Philipp Steinkrueger wrote:
> Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> Well, there are future features coming that will make much of this
>> easier, including the copy job (duplicate media), and the migration job
>> (migrate a job from disk to tape). These would allow you to:
>>
>> 1. Make full backup
>> 2. Duplicate the media
>> 3. Send the duplicate copy offsite
>> 4. Continue with scheduled differentials and incrementals, duplicating
>> the media for each differential job and sending it offsite
>
> yes, that would be enough to meet my needs, but it would have a big
> disadvantage
> over my scheme, because duplicating media would take _hours_. we
> calculated,
> that for our current data to be fully backuped, it would take more than
> 10 hours.
> but thats one contra against alot of pros, i guess.
On the other hand, once your full backups are *done*, you can just leave
a copy job running overnight to duplicate the media unattended and send
them offsite in the morning ... right?
>> In the interim, try the following for a workaround:
>>
>> 1. Make full backup, and remove it from the changer.
>> 2. Make ANOTHER full backup.
>>
>> Now, at this point, you have the problem that any differential you make
>> is going to miss the changes between the two.
>
> yes, that right, but its a minor problem, because when the site burns
> down, just a few more
> hours could be saved if one could catch the changes between the two fulls.
Yup, it's unlikely there'll be a *lot* of change between two Fulls done
one after the other.
> yeah, but i dont think the changes in between the two fulls a worth such
> an afford. so
> i think i will just do two full backups. any idea when the features you
> mention will
> make it into a stable release ?
I'd have to defer to Kern on that one.
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