Backing up Multiple Data Mover Servers in a Single Job

Arcserve Backup lets you submit backups that consist of multiple data mover servers to shared tape libraries in a single job. This capability lets you simplify the process of managing backups, and helps to minimize the amount of media used to store the backup data.

• Backup types supported--Arcserve Backup lets you submit normal UNIX/Linux Data Mover backups and tape staging UNIX/Linux Data Mover backups.
• Storage devices supported--Arcserve Backup lets you submit multiple UNIX/Linux Data Mover server backups in a single job to shared tape libraries.
• Licensing requirements--Arcserve Backup lets you submit UNIX/Linux Data Mover backups with the following licenses:
• Arcserve Backup UNIX and Linux Data Mover must be installed on the data mover servers. The licenses for UNIX and Linux Data Mover must be registered with the primary server.
• Note: For more information about licensing requirements for UNIX and Linux Data Mover, see theUNIX and Linux Data Mover Guide.
• Backup considerations--UNIX/Linux Data Mover backup does not support the following Arcserve Backup functionality:
  • Backing up data to Arcserve Backup data deduplication devices, file system devices, and Arcserve Backup Tape RAID devices.
  • Backing up data using multiplexing, using Arcserve Backup server-side encryption, Arcserve Backup server-side compression, and LTO encryption.
  • Protecting Oracle database data at Oracle object level granularity.

Note: For more information about installing and using UNIX and Linux Data Mover, see the UNIX and Linux Data Mover Guide.

This section contains the following topics:

• Back up Multiple Data Mover Servers in a Single Job
• Back up Multiple Data Mover Servers in a Single Job Using Staging