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[Veritas-bu] GUI exp. date

2002-07-17 14:36:24
Subject: [Veritas-bu] GUI exp. date
From: Mark.Donaldson AT experianems DOT com (Donaldson, Mark)
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:36:24 -0600
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Depends on the tape type.  I think DLT is rated for 100,000 passes.  I set
my mount-limit count at 50,000 in response.
 
-M

-----Original Message-----
From: Markham, Richard [mailto:RMarkham AT hafeleamericas DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:11 PM
To: Nblist (E-mail)
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] GUI exp. date


I assume that 20 years is a approx. shelf life as opposed to daily usage.
our implementors suggest
max mounts of 250 per tape.  I'm curious of any views on that.

-----Original Message-----
From: Whelan, Patrick [mailto:Patrick.Whelan AT commerzbankib DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:48 AM
To: 'Markham, Richard'; Nblist (E-mail)
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] GUI exp. date


First, are you sure your are asking the right question, the expiration date
for tapes is usually when the physical tape will be no good anymore, approx
20 years. The expiration date in Device Manager has nothing to do with the
images written to the tape. Second, do you set expiration dates for your
tapes? By default tapes never expire. 
 
One important thing to remember. You can think of Media Manager and
NetBackup as two separate products, along with Storage Migrator. Remember
Media Manager is actually used by both NBU and SM(HSM), and can be used with
scripts or third party software using tpreq and tpumount. So when you look
at something using the Media Manager GUI's or commands you are only looking
at information about the physical tape. The assigned column is actually set
by either NBU or HSM or the vmchange command if you want to do it yourself.
All the other columns are under control of MM, and therefore not relevant to
NBU, etc.
 
I hope I haven't been too longwinded, but I have seen this question come up
many times, and thought I would try to set the record straight for once.
 
I'm sure that anything that I have misstated will be brought my attention,
unceremoniously, very quickly. Hope fully to the complete list, so others
can learn from my mistakes.
 


Yours sincerely, 

Patrick Whelan 
ZIT P 7.43 Data Backup Operation 

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Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. 

"NEW LYRICS TO BEATLES SONGS" 
YESTERDAY 

Yesterday, 
All those backups seemed a waste of pay. 
Now my database has gone away. 
Oh I believe in yesterday. 

Suddenly, 
There's not half the files there used to be, 
And there's a milestone hanging over me 
The system crashed so suddenly. 
I pushed something wrong 
What it was I could not say. 
Now all my data's gone 
and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay. 

Yesterday, 
The need for back-ups seemed so far away. 
I knew my data was all here to stay, 
Now I believe in yesterday. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Markham, Richard [mailto:RMarkham AT hafeleamericas DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 5:00 PM
To: Nblist (E-mail)
Subject: [Veritas-bu] GUI exp. date



anyone having issues with the Media and Device Mgmt. GUI not 
populating the expiration date column for the tapes within 
a volume pool ?  and perhaps a workaround ? 

NB 3.4.2 Solaris 8 


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<DIV><SPAN class=369343518-17072002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>Depends on the tape type.&nbsp; I think DLT is rated for 100,000 
passes.&nbsp; I set my mount-limit count at 50,000 in 
response.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=369343518-17072002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>-M</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Markham, Richard 
  [mailto:RMarkham AT hafeleamericas DOT com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 
17, 2002 
  12:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Nblist (E-mail)<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Veritas-bu] 
GUI 
  exp. date<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
  class=062340718-17072002>I&nbsp;assume that 20 years is a approx. shelf life 
  as opposed to daily usage.&nbsp; our implementors suggest</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=062340718-17072002>max 
  mounts of 250 per tape.&nbsp; I'm curious of any&nbsp;views on 
  that.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
    <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma 
    size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Whelan, Patrick 
    [mailto:Patrick.Whelan AT commerzbankib DOT com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 
July 
    17, 2002 11:48 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Markham, Richard'; Nblist 
    (E-mail)<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Veritas-bu] GUI exp. 
    date<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
    class=308443815-17072002>First, are you sure your are asking the right 
    question, the expiration date for tapes is usually when the physical tape 
    will be no good anymore, approx 20 years. The expiration date in Device 
    Manager has nothing to do with the images written to the tape. Second, do 
    you set expiration dates for your tapes? By default tapes never expire. 
    </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
    class=308443815-17072002></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
    class=308443815-17072002>One important thing to remember. You can think of 
    Media Manager and NetBackup as two separate products, along with Storage 
    Migrator. Remember Media Manager is actually used by both NBU and SM(HSM), 
    and can be used with scripts or third party software using tpreq and 
    tpumount. So when you look at something using the Media Manager GUI's or 
    commands you are only looking at information about the physical tape. The 
    assigned column is actually set by either NBU or HSM or the vmchange 
command 
    if you want to do it yourself. All the other columns are under control of 
    MM, and therefore not relevant to NBU, etc.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
    class=308443815-17072002></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=308443815-17072002>I 
    hope I haven't been too longwinded, but I have seen this question come up 
    many times, and thought I would try to set the record straight for 
    once.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
    class=308443815-17072002></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
    class=308443815-17072002>I'm sure that anything that I have misstated will 
    be brought my attention, unceremoniously, very quickly. Hope fully to the 
    complete list, so others can learn from my mistakes.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><BR>
    <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yours sincerely,</FONT> </P>
    <P><B><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>Patrick Whelan</FONT></B> <BR><FONT 
    face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>ZIT P 7.43 Data Backup Operation</FONT> </P>
    <P><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 
    
size=1>_______________________________________________________________</FONT> 
    </P>
    <P><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 
    size=1>Contact:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Phone:&nbsp; +49 
    69 136 44927</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 
    size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; E-Mail: 
    Patrick.Whelan AT CommerzbankIB DOT com</FONT> </P>
    <P><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 
    size=1>Address:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Commerzbank 
    AG</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 
    size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Zentraler Servicebereich IT 
    Produktion</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 
    size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C/S Services Investment Banking 
- 
    ZIT P 7.43</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 
    size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mainzer Landstr. 151 - DLZ, Bld. 
    1 - 06.52.0210</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 
    size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 60261 Frankfurt</FONT> <BR><FONT 
    face=Arial color=#808080 
    
size=1>_______________________________________________________________</FONT> 
    <BR><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008080 size=4>Of all the things 
    I've lost, I miss my mind the mos</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" 
    color=#008080 size=4>t.</FONT> </P>
    <P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>"NEW LYRICS TO BEATLES SONGS"</FONT> 
    <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>YESTERDAY</FONT> </P>
    <P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Yesterday,</FONT> <BR><FONT 
    face="Courier New" size=2>All those backups seemed a waste of pay.</FONT> 
    <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Now my database has gone away.</FONT> 
    <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Oh I believe in yesterday.</FONT> </P>
    <P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Suddenly,</FONT> <BR><FONT 
    face="Courier New" size=2>There's not half the files there used to 
    be,</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>And there's a milestone 
    hanging over me</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The system 
    crashed so suddenly.</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I pushed 
    something wrong</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>What it was I 
    could not say.</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Now all my data's 
    gone</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>and I long for 
    yesterday-ay-ay-ay.</FONT> </P>
    <P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Yesterday,</FONT> <BR><FONT 
    face="Courier New" size=2>The need for back-ups seemed so far away.</FONT> 
    <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I knew my data was all here to 
    stay,</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Now I believe in 
    yesterday.</FONT> </P>
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      <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma 
      size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Markham, Richard 
      [mailto:RMarkham AT hafeleamericas DOT com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 
July 17, 
      2002 5:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Nblist (E-mail)<BR><B>Subject:</B> 
[Veritas-bu] 
      GUI exp. date<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
      <P><FONT size=2>anyone having issues with the Media and Device Mgmt. GUI 
      not </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>populating the expiration date column for the 
      tapes within </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>a volume pool ?&nbsp; and perhaps a 
      workaround ?</FONT> </P>
      <P><FONT size=2>NB 3.4.2 Solaris 8</FONT> 
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