EOF ?

[zippy]

Has anyone ever seen this when using bpexpdate?

bpexpdate -recalculate -backupid master_1168937548 -ret 2
Are you SURE you want to recalculate expiration dates on all images
that meet the following criteria:
backupid master_1168937548
retention will be changed to 2(3 years)

Continue?(y/n)y
premature eof encountered

[Stumpr2]

what does this return? Does it look normal?

# bpimagelist -backupid master_1168937548

If it looks OK then can you still sucessfully run
# bpverify -backupid master_1168937548.

[zippy]

bob these work but its cr*ps itself with a EOF when I try to change the expire date of the media.

[zippy]

how did the Jax thing go?

[Stumpr2]

# bpimagelist -backupid master_1168937548
is it mutiplexed and/or spanning across different media?

I had an hour interview that seemed to go well but I have not received an offer yet.

[zippy]

I tried it on images that were on just one tape and then one thats on two tapes.

huh strange.

Does the tape have to be in the library, maybe...?

[Billy_Stricklan]

There was a bug introduced with NetBackup 5.1 MP5. It is resolved with MP 6. Bpexpdate options other than recalculate should still work.

This is from the release notes for MP6:

Etrack Incident = ET703423

Description:
When the bpexpdate command was run and the recalculate option was used, a
fault would occur in the bpdbm process.

[Stumpr2]

I guess it's worth a try to create the bpdbm debug folder and check out the debug log.

[keelin_hart]

Does anyone know whether there is a workaround for this? By the time we are able to apply MP6, the images whose retention need extended will probably have expired... ;o(

[Stumpr2]

keelin,
call support and see if they have a binary you can download
Bob