We are currently in the midst of a big project to relocate our datacenter, by the end of 2023, to a new, smaller building.
At the same time, we are actively pursuing redesigning/replacing our "Enterprise Data Protection" solution which may likely move us completely away from Spectrum Protect. FWIW, this project started before we were told we had to move out of our existing location. As an absolute minimum, we need to get everything off old magnetic tape (3592) that we need to retain beyond 2023 (archives), since the new datacenter will not have the physical space to accommodate tapes. Now that we have upgraded all ISP servers to 8.1.14.100/eFix 102, we have started playing with directory-containers, since there is now support for "protecting" containers to magnetic tape (for offsite backups). With the additional directory-container support/tools, we were wondering if there is a way to get backups/archives into a directory-container stgpool other than during ingestion from a client? If we do move away from Spectrum Protect, is the only way to retain long-term archives is to recover them to the original platform/server and then move them to whatever long-term storage platform we choose (i.e. object, cloud)? -- *Zoltan Forray* Backup & VMware Systems Administrator Enterprise Compute & Storage Platforms VCU Infrastructure Services www.ucc.vcu.edu zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://phishing.vcu.edu/ <https://adminmicro2.questionpro.com>
