Prevent the server to backup yearly,monthly and weekly bootstrap.

- created index pool
- have bootstrap & index go there
- create dummy group
- put server inside
- enable autorun for group
- assign skip schedule to it
- have all other groups have no index save
- create custom savegrp -O backups

None of the pools should have no index save enabled. No index save should be set on group level. On pool there is store index entries which should not be touched.

Just make sure that only your index pool has the no index save disabled. All other pools should be disallowed from saving the index. It is a good practice to backup the bootstrap and index even if the backup itself is being skipped. Have been in enough tough situations to appreciate this

My mistake ... you are right.

i have no idex save enabled on that group(s) and the bootstrap is still being saved
the separate index groups have no index save disabled. the same behaviour i experience on servers where the index groups are not separated from the full backups.

Is your server in active (auto enabled) group?

yes

i found this

https://solutions.emc.com/nsepn/webapps/stqv768481dmts46655278/emcsolutionview.asp?id=esg62218

which is quite explainable but in 7.2.2 version it was not like that.
now i have to remove the networker server from the monthly and yearly groups to prevent useless tape consuption

That's correct and that has changed since 7.3.x. My understanding was that you have multiple groups without server client inside and you get bootstrap for them. If on the other hand you do have server client that's different story.

I personally do not keep weekly/monthly/yearly setup for backup server as this is dedicated node for which I only need NW databases to be backed up. I do that over the script twice per day - in the morning after backups have completed and in the evening before new cycle starts. Since I actively monitor what is going on I do not need to keep this for more than a week (even I keep it for a month and each backup is full, but that's just because I'm paranoid).

I am not able to access the article link. Could someone email it to me. hari.raman@softenger.com

it is ID: esg62218 How to prevent bootstrap backup

Goal: How to prevent bootstrap backup
 
Fact: NetWorker
 
Fact: Database on the NetWorker server is backed up every half an hour
 
Symptom: Huge savegrp outputs fill the disk
 
Cause: The output caused by frequent bootstrap backups fill the disk. It is desirable to run the bootstrap backup once a day, not every half an hour. Since the database is on the same host as NetWorker server, the scheduled backup always triggers the bootstrap backup.
 
Fix: There is no way to prevent bootstrap backups in the scheduled backups for a group with the NetWorker server as a client. The only way to run the backups without generating bootstrap backup is to use the backup command such as save or database backup command for the business suite module. However, keep in mind that delaying the bootstrap backup while doing backups many times a day may defeat the purpose of the bootstrap. Bootstrap done once a day will not be in sync with the last backup of the many backups done intraday.