Iain,
I am slightly unclear what the problem is here, but as someone has mentioned,
you can
manually expire individual images by backupid, using
bpexpdate -d 0 -backupid <your-backup-id>
Normally, Netbackup expires the whole tape when all the backups images on the
tape have naturally
expired (at least, I've seen it doing it in the bperror log).
However sometimes, in exceptional circumstances when I've had to manually
expire all the images on a tape,
I have found that I also have to expire the tape, before I can use it, i.e.
bpexpdate -d 0 -ev <my-tape-id>
I don't know quite if that addresses the area you are having problems with.
The only other think I can suggest is that you increase the size of your pool(s)
(i.e. add more tapes).
Mike
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From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu on behalf of Iain Miller
Sent: Sun 19/06/2005 10:17
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] last image expiration date on a tape
Guys,
I have inherited a netbackup server (4.5) running on Solaris 8. There
is no library attached only a single tape drive - we use an on site
person to switch tapes every day.
My main question is - How do I get images that have expired on the
media overwritable??
I have replaced all the tapes in the cycle and I have now filled my
first piece of media - even though the images have expired, they are
still on the tape and I can't overwrite them. We use the same tapes
on a weekly basis, so there are newer images on the tape that haven't
expired yet. I guess that they could be manually expired, but is
there a neater way to do this??
I had thought about reducing the retention period down to 6 days (so
that when the tape is inserted after a week, the images will expire
and I should be able to overwrite them). Anybody have any thoughts /
feelings about how best to achieve what I am looking for.
As usual, thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Regards,
Iain.
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