10-08-2020 10:30 AM
Hello Everyone,
My apologies if this question / situation has been posted before.
I have looked everywhere,but I am unable to find the post.
Issue (RedHat Linux Environment / Netbackup 7.6):
I have a policy with 2 hosts (server A and B).
- Policy is daily imcrementals with full weekend backup
- client B will be decommissioned in a few days
- Need to keep the last full backup for 1 year
- physical host will be re-purpose for something else
Here is what I am planning to do to accomplish above request:
- increase retention period to 1 year on last full backup image for "client B" using (bpexpdate) command
- stop netbackup on "client B"
- remove hostname "client B" from policy X
My questions are:
- Am I missing anything else
- Is it OK to remove hostname "client B" from the policy
- How do I restore data using the last backup image, if necesary, now that the physical server is gone
Is there anything I am doing wrong where the image backup will become useless?
Thank you in advance for any guidance.
Ed
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10-08-2020 10:50 AM
10-08-2020 01:55 PM
There is no need/way to "flag" the file as archive. As long as the backup policy specified that the retention was 1 year that's all that matters. If the backup didn't have 1 year retention but you want to keep it for 1 year, you would need to manually change the expiration date using bpexpdate.
If your last backup is a final full backup then that is the only backup you would need kept for 1 year. Those incrementals would do you no good.
10-08-2020 10:50 AM
10-08-2020 11:01 AM
Hello Marianne,
Thank you very much for your quick reply.
One last few question - just to make sure:
- Do I need to set any kind of "archive" flag for the image I am extending its retention period of 1 year?
- Do I also need to keep the week's incrementals for a year in order to restore from the full backup?
Again, many thanks for your assistance.
Ed
10-08-2020 01:55 PM
There is no need/way to "flag" the file as archive. As long as the backup policy specified that the retention was 1 year that's all that matters. If the backup didn't have 1 year retention but you want to keep it for 1 year, you would need to manually change the expiration date using bpexpdate.
If your last backup is a final full backup then that is the only backup you would need kept for 1 year. Those incrementals would do you no good.