DPM 2012 VTL to Physical Tape Automation
We are currently using DPM 2102 R2 with multiple retention libraries.  Most of our data sources, to take advantage of the incremental b/u feature, are going to disk storage then off to a VTL.  This provides us with a short term retention and a mid-term retention period.  We are now wanting to utilize a physical tape drive for a long term archival period.  I've configured the PGs so that the retention periods run short term to disk, long term to tape, then a second long term to tape retention goal, and finally setting the primary tape library as the VTL and the copy library as the physical tape unit.  It seems that the first two goals, disk and VTL, are working as desired.  The issue comes in on the third long term goal where I would like DPM to write it to physical tape, which it's not doing.  It will process the third retention goal, however it writes it out to the VTL instead of the physical library.  Is there some setting that I'm missing when configuring the custom long term retention periods or is it even possible to automate this type of "three-tier" retention?
February 3rd, 2015 1:35pm

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