Re: [Networker] Stage from tape to tape
2010-10-15 16:58:31
Today at 3:32pm, George Sinclair wrote:
Since it can't actually delete the data from the source tape(s) like it could
with a file type device, what happens to that affected data? How is it marked
as no longer needed?
With the pointers in the media database removed, it is physically on the
tape, but it is unreferenced, so it is essentially gone. You can
actually find it with scanner (I think). However, having staged all the
remaining valid data off the tape, the tape becomes expired and will be
reused by NetWorker when needed.
We can't actually get that physical space back, so I assume it remains there
on the original tape(s), and NW removes it from the media database as it
would if you'd used 'nsrmm -d -S ssid/cloneid' but the new copy is still in
the media database with the same ssid but a different cloneid?
You almost have it. The ssid and cloneid will both be the same, because
we moved the data instead of cloning it.
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