An excellent feature actually.  Came in handy on several occasions,
especially if you have a large library and tape rotation is fairly
slow....

~JK

"David A. Chapa" wrote:
> 
> 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.
> > > --
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> > > Jeff Kennedy
> > > Unix Administrator
> > > AMCC
> > > jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com
> >
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