Hello,


In our NetBackup environment we intensively use RMAN scripts to backup Oracle 
instances. Currently we backup 
up over 70 Oracle instances. We have suddenly noticed a strange and puzzling. 
thing. If Full or Incremental backup 
job that backs up Oracle instance fails when sucessfull application backups 
remain on tapes and in NetBackup catalog. 
We know that failed Oracle backup can't be restored sucessfully and just 
restart this backup job. Therefore these 
sucessfull application backups that pertain to failed Oracle backup are 
useless. It is just a waste of space on tapes.  
Why Netbackup doesn't sucessfull expire application backups if Oracle backup 
fails?
How do you cope with this problem in your NetBackup environments: expire these 
backups manually, 
use some sort of scripting or just leave these backups intact till they expire?

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