HOW TO: backup 1 job, on 2 seperate tapedrives

[Filip_Notebaert]

Hi,

one of our customers has a full tape, and instead of inserting a second tape in the morning, they want to have a second tapedrive that takes over the job, when the first tape is full.

So ... how can I configure an existing backup job to backup the data on the first drive, and when that tape is full, it will continue the job on another tape on another tapedrive ?

Suggestions anyone ?

Thanks in advance,

Filip

[Ken_Putnam]

if the two drives are the same type, you can set up a "Cascaded Drive Pool". See the Admin Guide or http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/262932.htm

Then edit the job to point to the Cascaded Pool, ratehr than All Pools

[Ashutosh_Tamhan]

Hello Filip!

You will have to change the device settings for the backup job to use all the drives pool or create a separate drive pool under devices tab and select it as a backup destination.

Regards,
Ashutosh

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[Thomas_Bianco]

cascaded drive pool is the option that will correct the need to swap tapes, but it will NOT reduce your backup window. perhaps a better solution would be to split the backup into two jobs, one to each drive, and run them concurrently.

[tejashree_Bhate]

Hello,

Have the above provided solutions useful . Please let us know the updates.

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