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[Veritas-bu] How to re-use a Netbackup Catalog tape for normal backups

2003-03-05 12:18:10
Subject: [Veritas-bu] How to re-use a Netbackup Catalog tape for normal backups
From: david AT datastaff DOT com (David A. Chapa)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:18:10 -0500
Ah, is this a 4.5 thing?

I stand corrected my friend.

Thanks!!

David


Quoting Vyacheslav Kovalev <kovalev AT ot DOT ru>:

> See attached,
> here is VNBDC 45 example.  The DLT tape "BPDB1" being used for Netbackup 
> Catalog Backup,
> the DLT drive name is "dlt4000";
> the new label is  "v1":
> 
> .....
> # bplabel -m v1 -d dlt -n dlt4000    
> Media is already NetBackup format, media id = BPDB1 , overwrite it y/n 
> (n)? y
> #
> .....
> 
> :-)
> 
> Rgds,
>     Vyacheslav Kovalev
> 
> 
> David A. Chapa wrote:
> 
> >I agree to lablel them interactively, but it will not relabel the tape with
> out 
> >it (-o) because NBU by default will not "touch" an NBDB header tape.
> >
> >In the "old days" before the -o option was there, the only way to do this
> was 
> >to trash the header using dd for example then running bplabel.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >David
> >
> >Quoting Vyacheslav Kovalev <kovalev AT ot DOT ru>:
> >
> >>Yes David,
> >>but I would recommend to label such single tapes interactivity,  (IMHO).
> >>The option -o is more preferable when you label  the big volume pool 
> >>using simple script (as example):
> >>
> >>for i in 1 2 ....20 ...
> >>do
> >>bplabel -o -m A000$i ....
> >>...
> >>done.
> >>
> >>Rgds,   
> >>    Vyacheslav Kovalev.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>David A. Chapa wrote:
> >>
> >>>make sure you use the -o (overwrite) option with bplabel.
> >>>
> >>>Quoting Vyacheslav Kovalev <kovalev AT ot DOT ru>:
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>in this case you can use "bplabel" with appropriate options.
> >>>>
> >>>>Rgds, Vyacheslav
> >>>>
> >>>>>Message: 3
> >>>>>From: "Shingal, Anit (MED, TCS, GEMS-IT)" <Anit.Shingal AT med.ge DOT 
> >>>>>com>
> >>>>>To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> >>>>>Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 08:41:31 -0600 
> >>>>>Subject: [Veritas-bu] How to re-use a Netbackup Catalog tape for
> normal
> >>>>>
> >>>>backups
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hi,
> >>>>>How can i re-use a tape which was earlier used to backup Netbackup
> >>>>>Catalog, for normal backups ? I've tried de-assigning it by command
> line
> >>>>>and putting it in a different volume pool, but still netbackup is
> >>>>>somehow able to recognize the tape as a catalog backup tape and
> freezes
> >>>>>the tape.
> >>>>>Any ideas/suggestions would help.
> >>>>>Thanks,
> >>>>>anit
> >>>>>
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> 
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