About staging backups

Staging backups is the process in which a backup is written to a storage unit, then duplicated to a second storage unit. Eligible backups are deleted on the initial storage unit when space is needed for more backups.

This two-stage process allows a NetBackup environment to leverage the advantages of disk-based backups for recovery in the short term.

Staging also meets the following objectives:

Staging allows for faster restores from disk.
Staging allows the backups to run when tape drives are scarce.
Staging allows data to be streamed to tape without image multiplexing.