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Re: [Veritas-bu] backup not expiring in netbackup 4.5

2007-11-19 08:04:09
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] backup not expiring in netbackup 4.5
From: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com>
To: ratheesh.das AT mindspeed DOT com
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:52:50 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, ratheesh.das AT mindspeed DOT com wrote:

> Hi,
> I am sure it was not happening earlier. I think this problem started in
> the range Nov 1-3, because the backups before it has been expired.We didnt
> do any changes as such.
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Ratheesh R Das
> M I N D S P E E D Technologies
> Storage and Backup | 866-772-4252 ext 2301
> ratheesh.das AT mindspeed DOT com
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> Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com>
> 11/19/2007 06:11 PM
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> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, ratheesh.das AT mindspeed DOT com wrote:
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>> Hi Justin,
>> We have daily,weekly and monthly backups going on to disk and quarterly
>> and yearly to tapes. I can see that starting from November 1-3 it is
>> showing problems.Earlier it was working fine. We have only one
>> master/media server.I am attaching the bp.conf for your reference.
>>
>> SERVER = npbextricity1
>> CLIENT_NAME = npbextricity1
>> LOCKED_FILE_ACTION = SKIP
>> CLIENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 300
>> CLIENT_READ_TIMEOUT = 3600
>> BPSTART_TIMEOUT = 300
>> BPEND_TIMEOUT = 300
>> # KEEP_DAYS = 7
>> VERBOSE = 0
>> DASHBOARD_PORT_WINDOW = 0 0
>> VAULT_VERBOSE = 0
>> BPTM_VERBOSE = 5
>> BPSCHED_VERBOSE = 3
>> BPRD_VERBOSE = 0
>> BPBRM_VERBOSE = 5
>> # BPCD_VERBOSE = 5
>> CLIENT_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW = 923 1023
>> BPDM_VERBOSE = -1
>> SERVER_SENDS_MAIL = YES
>> SLAVE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 30
>> WAIT_IN_QUEUE = YES
>> QUEUE_ON_ERROR = YES
>> BPDBJOBS_COLDEFS = JOBID 5 true
>> BPDBJOBS_COLDEFS = TYPE 4 true
>> BPDBJOBS_COLDEFS = STATE 5 true
>> BPDBJOBS_COLDEFS = STATUS 6 true
>> BPDBJOBS_COLDEFS = POLICY 6 true
>> BPDBJOBS_COLDEFS = SCHEDULE 8 true
>> BPDBJOBS_COLDEFS = CLIENT 6 true
>> BPDBJOBS_COLDEFS = STARTED 7 true
>> CONNECT_OPTIONS = b2b 1 1
>> CONNECT_OPTIONS = b2b-b 0 1
>> ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = DBR
>> ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = TAR
>> ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = CPIO
>> ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = ANSI
>> ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = AOS/VS
>> ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = MTF1
>> ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = RS-MTF1
>> ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = BE-MTF1
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> You do not have anything strange or incorrect from what I can see, what
> patch level are you currently at with 4.5?  Have you considered upgrading
> to 5.1x or 6.0?  If you open a case with Symantec that is probably the
> first thing they are going to ask you to do.
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> Did this just start happening or have you been noticing it for a while
> now?
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> Can you determine what changed in your environment when this problem
> started to occur?
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> Justin.
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Can you narrow down the tapes to a particular volume pool that is having 
the problem? Or are _NONE_ of the tapes expiring?

Also, what does the following command say:

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpmedialist | grep -B1 FROZEN


Justin.
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