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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Expiring copy 1 images
yes , you are right
My problem is that I have to run at least ones per day a script that will
find all empty media and run the bpexpdate -deassignempty command
But in an environment that has 150GB of image database and more
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From: Liddle, Stuart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 31 July 2006 08:17
To: WEAVER, Simon; 'smpt'; 'Mansell, Richard';
veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Expiring copy 1 images
True enough if you are just doing backups and putting them straight
:17 AM
To: WEAVER, Simon; 'smpt'; 'Mansell, Richard';
veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Expiring copy 1 images
But, if you have an environment where you are using VTL's to
make your first
copy and then using Vault to make physical tape copies, then
you want
When you expire all of the images on a tape (virtual or otherwise) you have
to follow it up with this command:
bpexpdate -deassignempty
This will then set the status of the tape(s) to Available.
A useful tip for expiring images is to look at the output from bpimagelist
-l
If you look
or the bpexpdate command
takes more than 15 min to complete.
smpt
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From: Liddle, Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Expiring copy 1 images
Sent: 29 Jul '06 18:00
When you expire all of the images on a tape (virtual or otherwise) you have
