Mark,

This is ouput of "bpimmedia":

Backup-ID            Policy     Type  RL  Files   C  E
 T  PC  Expires
Copy Frag    KB Type Density FNum      Off       Host 
     DWO MPX Expires     
     RL MediaID
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
sunprod_1068584871   sunprod_bk FULL  2   124967  N  N
 R  2   21:07 12/02/2003
 1   1 163365088 RMed hcart   1         2        
sunprod    0   N   21:07 12/02
/2003 2  Z322L1
 2   1 163365088 RMed hcart   1         2        
sunprod    1   N   21:07 12/02
/2003 2  Z321L1

Tape Z322L1 is primary and Z321L1 is offsite. I want
to change tape Z321L1 to be primary so I used this
command:
"bpduplicate -npc 2 -backupid sunprod_10685848". 

Nothing happen when I run "bpimmedia" again and got
same result. How do I check if I successfully change
the offsite tape as primary? Apart from trying to run
restore. Can I check it using command line? Perhap my
command sytax is wrong.

Thank you again.

regards,
Feroz
 

 --- "Donaldson, Mark"
<Mark.Donaldson AT experianems DOT com> wrote: > You don't
have to expire the primary tape to switch.
> 
> The primary copy is, by definition, the copy that is
> when a restore job is
> requested.  By default it is Copy number 1.  If you
> create a duplicate tape,
> that new copy only becomes a primary restore copy
> under two conditions:
> 
> 1. The original primary copy (copy number 1) is
> expired
> 
> ..or..
> 
> 2. You manually declare the duplicate to be the
> primary copy.  In v3.4, this
> was done with the bpduplicate command, in v4.5 it's
> done with the
> bpchangeprimary or the bpduplicate commands.
> 
> v3.4
>      
>       /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpduplicate
> -npc new_primary_copy
>            -backupid backup_id [-client name]
> v4.5
>       /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpduplicate
> -npc new_primary_copy
>            -backupid backup_id [-local] [-client
> name]
> ..or..
> 
>     
> /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpchangeprimary
>           -copy number | -pool volume_pool | -group 
> volume_group
>           [-id backup_id]
>           [-M master_server]
> 
>     
> /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpchangeprimary
>           -copy number | -pool volume_pool | -group
> volume_group
>           [-sl schedule_name] [-pn policy_name]
>           [-st schedule_type] [-pt policy_type]
>           [-cl client_name]
>           [-kw keyword]
>           [-sd mm/dd/yyyy [HH:MM:SS]] [-ed
> mm/dd/yyyy [HH:MM:SS]]
>           [-M master_server]
> 
> HTH - Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Feroz F. Basir [mailto:dbase77 AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:21 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] switch primary backup with
> duplicate tape
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Im a bit confuse using "bpduplicate" to switch
> primary
> backup with duplicate tape. Anybody can give me some
> example on how to do this, please? I know that I
> have
> to expire the primary tape first before switching
> over.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> regards,
> feroz
> 
>
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