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[Veritas-bu] Frozen tape characteristics?

2007-02-16 09:34:03
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Frozen tape characteristics?
From: jlightner at water.com (Jeff Lightner)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:34:03 -0500
Typically we make tapes SUSPENDED rather than FROZEN when we want to
reserve them for a restore (e.g. avoid vaulting using them for
duplication or other backups using them).  I was under the impression
you couldn't restore from a FROZEN tape.

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Thanks.

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Ueli Schweizer wrote:

> It will try to do the restore using the frozen tape.
>
> Ueli Schweizer
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Justin
> Piszcz
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>
> Quick frozen tape question,
>
> I need to re-visit the docs.
>
> When a tape is frozen, no more backups can be written to it.
> When a tape is frozen and it is part of a restore, what happens?
> It says the media is unavailable or does it try to do the restore?
>
> Justin.
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