I agree with Ed
I am the guy in the Jeans and T-Shirt.....
1) Nowt wrong with frequency schedules for Fulls! Use them all the time
2) Keep the Policies and Volumes to a LESS as possible.
3) Over complexing the system makes NBU harder to administer than it
really, really needs to be !
Simon (White Shirt, Jeans, Trainers, NBU Admin) :-)
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[mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 3:54 PM
To: Curtis Preston
Cc: bob...@attglobal.net; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] How to plan out policy(schedules), [...]
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Curtis Preston
<cpres...@glasshouse.com> wrote:
Bob,
This is a really well-thought-out answer to his question.
Although I don't agree with ALL of your recommendations (I don't like
frequency-based schedules for fulls), this is actually a pretty good
summary of what someone should do to setup a new backup environment.
You've inspired me to blog about the same. (Of course, I may use my own
opinions...) ;)
The key opinion that we all know you'll disagree with is one policy per
server, which Bob apparently doesn't like and we know that you. "The
man in the suit" vs "the man in the yellow shirt" discussion, for those
of who were at the customer forum in Roseville in October. :-)
Personally, I agree with Bob on frequency-based schedules for fulls.
Calendar-based schedules only make sense if you have a strict business
requirement for say, an end-of-quarter backup after the books close.
The key thing to always remember is to keep things as absolutely simple
as possible. Make it easy for other people (new employees, support
folks, contractors) to see what the heck you've done a year or more
after you set it up. The more complicated you make it, the harder it is
to support. The more you deviate from a "normal" configuration, the
more likely it is you'll trigger bugs in future NetBackup releases.
Simple is good.
.../Ed
Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE
ewi...@ewilts.org
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