Extent expire image

[Baazee]

Dear All,

I am having master server 5.1Mp6 .

Can we recover expire backup image, is there any command in veritas Net backup ?

Can we extent expire backup image retention period ?

Jitendra

[Sreekanth_Adari]

Hi Jitendra,

We can change expiration date of any backup image by using the command

bpexpdate -backupid <backup_id> -d <new_date>

Hope this will  help you

With Regards

-Sreekanth

[Omar_Villa]

If the image expired, you can recover it with a catalog backup or importing the media who the image was pointing too.

Regards

[Baazee]

how to do that . is there any command or utility.

[sdo]

First thing is to freeze or physically write protect the tape, so that other images don't expire and allow the tape to be re-used.

Once you've done that you need to read up about "importing expired media".  It's a two stage process, and I won't repeat the manuals here.

Have you already tried and hit a specific problem?

If you do not know the "import process" I suggest that search through manuals, as it's covered and mentioned in several places.

You can download docs for you O/S and NetBackup versions here:

http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/support/documentation.jsp?pid=15143

[Anton_Panyushki]

First you should import expired media and then prolong image lifetime by bpexpdate.

[Stumpr2]

Well Jitendra, how did you fare? did you follow the advice and reach success?