There is a -justmedia option on bpexpdate. Normally used to fix other
problems.

Alternatively you may be able to just to a bpexpdate -recalculate -policy
XXX which should update the media properly (I'd test it first though).

Cheers
Ed





"Justin C. Lloyd" <justin.lloyd AT mci DOT com>@mailman.eng.auburn.edu on
22/04/2004 19:26:37

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Subject:    [Veritas-bu] changing retention level of tape


A while back I had to change the retention period of all of the images
on a handful of tapes from 2 weeks to 3 years.  But the tapes still show
the media as having a 2 week retention level even though all of the
images expire roughly 3 weeks from now.  Since newer tapes in the given
pool have a 3 year retlevel, they are getting used for backups, but some
of the 2 week retlevel tapes are not full but don't get used since I
don't allow mixing of retlevels.

So, the question is: Can I change the retlevel of the tapes without
changing the tapes' images' expiration dates?  The bpexpdate -m option
changes both the tapes and the images.

Thanks,

Justin

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MCI System Technology Solutions
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