Ray,
ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWITE requires a value, this is where you specify
what media can be overwritten with a NetBackup Header in order
to be used for backups. For example, adding the following entries
will enable NetBackup to use tapes containing CPIO or Microsoft
Tape Format data:
ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = MTF1
ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = CPIO
You can only overwrite NetBackup tapes which known to that
NetBackup environment if the images on the tape have expired,
otherwise it will simply append to the tape. Adding the above
will not cause NetBackup to overwrite it's own images.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
max
-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Herbig [mailto:RHerbig AT usaninc DOT com]
Sent: 09 September 2002 15:05
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE question
In the veritas netbackup faq it says to set the ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE option
in the bp.conf if you want to overwrite non-netbackup tapes. My question is
I have old netbackup tapes which I need to overwrite. Will setting this
option allow me to overwrite them and does setting this pose a danger to
already present tapes with data on them - in other words I dont want to
overwrite existing tapes, just old ones that have no cataloged data.
Thanks.
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