vmchange -M master -h volhost -exp 0 -m mediaid
will change it to NEVER expire.
david
Quoting mike.marcell AT cntcorp DOT com:
>
> Lee,
>
> Sorry to disagree with you, or for not being more
clear initially, but the
> physcial media (tape) expiration date is exactly what
I'm referring to.
>
> We have tapes that are sent offsite each week. They
have a 1 month (image)
> retention, which is fine and not an issue here. What
happened is that
> whenever these tapes were initialized, someone marked
the physical media
> (tape) expiration date to expire on 12/8/2000 or
close to it. So in a
> nutshell, they ran the backups, and it said "Hey, I
don't have any tapes to
> use, because the ones that I have are all 'expired".
The batch of tapes
> can come back anywhere from 1 to 2 months after being
sent out. They've
> only been used about 9 times, and are no where near
the point that they
> (physical media) should be considered unusable.
>
> So what I was trying to do, is to mark the physical
expiration date to
> "Never", as that is what most of the tapes that we
have (2000+) are set to.
> There are a few hundred tapes in this batch that I'm
referring to, and I'd
> prefer to do this via the command line instead of the
gui (mediaMgr ->Media
> ID -> change ->Expire=Never)
>
> I realize that I could pick a date far into the
future, that would probably
> not be an issue, but since "Never" is valid option
from within the GUI, I'd
> prefer to do the right thing, and mark them as the
rest of the tapes are,
> rather than trying to fool netbackup. I read the man
pages on vmchange and
> seen nothing on the Never option. I'll try digging
through the Media
> Manager book as well.
>
> Sorry for not clarifying this in my first note.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> Mike,
>
> I'm sorry to say you are not doing the right thing at
all.
> You setting the date when the physical media (tape) is
> considered expired and therefore no longer usable.
> What I believe you are asking for is change
expiration date of the
> images on those tapes.
>
> For this you would use the "bpexpdate"
> command. Also note that once images on a tape have
expired
> you cannot extend them since the corresponding data
in the
> NB catalog has already been removed. You will need
to do an
> "import" of these tapes. Look at the man page for
bpexpdate
> or try running "bpexpdate -help" or look in the admin
guide
> on page 329, 445 (NB 3.2) As far as setting the
expiration
> date to NEVER, this is done by simply using a date
far out
> in the future. When you use the "infinite" retention
level
> in NB it sets the expiration date for those images to
> 01/18/2038-22:14:07 which is the larges possible
unixt-time
> number (or close to it) Hope this helps
>
>
>
> mike.marcell AT cntcorp DOT com wrote:
> >
> > We have found a small truckload of offsite tapes
that have expiration
> dates
> > that are approaching or past. Most of these tapes
aren't old at all, and
> > have very few mounts on them.
> >
> > Anyone know how to set the expiration date to null,
or never on a tape
> from
> > the command line?
> >
> > I'm able to change the date, but I can't find out
how to set it to
> "never"
> > or "---"
> >
> > Here's what I'm doing: vmchange -exp 12/31/00 -m
000211
> >
> > This works fine to change the date to 12/31/00. I
could change it to a
> date
> > far, far out, but I'd rather set it to never like
the others in it's
> pool.
> > I can do it from the gui, but I'd rather script
this and do it in mass if
> > possible.
> >
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