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Mark_Hill
Level 4
18 years ago

Importing Infinite Tapes - Getting expired images message?

Hey All,

As a follow up to the other post I made earlier.

I have done stage one of the import procedure as defined here:
http://support.veritas.com/docs/270130

But when select one of our infinite retention tapes and try stage 2, I get the message that all the images on the tapes have expired, and that no images are ready for phase two import.

How can this happen on infinite retention tapes? I even re-applied the retention period before trying stage two.

Anyone? I have to be able to get this info back into our db so we can restore from it if we have to.

Thanks in advance.Message was edited by:
Mark Hill
7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
NetBackup
  • Jed_Gresham's avatar
    Jed_Gresham
    Level 4
    18 years ago
    How long are you waiting to perform the phase 2?

    Please post the exact message you get in the duplication log.
  • Stumpr2's avatar
    Stumpr2
    Level 6
    18 years ago
    This is old, but it should still work.
    Phase1
    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport -create_db_info -id D0003 -server megatron -L /tmp/bpimport.phase1 &

    Generate image list:
    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport -PM -s 01/01/71 00:00:00 -e 09/20/01 23:59:59 -id D0003 | awk '{print $5}' > /tmp/import_list

    Phase2
    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport -Bidfile /tmp/import_list -L /tmp/bpimport.phase2 &
  • Mark_Hill's avatar
    Mark_Hill
    Level 4
    18 years ago
    Jed - Next day, I have even changed the expiry date again to give me more that the week it initally gives you.

    Bob - Bugger, still getting the same message with that 2nd command.

    INF - Found no images matching the selection criteria that were ready for phase 2 import.

    Odd.Message was edited by:
    Mark Hill