try using bpexpdate -ev A00000 -d 0
that will wipe the tape,
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Steingruebl [mailto:steingra AT pprd.abbott DOT com]
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 9:45 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Media/Image expiration process?
This is a note I sent to Veritas tech support. If anyone here knows the
answer
though, all the better/faster.
***
I'm running NB-3.2 on Solaris-2.7 servers. I have a backup class with a
user
backup schedule set with a retention level of 1, which corresponded to 2
weeks. I ran a backup of some files, from a workstation. The files were
backed up fine.
I ran the backup on 7/6/2000 at 10:06 AM.
I figured out the backup_id from the catalog.
On the master server, I ran a
bpexpdate -backupid BACKUPID -d '07/06/2000 12:00:00'
When I then queried the image catalog using bpimagelist, my backup had an
updated time of expiration, set for the time I'd used in the bpexpdate
command.
If however, I check the media that the backup was written to, I show the
media
as still being assigned, even though the backup image itself has expired
from
the catalog. I can check the media contents with the GUI, or by running
bpmedialist -mcontents -ev A0046A
It returns:
File number 1
Backup id = clio.pprd.abbott.com_0962833049
Creation date = 07/05/00 16:37:
Expiration date = 07/19/00 16:37:
Retention level = 1
Copy number = 1
Fragment number = 1
Fragment size (in bytes) = 32768
Data start byte offset = 3072
Block size (in bytes) = 262144
File number 2
Backup id = clio.pprd.abbott.com_0962895966
Creation date = 07/06/00 10:06:
Expiration date = 07/20/00 10:06:
Retention level = 1
Copy number = 1
Fragment number = 1
Fragment size (in bytes) = 32768
Data start byte offset = 37888
Block size (in bytes) = 262144
Both of these images are gone from my catalog however.
Can you explain why this media is still allocated/assigned, even though the
images on the media have expired? What routine process runs to purge/expire
old media?
Thanks.
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Andy Steingruebl | e-mail: steingra AT pprd.abbott DOT com
Unix Systems Admin/Programmer | phone: (847) 935-4728
Unix/Network Security | fax: (847) 935-0142
Abbott Laboratories, PPDR&D | post: 100 Abbott Park Road, D472 - AP9A
| Abbott Park, IL 60064-6115
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