I send out tape with a full backup of all my clients, one of the db
tapes (they get replaced every week), and a copy of the bpimagelist that
shows what fragments are on what media for each client.  The image list
doc is sent in a seperate box than the db tape.  Call me paranoid...

~JK

Ryan Anderson wrote:
> 
> You can avoid the headache of mass importing of tapes if you keep a
> recent backup of the NetBackup db itself. It holds a record of what
> tapes are needed, which tapes are the second copy, etc. With this I know
> that I can:
> 
> 1) Install a new backup server from scratch (using the same name of the
> one that's 'gone')
> 2) Install NetBackup
> 3) Apply the most recent catalog backup
> 4) Do an import on *only* the tapes which were used since the catalog
> backup was made (if needed)
> 
> RCA
> 
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> Ryan C. Anderson
> Unix Administrator
> United Defense L.P.
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> 
> >>> "Paul Sobey" <Paul.Sobey AT aleagroup DOT com> 02/13/02 07:44AM >>>
> Dear all,
> 
> We currently backup our servers using a full dump on weekends,
> incrementals
> during the week. Full dumps are duplicated and sent offsite weekly.
> I'd
> like to do it more frequently but I currently only have two drives, so
> cloning during the week is a no-no if I want to be able to do
> restores!
> 
> We have a DR test coming up, during which I will need to restore
> several of
> our servers from the duplicated tapes. I will be provided with a blank
> server/LTO drive for NetBackup. Current plan is to do something like
> this:
> 
>    Install NetBackup on blank NT Server
>    Use bpimport to read duplicated tapes into catalogue
>    Install NT + apps on individual servers
>    Use NetBackup to restore data
> 
> I would be very interested to hear anyone's comments on this. Is it
> workable? I have around 400GB to import - how long approximately to
> create
> the catalogue entries? How long to write the actual data back given
> server
> grade kit/NT4/100MB ethernet? Would it be quicker to use NetBackup to
> restore the apps as well as the data?
> 
> Using NB Datacentre 3.4 on NT4.
> 
> Any advice gratefully received!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paul
> 
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