Hey Tim,
That's an interesting use for nsrconsolidate. An issue that I can see that
would come up with using that to get tape out of an Avamar or anything I
guess, would be that any save sets that you "consolidated to tape" would end up
being a full backup. This would work fine if you wanted to get a data set on
tape periodically, but if you had a requirement to get daily backups out to
tape, could consume a large amount of tape, time, and CPU ....
Mat
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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Tim Mooney
Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2012 8:54 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] NetWorker + DD Boost vs. NetWorker & Avamar
In regard to: Re: [Networker] NetWorker + DD Boost vs. NetWorker & Avamar,...:
> In regard to: RE: [Networker] NetWorker + DD Boost vs. NetWorker & Avamar,...:
>
>> Also another difference between Avamar and DD, is that if you want to
>> clone the data out to tape after it has been de-duped then you can
>> pretty much rule Avamar out of the picture, with the Data Domains in
>> the picture, its workable, but only as pretty as tape will allow it
>> to be ...
>
> Thanks again for you thoughts Mat! They're definitely appreciated.
>
> I did know that tapeout with Avamar has been a big problem for years.
> It's my understanding that up until recently, tapeout with Avamar
> meant doing a restore to a temporary spot and then a backup - yuck.
> However, the reading I've been doing indicates that the product has
> improved somewhat. I'm not certain I'll be to find the link (it might
> have been a StorageZilla blog post, not sure), but I recall reading
> that current Avamar + Networker 8.x now allows direct tapeout via
> NetWorker cloning.
I found the post where tapeout is mentioned, just after I sent my last
response. It's here:
http://storagezilla.typepad.com/storagezilla/2012/07/rocket-boost.html
Tim
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