Duplicate Full Backup to USB for offsite
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I finally got my external USB drive recognized by my media server and now I am trying to set up a duplicate to it. Here is my setup.
Backup Exec 2010 R3
File server is my backup server. Backup Exec is installed on the file server and I am backing up to an internal 3Tb hard drive. Backing up C:, D:, E: and F: as well as system state and shadow copy components to local G: drive.
I have an external USB drive connected as K:. There are 6 USB drives I plan on rotating through for 6 months of offsite storage. I run Full backups on Saturday night, and incrementals Mon - Fri.
The first Saturday night of the month, I want to run a full backup, then duplicate that to the external USB drive, so I can take that drive off-site
There is a Policy called Duplicate Backup Sets, but I cannot find any good directions on how to set it up to duplicate my full backup to that USB drive.
PKH gave a great article on setting up the USB drive (Here), and I did that, so the USB part is set up correctly, but how do I configure the policy to run the full backup, then duplicate it to the external USB Drive?
Thanx for all your help.
What you need to do is to create a policy which a backup template and a duplicate template. You then link the duplicate template to the backup. After that, generate your backup and duplicate jobs with a selection list.