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[Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files

2007-01-18 16:26:14
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
From: jpiszcz at lucidpixels.com (Justin Piszcz)
Date: 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
> 
> ------------
> 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.