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ab67
Level 3
7 years ago

How to set overwrite protection period in NetBackup 8.1

Hi Guy, Please help me how to configure overwrite protection period feature in Netbackup 8.1 ? I cann't see it in console management   Thanks you !!!
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    7 years ago

    ab67 wrote:

    Week 1 - The Full backup is located to Tape 1 after that the Tape 1 will be locked to prevent the other policy overwrite to it

     

    It's very helpfull to help me check which backup image resides in which tape

    Once again - NetBackup does not work like that. 
    NetBackup works stricktly according to Retention Level and will merely append to same tape.  
    A tape can only be overwritten when all images written on the tape have expired. 

    There is no need to manually keep track of where images reside. NetBackup does a very good job doing that.
    When you want to restore, simply select the client and the date that you want to restore from and select files/folders. 
    NBU will display the media id needed for restore.