Anderson, David writes:
> Marcello,
> 
> First, you can't duplicate one type of media to another.  They have to be
> the same type media.

Sure you can.

> 
> Second, in NBU 3.4.x there is no easy way to swap the primary for the copy.
> It has to be done manually at the command prompt.  It's pretty convoluted
> (translated: pain in the bass), but definitely do-able.

bpimage -npc <copy #> -backupid <backup_id> 

or

bpduplicate -npc <new primary copy> -backupid <backup id>


> 
> Third, move to NBU 4.5...it makes duplicating and managing those duplicates
> easier (you can even make up to 10 copies, imagine that).

Yes, 10 copies total, but you can "only" make 4 at once.  Also want to
keep in mind that if you're thinking of writing both copies at once,
they will run at the speed of the slowest drive - so if he's not
multiplexing, his DLT would be slowed down to the speed of a DAT.

> 
> David Anderson
> Scripps Information Services
> 
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