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dalbs
Level 4
13 years ago

Duplicate to tape at DR site

Hi, If I set up a single job definition to first backup to local dedup disk at site 1 and then duplicate this to dedup disk at site 2 using opt dedup, would another stage to duplicate to tape at si...
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  • Kiran_Bandi's avatar
    Kiran_Bandi
    13 years ago

    According to the screenshots you mentioned, it seems highlt possible to implement. While writing the previous reply, i was doubtful about availability of duplicate as source in the duplicate to tape job. (Unfortuantely i do not have any such setups available to test it though). Test it once before confirming.

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T35216
Level 4
13 years ago

Hi dalbs,

I have tried to implement in the manner you describe, I finally moved the tape Library back to site 1 to avoid sending the data across to site 2 to tape.  This is the most efficient way to achieve your goal using policies.  Otherwise you will need to configure duplicate backup sets jobs on server in site 2