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4.5.5.4 Example 4. Moving older backups to tapes
Consider the following scenario:
You want to perform a daily backup of your machine.
You want to store the backups locally for one week.
You want to move the backups that are older than one week to a tape device.
Such scenario is sometimes called disk staging, or D2D2T (disk-to-disk-to-tape).
In this scenario, create a backup plan with the Simple scheme and a daily schedule. (All backups will
be full by default.) When creating the backup plan, specify a local folder or Acronis Secure Zone in
the Location field. Under Retention rules, select Move backups older than 1 week. Then, specify the
tape device in the 2nd location field.
Make sure that the tape device is ready to work. The preparation steps are described in the "Backing
up a machine to a directly attached tape device" (p. 202) section.
Result:
After a backup is completed, the agent checks for backups that need to be moved.
The agent moves the backups that are older than one week, by copying them to the tape device
and then deleting them from the original location.
You can eject tapes with backups and securely store them off-site. Once you select data for
recovery, Acronis Backup will prompt you which tapes to insert.
4.5.5.5 Example 5. Backing up to tapes within a narrow backup window
This example assumes that you are using Acronis Backup Advanced.
Consider the following scenario:
You want to back up servers every workday after working hours.
You want to do a monthly full backup on one of the workdays, and partial (incremental or
differential) backups on the other workdays.
You want to store the backups on a tape library.
The backup window for the servers is narrow, so they cannot be backed up to the tapes directly.
In this scenario, install Acronis Backup Storage Node and create two managed vaults: one on a hard
disk local to the storage node, and another on the tape library locally attached to it.
Create a centralized backup plan for all of the machines with the Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS)
scheme. When creating the backup plan, specify the vault on the hard disk in the Location field.
Under Backup type, select Full/Incremental/Differential.
For the primary location, in Keep backups, choose to keep monthly backups for one month (you
need to clear the Keep indefinitely check box). This way, the vault will serve as an intermediate,
short-term storage for the backups.
Select the Replicate newly created backup to another location check box, and then specify the vault
on the tape library in the 2nd location field. For the second location, select to keep monthly backups
indefinitely.
Result:
Agents back up their machines to the vault on the hard disk.
