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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 the UNIX 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