I have a question for the group.  I've had issues with this for years.
Veritas responded that they have about half their customers that want it
this way and half that don't, so they don't actively pursue making this
better.  I suggested that since a lot of backup windows fall somewhere
between the 6 PM to 6 AM timeframe, that if they let me define what a
"backup day" is, then I could say that NOON defines a day for me.  I
believe that would alleviate this issue of double backups in one evening
and none until after midnight the next day ... Which then pushes other
backups/resources out and causes me status 196's ... Which I then rerun
during the day ... Which then sets an eternal motion of failures and
late backups in flight until I just skip a night to get everything back
in sync.

I'd love to hear your thoughts !!!


-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Curtis
Preston
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 5:16 PM
To: Wayne T Smith; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Schedule coordination question

I had very minor issues with CBS (calendar-based schedules) and midnight
issues.  I do know that if you tell it to go on Friday, and you have all
windows open, it will actually go Friday morning (just after midnight).
Is that what you mean?

I don't use CBS for daily backups for the reasons I think you're
alluding to.  You'll get two backups in one night and no backups until
after midnight the next day.

---
W. Curtis Preston
Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Wayne T
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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 2:48 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Schedule coordination question

Of course!   Frequency-based backups don't care about midnight.

No joke, if I was recalling my previous post on Calendar-base backups, 
though. ;-)

cheers, wayne

Curtis Preston wrote, in part,  on 2007-08-02 5:39 PM:
> You meant that as a joke, right?  Almost all of my windows cross
> midnight.
>   
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