11-09-2011 11:38 AM
Our backups take 3 tapes. When tape 1 is finished, it ejects the tape and waits for a new tape. When I put in the new tape, the backup resumes immediately.
Is there an option to delay resuming the backup for a few hours after I insert the second tape?
Thanks
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11-09-2011 12:12 PM
You can either get a small autoloader, as I said earlier, or you can split your backup into two smaller backups, and run them on alternate nights
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Read your first post again
If your job takes three tapes to complete, you would have to split into three nightly jobs, a lot more complicted to schedule
Sounds like you really need that small autoloader. Either that or a larger capacity tape drive (preferably one that can still read your older tapes)
I know both are expensive, but how much would you lose if the server died and you couldn't recover all your business critical data?
11-09-2011 11:50 AM
Nope
Why would you want to?
If it is because you are worried about resource contention after you insert an overwriteable tape, you may need to look into a small autoloader so the job(s) can complete overnight
11-09-2011 11:57 AM
We have a tape backup on our network server. When the backup runs, the server response time is slow. People are still in the office when I put in the second tape. It would be great to delay resuming until all the people went home.
11-09-2011 12:12 PM
You can either get a small autoloader, as I said earlier, or you can split your backup into two smaller backups, and run them on alternate nights
{edit}
Read your first post again
If your job takes three tapes to complete, you would have to split into three nightly jobs, a lot more complicted to schedule
Sounds like you really need that small autoloader. Either that or a larger capacity tape drive (preferably one that can still read your older tapes)
I know both are expensive, but how much would you lose if the server died and you couldn't recover all your business critical data?