>Well first you have been mis-informed on the NetBackup
>database backup process. it does *NOT* append to the
>tape when it backs up the netbackup databases with
>bpbackupdb, but rather overwrites the tape each time.
>This is true for disk as well, it will not *APPEND* to
>the backup but overwrite.
>
>It is expected to see your NBU DB *breath* a little as
>images expire and new ones are added. If you are
>running into a disk sizing issue you can look at the
>global attributes to see what your DELAY TO COMPRESS
>parameter is set to. By default (0) it does not
>compress the database.
I appreciate the clarification.
This was my understanding also. I've already changed the DELAY TO COMPRESS
parameter. I was just thrown by the fact that over the last
8 months or so, this is the third tape I'm using. I was
unable to figure out why. The manuals don't seem to deal with this.
Regards,
Rasana
>David
>
>Quoting Rasana Atreya <rasana_atreya AT hotmail DOT com>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have Netbackup 3.2 on a Solaris 2.5.1 master (no
>slave). I use two media
> > for alternately backing up my Netbackup database:
> >
> > - Tape on a directly connected DLT4700 stacker
> > - 16 gig disk on the master server
> >
> > On tapes I know that the database gets appended. This
>means that when the
> > tape fills up you can just replace it. Does the same
>thing happen on a
> > disk?
> > The reason I ask is that currently the disk used to
>back up
> > the database is at 69% percent, but it keeps
>increasing/decreasing
> > (fluctuating) in size.
> >
> > The first time the disk filled up to 89% of it's
>capacity, I figured that
> > since I just needed the latest version of the
>database, I could unassign
> > the
> > disk, force an immediate backup of the database to
>tape, newfs the disk and
> >
> > then reassign it. Didn't quite work as I expected
>(append behaviour). When
> > the next backup occured, the disk was again at 89%.
> >
> > What I'd really like is that I have the latest copy
>on either the disk or
> > the tape. I don't mind overwriting the disk.
> >
> > The manuals do not seem to address this issue. Or am
>I missing something
> > here?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rasana
> >
> >
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