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sami2000
Level 4
10 years ago

Backup strategy best practice please.

Dear Experts,

I am running new tape library for my company data backup I need advice for best performance backup for system states and backup of users data and servers db (sql,oracle)

I found it some complex with BE for how I could do it in concepts like overwrite protection period and appended period.

I was using stratigy of :

for DB (sql + Oracle+exchage server DB ) and Users Files/folders

1) every day incremental backup data

2) every friday full backup data

 

for system state:

1) full backup at the end of each month.

 

these days I am working to configure the backup on Symantec BE2014 with tapes so,How Could I do ?what is the recommended OPP and AP for my stratigy? what is the steps for configuring the storage pools as I am doing this maually ( I dont activate barcode)? what is the partitions and how i could use it?

I will be clear with you I am new with configuring Tape library so,please guide me for the main ways to make it working correctly.

Thanks in advance.

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  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    10 years ago
    Whether you use barcode labels or not well not affect your backups or their retention. However, it is more efficient to use barcode labels. See my article below https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/using-barcode-labels-why-and-how
  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    You should read the Admin Guide from Managing Tapes on page 378 and this document

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH5459

  • sami2000's avatar
    sami2000
    Level 4
    10 years ago

    Should I make media sets like this:

    full friday media set (media set1)

    inc everyday media set (mdia set2)

    and give OPP and AP to each media set then assign :

    first partition to media set1

    second partition to media set2

     

    Is this correct?

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    sami2000
    Level 4
    10 years ago

    I will make the move of tapes manually I dont use barcode to make automatec autoloader with robotic so,what is your recommendation?

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    10 years ago
    Whether you use barcode labels or not well not affect your backups or their retention. However, it is more efficient to use barcode labels. See my article below https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/using-barcode-labels-why-and-how