considering backup strategy
Good day guys.
I'm currently considering a backup strategy for a customer, but he has some strange requirements.
Basically, he has 5 (2 MS SQL, 1 Exchange, 1 File, 1 App) servers and he has divided the servers on 2 groups:
SQL servers + Exchange server - doing full backups every day. full backup Friday
File Server + APP - Differential backups every day. full backup Friday
He is using auto-loader with 15 tapes + 1 Cleaning.
I'm wondering how should we setup this in BEWS 2010 R3?
any ideas are welcome.
Hi,
You'd do the following:
1. Create 2 selection lists: 1 containing DBs (SQL/Exchange) and 1 containing data. Select what you need too in each list.
2. Create 2 policies: 1 for Data backups and the other for DBs. This takes care of your Daily/Weekly/Monthly GFS for your client.
That's the easy way to set it up, but read my article below which explains in more depth:
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/backing-databases-and-files-same-tape-separate-jobs-using-backup-exec I've used that quite successfully in my environment.
Thanks!