ken,

 

you are redirecting input for the bpexpdate command from a file called
yes, but you state that bpimagelist prompts for a yes.  bpimagelist
doesn't prompt, and to get by the bpexpdate prompting for "are you sure
you want to change the expiration" question, use a "-force" option which
is there specifically for scripting so that you don't have to enter 'y'
dozens of times.

 

jerald

 

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From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Lee,
Kenneth (SBS US)
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:58 AM
To: Tim Martino; Veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Change retention of all tapes(question)

 

You can change the expiring of tapes by backup id using the following
commands:

 

bpimagelist -l -d mm/dd/yy -e mm/dd/yy | grep IMAGE | awk '{print
"bpexpdate -recalculate -backupid " $6 " -ret 9 < yes"}' >
command_script_to_run

 

you need to create a file called yes with one line with the word y.
This is required because bpimagelist prompt for a yes.

 

The -ret 9 is to set the backup to infinite.  This command will set the
backup to infinite regardless of how many tapes the image is on.

 

Regards,

Ken

 

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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Tim
Martino
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:23 AM
To: Veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Change retention of all tapes(question)

 

We have just shut down one datacenter and we are moving the backup
server and tapes to a separate location.  Is there an easy way to set
all the tapes by media_id to infinite with just one running of the
command instead of listing every single media_id?  Thanks. 

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