I've set up NetBackup 5.1 to automatically do a catalog backup whenever a backup session completes. During this setup, I've dedicated two specific media and the catalog backups alternate between these two.
I'd like to remove one tape at least once a month and send to offsite storage along with the rest of the tapes. However, since the catalog backup is using two specific media, I forsee that catalog backups will no longer function. I suppose I could reconfigure the catalog backup to another media manually once a month, but I want to make this as administration free as possible within reason.
I don't particularly want to copy the catalog backup over the network to a network share, I don't have a suitable fileserver at any DR site.
Also, I've been thinking of keeping a seperate pool for the master server's own backup, apart from the catalog backup. I suppose it's useful to have the entire NetBackup installation on a specific media so I can in the event of a disaster first reload the catalog, then reload all specific configurations in NetBackup.
I'd like to hear your ideas about best practices to protect the master server and keeping an offsite copy of the catalog backup.