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Joe_Despres's avatar
Joe_Despres
Level 6
16 years ago

Need to import about 40+ tapes from a NDMP backup....

Master = 6.5.3, Solaris 9

I need to import tapes from a expired backup image......

The filer has 3 lto3's attached to him....

How would I reduce the number of tape drives allocated to this import process?

I still would like to have backup run while I'm importing....

Thanks.....

Joe Despres
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  • Deepak_W's avatar
    Deepak_W
    Level 6
    16 years ago
    You can import the tapes from the admin GUI.

    there are two phases of tape import

    First phase builds the sceleton metadata.
    Second phase allows you to select which image to actually complete the import process.

    You can do this by two ways -

    1. You can do this from admin GUI.
    2. You can do this from CLI as mentioned below.

    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 &

    Reference -
    http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/240402.htm

    Note - You can import the media if and only if that is not used again (as expired media is overritable)

  • Joe_Despres's avatar
    Joe_Despres
    Level 6
    16 years ago
    Hey Deepak........

    Good info......

    Yet....  Can I limit the number of drives this process uses....

    Thanks!

    Joe Despres
  • Karthikeyan_Sun's avatar
    Karthikeyan_Sun
    Level 6
    16 years ago

    I think you will not be able to Limit the Drive that import uses.

    As an alternative you can down the Drives that you want to exclude from import and get up them whenever you require :-)