any way to set priority or force the backup order of hosts?

[wallst32]

I'm using 8.6 with a library with 2 drives. I have about 15 systems split into two jobs. Each of these two jobs takes roughly 18 hours to complete a full backup.

One of backup clients is a database system and needs to be backed up within a certain time window. By default, BE runs through the systems in alphabetical order. Is there any way I can force the job to backup the database system first?

The only other option would be to create a seperate job, but I prefer not to do that.

TIA

 

[NortonES2]

Can't remember with 8.6, but in 9.1 you can set the order in which the servers are backed up.

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[stevet3]

9.1 in the job setup there is a Resource ORder you can change which servers you want backed up in order

 

[jpr4re]

8.6 doesnt allow one to set the order in which the servers are backed up. you will either need to create a new job, live with what you have or upgrade to 9.xx or should i say ver 10.

 

[jsm3945]

Have you looked at document 192088 on the Veritas support site? You used to be able to turn off alphabetic sorting by changing a registry value.

* Registry Path (for Backup Exec 8.x/7.3): /HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Veritas/Backup Exec/Engine/Misc
* Value Name: "Sort BSD List" or "SortBSD" (the value name depends on the version of Backup Exec being used)
* Value (REG_DWORD): 0

see support.veritas.com