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saruti
Level 2
8 years ago

Storage pool

I have a USB external drive that is about 7TB formated and I have an internal drive that is about 3TB formated. I have a backup job that is about 9TB. How can I configure the 2 drives so that the backup fits on the 2 drives. My first attempt was to try a storage pool but that appeaers to be a way to load balance and not span drives.

Thanks

Sam

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Windows Server (2003/2008)
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    pkh
    8 years ago

    If you are using BE 2012 and above, there is no way to span disks. You would need to split your backup job so that each portion fit into one disk.

    However, you would face another problem.  DLM will not delete the last recovery point until a new recovery point is done.  This means that you need to have sufficient disk space for 2 backup sets and not just one.

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    pkh
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    8 years ago

    If you are using BE 2012 and above, there is no way to span disks. You would need to split your backup job so that each portion fit into one disk.

    However, you would face another problem.  DLM will not delete the last recovery point until a new recovery point is done.  This means that you need to have sufficient disk space for 2 backup sets and not just one.