Jonathan Some examples of what I do: Policy for Win2k3 DNS Servers - includes Full Backups - Retention of 2 months and Incr Backups Retention of 3 weeks Policy for AD Servers Separate Month End Policies (Any weekly policies are disabled over the weekend period)
I try to minimise the amount of policies I have - therefore for all Win2k3 clients that all have a variety of drives mapped as parititon letters, I simply select "All local drives" as a backup policy and can stick all the clients in the single policy. Hope this helps Simon Weaver Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Tel: 02392-708598 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Martin, Jonathan (Contractor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 February 2006 13:54 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Policy Best Practices I'm looking for some policy best practices / what is everyone doing to configure them? Do you create one policy per machine group (Database Servers, Web Servers etc..) or group them by type? Do you create one policy per type of backup (Nightly INC, Weekly Full) and put all your servers under them? Also, if I have a weekly full set to 3 month retention and a Monthly Full set to 1 year retention in the same policy, and the weekly and month end both fall in the same range will it make two full backups? How about if they were in different policies? Thanks as always! -Jonathan _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email is for the intended addressee only. If you have received it in error then you must not use, retain, disseminate or otherwise deal with it. Please notify the sender by return email. The views of the author may not necessarily constitute the views of EADS Astrium Limited. Nothing in this email shall bind EADS Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation. EADS 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