Hi all Need to know if this is feasible as an idea..
We are about to move to a LTO4 media library instead of LTO3s - by replacing the remaining LTO3 drives we have with LTO4s... by marking the existing LTO3 tapes all 'read only' and putting in LTO4 media for write operatons etc, eventually our library should then only be comprised of LTO4 media, with LTO3 media expired and can be removed from the library. We are going to have an enormous amount of LTO3 media after this which we wont use for the normal backup cycle. We however do have a business requirement to have regular (quarterly) full copies of the backups for permanent offsite archival due to legal requirements. Yes, aware this means we would need to have hardware available to read such data for the next 5 years etc.... Would it be feasible as an idea to define a second logical library - call it 'archive' perhaps within my existing physical library, define a new media pool referencing this logical library which will only be designated with LTO3, put the LTO3 media in there, and generate offsite copies to this media? It would either be an export data operation or generate backup set to this meda pool.. Does that sound feasible? Richard <html> <body> <font face="arial" color=#808080 size="-2"><img alt="Santos Logo" src="http://www.santos.com/library/logo.gif";> <br>Santos Ltd A.B.N. 80 007 550 923<br> Disclaimer: The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may be confidential or contain privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any perusal, use, distribution, copying or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please immediately advise us by return email and delete the email without making a copy.</font> <font face="arial" color=#008000 size="-2">Please consider the environment before printing this email</font> </body> </html>
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