snawaz3
12 years agoLevel 6
Bpmedialist
I ran the bpmedialist on the NDUS server and got the attached list. It does not specify what the different heading columns are. Can somebody explain what the deadings are. I needed to expire some images from these tapes.
I needed to expire some images from these tapes.
Please understand that expiring some images on tape will no free up any space on these tapes.
Backups can only be appended to the end of the tape.
Tapes can only be overwritten when all images have expired.See this excellent blog for explanation:
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/understanding-how-netbackup-writes-tape