Check the SAG page 158, where it talks about Configuring Catalog Backups -> 
Attributes Tab -> Media ID.  It states that the volume must be in the NetBackup 
volume pool.

I was told in Advanced class to only use the NetBackup pool for catalog 
backups.  I changed the policies that used NetBackup to other pools and changed 
the tapes to the new pools (all through the GUI) and everything is fine.

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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Designating tapes for Catalog Backups.


> 
> Thanks for the multiple responses to my problem, but all responses refer to
> putting the Catalog backups in a special pool.  This is not possible due to
> the way our script that performs the catalog backup.  It uses bpsyncinfo to
> specify the catalog backup tape, and that tape must be a member of the
> "NetBackup" pool which also contains client backups.  Is there another way
> that does not involve volume pools?

You could "assign" the tapes manually with vmquery.  Give it the same
status as other catalog tapes (0x1 I believe).  Then the volume will
never be assigned to Netbackup for backups.

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Unix System Administrator                    Taos - The SysAdmin Company
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