Backup image expiration cannot be modified because its SLP processing is not yet complete

I am with Amol on the commands.

You may find the SLP cheat sheet of good value:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH170086

SLP can't be forced, they live a life of their own. But you can assign a greater priority to a SLP in the activity monitor.

Process to manually duplicate SLP (in process)

1. inactive current duplication - nbstlutil inactive -wait -backupid #######

2. cancel current duplication - nbstlutil cancel -wait -backupid #######

Once the SLP is cancelled the normal duplication commands work. Either use catalog display in GUI and duplicate or command line. Command line allows setting alt read media server.

3. example of command line - replace Bold italic with your values.

bpduplicate -number_copies 1 -dstunit  mediaserver-LTO5 -dp PoolName -altreadhost mediaserver -backupid backup_1362126905 -rl retentionlevel# -owner All_Servers

CHECK THIS FIRST!

I have had a few SLP get "lost" since I upgraded to 7.6.0.4 - I found that the source VTL tape is "stuck" in the Data Domain drive. It does not happen often, I have not been able to replicate it.

nbrbutil -dump | grep Tape# showed the NetBackup thought the tape was in use. I had to use nbrutil commands to release the AllocationID and the media, then manually move the tape to a slot in the data domain, the SLP then went active and duplicated the image.