Hi all,
Before I start I'd just like to say that there is a free drink for the expert that helps me with this because its driving me mad....I've been wrestling with this for a while and gave up but its now a MUST to get it sorted.
(Free drink is for the expert deemed to have offered the best advice...not everyone...and i'm the judge )
Ok, here goes,
I have a DELL LTO3 tape library with 2 LTO3 drives.
The unit has space for 24 tapes.
The current backup is 2TB.
The current tape usage for a weekly backup is 4 tapes.
Ok, how do I start to try and get this AUTOPILOT (with GFS I think) and Media Pool stuff sorted out ?
I start by making a media pool and then get hit by :-
Mediapool name :
Base serial number : 1000000
Serial number range : 100000
Min # media in save set :
Renetion time :
Prune retension :
How do I know what to put in these boxes and I know that if I get it wrong i'll be screwed later on down the line.
What happens with the 'Preserve Media' options on the Autopilot options ? (Daily, Weekly, Monthly).
And a whole host of other stuff that I really dont know.
So....can someone basically help me to setup the whole thing and also tell me what reports I need to run to tell me what media needs to be in the library and what tapes need to be in the safe.
Many many thanks for reading...(and hopefully helping)
Scott
Before I start I'd just like to say that there is a free drink for the expert that helps me with this because its driving me mad....I've been wrestling with this for a while and gave up but its now a MUST to get it sorted.
(Free drink is for the expert deemed to have offered the best advice...not everyone...and i'm the judge )
Ok, here goes,
I have a DELL LTO3 tape library with 2 LTO3 drives.
The unit has space for 24 tapes.
The current backup is 2TB.
The current tape usage for a weekly backup is 4 tapes.
Ok, how do I start to try and get this AUTOPILOT (with GFS I think) and Media Pool stuff sorted out ?
I start by making a media pool and then get hit by :-
Mediapool name :
Base serial number : 1000000
Serial number range : 100000
Min # media in save set :
Renetion time :
Prune retension :
How do I know what to put in these boxes and I know that if I get it wrong i'll be screwed later on down the line.
What happens with the 'Preserve Media' options on the Autopilot options ? (Daily, Weekly, Monthly).
And a whole host of other stuff that I really dont know.
So....can someone basically help me to setup the whole thing and also tell me what reports I need to run to tell me what media needs to be in the library and what tapes need to be in the safe.
Many many thanks for reading...(and hopefully helping)
Scott