Backup Exec 12.5 - Exchange 2003 - Backup Schedule Recommendation / Guide
Hi Fellow Experts,
OK, quick rundown:
Using BES 12.5 for Exchange 2003 (GRT and Backup 2 Disks) on Server 03 OS.
I'm going to do Backup 2 Disk Full on Fridays with a Duplicate to Tape afterwards
With Backup 2 Disk Incrementals for Monday - Thursday
My question is:
I want it to run on a 4/5 week basis with a condition that if its the last friday of the month, do the duplicate to Scratch Tape (which i guess will happen automatically by not putting the usual scheduled tape in on that day)
How do i go about setting this up? I know i have to use a policy, do i create:
A Full Backup Job
And a Incremental Backup Job
Assign both seperate jobs to a Policy with a duplicate condition after Full backup in it?
As for the schedule itself... I'm not entirely sure so thought i'd throw it out. :-)
Nice 1 guys
Krystian
OK, quick rundown:
Using BES 12.5 for Exchange 2003 (GRT and Backup 2 Disks) on Server 03 OS.
I'm going to do Backup 2 Disk Full on Fridays with a Duplicate to Tape afterwards
With Backup 2 Disk Incrementals for Monday - Thursday
My question is:
I want it to run on a 4/5 week basis with a condition that if its the last friday of the month, do the duplicate to Scratch Tape (which i guess will happen automatically by not putting the usual scheduled tape in on that day)
How do i go about setting this up? I know i have to use a policy, do i create:
A Full Backup Job
And a Incremental Backup Job
Assign both seperate jobs to a Policy with a duplicate condition after Full backup in it?
As for the schedule itself... I'm not entirely sure so thought i'd throw it out. :-)
Nice 1 guys
Krystian
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just to make sure i understood you correctly, what you're saying is that the tape for last friday of Month (which is our Monthly, never overwrite, keep forever tape) just needs to be a blank tape in the scratch media location. Then when the scheduled job tries to find the normal tape(s) (which is / are part of a set, if you will) it won't find it and so goes to a scratch tape (assuming there is one) ??
If so, its kinda what i thought would be the case but needed a 2nd pair of eyes and brains to give the thumbs up!
Creating the Policy...
To do this i presume i create a policy and pick both Full job and Incremental job?
Then set the Full job as the one to duplicate... all in the same policy??
Thanks iamthecreator
Much appreciated
Regards
Krystian