Incremental with Full backup using specific slots

[dufresnem]

I have a Quantum Valueloader(8 Slots) using BrightStor ArcServe for Netware v9.0 Enterprise Edition.

I have setup an Incremental backup with full backups on Friday. Once the week is complete, I export all tapes for that week and store off site. I then Import the next weeks set and continue.

Problem I am having is that my Full backups require two tapes, and I would like to use Slot 5(Friday1) and Slot 6 (Friday2) for Full backups. Since Slot 6 (Friday2) is BLANK, I thought it would automatically load Friday2 in order to complete the job. What's happening is that Slot 1(Monday) is being loaded and overwritten instead.

What I want is:
Slot 1 (Monday)
Slot 2 (Tuesday)
Slot 3 (Wednesday)
Slot 4 (Thursday)
Slot 5 (Friday1)
Slot 6 (Friday2)

Is it possible to specify In ArcServe Manager that a specific slot is used for a certain day of the week? If so, how do you set it up in ArcServe Manager?

 

[Cyklops]

If you want ARcserve to use specific slot you can group them by using the 'Device Group Manager'.
However, this will also force you te create mutliple jobs as a backup job can only be directed to one group and I don't know if this is what you want.

regards

 

[dufresnem]

I'll read more on what you suggested. It might be another solution to my problem.

 

[dufresnem]

Computer Associate Tech support instructed me to enable GFS in my current backup, which will then create the neccessary media pools to accomplish what I requre. I also found this document and just submitted the job. I will keep you posted on the results.

http://supportconnect.ca.com/sc/kb/...es&fromscreen=kbresults&aparno=&startsearch=1