Patrick, Which version of Netbackup are you running? In 6.5.x, there are some conditions in which a SLP process gets status SLP_COMPLETE without all copies being done.
Now infinite retention is standard as long as slp status is not SLP_COMPLETE. Greg On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Patrick <netbac...@whelan-consulting.co.uk>wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I have a strange question which may be related to my misunderstanding of > how SLP works. > > I ran the nbstlutil command on a particular client with the following > results (many lines) > > Image <client_backupid> for Lifcycle SLP is COMPLETE > > Copy to Disk is NOT_STARTED > > Copy to Tape is NOT_STARTED > > > > What is confusing me is that the image for the specified backupid does not > exist anywhere that I can find. Bpimagelist –backupid <client_backupid> show > no entity found. > > So how can the Lifecycle be complete if there are no images? The actual > backup does not exist on disk. The SLP backups to disk then copies to tape, > ONLY. Also this particular SLP has a retention level of infinite. L > > > > Any enlightenment would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > Patrick Whelan > > VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for UNIX. > > VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for Windows. > > > > netbac...@whelan-consulting.co.uk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > > -- Gregory DEMILDE Email : gdemi...@gmail.com GSM : +32 476 304008
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