SparkMonkeyHellion
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Hey, at my work we have a tape library with 22 available tapes, and I'm just looking for suggestions on best policies.
It has an autoscheduler for the cleaning tape (built in) and as far as I know, our entire backup will fit on one tape. Currently, we are running a full back up daily on a standalone tape drive. We have 1 week's worth of active tapes (Monday, Tuesday, etcetera) and we just cycle through them, and then keep one for each Month End (January Backup, Feb... so on)
So obviously, for our needs, a 22 tape library (nifty device) is a bit overkill, and I'm just wondering how I can make the best use of that. I'm the "new guy" and as a warmup, I've been tasked with coming up with a backup strategy.
It has an autoscheduler for the cleaning tape (built in) and as far as I know, our entire backup will fit on one tape. Currently, we are running a full back up daily on a standalone tape drive. We have 1 week's worth of active tapes (Monday, Tuesday, etcetera) and we just cycle through them, and then keep one for each Month End (January Backup, Feb... so on)
So obviously, for our needs, a 22 tape library (nifty device) is a bit overkill, and I'm just wondering how I can make the best use of that. I'm the "new guy" and as a warmup, I've been tasked with coming up with a backup strategy.