I currently use a Perl script to backup my catalogs to a different tape every 
day to be sent 
offsite. At some point in the past, my available_media report started showing 
the status of 
the NetBackup pool tapes as AVAILABLE instead of DBBACKUP. So I wish to verify 
that 
the catalog backup to tape is valid.

I use the command `$adm_path\\bpbackupdb -v -tpath $mount_loc` to execute the 
backup
after loading a tape using `$vm_path\\tpreq -ev $mediaid -d dlt -p $pool -f 
$mount_loc`.

But when I try to read the header information on the tape `bprecover -l -ev 
DSR346 -d dlt`
I get the error:

incorrect media found in drive, found C:\Temp\nb_mount, expected DSR346
media manager found wrong tape in drive

bpsyncinfo -L says that the last media use was the defined disk backup
location that executes after each successful scheduled backup, even though I've 
done three 
backups to tape since. The tapes mount and something gets written to them, as 
it takes 
about 10 minutes to run. The log states that a catalog backup to 
C:\Temp\nb_mount 
succeeded.

How do I validate these tapes? I don't have a server to do a test bprecover on.

Thanks,
Lee Anne


Lee Anne Pedersen
LAN/Server Analyst

Alberta Corporate Service Centre (ACSC)
DCS Delivery Team E
Ph: 780-427-2504
LeeAnne.Pedersen AT gov.ab DOT ca

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