Multiple Servers - Easy Backup Plan and Rotation needed

[ZippyDo]

Hi All, I have recently added a multitape loader to our network and am a bit confused on the best method for scheduling backups and rotation. Currently we run full backups 5 days a week and offsite vault the tapes for 14 servers each workday. Our site requirement is 90 day retention. Now, others in my group are saying that they run Fulls on Friday and incrementals the rest of the week. Where I am losing it is, the new machine is using Barcoded tapes, how can I track these? Second, how many tapes per server should I need? We are using Veritas Backup 8.6 network, is there a way to direct which tape it uses for incrementals and Full? Can someone detail a typical 3 month rotation for an imaginary server (lets say, Example A) where it shows what tapes are needed and when they should be pulled and rotated? Thanks in advance....

Bill

 

[dellboy]

I'm afraid that I'm not going to be that much help other than to say if you can run full backups every day then that is the best option, if you have to recover in a DR situation you need to restore one tape not two.

On the tape barcode situation - are the barcodes not for your offsite data storage company to keep track of the tapes, with you using a more 'user-friendly' tape naming convention? Or am I just applying small comapany theory !!

Cheers