What? You actually want to KNOW what tape is going to be used for a job
ahead of time?
Gee, next thing you'll want is a one-step process to import expired
media.
Henry, Another NetBackup Victim
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan Broucinek
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 9:08 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Small shop backup software
I prefer Backup Exec. I have NetBackup running on a W2K3 box and
would NOT recommend it. The interface is some kind of after thought. It
is as if the Backup Exec people don't communicate with the Net Backup
people at all. Strange since they are the same company. For instance, I
wanted Net Backup to use one tape each day until it had used all of the
tapes in the loader, and then reuse them. There is no mechanism in
NetBackup to do that. I had to create a volume group for each day of the
week to hold the tapes, and then create 7 jobs, which specify which
volume group to use, for each machine that I want backed up. And the
restoral interface is even worse.
Jan Broucinek, System Manager
Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Inc.
(727) 536-5900 voice
(727) 536-7168 x245 direct
(727) 538-9089 fax
www.arhomes.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Oglesby <mailto:roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 9:55 AM
Subject: [THIN] OT: Small shop backup software
Hello all. Time for an OT from me.
Anyway I am just doing a little research on what smaller
shops out there use for their backup software. I am a fan of NetBackup
on linux and maybe something like an LTO auto loader or something, but I
know that something like that maybe out of the price range from some
smaller shops. Plus most of the clients I deal with use TSM an have
backup networks etc.
Anyway I use Backup Exec for our stuff at RA, and am
wondering what smaller shops out there are using. Every now and then we
look at stuff for our small clients but I never really find anything I
like without going to BackupExec.
Ron Oglesby
Director of Technical Architecture
RapidApp, Chicago
Office: 312 372 7188
Mobile: 815 325 7618
email: roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx