if you 

tpreq -ev GOODBACKUPTAPE -d dlt -p NetBackup -f /tmp/tp

then perform 

bpbackupdb -tpath /tmp/tp /usr/openv/netbackup/db \
/usr/openv/volmgr/database

it will OVERWRITE your good backup tape.  It will not
check the headers, it will not warn you it will not 
remove it from the NBU database.  What it will do, is 
hose you should you ever try to do a restore.

TRUST ME I KNOW...I had a client who wrote their own 
dup scripts, only  to find out that when there was a 
reason to recall the tapes, their script used one of 
the same NBU tapes for the Database backup.  The data 
wasn't there, but the database backup was...

not good for the heart, blood pressure, or vision.

David

Quoting "Price, Michael" <MPrice AT dantis DOT com>:

> 
>       Isn't the only objection to putting a db backup 
on a normal backup
> tape that the backup won't contain the info about 
that very backup job?
> Otherwise, what difference does it make?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: adriaan.mosseveld AT bt DOT com 
[mailto:adriaan.mosseveld AT bt DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 2:35 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Re : bpbackupdb specific tape
>
>
> The bpbackupdb command is not hardcoded to expect 
tapes from the netbackup
> pool - we use a separate pool (netbackupdb) for 
database backups from our
> offsiting routines to prevent any possible problems 
with routine db
> backups.
> I would confirm as Rob Worman did that you should, 
under no circumstances,
> try to put a db backup onto a normal backup tape 
(trashed data methinks).
>
>
> Adriaan Mosseveld
>
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David A. Chapa
Consulting Manager
DataStaff, Inc.
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