Networker

Re: [Networker] To index save or not?

2008-04-09 11:25:38
Subject: Re: [Networker] To index save or not?
From: A Darren Dunham <ddunham AT TAOS DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:19:49 +0000
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 09:46:24AM -0400, MIchael Leone wrote:
> So I'm thinking of changing my job definitions to remove the "No index 
> save", but also keep my separate Bootstrap group, tape and scheduled job 
> to run the "savegrp -O" every morning.
> 
> Thoughts? Good idea? Best practice? Waste of time? etc

Double-check where the indexes go (pool wise) and retentions.  On older
versions of Networker, indexes had the server's retention, not that of
the client.  That can cause tapes to not be recycled when you expect.
I'm not exactly sure which version changed that behavior.

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
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