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John_Deackman
Level 3
11 years ago

Need a 3rd copy of a backup...

I have a sitiuation... I have a small DataDomain(DD) at and outside location. I backup to the small DD at the outside location, and then I duplicate it in a SLP to the corporate DD. We just ins...
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  • Amol_Nair's avatar
    Amol_Nair
    11 years ago
    By default the maximum number of backup copies in netbackup is set to 2. Go to master server host properties and change the maximum backup copies setting to 3. Then you can run the bpduplicate command to create the 3rd copy. You would find the settings in Host Properties > Master Server > Global settings
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Marianne
Level 6
11 years ago

You forgot to mention your NBU version?

Recent NBU versions (e.g. 7.5) has a default setting of 5 Global Attributes ->  Maximum backup copies.

This value can be increased to a maximum of 10.

(See NBU Admin Guide I, Chapter 3)