Disable and enable REPLICATION plans via script possible?
Hello,
while I have now found scripting workarounds for almost all the unsolved product problems with replication to tape, I still need to switch between two replication tasks for replication of daily backups to the appropriate tape set each week.
Is there any way to script this via acrocmd, scheduler, setting a value in a database?
Or can I schedule a replication plan, which is only running in odd and one which is running in even weeks only?
Best greetings from Germany
Olaf
Hi Peter,
the problem with acrocmd is it's inability to address replication tasks to tape drives (or my inability to figure out how).
Best greetings from Germany
Olaf
Hello Olaf!
I can't test tapes, but the "loc" parameter is expanded in details in the command line reference:
Tape atis:///tape?* *
Using this format, you can access a tape library or drive only if it is directly attached to the managed machine. You can determine the GUID of this library or drive by using the list tape_ libraries command.
For a tape library or drive attached to a storage node, a managed location should be created on that storage node. To access such tape library or drive, use the bsp:/// format.
The only restriction I found at the "arc" parameter:
You cannot specify file names of backups stored on Acronis Storage Node, Acronis Cloud Storage, Acronis Secure Zone, or tape.
There is no restriction on the "backup" parameter, so you can freely select which backup to replicate, in case that's not the latest.
-- Peter
What is wrong with this forum site - felt 90% of answer attempts end in Gateway timed out messages.
About the monthly schedule (1st and 3rd week) this would break the annual cycle of odd/even week tapes with change of the month. The people in charge of tape switching would have more problems following up with the proper sequence, also I need to keep the daily sets at least one week untouched, which would fail in this case.
Batching each single replication (if I get it to work) would make monitoring and troubleshooting much more difficult for my colleagues, who are not that involved in the Backup administration for the customer.
I expect some professionality from a product, which is proudly presenting itself with version number 15.
Instead I see the support quality degrading from year to year and problems or annoyances (like not showing the scheduled times for backup plans in the overview anymore) not fixed at all.
Best greetings from Germany
Olaf