aerobott Posted April 3, 2003 Report Share Posted April 3, 2003 An old Backup Exec hand would like to ask a rotation question. If I understand the backup types Retrospect uses, and I want to get as close to a the differential backups I used to use, I want to reuse each week M-R and would do a Recycle on my M-R daily tapes. I keep each weeks F for the month, but reuse it next month. This would also be a Recycle. I then do a monthly which is kept for the year, but reuse it next year. It would also be a Recycle then. Finally, I do a yearly which I keep for 7-10 years, tape permitting. That could be a normal. My full backup would be the tape put in at the end of the day Friday and would run early Sunday morning. Does this sound correct? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted April 3, 2003 Report Share Posted April 3, 2003 You got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerobott Posted April 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2003 Thanks AmyC! Of course now I need to learn how to take advantage of Retrospects system - instead of being Classic Backup "slacker". Aero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 You may find the White Papers helpful: http://www.dantz.com/about/press/white_papers.html Sometimes it's difficult to wrap your mind around a completely new (and better!) way of doing things. The tutorials are also very helpful. You'll find screen-by-screen shots of the more common executions: http://www.dantz.com/index.php3?SCREEN=kbase&ACTION=KBASE&id=27640 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerobott Posted April 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Thanks - you're right. Graphics help. I was looking for something to that effect. AB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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