If there is not data left for the client and you don't back the client up
any longer, delete the directory name.

If this is the complete output of the clients image directory, it is empty
and safe to be deleted.

I have always seen that a client image directory is never deleted by
NetBackup. 




Bobby Williams
2205 Peterson Drive
Chattanooga, Tennessee  37421
423-296-8200

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From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Justin
Piszcz
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:35 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] What do you do with old clients?

   Version: NetBackup 6.0MP5
Directory: $install_path/netbackup/db/images

bash-2.03# du -sh client-hostname.fqdn.com
20K     client-hostname.fqdn.com
bash-2.03# find client-hostname.fqdn.com client-hostname.fqdn.com
client-hostname.fqdn.com/1203000000
client-hostname.fqdn.com/1203000000/tmp
client-hostname.fqdn.com/1203000000/tmp/.lck
client-hostname.fqdn.com/STREAMS.lck
client-hostname.fqdn.com/STREAMS
bash-2.03#

Even after a cleanup, the old data persists:

bash-2.03# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimage -cleanup -client
client-hostname.fqdn.com bash-2.03# du -sh client-hostname.fqdn.com
20K     client-hostname.fqdn.com
bash-2.03# find client-hostname.fqdn.com client-hostname.fqdn.com
client-hostname.fqdn.com/1203000000
client-hostname.fqdn.com/1203000000/tmp
client-hostname.fqdn.com/1203000000/tmp/.lck
client-hostname.fqdn.com/STREAMS.lck
client-hostname.fqdn.com/STREAMS
bash-2.03#

Even though this client contains no VALID (UBAK/UBAK.f) images the old
garbage remains, and a bpimage -cleanup does not delete the directory.

Has anyone come up with their own methods to cleanup the catalog or?

I am trying to investigate why my catalog (sometimes/usually) times out with
an error 41 and it occurs when its reading the images from openv/db/images,
so.. that is why I am currently targeting this area.

Justin.
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