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

2007-11-19 10:52:49
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] backup not expiring in netbackup 4.5
From: Jim VandeVegt <vandevegt AT yahoo DOT com>
To: NetBackup Veritas <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:30:32 -0800 (PST)
Worth Noting?

If your backups are running 24/7, no also probably are not getting any catalog backups. That can put you in a world of hurt if you have a crash or corruption on the master server. I'd figure out some way to get a quiet window to do those backups.  --Jim V.


----- Original Message ----
From: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com>


Excellent, thanks for posting the solution as well!

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

> 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
>




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