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Backup strategy best practice please.

sami2000
Level 4

Dear Experts,

I am running new tape library for my company data backup I need advice for best performance backup for system states and backup of users data and servers db (sql,oracle)

I found it some complex with BE for how I could do it in concepts like overwrite protection period and appended period.

I was using stratigy of :

for DB (sql + Oracle+exchage server DB ) and Users Files/folders

1) every day incremental backup data

2) every friday full backup data

 

for system state:

1) full backup at the end of each month.

 

these days I am working to configure the backup on Symantec BE2014 with tapes so,How Could I do ?what is the recommended OPP and AP for my stratigy? what is the steps for configuring the storage pools as I am doing this maually ( I dont activate barcode)? what is the partitions and how i could use it?

I will be clear with you I am new with configuring Tape library so,please guide me for the main ways to make it working correctly.

Thanks in advance.

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pkh
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Whether you use barcode labels or not well not affect your backups or their retention. However, it is more efficient to use barcode labels. See my article below https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/using-barcode-labels-why-and-how

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pkh
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You should read the Admin Guide from Managing Tapes on page 378 and this document

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH5459

sami2000
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Should I make media sets like this:

full friday media set (media set1)

inc everyday media set (mdia set2)

and give OPP and AP to each media set then assign :

first partition to media set1

second partition to media set2

 

Is this correct?

pkh
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There is no need to use partitions

sami2000
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I will make the move of tapes manually I dont use barcode to make automatec autoloader with robotic so,what is your recommendation?

pkh
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Whether you use barcode labels or not well not affect your backups or their retention. However, it is more efficient to use barcode labels. See my article below https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/using-barcode-labels-why-and-how