cmp119 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Each weekend we initiate a disk-to-tape backup. I selected to backup instead of copy the disk backup files to tape. I am able to restore the disk backups without a problem. Is there a problem doing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I guess I don't understand what you are asking. Copying a backup to tape should be done from Tools>Transfer Backup Sets or Transfer Snapshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmp119 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Basically I conduct several disk backups to different backup sets, and then I backup these disk backups to tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Normally Retrospect will exclude the disk backup set folder from future backups. It is best to do a backup set transfer. Restores from tape will be much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmp119 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Thanks. I found the disk-to-tape document, and I am following those procedures. They recommend snapshot transfer. I am still trying to figure the difference between backup and snapshot tranfer. I assume the transger merely copies the disk backups and does not move them per say. I have never done this before, so that is why I ask this trivial question. Anyway, let me ask if I create a transfer snapshots backup for several disk backups, can I create a script to backup other data using the same backup set. In essence, it would append the backup data on the same tape that the transfer snapshots uses. We conduct application backups that I would also like to store off-site on a rotation basis (Backup Set A & , etc. I just want to make sure when a restore is necessary there are no complications. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 can I create a script to backup other data using the same backup set. yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmp119 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 I have a question that you maybe able to assist me with. It pertains to backing up the information store to disk. I setup the backup set to groom to remove backups older than (1). It does not initiate automatically. I must manually initiate a groom session for it to work. I have other backups that automatically groom, but the Exchange backup does set does not seem to do this. Is this the way it should be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 I have a question that you maybe able to assist me with. It pertains to backing up the information store to disk. I setup the backup set to groom to remove backups older than (1). It does not initiate automatically. I must manually initiate a groom session for it to work. I have other backups that automatically groom, but the Exchange backup does set does not seem to do this. Is this the way it should be? Retrospect doesn't groom until it reaches the max size of the backup set. THEN the rule is applied. We do schedule a groom script every weekend. And why not set a value larger than 1? You are (in effect) performing a "recycle backup" and not really use the advantages of grooming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmp119 Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I wound up creating a grooming script as suggested. We conduct a mailstore backup every Friday night. If we need to restore for any reason we have no need to go beyond a week, so exchange progressive backups are not necessary nor efficient in this respect. A weekly recycle backup serves us much more efficiently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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