[Veritas-bu] FROZEN acts like SUSPEND in 6.0 MP3 with bpexpdate command?

Hi. 
Yes, this is the behavior ob bpexpdate with 5.x too
smpt


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Wayne Smith <pushawlake at gmail.com>
>  Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] FROZEN acts like SUSPEND in 6.0 MP3 with bpexpdate 
> command?
>  Sent: 05 Sep '06 17:56
>  
>  I think it's just the way NetBackup (and "frozen") works.  While we're
>  quoting, here's a snippet from the v5.1 Commands for Unix manual:
>  
>  
>  If the date is set to zero, bpexpdate immediately expires backups from the
>  image catalog or media from the media catalog. When a media ID is removed
>  from the NetBackup media catalog, it is also deassigned in the Media
>  Manager volume database, regardless of the media's prior state (FROZEN,
>  SUSPENDED, and so on).
>  
>  cheers, wayne
>  
>  
>  On 9/5/06, BOB STUMP <[LINK: mailto:stumpb at michigan.gov]
>  stumpb at michigan.gov> wrote:
>  
>  
>  NetBackup 6.0 MP3. I had a frozen tape that I ran
>  
>  bpexpdate -m V01504 -d 0
>  
>  I found the tape was placed into the scratch pool for re-use.
>  
>  The question is why is it acting like a suspended tape instead of a frozen
>  tape?
>  
>  
>  FROZEN = remains unwritable and in the frozen condition until manually
>  unfrozen with bpmedia command
>  
>  SUSPENDED = remains unwritable until it expires and then it is
>  automatically placed back into the scratch pool for re-use.
>  
>  
>  Then,
>  
>  I ran a bpmedialist -summary and noticed an entry for a different tape
>  that was frozen and the images expired naturally.
>  
>  Number of NON-ACTIVE media that:
>  1 - are currently EXPIRED
>  E00007 expired 09/01/2006 15:09 (FROZEN)
>  
>  
>  So is his just an anomaly for bpexpdate??
>  
>  
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