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Titann

IS-IT--Management
Sep 5, 2006
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Hi My manager has just requested that i need to do a backup of one of my regular backups and keep the data forever

We have a standard browse and retention policy of 1 month on most clients. now i just to do a once off backup of this. What is the best way to accomplish this?

Thanks in Advance
Titann
 
Hello,

using nsrmm -e "12/31/2099" -S your_ssid may be a good solution...
Try to isolate your save on a tape containing only data you want to keep.

Put the tape in 'read-only', eject it and give it to your manager may be another solution, too...
 
With the current NW version you may also clone the save sets to a new pool with a special (usually longer) retention policy assigned. I think this has been implemented in NW 7.4.0.
 
Also consider how you will restore the data in the future, drive technology will change along with tape technology. You may need to keep cloning it to new technologies and checking it's integrity. If you can't restore it, it's pointless keeping it forever.
 
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