I do not know. May want to forward that question to Veritas. The only backups I have done are in the big block size (64k). I was able to backup and restore a SQL 2000 database and some html files today without any problems.
I am still new to Veritas (about one week.. one solid week). I have invested over 30 hours this week into learning Veritas, mostly by trial and error, backing up and restoring using different configurations, and reading the telephone book that comes with it ;-). My guess would be yes. Since you backed up to the tape using smaller blocksize, I would think that I would restore using the smaller blocksize. If not and you know what the block size is for the old archives, just change the setting before doing a restore. Do a test and find out. I will test it on Monday and I will let you know about it. Jacob At 04:51 PM 4/5/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Jacob, > >Can you restore from a tape written in the old (smaller) blocksize? We have >tons of old archives that need to be readable. > >Thanks, > >DL Meade, CNE, MCP >Network Administrator >Frankfurt-Short-Bruza >www.fsb-ae.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 1:36 PM >To: NT 2000 Discussions >Subject: RE: Veritas backup rate? (Problem Solved) > > >I do not know. I was able to backup all the information that I needed and >it was verified. I am in the process of doing a test restore to see if it >works. > >If it backs up everything I need and a couple of test restores work without >any problems, I will "assume" that it is safe. > >Jacob > >At 02:19 PM 4/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >Is there anywhere on your tape device book or somewhere that states what > >is safe to use with it? meaning how high of a block size to go or for > >the buffer? > > > >avi > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:08 PM > >To: NT 2000 Discussions > >Subject: RE: Veritas backup rate? (Problem Solved) > > > > > >Huh... I just moved the block size from 8->32K and the buffer from > >32->128K > >on my Seagate AIT-1s, and I'm now seeing full device speed (180 > >MB/minute > >native) on my backups, instead of 80-100 MB/minute. Good tip! > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ron Jameson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:42 PM > >To: NT 2000 Discussions > >Subject: RE: Veritas backup rate? (Problem Solved) > > > > > >Just checked my setting and it was set for 64k. Guess I will continue > >in > >trying a good way to increase speeds of the gazillions of little files > >being > >backed up. > > > >Ron > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jacob > >Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:05 PM > >To: NT 2000 Discussions > >Subject: RE: Veritas backup rate? (Problem Solved) > > > > > > > >Go to the Devices Tab - right click on the Tape device and go to > >properties. In the configuration tab, change the settings. The default > >1K. > > > >At 11:51 AM 4/4/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > >Jacob - is that setting in the BE setup? > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jacob > > >Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:37 AM > > >To: NT 2000 Discussions > > >Subject: Re: Veritas backup rate? (Problem Solved) > > > > > > > > > > > >Problem solved, thanks to Benchmark's tech support. Block size and > >buffer > > >size settings. I set each to 64K. I am now seeing 80 MB / min. > > > > > >At 07:31 PM 4/3/2002 -0800, you wrote: > > > >Transferring the data from a server to the backup server is quick... > >about > > > >4 MB / sec... Entire Network in 3 hours.. > > > > > > > >It is doing the backup on the backup server itself that is the > >problem > > > > > > > >At 02:29 AM 4/4/2002 +0200, you wrote: > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > > >>From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:45 PM > > > >>Subject: RE: Veritas backup rate? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Did a backup of 19,800 files for a total of 164 MB in one folder. > >I > > >used > > > >> > the built-in Windows 2000 backup software and got a rate of 29 MB > >/ > > >min... > > > >> > woohoo!!! > > > >> > > > >>if you xcopy the files to the backup server how fast is that ? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>------ > > > >>You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------ > > > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > > > > > > > > >------ > > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > > > > > > > > >------ > > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > > > > >------ > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > > > > >------ > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > >------ > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > >------ > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > >------ >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > >------ >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
