Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
Jason / guys We are in a similar position, and to be honest the suggestions are just not the way forward. The sad part is, there does not appear to be an easy method, other than looking into an Archive Solution. We use enterprise vault for Exchange Mailboxes, and this works a treat. I have started investigating the use of backing up more recent files and archiving off data that has NOT been accessed. Our file date / time stamps show that almost 80% of our data has NOT been accessed in a year! Can you imagine that!?!? Enterprise Vault has the ability to be implemented to archive large file systems. And this may be worth a look at. Yes it costs money, no it will not be cheap. I have tried the NetBackup archive solution, but it sends a few shivers down my spine. Just my opinion! Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 January 2007 21:26 To: Brooks, Jason Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Brooks, Jason wrote: My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to basically date filter a backup and archive that. For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002. Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this? Thanks, Jason Jason Brooks Computer Systems Engineer IITS - Longwood University voice - (434) 395-2034 fax - (434) 395-2035 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Use the find command (I assume you're using UNIX)? and then generate an include/exclude list as appropriate. Justin. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
Completely with ED on this ! Thanks for the link Ed ... Just saved me a job :-) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2007 02:55 To: Brooks, Jason Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files On 1/18/2007 2:47 PM, Brooks, Jason wrote: My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to basically date filter a backup and archive that. For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002. Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this? The product is Enterprise Vault. http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/agents_options_details.jsp?pcid= 1018pvid=322_1aoid=406 It ain't cheap and isn't a hack. It's a serious archiving solution for serious archiving problems. Don't forget that you actually have 2 problems, not 1. You don't just want to be able to archive the files. You probably want to be able to get them back :-) .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
Hi guys, Does enterprise vault have integration with netbackup? Do you see any other positive effects by using a backup solution and archive solution from the same vendor? (except for better prices and greater attention) We are evaluating archive solutions for the moment, right now we are testing SAM-FS from SUN. Anyone have experience with SAM-FS? Thanks and regards, Hampus Lind Rikspolisstyrelsen National Police Board Tel dir: +46 (0)8 - 401 99 43 Tel mob: +46 (0)70 - 217 92 66 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För WEAVER, Simon Skickat: den 19 januari 2007 09:13 Till: 'Ed Wilts'; Brooks, Jason Kopia: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Ämne: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files Completely with ED on this ! Thanks for the link Ed ... Just saved me a job :-) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2007 02:55 To: Brooks, Jason Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files On 1/18/2007 2:47 PM, Brooks, Jason wrote: My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to basically date filter a backup and archive that. For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002. Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this? The product is Enterprise Vault. http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/agents_options_details.jsp?pcid= 1018pvid=322_1aoid=406 It ain't cheap and isn't a hack. It's a serious archiving solution for serious archiving problems. Don't forget that you actually have 2 problems, not 1. You don't just want to be able to archive the files. You probably want to be able to get them back :-) .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
Hi Enterprise Vault 6 is meant to be work with NBU 5.1 and above However, I am looking at EV not just for NetBackup, but for other backups systems I use. Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Hampus Lind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2007 08:53 To: WEAVER, Simon; 'Ed Wilts'; 'Brooks, Jason' Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: SV: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files Hi guys, Does enterprise vault have integration with netbackup? Do you see any other positive effects by using a backup solution and archive solution from the same vendor? (except for better prices and greater attention) We are evaluating archive solutions for the moment, right now we are testing SAM-FS from SUN. Anyone have experience with SAM-FS? Thanks and regards, Hampus Lind Rikspolisstyrelsen National Police Board Tel dir: +46 (0)8 - 401 99 43 Tel mob: +46 (0)70 - 217 92 66 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För WEAVER, Simon Skickat: den 19 januari 2007 09:13 Till: 'Ed Wilts'; Brooks, Jason Kopia: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Ämne: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files Completely with ED on this ! Thanks for the link Ed ... Just saved me a job :-) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2007 02:55 To: Brooks, Jason Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files On 1/18/2007 2:47 PM, Brooks, Jason wrote: My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to basically date filter a backup and archive that. For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002. Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this? The product is Enterprise Vault. http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/agents_options_details.jsp?pcid= 1018pvid=322_1aoid=406 It ain't cheap and isn't a hack. It's a serious archiving solution for serious archiving problems. Don't forget that you actually have 2 problems, not 1. You don't just want to be able to archive the files. You probably want to be able to get them back :-) .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
Hi, I am really interested in what you find out from your EV. Do you have any good comment on how to handle backups together with archiving? Should backup solution be archive aware and dont backup the archived files or there links? What about applying a de-dup backup solution instead? Perhaps one just pushes the problem further into the future with a de-dup solution.. But it`s hourse job for us to ask the business who they want to handle there information.. (some classification need to be done before applying archiving policies). Thanks and regards, Hampus Lind Rikspolisstyrelsen National Police Board Tel dir: +46 (0)8 - 401 99 43 Tel mob: +46 (0)70 - 217 92 66 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 19 januari 2007 09:57 Till: 'Hampus Lind'; 'Ed Wilts'; 'Brooks, Jason' Kopia: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Ämne: RE: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files Hi Enterprise Vault 6 is meant to be work with NBU 5.1 and above However, I am looking at EV not just for NetBackup, but for other backups systems I use. Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Hampus Lind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2007 08:53 To: WEAVER, Simon; 'Ed Wilts'; 'Brooks, Jason' Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: SV: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files Hi guys, Does enterprise vault have integration with netbackup? Do you see any other positive effects by using a backup solution and archive solution from the same vendor? (except for better prices and greater attention) We are evaluating archive solutions for the moment, right now we are testing SAM-FS from SUN. Anyone have experience with SAM-FS? Thanks and regards, Hampus Lind Rikspolisstyrelsen National Police Board Tel dir: +46 (0)8 - 401 99 43 Tel mob: +46 (0)70 - 217 92 66 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För WEAVER, Simon Skickat: den 19 januari 2007 09:13 Till: 'Ed Wilts'; Brooks, Jason Kopia: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Ämne: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files Completely with ED on this ! Thanks for the link Ed ... Just saved me a job :-) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2007 02:55 To: Brooks, Jason Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files On 1/18/2007 2:47 PM, Brooks, Jason wrote: My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to basically date filter a backup and archive that. For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002. Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this? The product is Enterprise Vault. http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/agents_options_details.jsp?pcid= 1018pvid=322_1aoid=406 It ain't cheap and isn't a hack. It's a serious archiving solution for serious archiving problems. Don't forget that you actually have 2 problems, not 1. You don't just want to be able to archive the files. You probably want to be able to get them back :-) .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email (including any attachments) may
Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
Hello Sadly I do not! I can tell you that we use it for Exchange, but we simply backup the server as a NBU Client. From exchanege, it works well - set different policies on mailboxes - however suggest you verify the full requirements before looking at it. I do know its VERY VERY EXPENSIVE!!! But as users are unwilling to clear out old Data (even though I have backup tapes with a LONG retention of years, they are not helping themselves. Same old problem Users Access files, or move files and never use them again... Leave a company and no one knows jack about it! What do they do ... Leave it alone ! Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Hampus Lind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2007 09:19 To: WEAVER, Simon; 'Ed Wilts'; 'Brooks, Jason' Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: SV: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files Hi, I am really interested in what you find out from your EV. Do you have any good comment on how to handle backups together with archiving? Should backup solution be archive aware and don't backup the archived files or there links? What about applying a de-dup backup solution instead? Perhaps one just pushes the problem further into the future with a de-dup solution.. But it`s hourse job for us to ask the business who they want to handle there information.. (some classification need to be done before applying archiving policies). Thanks and regards, Hampus Lind Rikspolisstyrelsen National Police Board Tel dir: +46 (0)8 - 401 99 43 Tel mob: +46 (0)70 - 217 92 66 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 19 januari 2007 09:57 Till: 'Hampus Lind'; 'Ed Wilts'; 'Brooks, Jason' Kopia: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Ämne: RE: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files Hi Enterprise Vault 6 is meant to be work with NBU 5.1 and above However, I am looking at EV not just for NetBackup, but for other backups systems I use. Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Hampus Lind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2007 08:53 To: WEAVER, Simon; 'Ed Wilts'; 'Brooks, Jason' Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: SV: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files Hi guys, Does enterprise vault have integration with netbackup? Do you see any other positive effects by using a backup solution and archive solution from the same vendor? (except for better prices and greater attention) We are evaluating archive solutions for the moment, right now we are testing SAM-FS from SUN. Anyone have experience with SAM-FS? Thanks and regards, Hampus Lind Rikspolisstyrelsen National Police Board Tel dir: +46 (0)8 - 401 99 43 Tel mob: +46 (0)70 - 217 92 66 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För WEAVER, Simon Skickat: den 19 januari 2007 09:13 Till: 'Ed Wilts'; Brooks, Jason Kopia: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Ämne: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files Completely with ED on this ! Thanks for the link Ed ... Just saved me a job :-) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2007 02:55 To: Brooks, Jason Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files On 1/18/2007 2:47 PM, Brooks, Jason wrote: My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to basically date filter a backup and archive that. For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002. Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this? The product is Enterprise Vault. http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/agents_options_details.jsp?pcid= 1018pvid=322_1aoid=406 It ain't cheap and isn't a hack. It's a serious archiving solution for serious archiving problems. Don't forget that you actually have 2 problems, not 1. You don't just want to be able to archive the files. You probably want to be able to get them back :-) .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist
[Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to basically date filter a backup and archive that. For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002. Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this? Thanks, Jason Jason Brooks Computer Systems Engineer IITS - Longwood University voice - (434) 395-2034 fax - (434) 395-2035 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
You might be able to create a script that dynamically builds the file list based on access time of the file and then passes it via command line to NetBackup. I used to work with a customer that had a similar script in their environment that would dynamically build backup policies on a nightly basis. Jason Ellis Technical Consultant, Data Protection Team IndyMac Bank, La Mirada Datacenter Phone: (714) 520-3414 Mobile: (714) 889-8734 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brooks, Jason Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:47 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to basically date filter a backup and archive that. For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002. Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this? Thanks, Jason Jason Brooks Computer Systems Engineer IITS - Longwood University voice - (434) 395-2034 fax - (434) 395-2035 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Brooks, Jason wrote: My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to basically date filter a backup and archive that. For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002. Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this? Thanks, Jason Jason Brooks Computer Systems Engineer IITS - Longwood University voice - (434) 395-2034 fax - (434) 395-2035 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Use the find command (I assume you're using UNIX)? and then generate an include/exclude list as appropriate. Justin. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing Up Old Files
On 1/18/2007 2:47 PM, Brooks, Jason wrote: My manager has just posed a question to me to answer. The scenario is that we have a multitude of old files, dating to the 1980s, that are being backed up weekly. Many of the files are of a significant size and have a significant impact on our backup capacity. In an effort to reduce backup sizes and windows and free up resources, he wants to basically date filter a backup and archive that. For instance, create a policy and backup all files dated prior to 2002. Obviously, I can find nothing in the bare NBU that will do that. Does anyone know of a NBU product/hack that could do this? The product is Enterprise Vault. http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/agents_options_details.jsp?pcid=1018pvid=322_1aoid=406 It ain't cheap and isn't a hack. It's a serious archiving solution for serious archiving problems. Don't forget that you actually have 2 problems, not 1. You don't just want to be able to archive the files. You probably want to be able to get them back :-) .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
