Re: [Veritas-bu] import requirements (was: 3 Quest...)

2006-06-07 Thread bob944
I just had an afterthought!! Lets ASSUME I remove the policies and volume pools? What if I have to do an IMPORT of 3 year old tapes?? What happens? You just import them, phase 1 (build metadata file) and 2 (build files file); the import depends on nothing. I'm piggybacking on Carlos'

Re: [Veritas-bu] import requirements (was: 3 Quest...)

2006-06-07 Thread WEAVER, Simon
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Re: [Veritas-bu] import requirements (was: 3 Quest...)

2006-06-07 Thread bob944
Out of interest, do you know if this holds true for multiplexed tapes, i.e. can be read using tar? Not without preprocessing, AFAIK. The placement of the multiplex headers is described in the SAG, but not the layout. I figured out part of it a few years ago while working a different issue and

Re: [Veritas-bu] import requirements (was: 3 Quest...)

2006-06-07 Thread WEAVER, Simon
: [Veritas-bu] RE: import requirements (was: 3 Quest...) Bob Correct, in order to do any import, thte tape MUST be known by NetBackup, however if its expired, That betrays your mindset (not beating up on you, just pointing out that you're thinking in terms of your current system and 3-year-old tape

Re: [Veritas-bu] import requirements (was: 3 Quest...)

2006-06-07 Thread bob944
Bob Correct, in order to do any import, thte tape MUST be known by NetBackup, however if its expired, That betrays your mindset (not beating up on you, just pointing out that you're thinking in terms of your current system and 3-year-old tape scenario; I'm encouraging you to think