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irix
Level 3
9 years ago

Backup from disk storage to tape in one step

Hello everyone,   we have 5 Windows and 2 Linux server which we're backing up daily. On weekend we want to copy the last full backups of each serven to tape in one step. That means with o...
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  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    9 years ago

    You can create a duplicate job that duplicates only the last full backup and this can then be scheduled for once a week.

    I have not tested this to see if there are any limitaions but in theory you could put all you servers in the same initial job to disk (with a daily start) and then in the same job definition have a duplicate state for once a week that only duplicates the last full.

    You cannot do this if all your initial jobs to disk are separate as separate duplicate jobs will be needed if the initial jobs are separated.

     

    Also I would recommend splitting the Linux systems into a separate job just becauee you sometimes need settings for one OS type that do not apply to another. (Open file for instance on Windows boxes that you may not use against Linux and if you leave them all in the same job youy may get warning messages reported. )

     

     

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Colin_Weaver
Moderator
9 years ago

You can create a duplicate job that duplicates only the last full backup and this can then be scheduled for once a week.

I have not tested this to see if there are any limitaions but in theory you could put all you servers in the same initial job to disk (with a daily start) and then in the same job definition have a duplicate state for once a week that only duplicates the last full.

You cannot do this if all your initial jobs to disk are separate as separate duplicate jobs will be needed if the initial jobs are separated.

 

Also I would recommend splitting the Linux systems into a separate job just becauee you sometimes need settings for one OS type that do not apply to another. (Open file for instance on Windows boxes that you may not use against Linux and if you leave them all in the same job youy may get warning messages reported. )