Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] Tape contents determining factor ... Similar

2004-05-04 14:58:47
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Tape contents determining factor ... Similar
From: ewilts AT ewilts DOT org (Ed Wilts)
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 13:58:47 -0500
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 10:11:39AM -0500, jason.cordes AT enbridge-us DOT com 
wrote:
> They are in different pools with different retention periods, and no I do
> not have multiple retention periods on same media enabled.

Ditto - different volume pool, different media server, and ending up on
the same physical tape.  NetBackup appears confused, however, I've just
burnt another hour or more and came to the conclusion that only the
vault reports are confused, not NetBackup in general.

At the time of the Vault run, NetBackup will list the images it thinks
are on the tape, whether they really are or not.  If your catalog hasn't
been cleaned up in a while, you could easily be looking at old data.  

FWIW, Aptare's StorageConsole appears to give me an accurate view as to
what's on the tape.

The bottom line is that the vault report is in error but the right thing
is happening in the background.

        .../Ed

> Since vault is just using bpduplicate, it's possible to end up with regular
> & duplicated images on the same tape.
> 
> Use different volume pool for your duplicated images.  This'll ensure
> separation.
> 
> -M

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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