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Closed
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Case #
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10051
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Affiliated Job:
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New Trier Township District 2031
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Opened:
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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Closed:
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Friday, March 25, 2011
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Total Hit Count:
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55188
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Last Hit:
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Thursday, December 26, 2024 10:12:38 AM
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Unique Hit Count:
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11871
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Last Unique Hit:
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Thursday, December 26, 2024 10:12:38 AM
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Case Type(s):
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Server
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Case Notes(s):
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Project:
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Avamar Tape Out Option
It's only been a couple weeks since EMC implemented our Avamar to Networker/Backup to Tape option... In our environment we decided to archive within Avamar 30 dailies, 3 monthlies and archive the month ends out to tape for a more extended period of retention while not reducing our storage within Avamar.
There are a couple variations to select from for the Tape out Option.
| - | ATO "Avamar Tape-Out:" Re-Hydrate the data to a server attached to a tape library with Networker installed, Avamar pushes the data to the server and then calls Networker to archive the data to tape | | - | ADT "Avamar Data to Tape(?):" Variations of how to take data directly out of Avamar and store this already data duped data out to tape. |
The first option is what we selected, I am explained that the other option "ADT" is a much more involved process of restoring data back. The "ATO" option, which we have now used for a full year, has worked extremely well. The initial setup, confusing and incomplete - we have worked to fit our needs and customized based on our environment. The biggest variance between these options - ATO is very portable to restore the data and very quick; I am explained ADT pushes data back into Avamar, is more involved and time consuming to restore data. On the flip side, ADT requires less tapes since the data is data duped; however, unlike what we are doing, ATO offers the ability to perform incrementals rather than fulls; however, since we perform ATO on VM image level backups, SQL databases and only once a month, full ATO works best for us.
SQL or Exchange agent level backups - they are re-hydrated and then stored to tape. Originally we were explained by EMC that to restore from tape a Avamar client based backup of SQL or Exchange, would require the assistance of EMC; however, we later proved this incorrect. On several test restores, I have taken the f-0 etc files and restored them manually - they appear to be like SQL dump files - throw on a .bak (not required, but then SQL sees them while browsing) and SQL will restore them right back into the environment. We have not tested nor had the need to restore an Exchange database; however, I have had direct confirmation that this as well may be restored without the need to involve EMC.
So I wanted to document some of the process I have learned while troubleshooting various issues we have encountered during our initial implementation. The consultant from EMC created the overall process - the server used for ATO was an old system we beefed up with large cheap storage and our previous tape library. Originally, we were setup with a single "batch" that called each of the groups; however, we found, for our situation calling each one individually over a span of 7 days worked out best. If the next group is called during a maintenance window - the group would fail - we were explained this was because some data is written to the Avamar grid; therefore, breaking the groups out and calling each right after a maintenance window over a span of 7 days proved to work best for our retention plan.
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Action(s) Performed:
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Total Action(s): 3
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User
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Expand Details
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10178
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3/25/2011 10:59:02 AM
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Server
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4043
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contact@danieljchu.com
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Utility Node:
From a file level configuration view on our Utility N More ...
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10177
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3/25/2011 10:59:02 AM
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Server
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4273
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contact@danieljchu.com
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Backup Client:
Some of our servers being backed up to the grid - on More ...
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10176
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3/25/2011 10:59:02 AM
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Server
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3888
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contact@danieljchu.com
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Networker Server:
We kept receiving errors with regard to the SSL c More ...
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[Contributed: 2/21/2012] In conclusion, I want to stress how happy we have been both with Avamar and the ATO option. We have been fortunate, over the past year, to have only required data restored out of Avamar directly; however, we have performed trial restores off tape and the process has been quite simple. Restoring SQL, files and helping to keep storage in our Avamar grid just below the 80% threshold - the ATO option has helped us retain a proper retention policy.
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