 
> Scalar 50 autoloader. Basically I want to do full backups at 
> the end of every week (probably on a Sat. or Sun.) with 
> incrementals all other days of the week. I also want to do a 
> full backup at the end (or beginning) of every month. Each 
> full backup needs to go to a different pool for easy archival 
> purposes. I'd be rotating the weekly full backups every month 
> and the monthly fulls every year. Is there an "easy" way to 
> do this? Or am I going to have to manually set override skips 
> with multiple schedule, etc.? I'm looking to make the 
> scheduling as easy to manage as possible. Any advice? 
> 
> TIA.
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