when using the robotic tape libary, how do I set it up to run mutilple full backup jobs (staging with different time), and chose the next available tape for different days? once again, thank you for all your help and quick responds.
If you want each job to start with a new tape, then specify overwrite for each job. If you want all the jobs in one day to use one set of tapes, then specify overwrite for the first job and then append for the rest of the jobs. See this document to set up your OPP and AP
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH5459
thank you for your quick reply.I have 4 full back up jobs, I want 2 jobs to go to a certain tape, and the other 2 to a different tape and these 2 sets would chose the next available tape on weekly basis. would partitioning the robotic tape library a better option than using media sets for this situation?
how would i set up these media sets for BE to recognized which is which?
create a different media set for each type of full backup.
assign each type of full job to its own media set
Just target your jobs to different media sets. These media sets should have the appropriate OPP and AP so that they are overwritable when you next need to overwrite the tapes. See the document below for a better understanding of OPP and AP.
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH5459
For the initial run of your jobs, leave the tapes in the scratch media set. After the jobs have used the tapes, they would be placed in the targeted media set.
To have two jobs write to the same tape, the first job should specify overwrite and the second job specify append. Assuming that the jobs run within a day, set the AP to 1 day.
ok . for 4 full back ups,I should have 2 media sets. First job would be OPP and second job in APP for set 1. The 3rd job would be OPP and 4th job APPf for set 2. My question is how would BE knows to pick a new tape tape for the 3 rd job? Let just say these 4 jobs are running on daily basis. please advise.
these 4 back ups are all different tape of back ups. i tried to use media set and BE wrote to 2 different tapes on the same job.
