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handian.sudianto
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backup to tape

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Hello,

Someone can help me regarding tape question below?
  • Is backup to tape job will make full backup and incremental from main job like backup copy?
  • Can we set different retention policy between disk and tape, example on the disk set to 3 days but on the tape set to 30 days?
  • If i have 10 VBR jobs, what best practice for backup to tape method? Should i create media pool based on each job, or create 2 media pool one for full backup and the other for incremental?
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Re: backup to tape

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Hi Handian,

1. Correct, you can configure the Tape job to backup both Full backups and incrementals.
2. Tape has its own protection period you can configure independently of the source job retention. GFS Media Pools also add convenient archiving options.
3. There's no specific best practice for this, it's whatever is most convenient for you to manage. Same with separate vs same media pool for Fulls and Increments, it's really just what your preference is for managing the tapes and restores from tape
David Domask | Product Management: Principal Analyst
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