'RE: [Veritas-bu] Order of backup job submissions within single policy'

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List:       veritas-bu
Subject:    RE: [Veritas-bu] Order of backup job submissions within single policy
From:       "Paul Keating" <pkeating () bank-banque-canada ! ca>
Date:       2005-04-29 12:33:18
Message-ID: 4A14D0A1A982B04B8DFC50EBDB81D0A2021721EC () BOC-EXMAIL1 ! bocad ! bank-banque-canada ! ca
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Even if the client is added to a separate policy with a higher priority,
it will still have to wait for a drive to become available, if other
jobs are already running and occupying the all drives.
The higher priority just means that when a drive does eventually become
available, the higher priority job will start before another queued job
with lower priority.

If a job MUST run at a SPECIFIC time, you need to very carefully
orchestrate your schedules, OR have a separate drive/storage unit for
that job.

Paul

	-----Original Message-----
	From: veritas-bu-admin@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of
somogyic@att.net
	Sent: April 28, 2005 4:53 PM
	To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
	Subject: [Veritas-bu] Order of backup job submissions within
single policy

	The issue arises since some threads occupy all the drives and
some clients will not backup till drives become available; this in turn
may cause issues since the client needs to be backed up at a specific
time. Is the only work around to create an individual policy for the
client that needs to start at a specific time and set a higher priority?

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=2><SPAN class=109293112-29042005>Even 
if the client is added to a separate policy with a higher priority, it will 
still have to wait for a drive to become available, if other jobs are already 
running and occupying the&nbsp;all drives.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=2><SPAN class=109293112-29042005>The 
higher priority just means that when a drive does eventually become available, 
the higher priority job will start before another queued job with lower 
priority.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=2><SPAN 
class=109293112-29042005></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=2><SPAN class=109293112-29042005>If a 
job MUST run at a SPECIFIC time, you need to very carefully orchestrate your 
schedules, OR have a separate drive/storage unit for that 
job.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=2><SPAN 
class=109293112-29042005></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=2><SPAN 
class=109293112-29042005>Paul</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=109293112-29042005></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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  <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT 
  face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> 
  veritas-bu-admin@mailman.eng.auburn.edu 
  [mailto:veritas-bu-admin@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] <B>On Behalf Of 
  </B>somogyic@att.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> April 28, 2005 4:53 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 
  veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Veritas-bu] Order of 
  backup job submissions within single policy<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>The issue arises since&nbsp;some threads occupy all the drives and some 
  clients will not backup till drives become available; this in turn may cause 
  issues since the client needs to be backed up at a specific time. Is the only 
  work around to create an individual policy for the client that needs to start 
  at a specific time and set a higher priority?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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