Recent content by DanHfmn

So what is the standard for setting up a differential backup? I'm guessing if you're strictly using tapes it'd be easier, but by using the FSD's and overwriting them it can get a little more complicated.

What would be the best way to keep the full copy on the disk? Right now I have 3 FSD's setup in the diskpool, 2 day retention period, running a full backup everynight. To switch to a differential backup I'd like to be able to keep that full backup on an FSD for quick access. I guess I could...

Thanks guys! I ran the tapecopy for the first time last night to blank media and it's working great! Appreciate the info!

I'm just going to use 'tapecopy -qPastTime 1 -dTAPE' and none of the switches to just use blank media. But back to my question, I'm still not sure if I can restore files from my backed up CTF files.(made without using tapecopy) I pasted the CTF files and the header files into one of my...

Thanks for the article and info guys. I have one more question about using tapecopy. Do I have to create different diskstage.bat files for each tape that I backup to? I see that you specify the group and tape in that file, so if I'm using 4 different tapes do I just have to modify that file...

Good afternoon, Quick rundown of situation: Windows Server 2003 Brightstor Arcserve r11.1 On the server we have a 600Gb array that we backup various workstations and servers to. For redundancy we'd like to backup the hard disks to tape (the *.ctf files). The tapes would be a full backup of...