We ran something like this (on Windows):

cat_convert -o -a2b -v E:\NetBackup\DB\Images

It will find any ".f" files in that path (and subdirectories) and convert them 
in place.  (I think you want "-a2b" to convert from ASCII to binary, not "-b2a" 
which does the reverse.)  I didn't include the "-s" option, although I think I 
should have so that I could identify which file each error message corresponded 
to.  And be very careful with the "-o" option.  If I had to do it over again, I 
would have chosen a new output directory, then moved the files back in one at a 
time, overlaying the old ".f" with the new, same-named, converted one.

If you look at the beginning of the file (the first few lines) it is easy to 
tell which are ASCII and which are binary - the ASCII ones are readable, the 
binary ones aren't.  The best way to make sure it worked: make sure you can 
still browse through each backup and see files to restore.  Failed conversions 
resulted in "unable to retrieve file list" errors when browsing through the GUI.

-Michael


-----Original Message-----
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:42:50 -0400
From: "Charles Luettchau" <cluettchau AT pcomm DOT com>
To: "Veritas Mailing list" <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 4.5 - cat_convert utility

> What exactly do you run this on to convert your catalogs to binary?
>
> I've run the utility on the directories below  ....... Using this
> syntax - cat_convert -o -b2a (source dir)
>
>
> /usr/openv/netbackup/db
> /usr/openv/volmgr/database
> /usr/openv/var
>
> Finally - How do you know that it worked?
>
> - Chuck