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[Veritas-bu] Setting Expiration Dates on Physical Media Volumes

2002-10-09 08:19:45
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Setting Expiration Dates on Physical Media Volumes
From: dfdwyer AT tecoenergy DOT com (Dennis Dwyer)
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 08:19:45 -0400
I know NetBackup allows us to do this but what function is available to 
determine which physical tapes have reached their expiration date? We're 
thinking about putting a 2-year life on our new tapes so we can be pro-active 
in replacing them as they reach end of life. However, I didn't see anything 
within NetBackup or it's basic reporting functions that allow for displaying 
which tapes are coming due. Seems sort of strange to build in a feature and not 
build in a way to track it.

Let me guess: Run a vmquery, sort by date and write a script to report findings?

NBU Environment:

Sun E450 Master/Media Server
STK L700 w/8 DLT8000 drives
Solaris 2.8
NBU 3.4 w/Patch Level 3

Regards,
Dennis

Dennis F. Dwyer
Manager, Systems Software
Tampa Electric Company

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