If you have debugging logs, they can take a significant amount of 
storage.  Set all debugging levels to 0 *and* remove the log directories 
to stop logging.

Otherwise, catalog space is predominantly descriptions of files.  If you 
can't reduce the number of files backed up and you run cleanup, either 
implied at quiet times or as described previously, then I think you are 
left with just "Catalog Archiving".  See the SAG Vol I for the 
description of catalog archiving (and let us know if/how it affects your 
operation, please!).

cheers, wayne

Kirsch, Mathew (Matt) wrote, in part,  on 1/31/2005 10:17 AM:

> We already have the CLEAN_IN_BACKGROUND link. We already compress our 
> images. We have few, if any, "infinity" retentions.
>  
> It appears we're doing everything "right." Nearly all of our 
> retentions are two weeks or two months, but there are thousands and 
> not enough time in the day to inventory them all.
>  
> I am unable to find documentation on the "bpimage" command, 
> particularly with respect to this "-cleanup" flag. Without official 
> documentation as to what the below command does, from Veritas, I 
> cannot run it to see if it will help.
>
>     ...
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>     [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] *On Behalf Of
>     *Kirsch, Mathew (Matt)
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:41 AM
>     *To:* 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
>     *Subject:* [Veritas-bu] Non-destructive ways to reduce the size of
>     the Netbackup database ?
>
>      
>
>     The volume on which we store our Netbackup database is edging
>     closer and closer to being completely full each week. Regular
>     Netbackup database backups helps some, but it's always a little
>     bigger every day.
>
>      
>
>     At the rate it's going, we're going to run critically short on
>     space in the next few weeks. We can expand the volume, but would
>     rather not, because then it's going to exceed the capacity of 1 tape.
>
>      
>
>     Potentially what kinds of stuff can I clean up? Are there any
>     settings I can change, like on the retention of indexes or something?
>
>