Multiple schedules in the same day

[Andrea_Francesc]

Hi all,
I currently manage dozen of NBU policies that perform daily full backups to different volume pools (7 schedules per policy - one per day, different volume pool per day) with a 1 Day Frequency: everything works fine.

Now our customer ask to add a new schedule to perform a monthly full (during the last Sunday of the month) on a calendar bases to a dedicated volume pool.

So during Sunday I've got two schedules enabled: the first one:

Full
Frequency 1 Day
Volume Pool: Sunday

and the archive just created:

Full_Archive
Frequency calendar based
Volume Pool: Archive

At the beginning these two schedules was overlapped: only one between two schedules was performed.
Symantec technician suggested to avoid schedule overlap so we modified policies, but still only one execution goes fine, not both.
It seems that NBU see one full backup for that day and it's enough, so it didn't run another full on the same day.
I already try to use nbpemreq predict but show only one schedule on Sunday, not both schedules.
How I can config NBU to get this goal, without creating new monthly policies?

Policies are mixed (MS-Windows, VMware, MS-SQL-Server) but they suffer the same issue.
NBU is v7.6.0.1 installed on Windows 2003 R2 SP2.

Thank you for any help,
Andrea

[RamNagalla]

please show us the output of below command

 bppllist <policyname>  -L

[RonCaplinger]

Instead of running two full backups from the client in one day, why not just duplicate the Sunday Full backup to another tape in the alternate volume pool on the last Sunday of the month?  Vault could do this.

[Andrea_Francesc]

Hello Nagalla,
take a look to this output:

Policy Name:       FSS_Domains_full_LTO6
Options:           0x0
template:          FALSE
audit_reason:         ?
Names:             (none)
Policy Type:       MS-Windows (13)
Active:            yes
Effective date:    06/30/2008 10:02:26
Client Compress:   no
Follow NFS Mnts:   no
Backup netwrk drvs:no
Collect TIR info:      no
Mult. Data Stream: no
Perform Snapshot Backup:   no
Snapshot Method:           (none)
Snapshot Method Arguments: (none)
Perform Offhost Backup:    no
Backup Copy:               0
Use Data Mover:            no
Data Mover Type:           2
Use Alternate Client:      no
Alternate Client Name:     (none)
Use Virtual Machine:      0
Hyper-V Server Name:     (none)
Enable Instant Recovery:   no
Policy Priority:   0
Max Jobs/Policy:   Unlimited
Disaster Recovery: 0
Collect BMR Info:  no
Keyword:           (none specified)
Data Classification:       -
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:    no
Client Encrypt:    no
Checkpoint:        no
Residence:         fp-bk-hcart3-robot-tld-0
Volume Pool:       DataStore
Server Group:      *ANY*
Granular Restore Info:  no
Exchange Source attributes:              no
Exchange DAG Preferred Server: (none defined)
Application Discovery:      no
Discovery Lifetime:      0 seconds
ASC Application and attributes: (none defined)
Generation:      38
Ignore Client Direct:  no
Enable Metadata Indexing:  no
Index server name:  NULL
Use Accelerator:  no
Optimized Backup:  no
Client/HW/OS/Pri/DMI/CIT:  domain1 Windows-x86 Windows2003 0 0 0 0 ?
Client/HW/OS/Pri/DMI/CIT:  domain2 Windows-x86 Windows2003 0 0 0 0 ?
Include:           E:\
Schedule:              Full_domenica
  Type:                FULL (0)
  Frequency:           1 day(s) (86400 seconds)
   Excluded Dates----------
    EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 12/26/2008
      No exclude days of week entered
  Retention Level:     10 (6 days)
  u-wind/o/d:          0 0
  Incr Type:           DELTA (0)
  Alt Read Host:       (none defined)
  Max Frag Size:       0 MB
  Synthetic:           0
  Checksum Change Detection: 0
  PFI Recovery:        0
  Maximum MPX:         1
  Number Copies:       1
  Fail on Error:       0
  Residence:           (specific storage unit not required)
  Volume Pool:         SUNDAY
  Server Group:        (same as specified for policy)
  Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:         0
  Schedule indexing:   0
  Daily Windows:
   Day         Open       Close       W-Open     W-Close
   Sunday      001:50:00  009:50:00   001:50:00  009:50:00  
   Monday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Tuesday     000:00:00  000:00:00
   Wednesday   000:00:00  000:00:00
   Thursday    000:00:00  000:00:00
   Friday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Saturday    000:00:00  000:00:00
Schedule:              Full_giovedi
  Type:                FULL (0)
  Frequency:           1 day(s) (86400 seconds)
   Excluded Dates----------
      No specific exclude dates entered
      No exclude days of week entered
  Retention Level:     10 (6 days)
  u-wind/o/d:          0 0
  Incr Type:           DELTA (0)
  Alt Read Host:       (none defined)
  Max Frag Size:       0 MB
  Synthetic:           0
  Checksum Change Detection: 0
  PFI Recovery:        0
  Maximum MPX:         1
  Number Copies:       1
  Fail on Error:       0
  Residence:           (specific storage unit not required)
  Volume Pool:         THURSDAY
  Server Group:        (same as specified for policy)
  Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:         0
  Schedule indexing:   0
  Daily Windows:
   Day         Open       Close       W-Open     W-Close
   Sunday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Monday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Tuesday     000:00:00  000:00:00
   Wednesday   000:00:00  000:00:00
   Thursday    001:50:00  009:50:00   097:50:00  105:50:00  
   Friday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Saturday    000:00:00  000:00:00
Schedule:              Full_lunedi
  Type:                FULL (0)
  Frequency:           1 day(s) (86400 seconds)
   Excluded Dates----------
    EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 12/29/2008
      No exclude days of week entered
  Retention Level:     10 (6 days)
  u-wind/o/d:          0 0
  Incr Type:           DELTA (0)
  Alt Read Host:       (none defined)
  Max Frag Size:       0 MB
  Synthetic:           0
  Checksum Change Detection: 0
  PFI Recovery:        0
  Maximum MPX:         1
  Number Copies:       1
  Fail on Error:       0
  Residence:           (specific storage unit not required)
  Volume Pool:         MONDAY
  Server Group:        (same as specified for policy)
  Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:         0
  Schedule indexing:   0
  Daily Windows:
   Day         Open       Close       W-Open     W-Close
   Sunday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Monday      001:50:00  009:50:00   025:50:00  033:50:00  
   Tuesday     000:00:00  000:00:00
   Wednesday   000:00:00  000:00:00
   Thursday    000:00:00  000:00:00
   Friday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Saturday    000:00:00  000:00:00
Schedule:              Full_martedi
  Type:                FULL (0)
  Frequency:           1 day(s) (86400 seconds)
   Excluded Dates----------
      No specific exclude dates entered
      No exclude days of week entered
  Retention Level:     10 (6 days)
  u-wind/o/d:          0 0
  Incr Type:           DELTA (0)
  Alt Read Host:       (none defined)
  Max Frag Size:       0 MB
  Synthetic:           0
  Checksum Change Detection: 0
  PFI Recovery:        0
  Maximum MPX:         1
  Number Copies:       1
  Fail on Error:       0
  Residence:           (specific storage unit not required)
  Volume Pool:         TUESDAY
  Server Group:        (same as specified for policy)
  Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:         0
  Schedule indexing:   0
  Daily Windows:
   Day         Open       Close       W-Open     W-Close
   Sunday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Monday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Tuesday     001:50:00  009:50:00   049:50:00  057:50:00  
   Wednesday   000:00:00  000:00:00
   Thursday    000:00:00  000:00:00
   Friday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Saturday    000:00:00  000:00:00
Schedule:              Full_mercoledi
  Type:                FULL (0)
  Frequency:           1 day(s) (86400 seconds)
   Excluded Dates----------
      No specific exclude dates entered
      No exclude days of week entered
  Retention Level:     10 (6 days)
  u-wind/o/d:          0 0
  Incr Type:           DELTA (0)
  Alt Read Host:       (none defined)
  Max Frag Size:       0 MB
  Synthetic:           0
  Checksum Change Detection: 0
  PFI Recovery:        0
  Maximum MPX:         1
  Number Copies:       1
  Fail on Error:       0
  Residence:           (specific storage unit not required)
  Volume Pool:         WEDNESDAY
  Server Group:        (same as specified for policy)
  Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:         0
  Schedule indexing:   0
  Daily Windows:
   Day         Open       Close       W-Open     W-Close
   Sunday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Monday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Tuesday     000:00:00  000:00:00
   Wednesday   001:50:00  009:50:00   073:50:00  081:50:00  
   Thursday    000:00:00  000:00:00
   Friday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Saturday    000:00:00  000:00:00
Schedule:              Full_sabato
  Type:                FULL (0)
  Frequency:           1 day(s) (86400 seconds)
   Excluded Dates----------
    EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 12/26/2008
      No exclude days of week entered
  Retention Level:     10 (6 days)
  u-wind/o/d:          0 0
  Incr Type:           DELTA (0)
  Alt Read Host:       (none defined)
  Max Frag Size:       0 MB
  Synthetic:           0
  Checksum Change Detection: 0
  PFI Recovery:        0
  Maximum MPX:         1
  Number Copies:       1
  Fail on Error:       0
  Residence:           (specific storage unit not required)
  Volume Pool:         SATURDAY
  Server Group:        (same as specified for policy)
  Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:         0
  Schedule indexing:   0
  Daily Windows:
   Day         Open       Close       W-Open     W-Close
   Sunday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Monday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Tuesday     000:00:00  000:00:00
   Wednesday   000:00:00  000:00:00
   Thursday    000:00:00  000:00:00
   Friday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Saturday    001:50:00  009:50:00   145:50:00  153:50:00  
Schedule:              Full_venerdi
  Type:                FULL (0)
  Frequency:           1 day(s) (86400 seconds)
   Excluded Dates----------
    EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 12/26/2008
      No exclude days of week entered
  Retention Level:     10 (6 days)
  u-wind/o/d:          0 0
  Incr Type:           DELTA (0)
  Alt Read Host:       (none defined)
  Max Frag Size:       0 MB
  Synthetic:           0
  Checksum Change Detection: 0
  PFI Recovery:        0
  Maximum MPX:         1
  Number Copies:       1
  Fail on Error:       0
  Residence:           (specific storage unit not required)
  Volume Pool:         FRIDAY
  Server Group:        (same as specified for policy)
  Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:         0
  Schedule indexing:   0
  Daily Windows:
   Day         Open       Close       W-Open     W-Close
   Sunday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Monday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Tuesday     000:00:00  000:00:00
   Wednesday   000:00:00  000:00:00
   Thursday    000:00:00  000:00:00
   Friday      001:50:00  009:50:00   121:50:00  129:50:00  
   Saturday    000:00:00  000:00:00
Schedule:              Full_domenica_Archive
  Type:                FULL (0)
  Calendar sched: Enabled
   Included Dates-----------
      Sunday, Week 5
   Excluded Dates----------
    EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 12/26/2008
      No exclude days of week entered
  Retention Level:     8 (1 year)
  u-wind/o/d:          0 0
  Incr Type:           DELTA (0)
  Alt Read Host:       (none defined)
  Max Frag Size:       0 MB
  Synthetic:           0
  Checksum Change Detection: 0
  PFI Recovery:        0
  Maximum MPX:         1
  Number Copies:       1
  Fail on Error:       0
  Residence:           (specific storage unit not required)
  Volume Pool:         ARCHIVE
  Server Group:        (same as specified for policy)
  Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:         0
  Schedule indexing:   0
  Daily Windows:
   Day         Open       Close       W-Open     W-Close
   Sunday      001:50:00  023:50:00   001:50:00  023:50:00  
   Monday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Tuesday     000:00:00  000:00:00
   Wednesday   000:00:00  000:00:00
   Thursday    000:00:00  000:00:00
   Friday      000:00:00  000:00:00
   Saturday    000:00:00  000:00:00

[Andrea_Francesc]

Ron,
Vault is not configured yet,
I wish to accomplish this request using the core functions in NBU

[RonCaplinger · Accepted solution]

Then you could use a Storage Lifecycle Policy. 

First, create an SLP that first backs up that client to the same storage unit you normally use.  Then add a duplication step in the SLP so that it will copy the backup image to the second volume pool. 

Then add a new schedule to your existing policy that only runs on the last Sunday of the month, and exclude the last Sunday of the month from your existing schedule.  Specify the new SLP you created as the destination, and set the retention for however long you want to keep the duplicate copy.