I would do this:
1. Backup to disk
2. Duplicate to tape
3. Expire Disk images
4. Change PC to 2
5. Duplicate images for Offsite
6. backup NBU DB for offsite set.
No the copies are limited to 2 whether it is disk or tape copies (I hear
that in future releases the 2 copy limit will be a thing of the past).
Is there a valid reason? This has been the way the product as been since I
have been working with it and I've been consulting on the product since
version 1.6.
Vault does not give you more copies, so it isn't there to encourage or force
you to buy vault. Much of what you can do with vault, you can do with shell
scripts as well. I have written a suite of scripts (DataStaff Duplication
Suite for NetBackup) for that purpose, which can be found on my website.
Its a nice first step before you launch yourself into bpVault.
David
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David A. Chapa
NetBackup Consultant
DataStaff, Inc.
http://www.consulting.datastaff.com
847 413 1144
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[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of John Kesich
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 4:10 PM
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Fwd: offsite copies
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Can it now be posted?
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> From: John Kesich <kesich AT nyu DOT edu>
> Date: Thu Nov 01, 2001 03:23:41 PM US/Eastern
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: offsite copies
>
> Currently all our backups are multiplexed onto tape and creating copies
> for offsite storage is very slow.
>
> What I would really like to do is:
>
> 1) backup to disk
> 2) duplicate to offsite tapes
> 3) duplicate to local tapes
> 4) backup db to offsite tape
> 5) backup db to disk
> 6) expire disk backups
>
> Unfortunately, I believe netbackup's 2 copy limit will force me to:
>
> 1) backup to disk
> 2) duplicate to offsite tapes
> 3) backup db to offsite tape
> 4) backup db to disk
> 5) expire offsite backups
> 6) duplicate to local tapes
> 7) expire disk backups
> 8) restore db info about offsite copies from disk db backup
> 9) backup db to disk
>
> Does anyone have a better approach?
> Would putting the disk copy on a media server allow me to make 2 tape
> copies on the
> master server?
> BTW, is there a valid reason for the 2 copy limit, or is it solely
> intended to encourage us to buy bpvault?
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