Lee Anne:
You might want to consider using a language like Perl for this, as it is
much more flexible
than the native NT batch language. Using the NBUX extensions with
ActivePerl on NT, it
would be pretty easy to create a script that does these expirations for you.
In particular, identifying the images to be expired becomes just a matter
of identifying all the
images for which 2 copies exist (the original and the duplicate) and
calling bpexpdate to
expire the original which is on-disk.
I'd be happy to help you get something like this working as I need someone
to help validate
some of the core functions of the NBUX toolkit on NT.
Best regards,
--PLB
>Thank you, Kevin, I'll take a look at it.
>
>I really know very little about command line scripting in NT. Could you
>direct me to a source that would explain the basics, such as loops,
>variable usage, reading text files, etc?
>
>Thanks,
>Lee Anne
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vapiwala, Kevin V [IT] [mailto:kevin.v.vapiwala AT ssmb DOT com]
>Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:14 AM
>To: 'Lee Anne Pedersen'; Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NT script help - expire images on disk
>
>
>Lee,
>
>You can use bpimagelist to get the backup id for a particular client that's
>passed to it via script and then use that id to run it against bpexpdate to
>expire it.
>
>Kevin Vapiwala
>Salomon Smith Barney
>Vital Records Group
>2nd Floor, Rutherford
>Phone: 201-231-0348
>Group Line: 201-231-1270
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Anne Pedersen
>[mailto:LeeAnne.Pedersen AT gov.ab DOT ca]
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:59 AM
> To: Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] NT script help - expire images
>on disk
>
> I need to be able to script the expiry of backups on disk
>after they've been duplicated to tape. Right now I'm having to manually type
>in
> each backup id. Any suggestions or examples of NT scripting
>to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Lee Anne
>
> LeeAnne.Pedersen AT gov.ab DOT ca
> Alberta Corporate Service Centre (ACSC)
> Ph: 780-427-2504
>
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