John:

NBU only uses a maximum of two destinations for the catalog backup.  Chances
are if you identified this using the available media script the results are
'skewed' due to a timing issue.

I'd run a bpsyncinfo -L to see what tapes you have allocated for the catalog
backup.

I'd also run bpmedialist -ev on all the tapes that came up with the the
DBBACKUP type in the output of the script, just to manually verify their
status.

Then, you'd probably want to read this technote to fix available_media.

http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/199300.htm

David

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NetBackup Consultant
DataStaff, Inc.
http://www.datastaff.com
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[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of John
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] DB Backup tapes - how many?


I have a whopping 10 available slots in my robot and 3 of those are being
used by DBBACKUP tapes.  Is there a way to reduce the number used for
db backups and is there a way to free up some of those tapes?

Thanks,
John

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