Move images from catalog.
Hi All ,
I want to move or delete the Images from the catalog due to space issue.
Want to move or delete those images which is having a more size in catalog and backup not happning for those client.
Find the below envoronment details for your refrence.
Master Server :-
OS = Solaris 10
NBU Version = 6.5.4
Netbackup installed on diffrent SAN mount point.
For your kind information i have taken images backup for those client(path :- /usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/client1 & client2) on tape and want to delete those images from cagtalog to create a space in catalog mount point
but we need this images whenever our reqiurement.
So please let us tell the steps how to do this.
Thanks in Advance.
Bharat
You must NOT do the steps you plan. If you delete the images, although you have a copy on tape, NBU may expire the tapes and they could be overwritten, and data will be lost.
If NBU finds a tape in the Media DB but does not find that same tape in the Image DB, it will be expired. This allows it to be re-used, overwriting any images on it.
If the tape, only contains the images that you have 'backed up' then you would lose this data.
Your options.
1. You could move the images to a location with more space.
2. You could compress the catalog
3. You could archive the catalog, this write the .f files in the catalog (the big files) to tape, and then deletes them from disk. You have to restore these to do a restore from a client, but it is better than deleting them.
Option 3 is probably the best.
All these options are covered in the NetBackup Admin Guide, part 1.
The 6.5 manuals are here.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH52878
Regards,
Martin