Configuring multiple copies in a relocation schedule
To configure a relocation schedule for basic disk staging to create multiple copies, use the following procedure.
To configure a relocation schedule for basic disk staging to create multiple copies
- In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand NetBackup Management > Storage > Storage Units.
- Perform one of the following actions:
To change an existing basic disk storage unit
Select the storage unit to change.
On the Edit menu, click Change.
To create a new basic disk storage unit
On the Actions menu, click New > Storage Unit.
Name the storage unit.
From the Storage unit type list, select Disk.
Check Enable Temporary Staging Area.
Configure the other storage unit settings as necessary.
- Click the Staging Schedule option.
- In the Add Schedule or Change Schedule dialog box that appears, on the Attributes tab, specify a priority in the field Priority of relocation jobs started from this schedule (0 to 99999).
- Select a schedule type and schedule when the policy should run.
- Check Use alternate read server, and select an alternate server from the drop-down list. The alternate server can read a backup image originally written by a different media server.
- Select Multiple copies and click Configure.
- In the Copies field, specify the number of copies to create simultaneously. The number must be between 1 and 4.
Copy 1 is the primary copy. If Copy 1 fails, the first successful copy is the primary copy.
Usually, NetBackup restores from the primary copy of an image. However, it is possible to restore from a specific backup copy other than the primary copy. To do so, use the bprestore command.
- Specify the storage unit where each copy is stored. If a Media Manager storage unit has multiple drives, it can be used for both the source and the destination.
- Specify the volume pool where each copy is stored.
- Select one of the following from the If this copy fails list:
continue
Continues making the remaining copies.
Note:
Note: If Take checkpoints every __ minutes is selected for this policy, only the last failed copy that contains a checkpoint can be resumed.
fail all copies
Fails the entire job.
- For tape media, specify who should own the media onto which NetBackup writes the images:
Any
NetBackup selects the media owner, either a media server or server group.
None
Specifies that the media server that writes to the media owns the media. No media server is specified explicitly, but you want a media server to own the media.
A server group
Specifies that a media server group allows only those media servers in the group to write to the media on which backup images for this policy are written. All media server groups that are configured in the NetBackup environment appear in the list.
These settings do not affect images residing on disk. One media server does not own the images that reside on shared disks. Any media server with access to the shared pool of disk can access the images.
- Click OK.
