Hi Simon I suspect you are right but another reason to move to hot catalog backups is in the 6.0 release notes:-
End of Life Notification for Catalog 1. The offline catalog backup feature will be removed in the next major release of NetBackup. Improved functionality is currently available to user with the new online catalog backup. Regards Richard -----Original Message----- From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 26 April 2006 6:59 pm To: Mansell, Richard; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Volume Pools [recommendations please] Richard Although recommended, Online Cat backups were originally designed for Enterprise Backup Environments where there is no "window" to perform an offline backup. In other words, it will work while normal backups are running at the same time. Also (I think I am write!), online catalog backups allow the use to span more tapes, where an offline uses 1. Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Mansell, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 April 2006 06:06 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Volume Pools [recommendations please] FWIW, in NBU 6 hot catalogue backups are the recommended way to go and a pool called CatalogBackup gets created especially for that purpose. We therefore just use NetBackup for the normal data tapes and it is fed from a scratch pool. Since we use the vault option we also have a VaultCatalogue and a VaultData pool. Regards Richard -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bob944 Sent: Wednesday, 26 April 2006 4:49 pm To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; 'Wilkinson, Alex' Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Volume Pools [recommendations please] Alex, you'll get a dozen recommendations. This is the right one. :-) > What is "best practice" with regards to Volume Pools ? > > We are thinking of using a single Volume Pool for all of our data > tapes. > Is it good practice to use the "Netbackup" Volume pool for this > situation ? Yes to the first, no to the second. Offline catalog backup tapes in NetBackup. Everything else in "dsto-mlb". ********************************************************************** This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch City Council. If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the sender and delete. Christchurch City Council http://www.ccc.govt.nz ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ 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