Oh.. I can't hold it in.  I'm a fairly new user to Netbackup 4.5FP#, have been 
using TSM for a couple years, and I find this troubling.  In the TSM world 
Restores Always take precedence.  If another task is using a drive in TSM, TSM 
will make a drive available, then once the restore is complete TSM will know 
where it left off on the prior task.  

I feel like I've just traded in my Cadillac for a KIA.....


Couldn't you just set your backup policies to a lower priority?  There a 
priority option....

Regards,

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Boatman [mailto:boatm005 AT groupwise.umn DOT edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:40 AM
To: williams.k.1 AT pg DOT com
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Prioritizing Restores over Backups in 4.5


I am very interested in this as well. We have had a few issues with this 
lately. Leaving a few drives "inactive" in case of a potential restore is NOT 
an option. Because of lack of slow backup speeds, we operate at 110% during the 
backup window. :( We also would like to be able to have restores take priority 
(when queued)

Thanks,

Paul

>>> <williams.k.1 AT pg DOT com> 09/09/03 08:27PM >>>
Does anyone know of a way to make restores that are queued, along with 
other queued backup, to run next?


We currently have a problem when all of our devices are in use and we kick off 
a restore. I know that the restore will get queued up, but I want to make sure 
the restore kicks off as soon as a drive is available. I do not want a queued 
backup to jump in there and take up the free drive.


Has anyone run into this type of problem?


Thanks,

Kris



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