Re: [Veritas-bu] Frequency Based Schedules

It's a good thing I didn't take that bet with Bob, though I'm quite sure that one of the guides stated that retention level was the culprit. I went and looked at the 5.1 and 6.0 guides and they are identical to what Darren stated.
After reading that email from the Symantec guy, I'm more intrigued about all the different methods of choosing the winner. Maybe the vapor-technote will lend credibility to my side of the argument.

Anyway, thanks for setting me straight.

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Subject	Re: [Veritas-bu] Frequency Based Schedules

On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:02:22PM -0500, Rusty.Major AT sungard DOT com wrote: > >and the longest frequency will win--the monthly will run. > > Bob, that's what usually happens, but that's not why. The trump card is > the retention level, which usually is matched to a longer frequency, but > may not always be the case. If that's true (and it wouldn't put it past them), it's a bug. The Administrator's Guide is explicit that frequency is the winner here: Backup frequency determines schedule priority If more than one automatic schedule is due for a client within a policy, the backup frequency determines the schedule that NetBackup uses: * Jobs from the schedule with the lower frequency (longer period between backups) always have higher priority. For example, a schedule with a backup frequency of one year has priority over a schedule with a backup frequency of one month. [...] -- Darren _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu

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