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tmt
Level 3
13 years ago

Backup Strategies and B2D2T

Hi everyone, We recently purchased a new tape library (Dell TL2000 LTO-5) and a Netgear ReadyNAS Pro (6TB) that we would like to use as a B2D source. This is a relatively big new step for us and wo...
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  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    13 years ago

    Suppose your strategy is to do a full backup on the 1st Monday and then daily incrementals thereafter. If you need to restore on the 3rd Mon., you would have to use the full backup and the 13 incrementals.  If you have done a synthetic backup on the 2nd Monday, then you only need the synthetic backup and the 6 incremental backups since then.  The idea of synthetic backup is to do a full backup without actually doing it on your system.  It assembles the full backup and all the subsequent incrementals into a new full backup.

    Have you test whether you can export a tape?  Right-click on a slot and choose export.  See whether the tape ends up in the mailslot.

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tmt
Level 3
13 years ago

That clears the air up a fair bit here :)

In ending, I'll either have to forgo running incremental backups and perform full backups to disk each night and duplicate to tape using BECMD to chain 2 policies to run a full for GRT data and a full syn for Non-GRT data.

OR

Leave things as they are and create an additional full backup job from each source (rather than the B2D folder) which backs up to tape every night.

 

Are these the only options I have available? Would the deduplication module help me out with this situation? Due to budgeting, I would hopefully not have to purchase more agents if given a choice.