Hi all,
Noticed this morning how much free space was on tape (5TB out of 5.5TB) and wondered if I am doing the tape backup correctly. We backup to tape four backup jobs. The backup jobs run Mon-Fri and then on Sat, we backup to tape. The backup jobs are forward jobs and they do *not* create synthetic fulls weekly (I think I tried that once and we do not have enought disk space). I have the "archive incremental backups to tape" option checked for the tape job.
I thought that option meant that I would get the full .vbk backup AND the incrementals every week. But looking at the details, I only get the full backup at month end and then for the following weeks I just get incrementals. So this means that if I have to restore from tape, I have to restore up to 4 tapes (to say get something from the last week of the month).
There is lots of room on the tape - how do I get the full backup and all incrementals since the full on to the tape. If I uncheck the option "acrchive incremental backups to tape", then my media pool option is greyed out.
Thanks.
Albert
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Re: Both full and incrementals on tape
Hello Albert
With forever incremental backup jobs, tape jobs will write virtual full backups to tape.
If you want to have less tapes (and switch them on a weekly interval), you could schedule virtual full backups weekly. 1 Tape per week. Fully independent from the other tapes.
Best,
Fabian
With forever incremental backup jobs, tape jobs will write virtual full backups to tape.
I assume you must have configured the schedule for the virtual full to a monthly interval?I only get the full backup at month end and then for the following weeks I just get incrementals. So this means that if I have to restore from tape, I have to restore up to 4 tapes (to say get something from the last week of the month).
If you want to have less tapes (and switch them on a weekly interval), you could schedule virtual full backups weekly. 1 Tape per week. Fully independent from the other tapes.
Best,
Fabian
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