EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on
10/01/2008 02:09:44 PM:
> In regard to: [Networker] Determining when a volume becomes
recylable,...:
>
> > mminfo -q volume=896597 -r
> > ssid,client,name,sscreate(18),ssretent(18),ssflags,state,volretent
> >
> > And got back this (heavily snipped):
> >
> >
> > ssid client name ss created
> > retention time ssflags state expires
> > 2677082318 admin_nt13 MSSQL: 7/30/2008 08:35
PM
> > 9/30/2008 11:59 PM vF 9/30/2008
> >
> > SO, my question:
> >
> > We see that the rentention on the volume expires 2008-09-30, and that
this
> > particular saveset should have expired last night (it is 2008-10-01,
as I
> > write this, past the retention time/date).
>
> That's only true if there are no savesets that depend on this saveset.
> Are you certain that's the case?
I believe so ... can't think what could depend on this particular saveset.
How can I determine that?
> Also, savesets only expire as a result of nsrim being run (that happens
> automatically, periodically). If you run e.g.
>
> nsrim -Xv
>
> and then re-run your mminfo query, are the results the same?
No! Afterward:
2677082318 admin_nt13 MSSQL: 7/30/2008 08:35 PM
9/30/2008 11:59 PM vrEF E expired
So how "periodically" does "nsrim -X" happen, anyway? Obviously, I'm
seeing savesets that *should* be marked as "expired" that aren't, because
of long intervals between "nsrim -X" runs. Perhaps the interval needs to
be shortened? If I had waited to check this volume on 2008-10-03, would I
have seen the same results? Should I run a scheduled task once a week (or
more frequently) that issues a "nsrim -X"?
Once again, Tim comes through for me. :-) Thanks.
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