I'm extremely new to Data Protector so please forgive me if this is an obvious question. I was basically "thrown to the wolves" when our Data Protector guy left and I was told to do the job despite having zero knowledge of Data Protector. One issue I'm running across is that we have so much data we're backing up--not only size wise but thousands of small files--that our Data Protector catalog can only keep about 1-2 weeks worth of data in it. Restores are a pain if the file I need to backup is on a tape that's no longer in the catalog. I've been trying to figure out if there is a way to keep older vesrions of the catalog--maybe on another cell manager?? For example could I create another cell manager to house catalog data that is about to expire before it's wiped out of the main database? Does what I'm asking even make sense? What I'm trying to figure out is a way to keep a months worth of catalog data even if our main cell manager can only keep 1-2 weeks worth (like dump the catalog to another file or something).
I hope that makes sense. Thanks in advance for any help or advice.