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                Mike


On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, James Mello wrote:

> >     I have a question about Scratch_pool, I know how to define
> >     a scratch_pool and assign all the blank tapes to it and
> >     NetBackup will assign different pools as they need tapes.
> >     Now, Does it do the "reverse", if the tapes are expired
> >     in the pool, would it go back to the scratch pool??
> 
> Nope, once a tape has been allocated to a pool it stays there unless moved
> by the SA. It basically becomes a part of that Pools tape rotation.
> 
> >     Another question I have is about Catalog Backup, it looks
> >     like I can only do a Max of 2 Copies of the Catalog.
> >     Is there a way to verify the catalog backup is good, beside
> >     the return code 0 and use bprecover -l to list the heading?
> 
> You could tar and untar it to a seperate location and inspect
> it. Generally, as long as you follow proper procedure (no tape activity,
> etc), the database should be consistant. Of all the backups, this one is
> really nothing more that a tar archive put to tape, and while critical for
> operation, isn't all that complex....
> 
>       -- Cheers
>       -- James
> 
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