Yes, but BackupExec can only send one job at a time to a single tape drive. Other jobs wait in a queue until the previous job completes.
CA ARCserve also streams (multiplexes) multiple jobs to a single job, thereby improving tape write efficiency substantially. Roger Wright Network Administrator 727.572.7076 x388 ____ A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: backup exec question "Roger Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/13/2008 03:33:08 PM: > "Also is there any way to have multiple backup jobs going to tape at > the same time?" > No, and this is one of my big disappointments with BUE. You can > send multiple jobs to disk, however. EMC NetWorker can send multiple backup jobs to multiple tapes at the same time, using streams to "spread the load" across more than one tape. > Roger Wright > Network Administrator > 727.572.7076 x388 > ____ > We all have style, but few have class. > > > From: Ara Avvali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:56 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: backup exec question > > Hello everyone, > Is there any way to change backup exec 11d job start priority? Let's > say if you schedule using the media rotation template they all start > at 11 PM. Problem is we can change this is a big selection list > which has multiple servers but we need to use separate selection list? > My first guess was they start based on time and then if time > conflict, alphabetically but no > Also is there any way to have multiple backup jobs going to tape at > the same time? > > Appreciated > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
