But the database info will be purged.  

Sounds like a good feature.

David

Quoting RYAN ANDERSON <RYAN_ANDERSON AT udlp DOT com>:

> As long as you don't reuse the tape(s) and they are 
expired, you can use
> bpimport to bring the images on the tapes back in.
> 
> RCA
> 
> Jeff Kennedy wrote:
> > 
> > I am wondering about the way images are expired and 
what my options
> > are.  Currently I have my expiration for all images 
set to 6 weeks,
> > which means every 6 weeks the image database info 
is purged and that
> > tape is now ready to be re-used, correct?  I think 
it is so I'll
> > continue on that assumption.
> > 
> > What I would like to see is what was available in 
BudTool.  You could
> > set the time that the image was not over-writable, 
say 6 weeks, but the
> > image data would stay in the database until it was 
actually
> > overwritten.  So, I could set an image to be locked 
for 6 weeks, but if
> > the tape had not been written to, and it was week 
8, you could still
> > browse the image data.
> > 
> > Does such an option exist in NetBackup?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > =====================
> > Jeff Kennedy
> > Unix Administrator
> > AMCC
> > jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com
> 
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