Fyi, this error is corrected in 6.5.4, which does (contrary to what I first 
thought) also add the ability to make use of hierarchical lifecycles: the 
-source flag, which flag is listed in the command line's usage summary as 
follows:

  [-source source1[,source2,..sourcen]]

... which isn't very descriptive, and it's not mentioned in the man page (but, 
hey, this is the beta).

Experimentally, the value for the backup targets must be 0 (and displays as 
"(client)" in the -L output), for duplications, 0 means "(primary)" (of which 
more than one appears to be permitted if you submit it on the command line... 
maybe that's a bug?), 1 means "first entry" (probably your backup target), 2 
means "second entry" (probably your first duplication target), and so forth.

I expect one could request an EEB for 6.5[.3[.1]] if one really wanted one, but 
since it is possible to do this configuration fine in the GUI, it may not be 
worth it.

Cheers...

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gabriel rosenkoetter
Radian Group Inc, Senior Systems Engineer
gabriel.rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz, 215 231 1556

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of 
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Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 1:55 PM
To: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Is it possible to specify alt. read servers or MPX on the 
nbstl command line?

I understand that one can't specify these settings for backup target types.... 
but how then does one specify them for a duplication target type that comes 
after the backup target in the comma-separated list? It doesn't seem to be 
possible:

root@pa2ibks2:/root
[18] nbstl Fulls -L

                                Name: Fulls
                 Data Classification: Fulls
            Duplication job priority: 0
                               State: active
 Destination  1              Use for: backup
                        Storage Unit: PHL-9940b
                         Volume Pool: 00_NetBackup
                        Server Group: *NONE*
                      Retention Type: Fixed
                    Retention Period: 1
               Alternate Read Server: *NULL*
               Preserve Multiplexing: false
                               State: active
 Destination  2              Use for: duplication
                        Storage Unit: phlmaster-L700_0-9940b
                         Volume Pool: 00_Vaulting
                        Server Group: *NONE*
                      Retention Type: Fixed
                    Retention Period: 8
               Alternate Read Server: *NULL*
               Preserve Multiplexing: false
                               State: active
root@pa2ibks2:/root
[19] nbstl Fulls -modify -as __NA__,phlmaster
For backup or snapshot destination types, alternate read server cannot be set.
invalid command parameter
[...]
root@pa2ibks2:/root
[20] nbstl Fulls -modify -as \*NULL\*,phlmaster
For backup or snapshot destination types, alternate read server cannot be set.
invalid command parameter
USAGE: nbstl [storage_lifecycle_name]
[...]
root@pa2ibks2:/root
[21] nbstl Fulls -modify -as phlmaster
invalid command usage


Am I missing something here or is this just a flat-out CLI parsing bug?

--
gabriel rosenkoetter
Radian Group Inc, Senior Systems Engineer
gabriel.rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz, 215 231 1556




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