NetBackup catalog verify gets "no images found" message.
Due to budget constraints, I am not able to get any new tapes for backup to our Quantum PX720 tape library, so I am looking at expiring and re-using older tapes. I am using the NetBackup admin console in the catalog section to verify the contents of tape media in the current list. Some media is showing the images that have been backed up to tape, but others show the following:
"INF - Status = found no images or media matching the selection criteria."
Initially, it looked like I was only getting this message for tapes that were not currently in the tape library, but now I am seeing output for valid images even on tapes that have been vaulted for offsite storage. Does this message mean that NetBackup has no image for the tape? Or just that the current configuration has no record of that data? If I imported that tape media, could I expect to see the images on the tape?
I am trying to determine which tapes can be reused for backups, but without any idea of what is actually on the tapes, this makes the decision process more difficult.
Created: 05/30/2006 16:32
Time Assigned: 07/03/2006 06:52
First Mount: 07/03/2006 06:53
Last Mount: 07/03/2006 06:53
Volume Expiration: -
Data Expiration: INFINITY
The data should be inteact on this tape as it is set to infinity, and it was never used again after 2006.While doing the catalog what date range you have slected. Make sure you select the catalog time range while searching as 01/03/2006 till 10/03/2006 to get result. Let us know if it reports the same error after changing the date range.
Edit*: Also it is better to have your retention as per the SLA and not infinity as it would be very hard to get the data and delete them and therer is always chance for error. Better to retain the data as needed like 1 month,1 year, 7 year and once the retention is over it will automatically move the tape in scratch pool. I hope you undestand what i mean.
