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Volume Brbackup Section

This section stores automatic volume management settings for BRBACKUP.

[Volume Brbackup]
DESTGROUP=Arcserve Backup device group name
DESTTAPE=tape name

For example, if you use TAPE1 in GROUP0 for backup, set:

DESTGROUP=GROUP0
DESTTAPE=TAPE1

If you use any available group or tape for backup, set:

DESTGROUP=*
DESTTAPE=*
TAPEMETHOD=APPEND | OVERWRITE

The TAPEMETHOD can specify either APPEND or OVERWRITE. APPEND specifies that Arcserve Backup appends job sessions to the selected tape; OVERWRITE specifies that Arcserve Backup overwrites the selected tape for the first BACKINT call.

VOLUME_BACKUP_LINE=number of lines
VOLUME_BACKUPN=tape names

For example, if BRBACKUP uses TAPE1, TAPE2, TAPE3, TAPE4, TAPE5, TAPE6, TAPE7, TAPE8, TAPE9, and TAPE10 for backup sequentially, these lines should be:

VOLUME_BACKUP_LINE=2
VOLUME_BACKUP1=TAPE1, TAPE2, TAPE3, TAPE4, TAPE5
VOLUME_BACKUP2=TAPE6, TAPE7, TAPE8, TAPE9, TAPE10
EXPIR_PERIOD=retention period in days

Use the EXPIR_PERIOD parameter to define the number of days you want to prevent a tape from being overwritten.

For example, if you specify 10 days, BACKINT protects the tape from being overwritten for 10 days. This line should be:

EXPIR_PERIOD=10

For more information about the automatic volume management, see BCSAP Database Administrator: ORACLE.