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[Veritas-bu] Tape Question

2003-11-03 14:41:07
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Tape Question
From: Keath.Marx AT anthem DOT com (Marx, Keath)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:41:07 -0500
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Try running bpexpdate -deassignempty.  This should cause it to release any
tape on which all of the images are gone.  You may need the -force key or if
you have multiple media servers -m

The full option list is below.

bpexpdate: -deassignempty [-m <media id>] [-host <name>] [-force]
             [-M <master_server,...,master_server>]

                -----Original Message-----
                 Subject: [Veritas-bu] Tape Question

                If I have a tape that according to the
available_media_report has been
                marked as FULL, but the images on media report returns no
information, a
                vmquery -m shows no expiration date, and a media contents
report shows only
                one image that has not yet expired, what do I make of this?

                I would say keep it in the library until the expiration date
shown on the
                media contents report passes, but according to the images on
media report
                there isn't an image that NetBackup knows about anyway, and
if I cd to the
                /db/images/client-name/epoch_directory there is no image
matching what is
                displayed on the media contents report.

                Should I just manually expire the tape and put it back in
the scratch volume
                pool?  Or should I keep it until the expiration date?  Any
idea what could
                cause this?

                Thanks,
                Taylor

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<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Try runni=
ng bpexpdate -deassignempty.&nbsp; This should cause it to release any ta=
pe on which all of the images are gone.&nbsp; You may need the -force key=
 or if you have multiple media servers -m</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The full =
option list is below.</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">bpexpdate=
: -deassignempty [-m &lt;media id&gt;] [-host &lt;name&gt;] [-force]</FON=
T></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [-M &lt;m=
aster_server,...,master_server&gt;]</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Tahoma">-----Original Message-----=
<BR>
</FONT><B></B><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Tahoma">&nbsp;Subject:</FONT></B>=
<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Tahoma"> [Veritas-bu] Tape Question</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">If I ha=
ve a tape that according to the available_media_report has been</FONT></P=
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<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">marked =
as FULL, but the images on media report returns no information, a</FONT><=
/P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">vmquery=
 -m shows no expiration date, and a media contents report shows only</FON=
T></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">one ima=
ge that has not yet expired, what do I make of this?</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">I would=
 say keep it in the library until the expiration date shown on the</FONT>=
</P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">media c=
ontents report passes, but according to the images on media report</FONT>=
</P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">there i=
sn't an image that NetBackup knows about anyway, and if I cd to the</FONT=
></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">/db/ima=
ges/client-name/epoch_directory there is no image matching what is</FONT>=
</P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">display=
ed on the media contents report.</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">Should =
I just manually expire the tape and put it back in the scratch volume</FO=
NT></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">pool?&n=
bsp; Or should I keep it until the expiration date?&nbsp; Any idea what c=
ould</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">cause t=
his?</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">Thanks,=
</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier">Taylor<=
/FONT></P>

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________________________________________</FONT></P>

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-bu maillist&nbsp; -&nbsp; Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu</FONT></P>

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