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pkh
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13 years ago

How to use external hard-disks and rotate them

 

Are you thinking of using external USB or eSata hard-disks for your backups and you also want to rotate them?  If you do not know how, read my articles
 
For BE 2012 -
 
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/how-rotate-external-harddisks-be-2012
 
For BE 2010 and earlier versions of BE -
 
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/how-rotate-external-harddisks
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  • KRedd's avatar
    KRedd
    Level 3
    13 years ago

    Thanks for those wonderful articles.....

    Comes to real rescue for the people who use USB drives for storage 

  • Orionex's avatar
    Orionex
    Level 4
    12 years ago

     

    Good to know, I will just add that it is necessary to check the compatibility list for BE2012 or 2010 .

     

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    Orionex
    Level 4
    12 years ago

    Please find the links for compatibility :

    Be2012

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH175582

    Be2010

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH137050

     

     

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    pkh
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    Isn't this what the previous post is suggesting??

  • Christopher_Jol's avatar
    Christopher_Jol
    Level 4
    12 years ago

    When you use tapes, you have a retention period that you can see when you look at offline media.

    If you use the above procedure, how do you figure out which drive you need to bring back from offsite storage?  I cant see any way to tell which drive you would use.  We are using 5 drives for daily and then want to keep 5 weeks of weekly full backups and keep 12 months of monthly backups and then 6 years of yearly full backups.  With that number of drives, I need to know which ones can be brought back online.

     

    Thoughts?