Could you suggest a script?
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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Davina Treiber
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 5:33 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Cloning and setting new browse time
Jeff,
You can change the browse and/or retention of any save set using the
nsrmm command.
D.
Jeff Kelly wrote:
>I'm working on setting up the following environment for Oracle RMAN
>backups:
>
>Networker 7.3.2 (client/server/storage node) Server/Storage Node (Linux
>RHEL4) Client Solaris 8 Oracle 8.1.7
>
>Weekly Rotation (Sun-> full, during the week a combination of lvl 1, 2)
>RMAN backups go to an adv_file volume (allows faster RMAN verifies,
>etc) Clone immediately (or within 12 hours) to tape
>Recycle/expire/remove adv_file copy after 1 week (or until successful
>start of next rotation's full)
>
>we have a 60 day retention requirement, and I'd also like to keep the
>saveset's browseable for this time.
>
>I've been trying to figure out if there's a way to have networker
>manage the retention and browse times, but so far the best I can do
>automatically is to have the initial RMAN save have a browse/retention
>of 1 week, and then manually override the retention when I do the
>clone. This means that I'll have 2 weeks before the dsk copies will
>expire, but I can probably live with that. However it doesn't address
the browse time.
>
>Another idea is to set the initial browse/retention to 60 days, and
>then 1/week manually expire or mark suspect the dsk copies (once
>they've been cloned to tape), but this will require quite a bit more
>scripting on my part..
>
>My last idea was to Set the browse retention to 60 days, stage the
>backup to tape immediately (or within 12 hours), and then clone back to
>disk with a smaller retention, but this will keep my tape drive busy
>for twice as long, and I do have other backups to stage...
>
>Has anyone else had to set up this type of clone/browse retention?
>
>(I've already tried (unsuccessfully) to get our DBA's to let me just
>keep 1 copy of the backup on a disk volume, and then stage it all after
1 week...
>they're adamant on having a copy on disk as well as a copy on tape...)
>
>Thanks
>
>Jeff Kelly
>
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