Logically it should but not sure. But it can obviously be tested to be sure.
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:05:16 +
From: patrick.whe...@baml.com
To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] db/images question
If all the images for a client have expired and the client has
Do not know about web page but scripts can be made to check old/hung backups
and send email notifications and also to check and cancel them without user
intervention but that can be sometimes dangerous to totally depend on them.
To: VERITAS-BU@MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU
From:
In case of normal OS level backups Full backup is required to go with a
cumulative backup. But in case of NDMP even if Full backup has expired, we can
still restore data from a cumulative backup if data is in the cumulative backup
image.
From: jlight...@water.com
To:
Huh?
if data is in the cumulative backup image sounds exactly like what I said -
you can restore any data in the incremental (including a cumulativeincremental)
whether it is NDMP or not.My point was you can NOT restore data from the
full that preceded it after that full has expired
OpsCenter can do this, I believe. You can setup roles in the product to
keep rogue admins out of what they shouldn't be in. The basic version is
free, so you should have it available.
It's accessed via a web page, so it sounds like this will get what you
want.
Thank you,
Rusty
-Original
I’m not sure I understand exactly your question, Patrick, but you can’t
restore from any image that has already expired. It doesn’t matter what
type it is. I know you know that, but being an NDMP backup doesn’t change
the way NBU handles an image and expiration.
Thank you,
Rusty
*From:*
Speaking of reimport, I've always found it a chore to find the media
containing expired images. I remember it being very easy in NetWorker (Legato)
as it was simply a matter of running a query of the backup which ID'ed the
media, then performing the required import. How does one do query part
