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Hi

I am having trouble setting up a GFS policy with my new Autoloader. It has 8 slots and I have 20 tapes.

What would be the best way to configure backup exec 12.5 to work my with autolaoder.

I was planning on creating 2 partitions on the autoloader (4 slots in each partition). Create a GFS policy for the sons (Mon-Thurs) and one for Fathers (every Fri) and assign it to the other parition.
This seemed okay in my head but there are 2 problems. How does the autoloader know to select the Tuesday tape for example from partition 1 then the wednesday etc.
Also how does the monthly backup fall into this - not sure how to figure this all out. I'm guessing I need to create 3 separate jobs?

This is my plan
Mon-Thurs (sons) - 4 tapes
Fri (Fathers) - 4 tapes
Last business day in each month (grandfathers) - 12 tapes.

I would be grateful for some real world advice on how to set this policy up to work with autoloaders.

Hi Finch,
My advise could be:
Create a pool (4 slots could be good) for daily differential backup.
Create another pool (4 slot because you don't have more) for full weekly and monthly backup.
Could be good a slot dedicated to the cleaning tape also.
Then you should create 3 Media Sets under Media:
-Daily MediaSet
-Weekly MediaSet
-Monthly MediaSet
When you create your policy, you can create 3 template (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) and for each one you can decide which MediaSet dedicates to each job and also which pool.