[Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
2007-01-18 16:26:14
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[Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files |
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jpiszcz at lucidpixels.com (Justin Piszcz) |
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Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:26:14 -0500 (EST) |
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Brooks, Jason wrote:
> My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is
> that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are
> being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and
> have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to
> reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to
> basically date filter a backup and archive that.
>
> For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002.
> Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does
> anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
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> Jason Brooks
> Computer Systems Engineer
> IITS - Longwood University
> voice - (434) 395-2034
> fax - (434) 395-2035
> mailto:<brooksje at longwood.edu>
>
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Use the find command (I assume you're using UNIX)? and then generate an
include/exclude list as appropriate.
Justin.
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