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inadequate
Level 3
14 years ago

Netbackup 7.0.1

Hi, I'm using Netbackup 7.0.1. Everyday backup is failed with 96 error, whereas Media is available in the Volume pool. Media is not full, not frozen. I checked the media status in bpmedialist -m P4...
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  • J_H_Is_gone's avatar
    J_H_Is_gone
    14 years ago

    I have a blog with more detail on how writing to a tape works.

    If you mix retention levels you get a lot of the blank spots, and a full tape cannot be used again until all the data on the tape has expired.

    Remember if the tape still has an assigned date then if you use it you will be appending to it.

    I agree with everyone else.  Let NB do what it can for you by managing your tapes. Fewer pools and a scratch spool will make life easier.  when you send your tapes offsite just set the return date so them come back expired or close to expiration date.

    http://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/understanding-how-netbackup-writes-tape

inadequate's avatar
inadequate
Level 3
14 years ago

the status is active only. and after taking the inventory it goes to the netbackup volumepool and I manually change the volume pool as monday.

 

In my case every media has an retention of 1 week. Let say I took a backup on 20/12/2010 at 21:00 hrs, so the expiration should happen on 27/12/2010 at 21:00 hrs, which is the time of next weekly backup as well.

I think this is the only problem, once it expires the media, it doesnt assign to the database.What should i do in this case.???