About creating duplicate backup jobs for Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec

Backup jobs for Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec must be created as duplicate jobs. You can duplicate existing backup sets or you can duplicate backup sets immediately following the scheduled job in which they are created.

See Duplicating backed up data.

See Creating duplicate backup jobs for Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec.

You can also create a duplicate backup set for Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec as part of a template.

See About duplicate backup set templates.

See Adding a duplicate backup template to a policy.

After the first time you run a duplicate backup job, Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec examines the backup data in subsequent occurrences of that job. Any data that is unchanged from the previous occurrence is skipped. Subsequent backups include only the files that have changed since the last occurrence. This process reduces the amount of time and bandwidth that is required to run recurring backup jobs.

You should consider the best practices when you create duplicate backup jobs for Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec.

See Best practices for using Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec.

About creating duplicate backup jobs for Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec