Kristofer,

That command is not documented in "VERITAS NetBackup 6.0" Commands for 
UNIX and Linux, is there another document out there that documents all of 
the commands MISSING in that PDF?

Justin.

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Kristofer wrote:

> "bpretlevel" will show you how many seconds/days they are all set to.
>
> # ./bpretlevel -L
>
> Retention Equivalent Retention Retention
> Level days (seconds) Period
> --------- ----------- ------------ ----------
> 0 7 ( 604800) 1 week
> 1 14 ( 1209600) 2 weeks
> 2 21 ( 1814400) 3 weeks
> 3 31 ( 2678400) 1 month
> 4 62 ( 5356800) 2 months
> 5 93 ( 8035200) 3 months
> 6 186 ( 16070400) 6 months
> 7 279 ( 24105600) 9 months
> 8 365 ( 31536000) 1 year
> 9 24855 (2147483647) infinity
> [snip]
>
> or if you want days instead of seconds
> # ./bpretlevel -U
>
> Level Days Label
> 0 7 1 week
> 1 14 2 weeks
> 2 21 3 weeks
> 3 31 1 month
> 4 62 2 months
> 5 93 3 months
> 6 186 6 months
> 7 279 9 months
> 8 365 1 year
> 9 24855 infinity
> [snip]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bobby Williams" <bobbyrjw AT comcast DOT net>
> To: "dave markham" <dave.markham AT fjserv DOT net>, veritas-bu AT 
> mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 5:01:56 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Retentions
>
> I just checked a 3 month backup from last night (I don't have any 6 month).
>
> It started @ 1197958489 (12/18/07 00:14:49)
>
> It says that it expires @ 1205993689 (3/20/08 01:14:49)
>
> A difference of 8035200 seconds; or 133920 minutes; or 2232 hours; or 93
> days
>
> I have seen it documented somewhere that a month in NB was 31 days just to
> make sure.
>
> Use bpimagelist on a backup in your 6month retention policy to see the
> backup time and the expiration time of the backup id.
>
>
>
>
> Bobby Williams
> 2205 Peterson Drive
> Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
> 423-296-8200
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Dave 
> Markham
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 5:07 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Retentions
>
> Guys im being asked by management a bit of a stupid question but i don't
> know for 100% so thought id check here.
>
> If i have a retention set to 6 months i assume it is 6 months e.g from
> 02/01/07 to 02/07/07 and not 6 * 4 weeks or a certain number of days?
>
> I know you can edit retentions but im just questioning the standard ones.
>
> Cheers
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