Re: [Veritas-bu] Reusing Catalog Media
2009-01-20 12:24:48
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:38:21AM -0600, Randy Samora wrote:
> Could someone PLEASE tell me in simple terms the steps involved in
> reusing Catalog Backups from the Catalog Backup volume pool. I can't
> do anything as long as there's an assigned date on the media and I
> can't seem to be able to get rid of the assigned date. I can't
> re-label and I can't erase the tapes. This process was handled by a
> different team for the past 2 1/2 years. The commands I remember in
> 4.5 no longer apply apparently. Like everyone else, we're trying to
> do more with less people and I've wasted all morning trying to figure
> this out. While I'm running the Admin Guide through the shredder, can
> someone help me out PLEASE!! 6.5.2a on Windows Server 2003.
If this is a normal "hot catalog backup", then you should be able to
expire the tape like you would for a normal backup.
bpexpdate -d 0 -m <volume>
In 4.5, you only did cold catalog backups. Those volumes weren't
tracked by the netbackup side and had to be relabeled manually.
--
Darren
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