Comments on: Symantec Backup Exec – Backup to Disk Issue http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/symantec-backup-exec-backup-to-disk-issue/ Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brigus http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/symantec-backup-exec-backup-to-disk-issue/#comment-152 Brigus Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:29:53 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/symantec-backup-exec-backup-to-disk-issue/#comment-152 Yeah, what the last guy said: “backup sets per backup-to-disk file” is the option, and it is *not* equivalent to “max number of backup-to-disk files”, for which BE has no setting of which I am aware (unfortunately).

Setting your max B2D file size to something huge like 100GB is generally a bad idea in terms of performance, although there might be a situation where it’s appropriate.

]]> By: Natshaw http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/symantec-backup-exec-backup-to-disk-issue/#comment-22 Natshaw Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:32:37 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/symantec-backup-exec-backup-to-disk-issue/#comment-22 That’s not what that setting does. It’s maximum number of backup sets per file, not maximum number of files.

Cheers.

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