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Re: [Veritas-bu] Archive list
2012-03-09 11:52:11
When I consider protecting data, I'm typically thinking of keeping them in multiple places that are as independent as possible.
If I were to use NBU "archive", I would be basically chopping off one of the places where the data is stored (its original, live home).
I think the place for NBU "archive" is quite limited and is not a reasonable solution where one is expected to be able to restore the data to their usable place/form. For the case where "it would be nice, but not critical, to restore this data sometime in the next x months", NBU "archive" might be an easy solution. I've never encountered that case. Is it better than writing them to DVDs? Maybe.
Cheers, Wayne
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:04 AM, David Rock <david AT graniteweb DOT com> wrote, in part:
* Kevin Holtz <klh1456 AT gmail DOT com> [2012-03-09 07:47]:
> All is true but I wouldn't say it's something NBU was not designed to
> do. It was made difficult for a reason rather than easy due to the
> nature of the outcome e.g. Archiving. This is very common practice
> for DBA's. Yes, this all needs to be scripted, blat etc. and you will
> need admins to help if you don't have access to the local systems.
By "not designed to do" I specifically mean that NBU is not designed to
have the backup admins be responsible for running archive jobs.
Archives are inherently dangerous and as such, only the owner of the
files being archived is really intended to be the one to determine of
archiving is ok.
Backup admins are generally in the business of preserving data for
recovery, not removal of files from systems.
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