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purdue
Level 3
12 years ago

How to increase retention

We have a job that we ran about a month ago, and it's suppose to expire soon. How can I increase the retention to another month so it doesn't expire soon? We are running Netbackup 7.5.0.4. The job is...
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  • RonCaplinger's avatar
    RonCaplinger
    12 years ago

    Use the bpexpdate command (page 139 of the NBU 7.5 Command Reference Guide) to change the expiration date of the backup image:

    bpexpdate -m media-id -d 02/28/2013 23:59:59

    This will change the expiration date of all images on the media ID specified to the date above.   

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RonCaplinger
Level 6
12 years ago

Use the bpexpdate command (page 139 of the NBU 7.5 Command Reference Guide) to change the expiration date of the backup image:

bpexpdate -m media-id -d 02/28/2013 23:59:59

This will change the expiration date of all images on the media ID specified to the date above.