bpduplicate script for specific policies

Think you will have to use a BID (BackupID) file to make it one job.

I would use bpimagelist to find the Backupids to be put in the BID file and then run bpduplicate with the BID file

Hi Michael,

This script is setup in a windows task so if i need to run the bpimagelist manually the script will not be automatic either :(

bpduplicate has an option '-policy <name>'

I am curious about your reasons for having to do duplicates this way while NBU have various options to automate duplications:
NBU Vault
Storage Lifecycle Policies
Disk Staging

My thought was exactly the same. While bpduplicate was the tool to use in NBU 4 & 5 - NBU 6 introduced Storage LifeCycle Policies that handle all that for you.

Best practices for using Storage Lifecycle Policies and Auto Image Replication in NetBackup 7.6

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH208536

The learning curve for SLP can be a little steep until you get the concept. But trust me - you will love SLP's

I dont think you can add multiple polcies on one command line but if you must use a script file then for this sort of thing i have used the schedule name (-sl switch in the command).

Just make sure those policies all have the same schedule name (but that it is not used by other policies):

bpduplicate -dstunit 6drivesLTO4Prod -dp Datasafe -rl -1 -fail_on_error 0 -set_primary 0 -primary -number_copies 1 -mpx -sl My_Schedule_Name -L "D:\VERITAS\NetBackup\Logs\NBduplicate\Dup-FDS-1_mpx.log" -hoursago 36 -M bnpbkp1

Hope that helps

Hi Mark,

I change the schedule name for one policy, just for test and ran the command
bpduplicate -dstunit 6drivesLTO4Prod -dp Datasafe -rl -1 -fail_on_error 0 -set_primary 0 -primary -number_copies 1 -mpx -sl Full_diario_semanal_h -L "D:\VERITAS\NetBackup\Logs\NBduplicate\Dup-FDS-1_mpx.log" -hoursago 24 -M bnpbkp1.

But i'm getting a job error

12:10:55 INF - found no images or media matching the selection criteria

I confirmed that i have a job for this policy this morning so the job exist.

Hi Mark,

It worked, thanks!