> using NBU 6.0 (master and media servers are Solaris). There are about 8
> machines whose backups I want to duplicate. Some backup go directly to
> tape and some are staged to disk. I use automatic staging. When I run a
> script to use bpduplicate I notice I sometimes get errors like this:
> =20
> nbdup.log:11:06:54 INF - Skipping backup id amamed_1181109602, it
> already has 2 copies.
> =20
> I assume that has to do with whether or not my script runs after the
> backup has already been staged to tape. What I need to know is how best
> to deal with that and get a copy whether or not a backup has been
> migrated to tape or not.

Since this is 6.0, and it sounds like you might have 3 copies
legitimately (disk, tape, duplicate tape), then up your max copies to 3.
(Host Properies->Master Server->Properties->Global Attributes)

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