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

Hi,

I think I got the solution. I ran the following command and found that the expired backups were deleted.
bpimage -cleanup -client <clientname>
It seems that since our backups were going 24*7 ,cleaning of databases were not happening. I did for one client and it deleted the expired backups.

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

Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com>

11/19/2007 06:57 PM

To	ratheesh.das AT mindspeed DOT com
cc	veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject	Re: [Veritas-bu] backup not expiring in netbackup 4.5

You did not run the bpmedialist command though? I was wondering if your media was frozen. On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, ratheesh.das AT mindspeed DOT com wrote: > Hi, > I am facing this problem with both disks and tapes. We are mostly using > disk backup and I have checked expiration of each policy also. In the > backup and restore window, it clearly mentions the expiration date, but > the image is still there and I can restore from it also. As a result our > disk space is getting full. > > 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 > > > > > Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com> > 11/19/2007 06:22 PM > > To > ratheesh.das AT mindspeed DOT com > cc > veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu > Subject > Re: [Veritas-bu] backup not expiring in netbackup 4.5 > > > > > > > > > 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 >> >> >> >> >> Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com> >> 11/19/2007 06:11 PM >> >> To >> ratheesh.das AT mindspeed DOT com >> cc >> veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu >> Subject >> Re: [Veritas-bu] backup not expiring in netbackup 4.5 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, ratheesh.das AT mindspeed DOT com wrote: >> >>> 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 >> >> 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. >> >> Did this just start happening or have you been noticing it for a while >> now? >> >> Can you determine what changed in your environment when this problem >> started to occur? >> >> Justin. >> >> >> > > 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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