Imported Tape, the expiration date changed

Question

Hi All,&nbsp;&nbsp;We need to import Tapes from our older system to the current system. Inside the tape is the 5 year retention backup we backup 2 years ago. The problem was when we imported the tape, the expiration date changed, became a 5 years from now instead of 3 years for now.&nbsp;Is this a normal&nbsp;behavior? Can we make the expiration date&nbsp;just follow the original tape?&nbsp;Regards,&nbsp;&nbsp;Iwan&nbsp;

marianne · Answer

The images are imported with original retention level.&nbsp;The period that matches the level is then applied to the images.
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH43584&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Once the Phase 2 import is complete, the image has the same retention&nbsp;level as the original backup and a&nbsp;new expiration date calculated as the&nbsp;import date plus the retention period defined currently in Host Properties for the original backup's retention level.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Both 3 year and 5 year retentions are custom levels. The defaults are as per this doc:&nbsp; &nbsp;https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/123533878-127136857-0/v123544048-127136857
This means that retention level was probably changed in Host Properties in the meantime.

iwantam · Answer

Thank you for answering my question Marianne now I know something more about the import.But I see the custome retention has the same definition on our old NetBackup server and the new one.The old one:# bpretlevel -sRetention&nbsp; Retention&nbsp; Equivalent&nbsp; Level&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Period&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Days--------- ----------- ----------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 week&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 weeks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 day&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 month&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 31&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5 weeks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 35&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 months&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 93&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 weeks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7 years&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2555&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 year&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 365&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; infinity&nbsp;&nbsp; 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; expires immediately&nbsp;&nbsp; 11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5 years&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1825&nbsp;&nbsp; 12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; infinity&nbsp;&nbsp; 13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; infinity&nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; infinity&nbsp;&nbsp; 15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; infinity...&nbsp;The&nbsp;new one:#&nbsp;bpretlevel -sRetention&nbsp; Retention&nbsp; Equivalent&nbsp; Level&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Period&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Days--------- ----------- ----------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 week&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 weeks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 day&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 month&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 31&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5 weeks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 35&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 months&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 93&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 weeks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7 years&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2555&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 year&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 365&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; infinity&nbsp;&nbsp; 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; expires immediately&nbsp;&nbsp; 11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5 years&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1825&nbsp;&nbsp; 12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; infinity&nbsp;&nbsp; 13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; infinity&nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; infinity&nbsp;&nbsp; 15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; infinity&nbsp;&nbsp; ...&nbsp;

marianne · Answer

You will notice that there is no retention level with 3 year expiration.&nbsp;
The only logical explanation is that level 11 was set to 3 years when the backup was made 2 years ago.&nbsp;In the meantime, level 11 was changed to 5 years.
The old backup was imported with level 11.&nbsp;That is why the imported backup now has 5 year retention/expiration.

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