Backup to disk to offsite disk

[Stephen_Wetzel]

I am getting conflicting stories from many Symantec people on how to have a backup to local disk and then send that backup to an offsite disk system for disaster storage. They are unable to tell me which modules are needed and does the system on the off site end need to be windows 2003 to receive the backup of the on site backup.

[shweta_rege]

Hello,




Do you mean you want to perform a backup of data and then duplicate it on the Tape and then you can send the Tapes offsite?



Thank You,

Shweta

[Hywel_Mallett]

Assuming you're happy with a disk-only based backup, then there are a few ways You could do it.
If you have a backup-to-disk folder on your server, and another folder which is mounted on your BE server, but located remotely, you could define a second set of B2D folders on the remote disk, then add a duplicate job to the backup policy. Pros: Easy to configure. Works out the box. Cons: On a slow link, mounted drives can have poor performance. Also if the link fails, the duplicate job will fail.
Another option might be to use Replication Exec to replicate the B2D folder to a remote location. Pros: more reliable over slow and transient links. Cons: Requires extra software.
You could also investigate using CPS to copy data to the remote location.

[Ajit_Kulkarni]

Hello Stephen


Can you please update on the issue ?


Regards



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