01-08-2015 04:59 AM
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
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01-09-2015 10:46 AM
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.
01-08-2015 05:30 AM
please show us the output of below command
bppllist <policyname> -L
01-08-2015 09:26 AM
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.
01-09-2015 12:20 AM
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
01-09-2015 12:27 AM
Ron,
Vault is not configured yet,
I wish to accomplish this request using the core functions in NBU
01-09-2015 10:46 AM
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.