Hi,
at the moment we have a rather complicated setup for our >1000 DP clients. Each backup first goes to disk and is then imediately copied with a post copyjob to tape at the headquater. After that a second scheduled copyjob copies the B2D job to a second location and then the B2D is removed. We only keep B2T.
For this we have 4 different typs of backup specs (daily/weekly/monthly/full), each with different backup level (full/incr) and protection time. Each group has 20-30 DP clients.
group1_daily
group1_weekly
group1_monthly
group1_full
group2_daily
group2_weekly
group2_monthly
group2_full
....
For each backup spec there is a copylist that filters for the datalist and sets the protection time.
FILTER datalist
{
"group1_daily"
}
...
Depending on the name of the datalist, the protection time of the copyjob is adjusted.
I think this setup is just too complicated, each new DP client has to be added to 4 backups specs (d/w/m/f). Reports are also a problem.
Thus I've creaed a single test spec where I configure the level and protection time in the scheduler. This is working fine.
But now I've the problem that I don't know how to adjust the copyjobs/lists so that they work with a single datalist. I don't know how/if I can filter for backup level or protection time.
My initial idea was to keep 4 copjobs/lists and adjust the filter so that each copyjobs uses a different protection time.
eg.
FILTER datalist
{
"group1_daily"
}
FILTER protection
{
"days 13"
}
...
FILTER datalist
{
"group1_weekly"
}
FILTER protection
{
"weeks 6"
}
...
Any ideas?
If this is completely wrong, what would be the best way to realize this? I still think that 4 different backup specs is not the way to go.