Re: Estimating backups

2010-01-19 Thread Richard Sims
On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Bill Boyer wrote: ... Been thinking about using -INCRBYDATE on the systems that really don't qualify for a journal ... If you use that option, you should also perform periodic Incrementals, to catch the new files which are missed in that technique; and be aware tha

Re: Estimating backups

2010-01-19 Thread Bill Boyer
al and use the unsupported utilities to list out the journal and maybe massage it with Perl or something. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:12 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: Estimating backups

2010-01-19 Thread Richard Sims
On Jan 19, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Bill Boyer wrote: > Is there a feature or tool available that you can run against a server and > get an estimate on how much data will be backed up? ... Try dsmc PREview and see if it provides the info you seek. > I have a client that backs up file servers over a W