Networker

Re: [Networker] Stage from tape to tape

2010-10-17 05:53:22
Subject: Re: [Networker] Stage from tape to tape
From: Davina Treiber <Davina.Treiber AT PEEVRO.CO DOT UK>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:35:48 +0100
On 10/15/10 21:57, Frank Swasey wrote:
> Today at 3:32pm, George Sinclair wrote:
> 
>>
>> We can't actually get that physical space back, so I assume it remains
>> there on the original tape(s), and NW removes it from the media
>> database as it would if you'd used 'nsrmm -d -S ssid/cloneid' but the
>> new copy is still in the media database with the same ssid but a
>> different cloneid?
> 
> You almost have it.  The ssid and cloneid will both be the same, because
> we moved the data instead of cloning it.
> 

No that's not true, a new cloneid will be generated. This has to be the
case because for a certain amount of time both clones will exist, and
this could not be allowed if the cloneids were the same. George was right.

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