Storage lifecycle policies - duplication source and target query
Hi All,
I'm currently using a storage lifecycle policy as follows:
Backup to Primary Site NBU Appliance 1
Duplication to Primary Site NBU Appliance 2
Duplication to Primary Site tape library
When this runs it uses the previous copy of the data to duplicate to the next target e.g.
Duplication #1 reads from Primary Site NBU Appliance 1 to write to Primary Site NBU Appliance 2
Duplication # 2 reads from Primary Site NBU Appliance 2 to write to Primary Site tape library.
Is there any way to "force" duplication of duplication # 2 from the primary copy of the data i.e. Primary Site NBU Appliance 1 ?
The reason I ask this is that soon I want to implement a storage lifecycle policy which will meet the following requirements:
1) Backup to appliance in primary site (for nearline restore)
2) duplication to an appliance in our DR site
3) duplication to tape in Primary site
4) I don't want to read data back over the link to the primary site in order to duplicate to tape.
5) If possible duplication must go to offsite appliance first as this is the quickest method of protecting data off-site
Backup to Primary Site NBU Appliance 1
Duplication to DR Site NBU Appliance 1
Duplication to Primary Site tape library
Has anyone experience of this ?
Thanks in advance.
Here is print screen from admin guide, confirming the above:
As well as changing the indent of the stages as outlined above you can control this when you actually create the SLP
When you create the first duplication you need to highlight the backup step and then click the Add button
When you create the second duplication highlight the backup again and click the Add button - this will indent it correctly for you - like saying "from the one i have selected add a step"
Hope this makes sense and helps - it should do it all in the right order for you that way
