many backups on one tape

[katan]

Hi, It's my first post here so.. Hello!

This question might be stupid.. If so, sorry!

Is it possible to make few backups on one tape? I mean.. If I'm backing up just system state, every day, on LTO1 tape, I'm wondering, do I have to switch these tapes every day..

Regards
T

 

[BETuser]

You can set the job up to append but I believe you must be using GFS rotation. Even at that, it is limited to incremental/differential backups. Full backups start new tapes. Check the Arcserve help for more detailed info.

 

[hemps37]

Yes you can get it to append to the same media. just select append to media.

options--append to media, I also set it to write to same media name or blank media incase it the original tape runs out of space.

 

[katan]

However.. this is possible. Thank you, now I know that I can continue my research with Arcserve

Regards
T

 

[davidmichel]

If that is what you want then use a Custom job, Rotation and Rotation with GFS use a media pool which can restrict the ability to do what you want.

However the wisdom in the rotation jobs is in having multiple copies of the data.