Re: File Device class question

2009-06-19 Thread Rodney Luk
server backups. Thanks Rodney -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Steven Langdale Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:40 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] File Device class question Rodney This will be local disk will it

Re: File Device class question

2009-06-19 Thread Steven Langdale
rence: +44 (0)208 609 7400 Code: 331817 + Email: steven.langd...@cat.com Rodney Luk Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" 18/06/2009 19:24 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] File Device class question Caterpil

Re: File Device class question

2009-06-19 Thread Rodney Luk
- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 1:29 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] File Device class question On 19 jun 2009, at 06:50, Rodney Luk wrote: > Yes, I hope I can change the policy but that&#x

Re: File Device class question

2009-06-19 Thread Rodney Luk
Subject: Re: File Device class question Thanks for the advice, but we would like to put the onsite backup on disk for fast restore purpose. We had a SAN melt down last year and it took 3 days to restore 70 VM servers. So we would really like to put the backup on disk. In addition, how much GB you would

Re: File Device class question

2009-06-19 Thread Hans Christian Riksheim
: File Device class question Thanks for the advice, but we would like to put the onsite backup on disk for fast restore purpose. We had a SAN melt down last year and it took 3 days to restore 70 VM servers. So we would really like to put the backup on disk. In addition, how much GB you would recommend

Re: File Device class question

2009-06-19 Thread Remco Post
On 19 jun 2009, at 06:50, Rodney Luk wrote: Yes, I hope I can change the policy but that's the upper management decision. It's up to us to educate. Anything keept for over a few months is an archive. There are quite a few nice tools to archive e-mail, even in exchange environments. Get your ma

Re: File Device class question

2009-06-18 Thread Rodney Luk
11:15 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] File Device class question On 18 jun 2009, at 19:50, Rodney Luk wrote: > Hi, > > Our 3584 library, it holds 270 tapes, is full because we keep our > exchange backup forever. keeping a backup forever? IMNSHO this must be a mistake.

Re: File Device class question

2009-06-18 Thread Rodney Luk
im as needed. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet r...@samhealth.org Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 06/18/2009 01:50 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] File Device class question Hi, Our 3584 librar

Re: File Device class question

2009-06-18 Thread Remco Post
On 18 jun 2009, at 19:50, Rodney Luk wrote: Hi, Our 3584 library, it holds 270 tapes, is full because we keep our exchange backup forever. keeping a backup forever? IMNSHO this must be a mistake. Your problem can only really be solved by changing this policy. I had to checkout some tapes fo

Re: File Device class question

2009-06-18 Thread Shawn Drew
eeded. Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet r...@samhealth.org Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 06/18/2009 01:50 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] File Device class question Hi, Our 3584 library, it

File Device class question

2009-06-18 Thread Rodney Luk
Hi, Our 3584 library, it holds 270 tapes, is full because we keep our exchange backup forever. I had to checkout some tapes for onsite storage. However, we come to the point that it makes reclamation very inefficiency since tapes are not in the library. I am thinking to create a new Domain and