11-26-2014 12:56 PM
Hi all,
i have a problem with me backup. It takes about 26 hours for 1,2 TB. I need to do that faster.
Any ideas?
Should i buy another tape drive (i have one external LTO6 drive) and create 2 jobs for the same server? Do i then have to buy a new licence? I dont understand that whole LEO license stuff...
Thanks
Andreas
11-26-2014 01:34 PM
Hi,
THe Library Expansion Option license licenses everything after the first drive in an autoloader/tape library. Example, your library has 1 drive...this is covered by the media server license. You add 3 more drives for a total of 4, and you need 3 x LEO licenses.
If you add a second stand-alone drive then you don't need an LEO license...only when adding more than the first drive as per above.
A second drive MIGHT help...no guarantee. It will allow you to split your job in 2.
Otherwise there is backing up to disk using a B2D or even dedupe, and then streaming that off to tape.
Thanks!
11-26-2014 01:42 PM
Also, have you seen this document on ways to improve throughput? http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH49521 check out the Backup to tape section.
11-26-2014 05:24 PM
Backup speed is not dependent on your tape drive alone. There is a myriad of factors which affect backup speed. Try tuning your BE. See my article below
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/tuning-backup-exec
However, if you suspect that your tape drive is the problem, it is possible to tune it.
11-27-2014 05:56 AM
What is the Backup type ? File or Database level ?
11-28-2014 02:17 AM
Hi, what do you mean with File or Database level?
Thanks!
11-28-2014 02:55 AM
What your backup job includes , i mean content -
Just windows servers, linux servers , Any Specific Applications like Exchange, Sql, Oracle Databases, User File shares ?
11-28-2014 03:25 AM
Its just a File&Print windows server..